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Ye Wenyu continued her rambling report to Lin Tingfeng: "Linda is so beautiful, like Julia Roberts, and Xiao Li is also very beautiful, like a certain female celebrity, and the other secretaries are all incredibly fashionable and beautiful. Compared to them, I feel like I was dug out of the ground—" Ye Wenyu was so inferior that she was on the verge of tears.

"So what?" Lin Tingfeng asked slowly, "Should I like them instead of you?"

He couldn't hide the amusement in his eyes, finding the girl's logic hilarious.

Ye Wenyu thought for a moment and said seriously, "I'm poor and ugly, I don't know how to dress up or talk, and I've never seen the world. Compared to them, I'm not even as good as their toes! So Lin Tingfeng, do you have something wrong with your eyes, or do you have a unique aesthetic taste that made you choose me over them? Hmm? What do you say?"

Hmph, his secretarial team has more than twenty beautiful secretaries, it's practically his pampered harem!

Ha—Lin Tingfeng laughed again, this time his shoulders trembled with laughter. After a long while, he slowly said, "If only it were that easy to like someone."

He gazed at her, wanting to tell her that she was the only girl in his life who had ever made his heart flutter, but she probably wouldn't believe him.

Just then, Ye Wenyu's phone rang. She picked it up and saw it was the secretary's WeChat group. Xiao Li tagged her in the group, telling her that everyone had finished eating and asking her to go back and clean up.

Lin Tingfeng couldn't see the contents of her phone, so he asked her, "What is it?"

Ye Wenyu explained it simply.

Lin Tingfeng frowned slightly, a hint of anger in his voice. He asked Ye Wenyu, "It's lunch break now. They can easily clean up their own leftover lunchboxes. Would you rather stay here with me or go back and clean up?" He was happy to be with her; it was the first time he'd realized that having her eat lunch with him could make him so happy and relaxed. Besides, how could his woman clean up the lunchboxes of his low-level employees? It seemed this Xiao Li didn't want to work here anymore.

Ye Wenyu thought for a moment and said to Lin Tingfeng, "I'd love to stay here and talk to you, but I need to go back and pack my lunchbox now. I'm new here, so it's better to be more diligent." After saying that, she gave him a bright smile and stood up like a spring.

Lin Tingfeng was very pleased to see that she was so sensible at such a young age and just starting her career. He nodded and said to her, "Then go ahead. If you see Linda, ask her to come to my office."

Ye Wenyu nodded, picked up the leftover takeout containers she and Lin Tingfeng had eaten, and stood up. Just before leaving, she suddenly turned around, looked at Lin Tingfeng, and said to him with utmost seriousness, "Hey, Lin Tingfeng—"

Lin Tingfeng looked up at her with a questioning expression.

Ye Wenyu raised her head and said to him, word by word, "You are not allowed to like those pretty secretaries! Otherwise, I will be angry, very angry!" She even raised her fist, her strong jealousy making her eyebrows furrow and her face stern.

Lin Tingfeng couldn't help but laugh again. He nodded vigorously and answered her with utmost seriousness, "Okay!"

Ye Wenyu ran out quickly, her face flushed.

Like a little mouse, she ran back to her secretariat with two empty fast food boxes in her arms, like a wisp of smoke. Only when she got there did she breathe a sigh of relief. Being like an undercover agent every day was really exhausting.

She wiped her sweat and noticed that everyone was resting in their cubicles. Twenty fast food boxes were piled on a table, like a small white mountain. She thought to herself, "The country will soon have to implement garbage sorting again. This garbage is really terrible."

Remembering Lin Tingfeng's instructions, she searched for Linda with her eyes. Linda's lunchbox remained untouched; she still hadn't returned. Frustrated, Ye Wenyu messaged Linda in the WeChat group and then added her as a friend. The friend request was immediately accepted. Ye Wenyu told Linda on WeChat that Lin Tingfeng wanted to see her immediately. Linda agreed, saying she would return with lightning speed. Ye Wenyu smiled, thinking how adorable Linda was.

After informing Linda, Ye Wenyu put down her phone and went about her own business. She sorted out the twenty leftover takeout boxes, stuffed them all into the trash can, tied the trash bag, and carried it out to a large trash can far from the office to avoid the smell of leftover food wafting into the office. The large trash can was cleaned regularly by the cleaning lady, so taking the trash there was the right thing to do.

Back in her office, she changed the trash bags in the bins. Seeing that people had made a mess of rice, oil, and orange peels while eating and having fruit, she diligently picked up a broom and mop and cleaned the office thoroughly. After sweeping and mopping, she noticed that the cubicles were covered in dust, as thick as velvet. Several large filing cabinets, as well as the windowpanes, windowsills, and curtains, were also dusty. She found a rag and wiped all the dirty areas clean. After finishing that, she noticed that several potted plants hadn't been watered in a long time, so she watered them all.

While she was watering the plants, Linda rushed back. She glanced at the office and saw Ye Wenyu bustling about like a busy bee, while the others were relaxing in their cubicles like landlords, some watching movies and others playing games. No one was helping her. Linda got angry and said loudly, her face stern, "What are you all doing, leaving Ye Wenyu to do all the work by herself!"

Xiao Li poked his head out and said to Linda, "It's lunch break time. Xiao Ye wanted to clean up herself, it wasn't arranged by us. She's a diligent person, and besides, newcomers should perform better."

Linda was so angry she felt dizzy. She slammed the folder she was holding onto the table, put her hands on her hips, and yelled at Xiao Li, "Xiao Li, are you out of your mind? What did you post in the group chat? Am I supposed to pretend I didn't see it? Don't bully the newbie! Do you know who she is?!"

Xiao Li was so shocked by the scolding that he stood up, stunned for a moment.

Upon hearing that Linda had almost revealed her true identity in her anger, Ye Wenyu panicked. Her heart pounded in her chest, and she immediately stood up straight, hurriedly walked to Linda's side, interrupted her, and reminded her, "Sister Linda, is there something important you need to do?"

Linda suddenly remembered that she had rushed back because Lin Tingfeng wanted to see her immediately. She snapped out of her daze, glared fiercely at Xiao Li, and then strode towards Lin Tingfeng's office like a gust of wind.

The secretariat's office fell silent. Xiao Li glared at Ye Wenyu and asked her, "Who are you? Explain yourself clearly now, or you'll make things difficult for me."