Chapter 137: Money Is Really Tempting (10)
“What’s wrong?” Jin Shuang finally couldn’t help but ask, turning to look at Jiang Zhiyan.
Jiang Zhiyan gave her a sweet yet unsettling smile: “Nothing, I was just thinking about the novel I read last night, I want to fall in love.”
Jin Shuang paused: “Let’s talk about that after the banquet.”
Jiang Zhiyan narrowed her eyes.
After the banquet, Jiang Zhiyan followed Jin Shuang, neither of them speaking.
Finally, Jin Shuang broke the silence: “Do you like me?”
Jiang Zhiyan: ???
Jiang Zhiyan stared at Jin Shuang, her eyes wide.
What was this person doing?
She looked Jin Shuang up and down, reached out, and pinched her cheek. Jin Shuang frowned, confusion in her eyes.
“Are you serious, or are you playing games?” Jiang Zhiyan asked.
Jin Shuang took Jiang Zhiyan’s hand: “So, do you like me or not?”
“I’m still angry,” Jiang Zhiyan said, releasing Jin Shuang’s face and pulling her hand away.
There was nothing more to say, it was all very clear now.
“When did you come back?” Jiang Zhiyan glanced at Jin Shuang.
Jin Shuang blinked at Jiang Zhiyan: “What? When did what happen?”
“Look, these are all the people who asked me out recently,” Jiang Zhiyan said, opening her friend request list and showing it to Jin Shuang.
“But you already accepted my friend request,” Jin Shuang emphasized.
“I have over a thousand friends,” Jiang Zhiyan reminded her. “You’ll have to try harder, CEO Jin.”
Jin Shuang laughed: “It hasn’t been long, I spent a long time arguing with the world consciousness, it didn’t want to let me in, I wanted to experience the ambiguous atmosphere a bit longer, but I accidentally let it slip.”
“Ha, what are you talking about, CEO Jin? I don’t understand a word you’re saying.” Jiang Zhiyan looked down at her tablet, changing the subject. “We have a meeting at 8:30 tomorrow morning, and an international conference call in the evening.”
“Then do you have time for dinner with me tomorrow?” Jin Shuang asked.
“I’ll think about it,” Jiang Zhiyan replied, smiling.
Jin Shuang drove Jiang Zhiyan home. Before Jiang Zhiyan got out of the car, Jin Shuang held her back and kissed her.
“Damn, your grip has gotten stronger,” Jiang Zhiyan frowned.
“Having weathered so many storms, of course I’ve become stronger,” Jin Shuang said, kissing Jiang Zhiyan’s cheek again.
Jiang Zhiyan raised a brow. “CEO Jin, please behave yourself, I haven’t agreed to your advances yet.”
“Sorry, I think I might be a little drunk. And the atmosphere in the car is just so… nice.” Jin Shuang looked into Jiang Zhiyan’s eyes.
“What a cliché excuse,” Jiang Zhiyan poked Jin Shuang’s chest. “CEO Jin, be sincere when pursuing someone.”
“I am being sincere,” Jin Shuang said, ruffling Jiang Zhiyan’s hair and hugging her. “Get some rest.”
“Mm-hmm.” Jiang Zhiyan got out of the car.
She wanted to watch Jin Shuang leave, and Jin Shuang wanted to watch her enter the house; for a moment, neither of them moved.
The System couldn’t understand what these two were doing.
It had expected fireworks when they met, but it was surprisingly calm.
Or not…
The System glanced at Jiang Zhiyan’s vitals; the calmness was only superficial. Her heart rate was through the roof.
“You should go back,” Jin Shuang said, opening the car window and looking at Jiang Zhiyan with a smile. “I don’t get docked pay for being late, but you do.”
Jiang Zhiyan’s lips twitched: “You’re really good at ruining the mood.”
She waved at Jin Shuang and turned to enter the house, glancing back repeatedly.
“Why didn’t you just sleep together?” the System asked, bewildered.
“Didn’t she say she wanted to experience the ambiguous phase of a relationship?” Jiang Zhiyan said, closing the door and standing by the window, watching as Jin Shuang drove away.
“But I’m worried your heart will explode.”
“It won’t.” Jiang Zhiyan placed her hand on her chest and took a deep breath. “It feels like a dream. For a while, I thought I would never see her again.”
“Indeed. You were… not doing so well for a while there. I was worried you might actually die. But you seem to have bounced back.”
Jiang Zhiyan lay on the sofa, taking deep breaths: “It really feels like starting a new relationship. I’m already looking forward to seeing her tomorrow.”
“You’re not angry anymore?” the System asked.
“I’m still angry,” Jiang Zhiyan admitted. “But being angry and missing her are two different things.”
Jiang Zhiyan couldn’t sleep well that night, but she still looked refreshed the next morning. Everyone she encountered at work could sense her good mood. Usually, Jiang Zhiyan was like a grim reaper, leaving a trail of misery wherever she went, shattering everyone’s initial impression of her as a “two-faced schemer.”
“Assistant Jiang, you seem to be in a particularly good mood today. Good news?” someone asked boldly.
“The person I like is pursuing me,” Jiang Zhiyan replied.
“Whoa!” Cheers erupted around her.
Jiang Zhiyan waved her hand dismissively. “So I’m in a good mood today. If you have any bad news, save it for another day.”
Those who had been planning to deliver bad news while she was in a good mood: …
System: …
Jiang Zhiyan hummed a tune as she returned to her office. Upon entering, she saw a vase of red roses on her desk. She raised an eyebrow and pushed open Jin Shuang’s office door.
“CEO Jin, want some coffee?” Jiang Zhiyan asked.
Jin Shuang, her chin resting on her hand, yawned: “Didn’t you sleep either?”
“I don’t need as much sleep as you do,” Jiang Zhiyan walked over to Jin Shuang’s side. “I’ll handle your work, you go get some rest.”
“We have a meeting in five minutes, just make me some coffee,” Jin Shuang said, looking up at Jiang Zhiyan. “Maybe a kiss would fully revive me.”
“We’re still in the ambiguous stage, no kissing,” Jiang Zhiyan said, covering Jin Shuang’s mouth with her hand.
Jin Shuang suddenly regretted saying that yesterday; if she hadn’t, she could have been cuddling with Jiang Zhiyan last night, it would have been very comfortable.
Jiang Zhiyan made coffee for Jin Shuang, who then went to the meeting room, her steps a bit unsteady, but once the meeting started, she was fully alert.
“Every time I see her so focused, I just want to cause trouble,” Jiang Zhiyan said, looking at Jin Shuang’s profile and resting her chin in her hand.
“Huh?” The System was puzzled.
The next moment, under the table, Jiang Zhiyan hooked Jin Shuang’s leg with her own. Jin Shuang’s grip on her pen tightened, then she discreetly glanced at Jiang Zhiyan.
System: …
“Can’t you do something… more productive?” the System asked, exasperated. “What if someone drops something under the table?”
“No one would think anything of it. It’s perfectly normal for good friends to have playful leg fights under the table,” Jiang Zhiyan remarked, clicking her tongue. “You’re the most perverted System in the world.”
System: ???
“No, no, no, with you around, I can hardly be considered the most perverted,” the System quickly backtracked.
Jiang Zhiyan put her leg over Jin Shuang’s, who remained calm, even casually bumping Jiang Zhiyan’s leg with her own.
The System couldn’t bear to watch. Whoever invented the mute function for Systems was a genius.
The meeting proceeded as usual. No one suspected that the two people at the front, with their serious expressions, occasionally frowning and making insightful comments, were engaged in a childish leg fight under the table.
After the meeting, the others quickly left the suffocating conference room. Jiang Zhiyan smoothed her wrinkled skirt: “CEO Jin, you’re so ruthless.”
“I barely even moved,” Jin Shuang said.
Jiang Zhiyan lifted her skirt: “There’s a bruise.”
Jin Shuang also looked down at her own leg: “I have one too.”
They both fell silent.
“Your skin is so delicate,” Jiang Zhiyan said, patting her skirt and standing up. “Go to your office and take a nap later.”
“I still have a few people to meet. I’ll rest at noon, I should be more alert then.”
Jiang Zhiyan looked into Jin Shuang’s eyes: “We could actually leave this world now, couldn’t we?”
“Let’s leave after I catch you.” Jin Shuang hooked Jiang Zhiyan’s pinky finger. “Assistant Jiang.”
“So cheesy,” Jiang Zhiyan said, laughing.
“Didn’t you say you liked me no matter what?”
“Even cheesy, I still like you.” Jiang Zhiyan followed Jin Shuang out of the meeting room.
After Xie Liaoyi took over, she targeted the Mu family. Taking down such a behemoth within their limited time in this world would be difficult, especially since the male leads in these types of novels usually had plot armor. But causing trouble was still possible.
Every day that Xie Liaoyi acted as CEO was psychological torture for Mu Chen.
Even more absurdly, Jiang Zhiyan and Xie Liaoyi had already moved on to another version of the story, while Mu Chen was still stuck with the original script.
He attempted reconciliation. He hadn’t intended to move so quickly, but who could resist such a capable woman?
The first thing Jiang Zhiyan did every day upon arriving at the company was to throw the things Mu Chen sent directly into the large trash can by the door. During this period, the Second Uncle and Second Aunt, who wanted to cooperate with Mu Chen, even tried to persuade Jin Shuang, only to lose their positions in the Jin Corporation.
“If you’re so eager to side with him, then go work for the Mu family,” Xie Liaoyi had said, infuriating the two, they wanted to fight back, but they couldn’t find any allies within the company, most people criticized them for their absurd behavior.
Seeing how idle they were, Jiang Zhiyan sent the evidence of the Second Uncle’s infidelity, which she had someone investigate, to the Second Aunt, and the two started fighting amongst themselves, finally leaving Xie Liaoyi alone.
“He actually asked me to dinner, what is he thinking?” Jin Shuang asked.
“He’s so shameless.” Jiang Zhiyan rolled her eyes, sitting on Xie Liaoyi’s lap. “CEO Jin, don’t fall for a scumbag’s tricks.”
“Of course not. I only fall for the tricks of our Assistant Jiang,” Xie Liaoyi said, kissing Jiang Zhiyan.
Jiang Zhiyan glanced at her and leaned against her: “I think we’ve moved beyond the ambiguous stage.”
“I thought we had already switched to a new script?” Xie Liaoyi hugged Jiang Zhiyan. “Aren’t we acting out The CEO and Her Assistant’s Secret Romance now?”
“Why are you skipping ahead?” Jiang Zhiyan raised an eyebrow.
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