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Names mentioned in this chapter (which can also be found in the glossary ):
-向以茉( Xiàng yǐ mò)- Xiang Yi Mo, the female lead
– 纪衡宇( jì héng yǔ)- Ji Heng Yu, the chairman of Ji Company and he suffers from gynophobia
– 张特助( zhāng tè zhù)- Executive Assistant Zhang, an executive assistant working under Ji Heng Yu.
– 高秘书( gāo mì shū )- Secretary Gao, a secretary working under Ji Heng Yu.
– 安然( ān rán)- An Ran, a director working in Ji Company and a daughter of a wealthy family.
– 秦楚( Qín chǔ)- Qin Chu, the female lead’s childhood friend and the male lead of the original novel
It wasn’t even half a day after Xiang Yi Mo arrived at Ji Company, but the group of Ji Company’s employees had already exploded.
First, the receptionist mysteriously sent out a sentence to the group chat:
【I think we’re going to have a Lady Boss.】
Then someone replied in a hurry…
【The Lady Boss you’re talking about is Chairman Ji’s wife? Chairman Ji, who never says anything to the opposite sex?! Are you serious, receptionist?】
【What, are you talking about the pretty girl that …… Executive Assistant brought this morning?】
【Yes, it’s that lady. 】
At this point, a junior secretary from the secretary’s office emerged.
【I know the answer to this question!】
【This morning, Secretary Gao returned from Chairman Ji’s office and said that Chairman Ji had invited a beautiful guest back and that the chairman’s office had an extra desk, which was said to be that lady’s.】
【Wait, what does this mean?】
【Heh, the newcomer above doesn’t understand right. This old staff will tell you that our Chairman Ji is known to be an insulator for women. Even though Chairman Ji has good looks and wealthy family background, and it is reasonable for him to be sought after by women, that’s no match to the person in question who avoids the opposite sex.】
【What’s more, there’s a possibility that Chairman Ji was scared of these women in the past.】
【It’s also possible that you’ve thought about the possibility that Chairman Ji has been keeping his chastity for the Lady Boss?】
The person who posted this content happened to be An Ran, the daughter of an affluent family who understood Ji Heng Yu and Xiang Yi Mo better.
After all, she was chasing after her male god from her student days, Ji Heng Yu, like a star, and just chased him all the way to Ji Company.
【Chotto Matte! <sup>[1]</sup> Director An, what does this mean!】
【It’s a long story. I happened to be in the same school as Chairman Ji in junior high and high school, as well as university. As far as I understand, this beautiful guest you are talking about is the one from the Xiang family.】
【Regarding Miss Xiang ……】
An Ran slowly explained the relationship between Xiang Yi Mo and Ji Heng Yu, as well as the other three.
【Our female lead, Miss Xiang, is a little princess raised by these people, with flowers, jewellery and gifts. But it’s our Miss Xiang who seems to like the one from Shangcheng, and I heard that she is also doing her internship at Shangcheng, so you’ve never seen this young lady before.】
She had only said these words.
【What the heck. Hold on, I have a friend in Huasheng. Although the president of Huasheng, President Lu, doesn’t steer clear of women, he also leads an honest and clean life. The actual fact is that they are all…】
【The person above is really bold. Alright, speak no more. I’m afraid you’re a prophet and will be knifed.】
……
Afterwards, everyone half-jokingly discussed this matter enthusiastically.
Because the two people involved in the private teasing by the staff were not in the group, they were totally unaware of it.
Secretary Gao, who was in the group, watched with mixed emotions as he glanced at Executive Assistant Zhang. “Is this… something we need to tell Chairman Ji?”
Executive Assistant Zhang was also looking at the group chat. After replying to Secretary Gao that it was of no great matter, his finger tapped quickly on the lit-up phone screen and sent out a sentence—
【It’s our future Lady Boss. Take note of that, everyone.】
As soon as Special Assistant Zhang, a highly representative official figure, sent out a message to make it clear, the group was in an uproar and became even more boisterous.
Secretary Gao: What a great guy.
Later in the afternoon, amidst all the discussion among the staff, the two protagonists were silent in the chairman’s office.
Primarily, Ji Heng Yu saw that Xiang Yi Mo looked like she was fidgeting and wanted to run away, so he gave her some time to sort herself out and didn’t bother her for the time being.
After all, the young girl was thin-skinned.
Plus, Ji Heng Yu thought that Xiang Yi Mo was in a situation where she was in love with Qin Chu, yet something like that happened to her. She should… be very overwhelmed, right?
Although there was little conversation, it was not like they didn’t speak a word.
At least Ji Heng Yu was still open-minded enough to apologise to Xiang Yi Mo and tell her what happened to her today.
It was because she had mistakenly eaten the chocolates Lu Man Man had drugged with an aphrodisiac that she had become like that.
Xiang Yi Mo was stunned for a moment. For a moment, as if she had thought about it for a long time, she coldly spoke out to the man and said, “About what just happened today… If you are apologetic to me, then Elder Brother Heng Yu, please don’t tell Elder Brother Chu. It was just an accident. Just pretend it never happened.”
The little girl’s voice was soft.
His eyes indifferently looked over at the face begging him, seemingly because of that two words—
Qin Chu.
<sup>[1]</sup> 桥豆麻袋(qiáo dòu mádài)- Chotto Matte (ちょっと待って), which means wait a second in japanese (very casual tone).