If Sang Lishu didn't give up the space, Yan Zhi wouldn't press her. Yan Zhi replied casually, "Secretary Sang, please use it first. I'll come back to wash later."
Sang Lishu smiled, her arrogance impossible to hide: "Secretary Yan, please don't forget to come over, after all, everyone has their own work to do."
Yan Zhi: "......"
Hmm...did she say anything about asking Sang Lishu to help her wash?
According to Su Rao, Sang Lishu sometimes really... deserves a beating.
Yan Zhi turned and left, while Sang Lishu watched Yan Zhi's retreating figure and smiled smugly.
The moment Yan Zhi disappeared from the tea room, Sang Lishu quickly turned off the tap, put down her cup, and eagerly examined the six empty cups that Yan Zhi had placed aside to be washed. She muttered to herself, "I want to see what you prepared for President Leng to make him so happy."
Sang Lishu carefully examined the remaining liquid at the bottom of the cup, then picked up the cup containing what she wasn't sure what the drink was and smelled it. She roughly understood Yan Zhi's scheme.
Sang Lishu put the empty cups back in their place, sneering disdainfully, "It's not like anyone can't use these little tricks to curry favor with President Leng."
Sang Lishu picked up her cup, left the tea room, sat back down at her workstation, and continued working, her face beaming with the satisfaction of a successful scheme.
Yan Zhi only got up to wash the cups after seeing that Sang Lishu had finally decided to come back from the tea room.
Yan Zhi woke up late and didn't have time for breakfast. Before mealtime, she was already starving and listlessly slumped on the table to pass the time.
Su Rao slid her chair closer to Yan Zhi and quietly asked, "Why do you look so listless?"
"I'm hungry," Yan Zhi replied listlessly, feeling like she was about to collapse.
"Didn't you have breakfast?"
"Hmm..." Yan Zhi nodded.
As soon as Yan Zhi finished speaking, Su Rao stuffed a hard object into her mouth. After it melted, the sweet taste spread throughout her mouth.
Su Rao deftly discarded the candy shell from the preserved plum, as if nothing had happened.
Yan Zhi tilted her head slightly, looking somewhat like a cat basking in the winter morning sun—lazy and relaxed, yet with a touch of delicate, dependent charm. Because she had a preserved plum candy in her mouth, her voice was a little muffled: "Thank you, darling..."
Su Rao smiled with narrowed eyes, just about to pat Yan Zhi's head and say, "You can take care of me from now on," when she saw: "Good heavens! How come your makeup is smudged again? You've only been at work for a short time this morning. How many times have I told you to moisturize before makeup and use a spray after makeup? Can't you remember such a simple rule? You are truly the ugliest student I've ever taught... And you still have the nerve to laugh! If you do your makeup properly now, you'll be the one who looks good in the future. If you don't work hard, President Leng will be snatched away. Aren't you going to fight for him?"
Despite Su Rao's hysterical outburst and frantic movements, Yan Zhi smiled gently and casually: "Don't fight over it, there are plenty of men out there."
Su Rao poked Yan Zhi's head with a look of exasperation and gave her a lecture: "You can do without a cheap dad, but you can't do without a valuable husband!"
Yan Zhi smiled casually, her voice gentle and soft: "Hmm... He is rich, but he didn't spend it on me. What do mountains of gold and silver have to do with me?"
On this kind of seemingly reasonable but actually illogical twisted logic, Su Rao sometimes couldn't really win the argument against Yan Zhi. Su Rao's tongue started to tie itself in knots as she asked in a low voice, "...That's true, but what if President Leng really gets snatched away? Won't you be sad?"
Yan Zhi smiled gently, her tone calm and composed: "I love him, and I'm not sad. I'd be sad if I wanted him to love me too."
Su Rao opened her mouth, wanting to refute, but couldn't find the words.
"The norm in love is that the person I love may not love me back. My love may be passionate, but it's just my passion. So, Su Rao, we have to learn to accept that the person I love may not love me back." Yan Zhi smiled gently, her expression tender and understated.
Su Rao suddenly felt a pang of sympathy for Yan Zhi. The real issue lay behind those nonchalant smiles and in the details that were glossed over. How many times had Yan Zhi privately convinced herself to accept that the person she loved did not love her back?
"Su Rao, don't you think the best state is to belong to no one and own no one?"
Su Rao was speechless for a moment, then sighed, "Fine, fine, whatever! You're already as thick as a rock, impervious to all pressure anyway."
Yan Zhi smiled gently: "It's lunchtime, let's tidy up and go eat first."
Su Rao pouted softly, "...If you used the same enthusiasm you have for eating on President Leng, what would that white lotus have to do with it?"
"Nothing is worth interfering with my meal." Yan Zhi stood up gracefully, her steps calm and composed, without feigning shyness or being coy, but rather poised and generous.
"You're amazing!" Su Rao looked at Yan Zhi's elegant and graceful back and gave her a thumbs up in admiration.
Yan Zhi took Su Rao's arm and was about to go to the cafeteria for lunch when her phone suddenly rang.
Yan Zhi took out her phone. The caller ID showed it was her grandmother. After answering the call and hanging up, Yan Zhi told Su Rao, "I can't go to the cafeteria today. Grandma is taking me out to eat. She's already waiting downstairs."
Upon seeing this, Su Rao's eyes widened as she asked, "The grandmother you're talking about, is she the legendary grandmother of President Leng? The matriarch of the Leng family?"
"Hmm...right?" Yan Zhi nodded.
"It seems the old lady really likes you. If you can make Grandma Leng happy, you'll already have won half the battle." Su Rao excitedly offered her advice.
This... I've had to persuade him twice this morning... how can we still have fun?
Yan Zhi smiled faintly: "Su Rao, why don't you take a break? Are you really... not tired?"
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