assistant

We're waiting here.

Gu Nan did as instructed, took out her phone from her pocket, and opened it in front of Su Di. Sure enough, there was a friend request.

She raised an eyebrow and smiled, glancing at Sudi out of the corner of her eye. Under Sudi's piercing gaze, she raised her hand in refusal.

Decisive and straightforward.

Sudi: "? You..."

"My hand slipped."

Sudi swallowed silently, lacking the confidence to advise, "My senior brother has a bad temper."

“What a coincidence, me too.” Gu Nan shrugged.

Lu Yushi missed one of his three chances, and now she wants to add him as a friend, but she's not someone who's easy to talk to.

Seeing that Sudi was about to say something, she pretended not to see her, turned around and beckoned to Ji Yuanyu, making up a few words to avoid the topic of "J".

The three got into the car. Ji Yuanyu started the engine, Gu Nan was busy outwitting Ye Xu, and Su Di sat obediently in the back seat, wanting to say something but ultimately remaining silent.

"Ding-dong."

The car was quiet, and the new message notification sound seemed abrupt.

Sudi consciously pressed the volume button, turned on her phone, scanned the text sent by the other party, her lips twitched, her fingertips hesitated, and finally deleted all the text in the chat box.

Gu Nan caught a glimpse of her hesitant expression, but pretended not to notice. She continued to banter with Ye Xu, repeatedly assuring him that the signature was indeed Yan Yi's.

After persuading Ye Xu, we parked the car just in time.

She put away her phone, went upstairs, pushed open the glass door to her office, and stood there dumbfounded.

Forgot the action for a moment.

Her private office had a large workstation, but she rarely kept personal items on her desk.

Normally, when you walk in, there's only a lone computer standing there, making the office feel lifeless.

At this moment, all she could see were "single-minded" people, their red and green colors beckoning to her.

She leaned against the doorframe with one hand, swallowed hard, leaned back, and called out to Sudi, who was about to leave. She pointed towards the desk and it took her a while to find her voice.

"You're making offerings."

Sudi: "Don't you like it?"

Gu Nan wanted to explain that when she told Su Di to buy "single-minded" goods, it was purely as a sarcastic remark. But when she looked up and saw the sincerity in Su Di's eyes, she...

Suddenly, all strength and means were lost.

"...Thank you."

Stepping inside, I rummaged through the mountain of spicy strips, which stretched as far as the eye could see.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, she won't be able to finish eating it even in her next life.

"How am I supposed to handle this?"

Sudibi was shocked: "You're still working?"

The two stared at each other for a long time. Gu Nan remained silent, looking down at the spicy strips, deeply reflecting on herself.

No, she'll go kowtow to Ji Yuanyu later. You can imagine the pressure Ji Yuanyu must be under to become a vice president, someone the whole company thinks doesn't do any work.

The office was silent. Sudi noticed her expression and probably realized that what she had blurted out was too presumptuous. Her face changed, and she tried to make amends, saying, "I'll move it to the cabinet for you."

Without waiting for Gu Nan's agreement, she opened the cabinet door herself and started stuffing spicy strips into it one after another.

Once the cabinet is completely full, open another one.

The clatter of high heels on the floor assaulted Gu Nan's eardrums from every angle.

Gu Nan put her hand to her forehead and said after a while, "Stop it."

Without turning around, Sudi quickly picked up the remaining spicy strips on the table: "Soon."

After stuffing all the spicy strips into the cabinet and closing the small door, Sudi slowed down her movements. Without turning around, she spoke in a muffled voice with a hint of arrogance: "This is to thank you for helping me, it has nothing to do with the vice president."

Gu Nan stared at the cabinet door, which had been pried open a crack by the spicy snack, her face a mixture of emotions.

To be honest, Sudi was sincere; she gave him spicy snacks as a token of her gratitude.

If Sudi was being insincere, then she sent two large cabinets full of gifts.

"Thank you so much, my dear senior brother."

Gu Nan's tone barely betrayed a hint of disdain as she scrolled through her contacts, ignoring the 99+ messages Wan Yi had sent, and began typing.

Send me your address; I bought you some spicy snacks.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a picture of bruises on Wan Yi's leg.

Keep typing.

[You're "single-minded," which is perfect for giving you some pointers.]

Sudi turned around and, hearing her mention Lu Yu, asked, "Why didn't you accept my senior brother's friend request? Do you know how many people outside want to contact him but can't?"

Gu Nan closed her phone and stared at Su Di for a while. Su Di's face showed more genuine doubt than arrogance.

She paused, then slowly walked over, put her arm around her shoulder, and gently pressed her down into the office chair, saying softly yet firmly, "Be my assistant."

The topic changed abruptly, and Sudi didn't quite catch up with her train of thought, letting out a blank "Ah."

She continued, "Have Ji Yuanyu pay you a salary like a vice president."

"Why?"

Gu Nan thought to herself, "Because you really have to do the work of a vice president."

Export: "It's because you gave me two cabinets of spicy strips."

Give Sudi half a minute to consider, then ask again, "Do you agree?"

Sudi pondered for a moment, then said seriously, "I do regret making that bet with you, but since I agreed, I can afford to lose."

It was a resounding statement.

Sunlight streamed in through the blinds, falling on the table, the floor, and Sudi.

She was radiant.

Yes, it's golden yellow.

Gu Nan dared not look up, afraid that if she did, she would be blinded by the holy radiance emanating from Su Di's head.

Sometimes, it's hard to stand someone who's too kind.

"My senior brother won't make things difficult for you, don't worry."

He's nobody.

Gu Nan rolled her eyes, too lazy to move a chair, and sat down on the desk with her legs crossed, saying nonchalantly, "Then you can be my assistant and get an assistant's salary."

"Why should I?!" Sudi exclaimed, her eyes filled with disbelief.

Gu Nan fiddled with her phone, shrugging with amusement: "You don't want the vice president's salary, and you won't accept the assistant's either. What do you want? The president's salary? Hmm, that might take a bit of a while."

"Why should I be your assistant?"

"Because you gave me two cabinets full of spicy snacks."

Sudi frowned and asked, "Is there a causal relationship?"

Gu Nan thought for a moment with feigned seriousness: "No."

Her phone vibrated in her pocket. She glanced at it, then jumped off the table, brushed off the wrinkles in her clothes, and casually shooed him away: "The personnel transfer notice will be sent to you soon. Go back and pack your things, move to... uh, where's the vice president's office?"

Sudi: ...

"Go find it, then tell me, OK?"

Sudi walked silently out, grabbed her phone at the door, turned back and asked, "You really don't want to accept my senior's friend request?"

Gu Nan shook her head, her eyes crinkling: "What are the benefits of accepting a friend request?"

"benefit?"

"Ask him, I'll agree if there's a benefit to it." Gu Nan took out a bag of spicy strips from the cabinet, unwrapped it, took a small bite, and refrained from throwing it in the trash because the person giving the gift was right in front of her.

"While you're at it, ask him if he'd like to come over for a meal with us since there have been personnel changes at the New Times."

"My senior brother is very busy."

Their eyes met in mid-air, and Gu Nan nodded seriously: "I know, I didn't really invite you sincerely."

"hiss."

"Please close the door behind you, thank you, Assistant Su."

"Bang!"

Gu Nan's brow twitched, and she curled her lips into a smile: "Tsk, this temper."

She loosened her office chair, slowly leaned back, held her phone up to her eyes, and swiped through the friend requests she had already rejected.

The pure black profile picture is the same as Lu Yushi's real name.

She muttered to herself, "Boring and boring."

Switching phone systems, watching the screen full of red dots, I silently swipe down until a pure black profile picture appears.

The user with the pure black profile picture sent a total of five messages.

The earliest message was from half a month ago, asking her when it would be convenient for her to be hypnotized again.

The latest message just came out, asking her why she refused.

She typed lazily.

There was no set time, no explanation, just a question.

I got the money back for Sudi?

Message sent, exit the chat window.

Lu Yushi replied instantly.

He's a stubborn one too.

Why did you refuse?

Gu Nan rolled her eyes.

[Friendly reminder: You rejected me first. Don't you know I hold a grudge?]

[Correction: It should be "hug".]

You should know what it is about you that interests me, right?

The chat box displayed "typing" for a long time. Gu Nan exited the chat box and re-entered, but no new messages came in.

She smiled and thought to herself, "This guy is so old, yet he's still so innocent."

The feedback you get from teasing him is no different from teasing a teenage boy.

While waiting for a message, Gu Nan lazily chatted with the Buddha's Hand avatar.

We chatted casually for a few minutes.

She also advised the Buddha's Hand statue not to investigate the person impersonating her.

As for the reasons, she never explains.

When he was about to switch systems, Lu Yushi ignored her teasing and sent another question.

Why run?

Gu Nan muttered, "Do you have a million questions?"

This question is too profound; you are not allowed to ask it.

She wondered if it was just a subconscious bodily reaction?

Lost in thought, she ignored the new message, casually placed her phone on the table, and used her foot to open a drawer. Inside, a box of milk tablets was neatly stacked. Her treasured lighter had probably been silently confiscated by Ji Yuanyu once again.

It must be my aunt's idea.

She cursed under her breath: "Traitor."

He got up, opened the milk tablets, tossed them into his mouth, and half a second later, expressionlessly spat them into the trash can.

He decisively picked up his phone, ignored Wan Yi's question mark, and sent another message.

[There are also milk tablets.]

Wan Yi's call came before the question mark appeared. He immediately said, "I suspect you're using me as a dumping ground."

Gu Nan: Why are you speaking such blunt truths?

She drawled, "What's there to doubt..."

That's just how it is.

"The oranges from last time almost made my grandpa's teeth ache from the sourness."

Gu Nan's smile faded slightly, and she didn't reply: "Send it quickly, I'm busy."

Wan Yi retorted, "I knew it! Why would you be so kind as to buy me oranges? And where did you get these unfinished spicy snacks and milk tablets this time? How old are you to buy this stuff?"

"I didn't buy it," Gu Nan said. "I just bought it by sheer stubbornness."

He laughed out loud after saying that.

"Single-minded" buys "single-minded".

Wan Yi retorted angrily, "You're still laughing! You don't even care that I've been beaten up, and you're still feeding me garbage?"

"You asked for it, what can I do about it?"

Gu Nan was perfectly justified. Any normal person would know the value of a provincial boxing champion, but Wan Yi insisted on challenging him.

Wan Yi said irritably, "Didn't you say she's boring?"

Gu Nan was speechless. Only Wan Yi could believe that saying boxing champions were boring.

After a long pause, he silently said, "I don't talk to idiots."

After hanging up the phone, the phone returns to the chat interface.

Sudi: [My senior colleague agreed.]

Gu Nan: [Agree with what?]

【Have a meal. 】