Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Secretary Qin is cheering me on

Qin Mian had his back to the stairs and was completely unaware of what was happening behind him.

After Si Tu finished whispering the instructions in her ear, the corners of his lips curled up in a somewhat triumphant smile.

Turning around, he also walked towards the box.

Qin Mian never noticed anything unusual and followed him in.

The people at the stairs fell into silence, and for a moment they didn't know what to say to break the awkward situation.

The IT director rubbed his nose and stammered, "Uh... well... in a workplace, let's just stick to work."

He was worried that Zhu Yinglong would be irritated and enter the box, causing trouble that would be embarrassing for him as his boss.

Zhu Yinglong remained silent.

He also knew that his boss was reminding him. Director Xiao Yan raised his hand and patted his shoulder to comfort him. He turned around and went into the box with a few people behind him.

There were more than a dozen people from the two companies. There was a large table in the box that could accommodate more than 20 people, which was just enough for them to sit down.

SC Group is hosting this dinner tonight, so Qin Mian arranged the private room.

Judging from how well she arranged things, her ability to get things done is unquestionable.

Si Tu looked very relieved, raised the corner of his lips, turned his head, and gave Qin Mian, who was sitting on his right, an appreciative look.

After watching that scene at the door, the IT department members already felt that he was being very ambiguous towards Qin Mian. Now that they sat down, they paid even more attention to the two of them. Coincidentally, they saw him looking at Qin Mian with such admiring eyes, and they felt that his feelings for Qin Mian were even stronger.

Does he know that Zhu Yinglong and Qin Mian are a couple?

If you knew, and still acted like this in the presence of her boyfriend, wouldn't that be too arrogant and contemptuous of others?

Maybe, I don’t know?

Several people had hundreds of thoughts in their minds and were observing silently, playing out one big drama after another in their hearts.

Throughout the whole process, only Zhu Yinglong had a gloomy face. He picked up the cup of water in front of him and drank again and again, trying hard to suppress the anger in his heart.

The bosses of both companies know each other and are friends, and they will cooperate in the future. The overall atmosphere of tonight's dinner was very relaxed and pleasant, without so many uncomfortable hypocrisy and forced toasts.

However, the more Qin Mian sat next to Si Tu and chatted and laughed with him and the people from the other company, the more it hurt him.

So he was the only one drinking one cup after another.

The IT department came to this dinner just to accompany the other party's technical department and get to know each other. The host was still the bosses of both parties, so he had a lot of free time to just drink.

The director next to him saw him drinking to drown his sorrows and not coming home until he was drunk, so he raised his hand to block his hands several times, fearing that he would cause trouble when drunk.

After the dinner, Qin Mian called a designated driver.

She had drunk a little tonight and couldn't drive.

And Zhu Yinglong was already drunk.

When he was walking out, his steps were unsteady and his colleague next to him stepped in in time to support him.

"It's okay!" He waved his hands, mumbling drunkenly, "I'm not drunk at all!"

Qin Mian turned around when he heard the voice and frowned when he saw him standing among a group of people in suits, looking drunk and unconscious.

She and Zhu Yinglong had originally joined SC Group as management trainees. Among all the new male employees, he was the most refreshing and gave people the cleanest impression. But now...

The gap is a bit big.

Qin Mian looked at him silently for a while until her phone rang. She came back to her senses and looked at the phone screen.

The caller ID showed an unfamiliar number. Before she could pick up, a man appeared in front of her and confirmed with her, "Is this the designated driver you called?"

Qin Mian raised her head from her phone. The other party took the phone from her ear. She nodded and said, "Yes."

Then he handed the car keys to the other party.

Si Tu also said goodbye to Shen Muzhou and the others. Qin Mian opened the back seat and invited him to get in the car.

He bent down and got in, she helped him close it, and then she sat in the front passenger seat.

Si Tu lowered the car window and looked at Zhu Yinglong, who was so drunk that he had to be supported by his colleagues. Then he looked at Qin Mian sitting in the front, and the corners of his lips couldn't help but curl up again and again.

Just now, when Qin Mian turned around to look at Zhu Yinglong, he happened to catch the disappointed expression on his face.

Very good! This is a great thing for him!

As usual, Qin Mian asked the driver to take Si Tu first and then return to his residence.

When I went upstairs, Zhu Yinglong had already been sent back by his colleagues.

He was slumped on the sofa, his arms and legs spread out. There was a trash can next to him. He must have vomited, and there was a bad smell in the air.

Qin Mian suddenly felt nauseous and wanted to vomit.

I rushed into the bathroom and retched a few times, but nothing came out.

She drank little tonight and was not drunk, but the taste made her want to vomit.

She pulled out a new garbage bag, held her breath and went out, tied the original bag on the trash can, then put a new one on, opened the window and the fan to disperse the smell in the room.

After all this, Qin Mian was sweating all over. He went into the room to get his pajamas and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

After washing, she returned to her room and lay on the bed, still tossing and turning and unable to fall asleep.

Her insomnia seems to be getting worse.

I don’t know when I fell asleep, but it felt like I didn’t sleep for long before I heard a noise and was woken up again.

She opened her eyes and heard a sound coming from the bathroom.

Zhu Yinglong must have woken up and was taking a shower.

She reached for her cell phone and looked at it. It was almost seven o'clock. She closed her eyes for a while. When she heard him come out, she got up and went to the bathroom to wash up.

By the time she finished washing and changing her clothes, Zhu Yinglong had already left the house.

He hadn't spoken a word to her from last night until this morning.

——Qin Mian realized this when he was changing his shoes at the entrance and found that he had already left.

She was distracted for a moment, sighed imperceptibly, turned around, opened the door and went out.

Although he was transferred to the President's Office, he still hasn't found a suitable person to take over the manager position of the Human Resources Department.

That day, his former subordinate Lin Xinrui invited several people to come for an interview, so Qin Mian returned to his original department.

Just as I walked to the entrance of the Human Resources Department, I happened to meet Yang Min coming out of the Administration Department.

It was really a narrow road for enemies to meet, Yang Min immediately became furious.

"Is it you? Did you ask Mr. Si to give the order?"

She blamed Qin Mian, and Qin Mian immediately realized that the other party was probably saying that her bonus had been deducted and that she had to comprehensively sort out the vehicle management issues.

She has less money and more work to do, which is enough for her to bear.

"What do you think?" Qin Mian smiled, the answer was self-evident.

Yang Min was furious and cursed her with gnashing teeth, "You are taking revenge for your personal gain!"

Qin Mian raised his eyebrows slightly and asked again, "Who was the first to take revenge?"

After saying this, Yang Min turned her face away guiltily, unwilling to admit it anyway.

Qin Mian chuckled softly, took a step forward, approached her, and whispered in her ear, "If you dare to cause trouble for me again, I have plenty of ways to deal with you."

Yang Min was stunned for a moment, turned her head and looked at her with a frightened look.

Qin Mian smiled coldly, took a step forward, walked past her and moved forward.

Yang Min turned her head and looked at Qin Mian's straight back. Her chest heaved violently with anger, but she dared not say anything.

Now, Qin Mian is in power after all. If she confronts her head-on, she will only be at a disadvantage.

After working for two days as usual, Qin Mian looked up vehicle information online when he had some free time, and finally chose a car that suited him.

She wrote a purchase order and gave it to Si Tu for his signature after he arrived at the company.

Si Tu stopped in front of her office, looked down, and saw that she had chosen the Mercedes-Benz E-Class.

"Why not choose S-class?" Si Tu asked subconsciously.

He really wouldn't even look at anything below S-rank.

Qin Mian stood behind his desk, was silent for a moment, and said, "I saw that Special Assistant Liu was driving a Porsche Taycan."

A Porsche Taycan costs around a million yuan, and if she had chosen a Mercedes-Benz S-Class, the price would have been even higher. Liu, however, was senior to her in rank and drove a company-issued car. If she had chosen a more expensive car, it would have felt like she was stepping over him.

The Mercedes-Benz E-Class costs over 500,000 yuan, which is not too bad, and it won't undercut those with higher rank than her, so she thinks it is suitable.

When Si Tu heard her explanation, he understood her choice. He looked up at her and smiled.

Her emotional intelligence in the workplace is impeccable.

"Okay." Si Tu smiled and stretched out his hand to her, asking for a pen.

Qin Mian immediately handed it over with both hands.

Si Tu signed the purchase order and, when he handed it to her, said, "Let's go check it out together this weekend."

"Okay." Qin Mian nodded with a smile.

"Oh, right." As Si Tu turned and walked away, Qin Mian remembered something else, "Will you join us for the fitness activity tomorrow afternoon?"

Si Tu paused, turned around, and asked, "What exactly is it? Let me see."

"Okay." Qin Mian immediately picked up the tablet on the table, opened it, and handed him the event details.

Si Tu took the tablet, lowered his eyes and looked at it. When his eyes swept over Zhu Yinglong, he pressed his finger on the screen to stop.

volleyball.

Zhu Yinglong signed up for the men's volleyball team.

Si Tu thought for a moment and said, "Then let's play volleyball."

"The volleyball game is between the IT department and the Sales department. Which team are you planning to join, Mr. Si?" Qin Mian confirmed the details with him.

Si Tu returned the tablet to her and asked, "Which team do you want me to join?"

"The IT department." Qin Mian did have his own selfish motives. Whichever team Si Tu joined would basically win, so she naturally wanted him to be on the same team with her boyfriend. "The IT department is short of people."

We are already short of people, so it makes sense to let him join.

However, Si Tu curled his lips, put his hands in his pockets, looked at her with some ill intentions, and said, "But I want to join the sales department."

Qin Mian hesitated for a moment. Why was he still asking her?

However, she still smiled and maintained her professionalism. "Okay, as you said, I'll arrange it."

Si Tu curled his lips, said thank you for your hard work, turned around and walked inside.

Friday came in a flash.

That afternoon, employees of the SC Group headquarters office gathered in the gymnasium.

Everyone was dressed casually, a change from their usual work clothes, and the venue was filled with vibrant energy.

Qin Mian arrived early and suddenly heard a commotion in the museum. He looked up and followed everyone's gaze, and saw his boss Si Tu coming over.

He was wearing a black sports suit with a vest-style top, revealing his biceps. It was obvious that he exercised regularly and looked very strong. The watch on his wrist was gone, replaced by a wristband.

He wore loose shorts, and his legs were very long. The tendons on his calves showed obvious firm lines when he walked, and his steps were steady.

This outfit made him look a few years younger. How was he any different from the sunny, sports-loving college boy he was in?!

There was an uproar in the venue, and wherever he went, he attracted everyone's attention.

"Ah! I know our General Si, but I didn't expect he has such a great figure!"

"I saw it a long time ago! He looks so good in suits, so he must have a bad figure!"

"Woo, so tempting!"

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Behind Qin Mian, several female colleagues were discussing in low voices, suppressing their excitement.

However, she heard it all.

Usually in the company, Si Tu was dressed in a shirt and trousers, and you couldn't see much of his figure, but she had climbed a mountain with him before and knew that he was in good physical condition, so she was not surprised to see him in this condition today.

However, it was indeed pleasing to the eyes, and she instinctively took a few more glances.

It was not until Si Tu was about to reach her that she retracted her thoughts, came to her senses, smiled at him, and handed him a bottle of water.

She was holding a towel and a small medicine box, ready for him at any time.

Si Tu thanked her, glanced at the things in her hand, and asked with a smile: "If you don't want to be my cheerleader, will you be my logistics support?"

After all, her boyfriend is among his opponents, and Qin Mian's relationship with Zhu Yinglong is a bit delicate. If she becomes a cheerleader for him today, her relationship with her boyfriend will probably deteriorate further.

Qin Mian did have his own concerns.

"I can take care of both." She smiled, "I'm cheering for President Si in my heart."

In fact, it was not difficult for Si Tu to guess her concerns, but he pretended not to know.

"Then I'm relieved." He smiled and took a sip of water, looking at his competitor across from him. "With Secretary Qin cheering me on, I'm sure I'll win today."

Qin Mian was silent.

If he wins, Zhu Yinglong and his team will lose.

She couldn't say anything that would make her boyfriend lose.

Finally, she could only mumble, "Come on."

She doesn't take sides whether someone wins or loses.

Soon, the game started.

Si Tu's playing style was fast and fierce, forcing his opponents to run all over the court and giving him complete control of the game. The cheerleaders outside watched him and cheered excitedly, their cheers almost piercing their eardrums.

Under such circumstances, the scores between the two sides quickly widened and the outcome was almost decided.

For the last ball, Si Tu suddenly jumped up and hit the opponent with even more force. The opponent was completely unable to defend himself and fell to the ground sideways. The ball still missed the opponent and bounced off the ground.

As luck would have it, the person who caught the ball happened to be Zhu Yinglong.

Si Tu was panting, looking across the net at Zhu Yinglong who fell to the ground, and curled his lips with satisfaction.

His teammates rushed over to pull him up.

Si Tu turned around and looked for Qin Mian.

At this moment, although Qin Mian was standing on his side of the court, he was looking at Zhu Yinglong across the net.

His body flew out and when he leaned over to grab the ball in the air, he fell heavily. It looked like he fell quite hard. When his teammates pulled him up, he looked in pain.

Qin Mian frowned.

Si Tu stared at her, looked at her expression, and walked up to her.

Suddenly there was another person next to him. Qin Mian came to his senses and turned to look at him.

Si Tu stood in front of her, sweating profusely, his breath full of male hormones.

"How's it going?" He bent down slightly, approached her, curled his lips, and stared at her with a half-smile, "Did I play the ball well?"

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