"Ms. Qin, are you single?"
When Qin Lou asked the question, the room suddenly fell silent. An interviewer sitting at the edge was so shocked that he almost tore up the resume in front of him. Although he stopped in time, the sound of a corner of the paper being torn was still clearly heard by everyone in the silent conference room.
But no one had the time to pay attention to him. Their eyes moved back and forth between Qin Lou and Song Shu for a few times before they calmed down their fear.
Song Shu was the one with the calmest reaction.
Just like Qin Lou understood her, she also understood Qin Lou best. Although they had not seen each other for many years, although their clothes and appearance were no longer the same as they were in their teens, and although each of them had a new "shell" and "mask", the two children who once stumbled hand in hand and only had each other in their hearts had never changed.
She would not be surprised or afraid no matter what Qin Lou did.
Song Shu thought for a moment, "I'm unmarried, and I don't have any plans to get married in the next five years, so Mr. Qin doesn't have to worry that I'll delay the company's work because of my marriage or pregnancy—"
"Unmarried, do you have a boyfriend?" Qin Lou interrupted her and looked up.
It's almost as if "I don't care if you miss work" is written on his face.
The interviewers looked at each other in bewilderment.
This is blatant sexual harassment in the workplace, and it happened in front of more than a dozen people!
The person sitting on Qin Lou's right was from the Legal and Compliance Department, and happened to be the person in charge of the handover and cooperation between Vio Capital and Junsheng Law Firm. Receiving the hints from his colleagues, he moved his butt uneasily several times in his chair, and probably finally found a sitting position that made him feel a little more confident. He whispered a "reminder":
"Boss Qin, this Miss Qin... Miss Qin, she is the fiancée of Boss Yu from Junsheng Law Firm."
"!"
Qin Lou's eyes exploded.
Emotions are silent, but when he turned his eyes to the unlucky head of the Legal and Compliance Department a few seconds later, he still scared the other person so much that he hurriedly lowered his head and dared not look directly at him.
"Fiancée." Qin Lou repeated in a low voice. After a long time, he lowered his eyelids and smiled, "Okay."
"… "
No one who was not afraid of death dared to ask what was good. They all avoided looking at him.
"The interview is over."
Qin Lou stood up without looking at the woman across the long table. He turned sideways and put one hand in his trouser pocket. The wound on his wrist that had not yet scabbed over was so painful that his fingers were shaking.
He didn't want anyone to see it.
Qin Lou stood there for two seconds before his body relaxed a little from its stiff state. He raised his hand and patted the shoulder of the backbone of the HR department who had moved to his right. "Hire her normally and process her entry into the company."
The backbone of the HR department was slapped so hard that his lips trembled, and he forced out an ugly smile: "Okay, okay, President Qin."
Qin Lou withdrew his hand and took a step forward.
Then the next second, without any warning, the empty chair in front of him was kicked away by him with his leg raised - the pulley rolled rapidly, and the chair slammed into the wall with a loud "bang".
More than a dozen people in the conference room all changed their expressions.
However, the man's rage came and went quickly, and before they could wait for their pale faces to prepare themselves mentally or make some last words, Qin Lou had already strode out of the meeting room without looking back.
Ten or so seconds later, the frightened people in the conference room slowly came to their senses.
The oldest one held his chest and sighed, "I think I should voluntarily transfer to a less busy position and stay away from President Qin. Otherwise, if this continues, I will be frightened and sent to the hospital sooner or later."
The others were also still frightened.
The key member of the Human Resources Department came back to his senses, a smile appeared on his face, and he quickly walked around the long table and came in front of Song Shu.
"Miss Qin, I didn't scare you, did I?"
"No." Song Shu smiled and stood up.
"Your mental quality is worthy of being a top student from the top 5 International Law School." The man gave a thumbs up jokingly, "Our President Qin has this temper, don't you mind?"
"Of course not. Mr. Qin is young and promising. I heard of his name when I was studying abroad. It's normal for people with great abilities to have a bad temper."
The other person's smile was much more sincere. "Ms. Qin is really considerate. I'm just asking, have you and Mr. Qin known each other before today?"
Song Shu pretended to be stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled, "No, I'm also confused about this matter. I thought I had offended Mr. Qin at some point."
"Offended? That's probably not likely..." The man recalled the situation where Qin Lou came to participate in an interview assessment even though she was in Hell Week. He laughed dryly and said, "Anyway, congratulations to Miss Qin for passing the interview."
Song Shu shook hands with the other party politely, nodded and smiled, "Thank you."
"There's no need to bother others. Since President Qin has agreed, I will accompany you to complete Miss Qin's employment procedures, okay?"
"Would you mind going there in person? That's not a good idea."
"Miss Qin, you're right. We'll be in the same company from now on, so we're a family. We can help each other. And I think Miss Qin is very capable. She will definitely thrive in Vio and get promoted soon. Maybe in the future, it will be me who will help Miss Qin."
"You are too kind..."
While Song Shu was being polite with the other party, he left the meeting room with everyone else to go through the employment procedures.
On Friday, Song Shu officially joined the Legal and Compliance Department under the Risk Management Department of VIO Capital.
After yesterday afternoon and evening's rumors, the company had already had all sorts of speculations about the background of this newcomer from Junsheng Law Firm. Most of them were based on the love triangle between Song Shu, Qin Lou, and Luan Qiaoqing. The remaining small part was speculation about some kind of romantic scandal between Song Shu and Qin Lou in the past.
Song Shu heard these rumors by chance in the company's restroom. In person, every colleague seemed friendly - before finding out the newcomer's background, it was obvious that the smart people at VIO did not want to offend her.
The Legal and Compliance Department arranged a senior who was responsible for guiding her to get started in her new job. Her surname was Yao, and her name was Yao Yiqin, who was in her thirties. After Song Shu joined the department, she followed her colleagues in the department and called her "Sister Qin".
On the morning of his first day at work, Song Shu basically spent the whole day overwhelmed by the large amount of company documents he had to familiarize himself with.
Near noon, Yao Yiqun came over and knocked on her cubicle.
Song Shu looked up from the pile of legal documents, "Sister Qin."
"Xiao Qin, you don't have to work so hard." Yao Yiqin smiled kindly like an elder. "You just started working. You can't finish reading this kind of thing in a short time. You still need to pay attention to rest."
"I know, thank you Sister Qin."
"It's lunch time now. You don't know what's going on in our company's cafeteria, do you? Come on, I'll take you to have a look."
Song Shu hesitantly lowered her eyes to look at the materials she had not finished reading. After a moment, she looked up and agreed with a smile.
"Yes, I'll be right there."
After saying that, Song Shu took a sticky note from the side, wrote down the notes and a few clues of unfinished thinking, and stuck it on the place where he saw it.
Yao Yiqin saw it, nodded, and then said jokingly: "With your hard work, I think you deserve the newcomer award at the annual meeting at the end of this year."
"… "
The two chatted and laughed as they headed towards the elevator together.
Arriving at the cafeteria, Song Shu followed Yao Yiqin to get her food and found an empty seat to sit down. Along the way, many colleagues from other departments noticed her new face and followed her.
Apparently after yesterday's incident, she, as a newcomer, has become a well-known figure in the entire department of the company.
Song Shu pretended not to notice, walked back chatting and laughing with Yao Yiqun, and then sat next to a group of colleagues from the Legal and Compliance Department.
After greeting each other, they went to eat.
Every department has people who are good at talking or livening up the atmosphere. As a newcomer in the department, Song Shu is easy to talk to and has no airs. After he eliminated the initial barriers and tested everyone's caution, the topic of conversation began to open up.
"Qin Qing, I heard that Mr. Yu from Junsheng Law Firm is your fiancé. Is this true or false?" A female colleague who was sitting diagonally opposite was the first to ask about the gossip.
Song Shu paused with the spoon in his hand, then smiled faintly, "Yes, it's true."
"Wow, you are so lucky. Mr. Yu is a famous bachelor in the legal profession. He has a great reputation, is handsome, and his family runs their own law firm..."
"I'm so envious. If it were me, I would definitely be a full-time housewife at home. Why would I have to come out and suffer like this?"
"Haha, don't give me that. Qin Qing is a top student at the School of International Law. She definitely doesn't have the same ambition as you."
"That's right, Qin Qing must be very good, otherwise Mr. Yu wouldn't be engaged to her, right?"
"Come to think of it, Qin Qing, how did you get to know your fiancé?"
The topic came back to him, and Song Shu showed no impatience towards their questions. "We were college classmates, and it just so happens that... our two families have some connections."
"Wow, that's not childhood sweethearts!"
"I want a childhood sweetheart too! The feeling of growing up together, so envious that I cry..."
"You? You don't exist. Do you think everyone's childhood sweetheart is so outstanding?"
The two female colleagues were joking with each other, and the people at the table were laughing. No one noticed that Song Shu was distracted by the metal spoon in his hand.
Childhood sweethearts…
She really did. They cried together, laughed together, supported each other, and grew up together.
Unfortunately, that is all in the past. The past can never be brought back, and what happened can never be erased... No one can change this.
Right, Qin Lou.
Song Shu raised the corners of his mouth slightly and lowered his head to drink a sip of soup.
Yao Yiqin, who was sitting on her floor, happened to glance at him and was stunned: After spending more than half a day together, she could see that Song Shu was a person who hid his emotions very deeply, and always looked gentle and harmless on the outside. And just now, she was exposed to his not-so-gentle and harmless emotions for the first time.
It's very real, even though I'm smiling, it feels more like sadness.
And it is a sharp sadness that will hurt others and yourself.
Yao Yiqun was thinking in her mind, and when she raised her eyes inadvertently, she saw the person walking towards her from behind Song Shu.
She was stunned.
The next second, one of the chopsticks in her hand fell onto the table with a "click".
Yao Yiqin came to her senses and did not bother to pick it up. Instead, she stood up immediately.
"Boss Qin!"
This voice immediately stopped the discussions at the nearby tables.
After a few seconds, everyone stood up one after another.
Song Shu, who had her back to the newcomer, froze for a moment, then quickly adjusted to her normal self. She stood up along with her colleagues at the same table.
"Mr. Qin." Everyone spoke up.
Amid the astonishment of the crowd, Qin Lou walked straight to the table. His eyes swept over everyone except Song Shu, and then stopped on Yao Yiqun.
"I'm coming over to eat, please move in and find an empty seat."
Yao Yiqin: “…”
She had been in the company for so long, but this was the first time she heard Qin Lou say "trouble" to anyone.
Everyone, including Yao Yiqun, remembered the rumors in the company yesterday, and many eyes fell on Song Shu, either explicitly or implicitly.
Then the colleagues at the table prepared to move their seats in panic, but before they stood up, Song Shu stood up first.
"No need to bother, Mr. Qin. Please sit here. I've finished eating." As she spoke, she left her seat and smiled apologetically. "Today is my first day at work. I still have a lot of materials and documents to look at. I'll go back upstairs first."
As he spoke, Song Shu prepared to pick up the plate.
"Is the department very busy?" Qin Lou asked without warning.
Song Shu paused, looked up and smiled, "I'm new here, President Qin, don't worry, I will adapt as soon as possible." She lowered her hands again.
Then, just as he picked up the two-centimeter plate, a slender and powerful hand pushed it back onto the table with a "click".
The others all held their breath, Song Shu's smile remained unchanged, "Boss Qin?"
"Since you're busy, I'll help you take out the kitchen waste."
"… "
Someone at the next table was choking and started coughing violently. Song Shu almost couldn't hold back his smile amid the background noise.
She slowly let go of his hand and said, "Thank you, Mr. Qin, for your concern. I am very touched by your company's entry benefits and corporate culture."
Colleagues: “… ”
Why didn’t we experience such entry-level treatment and corporate culture when we joined the company
Song Shu didn't want to and didn't dare to stay any longer, otherwise she really didn't know what else this person could do.
Song Shu nodded slightly at Qin Lou, then turned and left.
Just after she took two steps, she heard a very soft voice behind her:
“… small clam shell.”
"!"
Song Shu's figure suddenly stopped.
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