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Lin Tingfeng said slowly and suddenly, "Linda told me that you've decided to keep our identities a secret and that we don't need any special treatment."
As expected, Ye Wenyu's heart sank, but she still nodded and readily admitted it.
Lin Tingfeng chuckled softly, resting his hands on the bench, gazing at the beautiful sunset clouds in the distance, letting the evening breeze gently caress his face. He said lazily, "So you ordered takeout, coffee, delivered packages, printed documents, collected benefits, and were busy all day?" He spoke slowly, as if still harboring some anger.
Ye Wenyu was a little nervous and didn't say anything.
"So you came to the rooftop to rest because your feet were hurting so badly?"
Ye Wenyu blushed. She thought, he's like a mind reader, he knows everything she's thinking and doing. Is she made of crystal glass in front of him?
Lin Tingfeng glanced at her and asked seriously, "Xiaoyu, have you thought this through? As a newcomer, being relegated to menial tasks isn't something that can be done overnight. This is a company, and I can't go back on my word. So I'm asking you one last time, are you really not going to let me take care of you?"
He looked at her intently, his eyes filled with heartache.
Ye Wenyu looked at Lin Tingfeng, a warm feeling washing over her. She thought to herself, "He's so good to me!" In her entire life, no man had ever been so good to her, so good that she no longer cared whether he was a good person or a bad person. In short, he was the best person in the world to her.
But--
Consider her current shady identity. What was once a heart-fluttering love has been reduced to such a shameful relationship because of her poverty and their unequal social standing. She feels humiliated every moment. Can someone as proud and aloof as her bear this identity for the rest of her life?
That's impossible.
She had told herself long ago that once she graduated from university and was independent, she would leave him as soon as possible. At that time, if he still loved her and she still loved him, she could demand an equal marriage. If he couldn't give her that, she would definitely choose to leave and never look back.
Because to truly love someone, you must demand equality.
Love entering marriage is a grave, but two people lie inside it together. If they don't enter into marriage and accept the blessings of their relatives and friends, they will die without a burial place.
She is a traditional person who can only accept the idea of marrying someone she loves.
She now really wants Lin Tingfeng to be an ordinary person, at most middle class, with a small house, a car, and a monthly salary of ten thousand yuan or so, because that kind of economically suitable man is the one she deserves.
Thinking of this, Ye Wenyu raised her head, chin held high, and a warning bell rang in her heart: she could not rely on him, she absolutely could not rely on him! Mountains may crumble, people may run away, and besides, even now, she still couldn't tell whether Lin Tingfeng was a good person or a bad person.
Therefore, she said firmly, "Tingfeng, I have made up my mind. I do not ask for special treatment."
Lin Tingfeng sighed and slowly asked her, "Are you worried that your identity being exposed will have a bad impact on me? Actually, you're wrong. First, I don't care. Second, with my current status, even if it were exposed, others wouldn't look down on me because of it."
Ye Wenyu shook her head. She thought to herself, "That's not the reason. It's because of myself. You're too good to me. You're so tempting. You've made me fall into a trap of gentleness, a trap full of flowers, honey on the edge of a cliff. I'm about to lose myself and my ability to be independent."
But she couldn't say these words aloud, so she nodded again and insisted with utmost seriousness, "Just pretend nothing happened, that your HR department just hired someone from outside for the secretarial team, okay?"
Lin Tingfeng didn't speak, but stared at her for a long time before suddenly laughing.
At that moment, a series of hurried footsteps, the sound of high heels clicking on the floor, accompanied by a pleasant fragrance, made Lin Tingfeng and Ye Wenyu look up and see Linda carrying a pair of slippers onto the rooftop. Upon seeing them, she immediately greeted them with a smile.
Ye Wenyu blushed and stood up, keeping a certain distance from Lin Tingfeng.
Linda walked up to her and placed the slippers beside her feet. Ye Wenyu, who was standing on the ground wearing socks, glanced gratefully at Linda and put on the slippers she had brought. Linda smiled and said, "I had some old ones, but I was afraid you would find them offensive, so I went outside and bought some new ones. That's why I'm late. I'm sorry, Mr. Lin." She bowed respectfully to Lin Tingfeng in apology.
Lin Tingfeng waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to apologize.
Linda saw the first-aid kit next to Lin Tingfeng and immediately understood. She said to Ye Wenyu with remorse, "Wenyu, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. I made you get hurt on your first day of internship. President Lin, it's my fault. I will definitely be more careful in the future."
Hearing this, Ye Wenyu wished she could disappear into a hole in the ground. She thought to herself that being the chief secretary wasn't easy. She had to take on everything. Even when the boss's mistress got blisters on her feet, she was blamed. She said apologetically, "Linda, it's not your fault. I got blisters on my first day wearing high heels."
Linda, still blaming herself and angry, said, "It must be those clueless, ungrateful bastards in the secretariat! They've made you do all sorts of things, exhausting you. I'm going to call a meeting and yell at them as soon as I get back—"
Ye Wenyu panicked and immediately gave Lin Tingfeng a meaningful look.
Lin Tingfeng then slowly said, "Linda doesn't need it. Let her get some experience."
Linda was taken aback, and said urgently to Lin Tingfeng, "Mr. Lin, you're really willing to do this? I feel sorry for this delicate young girl—"
Lin Tingfeng smiled and said to her, "This girl is very stubborn. I feel sorry for her but I won't let her. Let her suffer a little." Lin Tingfeng shook his head, got up and went back to his office.
Ye Wenyu could only manage an awkward smile.
Linda asked her with concern, "Is it serious? Let me help you walk."
Ye Wenyu shook her head, put on her slippers, picked up her high heels, and walked back to the secretariat. She thought to herself, tomorrow, she will still wear high heels. In short, whatever they are like, she will be like them, and she will never seek special treatment.
The next day, Ye Wenyu got up early and put bandages on all the places on her feet that might be rubbed by the high heels, and then put on the high heels again.
When she appeared before Lin Tingfeng in her business attire, intending to go to work with him, Lin Tingfeng looked at her high heels and couldn't help but be surprised by her insistence. He gave her a strange look and slowly asked, "Why are you so insistent? It's okay to wear slippers to work for a few days with an injured foot. While self-discipline is a good thing, excessive self-discipline always makes me—"
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