The next day when she went to work, she was met with Lin Fengjie's mocking gaze.
Lin Fengjie, ever the gossip, leaned closer with a mischievous grin, "Qicai, who were those people on your WeChat Moments yesterday?"
"Who? Who?" Cheng Qicai didn't look at him.
Lin Fengjie looked like he knew perfectly well, "Still pretending? The photos on your WeChat Moments are so bright they're reflecting off the glass, and you're still playing dumb."
“Just one friend,” Cheng Qicai said with a sigh.
"Friends? Who would believe that? It's hard to believe that just the two of you of the opposite sex went out together without something going on. Is this your new blind date?"
Cheng Qicai was startled. Was he really that perceptive?
But she didn't show it on her face, and made up a story, saying, "They really are friends, like distant relatives."
"Hehe..." Lin Fengjie smiled expressionlessly, his expression suggesting he didn't quite believe it.
Regardless of what he was thinking, Cheng Qicai lowered her head and pretended to be busy with work.
Gu Liji is coming to the company for a meeting later, so she needs to prepare the materials in advance.
When Gu Liji arrived, she felt his gaze fall directly on her, full of inquiry.
During the meeting, she could feel his gaze on her.
After the meeting ended, Cheng Qicai, who was packing her things, was stopped by Gu Liji, "Qicai, come to my office later."
Cheng Qicai nodded. Seeing his serious expression, Cheng Qicai felt a pang of anxiety. Could it be that she had made a mistake?
He stared at her all morning, looking like he wanted to say something but couldn't.
Cheng Qicai gritted her teeth and knocked on Gu Liji's office door.
"Enter."
Upon hearing his voice, Cheng Qicai nervously walked in and stood in front of Gu Liji.
"Mr. Gu, what's the matter?" Cheng Qicai asked cautiously.
From the moment she entered, Gu Liji's eyes were fixed on her, making her already anxious heart even more uneasy.
"Sit down." His probing gaze hadn't yet left her.
Cheng Qicai's mind raced through her recent work, but it seemed like nothing had gone wrong.
Does this mean they're going to talk about letting me resign?
No, she hasn't found a new boyfriend yet.
Cheng Qicai waited nervously for Gu Liji's trial. After a long wait, Gu Liji asked, "What is your relationship with the men in your WeChat Moments?"
"Huh?" Cheng Qicai was stunned by Gu Liji's question. She had seen everything, but she hadn't expected that all she had been watching all morning would be this question.
She had already mentally prepared a resignation speech, and this is it?
She remained silent for a long time, then, feeling increasingly angry, she replied with a heavy heart, "Friend."
"Just two friends of the opposite sex going out together?" Gu Liji pressed on.
Cheng Qicai rolled her eyes inwardly and retorted, "Can't two people go out and have fun?"
Gu Liji was getting a little frustrated. "Is the point that it's friends? It's someone of the opposite sex!"
Cheng Qicai couldn't understand what he was doing. If she didn't know that Gu Liji liked Yun Suni, she would have thought he liked her. What was he trying to do by talking like he was catching her cheating?
She posed the probing question: "Brother Gu, don't you have any female friends?"
"..." Gu Liji was speechless, he really couldn't refute what she said.
Seeing Gu Liji's frustrated expression, Cheng Qicai secretly smiled with pleasure.
Judging from his expression, I think I managed to fool him. Last time, it was he who interfered in my affairs, making things unmanageable for me, and in the end, Ms. Yun nagged me for a long time after I got back.
It doesn't matter whether others know or not; the important thing is that he absolutely cannot know.
"Tell me, is that your blind date?"
Cheng Qicai's expression froze instantly.
Wow, you guessed it right away! Is it that easy to guess?
"Of course not," Cheng Qicai regained her composure and winked at him sincerely, "I just learned my lesson from a bad blind date last time, how could I possibly fall into that trap again?"
Seeing Cheng Qicai's confident assurance, Gu Liji looked at her with some skepticism and said with concern, "Don't go on any blind dates."
Then, still not entirely convinced, he added, "And don't date either."
Cheng Qicai was completely speechless this time. She remembered that when she joined the company, she signed an employment contract, not a contract of servitude, right?
Does it concern them with everything, from heaven and earth to whether people in power are in love?
She was too lazy to argue with him and nodded perfunctorily, "That's for sure. Dating is expensive, working is definitely more comfortable. Mr. Gu, can I go to work now?"
Gu Liji waved his hand, signaling her to leave.
As soon as Cheng Qicai came out, she opened her phone's feed and hid the post she had made yesterday.
Every day, people on my WeChat Moments are acting like Sherlock Holmes.
Next time she posts these things, I'll block them all and see how they gossip.
Just as I was about to leave work, there was a knock on the office door.
"Come in," Cheng Qicai shouted at the door, standing on tiptoe to reach the files on the top shelf of the filing cabinet.
With so many files, Cheng Qicai was having some difficulty finding the files she wanted to extract at once.
A pair of slender hands placed above her hands and helped her pull out the document.
Cheng Qicai looked at the newcomer, slightly surprised, "Gu Rongqi?"
She thought it was that colleague who had come in!
She suddenly remembered that it was still working hours, so Cheng Qicai called out seriously, "President Gu?"
Gu Rongqi handed over the blue folder. "Here you go."
"Thank you." Cheng Qicai took the documents. "President Gu, what brings you here?"
Gu Rongqi replied, "I was looking for Gu Liji, but I didn't see him in his office, so I came to ask."
"Didn't you contact him? He left at three o'clock this afternoon," Cheng Qicai said to him.
"I contacted them this morning."
"Oh, why don't you call him and ask? I don't know where he went either?"
"Okay!" Gu Rong nodded and went outside to make a phone call.
Cheng Qicai opened the folder she had taken down, looked at it, and then closed the file.
Looking up, Gu Rongqi was back in his office.
"Mr. Gu, is there anything else?" Cheng Qicai subtly reminded him.
She assumed he had left as soon as he learned that Gu Liji wasn't at the company.
Besides, she was about to leave work, and if he didn't leave, how could she leave?
Gu Rongqi glanced at his wristwatch. "You're about to get off work, wanna go together?"
"..." Cheng Qicai waved the documents in her hand, "I still have to deliver some documents!"
"No, I'll take you there."
"No need, it's downstairs, you can go first," Cheng Qicai refused.
Gu Rongqi lifted his foot and walked out. Cheng Qicai saw him leave the office and hurriedly packed her things as well.
I happily slung my bag over my shoulder and headed home from get off work.
When she reached the elevator, she saw Gu Rongqi still standing at the door. She paused, but still walked towards him. "Hasn't the elevator arrived yet?"
"Um!"
Cheng Qicai glanced at the number displayed on the elevator; they were still on the fourth floor.
Huh? Is the elevator taking this long to come up?
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