Two months after joining the company, Shen Mi gradually learned some new knowledge.

Besides ability, interpersonal skills were also a course. It wasn’t shameful to put aside arrogance appropriately. Building relationships and then pursuing ambitions were the priorities.

This was called a little woman being able to bend and stretch!

But Shen Mi soon encountered the first long-term “bending” and unable to “stretch” situation since joining the company.

She had been at the beck and call of this young lady for over an hour.

There was still a pile of documents on the table that she hadn’t finished reading. Shen Mi smiled, “Miss Zhao, if there’s nothing else, I…”

“Do you look down on me?” The young girl slammed her platinum bag on the table, crossed her arms, showing off the full-star bracelet worth 300,000 yuan on her wrist, and said arrogantly, “Your boss pays you to receive clients, doesn’t he? What’s the matter, you’re picking and choosing who you pour tea for?”

Everyone else pricked up their ears, but no one dared to come over and speak for Shen Mi. It wasn’t that they didn’t want to help, but this was the daughter of the CEO of Meina Capital, and no one dared to offend her.

However, this Miss Zhao had seemed quite cute before and was polite and courteous to others. Today, it was unknown what happened, but she suddenly started to make things difficult for Shen Mi.

Shen Mi was also puzzled. What did she do to offend the daughter of Meina Capital?

Anyone who was allowed by Xie Rongzhuo to step into his office was either rich or powerful. Receiving such guests was Shen Mi’s job.

“Miss Zhao, I’ve already bought you your favorite coffee and milk tea.”

Shen Mi pointed to the dozen cups on the table, maintaining a smile, “I’ve also replaced the plastic cups you don’t like with mugs. Is there anything else you need to drink?”

“Don’t bother with her, go busy yourself.” Xie Rongzhuo’s voice suddenly sounded.

Xie Rongzhuo finally finished his meeting!!

Shen Mi was relieved, “Okay, boss.”

Upon seeing Xie Rongzhuo, the young lady immediately subdued her arrogance and carefully observed his expression, “According to seniority, I’m still your niece. Why, are you going to scold me for an outsider?”

“Does my cousin know you’re causing trouble at my company?”

“My dad, he—”

Xie Rongzhuo: “Get out.”

“Uncle! You…” Meeting Xie Rongzhuo’s gaze, Zhao Bai Li immediately fell silent.

The eyes behind the lenses were intimidating. Although Xie Rongzhuo didn’t say anything, Zhao Bai Li felt that if she said another word, the consequences would be dire.

She pouted, grabbed her bag in fear and muttered softly, “That Shen Mi seduced my fiancé, and I can’t even get back at her? How can you be so protective…”

“Wait.” Xie Rongzhuo called out to her, “You said Shen Mi is in contact with Zhong Xu?”

“Yes!” Zhao Bai Li took the opportunity to sit back down on the sofa, complaining, “You hired such a beautiful secretary, and you even took her to his grandfather’s racetrack. You won over his grandfather’s heart, you like her more than you like me. The other day, Grandpa even mentioned her in public, praising her to the skies, saying that the gifts she sent touched his heart, that she’s smart and a good prospect, blah blah blah, he practically wanted to change Zhong Xu’s fiancée on the spot!”

“Later, I stole Zhong Xu’s phone and saw that she had his contact information, and they were chatting happily!”

“What were they talking about.” Xie Rongzhuo’s tone was calm.

Zhao Bai Li didn’t expect that using seniority and playing the victim would actually work. Xie Rongzhuo usually didn’t care about these trivial emotional disputes, but today he was surprisingly patient, so she continued to complain, “I don’t understand, they must be using code words!”

“What code words?”

“They’re talking about things like risk control, execution, and all sorts of investment jargon… But it’s definitely an excuse. Once they get bolder, they’ll stop using code words and start talking about their dirty affairs directly!”

Xie Rongzhuo: “Anything else?”

“Uncle, you don’t know, Zhong Xu is such a dog! He always takes the initiative to talk to Shen Mi. She asks a question, and he can talk to himself for hundreds of words!”

Xie Rongzhuo: “Is he always the one initiating contact?”

“Yes! He never takes the initiative to contact me once a year, but he contacts Shen Mi every few days to exchange code words! It’s clearly an arranged marriage between our two families, but now it seems like I’m the one clinging to him, begging him to marry me. I—”

“You can go now.” Xie Rongzhuo pointed to the door.

Zhao Bai Li: “…”

Why does this feel wrong?

“I haven’t finished yet, that Shen Mi—”

“Keep an eye on your fiancé.” Xie Rongzhuo’s tone was icy. “Don’t come bothering my people.”

” … Oh.”

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Shen Mi saw Zhao Bai Li coming out of the office and squeezed out a smile.

“Brown-noser!”

Zhao Bai Li glared at her, raised her chin, and strutted with her head held high. Her high heels clicked loudly, but she tripped and sprained her ankle—

“Miss Zhao, are you okay?” Shen Mi helped her up and pulled over an office chair for her to sit down. She pointed at her ankle: “Do you want me to take a look?”

“Who wants you to look!” Zhao Bai Li shook her head in disgust, then suddenly remembered something, turned her head to stare at Shen Mi’s face, and said in a daze: “I feel like… I know you from somewhere.”

Shen Mi was about to speak, but then she heard her say: “Are all fox spirits like you?”

Shen Mi flashed her standard eight-tooth smile: “Hmm, probably.”

“You—” Zhao Bai Li wanted to scold her, but afraid of being heard by Xie Rongzhuo, she had to hold back her breath: “Bad woman!”

Shen Mi said good-naturedly: “Then please, Miss Zhao, get up from the bad woman’s chair? You’re sitting on my phone.”

“Who cares about sitting on your phone!” Zhao Bai Li took off her high heels and stomped away angrily.

After sending off the troublesome young lady, she hadn’t even caught her breath when she received a call from Xie Rongzhuo.

“Come to my office.”

His tone was cold, and Shen Mi had a bad feeling about it.

Since she started working here, this was the first time she’d seen a young girl go into Xie Rongzhuo’s office. And this young lady was clearly very confident when she was making things difficult for her.

Could this be Xie Rongzhuo’s ex-girlfriend? Or, the future boss’s wife?

Shen Mi was anxious, nervously twisting her fingers as she walked into the office.

“Boss.”

“This is Zhong Xu’s fiancée.”

Shen Mi breathed a sigh of relief.

—It’s good that she’s not his girlfriend.

Finally understanding why Zhao Bai Li was giving her a hard time, Shen Mi relaxed, but then suddenly felt a little awkward.

“Boss, I didn’t know Mr. Zhong had a girlfriend before, so I didn’t avoid him when I asked him questions. Don’t misunderstand.”

Xie Rongzhuo leaned back in his chair, his gaze falling lightly on her face.

“So you don’t need to avoid him if he doesn’t have a girlfriend?”

Shen Mi blinked in confusion, wouldn’t that be the case?

There’s nothing wrong with single people communicating and having a few more conversations, it doesn’t affect anyone else.

But looking at Xie Rongzhuo’s expression, the standard answer seems to be yes?

Xie Rongzhuo took off his glasses and slowly and methodically wiped the lenses.

“If you have any questions in the future, you can come ask me.”

Author’s Note:

Shen Xiaomi: Got a free teacher.

Boss Xie: Got a free excuse.