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Ye Wenyu was extremely embarrassed, so she could only smile and say, "I'm just an ordinary person, Sister Li, please don't misunderstand. I will explain to Sister Linda that I just like to do the work myself, and you definitely didn't instruct me."

Xiao Li then sat back down in his cubicle.

Ye Wenyu finished cleaning the office and, seeing that it was lunchtime, decided not to make any more noise that might disturb everyone's lunch break. So, like an obedient schoolchild, she lay down on her desk and fell asleep.

She didn't know how much time had passed when she felt someone gently nudging her. She groggily looked up and saw Linda smiling at her. She immediately stood up, wiped her eyes, and respectfully greeted, "Sister Linda—"

Linda was still eating. Ye Wenyu watched her closely and couldn't help but feel sorry for her, thinking that being a chief secretary wasn't easy.

Linda glanced at the boxed lunch she was eating and said gently to Ye Wenyu, "Wenyu, this is what you bought for me. Thank you. Oh dear, I was busy at another company all morning, and I was almost starving."

Ye Wenyu said considerately to her, "It's been a while, the food must be cold. Why don't you just leave it and I'll buy you a fresh one."

Linda shook her head and said to her, "No need, I'm already full. I'll take you to buy clothes later."

Ye Wenyu then remembered that this morning, before leaving home, Lin Tingfeng noticed that she didn't have any clothes for her internship and had mentioned that Linda should take her to buy some at noon.

She said happily, "That's great! I've never interned at a big corporation before, so I didn't know what to wear. I see that you all dress so stylishly and beautifully, and I'm very envious."

Linda smiled, quickly finished her lunchbox, glanced at her, and said, "In ten days or half a month, you'll be able to dress up and be prettier than all of us here."

Ye Wenyu blushed and smiled shyly.

Linda said to her, "Then we'll be leaving in a bit."

Ye Wenyu nodded happily. She followed Linda out of the group's building with her bag and asked her softly, "Did President Lin call you back to come shopping for clothes with me?"

Linda nodded.

Ye Wenyu felt a little embarrassed and said apologetically to her, "I'm sorry, Sister Linda, I've caused you trouble. I didn't know he called you because of this small matter. If I had known earlier, I definitely wouldn't have let him call you back."

Linda glanced at her and smiled gently, "Xiaoyu, you're so cute. What do you mean by secretary? It means that all the trivial matters in the president's life are our job, including taking care of his little girlfriend—" She put her arm around her shoulder.

Hearing this, Ye Wenyu blushed. It turned out that Sister Linda really knew about her relationship with Lin Tingfeng!

Seeing Ye Wenyu's face turn as red as a boiled lobster, Linda said softly to her, "What's there to be embarrassed about? We can't be more envious than you. President Lin is an outstanding and capable person, and he is a good man. We will never diminish our admiration and respect for him just because he has a girlfriend."

Ye Wenyu said softly, "But he has a wife and children, and I am—" The guilt made her unable to speak.

Linda didn't reply, but simply took Ye Wenyu's hand and led her to the underground parking lot. She drove out her car, a bright red BMW Z4. Linda opened the car door, let Ye Wenyu sit in the passenger seat, and then got into the driver's seat herself. She started the engine, and the car sped off like an arrow.

Ye Wenyu blushed and said softly, "You would envy me? I've always felt ashamed. I feel like I'm doing something that destroys other people's families and hurts other people's wives and children."

Linda glanced at Ye Wenyu in surprise before asking her, "You don't know?"

Ye Wenyu was stunned. What didn't she know? What did she know?

At this moment, the car had already driven out of the Lin Group's underground parking garage and merged into the traffic flow in S City.

In the bustling city center, people and vehicles are strangely mixed together, looking like a pot of boiling porridge, yet surprisingly orderly.

Linda slowly said to Ye Wenyu, "Mr. Lin has a wife and children. His wife is a good match for him in terms of social status. It was a political marriage between the two families at the time, but he has no feelings for his wife, as you know."

Ye Wenyu nodded, then shook her head. She nodded because she had indeed heard Lin Tingfeng say it, but she shook her head because it was, after all, Lin Tingfeng's one-sided account and couldn't be taken seriously. Every man who has an extramarital affair will say that he and his wife have no feelings for each other, so it can't be believed.

Linda sighed and said, "In the third year of their marriage, his wife—"

Upon hearing this, Ye Wenyu perked up her ears, her heart pounding in her throat. She pressed her lips tightly together, afraid her heart would leap out of her chest. Her ears were ringing, as if a thousand bees were buzzing past, and her mind went blank. She felt as if she were standing before a huge secret, about to find out the answer.

Seeing Ye Wenyu's focused face, Linda suddenly realized something and changed the subject, saying to her, "I can't say more. If he wants to tell you, he will. In short, he is a very good man and deserves your wholehearted love."

What? Ye Wenyu was stunned. Linda refused to say anything more. Was she worried that saying too much would lead to trouble? As Lin Tingfeng's chief secretary, she couldn't talk about her boss's private affairs in front of another person, could she?

Ye Wenyu was also sensible and didn't ask any further questions.

Linda changed the subject and smiled at her, "Our secretary, Xiao Li, is a complete idiot. She has a pretty face, but she doesn't know how to behave. Did she bully you today?"

Ye Wenyu immediately shook her head and said to Linda, "Sister Li is very enthusiastic. I'm a newcomer, so I should do more. I cleaned today because I felt there was nothing to do and the office was a bit dirty and messy, so I took the initiative to clean. It has nothing to do with Sister Li. Sister Linda, please don't blame her."

Linda glanced at Ye Wenyu and suddenly said, "Now I know why President Lin likes you so much." She's young, yet incredibly sensible, hardworking, quiet, and has high emotional intelligence. Plus, she's a top student and very beautiful. President Lin has always been a man of high taste and has very strict requirements for his girlfriends.

Linda thought that after searching for so many years, Mr. Lin had finally found true love.

She wished him well.

Although she felt a pang of jealousy, in the early years after she joined the Lin Group, when she was young and saw the handsome and outstanding CEO Lin, she had some unspoken, rosy fantasies deep in her heart.

I definitely can't say it out loud now. Loving someone doesn't necessarily mean we have to be together. As long as they're happy, that's all that matters.

Linda's mind was in turmoil. She sighed inwardly, and then everything returned to calm.

Ye Wenyu was stunned again. After a few minutes of silence, she looked at Linda and mustered up her courage to ask, "Do you think President Lin likes me a lot?"

“Of course—” Linda laughed. “He has never brought a girl to the company for an internship before. You are the first. And he told me directly that you are his most beloved girl and that I should take good care of you. I’m under a lot of pressure because I’m afraid I won’t take good care of you.”