[We can't all sleep in the same bed...]
She bit her lip hard, looking extremely shy and conflicted.
Chu Xing curled his lips slightly where she wasn't looking, and glanced at the hotel behind her without making a sound.
It was a hotel that looked fairly upscale.
The price is estimated to be around 800 per night.
Song Mai felt an urge to slap herself. She didn't know why, or when it started, but she always found herself saying thoughtless things in front of him.
Finally, she made up her mind:
"I'll open another room for you!"
She had assumed he would come by train, so she was prepared for him to arrive in the morning. She thought that she would take the documents to the meeting, and he could rest well at the hotel for a day without having to rush to leave.
I never expected him to drive over, and so quickly.
The man's smile deepened as he watched her forcefully endure the pain.
"Are you willing to do that?"
Of course I'm reluctant...
Before Song Mai could even speak, the voice in her heart had already spoken for her.
However, she still gritted her teeth and said, "Of course I'm willing. It's so late, and I'm sorry to trouble you to come and deliver the documents for me. How can I let you go back tonight? It's only right that I book you a hotel room to rest."
Chu Xing's mood improved somewhat as he was amused by the woman's conflicted and stingy appearance.
"No need, I have important business to attend to tomorrow morning, I'm going back now."
Upon hearing this, Song Mai was momentarily at a loss for words, feeling only a sense of emptiness in her heart.
But since he had already said that, she couldn't ask him to stay any longer.
"This car is..."
"Borrowed."
Song Mai then remembered that this was the same car she had seen Old Master Chu riding in during their last meal.
It turns out he even borrowed a car specifically for himself.
"Thank you, I'll treat you to dinner when we get back."
The man didn't stand on ceremony and started the car after agreeing.
Song Mai stood quietly at the hotel entrance watching him leave until the car completely disappeared into the night before she felt a chill.
She had no idea when her hand had regained sensation.
Chu Xing practically ran red lights the whole way, afraid of delaying her business and missing the morning dinner appointment.
He didn't even dare to blink the entire way.
Only when it arrived and he saw the smile on her face did his heart finally settle back into his chest.
The next day, Song Mai stuffed the documents into his bag and went to the Great Hall of the People.
Just as Fang Yu had said, the meeting was large in scale and very important.
Almost all the heads of pharmaceutical companies in East China gathered here to discuss development plans for the pharmaceutical field over the next three years.
After distributing the documents to the attendees, Song Mai sat down at the seat with his name tag on it.
She stroked the document in her hand, and only now did the information settle firmly in her heart, feeling both resolute and warm.
Meanwhile, Zheng Yao was sitting in a chair at the front desk, taking out a bottle of bright red nail polish and painting herself, while humming a song softly.
Lin Ran passed by her and glanced at her with utter disdain.
He thought to himself that his mind was not on his work. He was just sitting there, an empty shell, his mind had long since wandered off somewhere else.
Zheng Yao ignored Lin Ran's gaze; she was in an exceptionally good mood today.
She was just waiting for news from Song Mai, waiting for the company to give that bitch a good beating.
It would be best to expel her to appease her anger.
Unfortunately, everything was developing in the opposite direction to what Zheng Yao had hoped for.
After receiving the document late last night, Song Mai barely slept. She hurriedly reviewed the contents of the document and only managed to doze off for a short while just before dawn.
She had thought she would be mentally exhausted, which might affect the quality of her translation, but to her surprise, she was unusually energetic and even had a very clear mind.
Song Mai provided simultaneous interpretation throughout the morning. Not only did she translate the Spanish part she was responsible for very smoothly, but she also translated the speeches of several British people who were not originally on the list of participants.
The translation was so accurate and precise that even the conference organizers couldn't help but give her a thumbs up.
The meeting was very long, lasting three days, with each day lasting at least six hours.
On the first day, it stayed open until 4 p.m.
The meeting was finally suspended just as Song Mai was starving.
She chatted with the organizers and attendees for a while longer, and by the time everything was completely over, it was almost five o'clock.
Zheng Yao didn't receive the news she wanted all day, and with it almost time to get off work, she couldn't sit still any longer and rushed into Fang Yu's office.
"What's going on? Why is there still no movement?"
Fang Yu also found it a bit strange. Ever since he learned about Zheng Yao's tampering, he had been secretly waiting for news to come so he could deal with the meeting incident as soon as possible.
But even now, with the first day of the meeting almost over, there's still no news from Ningcheng.
"Perhaps the meeting hasn't ended yet, let's wait a little longer."
Zheng Yao paced anxiously back and forth in Fang Yu's office in her high heels. The ten-centimeter heels made a "thump-thump" sound as they hit the floor, which annoyed Fang Yu.
"Can you please stop pacing back and forth? What's the point of being in such a hurry?"
Zheng Yao was extremely anxious. She slammed her hand on Fang Yu's desk, her exquisite makeup unable to conceal the distorted expression on her face.
"How can I not be anxious? I really can't understand it. I've already changed the USB drive, and she didn't bring any paper documents. Logically speaking, she shouldn't have been prepared for this meeting at all, which means that the meeting was disrupted from the very beginning. So how did she manage to keep going until now?"
This puzzled not only Zheng Yao, but also Fang Yu.
But after all, Song Mai had no grudge against him, and in the end, he had only made a deal with Zheng Yao.
He benefited from Zheng Yao and in return provided her with the information she needed, helping her to deal with Song Mai.
Fang Yu didn't care what kind of punishment Song Mai received, whether she was dismissed or escaped unscathed.
On the contrary, if the meeting was not affected, he would not need to rush to make amends or take responsibility to the company.
Zheng Yao urged anxiously, "Call her quickly and ask her what's going on?"
Fang Yu was somewhat reluctant and hesitated to fight.
He didn't know what the situation was like in Ningcheng. Maybe Song Mai had made some other preparations besides the USB drive.
So it's possible that Song Mai didn't realize there was nothing on the USB drive, or that she did realize it but had already found another way to resolve the issue.
But if he asks at this point, and if Song Mai already feels there's something wrong with the USB drive and has some suspicions, wouldn't he be essentially asking for trouble?
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