Chapter 36 Chapter 36 Several women want to add me on WeChat...
The weather in this coastal town is wonderful. Clear skies, white clouds, a gentle breeze, and waves. Walking along the coastal path, the temperature is just right; even without an umbrella, you don't feel the heat.
The training seminar began at 9:00 AM. The resort's business center had a large lecture hall that could accommodate a hundred people. Colleagues from the group arrived early to secure seats, and the attendance rate was much higher than in a university classroom. There were four consecutive lectures today, each lasting from one to two hours, with a fifteen-minute break in between.
The first lecture of the morning was given by Pan Xianchen. He took the stage in a suit and tie, standing at the podium in a dignified manner, unlike the casual outfit of yesterday, when he wore a short-sleeved shirt and casual pants. As his tall figure took his place, Wen Yu could hear the murmurs of conversation among the people around him.
The trainees here came from various branches under the group. Pan Xianchen was at the group headquarters, so even though the people at the branches had heard of him, they rarely had the chance to meet him in person. Now that they finally saw him in person, the buzz about him was endless.
So tall. So handsome. Great figure.
The female students were whispering among themselves. Wen Yu listened to their comments on Pan Xianchen while gazing at the person on the stage. Pan Xianchen wasn't the youngest speaker today, but he was undoubtedly the most charismatic. He possessed a profound understanding of the business, offering insightful and insightful market analysis, yet he presented his ideas in a simple and accessible way. The large screen behind him was lit, a glow surrounding him. His presentation was short on words. Unlike some professors who prefer to read from a PowerPoint presentation, he spoke without a script, using images and videos from the presentation to capture the students' attention.
Everyone who had been discussing his appearance gradually became absorbed in his speech, becoming completely absorbed in it. Wen Yu observed the expressions and movements of those around her. Both men and women were rapt, taking notes in their notebooks. She had brought her laptop with her, but she hadn't turned it on yet.
Suddenly, Pan Xianchen's voice broke off. His gaze fell on Wen Yu, who was standing on the stage. He said, "Someone's distracted. Let's wait a moment."
The colleagues around her all glanced over at Pan Xianchen, and Wen Yu shuddered, coming back to her senses. A female colleague sitting next to her nudged her and whispered, "Hey, what are you thinking about?"
Wen Yu looked at her female colleague's face, gave a dry laugh, and said nothing. She couldn't possibly say she was so engrossed in watching the man in the stands that she forgot to turn on her laptop. The female colleague turned back, and the people around her stopped paying attention to her. Pan Xianchen continued speaking, and she turned on her laptop, ready to take notes.
The lecture lasted about an hour. After Pan Xianchen finished, there was a fifteen-minute tea break. Some people, feeling brave enough, gathered around Pan Xianchen and asked him questions, which he answered one by one. Wen Yu watched him surrounded by a group of men and women. From a distance, she couldn't hear what they were saying. She stood up and walked outside the lecture hall.
Outside the lecture hall, there was a long corridor lined with several long tables, each filled with food and drinks. There was a dessert section, a drinks section, a fruit section, and so on, all filled with a dazzling array of delicious food. Many people gathered around the tables, picking at food, chatting and laughing, creating a lively atmosphere. Wen Yu grabbed a small cake and poured herself a cup of fruit tea. She walked to the corridor, gazing at the shimmering sea in the distance while she enjoyed her tea.
WeChat rang. Pan Xianchen asked her where she was.
Wen Yu pretended not to notice and continued eating. After finishing a small piece of cake, she sipped a few sips of fruit tea. A dark figure loomed behind her. Wen Yu knew who it was without even looking; this person had been haunting her lately.
Pan Xianchen put his hands in his pockets and looked down at her: "Why didn't you reply to WeChat?"
Wen Yu looked very surprised: "Ah? Did you send me a WeChat message? I didn't see it."
"..." Pan Xianchen looked at her speechlessly for a moment, then exposed her: "I've been watching you from behind for a long time. You saw it, but you just didn't reply."
"Is that so?" Wen Yu remained calm, gesturing to the fruit tea in his hand and saying, "I'm eating and can't come back."
Pan Xianchen gritted his teeth and looked at her. He knew exactly what she had been doing. He'd seen Wen Yu's back the moment he'd left the lecture hall, and by then the WeChat message had already been sent. He'd seen Wen Yu pick up her phone to check it, then put it back in her pocket without replying. Then, she began devouring her cake with undivided attention. When he reached her, Wen Yu had already finished it. A small bead of cream clung to the corner of her mouth. She licked her lips, but missed.
Pan Xianchen stared at Xiao Naiyou for a while, then couldn't help but wipe her mouth. She turned her face away, and Pan Xianchen frowned. Why was she so wary of him now? She couldn't hold him, couldn't touch him, and couldn't even wipe her mouth.
He said unhappily, "Your mentor is about to be snatched away by someone else, and you're still here eating cake."
What do you mean? Wen Yu blinked at him.
Pan Xianchen said angrily, "Didn't you see just now? As soon as the get out of class was over, I was surrounded by a group of strangers. When you saw the teacher in trouble, why didn't you help?"
"Aren't they asking questions?"
"Some asked for advice, and some asked for my WeChat," Pan Xianchen emphasized. "Several women wanted to add me on WeChat."
“…”
Wen Yu took a sip of the fruit tea and asked, "Did you add it?"
"Do you want me to join?"
“…”
What kind of question is that? Wen Yu refused to answer.
She didn't say anything, so Pan Xianchen answered his own question: "No. I'm your business mentor, why should I add them on WeChat? From now on, if your mentor sends you a WeChat message, you must reply."
"oh."
The two of them stood by the corridor for a while. Fifteen minutes passed quickly, and the next lecture was about to begin. Pan Xianchen left the lecture hall, and Wen Yu entered, listening attentively. The next speakers were a middle-aged woman with an intellectual demeanor, a bald man with a potbelly, and an elderly man. The lectures didn't end until the afternoon.
There's a team dinner tonight, and a few hours before it begins, the group has arranged special icebreaker activities. Wen Yu reviewed the schedule: indoor activities like a cross-departmental collaboration sandbox, a strategic puzzle challenge, and a three-minute benefit map—all seem rather dull. Outdoor activities include a "Blue Ocean Breakout" real-life snake game, a back-to-back trust stand-up, and agile collaborative beach volleyball. Wen Yu wasn't interested in any of them; she hated teambuilding with strangers. She planned to fish for fish later and slip away when no one was paying attention.
After such a long lecture, it's a good time to change my mind. In the activity room, Wen Yu joined the others in an icebreaker activity. When it was her turn, she would appear, and then when someone else took her turn, she would immediately leave. Then, she found a small stool and sat in the corner to chat with Ye Yinuo on WeChat.
Qianjin: I heard this training is held at the beach? Sunshine, beach, waves, cacti, and an old captain.
Wen Yu chuckled. Why is he still singing?
Wen Xiaoyu: That's my grandmother's Penghu Bay. I'm in mainland China, not Taiwan.
Qianjin: The ocean is all the same. Did you bring your swimsuit? Did you go in the ocean? Have you swum before?
Wen Xiaoyu: I brought it, but I haven’t gone into the adult entertainment industry yet.
Qianjin: Why don't you get off? If it were me, I would jump straight from the bus into the sea! How could you hold back?
Wen Xiaoyu: When you jump off the bus, you will see the coastal highway and a beach, but you can't jump into the sea.
Qianjin: ...I won't talk to you anymore. Humph.
Wen Yu smiled and put away her phone. The indoor icebreaker activity was over, and the organizer invited everyone to go outside to relieve stress. They went to the rooms to change into their swimsuits and then gathered on the beach. Everyone was excited, including Wen Yu. Finally, she could go into the sea.
Around 3:00 PM, my colleagues arrived on the beach. Some, tired, returned to their rooms and never emerged again. There weren't as many people on the beach as there had been during the ice-breaking session indoors. Wen Yu thought, "There's always someone better than me, even better at paddling than me, slipping away so early." She scanned the crowds, found an opportunity, and quietly slipped to the other side.
There weren't many people here. Some individual tourists were digging in the sand and treading water. Wen Yu skirted them and trotted toward the sea. She could swim, so she didn't need a lifebuoy, but her technique was average and her speed was extremely slow. Swimming alone in the pool was fine, but if others were practicing breaststroke, butterfly, or freestyle, she'd be toppled over like a small potato by the splash. So, after entering the sea, she tried to stay as far away from the others as possible, slowly paddling in the small, empty area of the ocean, all by herself.
After paddling for a while, she grew tired and turned, intending to return to the beach for a rest. Standing on the shore was a figure. Wen Yu paddled, squinting her eyes to identify him.
Pan Xianchen stood on the shore, arms folded, watching Wen Yu for a long time. She swam like a little frog, her legs kicking in the sea. He watched her struggle for what seemed like an eternity, but she only advanced a few meters. Pan Xianchen laughed.
Wen Yu recognized Pan Xianchen, twisted her body, and paddled back toward the deep sea. A sudden splash came from behind her, and a huge splash of water fell on the surface like a meteor shower, some of it flying into Wen Yu's hair. She paddled and paddled, and the man behind her quickly overtook her, swimming past her and then ahead of her.
Pan Xianchen swam freestyle, his strokes beautifully. Wen Yu watched as a pair of arms paddled across the water like oars, stirring up brilliant splashes as they rose. The sunlight seemed to shimmer on them. As his arms dipped into the water, Pan Xianchen advanced significantly. Soon, Wen Yu saw Pan Xianchen was a tiny creature.
Is he showing off his skills?
Wen Yu didn't want to pay attention to him, so she turned around again and swam towards the shore. There was a noise behind her, and Wen Yu watched helplessly as Pan Xianchen paddled back from a distance, passed her again, and finally reached shore before her.
Wen Yu: “…”
Just showing off!
Wen Yu climbed out of the sea dripping wet, stood across from Pan Xianchen, wiped the water off her face, and said, "Teacher Pan is a great swimmer."
Pan Xianchen asked, "Do you want me to teach you?"
"No, I can swim."
"Then come to the competition?"
"...No, I definitely can't beat you."
Wen Yu put her hands on her hips and confidently refused him. The sun shone down warmly, illuminating them. Pan Xianchen smiled at Wen Yu. He hadn't expected her swimsuit to be this style. A large expanse of her snow-white back was exposed, along with the holes cut out on either side of her slender waist, and both legs were completely exposed. His gaze seemed even hotter than the afternoon sun. Wen Yu reacted, lowered her hands from her hips, and subconsciously glanced at herself.
She never concealed her figure, and her style followed this principle. She didn't care about revealing too much or too little; everything about the female body was beautiful. Sometimes, she even wore a bikini to the beach, and people on the shore looked at her in all sorts of ways, but she didn't mind. Today was no different. The swimsuit in her suitcase had been shoved into her closet, and she put it on casually, all she wanted was to get in the water.
But now that Pan Xianchen was looking at her so closely, she suddenly felt a little embarrassed. She raised her arms unnaturally and folded them over her chest. She also looked at Pan Xianchen's body. Pan Xianchen was wearing only a pair of swimming trunks, revealing more skin than she did.
Pan Xianchen knew what Wen Yu was looking at, so he let her see it openly and said, "Sit with me at the dinner."
"Why?"
"Other students are eager to stick with their instructors, taking this opportunity to communicate and learn more, but you're the only one who wants to be treated differently?"
"We meet often, and I have many opportunities to ask you for advice."
"Really? I don't think so." Pan Xianchen enumerated, "Although we work in the same unit, we rarely see each other. It seems you've never asked me for advice."
Wen Yu scratched her nose. She usually consulted Peng Yan about any work problems she had.
"Why aren't you talking?"
"I was thinking of asking you something."
Wen Yu walked back. The ice-breaking activity on the other side of the beach had concluded, and everyone was heading back. The dinner was scheduled for a speech by the group leader, so formal attire was recommended. It was just the right time to go back to the room, shower, and change before heading to the banquet hall.
The banquet hall was magnificent, with men in suits and women in trousers or skirts. Pan Xianchen arrived early, exchanging pleasantries before taking his seat. Before leaving, he sent a WeChat message to Wen Yu, prompting her to arrive in ten minutes. More than ten minutes had passed, and Wen Yu still hadn't arrived.
Pan Xianchen wanted to call Wen Yu, so he stood up and walked out of the banquet hall.
The phone was always busy. Pan Xianchen was pacing the corridor outside the banquet hall when he heard a voice coming from around the corner. He walked over and saw Wen Yu's back. She was on the phone and hadn't noticed him yet.
He waited for a moment, then realized the person on the phone with Wen Yu was her fiancé. He could only hear Wen Yu's voice, not the other man's words. They talked for a long time, and Pan Xianchen's patience was wearing thin.
He waited for her in the banquet hall, constantly checking the time on his phone.
She is talking on the phone with that guy here.
What are you talking about? Is there so much to say?
Pan Xianchen's face darkened and he walked towards Wen Yu step by step.
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