When they reached the company entrance, Zhou Shu headed for the subway, while Zhong Yi went to find her electric scooter.
The two parted ways at the door.
“Zhong Yi!”
As Zhong Yi walked toward the parking lot, she heard a familiar voice and paused in her tracks.
It was Lin Hengchuan.
How did he find her here?
Lin Hengchuan caught up and blocked her path. “Zhong Yi, I broke up with her. Can we get back together?”
“You’ve had your fun, and now you want to get back together? Lin Hengchuan, do I look like a fool to you?” Zhong Yi didn’t want to be too close to him and took a step back to create distance.
“Zhong Yi, I know I was wrong. Back then, she was the one who kept clinging to me. I was just going along with it.”
“Going along with it required kissing?”
“Yiyi, I was wrong.” Lin Hengchuan persisted stubbornly, grabbing Zhong Yi’s arm. “I really was wrong. I’ve always liked you. You have to believe me.”
“Lin Hengchuan, let go of me!”
Zhong Yi’s arm hurt from his grip.
Lin Hengchuan didn’t release her; instead, he tightened his hold.
As the two struggled, Zhong Yi’s shoulder bag fell to the ground, spilling its contents.
More and more people gathered to watch, all from the same company. Zhong Yi didn’t want to cause a scene here and become the subject of gossip, so she hardened her expression. “I’ve already broken up with you and will never get back together. Give up on that idea. Don’t come bothering me again.”
“Yiyi, don’t be so heartless, okay? I’ve regretted it every day for the past two months. I think about you all the time. Please, give me another chance.”
As he spoke, Lin Hengchuan reached out to hug Zhong Yi.
In her struggle to resist, Zhong Yi raised her hand and slapped him.
Lin Hengchuan covered his face in disbelief. “Yiyi, you hit me?”
Zhong Yi warned him, “If you harass me again, I’ll call the police!”
Zhong Yi crouched down to pick up the items on the ground and noticed her medication had also fallen out.
It was the emergency contraceptive pills she had bought last time and absentmindedly left in her bag, forgetting to dispose of them!
Zhong Yi reached for them, but Lin Hengchuan snatched them up first.
“…Progesterone tablets.”
Seeing the words on the box, Lin Hengchuan’s expression turned cold as he demanded, “Zhong Yi, who did you sleep with?”
“None of your business!” Zhong Yi reached out to snatch them back.
Lin Hengchuan clearly wasn’t going to let her off easily. He grabbed her shoulders and angrily asked, “Which man did you sleep with? So this is how it is, Zhong Yi! You acted like a chaste saint in front of me, even making me get a health checkup before sleeping together, but behind my back, you were fooling around with someone else!”
“Who is that man? Is he the reason you broke up with me?”
Zhong Yi kicked him and finally broke free. “Who I sleep with is my business after we broke up, unlike you, who was two-timing!”
Lin Hengchuan was so angry he tried to hit her.
Mid-swing, someone stopped him.
Lu Zhe grabbed his arm and shoved him aside. “Sir, this is Jin Corporation, not a place for you to cause trouble. Don’t bully our employees here.”
“She’s my girlfriend!”
Lin Hengchuan pointed at Zhong Yi.
Zhong Yi hid behind Lu Zhe and firmly clarified, “We broke up over two months ago.”
Lu Zhe calmly stated, “Zhong Yi is our CEO Jin’s secretary. If anything happens to her, our boss will pursue the matter to the end.”
Jin Chen.
He was known for being cold, ruthless, and unyielding—a notorious “living king of hell” in the business world.
Lin Hengchuan didn’t dare provoke him.
In the end, he could only grit his teeth and leave, throwing out a final threat.
“Zhong Yi, this isn’t over!”
After he left, Lu Zhe dispersed the onlookers.
Zhong Yi was extremely grateful. “Assistant Lu, thank you so much.”
“You’re welcome, Secretary Zhong. President Jin sent me to help you. He needs to speak with you.”
Lu Zhe gestured toward a certain direction behind her. Zhong Yi followed his gaze and saw a black Bentley parked not far away.
The man inside the car withdrew his gaze and rolled up the window.
Zhong Yi swallowed nervously. “Um… there are a lot of people here. Could you please tell President Jin to wait for me at the intersection ahead?”
She had already made a huge fool of herself today.
Zhong Yi didn’t want to stir up any more trouble.
If she got entangled in any inappropriate gossip with President Jin again, she would really get fired.
Five minutes later, Zhong Yi parked her electric scooter behind a black Bentley.
She opened the door and got in.
The man beside her spoke coldly.
“Secretary Zhong, arranging a meeting with you is quite troublesome.”
This was the first time he had to meet someone so discreetly.
Was he that unsightly?
Jin Chen’s tone was unfriendly, clearly in a bad mood.
Zhong Yi knew she had made the great president lower himself this time and felt very apologetic. She quickly explained, “No, President Jin, I didn’t mean to make you wait. I was just afraid others might misunderstand if they saw us.”
“Misunderstand what? That you’re trying to seduce me to climb the social ladder?” Jin Chen sneered coldly.
Was he that shallow, so easily seduced?
Jin Chen was already annoyed that his secretary seemed rather unintelligent.
Unexpectedly, Zhong Yi said, “No, I was afraid people might misunderstand you as interfering in my relationship and being the third party.”
Jin Chen laughed in anger. “Do I need to be a third party?”
Right.
Zhong Yi earnestly explained, “Everyone in the company knows Lin Hengchuan is my boyfriend, but they don’t know we’ve broken up. If rumors spread about you and me, then you’d be the third party.”
In the front passenger seat, Lu Zhe couldn’t help but chuckle.
Jin Chen realized that this usually inconspicuous secretary had a real talent for infuriating people.
He gritted his teeth.
“So, helping you was my mistake?”
The president was angry again. Zhong Yi panicked and quickly flattered him.
“No, President Jin, you are wise and righteous, saving me from dire straits. I am truly grateful and will work even harder in the future to repay your kindness.”
Smooth talker.
Jin Chen casually rested his arm on the window ledge, turned his head to look at her, and spoke in a half-amused tone. “Didn’t you say you were deeply in love with your boyfriend and getting married at the end of the year? Does Secretary Zhong have a second boyfriend?”
Zhong Yi: “…”
Why was she so unlucky?
The first time she lied in front of her boss, she got caught red-handed.
Zhong Yi swallowed nervously, sweating profusely. “I’m sorry, President Jin. I shouldn’t have lied to you, but my intention was just to let you know I absolutely have no improper thoughts about you. Really.”
Her eyes were clear and resolute, as if she wished to have nothing to do with him.
Not as cute as she was that night.
Jin Chen stared at her quietly for a moment, then curled the corner of his mouth.
Forget it.
“You can go.”
Zhong Yi felt as if she had been granted amnesty and scurried away as if Jin Chen were some kind of monster.
Watching the woman’s hurried retreating figure, Jin Chen suddenly felt a surge of anger and coldly asked Assistant Lu, “Lu Zhe, am I that scary?”
Lu Zhe: “You’re not scary. Secretary Zhong is just too timid.”
Just then, a yellow electric scooter zipped past the car.
Jin Chen: “Can such a toy car even be driven on the road? Is Secretary Zhong very poor?”
Lu Zhe: “…”
“Secretary Zhong’s base salary is twenty-eight thousand…”
Before he could finish, he heard his boss’s rather heartless comment: “No wonder she can only afford a toy car.”
Lu Zhe: “…”
Indeed, twenty-eight thousand was truly insignificant in the eyes of the CEO.
Jin Chen watched the little electric scooter disappearing into the distance and slightly furrowed his brow.
Just now, he had actually instinctively wanted to give Zhong Yi a raise.
Was he out of his mind?
Why should he give her a raise?
And she had run off so quickly, without the slightest hint of trying to seduce him.
The more Jin Chen thought about it, the more impatient he became.
“Lu Zhe, am I not handsome?”
In all his life, Lu Zhe had never expected to hear such a shocking question from the CEO.
He pinched himself to make sure he wasn’t dreaming.
“Mr. Jin, you are the most handsome man in the capital.”
Jin Chen: “Do you think Secretary Zhong likes me?”
Lu Zhe answered honestly: “Secretary Zhong seems to prefer her work. She’s so timid, she probably wouldn’t dare to like you.”
Having worked together for so long,
Lu Zhe felt he understood Zhong Yi quite well.
In Secretary Zhong’s mind, her job was more tempting than the CEO.
Jin Chen grew even more displeased: “How did someone so timid get hired?”
Lu Zhe inwardly protested: The bold ones were all fired by you.
But he didn’t dare say it out loud.
After a moment of silence, Lu Zhe heard the CEO ask another question.
“Secretary Zhong’s little toy car doesn’t seem very reliable. As a colleague, shouldn’t Assistant Lu show some concern?”
Lu Zhe understood and said to the driver,
“Follow that yellow little scooter.”