Mai Xiaoshu made more than a dozen calls in a row, but no one answered Gong Wanzhi's phone. When she was about to give up looking for him, she suddenly remembered the scene she saw yesterday. Song Feifei and Gong Wanzhi looked very good. Maybe she knew where he was!
So she called Song Feifei, and soon a cheerful voice came from the other end of the line: "Xiao Shu, I just wanted to find you. I bought fish balls, prawns, and your favorite beef rolls. Let's invite Gong Wanzhi to our house for hot pot tonight to celebrate your birthday!"
Birthday?
I almost forgot what day it is today, but now is not the time to discuss these things. However, from what Song Feifei said, she didn't seem to know that Miyamaru Tomo had moved.
"Fei Fei, you and Miyamaru Tomo..." Mai Xiaoshu seemed to be hesitant to speak.
"What's wrong with Miyamaru Satoshi? What do you want to say, Xiaozhu?"
"What is your current relationship with Miyamaru Satoshi?"
"Ah..." Song Feifei acted surprised, paused, and said, "Did he tell you that he was rejected when he confessed to me?"
"What? His confession was rejected?"
Such a little incident happened between them? Didn't Miyamaru Tomoyuki show any affection for Song Feifei in front of her?
"Although he's pretty good, in my heart only An Chengye is worthy of me! So I told him that I already have someone in my heart and asked him to give up the idea of ​​liking me, but we can still be friends. It's all my fault that I'm too enthusiastic towards people and look cute, so he had improper thoughts about me..."
Mai Xiaoshu's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Miyamaru Satoshi was attacking the system on purpose because he was jealous after his confession failed?
The shy look on Song Feifei's face after being pursued appeared in his mind. Mai Xiaoshu quickly interrupted her and asked anxiously with the last glimmer of hope: "Okay, Feifei, I have something urgent to find him now. Do you know where Gongwan Zhi is?"
"Where else can he be? He's either at home or at work. Why are you asking this?"
It seems that Gongwanzhi also concealed his whereabouts from Feifei. Mai Xiaoshu told Feifei that if Gongwanzhi contacted her, she must inform herself immediately, and then hung up the phone.
She didn’t know what to do now, and was worried that An Chengye’s emotions would get out of control, so Mai Xiaoshu decided to go back to the laboratory to check.
As soon as she returned to the laboratory, she felt a depressing atmosphere. Qian Lulu saw her, ran over anxiously, and pointed at An Chengye's office on the second floor with a panicked look.
Following the direction she pointed, Mai Xiaoshu saw three figures in An Chengye's office.
It turned out that after An Chengye came back, Uncle Yin also came, and with him came a young girl dressed fashionably, who looked 80% like Uncle Yin. The three of them were discussing something upstairs.
Everyone in the lab knows that Uncle Yin is the most difficult member of the board of directors. Whenever something happens in the company, he will come to cause trouble. His ambitions and intentions are all written on his face. Anyone can guess that he wants to overthrow An Chengye and take the position of executive officer of the board of directors himself.
The hacker attack on the system has caused a lot of uproar in the company. He must have come here to make things difficult for An Chengye today.
Just as Mai Xiaoshu was hesitating whether to go upstairs to help and how to help if he went upstairs, a tall figure walked down the stairs from the second floor.
The visitor was wearing a pair of pink high heels, and the nude pink sleeveless dress made her skin look fair and delicate. Her black curly hair fell naturally on her shoulders, and her bangs were slightly curled inward, which made her less fierce and more charming.
The girl walked down carrying a pink Chanel bag. When she saw Mai Xiaoshu down the stairs, her eyes lit up and then the corners of her lips curled up in an arrogant smile.
Isn’t this Yin Lunmei?
Qian Lulu just said that there was a girl who came with Uncle Yin. From this perspective, Yin Lunmei and Uncle Yin do look somewhat similar. Are they father and daughter?
"Hey, isn't this Mai Xiaoshu?" Yin Lunmei spoke first, smiling brightly, as if she had been looking forward to her appearance for a long time.
"Do you know each other?" Qian Lulu was sandwiched between the two of them and blurted out the question in surprise.
"Well... we are classmates." Mai Xiaoshu admitted reluctantly, then looked at Yin Lunmei, "You and Uncle Yin?"
"Uncle Yin?" Yin Lunmei pretended to be curious, "You mean my dad? He told you a long time ago that our family has a close relationship with An Chengye. Do you believe it now?"
Mai Xiaoshu: “…”
"By the way, you can rest assured and don't have to be so sad. Although you often say bad things about my dad behind his back, he is a man who doesn't bear grudges. This time he is here to make additional investments!"
"Really? That's great! President Yin really has good vision!" Qian Lulu really thought that what Yin Lunmei said was all there was, and happily ran over to report the good news to everyone.
But Mai Xiaoshu knew that everything would not be that simple, because she saw the barely concealed smile of success on Yin Lunmei's face.
"My old classmate, please see me off. There is something I want to talk to you about in private." Looking at the gloomy Mai Xiaoshu, Yin Lunmei threw her a sweet smile and nudged her arm with her elbow in a pretentious manner, trying to push her to move.
Mai Xiaoshu had no choice but to walk her to the elevator and asked, "What do you want to tell me?"
Yin Lunmei smiled happily and leaned over to her ear: "I want to tell you that I'm getting engaged to An Chengye!"
"What!" Mai Xiaoshu stared at her in disbelief.
In just a moment, Mai Xiaoshu's heart seemed to be stabbed by something, and it hurt dully.
"Although there are rumors about you and An Chengye in school, I know that they are all false. They are all fabricated by 'certain people' to hype themselves up." When she said this, Yin Lunmei looked at Mai Xiaoshu meaningfully. It was obvious that the 'certain people' she was referring to were her. Yin Lunmei paused and continued, "I originally wanted to let it go, but there is a saying that a single spark can start a prairie fire, right? This kind of wildfire must be put out as soon as possible. An Chengye and I have been dating for a while. This time we came to discuss additional investment and also to finalize the engagement. I wonder how happy An Chengye must be..."
As Yin Lunmei spoke, she winked at Mai Xiaoshu in a demonstrative manner.
She knew that Yin Lunmei had no reason to lie to her, especially now was a critical period when the company needed cash flow. For the company's future development, it was not impossible for An Chengye to make such a choice.
Mai Xiaoshu didn't hear a word of Yin Lunmei's next words. All she had in her mind was one sentence...
"I'm getting engaged to An Chengye!"
...He is getting engaged, and to Yin Lunmei.
Mai Xiaoshu suddenly felt very uncomfortable in her heart. She had never experienced this feeling before. She felt like an abandoned child, and her heart was filled with panic...
It was also at this moment that she suddenly realized that she had fallen in love with An Chengye without realizing it.
I like his arrogance, I like the warmth behind his indifference, I like his silent protection, I like his occasional awkwardness, I like... I like everything about him.
"You will definitely bless us, right?" Yin Lunmei's voice sounded in his ears again.
“……” Mai Xiaoshu lowered his eyes, not knowing how to answer .
"It's over, it's over!" Yin Lunmei suddenly patted his head and pleaded, "I forgot to send the student union information to the principal. Can I borrow your computer?"
Mai Xiaoshu was still immersed in the fact that she actually fell in love with An Chengye. She absentmindedly pointed to her position and said, "It's right there. Feel free to use it."
"Thank you!" Yin Lunmei raised a smug smile and walked over.
After she and Uncle Yin left one after another, Mai Xiaoshu, who was still immersed in shock, was awakened by a male voice behind her: "Hey, what are you thinking about?"
She turned around in panic, and when she saw it was Jian Jun, she breathed a sigh of relief: "I didn't think anything, what's wrong?"
Jian Jun was wearing white gloves. He pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, pointed at Mai Xiaoshu's computer and said, "I have to take your notebook away!"
Huh? What's going on?
Before Mai Xiaoshu could react, Jian Jun walked over to the other employees and continued, "And I have to collect all your laptops! The board of directors has decided to investigate the hacker intrusion incident. The boss suspects that everyone's computers may have been controlled by hackers, so he asked me to come and collect everyone's laptops and send them to the IT department for inspection. Please turn off your computers within five minutes, and write down the power-on password and stick it on the laptop cover. Is that ok?"
It turned out that it was not directed at her alone. Mai Xiaoshu handed over the computer without hesitation.
While everyone was busy handing in their computers, An Chengye went downstairs to the rest room, took out coffee beans from the silver storage jar and put them into the freshly ground coffee machine. While waiting for the coffee to be ready, his slender fingers on the table tapped rhythmically. This was his habit of thinking about problems, but what was he thinking about?
Soon, the unique rich aroma of coffee wafted away. An Chengye lowered his eyes, picked up the white porcelain coffee cup with gold rim and took a sip.
Mai Xiaoshu sat in her seat, holding her face with both hands, carefully observing his every move. She didn't know when, but whenever he appeared, her eyes would involuntarily fall on him.
When he turned slightly, she unexpectedly saw a trace of loneliness flash across his face, which was completely different from his usual calm and confident appearance.
Didn't Yin Lunmei and Uncle Yin come to talk to him about engagement and cooperation? Why did he still have such an expression?
She wanted to rush up to him and ask, "Are you really going to get engaged?"
But she didn't have the courage.
To him, she was just an ordinary employee. What right did she have to ask about his private affairs?
Mai Xiaoshu sighed softly, not sure whether it was for his loss or for her own "broken heart".