Chapter 50 I'm not doing well
It was getting late, and Yu Xin knew that Shen Mengqing didn't want to be alone with him any longer, so he escorted her to the door and watched her get into the ride-hailing car he had called.
Once inside the warm car, Shen Mengqing rubbed his fingers together; his fingertips were still stiff and cold.
She glanced at the rearview mirror; Yu Xin's tall figure was almost blending into the night. He already had a cold demeanor, and in the inky darkness, he looked like a night traveler.
As the car drove further away, his figure shrank continuously, merging with the lush trees behind him, becoming a leaf with serrated edges on a branch.
As time went by, she slowly came to her senses and suddenly felt a little regretful. She shouldn't have broken off relations with Yu Xin. How could she interact with him normally at work tomorrow?
Fortunately, when she arrived at the office the next day, Assistant Chen informed her that Yu Xin and he would be going on a business trip for a week.
A week is enough time for her and Yu Xin to process these emotions. Maybe when Yu Xin comes back, they can go back to being an ordinary boss and secretary, no different from anyone else.
Despite saying that, Shen Mengqing kept thinking about what Yu Xin had said to her these days, and every word was stimulating her nerves.
How come she never noticed before that this grumpy guy could be so eloquent? She thought that with his personality, even if he liked someone, he would just keep it to himself and bury it deep inside.
Yesterday's standoff appeared to be her constantly attacking Yu Xin, but only Shen Mengqing herself knew that after Yu Xin surrendered and revealed his weakness, she couldn't find a way to defeat him. When the timer ended, no one won.
A week later, Yu Xin poached a new sales manager from a neighboring city.
On the first day of the new sales manager's tenure, Yu Xin even held a high-level meeting as an occasion to give the new manager a chance to introduce himself.
This manager, He Wang, has a similar background to Yu Xin. He has many years of overseas study experience and worked as a sales manager in a foreign pharmaceutical company after returning to China.
Shen Mengqing could tell from his brief self-introduction that his style was completely different from Liang Jun's.
Liang Jun is a typical middle-class person who has become worldly and sophisticated in a society based on personal connections, while He Wang advocates freedom and equality, somewhat like a version of Liang Ruwei who studied abroad.
On this occasion, He Wang showed no flattery whatsoever, and humorously recounted his past experiences. When asked about his outstanding achievements, he simply shrugged and said that there was no point in showing the past, and he hoped that when he reported to the shareholders again next time, this page would become a source of honor for him.
The shareholders initially had strong objections to Yu Xin's unilateral decision to select a candidate, but after the meeting, they were relatively satisfied with He Wang.
Even though he wasn't good at flattering people, his abilities were clearly superior to Liang Jun's, who was stuck in his ways. Rather than finding another ticking time bomb who only knew how to appease them, it seemed more advantageous to find someone who could help improve performance.
He Wang has a unique personality. He left his contact information at the end, saying that he only needed to contact him by phone, as he was not used to chatting with people he didn't know well on WeChat.
This behavior instantly reminded Shen Mengqing of Yu Xin. In this respect, He Wang was exactly the same as him, no wonder they admired each other.
After the meeting, Shen Mengqing sat in the back waiting for the shareholders to leave. He Wang turned off his computer and walked straight to her.
"You must be Secretary Shen?" He Wang was wearing a light gray suit. Even though he had a few fine lines around his eyes, he still looked very young, like he was in his early thirties.
Shen Mengqing nodded, stood up, and shook hands with him politely: "Hello, Manager He."
He Wang withdrew his hand and said with a smile, "I really need to get used to it. Before, everyone at the company called me He, without adding the word 'manager.' I always felt like I sounded like an insurance salesman."
It wasn't a particularly funny joke, but He Wang always had the ability to make people laugh no matter what he said. Shen Mengqing smiled and said, "Then you'll have to get used to it. From now on, you might hear people calling you Manager He dozens of times a day."
He Wang gave her a full response, and she held her head in distress.
Then, he took out his phone and whispered to Shen Mengqing, "We don't have to add those older men as friends, but we absolutely have to add the beautiful women's contact information. Secretary Shen, shall we add each other on WeChat?"
"Sure."
As a secretary, Shen Mengqing would definitely have to add all the department managers as friends for the sake of work convenience. Even if He Wang didn't add her, she would still have to try to add him.
She scanned He Wang's business card QR code and tapped the screen a few times with her fingertip: "Request sent."
When he looked up again, Yu Xin was standing next to He Wang. He was wearing a dark suit and leaning casually against the edge of the table. Recently, his demeanor had become more and more composed, and the contempt in the eyes of the shareholders was gone.
He Wang also saw him, took a few steps back and sat down next to him, but he was a bit shorter and didn't have Yu Xin's unrestrained and cool demeanor.
He caught a fleeting glint of coldness in Yu Xin's eyes, understood a bit, and nudged Yu Xin's shoulder: "Let's go to your office and talk?"
Yu Xin nodded but didn't move an inch. He Wang blinked, then went to his office first, silently making a few sarcastic remarks to him.
Only Yu Xin and Shen Mengqing remained in the conference room. With everyone else gone, Shen Mengqing prepared to begin the cleanup work.
Suddenly, the person sitting at the table spoke in a low voice: "How was your week?"
As Shen Mengqing straightened the conference room chairs, she said, "It's fine."
"But I'm not doing well."
Yu Xin's head drooped slightly; he was strangely good at feigning pitifulness.
“You haven’t sent me a single message, not even work messages, which were all forwarded through Chen Mo.”
Shen Mengqing ignored him; these were all trivial matters that didn't need to be brought up to the board level, so why was she reporting them to him?
She finished tidying up the conference room by herself, and said to Yu Xin by the door, "Mr. Yu, I'm leaving now. Remember to turn off the lights when you come out."
After saying that, she strode back to the secretary's office.
Yu Xin stared at the rough, fuzzy carpet for a while, her mood as wrinkled as the carpet surface, then she put her hands in her pockets and got up.
He snapped the lights off and then neatly closed the conference room door, afraid that his secretary would come to inspect and point out any mistakes he had made.
He Wang was bored waiting in his office, so he started drinking tea and watching the latest Go matches on his phone.
He noticed footsteps, but his attention remained on the screen: "Oh, they're here."
"You're quite good at taking advantage of your time to slack off." Yu Xin sat down in his seat and leaned back lazily.
He Wang turned off his phone and said with a smile, "I'll learn from the boss."
Yu Xin: "?"
"Not only does the boss slack off during work hours, but he's also slacking off by pursuing his secretary. This is much more interesting than I imagined. I'm so glad I came here."
He Wang, even more lazy than Yu Xin, crossed his legs and looked up at the people in the upper seats as if watching a show.
Yu Xin retorted, "Boring."
He Wang exaggeratedly said, "When I first added Secretary Chen on WeChat, the way she looked at me was like she was about to throw me into an ice cellar. I almost doubted my personal safety."
"Does Secretary Ren know what you're thinking? I don't think she's interested in you at all."
He Wang couldn't be more eager to add more firewood and make the fire burn even brighter, so that he could see the true nature behind Yu Xin's cold exterior.
Yu Xin planted his long legs under the table and said in a cold voice, "The things between us are complicated; you wouldn't understand."
“That’s not necessarily true.” He Wang raised his eyebrows. “Some things you think are complicated, but actually, it’s just that you haven’t touched their hearts or moved them.”
Although He Wang was a bachelor, he had experienced the mundane realities of life for several years longer than Yu Xin. He had also been through a lot of romantic escapades and had seen his share of women. He considered himself to understand women quite well.
He earnestly advised Yu Xin, "You need to pay more attention to other people's needs, don't be self-righteous, and don't play hard to get or use that aloof, sarcastic, domineering CEO act. Nowadays, women prefer to be direct; that approach is outdated."
Hearing his words, Yu Xin felt that every word was directed at her, so she shooed him out, saying, "I have a meeting, you go back first."
He Wang stood up, and on the way out, he turned back to Yu Xin and said, "Women will definitely hate you for being so stubborn when you're in the wrong."
Yu Xin felt even more annoyed seeing He Wang's smug expression as he seized on his weakness, and wished he could take him to the tennis court immediately and beat him up in a few games.
He met He Wang on the tennis court. The two played back and forth for several games. Yu Xin always widened the score gap in the last few rallies. Towards the end, He Wang realized that he was controlling the score.
This was a huge humiliation for He Wang, a tennis enthusiast. He told Yu Xin not to hold back, but to his surprise, it was even more humiliating.
After that, they became friends on the ball. After a few interactions, they learned that they both worked in the pharmaceutical industry, and they began to exchange ideas about the industry from time to time.
Chen Mo had not actually shortlisted He Wang as a candidate for sales manager some time ago, but after Yu Xin and Chen Mo discussed the profile of a sales manager, he immediately thought of He Wang.
He Wang originally wanted to work in Beicheng, which is why he often came here and did not refuse the offer from Yu Xin.
...
Shen Mengqing returned to her workstation and turned on her computer to finalize the meeting minutes she had just written.
The minutes of this meeting were relatively easy to write. Most of the content consisted of He Wang's introduction, and the summary was quite simple, without any lengthy plans or schemes.
After working for a while, she sent the minutes to Chen Mo, rubbed her sore shoulders, and picked up her phone to check unread messages.
Hao Qisi, whom she hadn't contacted in a long time, sent her a message. After reading the message, Shen Mengqing frowned slightly.
He said:
"Sis, what if you borrowed money from someone but they don't want it back?"
Shen Mengqing replied to him:
"Did you borrow money? Whom did you borrow from, and how much?"
"Wait a minute, was the channel you borrowed from legitimate? How could someone not want you to pay it back? Get back to me right now."
In an instant, she thought of countless worst-case scenarios and made plans for Hao Qisi.
Hao Qisi said:
"Sis, don't get agitated. He's not a bad person. You know him too."
"who."
Shen Mengqing took a deep breath.
His reply popped up on the screen:
"Brother Yu Xin."
"Sis, are you able to see him? Or I can give you the money and you pay it back for me?"
Shen Mengqing's temple throbbed violently:
"How much did you borrow?"
Hao Qisi's phone kept showing that the other party was typing, probably because he didn't dare to tell her.
After a while, as if he had made up his mind, he confessed to Shen Mengqing:
"Twenty thousand."
Shen Mengqing:
"???"
That brat, what does he need so much money for!
-----------------------
Author's Note: Here comes the sob story. [doge emoji]
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
