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Shang Jingwu’s office is on the top floor, accessible via a private elevator from the underground parking lot. The elevator car has glass that can be electrically blocked out, and he usually uses it in the dark-blocking mode. However, since He Yi was present today, he switched the elevator to sightseeing mode.
He Yi was indeed excited. As soon as the elevator started to go up, he couldn’t wait to press his face against the glass and look down. While looking down, he said to Shang Jingwu, “Honey, honey, are we flying? It’s so high, higher than birds.”
Shang Jingwu didn’t say anything, and He Yi didn’t feel neglected. He chatted happily by himself until the cars on the ground looked as small as toys. Then, he ran back to Shang Jingwu’s side in fear and asked anxiously, “Honey, are we going to fall?”
”No,” Shang Jingwu said calmly.
He Yi was still scared, shrinking next to the wheelchair and hugging Shang Jingwu’s arm, saying, “But it’s so high! Just looking down makes me dizzy. What if I fall and smash into a pile of minced meat?”
”You won’t fall.” Shang Jingwu patiently repeated.
He Yi couldn’t help but glance down again. The elevator had gone so high that he was startled and clung tightly to Shang Jingwu’s arm, asking, “Honey, how much longer until we get there?”
Shang Jingwu pointed to the numbers flashing on the display screen next to the elevator door and explained to He Yi, “That shows the floor number. Look for yourself.”
Then he switched the glass to blackout mode.
He Yi’s attention shifted to the constantly changing floors, and he even started counting them. The elevator only stopped when he counted to 106.
Before going out, He Yi couldn’t help but peek down again, only to find he couldn’t see anything outside. He asked curiously, “Honey, honey, why can’t we see outside? Is the elevator broken?”
Shang Jingwu switched the glass back to sightseeing mode, and He Yi exclaimed in surprise, “We can see it again!”
He gripped Shang Jingwu’s arm tightly, peeked down, and was so startled that he immediately returned to Shang Jingwu’s side, patting his chest and exclaiming, “It’s so tall! How can there be such a tall building?”
Shang Jingwu ignored him and drove off in his wheelchair.
He Yi quickly followed, pretending to hold onto the back of Shang Jingwu’s wheelchair and push him forward. In reality, the wheelchair was electric and he didn’t need to push it at all.
The elevator was very close to Shang Jingwu’s office, just around the corner. After entering the office, Shang Jingwu solemnly reminded He Yi, “Don’t touch anything here casually, it’s best not to touch anything at all.”
He Yi quickly replied, “I won’t touch your things, I’ll be a good boy.”
”I have a meeting later. Are you going to wait for me here or go out for a walk with my assistant?” Shang Jingwu asked.
“I’ll wait for you here,” He Yi said very obediently.
He was not familiar with the environment and the people here, and subconsciously felt that he would feel safer in Shang Jingwu’s territory. However, he did not know that the entire building belonged to Shang Jingwu.
Fearing that He Yi might cause trouble out of boredom, Shang Jingwu took out a tablet computer, handed it to He Yi, and said, “Find something to read, or play games, but don’t wander around or touch the documents on the table.”
He Yi nodded obediently, “Then when are you coming back, honey?”
”I’ll head back after the meeting, probably around 10 o’clock,” Shang Jingwu said, estimating the time.
”Honey, you go to your meeting. I’ll wait for you to come back,” He Yi promised.
Shang Jingwu went to the conference room with some unease, and before leaving, he called an assistant over to look after He Yi.
As the president of the entire group, he has several assistants. Because he has always had a bad temper and has particularly high requirements for work, his assistants either anger him and are fired or cannot stand the work pressure and resign on their own. Some of the younger assistants are quite confident in their looks and dress up in a flamboyant manner from the start. They even try to seduce Shang Jingwu during work hours, but their endings are all very tragic.
Generally speaking, very few assistants can last three months, so Du Yuwei, who has worked here for more than a year, is considered to be quite senior.
Du Yuwei is not only competent at work and has an outstanding appearance, but she also has high emotional intelligence and can see the situation clearly. She has never tried to seduce Shang Jingwu. Her daily attire is always appropriate, and she is also gentle and kind. Most importantly, she is very patient. That’s why Shang Jingwu entrusted He Yi, a troublesome person, to her care.
As soon as He Yi saw Du Yuwei, his eyes lit up and he exclaimed, “Beautiful sister! You’re so pretty!”
Du Yuwei was taken aback. She knew He Yi’s identity and had also heard that the president’s wife had recently hit his head and become mentally impaired. She didn’t expect this child to be so sweet-talking. She couldn’t help but smile and say, “Thank you. You are also very beautiful and cute.”
He Yi asked in surprise, “Really? No one has ever told me I’m cute before.”
Du Yuwei keenly realized that He Yi’s silliness was probably just that his mind was more like a child’s, not that he was mentally incapable of communication, which made him easier to deal with.
Even after entering the conference room, Shang Jingwu was still worried about He Yi. There had been two accidents when he had entrusted He Yi to the bodyguards. If this little fool caused another situation that Assistant Du couldn’t handle, he would have another headache.
The sales manager was diligently giving a report when he noticed that Shang Jingwu’s expression was not good. He was so frightened that his legs trembled and his back broke out in a cold sweat, fearing that he had made a mistake that angered their boss, Shang Jingwu.
After listening to the report for more than ten minutes, Shang Jingwu still felt uneasy, so he simply took out his phone to send a message to Assistant Du to inquire about He Yi’s situation. The sales manager was so nervous that he could barely hold the mouse, fearing that President Shang would fire him at any moment.
Seeing this, the other executives were also worried for the sales manager. Only the younger and more easygoing CFO noticed the row of fresh teeth marks on Shang Jingwu’s hand.
Everyone knows what kind of person Mr. Shang is. He usually gets angry if someone touches him at close range. Now that he has been bitten with such deep teeth marks, and no one else has suffered any harm, then Mr. Shang must have willingly let himself be bitten.
This is truly something I’ve never seen before.
The CFO, feeling confident that he hadn’t made any mistakes at work recently and was sitting relatively far from Shang Jingwu today, couldn’t resist taking out his phone under the table to share this shocking gossip with his colleagues.
Shang Jingwu sent a message to Assistant Du to ask how He Yi was doing. Assistant Du replied that there were no problems. Shang Jingwu then instructed, “If he wants to eat something, have someone buy it and bring it up. Don’t let him go out and wander around. Keep a close eye on him.”
Du Yuwei raised an eyebrow in surprise when she saw the additional message.
Since she became President Shang’s personal assistant, she had never seen him repeat an order. He had already arranged these things once when he asked her to take care of his wife, but now he was emphasizing them again. It seems that the boss values his new wife quite a bit.
Ever since the news of Shang Jingwu’s marriage spread throughout the company, especially since he married a man who had been hit by a car and was mentally impaired, those in the company who had previously harbored unrealistic fantasies about him became even more restless. They all disapproved of this marriage, which was suddenly arranged due to feudal superstition, and felt that their CEO Shang could not possibly be interested in a mentally challenged person, and that divorce was only a matter of time.
It’s as if Shang Jingwu only became interested in them after divorcing He Yi.
Du Yuwei already thought those people were being far-fetched, and now, seeing Shang Jingwu’s attitude towards He Yi, she felt that even if he didn’t fancy this new wife, he certainly wouldn’t dislike He Yi as those people hoped.
Waiting for CEO Shang to get a divorce? Don’t even dream about it.
Du Yuwei inwardly scoffed at those young people who were always thinking about climbing the corporate ladder to become rich, replied “okay” to Shang Jingwu, and then continued playing games with He Yi, unaware that the company’s internal gossip forum had already exploded.
This forum is anonymous, but only company employees can log in. Someone posted a message saying that CEO Shang came to work injured today. A group of people commented asking how badly the boss was injured. The poster kept everyone in suspense before posting a picture that was obviously taken secretly.
Although the photo wasn’t very clear and the face was heavily blurred, anyone who had seen Shang Jingwu before could recognize him.
After posting the photos, the poster kept everyone in suspense, asking them to carefully observe where the boss was injured. Soon, someone circled the row of semi-circular teeth marks on Shang Jingwu’s hand and even cropped them out for others to see.
The employees who were watching the drama were in an uproar. They all speculated that President Shang had finally stepped down from his pedestal and found a rather feisty mistress. Moreover, they thought that President Shang must dote on this mistress, otherwise how could that person dare to so openly stamp President Shang’s seal? Wasn’t this just showing off? He didn’t give his new wife any face at all.
Some people said that the new wife is a fool, and even if he is cheated on, he probably won’t know it, so he doesn’t need to care about his face at all, which attracted a lot of replies with “hahaha”.
The two main characters being gossiped about were completely unaware of this. He Yi and Du Yuwei had been playing for over an hour when they got hungry and started asking for food. Du Yuwei quickly sent someone to buy some.
He Yi became more familiar with her and was no longer as reserved as he was in the unfamiliar environment at the beginning. He tugged at her sleeve and said coquettishly, “Pretty sister, shall we go out to eat? I want to go out and play.”
Du Yuwei subtly pulled her sleeve back. Although the madam was foolish, she still had to be careful about avoiding suspicion, otherwise it wouldn’t be good to anger the boss.
”I also want to take you out, but didn’t you promise the boss you’d wait for him to come back?” Du Yuwei asked with a smile.
He Yi hesitated for a moment, rolled his eyes, and came up with a perfect idea. He leaned closer to Du Yuwei and whispered, “How about we sneak out? Just for a little while, and we’ll be right back. As long as you don’t tell my husband, he won’t know we went out.”
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