Chen Xiao instantly understood Lu Nan’s meaning. 

He spoke at the right moment: “If Manager Zhao agrees to this favor, I will do my best to facilitate this matter. Lu Nan, you can prepare a separate proposal for me, and instead of leaving empty bottles in the VIP room of Xiang Gong, directly place the finished products of the luxury series aged 30 and 50 years, as well as the zodiac wine. This way, if there are any dining needs from the guests in the private room, the service staff can directly open the wine cabinet with the key and take the wine.” 

This is Chen Xiao’s compromise. 

Because finished wine is expensive. 

All the displays in the hotel are only empty bottles. 

And Lu Nan wasn’t wrong; the luxury line of Yuan Chuan Classic Wine is indeed limited. With Feixiang’s annual distribution volume, the most they can supply is 500,000 units of luxury wine. 

What Chen Xiao agreed to provide today is finished wine priced at over 140,000. Even if the factory price is halved, it’s still over 70,000, which accounts for one-seventh of Feixiang’s luxury wine order quota. 

Pei Xuedong wanted to say something, but Lu Nan stepped back, allowing Chen Xiao to add the final touch for Manager Zhao. She then whispered, “Brother Pei, don’t worry. The finished wine that Brother Xiao agreed to today will definitely not take up Mr. Yang’s original quota.” 

This adds an extra allocation of luxury wine to Feixiang. Pei Xuedong knew the benefit and asked, “You’re sure this is settled?” 

Lu Nan looked up at Chen Xiao, who was talking to Manager Zhao. 

Chen Xiao noticed Lu Nan’s gaze and slightly turned his body, nodding at her. 

“What I say counts.” 

“Well, this does seem like a solution.” Pei Xuedong was also a bit wary of his brother-in-law and thought it would be best if this matter could be smoothed over. 

… 

After handling things at the hotel, while heading down to the underground parking in the elevator, Chen Xiao said to Pei Xuedong, “Brother Pei, I’m really sorry about today.” 

Lu Nan continued, “Brother Pei, the wine cabinet was not inspected properly when it was shipped out, and we are certainly responsible. But luckily, it’s been resolved now. Could I ask you to talk to Mr. Yang later? Perhaps after everything is set up and Mr. Yang sees how the VIP main room looks? The feel of the luxury wine being brought in will definitely be different from the classic wine, honestly, it’s much more impressive. When Mr. Yang sees it and is satisfied, I’ll have made up for my mistake.'” 

This proposal aligned with Pei Xuedong’s thoughts. 

It’s not impossible, but… today, there’s also Old Fang and the others. 

“Could you also please remind the driver and the unloaders?” Lu Nan pulled out a few packs of Zhonghua cigarettes and handed them to Pei Xuedong. 

The young girl’s soft request and tactfulness made Pei Xuedong think for a moment before replying, “Okay, I’ll have Old Fang make another trip and bring the display wine cabinet over. But when will your luxury wine be ready?” 

Chen Xiao glanced at Lu Nan. “Tomorrow, Lu Nan and I will send it to Shangri-La.” 

After exiting the elevator, the three headed toward the truck. Pei Xuedong opened the car door and said, “Old Fang, wrong delivery, you need to make another trip.” As he spoke, he handed two packs of cigarettes to Old Fang and said to Chen Xiao, “I’ll ride with the car to supervise. You go ahead and handle your business.” 

Chen Xiao nodded in understanding. “Alright, I’ll take care of it right away.” 

Dong Hui stood beside the truck for more than twenty minutes, feeling extremely restless. She opened her mouth to ask something but was stopped by a look from Chen Xiao. 

The truck rumbled out of the underground garage, and Chen Xiao took a taxi with his two colleagues back to the office.

During the ride, Chen Xiao didn’t say a word. His silence made Dong Hui feel quite uneasy. 

After arriving at the office, Chen Xiao handed his tablet to Lu Nan. “My account is logged into the system. Please help me draft the sign-off and save it as a draft. Then come to my office later.” 

Lu Nan nodded and immediately sat down in an empty meeting room to get to work. 

The office accountant, Xu Yao, came out to get some water. Holding her cup, she quietly asked Lu Nan, “Did Dong Hui make Brother Xiao angry?” 

As expected, she still loved gossiping. 

Lu Nan shrugged and gave a helpless smile. 

Unable to get anything from Lu Nan, Xu Yao lost interest and returned to her office. As she sat back at her desk, she noticed He Manlin still sneaking glances at the door. Playfully, she commented, “Brother Xiao’s face was so dark just now. Looks like this batch of newcomers is hard to manage. Well, they’re all delicate girls, can’t be treated lightly or harshly…” 

… 

After entering his office, Chen Xiao said to Dong Hui, “Close the door, sit down. Go through the whole situation.” 

Dong Hui had been at the company for more than a month and mostly heard comments like, “Brother Xiao is about the same age as us,” “Brother Xiao has a great temperament and is very polite,” and she often saw the accounting staff teasing Chen Xiao.

Over time, she started to forget that, no matter how friendly he was, he was still a manager at the city’s office, at the same level as Manager Wang, and the direct leader of Classic Wine’s full-channel operations.

“This afternoon, we sent the last batch of wine cabinets to Shangri-La’s warehouse. I checked them during the shipment, and there were no issues. But when they arrived at the hotel, Manager Zhao found some scratches during the inspection… Maybe it’s because the truck was too fast or the bumps from crossing road obstacles caused it. I’m not sure,” Dong Hui explained weakly. She truly didn’t have ill intentions or the courage for that. She had just heard from Hong Danni about Lu Nan guiding the workers at Feixiang’s warehouse and thought that Lu Nan was just pretending to be an expert. So when she checked the shipment, she did it her own way. 

Time passed minute by minute. After hearing it all, Chen Xiao didn’t speak. He looked at Dong Hui deeply and said, “I don’t want to see this mistake happen again.” 

Understanding the underlying meaning, Dong Hui relaxed a bit, then cautiously asked, “So, Brother Xiao, has this matter been resolved?” 

“We’re still working on it.” Chen Xiao didn’t want to say more to Dong Hui. “You can leave now. Call Lu Nan in.” 

“Okay.” Dong Hui, now being completely honest, didn’t dare to be sly. She left the office and found Lu Nan in the meeting room to relay Brother Xiao’s message. 

Lu Nan gave her a slight nod, signaling that she understood, then picked up her bag with one hand, holding the tablet in the other, and stood up to walk inside. 

Dong Hui’s gaze swept over the tablet and saw that Lu Nan was using the company system—the business representatives and supervisors didn’t have access, only city managers and above had login credentials. Although she knew Lu Nan was using Chen Xiao’s account, the trust and value Chen Xiao placed in Lu Nan made Dong Hui, who had just narrowly escaped criticism, feel even more unsettled. 

Lu Nan didn’t care about the people criticizing her behind her back. The reason she took action this time was because of her basic professional ethics. If it were about personal feelings, she really wanted to say: “What does it have to do with me if you stir up trouble?” 

“Brother Xiao, please check the proposal I saved in drafts.” Lu Nan cursed inwardly, but her expression showed no sign of it as she handed the tablet back to Chen Xiao and sat down honestly and without a word. 

Chen Xiao checked it over and found no issues, then directly clicked to send: “Well written.” 

Lu Nan smiled without saying anything. Actually… it was just because she was familiar with the process, after all, she used to have a system account. 

“Very well written,” Chen Xiao confirmed again, then smilingly asked, “How much did you spend on cigarettes?” 

Lu Nan quietly dragged out the “ah” sound, “I was in a rush to grab a taxi at the time, and the cigarette shop took too long with the receipt. I only got a handwritten one. I can go back and get the official receipt for you.” 

“No need, just give me the receipt.” 

Since her boss said so, Lu Nan was happy to save herself some trouble. 

Chen Xiao took the receipt, glanced at it, and then transferred the cigarette money to Lu Nan via WeChat: “Take it.” 

Lu Nan opened the chat, saw the transfer, and said, “You gave me too much.” Although she knew the money was for business purposes and the other party wouldn’t round it down, rounding it up to a whole hundred seemed a bit too generous. 

“Think of it as me treating you to coffee.” In a rare moment, Chen Xiao made a joke to a young female colleague in the company. 

A joke they both understood. 

Coffee. 

That was the first time Lu Nan showed her fangs and confronted him. 

As soon as Lu Nan heard this, she knew that Chen Xiao must have figured out that she hadn’t been doing anything important near Feixiang this afternoon. She wasn’t bothered; if she had been working like Dong Hui, it might have been better to just relax instead of causing trouble. 

“Alright, no more jokes,” Chen Xiao stopped and then, with a serious tone, complimented Lu Nan, “You did really well today. Your response was quick, and your ability to adapt to the situation was excellent.” 

“As long as Brother Xiao doesn’t mind me taking matters into my own hands,” Lu Nan felt she should pretend to be modest in response to the praise. 

“Taking matters into your own hands, yes, but… you didn’t make any mistakes, and that’s worth praising.” Chen Xiao said the first part with some seriousness but couldn’t hold back his smile on the latter part. “Also, what’s all that stuff in your bag?” He was surprised when he pulled out a tape measure. 

“A business card holder, notebook, pen, glue stick, tape, steel tape measure, utility knife… that’s about it.” 

“Isn’t it heavy?” 

“Huh?” 

“I also see you bring an umbrella every day, along with face wipes, tissues, wet wipes… isn’t it heavy?” 

Lu Nan didn’t expect Chen Xiao to have noticed what she pulled out of her bag—it felt strange: “Not heavy, I’m used to it. And that’s not face wipes, it’s sunscreen…” she corrected him. 

Chen Xiao shook his head helplessly and muttered the first part of his sentence under his breath: “Forget it, I don’t get girls like you…” Then, he asked, “I just asked Dong Hui. She said she checked the wine cabinets before they left the warehouse.” 

The problem probably lies in her checking. Lu Nan wasn’t surprised. Dong Hui was always good at shifting responsibility, but she didn’t feel the need to complain to Chen Xiao—anyone with sense would know today’s situation was a mistake on Dong Hui’s part. 

Was Chen Xiao foolish? 

He was handsome but cunning, no way he was foolish. 

So, Lu Nan didn’t feel the need to tell on Dong Hui, but just said objectively, “It’s probably because after the inspection, the bubble wrap wasn’t wrapped back properly, causing the bumps and scratches during transport that led to the cabinet damage.” 

Chen Xiao nodded. He thought the same. This issue was the responsibility of both Dong Hui and the warehouse workers, and they couldn’t avoid it. “Pei Xuedong should help us smooth things over, so the wine cabinet issue will be closed. What I want to tell you is, Mr. Yang plans to hold a big tasting event next month, so you’ll need to work a bit harder and pay extra attention.” 

A big tasting event… 

It’s not often that a newbie gets such opportunities. 

She nodded, “Don’t worry, Brother Xiao, I’ll do my best.” 

Once she left the office, Lu Nan was a bit dazed: Wait? Wait, wait!!!! I didn’t come here to ‘do my best’ in the first place. How did it go from slacking off to doing my best? 

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