Sheng Xin wasn't angry and continued, "Miss Gu, please don't mind. I just wanted to save you time. I guess you weren't really keen on seeing President Lin either."
Gu Fanyan looked directly into her eyes: "I really want to see him today."
"Mr. Lin." The receptionist's voice suddenly rang out.
Lin Zhibai walked over from the other side, followed by several staff members.
Gu Fanyan subconsciously bit her lip.
"You want to see me?" Lin Zhibai's gaze was ambiguous, as if he had heard everything just now.
She immediately replied, "I'd like to discuss the project proposal with you in person."
"Come to my office." He walked past her.
She followed immediately.
Sheng Xin watched their figures for a while before taking a step forward to follow them.
She overheard the whispers of the front desk staff.
"Miss Gu is so beautiful, even I, a woman, am smitten."
"Do her family really want her to go out to work and suffer? She looks like she should be protected."
"She's Miss Gu, you know. Do you think our Xiao Lin would let her suffer?"
Sheng Xin turned around and reminded her, "It's working hours now."
The receptionist immediately shut up.
Sheng Xin turned her face back, her eyes filled with deep resentment.
"The project proposal is revised so quickly?" Lin Zhibai picked up the booklet Gu Fanyan handed him. "Your work attitude is commendable."
“Not a single word has been changed in the copy you received,” Gu Fanyan replied.
Lin Zhibai paused slightly as he flipped through the booklet, then raised his handsome eyes to look at her: "Sister Fanyan, are you sulking with me?"
“No need,” Gu Fanyan handed over another booklet. “This was revised based on Mr. Lin’s comments. Take a look and see if there are any big differences.”
A fleeting, indulgent smile crossed Lin Zhibai's lips.
It was too fast; Gu Fanyan didn't even see it.
He put the two booklets together and said, "I will read them carefully. Sister Fanyan, you should also go back and do your homework. The day after tomorrow, the project department will gather all the heads of various companies and project leaders for a briefing."
"At the meeting, the person in charge needs to personally go on stage to present the project proposal, and then vote to approve it."
"Vote? Who votes?" Gu Fanyan asked.
“The heads of each company,” Lin Zhibai replied. “Simply put, they are the people from Gu’s Group who are responsible for supervising Sister Fanyan’s project.”
Gu Fanyan was stunned for a moment, and the image of Gu Zheng appeared in her mind.
Given Gu Zheng's attitude today, she wouldn't be surprised if he cast a dissenting vote for her.
"I understand." She turned and left.
She hadn't taken more than two steps when a sharp pain suddenly shot through her left calf, and she involuntarily squatted down.
A pair of strong hands supported her from behind, and a familiar scent immediately enveloped her.
"I...I'm fine." She tried to push Lin Zhibai away, but her left calf kept twitching.
She didn't like to cry out, but the pain made tears stream down her face uncontrollably.
"Don't move." Lin Zhibai said in a low voice, placing her on the sofa. "What happened?"
His voice was filled with anxiety.
"Leg cramps..." She wanted to say it was nothing serious, but the pain was too much to bear.
He immediately grasped her calf; his rough, large hand touched her smooth skin, both hard and warm, and her pain seemed to ease somewhat.
“Mr. Lin…” At this moment, Sheng Xin knocked on the door and walked in, and the scene made her eyes widen in surprise.
"Get out!" Lin Zhibai hissed, without even looking at who the person was.
Sheng Xin was a little flustered. She wanted to stay, but she didn't dare to disobey Lin Zhibai.
Gu Fanyan frowned. "Going out of here!"
If Sheng Xin goes out now, even if she and Lin Zhibai didn't do anything, it will seem like they did something!
“Assistant Sheng, I have a leg cramp,” Gu Fanyan called out to her. “Could you find me a bottle of medicated oil?”
Sheng Xin nodded and turned to leave.
Lin Zhibai opened the drawer of the coffee table next to her, took out a small glass bottle, unscrewed the cap, and applied it to her calves.
A pine scent immediately filled the air.
He has medicated oil in his office.
Gu Fanyan was stunned. Why didn't he say anything when she asked Sheng Xin to get it?
Lin Zhibai used both hands to spread the medicated oil on her calves, little by little, with meticulous patience.
The pain gradually subsided.
Gu Fanyan then realized something was wrong; his action had gone a bit too far…
She immediately pulled her leg back, saying, "I'm fine now..."
She used a lot of force, and he held on tightly, so he was pulled forward and his handsome face was immediately in front of her.
Their eyes met, their breaths mingled.
His gaze darkened, revealing something she knew all too well… She immediately lowered her face, avoiding his hot breath.
"You keep getting leg cramps? Is it a lingering effect from last time?" His voice was hoarse and tense.
"I'm fine now." She struggled to get away from him.
He moved even closer, wrapping one arm around her waist.
Gu Fanyan frowned, and reluctantly raised her face: "What are you doing?"
He stared intently at her, so close, and there were so many things he wanted to do.
"Miss Gu, the medicated oil is here." Sheng Xin walked into the office again at this moment.
A hint of annoyance flashed in Lin Zhibai's eyes.
"No need." He picked up Gu Fanyan and walked out of the office.
Sheng Xin saw the bottle of medicinal oil on the coffee table with the cap open.
"Put me down, where are you taking me?" Gu Fanyan's voice came.
"I'll take you to the hospital," Lin Zhibai replied.
They got into the elevator.
Gu Fanyan saw Lin Guangchen again.
"Her cramps were really bad, didn't you detect it during your last checkup?" Upon meeting, Lin Zhibai launched into a tirade against Lin Guangchen, "Do you think you deserve the high salary this hospital pays you?"
Why are you closing the door?
Lin Guangchen looked helpless: "When examining a patient, please respect the patient's privacy."
Lin Zhibai could only take two steps back.
Lin Guangchen drew another curtain and then examined Gu Fanyan.
"Have you ever strained your left calf?" Lin Guangchen asked.
Gu Fanyan nodded. She had been running wildly in the woods, and her left calf had been hurting for many days afterward.
As Lin Guangchen asked questions, he massaged various acupoints on her calves.
She looked on curiously and noticed that Lin Guangchen's fingers were long and slender, yet he had a large frame like a man, and his hands were both strong and beautiful.
These hands are prettier than Lin Zhibai's.
However, when she pressed her face against her right knee and looked at Lin Zhibai's hand, inappropriate images kept popping into her mind.
Looking at these hands, I only felt admiration.
However, this only shows that she has had very few men, which is why her memories with Lin Zhibai seem so profound.
"Dr. Lin, why does it take so long to do a check-up?" Lin Zhibai's voice came through the door and curtain.
Lin Guangchen smiled and said, "My younger brother seems to care about you a lot."
Gu Fanyan smiled casually: "Who told me to be so beautiful? There are plenty of men who care about me more than him."
Lin Guangchen looked at her thoughtfully: "Are you always so indifferent to men?"
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