Chapter 45: Sweet and Stinky
After posting the job posting, she quickly received numerous applications. After a brief screening, she interviewed several young men who regularly exercised, ultimately choosing two nearing graduation students from a sports college to serve as her assistants.
Vivienne watched the entire interview process. He didn't express any opinions or try to stop her. He was incredibly obedient and quiet...
Ji Hanxi felt that things were a foregone conclusion and she would soon be able to enjoy the services of her muscular assistant.
However, things did not go as smoothly as expected. When she needed to find the two assistants, she found that they were not around, so she sent a message to call them over.
They arrived late, sweating profusely, and no one knew what heavy work they had done.
If that were all, it would be fine, but the problem was that it smelled bad, a strong smell of sweat, so bad that she didn't dare let them get close to it.
The air conditioning and heating in the room were very strong, and they were feeling very hot. When they took off their sweaty clothes, the smell of oil, sweat, body and masculinity of the athletes could be released without any hindrance.
Ji Hanxi was about to faint from the suffocation and quickly opened the window. The other people in the content department also changed their expressions and half covered their mouths and noses.
The two athletic assistants, seemingly oblivious to the odor, lifted their shirts to fan themselves. I only saw them frowning and covering their noses, their smiles a bit sheepish. "Sorry, it's cold in winter, so I haven't showered in a few days. I didn't expect to sweat so much today. Sorry, guys just smell a bit strong, hahaha."
Ji Hanxi felt that the worst decision he had ever made was to recruit the two of them. Now they were like two biological weapons, wreaking havoc on the entire content department.
She quickly called them to a more open area in the corridor to give them some fresh and clean air.
"What are you two doing? Why are you sweating so much?" Although she was talking to them, she was eight feet away and didn't dare to get close.
"Oh my! Vivienne, the big anchor of this company, asked us to help run errands and move things. I didn't expect it to be so much work and make us sweat so much."
Ji Hanxi was annoyed when he heard the familiar name. "Whose assistants are you? Why are you helping him move things?"
"I don't have anything to do today, so I'll help you if I can."
"Does he pay you? Why should you work for him?"
"Yes, a lot." At this point, they scratched their heads and smiled, revealing their two rows of white teeth. There was no regret, only aftertaste.
“…” Ji Hanxi was speechless for a moment.
She meant to ask them to think about who paid them, whose assistants they were, and who they should work for. She didn't really ask whether Vivienne paid them!
Looking at the two of them with strong limbs and simple minds, I wanted to say something but couldn't. I just felt that they would probably think he was a good person until they were betrayed by Vivienne in the future.
"Go back and take a shower. That's all for today." She waved her hand and frowned as she sent them both away.
It's obvious who was responsible for this situation today. Vivienne, that bitch! Such despicable and nasty tactics! It almost caused her to have a psychological trauma about sports!
Just as she was thinking of him, footsteps were heard. The sound of high-heeled hard-soled shoes hitting the marble floor tiles was cold and crisp.
She looked up and saw Vivienne walking towards her.
Even in winter, he dressed lightly, caring more about style than temperature. He half-wrapped himself in a black and gray woolen shawl, which was in harmony with his dark style.
Behind him, his assistants were holding gift boxes and packaging bags in their hands.
When he appeared, Ji Hanxi's two sports assistants just turned around to leave. They saw him and nodded and bowed in flattery. Judging from their flattery, Ji Hanxi could also guess that Vivienne paid him a lot of money.
Tsk! She rolled her eyes inwardly.
In contrast, Vivienne's demeanor was awful, covering her nose with her slender, white hand as if she were afraid of contracting some foul-smelling virus. Even at a distance, she deliberately dodged as she passed by them, as if she felt the stink would spread simply by facing them.
"It's so disgusting!" He said this directly, completely ignoring their flattery.
Vivienne smelled fragrant, like a flower spirit incarnate, a fragrance that could penetrate her bones. When he walked over, it was like a rose falling beside her, the fragrance was rich and lingering.
One smells good and two smell bad, the contrast is stark.
"Ignore these two stinky men. I bought something for you. Come and take a look." He said to her.
“…” Ji Hanxi was almost laughing because of him.
Now, it looked like the two gym students were smelly, not his masterpiece. Furthermore, they were smelly men, so what was he? A fragrant man? A fragrant woman? A fragrant man and woman?
She ignored him and went into the content department.
When she returned to her seat, the person sitting next to her suddenly stood up and moved to another place, and Vivienne sat next to her very naturally.
The gifts brought by the assistants were all placed around her, almost forming a small mountain.
"We just got a new model. Do you want to take a look?" He asked softly, leaning his elbows on her desk.
Ji Hanxi continued to ignore him and treated him as air.
Seeing no response to her talk, Vivienne opened the package herself and took out the expensive luxury goods.
"This bag will definitely look great on you, and this ribbon goes really well with your hair color..."
He was chattering here, and Ji Hanxi glanced at him inadvertently.
It feels, really, quite beautiful... she thought.
This time the people from the content department did not leave. They seemed to be facing the computers, typing away on the keyboards, but in fact they all had their ears perked up, wanting to hear some gossip.
Vivienne introduced the luxury goods here to her one by one, with an unprecedented patience and gentleness in her tone.
Ji Hanxi still didn't want to pay attention to him.
At this time, someone outside the door called out, "Teacher Vivienne, would you please come over and take a look at the set?"
Vivienne's pretty eyebrows furrowed slightly, clearly showing displeasure. He said to Ji Hanxi in a gentle voice, "I'll be right back."
Then he left the content department with a few assistants, carrying a cold and low mood.
After he left, other people swarmed over and started talking and asking questions.
"Oh my god! What's going on?! Am I seeing things? This is really not normal!"
"Is Vivienne crazy?! Is this still the Vivienne I know? What happened to her voice just now?"
"Hanxi, tell us what's going on. Do you have any evidence against him?"
Ji Hanxi: "He's just crazy, there's nothing to prove."
This honest remark actually made everyone laugh, and they all thought she was joking. They thought she must have some kind of leverage over Vivienne, otherwise why would Vivienne treat her so kindly? They had never seen this before in all their years at the company. This scene was rarer than the alignment of seven stars.
"Wow! This dress is so pretty! It looks like it's the popular color for spring and summer this year!"
"Manolo Blahnik! I heard it's the first choice for celebrities on the red carpet!"
"This hairpin is so beautiful, Hanxi. With so many things, is there really nothing you like?"
"Actually..." Ji Hanxi said a little embarrassedly, "I like them all."
But she really couldn't let go of her pride. She always felt that once she expressed her love for his gift, and accepted his gift, it would be a kind of admitting defeat, a kind of understanding.
Although she knew that these were two different things, she was angry and didn't want to hum a word.
Moreover, he had caused her two assistants to become so bad. These gifts could only be considered as apology for this matter, and nothing else would be forgiven.
"...As long as you like it."
A familiar voice sounded from behind.
Ji Hanxi turned hurriedly and saw Vivienne looking at her from the doorway. He had obviously just finished something over there and rushed over. His white-blonde hair was slightly messed up by the wind, and he raised his hand to slowly smooth it out.
She was usually pleasant to others, but her expression suddenly turned sullen when she saw him. Is this person a ghost? He always appears silently behind her, staring at her with a sinister look. It's really weird!
Ji Hanxi's two assistants eventually resigned. It wasn't because of Vivienne, of course, his meddling was also part of the reason for their dismissal.
The main issue was that she hadn't completely severed ties with the company and didn't have her own office. Their section was all about looks, featuring all sorts of cross-dressing and makeup bloggers, mostly women. The two athletes seemed to have no sense of gender distinction, and whenever they felt hot, they'd pull their shirts up, revealing their abs, pecs, and belly.
She felt that their deliberate charm was actually sexual harassment, so for the sake of the women's physical and mental health, she decided to fire them.
Besides, every time she saw them, she would always think of their stinky smell...
Although she took a shower and the smell was gone, she didn't know if it was an illusion or a psychological effect, but she always felt that the smell lingered for a long time, so she didn't want to see them again.
Vivienne was truly capable. Simply by paying them to run an errand, she had nearly lost her attraction to the athletes. Although she hadn't lost her attraction to them, her favorability had decreased considerably.
School has started, and roommates have returned to the dormitory one after another. When Ji Hanxi was lying in bed after taking a shower at night, he saw a message from Sister Yaxin:
Hanxi
"I already know about WeChat."
"He was at fault first."
"He shouldn't joke like that."
"I'm really sorry."
Sister Yaxin
"This has nothing to do with you."
"Why are you apologizing for him?"
"That's right."
"His mixed-race cousin is returning home soon."
This is his real WeChat account.
"Will you add more?"
Ji Hanxi looked at the WeChat business card that Wen Yaxin pushed over, and stood there in a daze without any reply.
"Don't worry."
"This time it's real."
"I absolutely did not lie to you."
As if afraid that she wouldn't believe it, he added this.
"Okay, I understand."
"Thank you, Sister Yaxin."
Ji Hanxi clicked on the WeChat profile and chose to add him, but this time she didn't have the same excitement and anticipation as before. She even stopped paying attention to him after clicking, not even knowing when he was accepted.
Before going to bed, she checked WeChat and found that he had approved her application.
Ji Hanxi clicked on his homepage and saw many photos and videos in his circle of friends, including skiing, surfing, partying, and everything else.
The person in the photos and videos is him, the handsome mixed-race guy. Even though she knows it is him, she doesn't seem to be very interested.
But after all, his WeChat was what she had always wanted, and now that she finally got it, she couldn't just ignore him.
So she greeted him and exchanged notes. His name was Arthur, a very standard French male name.
She asked about the date he would return to China and agreed on a meeting time and place.
Having learned a painful lesson from being cheated last time, she now had to meet the handsome mixed-race guy in person to make sure he was the one.
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