Shen Suiwan looked at him speaking so positively, and her heart, which had been raging with anger, suddenly grew calm.
Hadn’t she already seen through this man? What was there left to be disappointed about?
Since he wanted to give this project to Gu Xirou, then let him give it.
Only, Gu Xirou might not be able to handle it.
Gu Tingshen noticed that she had suddenly grown calm, and his expression softened a great deal. He stood up and walked over to her, taking her cold hand.
“Wanwan, as her brother and sister-in-law, it’s only right for us to give our little sister a hand, isn’t it?”
Shen Suiwan pulled her hand out of his, her face cold. “If you say it’s right, then it’s right.”
Gu Tingshen’s sword-like brows drew together slightly, as though he was displeased by her attitude.
But since she was no longer hung up on the matter of who was in charge of the project, he did not say anything reproachful, and only said, “Rourou has just taken over this project, and there’s a lot she doesn’t understand. I’ll have to trouble you to give her plenty of help.”
Only a short while ago he had said, in high-sounding terms, that he was afraid she was working too hard and was worried about her health.
Now he was telling her to help Gu Xirou more.
Perhaps because the derision in her eyes was too obvious, Gu Tingshen coughed twice awkwardly and asked, “How did it go at the hospital today? There’s nothing seriously wrong, is there?”
This belated concern did not stir the slightest ripple in Shen Suiwan’s heart, it only made her find it more laughable.
“It’s nothing.” She answered perfunctorily, “I’ll go out now.”
Gu Tingshen looked at her retreating figure, and that faint feeling of unease welled up once again.
But this unease was soon interrupted by Gu Xirou, who pushed the door open and came in.
“Brother, Miss Shen isn’t angry, is she?” She walked up to Gu Tingshen and asked with a cautious look on her face.
“No.” Gu Tingshen gave her a reassuring smile. “You don’t need to worry. Wanwan has always been very sensible.”
“Oh, that’s good then.”
That was what she said out loud, but inwardly Gu Xirou was extremely displeased.
She had taken Shen Suiwan’s project away from her, and Shen Suiwan actually did not make a scene with Gu Tingshen?
What she wanted was for Shen Suiwan to have a huge fight with Gu Tingshen, to make Gu Tingshen angry, to deepen the conflict between the two of them more and more!
But this Shen Suiwan… heh, she really could put on an act.
Her eyes rolled, and a plan came to Gu Xirou.
“Brother, I just started today. Why don’t we organize a group dinner tonight and invite all the colleagues from the president’s office? That way it would also be easier for me to get to know them faster.”
“All right.” Gu Tingshen agreed without hesitation. “I’ll have someone book a table right now.”
Soon, everyone knew about the group dinner that evening.
“Why is there suddenly a group dinner?”
“Isn’t it obvious? It’s to welcome that Miss Gu.”
“What’s her background anyway? Her surname is Gu, just like President Gu’s. Is she one of President Gu’s family?”
“No way. The way those two look at each other is practically dripping. Even I can feel how suggestive it is. The same surname is probably just a coincidence.”
“So she’s President Gu’s girlfriend? I used to think President Gu and Secretary Shen were a couple…”
“No way. If the two of them really were a couple, they’d have gone public long ago.”
The gossip group chat was buzzing.
Shen Suiwan glanced at it, expressionless.
Gu Xirou had been there less than a day, and the colleagues in the president’s office had already picked up on the suggestiveness between her and Gu Tingshen.
These two really were “deep in love as the sea.”
She remembered how back then she had wanted to make their relationship public at the company, but Gu Tingshen had said, “Wanwan, the company is a place for work after all. Don’t drag our private affairs into it.”
She had thought he simply did not want the people at the company to know about his private life, so she had agreed.
Thinking about it now, he had wanted to keep the position of the boss’s wife open for Gu Xirou.
Shen Suiwan had not wanted to go to the dinner that evening, but she could not resist several colleagues who kept enthusiastically pulling her along, and could only go to the restaurant with them.
Everyone knew this dinner had been organized to welcome Gu Xirou, so as soon as it began, someone came forward to toast Gu Xirou.
Gu Tingshen blocked it. “Rourou is in poor health and can’t drink. I’ll drink her share for her.”
Having said that, he picked up the glass in front of him and drained it in one go.
After drinking it, he did not forget to order Gu Xirou a glass of juice.
A moderate round of teasing rose in the private room, probably because they were not at the company at the moment, and the employees of the president’s office, who were usually quite afraid of Gu Tingshen, had grown a bit bolder.
“President Gu is so considerate toward Miss Gu.”
“President Gu really is a good man.”
Gu Xirou’s cheeks flushed red. “It’s nothing like that… President Gu just feels sorry for me because I’m in poor health.”
“Oh come now, Miss Gu, don’t be modest. President Gu clearly cares about you.”
“President Gu, so tonight, will you drink all the toasts we make to Miss Gu?”
Gu Tingshen glanced with a faint smile at Gu Xirou, who sat beside him. “No matter how many toasts you make, I’ll drink them for her.”
“Wow…”
The crowd exclaimed one after another. Who would have thought that President Gu, always so aloof, would be like this once he fell in love!
Meanwhile Shen Suiwan sat alone in the corner, looking at the glass of liquor in front of her.
Back when she had gone with him to business dinners, drinking down glass after glass of high-proof baijiu, he had never taken a drink for her, not even one.
She had been foolish enough that as long as he said a few caring words after she finished drinking and had someone bring her a bowl of sobering-up soup, she thought he cared about her very much.
Looking at it now, what did really caring look like?
It looked like not being willing to let Gu Xirou drink a single glass, even if it was only low-proof beer.
“Secretary Shen.”
Gu Xirou’s hypocritical voice suddenly sounded in front of her.
Shen Suiwan raised her head and saw Gu Xirou standing before her holding a glass of liquor.
“I hear that for the past few years it has always been Secretary Shen leading everyone in their work, and that everyone respects you very much. As a newcomer, I ought to drink a toast to you.”
Having said that, she held the liquor in her hand out in front of Shen Suiwan.
Shen Suiwan’s face was calm. “Sorry, my stomach has been bothering me lately, so I can’t drink.”
“Secretary Shen…” Gu Xirou put on an aggrieved expression. “Have I done something to upset you? I only wanted to drink a toast to you, nothing more.”
Shen Suiwan was truly at a loss for words. What she had said was the truth.
Gu Xirou turned her aggrieved look toward Gu Tingshen again.
His brows immediately drew together.
“Secretary Shen.” His voice was very cool. “Rourou is your new colleague. You should drink the toast she offers.”