Chapter 22 Moonlight Beach, Still a Romantic
The atmosphere became somewhat ambiguous.
Suddenly, a bright light flashed on Shen Cen's phone, and the woman in red fell to the ground.
"Hahaha, see that? This is it..."
Before the man could finish speaking, Jiang Shiyu frowned, then quickly tapped the screen with his finger, killing him with a single strike.
At this moment, Shen Cen finally recovered from her previous state. Taking advantage of Jiang Shiyu's inattention, she moved ten centimeters to the side and touched the back of her ear, only to find that it was burning hot.
The game had just ended.
Jiang Shiyu casually placed his phone on the coffee table, as if nothing had happened. Shen Cen also pretended not to care, picking up a glass of water from the table and taking a sip.
Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere was awkward. Shen Cen decided to break the silence first: "Um... have you been busy at the bar these past few days?"
"Not as busy as before. I'm going to a bar the day after tomorrow morning. I'm free in the afternoon, do you want me to take you to Guangyi?"
"Will you be back by noon?"
Shen Cen was worried that Jiang Shiyu would be in a rush when he returned from Siji.
Jiang Shiyu, on the other hand, seemed unconcerned and said casually, "I'm the boss, I can come back anytime."
"Alright, alright, he's the boss. He can leave whenever he wants." Shen Cen couldn't help but smile when she thought of his arrogant expression just now, and finally agreed to let him take her home.
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On Thursday evening, Shen Cen received a call from Li Qi.
"Hello Miss Shen, I am Li Qi."
"Hello, Miss Li."
Li Qi called suddenly that evening, and Shen Cen knew immediately that it was something urgent. He assumed there had been a problem with the collaboration and couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
"I'm sorry to bother you so late. I called to talk to you about tomorrow."
"Hmm? Is there any change in what's going to happen tomorrow?"
"I have an urgent work assignment tomorrow afternoon, so I was wondering if you'd be free tomorrow morning? Could we reschedule our meeting for the morning?"
Hearing that it was just a matter of changing the time to the morning, Shen Cen breathed a sigh of relief and quickly agreed: "That's fine, I'm free all day tomorrow, so let's change it to the morning."
"Thank you for your cooperation, Miss Chen. Shall we reschedule for nine o'clock?"
"OK."
The next morning, Jiang Shiyu left home before eight o'clock. Shen Cen, fearing that the morning meeting would not end anytime soon, unusually took a piece of bread for breakfast before stepping out of the house.
Having been here once before, Shen Cen knew the way quite well. She arrived at the entrance of Guangyi around 8:40.
As soon as she approached Guangyi, Shen Cen saw a woman with short, center-parted hair, dressed in a smart and professional business suit, standing at the door looking around. She guessed that this person was Li Qi.
"Miss Shen!" Li Qi noticed Shen Cen at a glance, after all, Shen Cen stood out in the crowd in terms of both appearance and temperament.
Li Qi brought Shen Cen to her office.
"This is the contract for this transaction, Ms. Shen, please take a look." Li Qi handed over a thick contract.
Shen Cen quickly skimmed through the document. The first few pages weren't particularly noteworthy; they were simply the cooperation period and some specific details. Shen Cen read through them one by one, and it was about what she had anticipated. The task wasn't too demanding.
But when he turned to the last two pages and saw the salary section, Shen Cen's fingers suddenly stopped, and he said incredulously, "Did they add an extra zero to this salary?"
It was much, much higher than she had expected, even exceeding her salary at Peking University.
Seeing Shen Cen's surprised expression, Li Qi smiled and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, saying, "Our CEO personally decided on the salary. He said that someone as talented as Miss Shen is fully worthy of such a salary."
Shen Cen nodded: "Thank you for your kind offer. I hope our cooperation will go smoothly in the future."
After saying that, she picked up a black pen and wrote her name at the last signature place. Her handwriting was beautiful, showing that she had excellent calligraphy skills.
After signing the contract, the two continued to discuss the follow-up cooperation matters. Li Qi has excellent communication skills and can quickly understand Shen Cen's meaning, so the two communicated very smoothly, and more than an hour passed by unknowingly.
At this moment, Li Qi glanced at his watch, stood up and said, "Miss Chen, would you like to rest for a while? I'll take you to the tea room to have something to eat. Our company's tea snacks are quite delicious."
Shen Cen had only eaten a piece of bread that morning, and was feeling a bit hungry. Hearing this, she got up and accepted Li Qi's invitation.
The break room was downstairs, and the two prepared to take the elevator down. The elevator stopped on the twentieth floor for a long time, and Li Qi explained to Shen Cen, "The twentieth floor is the office of our Guangyi CEO."
Shen Cen didn't know much about Guangyi's president, except that he had occasionally seen on forums that Guangyi Technology was founded by the president and a few friends when he was in college.
In addition, Wen Jie had wanted to interview the president of Guangyi Technology for a while, and had told Shen Cen some of the legendary stories of this mysterious president.
From the limited information she received, she was already able to perfectly sketch out the image of this CEO.
Insightful and visionary, young and promising.
Oh, and by the way, he's also a romantic at heart. The game *Summer Echoes* says it all.
Finally, the elevator came down from the twentieth floor, without stopping at any other floors, and went straight to the fifteenth floor where Chen Cen and the others were.
The elevator doors opened slowly.
At first, you could only vaguely see a man standing inside, wearing a sharp black suit, with a tall and slender figure.
As the elevator doors opened wider, Chen Cen finally saw the face of the person inside.
She was stunned until Li Qi called out "Hello, President Fu," which brought her back to her senses, and she greeted him in return.
"Chen Cen?" Fu Cheng saw her standing with Li Qi and immediately realized that she must be the historical planner and consultant chosen by Li Qi. After entrusting this matter to Li Qi, they hadn't inquired about it any further.
His first reaction was that Jiang Shiyu must be overjoyed, but he was also worried for him. The more Shen Cen interacted with Guang Yi, the more difficult it would be for Jiang Shiyu to hide his identity.
When Shen Cen heard Li Qi call Fu Cheng "President Fu" and saw that he came down from the president's office on the 20th floor, he couldn't help but wonder if Fu Cheng was the mysterious president of Guangyi Technology.
Seeing that the two already knew each other, Li Qi skipped the introductions: "I didn't expect Miss Shen to know our CEO Fu. What a coincidence!"
Seeing that the two of them hadn't pressed the floor button after entering, Fu Cheng asked, "Are you also going to the tea room?"
"Yes, I'll take Miss Shen to try Guangyi's tea and snacks."
Upon hearing this, Fu Cheng nodded: "Okay, I'll go get the coffee while I'm at it."
Li Qi: "It's for the boss..."
Just then, several employees who had just finished their tea and snacks walked into the elevator and loudly greeted Fu Cheng with "Hello, President Fu," interrupting Li Qi's words.
The group also noticed Shen Cen standing nearby and asked Li Qi, "Sister Qi, is this the new intern?"
Judging from her appearance, Shen Cen was no different from a recent female college graduate. It was reasonable for the group to mistake her for a female college student who had come for an internship, since they didn't recognize her.
"What kind of eyes do you have? He's a professor in the History Department of Peking University, and he's a consultant and planner hired by our company."
Upon hearing this, the group was instantly stunned. The reputation of the History Department of Kyoto University was known to almost everyone, and they had never expected to see such a young history professor standing in front of them.
The three of them walked into the tea room together. The tea room was already stocked with a variety of coffees and desserts, and the air was filled with their aroma.
Li Qi introduced to Shen Cen, "Our Guangyi employees have great benefits. These tea snacks were made by nationally renowned pastry chefs and baristas invited by our president. They taste excellent. Ms. Shen, please try them."
Shen Cen picked up an egg tart from the side. Although she wasn't particularly fond of desserts, Guangyi's egg tarts were indeed very well baked. The crust was crispy, and the filling wasn't too sweet.
She praised, "It's really good."
Fu Cheng picked up a cup of Americano, took a sip, and seeing Li Qi go to wait for coffee, he walked over to Shen Cen and casually asked, "Does Brother Yu know you're coming today?"
Fu Cheng's words reminded Shen Cen that she had received a last-minute call from Li Qi yesterday, and Jiang Shiyu had already left when she woke up this morning. She had forgotten to tell him that she had changed her schedule.
"Miss Li changed the time at the last minute, and I forgot to tell her."
She thought it was only a little past ten o'clock, and Jiang Shiyu had said yesterday that he would be home before one o'clock. She planned to send him a message later to tell him that she was already at Guangyi.
"so."
Fu Cheng took another sip of coffee and nodded slightly. "Then you guys continue eating. I'll go back to my office to handle some work."
After leaving the break room, Fu Cheng returned to the twentieth floor and went straight into Jiang Shiyu's office.
Jiang Shiyu had finished all his work and was now putting on his suit jacket, looking ready to leave.
"Don't rush out yet," Fu Cheng kindly reminded him.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Shiyu didn't stop putting on his coat. "I'm leaving get off work early today. I'm taking Xiao Cen to Guangyi to meet Li Qi this afternoon. Oh, by the way..."
Jiang Shiyu paused, a proud look appearing in his eyes, "I forgot to tell you, Li Qi chose my Xiao Cen."
“I know,” Fu Cheng replied after a moment of silence.
Jiang Shiyu asked in surprise, "Li Qi told you? I heard it from Xiao Cen."
“No,” Fu Cheng finished the last sip of coffee in his cup, “Your Xiao Cen is at Guangyi now.”
Jiang Shiyu was completely stunned: "What? You're already at Guangyi?"
"Li Qi is going to discuss a collaboration with Fengxing this afternoon, so he changed the time to the morning. The two of them are in the break room right now. If you don't want to run into them, go to the garage half an hour later."
Around 11:00 AM, Jiang Shiyu received news that Li Qi and Shen Cen had returned to the office. Only then did he dare to leave the office and made his way to the underground parking garage on the second basement level without any major incidents.
He drove his car out of Guangyi, parked it in a temporary parking space on the side of the road, took out his phone from his pocket, and sent a message to Shen Cen.
Jiang Shiyu: [Aren't you home?]
Shen Cen replied five minutes later: [I'm at Guangyi now; they changed it to the morning at the last minute.]
Then she asked, "You're back so early?"
It happened much earlier than she expected.
Jiang Shiyu: [Okay, I'll pick you up. What time do you finish?]
Shen Cen: [Should I take a taxi back? I'm almost done here.]
Jiang Shiyu: [What, you don't believe in my speed?]
Shen Cen had witnessed the speed of a Maybach firsthand, so he dared not disbelieve it. He replied, "Alright, if you're not here by the time I come out, I'll wait a few minutes."
Li Qi had almost finished handing over all her work and, seeing that it was lunchtime, offered to treat Shen Cen to dinner. Shen Cen politely declined, saying, "Ms. Li, my husband is here to pick me up. I'll treat you to dinner another day."
Hearing that Shen Cen was already married, Li Qi wasn't surprised. She had noticed the diamond ring on Shen Cen's hand earlier; it was obviously very expensive, and she couldn't remember seeing the same style somewhere before. Since that was the case, she didn't press the matter further: "Okay~ let's reschedule for another day."
"Okay, let's make it another day."
As Shen Cen stepped out of the Guangyi Technology building, he immediately saw a Maybach parked on the side of the road.
The speed was indeed astonishing.
Jiang Shiyu slowly rolled down the car window: "Thankfully, I didn't keep Teacher Shen waiting."
Shen Cen walked to the passenger seat and told Jiang Shiyu about meeting Fu Cheng at Guangyi.
"I never expected Fu Cheng to be the president of Guangyi." Shen Cen's words were filled with undisguised admiration.
"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Jiang Shiyu said indifferently, "You think the president of Guangyi is very capable?"
"Yes, I've heard that the president of Guangyi is young and promising, and I admire him very much."
Jiang Shiyu felt very relieved after hearing this, and switched to a cheerful song, which reflected his own feelings. "Then next time I see Fu Cheng, I'll convey your admiration to him."
"Ah...that won't be necessary."
Just then, Shen Cen's phone rang. She took it out of her pocket and discovered that the caller was Fu Meihua.
"Mom, what's wrong?"
"Xiao Cen, send Mom the address of Xiao Jiang's house. Mom is starting her annual leave today and will come to see you two right away."
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