The morning sun pierced through the thick clouds, casting a golden glow over the entire city. Employees downstairs at Shen's Building hurried to begin their new day's work.
Xie Yao hurried inside with a cup of coffee in her hand, replying to work messages as she went. She was so distracted that she almost bumped into someone. She apologized and looked up, meeting Shen Du's ambiguous smile. Xie Yao smiled with slight surprise: "Oh! I'm sorry, Mr. Shen."
Shen Du twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "I'm used to it."
Xie Yao paused for a moment, then, recalling what happened on her first day at work, smiled awkwardly and said, "My mistake, my mistake. I was just busy replying to Assistant Lin's message."
The two chatted as they walked toward the elevator, attracting the attention of many people around them.
Seeing that his hands were empty, Xie Yao politely handed him her coffee: "Mr. Shen, would you like some coffee? I just bought an Americano."
As soon as Chen Du pressed the elevator button, he saw that she was only holding a cup of coffee. He raised an eyebrow, and for some reason, reached out and took it from her, not forgetting to say thank you.
Xie Yao was stunned, then chuckled awkwardly and said, "You're welcome, you're welcome."
She just wanted to be polite, but she didn't expect this person to be so impolite.
As soon as the elevator doors closed in front of the two people, the people in the lobby started discussing it enthusiastically.
"Is this the new secretary? She's quite pretty!"
"Judging from this, Mr. Shen and she seem to know each other quite well!"
"I've never seen President Shen be so close to any female colleague at the company. Isn't something a little off between them?"
"Alright! Mr. Shen has a proper fiancée, how can you say such nonsense?"
"Sigh, you all know what Mr. Shen's fiancée is like, she'll probably call off the engagement soon."
"What do you mean? Is the false pregnancy true?"
"Pretty much. Besides, even without the fake pregnancy, she's not good enough for our CEO Shen!"
"Exactly, Ye's lousy company isn't even qualified to be married to Shen's. I really don't know why President Shen wanted to get engaged to her in the first place."
"I heard that Miss Ye doesn't have a very good reputation in their circle. Although she is indeed beautiful, there are plenty of beautiful people. How can someone with big breasts and no brains be worthy of President Shen?"
"Sigh, who knows if the engagement will be called off soon. They've been engaged for so long and haven't gotten married yet. It's only a matter of time before the engagement is called off."
"I wonder what kind of person is good enough for someone like our CEO Shen?"
"How would we know? Let's go, it's time to get to work, we have a lot to do."
As soon as Lin Yi entered the company, he saw the group of people who had been gathered together gradually disperse. Seeing that he was running even faster, he raised an eyebrow and walked towards the front desk.
"What's wrong?"
The receptionist, who had just overheard quite a bit, smiled awkwardly when Lin Yi asked her question: "It's nothing, we were just chatting for a bit."
Lin Yi stared at her with a half-smile and asked, "Is that so?"
The girl clasped her hands together and said, "Assistant Lin, please let me go. We were just chatting for a bit."
Lin Yi teased, "You didn't say anything bad about me?"
"I really don't have that!" the girl said, making a vow-like gesture.
Lin Yi then nodded: "Alright."
Even without asking, Lin Yi roughly knew what they were talking about. Ever since Xie Yao joined the company, there had been more and more gossip. During the interview, Lin Yi had reminded Xie Yao that being in this position, and being President Shen's first female secretary, would inevitably attract the attention of the entire company, and there would be a lot of gossip. However, Xie Yao said that she could accept all of this. Therefore, after considering all aspects of her, the company decided to hire her. The only miscalculation was that she actually knew President Shen.
Chen Du stared blankly at the coffee on the table, not understanding why he had taken it. He himself didn't realize the triumphant smile on his face when he saw Xie Yao's astonished expression.
"Mr. Shen, there's a proposal that needs your signature." Xie Yao's voice came from the doorway, and Shen Du suddenly came back to his senses.
"Okay, give it to me."
As Chen Du looked down and flipped through the documents, Xie Yao was also sizing him up.
After many years, Chen Du's youthful face has matured considerably, his facial features have become smoother, his nose is high and straight, his eyebrows and eyes are sharp, and the way he purses his lips makes him look inexplicably serious, and when he is expressionless, he is somewhat intimidating.
When he lowered his head, Xie Yao could even see his long, thick eyelashes. She thought, how could someone have eyelashes that long...
"President Shen..."
Just as Xie Yao was lost in thought, Lin Yi knocked on the door and came in, interrupting her. Xie Yao looked away guiltily.
Lin Yi saw her, glanced at Chen Du without saying anything, and Xie Yao tactfully took the documents Chen Du handed over, turned around and walked out, closing the door behind her.
Just as the door closed, she heard Lin Yi say, "What about Miss Ye..."
She knew who Miss Ye was. Although she had lived abroad for so many years, she was still very familiar with news from China, especially since she had met Miss Ye in person.
If she guessed correctly, Shen Du had never intended to marry this Miss Ye. Although she didn't know why the two were engaged, based on her understanding of Shen Du, he probably didn't do it voluntarily.
Over the years, while living abroad, she would occasionally wonder how far things would have gone between them if she hadn't left back then.
But after returning to China and seeing his current appearance and the Shen family behind him, she felt that it was all wishful thinking. That person was right; they were never meant to be together.
With this in mind, Xie Yao collected her thoughts and began to deal with her work.
As Chen Du's secretary, Xie Yao is not exactly busy with countless affairs, but she is always extremely busy when things get busy.
Xie Yao was so engrossed in her work that she didn't even notice Lin Yi standing right in front of her until he coughed, at which point she looked up.
Lin Yi glanced at her, then looked around and said loudly, "Everyone has worked hard lately. President Shen has ordered coffee and snacks for everyone. Xiao Zhang will go and get them to distribute to everyone in a bit."
As soon as Lin Yi finished speaking, a cheer erupted in the office. Xie Yao, remembering the cup of coffee from that morning, was slightly taken aback.
As soon as Lin Yi left, people around him started whispering among themselves.
"Why did you suddenly decide to order food for us today, Mr. Shen?"
"That's right. There have been many busier times in the past than these last two days, and I've never seen him order food for us."
"Oh, as long as there's food, that's enough. Don't talk too much."
Not to mention them, even Lin Yi found this matter a bit strange, but when he saw the cup of coffee on Chen Du's table, he understood something.
Chen Du doesn't like coffee, but Xie Yao does. She loves that particular brand of coffee, and Lin Yi has seen it many times.
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