Chapter 89 [Love conveys heartfelt sentiments, even...]

Lin Chaoyue was still very hungry.

The office door was closed again.

She stared at a bowl of fragrant pork and shrimp wontons, but she really had no appetite.

"How many people did you call me yesterday?"

Lin Chaoyue sat there sullenly, playing with a spoon.

Pei Shuwen reassured him, "People know their limits and won't say things carelessly."

"Is there any place in the entire law firm more gossipy than the human resources department?"

Words of comfort are pale and powerless.

Lin Chaoyue had half her face pressed against Pei Shuwen's desk, looking utterly hopeless.

The two of them had clearly agreed to keep their relationship secret at the law firm, but now it seems like it was all for naught.

Nie Shanshan knew, Secretary Wu knew, and the driver knew.

Now even Feng Xiao and Qin Wen know.

oh.

And that HR person who looked so gossipy just now.

She knew that too.

Pei Shuwen: "I'm the boss, they won't spread rumors too far."

"Ha, how naive. See for yourself."

Lin Chaoyue casually opened the Ningcheng Lawyers Forum and shoved it in front of Pei Shuwen.

She doesn't even need to deliberately look it up.

On any random page of posts, if the tag "gossip news" appears, five out of ten are related to Pei Shuwen.

There's a famous saying in the industry.

The Ningcheng Lawyers Forum, such a niche community, is entirely supported by Pei Shuwen's face and gossip.

Lin Chaoyue tossed her phone onto the table, feeling sullen.

After carefully examining it, Pei Shuwen asked, "Is your current forum ID a string of gibberish?"

"ah?"

Pei Shuwen tapped the username in the upper right corner.

Lin Chaoyue felt a chill run down her spine.

"What? No, you're mistaken."

Lin Chaoyue retrieved her phone in the blink of an eye.

I almost forgot about that.

She complained about Pei Shuwen on the forum and was tricked into buying 6 yuan worth of pornographic comics.

When Pei Shuwen discovered her identity, she immediately changed it, fearing that her identity would be exposed a second time.

Feeling a little guilty, Lin Chaoyue simply closed the lunchbox and prepared to take it downstairs to eat.

"You go ahead and get busy, I'll go back to my workstation to eat first."

Pei Shuwen: "The roads outside have been cleared. I'll drive you back later."

"Didn't you park your car on the side of the road last night? Have you already driven it back? With such heavy rain yesterday, how come it wasn't flooded?"

"We'll drive Qin Wen's car later."

Lin Chaoyue's face quickly scrunched up, full of refusal: "Ah, never mind then, I suddenly don't want to go back. I haven't looked at much of the information Feng Lu gave me yet, I'm going downstairs to work overtime."

months ago.

Lin Chaoyue never imagined that the word "overtime" could become such a beautiful word in her life.

She really came up with a good excuse.

"etc."

What are you waiting for!

Lin Chaoyue silently vowed in her heart that no matter what sweet words Pei Shuwen offered, she would not easily give in.

Pei Shuwen: "I forgot to congratulate you. This is the reward I promised you before."

Congratulations on passing the interview.

Lin Chaoyue saw Pei Shuwen open a drawer, take out a black card with gold foil stamping, and push it in front of her.

"What's this?"

"have a look."

Lin Chaoyue picked it up.

“Ningcheng Tongsen Ski Club…” She flipped it over: “Vic… Gold Card?”

Pei Shuwen: "Don't you like it?"

"I like it, I like it."

"Where did you get this? You can't buy this with money."

Tongsen Ski Club boasts the largest ski resort in Ningcheng. A regular VIP annual pass costs a six-figure sum, and a VIP card is simply unavailable even with money.

Pei Shuwen: "It was a gift from a friend. It's a lifetime membership, so you can go whenever you want."

"I want to go, I've always wanted to go, I feel like I haven't been to a ski resort in ten thousand years."

Lin Chaoyue fiddled with the card, clearly delighted with it.

“Last time, Assistant Xu promised to get me a membership card, but then he only sent me a set of ski equipment. I was broke at the time, so I couldn’t bear to spend the money.”

"How can you be so kind?"

Lin Chaoyue's eyes lit up with joy, and she didn't even realize for a moment that this was a law firm.

She walked around and hugged Pei Shuwen, rubbing her cheek against his body.

"Then come work in my office today."

Pei Shuwen would always make 'requests' at times like these, leaving Lin Chaoyue, who had just gotten the better deal, at a loss for how to refuse.

Lin Chaoyue: "But..."

"I know the information Feng Xiao gave you. Although it is relatively comprehensive, it is not the core information."

"The core documents about Simi are all here with me, but due to the confidentiality agreement, I cannot take them out of this office."

Pei Shuwen opened the safe and took out several encrypted documents, the covers of which were stamped with the joint seal of Simei Biotechnology and the law firm.

Lin Chaoyue wavered a little.

"But……"

Pei Shuwen added, "Although this merger and acquisition cooperation is mainly legal, it also involves a lot of financial knowledge."

"I majored in finance, and law is just a second degree. If you have any questions, you can ask me directly later."

The temptation is too great.

Yesterday she spent so much time looking at the reports, but she only understood a small part of them.

If Pei Shuwen were there...

Pei Shuwen: "After you go to Feng Xiao's project team, you probably won't come to my side much. The chances of us working together will be very limited."

"Stop talking, I agree."

--

Lin Chaoyue spent the entire day in Pei Shuwen's office over the weekend and Monday.

She didn't go back to her third-floor apartment to rest that night.

Pei Shuwen is working overtime.

She then took the questions she had written down during the day and asked him them one by one.

Pei Shuwen answered almost all her questions, and sometimes when he didn't understand the financial knowledge, he would explain it from the beginning.

"I think my parents are so prescient. How do you know everything?"

Lin Chaoyue made two strokes on the scrap paper.

I learned another skill today.

She can now understand the design of corporate equity structures and even use software to perform more in-depth data analysis.

Pei Shuwen: "Financial knowledge is essential for handling non-litigation cases."

"From your professional perspective, litigation cases are actually more suitable for you."

Lin Chaoyue capped her pen, rested her chin on her hands, and looked at him: "But my parents definitely want me to do non-litigation work, since it's related to business."

Lin Chaoyue: "Why did you agree to let my parents take care of me? Was it because of the cases?"

"Part of the reason."

"What about the other part?"

Pei Shuwen: "Uncle Lin and Aunt Zhong have helped me a lot over the years, so this is my way of repaying their kindness."

Lin Chaoyue asked curiously, "What kind of favor? Do you mean your private companies?"

"Um."

"But I remember that Lao Lin and your dad... Pei Zhenye had a decent relationship, so why would you help him by bypassing him?"

"Because I had helped them with some things before."

Lin Chaoyue assumed it was a company matter.

She had worked all day and her brain capacity was limited, so she didn't press the matter further.

Lin Chaoyue pressed her face against the table again, looking somewhat wistful: "You can help them, but I can't. My parents haven't contacted me for a long time. They just sent me a message a few days ago, and they didn't answer the phone."

"I wonder how they are doing abroad."

"If only I were more capable, I could help them too."

"Don't worry, everything will be alright."

--

Tuesday was an extra day off, and Pei Shuwen was going back to Yushi, so she left early in the morning.

Lin Chaoyue had been working non-stop for several days, so she took a day off and didn't go to the law firm.

Instead, he went to Li Weina.

Bai Can found a more suitable warehouse in the past two days, and the goods are to be shipped there today.

She helped check out the new warehouse, found nothing wrong with it, and then supervised the shipments all morning.

Bai Can wanted to invite her to lunch.

"Chaoyue, I heard you were stuck at the law firm all night. Then I realized that you were probably worried that if I took you home, you would get stuck on the way and not be able to get home."

"Let me treat you to hot pot, it's near Nanyue Shopping Mall, it's really good."

Lin Chaoyue already knew Bai Can; the two were of similar age, and after these two encounters, their relationship became even closer.

She patted Bai Can on the shoulder and said, "I can treat you, but it will definitely be me who treats you."

"After a busy weekend, I'm treating our assistant, Xiaobai, on behalf of my aunt. You've worked hard."

"Besides, I'm a small business owner, and I have the professional ethics of a boss. I can't let you spend money."

"So, are you going or not? You drive."

"good!"

In return for eating Lin Chaoyue's meal, Bai Can accompanied her to the mall for shopping.

The Ningcheng government is very efficient; in just two days, the city has been completely transformed.

There's absolutely no indication that a heavy rainstorm has hit and several blocks have been flooded.

There were still quite a few people in the mall.

Lin Chaoyue went straight to the point as soon as she entered.

"Could you help me get this out and take a look?"

Are you looking to buy our new couple's GPS tracking watch?

"right."

“You have excellent taste. We had this for pre-order for a long time, and it only arrived today. There was only one pair left.”

Lin Chaoyue held it in her hand and compared it. She liked the function and it looked pretty too.

"Just wrap it up for me."

"After the discount, the total price is xxxx. Are you sure you want to wrap it up? Once you bind your personal information, this watch set is non-refundable and non-exchangeable."

"Sure."

She received a VIC card from Pei Shuwen's ski club and has been thinking about giving him a gift in return for the past two days.

The thought of him driving back from Yushi in the pouring rain because he couldn't find me was so dangerous.

She took a liking to these watches.

Once the two watches are linked and both parties have the necessary permissions, they can know each other's real-time location.

She also liked the advertising slogan: "Love connects our hearts, forming a trajectory."

Lin Chaoyue swiped her card to pay, and just after signing the document, she saw a familiar face.

"What a small world." Tang Ruxue picked up her bag haughtily, walked over, and looked Lin Chaoyue up and down.

Seeing Bai Can trying on bracelets next door, Lin Chaoyue pulled Tang Ruxue aside.

"Don't tell anyone else about what I asked you. I'll get your ski gear for you when I get back to Tangwan later."

"Your ski equipment is in Tangwan?"

"Didn't I tell you last time that I would climb over the wall to go back and get it for you?"

Tang Ruxue's expression changed, and she said somewhat awkwardly, "Forget it, I don't want the ski equipment anymore. Give me your liquor, and give me your address now. I'll pick it up myself later."

Lin Chaoyue was somewhat puzzled: "You do drink alcohol."

"Just give it to me, why do you care so much?"

"I can't keep it to sell for money."

"Oh." Lin Chaoyue casually sent a string of addresses.

Tang Ruxue examined the address she received and noticed the things she was carrying, her tone becoming even stranger.

"I heard you're dating that guy surnamed Pei? What? Are these matching watches? Let me see."

Tang Ruxue very naturally took it and glanced at it.

"Location tracking? That's incredibly inconsiderate. You didn't even ask if they wanted it before you bought it. What if they don't want you to monitor them?"

"What if they have a secret?"

"Your relationship won't last long."

"ah?"

"Never mind, you wouldn't understand even if I told you."

Tang Ruxue disdainfully shoved the tote bag back into her hand, turned around, and left.

Before leaving, he added, "Remember, you don't need to go back to Tangwan. I'll come find you myself."

Lin Chaoyue was somewhat puzzled.

She felt that Tang Ruxue had something to say.

There are some things I don't understand.

But Tang Ruxue's words reminded her that she really needed to ask Pei Shuwen about this kind of gift first.

Lin Chaoyue: [I've prepared a gift for you, but I don't know if you'll like it.]

Pei Shuwen: [I like everything you gave me.]

Lin Chaoyue: [The gift is a bit special; I'll show it to you when you get back.]

Pei Shuwen: [Okay.]

Lin Chaoyue: [You set off so early, you must have arrived in Yu City by now. How's the weather in Yu City? Is it sunny now...?]

Pei Shuwen did not reply, because he was not in Yushi at the time.

No. 1 Tangwan.

Zhong Ling, who should have been abroad, was currently on the second floor receiving a check-up from her family doctor.

"Mr. Zhong, Mr. Pei is already waiting for you downstairs."

"Take him to the tea room, I'll be right there."

Zhong Ling didn't look well, but she had recovered somewhat compared to the first few days after returning to China.

"Okay, I'll take him there now."

Zhong Ling suddenly remembered something: "Wait a minute, did Shu Wen come alone, or did he come back with Yueyue?"

"The young lady didn't come; it was only Mr. Pei himself."