The moment Shen Wanli opened her eyes and saw Jiang Rou’s sleeping face, she was startled. She hurriedly pulled back the blanket to check her pajamas, which were fully dressed, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly remembering something, she nudged Jiang Rou, who was sleeping next to her.
“Why are you sleeping here?”
Shen Wanli asked.
Jiang Rou woke up groggily from the nudge, saw Shen Wanli frowning at her face, and instinctively asked, “What is it?”
Shen Wanli pointed at the pajamas she was wearing, her eyes filled with doubt. “Did you change my pajamas?”
Hearing Shen Wanli’s slightly raised voice carrying a hint of questioning, Jiang Rou also felt a pang of guilt.
Changing the pajamas indeed hid her own selfish motives, but it was also because Shen Wanli was drunk and she feared Shen Wanli would sleep uncomfortably.
Thinking of the beautiful scenery she saw while changing the pajamas last night, Jiang Rou felt her throat go a bit dry. When she opened her mouth, her voice was somewhat hoarse.
“You smelled all like alcohol last night, so I changed them for you. Otherwise, how smelly would you have been!”
Jiang Rou made up an excuse.
Hearing Jiang Rou’s words, Shen Wanli was almost amused to the point of laughing. “And so you just casually changed my clothes?”
Jiang Rou felt somewhat wronged. “Wasn’t it also in the hope that you would sleep more comfortably? Besides, we are both alphas, what are you afraid of?”
Jiang Rou said this intentionally. Every time she brought up this excuse, Shen Wanli certainly wouldn’t say anything more. Sure enough, Shen Wanli cleared her throat. “Do not do this again in the future.”
Jiang Rou nodded obediently, knowing when to quit while she was ahead.
“I will make breakfast, and then we can go to the company together to sign the contract?”
Shen Wanli turned to ask Jiang Rou, since her mind was still preoccupied with the contract matter.
“Alright, but I want to eat something delicious.”
Jiang Rou said with a smile, her tone unable to hide its intimacy.
Shen Wanli raised an eyebrow. “Since the request is not too much, I certainly must satisfy our client’s demands well.”
Watching Shen Wanli bustle about in the kitchen, Jiang Rou thought to herself that it would be even better if she could satisfy some of the client’s other demands as well.
As the two of them stepped into the company, they heard gasps of surprise all around.
The hearing of alphas is extremely acute, allowing them to catch the whispered conversations of the surrounding employees.
“Who is that? So pretty. Could she be President Shen’s girlfriend?”
“President Shen hasn’t brought anyone over for all these years, so she really might be.”
“She feels like an omega, the two of them match so well.”
Hearing the whispered voices around them, Jiang Rou curled the corners of her mouth, in a very good mood.
As expected of Shen Wanli’s company, their taste is truly good.
Since Jiang Rou, an alpha, could hear it, Shen Wanli, equally an alpha, could hear it too. She glanced at Jiang Rou somewhat awkwardly, only to find Jiang Rou’s expression completely calm, as if she had heard nothing at all. This made Shen Wanli relax slightly and breathe a sigh of relief. She then cleared her throat and announced, “This is our company’s new artist, Jiang Rou, who is in charge of this pheromone-themed project.”
Hearing Shen Wanli’s introduction that she was not her girlfriend, the sparks that had extinguished in some people’s hearts ignited once more, making them feel that they had a chance again. Shen Wanli looked at Zhang Fang, who was in charge of the design team, and said, “Director Zhang, you will be in charge of giving Jiang Rou a tour.”
Knowing that Shen Wanli probably still had matters to handle, Jiang Rou did not cling to her and instead followed Zhang Fang to tour the company.
Because Jiang Rou was personally brought in by Shen Wanli, the entire project team treated her exceptionally well. Zhang Fang showed Jiang Rou around once and then settled her at her workstation.
As soon as Zhang Fang left, the colleagues immediately swarmed over, gossiping all at once.
“Jiang Rou, what is your relationship with President Shen? I have never seen President Shen personally bring anyone here before.”
A female colleague asked excitedly.
Jiang Rou smiled. “We were alumni with your President Shen before. She probably brought me along because she was afraid, I would not be familiar with the place.”
She did not disclose her relationship with Shen Wanli, because she did not want to cause unnecessary trouble for Shen Wanli.
“I thought you were President Shen’s girlfriend. You two really look like a match.”
Another female colleague’s eyes were full of pink bubbles, looking at Jiang Rou with a doting mother’s smile.
Hearing such words put Jiang Rou in a very good mood. “Although we are not, I really do like President Shen and want to pursue her. You all must help me figure out some strategies when the time comes.”
Jiang Rou’s slightly mischievous words quickly won the favor of the female colleagues in the design team.
After all, Shen Wanli seemed far too out of reach to them, and Jiang Rou was so gorgeous, who wouldn’t love seeing two beauties paired together?
At that moment, a jarring voice abruptly cut in, “It is work hours now. Could you please focus on your work properly and stop discussing these things during office hours?”
The previously laughing and chatting atmosphere instantly fell silent, and the air filled with awkwardness.
After a moment, a female colleague sarcastically remarked, “Qin Han, you cannot just stop others from liking President Shen and discussing her simply because you like President Shen yourself.”
The girl named Qin Han was mocked like this, and her face suddenly flushed red. “I did not, I do not mean that, you cannot say things like that about me.”
With that, Qin Han’s eye rims suddenly turned red, and tears threatened to overflow.
She looked entirely aggrieved, as if she had been bullied.
The female colleague rolled her eyes. “There she goes again with this look. Anyone who didn’t know better would think I bullied you.”
Qin Han shook her head, looking utterly terrified. “I… I did not mean that.”
A male colleague nearby couldn’t watch any longer and said to the female colleague, “Why are you being so fierce? Qin Han didn’t mean anything else.”
Hearing the male colleague defend Qin Han, the female colleague’s anger flared up even more. Just as she was about to retort, Jiang Rou stopped her.
Jiang Rou shook her head at the female colleague, leaving the latter with no choice but to sigh and sit back down.
“Jiang Rou, why did you stop me from talking to her? Aren’t you angry when she acts like this?”
The female colleague was named Li Luo. She hadn’t been able to stand Qin Han in this group for a day or two, and today was especially bad.
However, she hadn’t expected Jiang Rou to be the one to hold her back. Taking the opportunity while they were in the restroom, she asked Jiang Rou out of curiosity.
Jiang Rou smiled and shook her head. “If you keep criticizing her, more people will definitely defend her. Why bother doing such a thing? Besides, you and her arguing like that does not look good for President Shen’s reputation either.”
This Li Luo was the one who had said Shen Wanli and Jiang Rou looked very compatible, so Jiang Rou currently had a good impression of her and was willing to offer a word of warning to spare her from getting the short end of the stick with Qin Han.
When the two of them were mentioned earlier, the dissatisfaction and jealousy in Qin Han’s eyes were unmistakable. Jiang Rou certainly hadn’t misread it, and she mentally noted it for future awareness.
Sketching her draft, Jiang Rou propped her chin on her hand, remembering what had just happened, and couldn’t help but chuckle softly to herself, muttering, “How nice. Sister just found me another love rival.”