Chapter 56 Is it fun to mess with me?
As Li Mai entered the conference room, Zhou Songyan patted Sun Yuanjie on the shoulder: "Secretary Sun, you did a great job. You'll get a bonus."
Sun Yuanjie beamed: "Thank you, President Zhou!"
...
When Li Mai returned empty-handed, Ji Wangyu was taken aback for a moment, then said, "Didn't you go to the break room?"
Li Mai nodded: "Yes, I went."
"What about the food you gave me?"
"Is there none?"
Li Mai did not speak.
Ji Wangyu: "It's okay, I'm not very hungry either."
"However, even in a company as big as Rongzheng, the break room can be emptied out. I remember that our Ji's break room is always full and we're constantly restocking."
Li Mai looked up at him.
Ji Wangyu noticed something strange in her gaze: "What's wrong?"
Li Mai: "President Ji, you really didn't eat lunch?"
Ji Wangyu: "..."
Does Li Mai know something?
But since he had already told the lie, he could only bite the bullet and continue making it up: "I didn't eat. Two business partners called me and we talked for a long time. I didn't have time to eat."
Li Mai said with a straight face, "President Ji, is it fun to play with me?"
Ji Wangyu: "..."
He coughed awkwardly twice.
I felt embarrassed by Li Mai's gaze.
Although he has a thick skin, this is the first time he has told such a lie.
Just to get Li Mai's attention.
“Li Mai…I…”
"President Ji, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person. Why did you do this? Do you have some kind of grudge against me? You clearly ate lunch, but you said you didn't and made me run to get you some food."
Ji Wangyu: "I have no complaints about you."
"Then why did you play me for a fool?"
Ji Wangyu was speechless.
Looking up, I saw Zhou Songyan's smug face.
Looking behind him, Sun Yuanjie gave him a meaningful smile.
He had seen Sun Yuanjie at the restaurant, but he had just forgotten. When asked if he had eaten, he blurted out "no" in a moment of panic.
It seems that Sun Yuanjie exposed him.
Ji Wangyu turned to explain to Li Mai, but Li Mai glanced at the time and reminded him, "President Ji, the meeting is in session."
Ji Wangyu had no choice but to stop.
The meeting lasted for another three hours, finally ending at 5 p.m.
Leaving Rongzheng Group.
Li Mai drove Ji Wangyu's Maybach back to the company.
In the past two years, she has been both a secretary and a driver; she's incredibly versatile.
Ji Wangyu felt it necessary to explain, and said, "Secretary Li, I... I'm sorry, I just wanted to joke with you."
Looking at the road conditions, Li Mai said, "President Ji, it's alright, I'm not angry anymore."
Compared to some morally corrupt and extremely short-tempered bosses, she thought Ji Wangyu was pretty good.
Aside from being a bit of a womanizer and occasionally liking to joke around, he's actually quite good to his subordinates.
When you're working, you're bound to have your share of mistreatment. Just get used to it and don't take it to heart.
If she, as a subordinate, keeps pressing the issue, it won't be good; it will make it impossible to carry out work in the future.
Ji Wangyu felt a void in his heart when Li Mai answered so casually.
Li Mai only treated him as her superior.
Even when they're upset, they just want to let it go.
...
Zhou Songyan drove out of the underground parking garage, then suddenly remembered that he hadn't taken a file. He turned the car around and parked it in a surface parking space.
Ground-level parking spaces are generally provided for visitors.
Several men were standing in front of the white car next to them, smoking.
Zhou Songyan vaguely remembered that he seemed to be from the Ji family and was here for a meeting today.
I guess he was really pent up and wanted to have a smoke before he left.
Zhou Songyan had his hand on the door, about to go downstairs, when he heard Li Mai's name.
"What's the relationship between Secretary Li and President Zhou? President Zhou seems to treat her differently."
"Mr. Zhou probably has his eye on her."
"Ha, Secretary Li is quite popular. I heard something from Chairman Ji's secretariat."
"What?"
"They say that Young Master Ji has taken a fancy to Secretary Li and is making a fuss about marrying her. Chairman Ji won't allow it and even wants to transfer Secretary Li away from Young Master Ji."
"Young Master Ji and Chairman Ji had a fierce argument in the office. Later, the father and son talked about it, and Secretary Li was with Young Master Ji. Young Master Ji was arranged to go on a blind date with the Lin family's daughter."
"Everyone says in private that CEO Ji and Secretary Li are having an affair, which is why she was able to come to the head office with CEO Ji. Secretary Li wants to marry into a wealthy family, but she can't get past Chairman Ji."
With a bang.
The car door behind him suddenly opened and slammed hard into the back of the man's head.
"Ouch! Who the hell is that?! Don't you have eyes?! It hurts so much!"
The man clutched his head, his face contorted in pain, and his anger flared up.
The others turned pale with fright when they saw Zhou Songyan get out of the car.
They were just bored and chatting about crickets with President Zhou and Secretary Li.
"President Zhou!"
The person who was hit on the back of the head turned around, his face pale.
He was just about to pick a fight, but when he saw Zhou Songyan, he wilted instantly, as if he had been poisoned.
What's the point of keeping accounts?
He has such a foul mouth; he's always clamoring about the young master outside the Rongzheng Group building. He's gone mad.
What should we do now?
The Crown Prince's face was as cold as the Siberian cold front, enough to freeze a person to death.
Even though he was the one who was hit hard by the car door, he was now acting cautiously, as if he was afraid that the young master would hold him accountable.
Zhou Songyan coldly uttered a single word: "Get out!"
He managed to suppress his temper and refrain from hitting anyone.
He wanted to say a few words in defense of Li Mai.
But given Li Mai's situation, and the fact that these people are from the Ji family, if he speaks up for her or beats them up, Li Mai will be drowned in spittle within the Ji family.
She didn't want to put her in the spotlight before their relationship was defined.
He is not afraid of rumors and gossip.
Li Mai was afraid.
The Ji family's employees dared not stay any longer, so they threw away their cigarette butts, got into their cars, and drove away.
Zhou Songyan wasn't in the mood to go upstairs to get the documents, so he got into his car and lit a cigarette.
...
Li Mai took Ji Wangyu to the company.
Ji Wangyu told her to leave work first, while he went to Ji Kun's office.
On her way back, Li Mai stopped at the supermarket to buy groceries before going home.
After cooking, the mother and son ate.
Li Mai told Chengcheng to take a shower by himself while she went downstairs to throw out the trash.
Li Mai threw away the trash and walked back downstairs, where she saw Zhou Songyan.
Zhou Songyan leaned against the side wall and smoked.
He reeked of cigarette smoke; she could smell it from a distance.
I bet he smoked a lot.
The lights downstairs were dim, mixed with smoke, so Li Mai couldn't see his expression.
But you could tell he was in a bad mood.
Li Mai went up the steps, stopped a short distance away from him, looked up at him and said, "Mr. Zhou, smoke less. It's bad for your health and it's harmful to others as well."
Zhou Songyan automatically filtered down to the last sentence.
"You care about me."
Li Mai: "No."
"A woman who says one thing but means another."
Say what you want.
In Zhou Songyan's eyes, she was not a good woman.
Saying one thing and meaning another.
Vanity and greed.
She didn't care anymore.
Zhou Songyan stubbed out his cigarette and threw it in the trash can.
He turned on his toes and walked up to Li Mai, looking down at her with an intense emotion in his eyes.
Li Mai looked down at their toes, which were about to touch.
Zhou Songyan: "Li Mai, Ji Wangyu confessed to you?"
Li Mai looked up in surprise: "How did you know?"
Few people knew about this; even Assistant Liu and Assistant Xiao were unaware.
She suspects that Zhou Songyan implanted a chip in her body.
Judging from Li Mai's reaction, Zhou Songyan was certain that Ji Wangyu had really taken action.
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