Overworked office drone Shao Jiayan dies from exhaustion—only to wake up transmigrated into a novel as an unnamed background character in a cutthroat corporate world.
His new life? Still a ...
Chapter 28 Chapter 28 Did Mr. Zhang Si get ambushed? ...
Chapter 24
An assistant with a five-figure monthly salary wears a six-figure coat of his boss. To others, this boss must really care about his employees!
Even Si Yiran couldn't help but glance in their direction several times, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
But after Mr. Si rejected his 99-yuan down jacket with free shipping, Shao Jiayan was still shivering with cold even though he was wearing an expensive coat.
Seeing this, Si Yizhi had no choice but to ask his bodyguard to run again to get his spare coat.
On the other side, Wen Kefan, who had been with Si Yiran the whole time, rushed back on a private plane this afternoon. As her fiancé, he naturally could not miss such an occasion.
When the ceremony was finally over and they could finally return to the warm lounge, Wen Kefan suddenly tugged at Shao Jiayan's sleeve.
"Assistant Shao, are you and Brother Si together?" Based on Young Master Wen's simple train of thought, Shao Jiayan must have a close relationship with Si Yizhi since he could accompany Si Yizhi throughout such an important occasion. Moreover, he was still wearing that ill-fitting cashmere coat.
Shao Jiayan was shocked by his statement and quickly waved his hands to explain in a low voice, "No, no, Mr. Si just asked me to be in charge of filming the whole process. It was too cold in the funeral hall, and my hands were frozen so stiff that he lent me his coat."
But Wen Kefan obviously didn't believe his words, and muttered, "I've never seen a brother lend his clothes to others..."
Young Master Wen looked pale and listless today.
Although he is a naive person, he is not completely ignorant of the ways of the world.
After Mr. Si passed away, the division of the Si family property would sooner or later be put on the table. As Si Yiran's fiancé, he should be of one mind and one heart with Si Yiran, and share the same hatred and enemies. But Si Yizhi was a childhood friend who grew up with him after all. He was caught in the middle and was in a dilemma.
Shao Jiayan smiled awkwardly, "Mr. Si is a good person..."
But Wen Kefan didn't believe it. He looked at his work partner sadly and held his hand. "Assistant Shao, we all know that Brother Si has a special feeling for you. I can see that you like men. Can you seriously consider Brother Si? After Grandpa Si passed away, he might be really alone in this world. Can you consider him?"
Shao Jiayan gave an awkward but polite smile, and could only nod and hum twice.
[I do like men, but I can’t possibly like him just because he’s a man~ Mr. Si...] He was complaining in his mind, but the next second he looked up and met Si Yizhi’s gaze.
On the bleak snowy night, there seemed to be some clear ice crystals in the man's hair.
His breath created a circle of white mist in the cold air, making his handsome face, which was no less handsome than the male protagonists of the Ark games, look a little unreal. This made Shao Jiayan suddenly feel like he had broken through the dimensional wall, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
[Boss Si is so damn good-looking, this is the meaning of traveling through a book...]
Then he saw the other person smile.
The man quickly stopped smiling and walked towards her helplessly, "What are you daydreaming about? Pack your things and get ready to leave."
Since Mr. Si was already over 80 when he passed away, his age was considered a happy funeral. According to the custom of Si's hometown, a banquet was to be held.
The matter of the banquet naturally fell on Bai Weiwei, the daughter-in-law of the Si family.
Since it was too late after the funeral, the banquet was scheduled for noon the next day.
Si Yizhi did not stay at the Si family's old house that night.
In Mr. Si's will, this old house was one of the few inheritances he left to his only son. Si Yizhi didn't want to live in Si Rong's house, and he wanted to leave after seeing off the guests.
"Where are you going if you don't go home on a day like today?" Si Rong suppressed his temper and grabbed his arm to stop him from leaving.
Bai Weiwei also chimed in, "That's right, your father still has a lot to say to you. Go home tonight, I've had someone clean up your room."
But Si Yizhi knew that Si Rong would not have anything good to say to him.
"No, let's talk after Grandpa's funeral is over."
Seeing that he was so persistent, Bai Weiwei didn't want to insist any longer and just glared at Si Rong unhappily.
Later, Si Yizhi left surrounded by bodyguards, and it was difficult for them to continue asking him to stay.
Shao Jiayan, who had been following Si Yizhi since the farewell ceremony without stopping for a moment, was now tired and hungry.
Fortunately, Mr. Si's new house has a professional housekeeping team. As soon as Shao Jiayan entered the door, he smelled the fragrance of food, which suddenly relaxed his tense spirit that had been tense all day.
Seeing that he wanted to lie down but didn't dare to, Si Yizhi said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work today. I didn't expect today's schedule to be so tight. Go wash your hands and get ready for dinner."
A hot and delicious dinner can best soothe a worker's fatigue after a day's work. Since there is no work arrangement in the evening, Shao Jiayan eats and drinks his fill and prepares to take a shower and go to bed.
He has to go to Si's house tomorrow, so he needs to have a good rest to ensure that he has enough energy to accompany President Si to deal with tomorrow's bloody storm.
Mr. Si obviously had the same idea of going to bed early as him, but before going to bed he asked his aunt to make some hot ginger soup for him.
"The heating in the funeral hall is not enough today. You may feel a little cold. Drink some ginger tea before going to bed to avoid catching a cold."
Shao Jiayan, who had just climbed onto the bed, was about to get out of bed to drink the soup, but the other party walked over quickly with the bowl in hand, "No need to get up, just drink it, it's only a few sips."
Shao Jiayan was stunned for a moment when someone delivered something to his bedside for the first time. When he came to his senses, he was already drinking from Mr. Si's hand.
After drinking three or five mouthfuls of hot soup, I felt warm all over.
It was not until Si Yizhi helped him close the door and left that Shao Jiayan, with his round eyes open, finally regained his soul.
Although he knew after actual contact that Mr. Si's true character was completely different from the vicious villain's persona, Shao Jiayan was still shocked by his act of personally feeding ginger soup to his assistant.
Then he remembered that Ai Si and Wen Kefan had tried to confirm his relationship with Mr. Si in a roundabout way.
They say that the public has sharp eyes. Actually, if I think about it carefully, sometimes my relationship with Mr. Si is indeed a little more than that of an ordinary superior and subordinate. It's no wonder that others would think too much.
For example, just now Mr. Si fed me ginger soup...
In the master bedroom, which was not too far from the guest rooms, Shao Jiayan's thoughts fell into Si Yizhi's ears without reservation.
After hearing the other party's self-deprecating evaluation: [How can a low-class man like me be qualified to think about love? Just trying to survive will exhaust me...]
[In my previous life, the money I earned from working for several years was only enough to pay off my student loan and rent, and barely enough to live decently... If Mr. Si can really survive, and has a stable job and can maintain his current salary, maybe I can consider finding a way out of being single.]
Although Shao Jiayan has been a soloist for two lifetimes, he is handsome and young, so he has been pursued before.
When he was in college, he had developed a vague affection for a senior, but it was strangled in the cradle before it could develop into love. The reason was that Shao Jiayan was too poor and could not keep up with the pace of life of his senior.
It is impossible for a person who spends all his rest time on part-time jobs, a person who struggles to make ends meet, to have the energy to think about relationship issues when he goes out early and comes back late and only sleeps 5 hours a day.
Even after he graduated and started working, the competitive workplace environment made it impossible for an orphan without any family background to resist risks.
In order to avoid being laid off, I have to work overtime. Only by being the most "economical" cow and horse can I survive in the team for a long time.
But ever since he started working as Mr. Si's assistant, Shao Jiayan had become so comfortable that he almost forgot what it felt like to be a slave.
Before he fell asleep completely, Si Yizhi heard the assistant's sincere words from the bottom of his heart: [President Si must survive...]
Listening to Assistant Niu Ma's inner thoughts, Si Yizhi's emotions were very stable.
In fact, ever since he discovered his "inner voice" function and eavesdropped on Shao Jiayan's inner voice, Si Yizi had also privately read a lot of romantic novels related to inner voice.
Unlike the male protagonist in the novel who could eavesdrop on others' thoughts and was very powerful, the relationship between him and Shao Jiayan seemed to be as plain as water. But Si Yizhi knew very well that in the more than one month of getting along with him, he had subtly influenced her.
At least if someone had told him two months ago that he would feed ginger soup to one of his subordinates, Si Yizhi himself would definitely not have believed it.
But just now, he did it.
All this happened naturally. Because I was cold in the funeral hall today, I asked my aunt to make ginger soup when I got home. Shao Jiayan had just finished washing up and was ready to go to bed, so my first reaction was to save him the trouble of getting out of bed and directly give it to him to drink.
The whole thing happened so naturally, as if it was a natural behavior that didn't require any thought.
But if you really think about it, has Si Yizhi ever been so close to others since he was a child?
However, his tired body after a whole day of running around did not leave him much room for thinking. He did not know if the ginger tea made by his aunt had any effect, but Si Yizhi just felt a little hot. After a simple wash, he went to bed early.
It was not until the second half of the night that he was awakened again by an unbearable heat.
As an adult man, Si Yizhi couldn't ignore what happened in the middle of the night.
Shao Jiayan, who was not far away, was not much better off than him.
[Wow, what's going on? It's only two o'clock. 】
Common sense: Normal physical reactions of human males do not occur in the early morning.
Shao Jiayan’s first reaction was, was it possible that Mr. Si had been ambushed and drugged?
He suppressed his discomfort, took out his cell phone and sent a message to Mr. Si, but after waiting for more than a minute, there was no reply.
Given his current situation, it was impossible for Shao Jiayan to run to knock on his boss' door with a tent on his head.
So he didn't know that Si Yizi, who was just two walls away, was not much better off than him.
In fact, Si Yizi's first reaction was to wonder if he had eaten something he shouldn't have.
But today they didn't eat at Si's house, and even drank water by asking the bodyguard to get mineral water from his car. He really couldn't figure out where the mistake was. But soon, his assistant Niu Ma didn't give him the chance to think further.
Because he heard the other party's inner thoughts: [Boss Si didn't reply to the message, which means he fell asleep. So it is very likely that Boss Si was plotted against today? So the accusation was against me?! ]
Then Si Yizhi felt an extremely stimulating feeling flowing through his body like an electric shock, making him unable to help but groan.
[Well, then I can only help Mr. Si solve the problem with tears~]