Chapter 11: His Wife's Heartbeat Eleven
As soon as these words were spoken, there was silence in the air.
Mo Ru's long eyes looked impatient at midnight. Xu Youjing suppressed his anger and pursed his thin lips to form a word: "I."
“????”
"Who are you talking about?" Nandi even doubted her own ears. "Who is her husband?"
Xi Guan took the initiative and said, "Wen Huai."
Nandi still couldn't hear clearly: "Who is Wen Huai's husband?"
Xi Guan scolded: "You Ma Dongmei. Brother Jing said that he is Wen..."
Halfway through his words, he looked at the person, his eyes widening: "When did this happen? Could it be that the voice I heard on the phone today was my sister-in-law?"
sister in law--
A strange name was heard in the small circle. Xu Youjing paused but did not correct it.
He and Wen Huai are indeed in a legally recognized husband and wife relationship, so it is not wrong to call them that.
He lowered his chin and said "hmm".
There was silence again. After 0.01 seconds, several people started talking in an uproar. The noise they were making disregarded the maturity and composure of adults.
Xu Youjing listened silently, lowering his eyes to look at the clear water in his hand. After a moment, the vibration of the mobile phone disturbed the calmness in the cup, causing ripples.
At this time, he heard someone ask Xi Guan: "A Guan, what did you mean when you said it was your sister-in-law on the phone?"
Xi Guan: "I heard Brother Jing talking about giving you a Valentine's Day gift on the phone. I thought Brother Jing had a girlfriend and didn't tell me, so I was going to joke with him, but Brother Jing was protective and even said no to me."
"A Jing is indeed protective of his people." The man nodded, "Looking at them this way, they are quite sweet."
Xi Guan spoiled the mood: "Where's the sweetness?"
"You've already claimed your sovereignty, and you're still not sweet." Gu Kuangchi couldn't bear to listen any longer. He glanced at Xu Youjing who was eavesdropping and teased, "Right, plastic bag brother."
Several people were confused.
Xu Youjing understood what he meant but was not angry. He responded to his teasing calmly and said, "Yes, not like someone."
Gu Kuangchi felt something was wrong.
He knew Xu Youjing too well and knew that he would not be able to say anything good, but it was too late to speak.
A knife was already stuck in his back.
"I'm secretly married, but I'm not happy about it."
"hiss."
Gu Kuangchi raised his hand to point and glare.
The man was smiling, with a hint of provocation between his eyebrows.
His true feelings were touched upon, and he left the table in anger, leaving Xu Youjing sitting alone on the long sofa.
He unlocked the screen, the triumph of their argument still hanging on the corner of his lips. Until he saw Wen Huai's message, the words in his ear seemed to turn into wind, catching him off guard.
After learning the basics, Xi Guan suddenly realized: "No wonder Brother Jing never interferes in the affairs of others. He must have his sister-in-law in his heart if he can openly express it. Is Brother Jing in love?"
Fall in love?
Xu Youjing sneered, looked at the screen again and raised his eyebrows.
Wen Huai: [It’s getting late. I won’t disturb you from resting, Mr. Xu.]
When he read the last two words, his eyes narrowed slightly.
He has become the center of conversation here, but his wife is very polite to him.
-
Wen Huai didn't know that Xu Youjing had already made it public in the circle of friends. She thought that she had said too much because she didn't respond to the explanation. The other party was just asking politely, but she was still talking seriously.
Maybe out of fear of embarrassment or what, she hurriedly added a closing remark without even having time to change the address.
She didn't know what to call him other than "Mr. Xu".
Wen Huai turned around on the sofa, facing the back of the sofa, and curled up as much as possible.
She buried her face in the pillow, closed her eyes, pressed the acupoints that helped her sleep, and breathed slowly to stop herself from thinking about anything else.
Perhaps it was because of the ups and downs he had experienced that night, leaving him exhausted to the extreme. For the first time in five months, Wen Huai fell asleep without the aid of aromatherapy.
Although it was a light sleep connected with several nightmares.
She couldn't remember the first few, but the last one was because she hadn't disguised herself well and revealed her true feelings to Xu Youjing. When he found out, he slapped her several times, set her up to be driven out of the peak, and divorced her...
“…”
When Wen Huai woke up, the clothes on his back were sticky to his body and his chest was heaving rapidly. He was really scared.
Even though she knew Xu Youjing wouldn't hit her...but that cold face after he knew her feelings really pierced her heart.
The sweat faded away and a slight chill came over her, but she ignored it.
Wen Huai stared at the ceiling for a long time. When he sat up, he realized it was just a quarter past five.
Looking at the closed bedroom door, she tidied the sofa, went downstairs to buy breakfast, took out a sticky note and pen from her bag, wrote something, opened the door quietly and left.
After returning home, Wen Huai went to wash up first, and then spent fifteen minutes to tidy himself up before unplugging his charged mobile phone.
There were more than 30 WeChat messages lying there. She looked at them one by one. Except for work messages, all of them were sent by Dong Chen.
There is another one from Chen Rongrong——
[sorry. ]
She didn't reply, and when she returned, she noticed there was a red dot in the lower left corner that was unread.
I searched through the list and finally saw the owner's black profile picture.
My heart skipped a beat.
It turned out that after she finished speaking, Xu Youjing replied.
J: [Yeah.]
J: [Go to bed early.]
...
Wen Huai originally wanted to pack up and go back to Grandpa Lu's house, but Lu Miaomiao sent her a message asking her to work hard and have dinner together in the evening. She also asked her for the contact information of the funeral home before ending the conversation.
When he arrived at the company, Wen Huai met Li Qicheng in the elevator. He had dark circles under his eyes and looked hopeless.
"Good morning, Mr. Li." She greeted politely.
"Good morning." Li Qicheng's voice was filled with fatigue. "By the way, there was a major shakeup in the technical department? And someone from headquarters was parachuted in?"
Wen Huai briefly explained before saying, "We are currently recruiting for other positions in the technical department."
"Oh, why make such a big fuss about layoffs for such a small matter? They're all veterans of the company, so it's inevitable they'll say something when they leave." This didn't seem like Sui Jianwen's style, so he asked, "Whose hand was this?"
The person he was talking about was Xu Youjing.
Wen Huai hesitated to speak, and he just took it as his consent.
"The old saying about a new official starting with three fires is true, I understand." He said to Wen Huai with some concern, "But thank you for your CEO's hard work. I saw last night that this guy is not an easy person to serve. Not as good as President Sui--"
"bite."
The elevator opens.
Wen Huai first heard the words in his ear stop abruptly, and then, a pair of exquisite gray Oxford leather shoes appeared in his vision.
Her breathing paused, as if foreshadowing something. She raised her eyes and caught Xu Youjing off guard, who was looking at her with a squinting gaze. She also saw that the suit he was wearing was gray embroidered.
I looked down at the hem of my clothes, which was also embroidered in gray...
Xu Youjing glanced at her without any expression, then turned to Li Qicheng next to him.
Said nothing, yet said everything.
Li Qicheng mercilessly put the blame on Wen Huai: "Secretary Wen, I think Mr. Xu is a good person. Stop complaining and just go to work."
Then he looked at Xu Youjing, as if he had just seen him, and said suddenly: "Boss Xu! I was just comforting Secretary Wen. Women are bound to have many thoughts. Don't mind it."
Wen Huai's beautiful eyebrows frowned slightly, she opened her mouth and closed it again.
Both of them are bosses, so she will offend them no matter what she says.
A light laugh passed by my ears.
The ending tone rose, and he stood there leisurely.
"I don't know if women have a lot of thoughts, but it seems that Ms. Li has quite a lot."
Li Qicheng choked.
I heard this clearly.
He finally couldn't hold back his smile and was about to explain, but when the words came to his lips he didn't know how to say them and he hesitated for a long time.
"That's enough," he interrupted. "Save some for the meeting."
While Li Qicheng was stunned, Xu Youjing had already left. Jiang Han, who was following behind him, glanced at Wen Huai as a greeting.
Wen Huai was about to catch up when he was pulled back. Li Qicheng asked, "What meeting?"
"A meeting on the launch and operation of 'Wings' and the selection of spokespersons." Wen Huai remembered that the work arrangements had already been synchronized with his secretary.
"Then go ahead." Before leaving, he reminded Wen Huai, "Please change my latte to an iced Americano for the meeting later. I need to sober up."
Wen Huai wrote it down: "Okay."
Inside the conference room.
The managers and members of the relevant departments were already in place. Dong Chen distributed the documents and sat down next to Wen Huai.
Inside the noisy conference room, everyone was eagerly anticipating what the newly appointed CEO would say in his first meeting. Naturally, the female colleagues were gossiping about his appearance. Some had already seen his face after yesterday's incident, all praising his stunning looks, yet not a single photo had leaked. The group chat was already abuzz.
Only at the end of the conference table, a gray-haired man was holding glasses and carefully examining the data in his hands.
Li Qicheng and Sui Jianwen sat to the left of the main seat, while Wen Huai and Dong Chen sat to the right. They were the only four people at the table who did not participate in the discussion.
Because the door was open, everyone fell silent and looked over.
Xu Youjing walked in quickly, sat down in his seat while keeping their sight, raised his hand, and spoke concisely.
"Let's get started."
A moment of silence fell, an unexpected outcome. After a brief exchange of glances, everyone quickly settled into their work mode, with the Marketing Manager approaching the conference table first to report.
As the meeting was drawing to a close, the silent people at the table raised their heads.
The bloodshot eyes were not clear. "Regarding the technical department, I have a few words to say first."
The person in the main seat nodded, "Mr. Tong, please speak."
Wen Huai looked at him.
It was a bit surprising that Xu Youjing recognized Tong Zhenyuan at first sight.
Tong Zhenyuan put on his black-framed glasses, his indifferent eyes swept around, and finally looked at the main seat, his tone full of unquestionable oppression: "No matter how many people come in, it's my team, don't interfere."
This tone and this posture made everyone gasp.
Tong Zhenyuan, probably the only company veteran present, would dare to speak to the new CEO like that. After all, he had worked with Sui Censhan for five years before Peak was founded.
The host said, "Sure."
"OK."
Tong Zhenyuan packed up his things and left without any delay.
It seems that he came to the meeting today just to make his position clear.
There was a moment of silence, and the meeting continued.
Xu Youjing looked at the document in his hand and suddenly asked, "Who did you choose as the spokesperson?"
No one answered at the table. They looked at each other, not daring to say that the spokesperson had not been decided yet because of Sui Jianwen as the car was about to be launched.
Two months ago, the spokesperson for the new car model "Wing" had been finalized. However, before the contract was signed, Sui Jianwen strongly recommended a young celebrity who became famous last year due to an online drama.
After the proposal was rejected at the meeting, Sui Censhan suddenly bypassed the vote and decided to finalize the spokesperson as the spokesperson for a single car model under "Yuyi", and adjusted the new products to be announced one after another.
This also means that when a large automobile brand finds a spokesperson for a new product, the value of the spokesperson is naturally not enough to be considered an endorsement of the automobile brand.
Although various departments were dissatisfied, they all knew the relationship between the two. Sui Censhan's move was undoubtedly to protect his son and reduce the company's losses.
After all, there is a threshold for celebrities in the entertainment industry to endorse cars. One must be close to the top to be able to do so, let alone this little star on the 38th line.
The marketing department had to change its marketing direction overnight and customize a publicity plan for the new spokesperson.
Everything was going on normally, but the bad thing was that the night before the marketing plan report, the little star was exposed for interfering in the marriage of a top star, and was even sexually exploited by the director many times during filming. His romantic past in school was also dug up by netizens, and the negative news about him was endless like a torrent of water.
The young celebrity’s company immediately deleted the relevant Weibo post and issued a termination statement the next day. Since then, this person has not been found in the circle.
The spokesperson was naturally chosen elsewhere, but Li Qicheng, who was in charge of the marketing department, once again approached the star who had been stood up, only to be told that they would not cooperate with untrustworthy companies and refused. Sui Jianwen also harbored a grudge against the spokesperson issue, and took advantage of the fact that no one cared about Sui Censhan's hospitalization, dragging it out until now.
Now that it has been mentioned, this matter can't be delayed any longer.
Sui Jianwen took the initiative to say: "I chose one at that time, but he was terminated due to negative news just before the official announcement. I haven't picked a good one yet."
Touching the tip of his nose, he passed the blame to Xu Youjing: "Does Mr. Xu have a suitable candidate?"
"A spokesperson is the face of a product and needs to attract customers." Xu Youjing glanced at the people. "One person's perspective alone is too one-sided."
Sui Jianwen was choked. Isn't this just replacing "only one person" with his name?!
Li Qicheng then asked, "What does Mr. Xu mean?"
"It's very simple." Xu Youjing pointed to the desktop.
Without him raising his hand, Wen Huai took over the conversation and guided him:
"A questionnaire has been sent to everyone's email inbox. Before leaving get off work tomorrow, all Peak employees should fill out this electronic questionnaire to identify the celebrities they think would be suitable spokespersons for 'Wings'. The backstage team will then select the candidate with the most votes."
Finance Department Director Tan was the first to raise a question: "I just took a quick look, and it seems there aren't any restrictions on celebrity status. Will everyone ultimately vote for a top-tier celebrity or one with a high commercial price, and that'll determine the spokesperson?"
Someone else said, "If this is the entire Best Actress or Best Actor category, the other party probably won't be interested in new energy. What if they don't accept it? Are there any backup candidates?"
"Yeah, yeah, this is too uncontrollable. At least come up with a few candidates for everyone to vote on."
"You don't like it?" Xu Youjing said in a low voice, but his voice was powerful without being angry. "If you don't have confidence in your product, why would you let someone else endorse it?"
"This...Mr. Xu, that's not what I meant."
The person who said the wrong thing winked at the opposite side, hoping that someone would come to ease the situation, but no one paid any attention to him and everyone went about their own business.
Such an incident happened during the new president's first meeting. Everyone present was very nervous, and the huge conference table was filled with unpleasant awkwardness.
At this moment, Wen Huai's gentle voice softly drifted over. She leaned forward, a smile etched across her gentle features. "I considered Minister Tan's concerns when I was conducting the questionnaire, but President Xu mentioned that when our car brand first launched nine years ago, we hired a celebrity spokesperson whose revenue was three times higher than what we had at the time. The impressive results ultimately proved that President Sui's decision to choose a high-profile celebrity was correct."
"But..." Minister Tan laid out the facts. "Things are different now. Back then, it was gasoline cars, and now it's electric cars, so the prices are different. Mr. Sui originally priced the new product 85% below the average for similar products. If traffic really does surge in the end, how much higher than expected sales will it take to make up for the loss?"
"Tan Xin," Li Qicheng suddenly said, "We don't even know the final outcome, so it's pointless for you to worry about it now. Boss Xu didn't say the one with the most votes would be the winner, so why are you so anxious?"
Xu Youjing: "That's what I mean."
Li Qicheng's smile deepened and he said, "You see, I still understand Mr. Xu."
Wen Huai, who had heard something else, looked over and saw the man had already spoken: "Mr. Li misunderstood. If it really meets the requirements, no matter how much it costs, I hope the Finance Department will do their best."
“…”
"Finally, there's one more thing."
Xu Youjing didn't care about their expressions and immediately said, "The salary of all employees in the President's Office will increase by 15%."
"Why—"
A sharp gaze swept across, and the conference room fell silent.
Xu Youjing pushed the chair away and stood up, saying frankly: "I have a bad temper. If I don't pay more, I'm afraid I'll be scolded to death."
He looked at the man who had the question: "So, if you want to be a kid, you can go to the president's office and report to Secretary Wen."
“…”
"Any questions?"
"No more, no more."
"Let's adjourn the meeting."
After leaving the meeting room, some people regretted not going to the president's office earlier, some were curious about the content of the questionnaire in the mailbox, and only Tan Ming looked melancholy, as if his child had died.
His colleagues comforted him: "It's okay, who knows, Qiao Mian might be the worst-case scenario."
Qiao Mian is a popular young actress who has gained both popularity and acclaim in recent years. Not only is she beautiful, but her acting skills are also recognized, and her fan base has even reached one million in a single week.
Despite her beauty and acting skills, she hasn't always had good resources. She also went from supporting roles to leading roles, and it took a bumpy road to achieve her current success. This is very consistent with the slogan of "Wings" - "If you are the wings, why rely on the ladder?"
Having said this, Tan Ming did not feel much relieved, but felt even more uncomfortable.
"Her value is getting higher every day. If I had known this would happen, I might as well have finalized it sooner rather than later. I might have saved hundreds of thousands." He sighed, "Let's pray it's not her in the end."
The colleague shook his head, and the two of them left one after another.
After leaving the conference room, Xu Youjing went to the parking lot first. Wen Huai and Dong Chen sorted out the documents and left last, with the former going to the bathroom.
Because he came out late, the surroundings were quiet. Wen Huai randomly found a women's restroom and just as he stepped in, he heard the conversation inside:
"Secretary Wen's embroidered skirt suit is so pretty, did you see it?"
"I saw it! I was just about to tell you, don't you think that what Wen Mi is wearing today looks like a couple's outfit with President Xu?"
"Huh? The embroidery styles are different. One is bamboo and the other is some kind of flower. How can they be similar?"
"Why are you so stubborn? I told you it looks like couple's outfits, but they're not actually couple's outfits. Same color scheme, same embroidery, same suits, how can this not look like a couple's outfit?"
"I'm not as observant as you are. I'll take a closer look when I get a chance."
"OK!"
Before they came out, Wen Huai retracted his foot and entered the elevator.
After reaching the floor, she did not go towards the office, but went towards the lounge.
She remembered she had kept two spare suits.
PARKING LOT.
Xu Youjing held the square box in his hand and Jiang Han pressed the elevator button.
"Mr. Xu, do you want me to give the ring to Secretary Wen?"
Xu Youjing handed the box over without saying anything more.
Jiang Han had long been accustomed to his silence. He folded his hands in front of him and looked up at the rising floors.
The CEO elevator quickly reached the top floor. The two of them came out one after the other and saw the figure next to Wen Huai.
Jiang Han glanced at Xu Youjing who didn't respond, put the square box in his pocket, and thought of giving it to him in private when no one was around.
"Mr. Xu."
I greeted all the secretaries and the colleagues who delivered the documents.
Xu Youjing nodded, without stopping, and raised his hand to press on the square wooden handle, just as he was about to push it open -
"Secretary Wen, you changed your clothes. This one looks nice too."
The volume was not loud, but he heard it and retracted his strength.
Jiang Han, who was following behind him, blocked his movements. Wen Huai thought he had opened the door and went in, so he busy himself with the work in his hands and made up an excuse: "I changed the one I had spilled water on this morning."
Xu Youjing turned around and saw Wen Huai in a light grey shirt. He suddenly remembered what she had worn that morning. He looked away and pushed the door open again.
"Mr. Xu, it's okay. I'll go out first." Jiang Han was still thinking about the square box in his pocket.
"etc."
Xu Youjing stood in front of the coffee machine, took out new coffee beans and put them in, then said, "Leave the ring here, I'll give it to you myself."
Jiang Han didn't know why the boss suddenly changed his mind, but he still agreed and put the square box on the table.
Amidst a tiny knocking sound, a cold voice came over the granular texture of hand-ground coffee beans.
"Go and call her in."
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