In truth, after Yu Nian sent that reply the previous night, she had waited intentionally for a while, but she never received any response.
She had subsequently set the matter aside.
Now, reflecting carefully, she realized she had overlooked another possibility.
“Did they send it to the wrong number?”
“But how could there be such a coincidence?”
Moreover, those words truly sounded as if they were meant for her.
Something about would the outcome be different if I were a bit more outstanding…
Something about begging for a beautiful elder sister…
This person was truly… shameless!
And then there was that final sentence: “No one with the surname Yu is a good person.”
Heh.
Sitting in the midst of the bustling, crowded cafeteria, Yu Nian slid her finger across the screen. As she looked at the messages lined up on her phone, her brow gradually furrowed, her expression showing a hint of faint irritability and an indescribable confusion.
After a moment, she put down her phone and looked thoughtfully at Jin Enna, who was sitting across from her.
“Secretary Jin… have you ever had any romantic experiences?”
Jin Enna took a small bite of food and also set down her own phone. She looked up to meet Yu Nian’s gaze, her expression carrying a subtle touch of nuance amidst her surprise. “What… did you just say?”
“You didn’t hear me clearly?”
“I heard you clearly enough.”
Jin Enna elegantly wiped her mouth with a tissue, a playful smile appearing on her face. “But I find it hard to believe that you would actually ask such a question.”
“What could be wrong with that question?”
Yu Nian’s expression became somewhat unnatural, and she instinctively avoided the gaze of the company’s “Big Sister.”
With a chuckle and a shake of her head, Jin Enna’s gaze fell upon the phone Yu Nian had placed on the table. Recalling the indescribable frustration she had seen on the CEO’s face just moments ago, her eyes twinkled as she ventured a guess. “Do you have a relationship problem you need to consult about?”
Yu Nian: “…”
She knew Jin Enna had misunderstood, but she didn’t explain. Instead, she followed Jin Enna’s lead and continued her inquiry: “So, does Secretary Jin have any romantic experience or not?”
“I’m afraid I’ll have to disappoint you, President Yu. I can’t help you with matters of the heart; after all, I haven’t been in a relationship in thirty-two years.”
“Oh? Is that so?” Yu Nian looked at her meaningfully. “How is it that I feel you and that Miss Shen Qingqing…”
“Neighbors!”
Jin Enna instinctively interrupted Yu Nian, a flash of coldness and detachment crossing her eyes, though she immediately replaced it with a polite smile. “Has someone reported something to you, President Yu?”
“That’s not the case.”
Yu Nian shook her head. “Although I don’t particularly support office romances, the company hasn’t explicitly forbidden them, has it?”
Jin Enna secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
She believed she had hidden her relationship with Shen Qingqing very well; no one knew except for Mai Suisui.
But just now, when Yu Nian asked, Jin Enna instinctively thought that Mai Suisui had said something to her.
However, once she processed the thought, Jin Enna found her own suspicion laughable.
How could Mai Suisui possibly be in contact with Yu Nian?
It seemed that her actions to protect Shen Qingqing yesterday had tipped off the perceptive CEO.
She had to admit, her superior was truly sharp!
Nevertheless, she still did not wish to discuss such private matters with her boss.
“President Yu, it seems Xu Wenliang didn’t come to work this morning.”
Yu Nian was also happy for Jin Enna to change the subject; discussing romantic history with a secretary she had only known for a few days was a bit inappropriate. She must have lost her mind.
“Don’t worry about him. Just now, Director An sent me a revised report. He wants to swap the person he’s taking to South Korea for Xu Wenliang.”
Jin Enna nodded as if realizing something. “I thought he would take Xu Ya with him.”
“He can’t take Xu Ya.”
Yu Nian said expressionlessly, “Xu Ya is the next Director of the Sales Department; how could he take her? Furthermore… Xu Ya is unaware of An Yingchuan’s little schemes.”
Although Jin Enna didn’t know why Yu Nian was so certain, she didn’t ask further. Instead, she turned and made a comment with an ambiguous meaning:
“The position for Group One’s leader is vacant again.”
If possible, she still wanted to give the young girl, Mai Suisui, a hand. It had nothing to do with Shen Qingqing; she simply admired the girl.
If she had been in that situation yesterday, she didn’t think she would have had the courage to stand on that stage and promote herself.
Yu Nian was silent for a moment. “I have my own arrangements for Mai Suisui.”
However, to prevent Jin Enna from misunderstanding, she took the initiative to explain: “If possible, I want to place her in the position of my assistant to learn for a period of time. Secretary Jin, if you have time, you can help her out.”
Jin Enna blinked, quite surprised, but she clapped her hands. “I couldn’t be happier.”
“I didn’t expect this young girl to actually catch your eye.”
No, she didn’t.
It’s only because of my sister’s request last night.
Yu Nian countered in her heart.
“There aren’t many people left in Group One.”
“Group Three is a bit idle. Have a few people from Group Three transfer to Group One. As for the group leader, let that Shen Qingqing take the role temporarily.”
Jin Enna pursed her lips and gave two dry laughs. “President Yu, yesterday she…”
“It is precisely because she questioned me in front of everyone yesterday that I want to place her in the position of group leader.”
Secretary Jin breathed a sigh of relief.
“A brilliant move, President Yu.”
Once they finished discussing work, the two spoke no more and focused on their respective meals.
Ding-dong!
The phone rang.
Yu Nian couldn’t help but frown.
A new text message—
【I’m sorry about yesterday, I think I sent it to the wrong person.】
For some reason, Yu Nian’s mood worsened significantly.
“Have Mai Suisui come up to see me once work starts.”
“Uh…”
Jin Enna looked a bit awkward. “Mai Suisui took the day off today.”
“Took the day off?”
Yu Nian’s face instantly turned icy. She narrowed her eyes without saying a word, then departed in silence…
Jin Enna quickly stood up. “President Yu, aren’t you going to finish eating?”
“The cafeteria food is so terrible, it’s no wonder the staff would rather spend their own money to eat out. Have the cafeteria manager come see me after work starts.”
“Yes.”
After watching Yu Nian leave, Jin Enna finally breathed a sigh of relief. After silently tasting a spoonful of the soup and rice, she wiped her mouth expressionlessly.
“It really is terrible.”
“This Mai Suisui must be a very cute young lady, right?”
Getting off work late at night, Yu Nian called her sister on video as usual.
“B-but, does this girl really not know the person on the other end of the phone is you?”
Yu Qiu, who was laughing uncontrollably, thought of something and restrained her laughter slightly, looking at her sister inquiringly.
Yu Nian raised her hand to rub her temples as if she had a headache. “You’re asking me? I don’t believe I’ve leaked my private number. Even my secretary only knows my work number.”
Hearing this, Yu Qiu felt relieved.
She then intentionally adopted a profound expression, stroking her chin as she studied Yu Nian through the screen. “I think I’m getting a feeling.”
“What feeling?”
“I’ve seen something similar before. A girl, after her lover passed away, missed them so much that she turned her daily experiences into text messages and sent them to the deceased’s inactive phone number, treating it like a ‘tree hole’.”
“Tree hole?” Yu Nian’s frown deepened.
“Yeah, you don’t know? It’s the kind of thing where you can vent your troubles and secrets freely. Even though no one replies, once you’ve told everything to the ‘tree hole,’ you feel much lighter.”
Yu Qiu gave a mischievous grin. “I’m telling you, I really think this girl wanted to send it to a ‘tree hole’ but got the wrong person.”
“Look at those messages; they’re basically a girl’s private diary. It’s a good thing you reminded her early, otherwise, if you knew too many secrets, she might even want to ‘silence’ you later.”
“But you really have no sense of romance at all, replying with just a question mark. Otherwise, you two might have actually had some potential for development.”
“Yu Qiu, are you looking for trouble again?” Yu Nian stared at her expressionlessly.
Since they were thousands of miles apart, Yu Qiu naturally wasn’t afraid. Not only was she unafraid, but she also put on a meaningful smile. “Isn’t this just right? I’ve predicted it—maybe this is a chance given to you by the heavens to have a proper romance.”
“Sister, you’re already 27. Even if you find a girlfriend, the two ladies in our family definitely won’t object and might even be very happy. The only slight difficulty would be… over there.”
“But I believe my dear sister will settle those people.”
“And you should really scout the way for me early. I don’t want someone suddenly popping up to criticize me when I fall in love.”
After Yu Qiu rattled on for a long time, she wanted to take a sip of water to soothe her throat, only to find that the person on the other side had already hung up the video call.
Exasperated, Yu Qiu immediately opened the chat box and began typing away.
Yu Nian tossed her phone onto the desk and took a deep breath. Her eyes inadvertently caught the curtains fluttering in the wind nearby, and she leaned back in her chair, staring blankly at the ceiling.
In this world, cases where love is perfect and a career is successful are rare. People who can achieve both can be called blessed; that is why, in the eyes of the world, happiness is considered so precious.
Yu Nian was not a perfectionist, or rather, she never intentionally pursued anything.
Instead of comparing her life to others, she preferred to live for herself and do what she wanted to do in the moment.
Right now, her mind was full of work. Furthermore, she hated using her time to solve problems that didn’t originally belong to her, such as the matter of Mai Suisui sending messages to the wrong person.
However, when she sat up and saw the last message Yu Qiu had sent her, she was stunned.
— No matter what, Sis, you can’t deny that the reason the girl didn’t come to work is definitely because she doesn’t know how to face you, right?
Yu Nian remained silent for a while. Then, picking up her phone, she opened the message interface and quickly typed a message to send:
【I don’t know if you did it on purpose or if you truly sent it to the wrong person. But since you want to become more outstanding, then prove yourself properly.】