Chapter 76: Why Come to Shen’s?

Xu Jiu returned home and locked herself in her room. She angrily swept the things on her dressing table onto the floor, and the sound of glass breaking could be heard from the room.

“Ruan Yu, I want you to die…”

She gritted her teeth. The broken glass cut her hand, but she didn’t feel a thing.

Anger burned away her reason, and she screamed hysterically.

The room was in a mess. Xu’s mother opened the door and walked in. Seeing the mess, she looked displeased. “Xiao Jiu, what are you doing? Did you hurt yourself?”

Xu Jiu stopped what she was doing and looked at her mother, her eyes filled with tears. She burrowed into her mother’s arms, “Mom.”

Xu’s mother patted her back, “What’s wrong? Tell Mom.”

“Mom, you know.” Xu Jiu’s voice choked. “I like Yan Zhi Gege, I’ve liked him since I was little, but he’s with another woman. That woman humiliated me today.”

Xu’s mother sighed helplessly, “Are you going to marry Gu Yan Zhi for the rest of your life?”

Seeing her daughter so heartbroken, Xu’s mother felt sorry for her.

Xu Jiu nodded, “I won’t marry anyone else.”

Xu’s mother knew her daughter’s feelings for Gu Yan Zhi. They hadn’t changed over the years. But her heart only belonged to Gu Yan Zhi. She just wanted to see her daughter happy. “You need to be patient. Mom will help you. Don’t let your dad know. After all, breaking up someone else’s family isn’t something to be proud of.”

Xu Jiu stopped choking back sobs after hearing her mother’s words. She wiped her tears, “Mom, you must help me get revenge for today.”

Thinking about Ruan Yu and the people around her, she felt hatred in her heart. A bunch of dogs who rely on others for power.

A bunch of wild girls dared to challenge her, a young lady from a wealthy family. They were really asking for it.

Xu’s mother patted her shoulder, “Don’t be reckless anymore. You’re a young lady. Don’t bother with those wild girls. It lowers your status. You need to act quietly and achieve great things.”

Xu Jiu nodded, “As long as they get what they deserve, I’ll listen to Mother’s arrangements.”

Thinking about Ruan Yu’s face, she just wanted her to disappear from the world. And there was another woman, she didn’t know her name, but she dared to rely on others for power and mock her. She would make sure she couldn’t live a comfortable life.

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Shen’s Group Office.

“Boss, here are the personnel files for the assistant you asked me to recruit. Please take a look.” A man in a work uniform placed the files on the desk.

Shen Yu glanced at them, “Go out.”

The man left the office. Shen Yu finished his work and leaned back in his office chair, closing his eyes and rubbing his temples.

After his last assistant was fired for a work error, he had to do everything himself, which was tiring.

He was serious about his work. The company regulations he set were that anyone who made three minor mistakes would be fired or would have to resign. Anyone who caused losses to the company would be fired directly.

He picked up the files on the desk and opened them.

He flipped through the resumes, and when he reached the fourth page, Shen Yu’s hand paused.

He looked at the name on the resume and the photo in the upper right corner, his eyes narrowed.

He frowned and closed the resume, throwing it on the desk in displeasure.

He didn’t understand what this woman was up to. Everything she did was unexpected.

She had clearly looked like she didn’t want to see him that day, but now she was sending herself to him.

He lit a cigarette and stared at the resume on the desk, thinking about something.

After finishing the cigarette, Shen Yu put out the cigarette butt and called the HR department, “Let Yang Ke start work tomorrow.”

He hung up the phone and pinched the bridge of his nose.

He firmly told himself not to repeat the same mistake with the same person.

The next day, ten o’clock.

Yang Ke, wearing a black women’s suit and black heels that were five or six centimeters high, came out of HR.

She had just finished her onboarding.

She had gathered her courage to make this decision, but as she got closer to Shen’s Group and him, her heart was still racing.

She got into the elevator, and as she got closer to her destination floor, her heart beat faster and faster.

The elevator stopped, and she took a deep breath and walked out.

She arrived at the office door and looked at the closed door. She paused, calmed her flustered emotions, and then knocked on the door.

She heard a voice without any warmth from inside, “Come in.”

Yang Ke pushed the door open, and the scene inside the office made her grip the files tighter.

Behind the desk, Shen Yu was sitting with a woman in his arms. From her angle, she could see Shen Yu leaning down to kiss the woman, who was wearing revealing clothes.

Yang Ke felt a tightness in her chest, and a sharp pain shot through her heart.

Shen Yu looked up at her in displeasure, his voice devoid of warmth, even a little impatient, as if he was blaming her for interrupting his good time, “What is it?”

Before Yang Ke could speak, Shen Yu spoke again, “The new assistant?”

Yang Ke nodded woodenly.

“Your workstation is outside. Go out.”

Yang Ke nodded and walked out heavily. There was a small office outside the door, for the assistant’s exclusive use.

Shen Yu’s gaze fell on Yang Ke’s back. Her back looked a little lonely.

After she left, he looked coldly at the woman sitting on him, “Get down.”

The woman seemed not to understand what he was saying, “Mr. Shen, since you called me here, don’t you want to do something?”

The woman’s voice was sweet and her white arms wrapped around Shen Yu’s neck, ready to offer her red lips.

Shen Yu was impatient. He pulled her off of him, not sparing her any tenderness, and threw her to the ground, “Can’t you understand?”

The woman cried out in pain. Yang Ke, who was outside the door, heard the sounds coming from the office. She felt a strange sense of intimacy, and her heart felt like it was being squeezed by a large hand.

It hurt so much that she couldn’t breathe.

An hour later, the woman walked out of the office, adjusting her clothes. Finally, she gave Yang Ke a provocative look.

This was all arranged by Shen Yu before she left the office.

Yang Ke continued to lower her head and organize the files on her desk.

At this time, Shen Yu came in and leaned lazily against the door, “Why did you come to Shen’s?”

Her hand, which was organizing the files, paused. She looked up and smiled, “I need to support myself. Shen’s has good benefits and resources. It’s the best choice.”

You are always my first choice…

She couldn’t tell him that she came for him.

Shen Yu chuckled, “Yang Ke, you haven’t changed in all these years. Everything is based on profit.”

“Yes.” Yang Ke didn’t deny it. “People are selfish.”

Shen Yu was angered by her words. He stepped forward and pinched her chin, his grip strong, as if he wanted to crush her chin. “Yang Ke, you looked down on me back then. You thought I was just a thug. Now you’re working for a thug. Aren’t you afraid that this former thug will retaliate against you?”

Yang Ke met his gaze, her eyes unusually cold.