Who says a person can't have both youth and youthful experience? Capable people can.
The next morning, as soon as Song Yunxi stepped out of her room, she saw Mu Chen standing against the wall outside her door. Their eyes met for a couple of seconds, and then they both smiled.
Mu Chen asked, "Did you sleep well?"
He didn't sleep well. After watching a movie in Song Yunxi's room last night, he reluctantly went back to his own room. But lying in bed, he couldn't fall asleep, his mind filled with images of him embracing and kissing Song Yunxi.
Song Yunxi said, "It's alright."
"Let's go, I'll take you to the hospital to change your dressing first."
Mu Chen reached out to take Song Yunxi's hand, but before his hand could touch her, she nimbly dodged it.
Song Yunxi put her hands behind her back and looked at Mu Chen with an innocent expression. "There are security cameras in the corridor."
The implication is that their relationship must not be known to others, not even potential partners.
Mu Chen, who was already unhappy with Song Yunxi's suggestion that hotel employees shouldn't date, now stood in front of her with a serious expression, looking down at her.
What should have been an open and aboveboard relationship has now been forced into a clandestine affair.
"I really couldn't think of a better way at the time. If I wanted to protect myself, I had to strike first."
Moreover, how could she have known that her relationship with Mu Chen would turn out like this just two days later?
Seeing that Mu Chen remained silent and made no move, Song Yunxi tentatively called out, "President Mu?"
Nobody paid any attention.
"President Mu~"
Still, no one paid any attention.
"My hand hurts," she said, looking aggrieved.
Mu Chen then smiled. "Let's go to the hospital."
As soon as they arrived downstairs, the receptionist greeted them with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Mu, hello, Mr. Song." Then she told Song Yunxi: "Mr. Song, someone sent you flowers this morning, and I put them on your desk for you."
Song Yunxi immediately turned to look at Mu Chen. Could it be that he had run out early in the morning to buy flowers for her? However, seeing Mu Chen's puzzled expression, she knew it wasn't him.
On the desk sat a large bouquet of fiery red roses, each one blooming perfectly, vibrant and beautiful.
Song Yunxi picked up the small card inserted in the center of the flowers and smiled. "It's Mr. Tantai. But he shouldn't have arrived until noon, the flowers came really early."
I think I ordered the flowers online before boarding the plane and had them delivered in advance.
Upon hearing the name "Mr. Tantai," Mu Chen sighed deeply in his heart. He had just seen off Li Shenghuan, and now Tantai Yi had arrived.
One was Song Yunxi's childhood friend and high school classmate with whom she shared unforgettable memories; the other was Song Yunxi's rising idol, whom she openly admired. Neither of them seemed easy to deal with. If he didn't put in his utmost effort, he probably wouldn't have won so easily.
Lin Xiaoran came in from outside and just saw Song Yunxi about to unwrap the bouquet. "Unnie, your hands aren't working properly, let me do it."
"Okay, you do it. I'm going to the hospital to change my dressing first. We'll move offices when I get back."
In the parking lot, Song Yunxi sat in the passenger seat. With her right hand injured, she had to turn to the side, trying to use her left hand to pull the seatbelt. But before she could reach out, Mu Chen, who was standing under the car, had already pulled out the seatbelt for her and bent down to fasten it for her.
"Thanks……"
Before she could utter the second "thank you," Mu Chen, who had pulled back, cut her off. He placed his right hand behind Song Yunxi's head, pulling her within a breath's distance of himself, and then pressed his lips tightly against hers.
Song Yunxi sat in the passenger seat, reaching out to tug at the hem of Mu Chen's shirt, tilting her head slightly to exchange a passionate kiss with him. Mu Chen, on the other hand, stood outside the car, leaning against the door in an uncomfortable position, unable to even wait to return to the driver's seat to kiss her.
The combination of oxygen deprivation and excitement disrupted the normal breathing rhythm of a person. All that could be heard around them was rapid panting.
*
Lin Xiaoran carried two vases filled with red roses to the third-floor office area. They were moving in that afternoon, and she wanted to decorate her desk beforehand.
"Bo Bo, where did this flower come from?"
Jiang Hailang had just stepped out of his office when he saw Lin Xiaoran coming down the elevator. As he spoke, he reached out and took a vase from her arms.
"It was given to President Song by someone else."
In public, Lin Xiaoran calls Song Yunxi "President Song," but in private, she still calls her "Unnie" just like when they first met.
In the office area, apart from directors and above who have their own offices, everyone else, whether middle-level managers or ordinary staff, is concentrated in large open-plan or partitioned areas. Song Yunxi and Lin Xiaoran's department shares the same large open-plan area with the Human Resources and Administration departments.
Lin Xiaoran pointed to two empty seats in the corner and asked Jiang Hailang to place the vase of flowers he was holding on one of the desks.
Seeing the two previously empty desks suddenly come alive, Lin Xiaoran nodded with satisfaction, "They look beautiful." She then casually took a rose from a vase on her desk and handed it to Jiang Hailang. "Here, this is a reward for you."
Jiang Hailang smiled and accepted the flowers. "Do you like roses? I'll bring you some every day from now on?"
"You should save my money and use it to woo other girls. Even though you have money, it's not worth wasting it on me." Lin Xiaoran said as she wiped the dust off the table with the damp towel she had brought.
"You deserve it. All those girls combined can't compare to you alone."
Lin Xiaoran laughed and asked, "Hehe. Do you think I believe that?"
Jiang Hailang laughed and replied, "You don't believe me."
My colleagues who were working nearby also glanced at me with a smile, before going back to their own work.
Jiang Hailang often spoke to his female colleagues like this, and everyone was used to it. So, no matter how ambiguous his behavior towards Lin Xiaoran was now, everyone reacted the same way as Lin Xiaoran: they didn't believe it.
However, this could probably be considered one of Jiang Hailang's advantages, right? Because no one believed it, no one would spread gossip about him and Lin Xiaoran, and he wouldn't become the first victim of violating the rule that employees are not allowed to date.
Lin Xiaoran's phone rang. She glanced at Jiang Hailang while holding the towel, and Jiang Hailang immediately understood and took the phone out of his pocket for her, pressed the answer button, and held it to her ear.
Lin Xiaoran said into the phone, "Hello, Lao Chen?"
"Think of another way... Okay, I'll wait for your news." After saying that, Lin Xiaoran nodded to Jiang Hailang, signaling him to hang up the phone.
Jiang Hailang didn't put the phone back in Lin Xiaoran's pocket. Instead, he gently pinched the phone between his fingers, dangling it in his hand as he asked her, "What's wrong?"
"Tonight is Su Yuan's concert, and I want to go. But the tickets are sold out long ago, and I'm asking a friend to help me find some."
Su Yuan? That young heartthrob who claims to have "girlfriend Mu Xian, boyfriend Su Yuan"?
"You like him?"
Lin Xiaoran said, "Of course I like him because he's so handsome."
Jiang Hailang placed his hands on the desk, leaned forward, and looked directly at Lin Xiaoran. "Between him and me, who do you like?"
"You can't compare to him, you're not even the same type. He's a boy, you're a man. Yes, that's exactly it."
Lin Xiaoran nodded emphatically in affirmation of her quick wit. Hopefully, Jiang Hailang wouldn't realize she was implying he was getting old.
Jiang Hailang nodded. "You're busy." He put Lin Xiaoran's phone in her pocket and turned to go back to his office.
Jiang Hailang looked up Su Yuan's information online and was surprised to find that Su Yuan was the same age as him. He almost burst out laughing.
The difference in their character is just too great! Su Yuan, a 26-year-old man, dresses up as a young boy every day to deceive a girl like Lin Xiaoran who is infatuated with love.
Despite his infatuation, Jiang Hailang still called friends in the entertainment industry, asking them to help him get two tickets to that evening's concert. He was willing to pay extra, double the price, any amount was fine; he just wanted the tickets.
His friend was more reliable than Lin Xiaoran's friend, and soon sent him a QR code to pick up the ticket, which was for the best seat in the inner area.
Jiang Hailang forwarded the QR code to Lin Xiaoran and told her that he didn't ask for money, but only that she remember this kindness and not forget to repay it in the future.
He leaned against the glass window of his office and watched as Lin Xiaoran excitedly jumped up from her seat when she received his WeChat message.
Then she replied to him on WeChat while holding her phone: "I am deeply grateful and will repay your kindness in the future."
Jiang Hailang originally wanted two tickets to accompany Lin Xiaoran to the concert. However, his friend said that Su Yuan's concert tickets were so popular that they had already sold out. It was really difficult to get tickets for someone like him who needed them at the last minute, so they could only give him one ticket for now and figure out how to get the other one later.
Jiang Hailang thought it best to let it go and not make things too difficult for his friend, especially since he had plans to meet Yuan Qingqing that evening.
Since Lin Xiaoran ruined their date that day, Yuan Qingqing had ignored him for several days. Today, she finally agreed to go on a date with him again.
*
It was nearly noon when Song Yunxi and Mu Chen returned to the hotel from the hospital. It wasn't that changing the dressing was too slow; it was just that kissing took too much time and delayed their trip to the hospital.
Instead of returning to her office, she went directly to the small conference room, which was also located on the third floor.
On the way back, Lin Xiaoran called her and said that He Yi's people had taken an earlier flight and had already arrived at the hotel.
Song Yunxi smiled and apologized to the three people in the conference room: "Sorry I'm late."
“It’s alright, we’re just early.” A girl wearing an avocado-colored silk shirt and white wide-leg suit pants stood up from her seat and came to Song Yunxi. She wanted to shake hands, but after noticing that Song Yunxi’s right hand was injured, she greeted him with a smile: “Hello, President Song, I’m Tang Qingcheng.”
"Hello, Miss Tang. I hope you and everyone else will take good care of things over the next three months." Song Yunxi said with a smile, then turned her gaze to Tang Qingcheng.
The girl was just as she had imagined: beautiful, professional, and capable.
Having held several conference calls and communicated with Tantai Yi before, Song Yunxi had some understanding of Tang Qingcheng.
This young woman, who graduated just over two years ago, is incredibly hardworking and eager to learn, making rapid progress. She is the head of the joint project between Platinum Hotels and the Chi Group, tasked with leading the team to ensure the project launches smoothly within three months.
Although Tang Qingcheng only had two experiences leading projects on her own, Song Yunxi trusted Tantai Yi, so she also believed that the person Tantai Yi chose for her would definitely not be wrong.
It's okay to be young and inexperienced. Who says a person can't have both youth and youthful experience? Capable people can.
Song Yunxi asked, "Didn't Mr. Tantai come along?"
Tang Qingcheng said, "President Tantai went directly to Lancheng University. He has a lecture there this afternoon."
"The students at Lan University are so lucky to be able to hear Mr. Tantai's lectures every year."
Tantai Yi, as a visiting professor at Lancheng University, gives lectures there for one or two days each semester.
Back then, Rui Yan was heartbroken for a long time because she missed his lecture. She thought she wouldn't miss it again next semester, but unexpectedly, she had already left Lan University the following semester. She missed it for a full six years.
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