Shen Yan thought about what Xing Ning had said.
She and Zhou Xing…
She couldn’t help but shudder.
Xing Ning really dared to think.
That was her direct supervisor.
No one would fall in love with their direct supervisor! No one!
Even if she took a huge step back, although Zhou Xing was a good person always approachable, without the airs of a leader, and a great boss he was still her colleague.
No one would fall in love with their colleague! No one!
Shen Yan was being ridiculous.
She had no idea why Xing Ning would have such a terrifying thought.
That night, because of Xing Ning’s “outrageous remark,” Shen Yan once again dreamed about Zhou Xing.
It was the familiar village entrance, the familiar stage, and the familiar group of old uncles and aunties.
But this time, it wasn’t Zhou Xing forcing her to give a speech.
Instead
“Propose! Propose! Propose!”
Shen Yan found herself holding an enormous bouquet of roses, so big that she could barely keep it in her arms.
She struggled to lift her head from the massive bouquet and met Zhou Xing’s expectant gaze.
Shen Yan: Huh? Was she supposed to say “I do”?
As soon as this thought popped up, Shen Yan snapped back to reality.
What nonsense!
No matter how perfect the atmosphere was, she couldn’t possibly say “I do!”
While she was frozen in shock, Xing Ning egged her on, “Old Shen, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and propose! You’ve been waiting for this day for so long.
What are you afraid of? Zhou Xing will definitely say yes!”
Shen Yan: ?
What kind of scene was this?
She was supposed to propose to Zhou Xing?
In front of all these people?
Shen Yan glanced at the audience of elderly villagers, then back at Zhou Xing, and felt like she was about to pass out from fear.
This time, she truly woke up in a panic.
When she bolted upright from the nightmare, her forehead was drenched in sweat.
For the first time ever, she woke up before her alarm went off.
Thank goodness she woke up in time.
Otherwise, she had no idea how she would have faced what was coming next.
What kind of bizarre nightmares were these?
It must have been because she stayed in that meeting room working too late last night her brain had short-circuited.
From now on, she would “leave work courageously!”
She told herself that, made the resolution, but when the time came to actually leave work, she found herself hesitating again and again.
Under the crushing weight of “leaving work shame,” Shen Yan felt like her bottom line kept retreating further and further.
By Friday, she had already reached the point where she didn’t even take a lunch break.
Even though she didn’t have any urgent work, she still stayed behind with Xing Ning and Qian Xiafeng to work through lunch.
Xing Ning and Qian Xiafeng had scheduled a graduation photoshoot with a photographer over the weekend, meaning they couldn’t work overtime then.
But they had too many financial documents to process, so they had to work through lunch to finish them.
Since Shen Yan had chosen to stay, she couldn’t just sit there playing on her phone while the others worked.
After learning a bit from Xing Ning, she quickly got the hang of it.
It was just manual work, after all.
And so, Shen Yan officially became a temporary member of the finance department, joining in on pasting invoices.
When the head of the finance department, Qian Jingtao, saw this, he was deeply moved.
Then, he turned to tease Zhou Xing: “Looks like your department doesn’t have much to do.”
Hearing this, Shen Yan: ……
How could he say something so sarcastic right in front of her?!
Besides, she was helping their department with work!
How could they stab her in the back like this?
And more importantly, this was during lunch break!
She was voluntarily helping them work overtime!
She wasn’t even going to ask her own department for overtime pay!
Zhou Xing, who had been typing at his laptop, lifted his head from the screen.
He shot Qian Jingtao a look and said to Shen Yan, “Xiao Shen, go back to the office and rest. It’s lunchtime.”
Shen Yan immediately obeyed.
She quickly stopped pasting invoices, wiped her hands with a tissue, and grabbed her phone and ID badge before heading out.
Her actions were swift and efficient, taking no more than thirty seconds.
“I wasn’t joking,” Qian Jingtao said after Shen Yan left, mimicking Zhou Xing’s serious tone.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk.”
Zhou Xing: “If you scare away my assistant, you’ll have to help me draft reports.”
Qian Jingtao smirked: “Come on, she’s young.
She won’t be that fragile.”
But when he glanced at Xing Ning and Qian Xiafeng, who were still busy pasting invoices, he felt a little guilty.
Clearing his throat, he said, “Uh, Xing, Qian, you two should take a break too.”
Xing Ning and Qian Xiafeng had been eavesdropping from the moment Qian Jingtao had said, “Looks like your department doesn’t have much to do.”
Xing Ning thought their department head had really shot himself in the foot.
They had finally recruited a free worker, and he had sent her away.
Xing Ning refused immediately: “No break for us.
If we don’t finish now, we’ll have to work overtime tomorrow.”
Qian Jingtao felt a little ashamed.
He reflected on whether he had failed in his managerial duties.
“…Fine. I’ll call Xiao Xu over this afternoon to help.”
Xiao Xu was another intern in the finance department.
But then he remembered: “Oh, wait. Xiao Xu has to go to the bank this afternoon.”
He looked at their work and finally said, “You guys go take a break.
I’ll do the invoices with Zhou Xing.”
Xing Ning and Qian Xiafeng were thrilled.
They didn’t wait for him to change his mind and immediately fled.
Meanwhile, Zhou Xing sighed, feeling that he really needed to keep a closer eye on Shen Yan in the future.
He couldn’t let her get dragged into finance department work again.
That afternoon, when Shen Yan returned to the office, Zhou Xing and Qian Jingtao were both gone.
She had no idea where they had gone.
She spotted Xing Ning and Qian Xiafeng whispering together and quickly joined them.
Xing Ning sighed, “Qian Jingtao and Zhou Xing really work fast.
The invoices are neatly pasted.”
Qian Xiafeng added, “Apparently, they interned together at Yuanfeng.”
Xing Ning nodded knowingly.
“That explains it.”
Shen Yan, who wasn’t familiar with it, asked, “What’s Yuanfeng?”