When Xiao Hongmian returned to her office.
The employees at their workstations began to whisper among themselves.
"Hey, hey, did you guys know that Vice President Xiao brought her boyfriend to work at our company?"
"I know. I always thought that a decisive and strong woman like Vice President Xiao would find a boyfriend who would at least be a big shot. But it turns out he's a gigolo."
"He's more than just a gigolo. I thought that someone as capable and beautiful as Vice President Xiao would have a boyfriend who was at least handsome, but it turns out..."
Xiao Zhang looked like he was constipated.
"Last time I secretly went to see what kind of influential person Vice President Xiao's boyfriend was, that he could actually win over a woman as beautiful and capable as Vice President Xiao. And guess what I saw?"
Everyone asked curiously, "What did you see? Were you very disappointed?"
Xiao Li nodded, "...Yes, I'm very disappointed."
"Is this what they mean by 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder'? Even if he's not quite there yet, it's fine. If a woman as strong as Vice President Xiao were to find someone even stronger than her, wouldn't she just be asking for trouble?"
"What you said is true, but Vice President Xiao's boyfriend is too ugly. I think he looks like a beautiful flower stuck in cow dung."
"He's ugly, and his work ability is terrible. I heard from a colleague in another department that he's been scolded by his department head several times. You could say he's utterly hopeless."
"Wow! Is it that exaggerated?"
"It's not just exaggerated, he also thinks that the minister is incompetent."
Xiao Zhang simulated the scene he witnessed at the time.
"You're just a lowly minister, what's with all the arrogance? If I were in that position, I'd do a much better job than you!"
"The minister was so angry with him. Xiao's boyfriend even felt that the minister looked down on him and thought that he got in through connections, so the minister was always going against him."
After hearing this, everyone was speechless for a moment.
“If the minister is incompetent, then there is no one who is. I know Minister Fang. He won’t fawn over or flatter that man just because he’s Vice President Xiao’s boyfriend. Minister Fang is very serious about his work, as we all know.”
"Anyone with eyes can see that Vice President Xiao placed him under Minister Fang's supervision to train him and make it easier for him to get promoted later. Back then, Vice President Xiao was mentored by Minister Fang, and many people wanted to train under him, but they didn't have the qualifications."
That's why he's a hopeless case.
"I really don't know what Vice President Xiao saw in him."
"What's Vice President Xiao's boyfriend's name again?"
"I heard it's called Ding Huizhou."
"My god, with his looks and abilities, I feel like I could do it too."
"It's not just you; even ordinary people like me have become much more confident."
"If Vice President Xiao is willing to mentor me, I can definitely be transformed and become much better than that Ding Huizhou."
"If I were as confident as Ding Huizhou that I could find a beautiful and capable woman like Vice President Xiao, I'd be laughing in my sleep!"
"Who isn't?"
"Wow, you're making me feel confident!"
Everyone was teasing each other.
At this moment, Xiao Hongmian came out of the office, and the noise outside immediately stopped.
The employees stayed at their workstations and busied themselves with their tasks.
They started whispering again after she left.
"To be honest, even if I wanted to be confident, I couldn't. I can't handle Vice President Xiao's aura."
"Me too. I heard that Vice President Xiao has a cousin who is also very beautiful, but her personality is completely different from Vice President Xiao's."
"Shh... I have something really hurtful to tell you. It seems that Vice President Xiao's cousin also likes Ding Huizhou."
"ah!"
"This is outrageous!"
"Are those two sisters blind? They've both fallen for that good-for-nothing Ding Huizhou?"
"Damn it! I'm so jealous!"
"I have an even more hurtful topic to mention. There's a fourteen-year-old girl, probably a middle school student, who also likes Ding Huizhou."
He paused for a moment, then added, "The key is that girl. Her family is extremely wealthy. She's a spoiled and willful heiress, a super-rich second-generation."
"Oh my god! Just grab a knife and kill me!"
What's wrong with this world?!
"What on earth happened?!"
Everyone cried.
"No wonder Ding Huizhou was so confident!"
"If it were me, surrounded by beautiful women who all liked me, and with tons of money, I'd be so arrogant that I'd fire my boss."
"If it were me, I could be so arrogant that I could walk sideways across the whole world."
"Isn't this just like the quintessential male protagonist in a male-oriented harem novel? All the beautiful women love me?"
"It's true that dreams have come true."
Xiao Hongmian went out because her cousin came to her company.
She frowned when she heard that her cousin was coming. In the past, she was happy when her cousin came, but now she was only wary.
Xiao Zhi saw her cousin at the company entrance, but the joy in her eyes was gone.
She said sadly, "...Cousin."
Xiao Hongmian asked, "What are you doing here?"
"I..." Xiao Zhi paused, "Cousin, can we never go back to the way things were before?"
Xiao Hongmian's eyes flickered slightly. "As long as you don't like going back to the prefecture, we can go back to what we were before."
Xiao Zhi stammered, "Cousin, I don't like him. I just can't control myself, and I don't want to..." She tried to explain, "Do you understand?"
"I don't understand. All I know is that you rejected Ding Huizhou before. He's a very good person. He liked you so much back then and suffered a lot of heartbreak. Now that he's finally healed, you're showing up again to compete with me. There's no such thing as a free lunch."
Xiao Zhi shook her head, "No, cousin, he's really not as good as you think."
"It's not that good. You've come to see him time and time again. Xiao Zhi, when did you become so scheming?"
Xiao Zhi paused, and tears streamed down her face.
Her cousin, who used to adore her, actually said such things to her because of a man.
After saying this, Xiao Hongmian immediately regretted it. Seeing her cousin's tearful appearance, she felt inexplicably irritated.
"Don't give me that look, Xiao Zhi. Don't try to win my sympathy with tears."
After saying that, Xiao Hongmian paused, and suddenly felt a sharp pain in her head.
She quickly shook her head. How could she say such a thing to her cousin? Even if she didn't like her cousin now, she shouldn't have said such a thing to her.
Xiao Hongmian felt that she had been acting a little strange lately, and in order to avoid saying anything that would hurt her cousin again, she went back to the company.
They wouldn't even let her in through the company gate.
She thought that as long as Ding Huizhou worked at her company, Xiao Zhi wouldn't be able to see her.
But besides her cousin, she has another rival.
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