Chapter 13

Chu Yue pushed open the door to the small conference room next door, let Ji Mingfei in, and then closed and locked the door in one smooth motion.

Ji Mingfei stared nervously at the locked door, then stepped back to the conference table, keeping a distance of three or four seats from Chu Yue.

"Are you feeling better?" Chu Yue pulled up a chair nearby and sat down, patiently waiting for her to calm down.

Ji Mingfei looked up, her eyes reddening.

Chu Yue sighed, her smile tinged with helplessness, and said, "You were the one who knocked on my door last night, and you were the one who asked me to use Alph-35 for marking. Now you're the one crying the most. Was my marking not perfect enough, or is my technique so bad that you want to cry?"

"I really don't remember what happened last night..." Ji Mingfei wasn't lying. Omegas in heat experience intense desire for alphas, and this purely instinctive behavior can cause some to forget the process of mating in order to lessen their guilt afterward.

"It's okay, I can help you remember." Chu Yue had already made him cry once, and now she felt a bit reckless. "Tell me, you don't have an alpha."

Upon hearing that recording, Ji Mingfei didn't have time to fabricate an excuse. Rather than concocting a non-existent person with numerous flaws, it was better to openly admit to being pregnant out of wedlock, since the company didn't have any rule against single omegas getting pregnant.

Ji Mingfei made a last-minute decision to change her story, saying, "We had been together before, but we've broken up."

So, you're currently single?

Ji Mingfei nodded, "Yeah, I guess so."

Chu Yue looked relieved and said, "That's good. I was worried about how I would take responsibility if I accidentally marked someone else's omega!"

Ji Mingfei immediately apologized to Chu Yue, "I'm sorry."

"What are you apologizing for?" Chu Yue asked, puzzled. Even if Ji Mingfei had approached her first, the omega would still be the one who suffered in this situation.

To everyone's surprise, Ji Mingfei revealed the reason behind it all, saying, "I definitely won't tell anyone about what happened last night, especially... President Shen."

She deliberately emphasized the words "General Manager Shen".

Chu Yue was taken aback for a moment, then asked, "You mean, Shen Qing'an?"

Ji Mingfei nodded, feigning ignorance. She brought up President Shen to subtly remind Chu Yue that, compared to her own premarital pregnancy and being marked by her one-night stand, angering her boss and girlfriend, Chu Yue, was far more dangerous.

"She and I are not in that kind of relationship." Chu Yue denied it without any hesitation.

"..."

Ji Mingfei blinked her beady eyes.

This was the first time Chu Yue had been misunderstood about her relationship with Shen Qing'an without getting angry. Instead, she was quite happy and asked, "So, you're just afraid that Shen Qing'an will find out?"

Chu Yue gently pushed the table, and the chair slid straight toward Ji Mingfei. She smiled like a lecher, pointed at Ji Mingfei's stomach, and half-jokingly suggested, "Since we're both single, how about we get together? Buy one get one free."

Ji Mingfei's ears turned bright red instantly.

What buy-one-get-one-free? This child is mine, and has nothing to do with you!

Ji Mingfei, frightened, turned to leave, but Chu Yue grabbed her wrist. Just as she was about to speak, her phone rang. Taking advantage of Chu Yue's distraction as she reached for her phone, Ji Mingfei broke free and fled the small conference room.

Watching Ji Mingfei flee in disarray, Chu Yue answered the phone in a good mood, her voice even carrying a laugh, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I should be asking you that," Qin Liang said, scrolling through his mouse. "When I came in this morning, I saw a transfer application and thought it was another hardworking young person. I didn't expect it to be a young lady who volunteered to go to Shanhe. You've only been there a few days, how come you scared her so much that she wrote an application this morning, even saying that her intention to transfer is 'unrestricted'?"

Chu Yue looked at the half-open conference room door. The only person in the entire company who matched Qin Liang's description was Ji Mingfei, who had just run out.

…

Ji Mingfei touched her burning wrist, standing in front of the bathroom sink, her emotions still unsettled. Faced with a woman more outstanding than any alpha she had ever met, she almost succumbed to her sweet words again.

If you get involved with your boss, it will become common knowledge throughout the company, and you'll end up losing your job, which would be a huge loss.

Ji Mingfei quickly shook his head.

Oh no! My love-struck mind is about to take hold.

Ji Mingfei washed her face with cold water before returning to her office. Sun Xiaomei was the first to rush over to her, asking, "Sister, why is President Chu so angry? Did I not do a good job with yesterday's payroll?"

Just as Ji Mingfei was wondering how to explain, she realized that Sun Xiaomei hadn't noticed anything amiss between her and President Chu.

"It's not the payslip, it's my own problem."

Sun Xiaomei finally breathed a sigh of relief after being on edge all day. She then comforted Ji Mingfei, saying, "President Chu must have been grumpy in the morning, which is why she lost her temper over work. In real life, she's actually quite kind. Once, after get off work, President Chu saw us waiting for a car and even gave us a ride."

Ji Mingfei gave a perfunctory reply: "She's a good person." So good that she would send a marker to a neighbor in heat in the middle of the night, then record the audio and come over specifically to threaten him.

The phone in her pocket rang, startling Ji Mingfei, who was lost in thought. She hurriedly pulled out her phone to check, and saw that it was "President Chu" calling again.

Ji Mingfei held his phone, hesitant to answer, until the call ended. Shortly after the missed call notification popped up, a text message followed: "Come to my office."

Ji Mingfei tensed up again. She edited her reply several times but felt it wasn't good enough. After repeatedly deleting it, she chose the most direct one: "What can I do for you?"

"Come up." Chu Yue replied almost instantly.

"You think you can just go up like that? No way!" Ji Mingfei said stubbornly, sitting at her workstation.

The phone on the table vibrated.

"If you don't come up in one minute, I'm coming down."

"..."

Ji Mingfei grabbed her phone and strode out the door.

…

General Manager's Office.

Chu Yue sat in her office chair, drinking coffee and waiting for Ji Mingfei. On her computer was a transfer application that had just been submitted to the human resources department, and the printer next to her slowly ejected an A4 sheet of paper.

Two knocks were heard on the door.

Lost in thought, Chu Yue put down her cup, picked up the newly printed application report, placed it in front of her, sat up straight, and then said to the door, "Come in."

The door opened a crack, and Ji Mingfei hesitated for a while before walking in, asking timidly, "President Chu... what do you want to see me about?"

Chu Yue looked at Ji Mingfei, who was half a room away from her, and said, "..."

I feel like she's more afraid of me now.

"Headquarters just delivered this to me." Chu Yue didn't say it explicitly, but simply pushed the paper on the table toward Ji Mingfei, waiting for her to come and take it herself.

Ji Mingfei hesitated for a moment, then slowly walked over. The moment she saw the things on the table, only one thought remained in her mind: It's over.

“Shanhe is a joint-stock company invested by the group, and all employee transfer applications must be signed by me. As for your application, I do not agree to it.”

Ji Mingfei: "..."