Chapter 272: Shen Shu Tricks You

Fu Zhuo finished speaking and left, without any hesitation, while Shen Shu sat in his seat, lost in thought.

Fu Zhuo's words were not without reason.

Fu Sijue has never been a person to act on emotion; profit is the most important thing for a businessman.

Shen Shu also dared not waste his time betting on an unknown answer from Fu Sijue.

Fu Zhuo's appearance merely brought a possible future event forward to the present to tell him.

But Shen Shu was unsettled; having never considered these matters before, he felt a bit flustered now.

If a more outstanding person appeared before Fu Sijue right now, whom would he choose?

With this question filling his mind, Shen Shu returned to the company, his heart heavy with worries.

He didn't even hear the secretary call his name several times.

"Assistant Shen... what's wrong with you? I've been calling you for ages and you didn't hear me. President Fu just rushed back to the company looking for you and is now waiting for you in the office."

Shen Shu stood up with a heavy mood, moving step by step slowly toward the door; just as he was about to open it, the secretary who had called him stopped him.

"Assistant Shen, you look pale. If you're feeling unwell, go back and rest first; I can handle things for you with President Fu."

The newly arrived secretary was eager to show herself, but Shen Shu, preoccupied with his thoughts, simply waved his hand to decline her kindness.

Fu Sijue saw through Shen Shu's absentmindedness at a glance, "You just messaged me saying Uncle asked you out; what did he say?"

Fu Zhuo and Shen Shu normally have no interaction, so an invitation to go out now raises suspicion.

Shen Shu's gaze flickered away for a moment, "He just checked on me, asking me to take good care of you."

He blurted out a lie as if compelled by a mischievous spirit, but his oddity didn't fool Fu Sijue's eyes.

"What exactly is going on?"

Shen Shu never behaves like this; Fu Sijue could clearly see something was off.

"It's nothing... I might have caught a cold last night, so I'm a bit unwell. When the gentleman contacted me today, I thought he might say something improper. President Fu, perhaps we misunderstood the gentleman."

Shen Shu said all that in one breath, then carefully observed Fu Sijue's expression.

Fu Sijue was silent for a few seconds, then nodded.

"If there are any other developments on Uncle's side, let me know."

The Fu Clan has been unsettled lately, and Fu Sijue has been worrying over it.

Shen Shu let out an inexplicable sigh of relief, almost fleeing out of Fu Sijue's office.

Years of habit made Shen Shu unable to lie when facing Fu Sijue; his palms were slick with cold sweat just now.

Fu Sijue could guess that Shen Shu's words might not be true, yet he preferred to believe Shen Shu wouldn't deceive him.

"Assistant Shen, this is this year's tentative recruitment list for our company. Please review it first; if there are no issues, you can hand it directly to President Fu. The Human Resources Department is pressing urgently, so please have President Fu sign it as soon as possible."

He flipped through the list casually; each résumé was more impressive than the last, all vying desperately to join the Fu Clan.

Shen Shu propped his head and stared blankly at the résumés.

He was relatively lucky: fresh out of university he managed to enter the Fu Clan, and by chance caught Fu Sijue's eye, being directly recommended to the CEO's office.

However, after all these years, Shen Shu finally realized how fierce the competition had become.

"By the way, Assistant Shen, two secretaries have already resigned from our secretary department, and there's a stack of secretary résumés here. Since they're people close to President Fu, the Human Resources Department didn't pre‑screen them. Do you think you should handle them or President Fu...?"

Shen Shu gave the list a cursory glance, "I'll bring them all to President Fu later; you can leave them here for now."

He couldn't help but recall Fu Zhuo's words from the afternoon, feeling irritated.