At Su Qingcheng’s home.
She stared at a photo on her phone in a daze. In the photo, Xu Le stood in front of her BMW, waiting for her.
It was just an ordinary picture, yet she had been looking at it for a long time.
“Susu, what are you looking at?” Qiao Si pushed open the bedroom door and glanced over.
“News,” Su Qingcheng replied quickly, switching apps on her phone.
“I don’t believe you. Do you know what you look like right now?”
“Like what?”
“Like you’re thinking about a man!” Qiao Si walked over and laughed softly.
When she had liked a man in her youth, she had looked exactly like this too.
For once, Su Qingcheng did not refute it.
“What kind of background does your assistant have? He actually made you fall for him,” Qiao Si asked curiously.
“I don’t know. I just find myself thinking about him from time to time,” Su Qingcheng said with a slight frown. She could not understand why a man was affecting her this much.
“You’re done for. You’re about to fall in love!” Qiao Si pointed at her.
“No. He doesn’t seem to accept me,” Su Qingcheng said, sounding somewhat dejected.
“Huh?” Qiao Si was confused this time.
“Qiaoqiao, do I look like I’ve gained weight this year?” Su Qingcheng suddenly asked.
“No. With your figure, you could casually wear black stockings and make men lose their minds,” Qiao Si said enviously.
“Then has my face gotten uglier?”
“If you call that ugly, then what are the rest of us? You were born with a goddess-like aura, always above everyone else,” Qiao Si said, eyes widening slightly. She never imagined that one day the proud Su Qingcheng would doubt herself because of a man.
“Even if he has a girlfriend, he shouldn’t be able to resist,” Su Qingcheng said, her brows knitting even tighter.
Qiao Si opened her mouth but did not speak. Could it be that that ordinary man truly did not fancy her best friend?
How was that possible?
What right did he have?
…
At the company.
Chen Yan went, as usual, to report work to Vice President Su Qingcheng. When she arrived at the office, she saw a supervisor walking out with a grim expression, as if he had just been scolded harshly.
“What happened?”
“CEO Su is in a terrible mood today. I only made a small mistake and she scolded me badly. Chen Yan, you’d better be careful,” the supervisor said before shaking his head and leaving.
His words made Chen Yan’s heart skip a beat. When CEO Su was angry, she could fire someone without hesitation.
Who had offended her?
As soon as Chen Yan entered, she saw the cold look in Su Qingcheng’s eyes. She was standing by the floor-to-ceiling window, staring outside as if deep in thought. New chapters come out on novelping.com first.
The pressure was intense.
Before long, Chen Yan was scolded as well. Just then, she noticed it was already noon. To stop the scolding from continuing, she quickly said, “CEO Su, it’s already lunchtime. Why don’t you eat first?”
Su Qingcheng fell silent for a moment.
“Call Xu Le in.”
Chen Yan immediately went out. Xu Le had just been about to go eat when he was inexplicably summoned by Chen Yan.
He had no choice but to go. As an assistant, he had to be on call.
“I want dumplings from Sister Hong’s Dumpling Shop in the west of the city. Go buy them,” Su Qingcheng said concisely.
“Alright.”
It was a bit far, but Xu Le could just drive slowly.
Maybe this was even a Mission System task.
After Xu Le brought them back, Su Qingcheng coldly told him to go to the Starbucks in the west of the city to buy coffee.
“But there’s a Starbucks downstairs,” Xu Le said after thinking for a moment.
“If I tell you to go, then go. Consider it overtime. You’ll get triple pay,” Su Qingcheng said without even lifting her eyelids.
Fine.
At that moment, Xu Le heard the system notification.
[Completed Su Qingcheng’s mission. Reward: 5,000 yuan. Favorability +2.]
He made another trip, complaining internally about how Su Qingcheng had suddenly become so difficult to please.
Was she angry because of what happened yesterday?
…
“This coffee is already cold. Were you driving very slowly?” Su Qingcheng said after testing the temperature, then looked at him with her sharp eyes.
“CEO Su, there was heavy traffic. I had to drive carefully,” Xu Le replied.
He heard the system notification again. This time, he received 6,000 yuan, and his favorability increased as well.
So he patiently explained.
In the past, even triple overtime pay would not have convinced him to work extra hours.
To him, his own life was more important.
There were news stories from time to time about young people dying from overwork. Why push so hard?
“Xu Le, I’ve noticed your work attitude is a bit… relaxed. Yes, relaxed. If you work hard under me, you can achieve something,” Su Qingcheng said. She had originally wanted to say lazy but chose a gentler word.
“CEO Su, you don’t need to lecture me or make empty promises. I know my own life. If hard work alone was enough, I wouldn’t have been laid off before,” Xu Le said, waving his hand.
Was he not hardworking? Not at all. He was simply the unlucky one.
Other colleagues were married with children and could be squeezed endlessly. He could not.
Hearing this, Su Qingcheng’s eyes flashed. If anyone else had spoken like that, she would have told him to get out.
She took a breath and suppressed her anger. “You’re wrong to think that way. The company’s promotion system is very transparent.”
“Transparent? You and Li Hao are both children of major shareholders. You parachuted into the company and became executives immediately,” Xu Le said.
Su Qingcheng frowned. She hated it when people said she relied on connections.
She forced down her anger. “Xu Le, watch your words.”
Xu Le raised his brow slightly. He could tell she was tolerating him.
If he provoked her further, would her favorability decrease?
If it decreased, could he farm rewards repeatedly?
But that seemed a little immoral.
“CEO Su, I was wrong,” Xu Le quickly added before hearing any system notification.
For some reason, Su Qingcheng felt relieved. She did not want to fall out with him, so she said coldly, “You can leave.”
Xu Le nodded and walked out.
Su Qingcheng watched his back as he left, biting her red lip. She could not help but feel a bit regretful. Her attitude just now had been too forceful.
She should have been gentler. He had not said anything too harsh.
She should not have lost her temper like that.
…
As soon as Xu Le left the office, he saw his colleague Zhou Mo flashing him a smug smile.
“Xu Le, I passed by earlier and heard CEO Su yelling at you. Did you make her angry? I told you before, CEO Su isn’t an ordinary woman.”
Other colleagues also glanced over and whispered.
“Looks like CEO Su is in a bad mood today. Even Xu Le got unlucky.”
“She might change assistants. I wonder how long Xu Le can last.”
Xu Le ignored them and returned to his desk, preparing to play a game to relax.
At that moment, a delivery man walked in holding a large bouquet of fresh flowers.
“Excuse me, where is Su Qingcheng? These flowers are for her.”
Supervisor Chen Yan immediately stood up and led the delivery man inside.