Chapter 31: Opposite sex is just hormones acting up, male friends are the true love

Han Yangting changed his sitting posture and added, "It's not impossible for you two to come over and join me. Baiyin Group is currently undergoing transformation and upgrading; the company is vibrant with broad prospects, making it a good time to come over and gain experience."

"However, since you two are newcomers and your abilities aren't that strong yet, the salary I offer won't be very high, and there's no relocation allowance either. You'll have to find a place to stay on your own first, and once you're settled, I'll arrange your work."

"Rest assured, you are my brothers. Once the company in Fengcheng develops, you will be considered meritorious officials, and I won't treat you unfairly. By that time, your reputation in the industry will be even more resounding, and becoming top-tier elites will be no problem. After all, you came out of my, Han Yangting's, company."

Han Yangting finished speaking in one breath, and after he finished, he loosened his collar as if nothing had happened.

Knowing they could work at Han Yangting's place, Ling Feng and Ni Xianglei both breathed a sigh of relief.

Neither of them lacked money; they just wanted to find a reliable place to realize their own value, and Han Yangting's last few sentences had moved them.

Thus, the two returned to the hotel in high spirits, planning to move as soon as they found a suitable place.

It wasn't until they left the construction site and a cold wind blew that Ling Feng suddenly patted his forehead: "Xianglei, did we just get... CPU'd by Han Yangting?"

Ni Xianglei hadn't felt it while inside, as Han Yangting's analysis had been calm and thorough, but now with the cold wind blowing outside, he also reacted.

"It's not CPU, it's... PUA."

"Whatever it is, in short, we were brainwashed and fed empty promises by him. We traveled thousands of miles to join him, and he won't even give us a relocation allowance, and we have to find a house ourselves."

"The salary isn't high either. We don't lack money, but we shouldn't sell our labor cheaply either."

"Should we go back and talk about it again?"

"……I don't dare, why don't you go?" Ni Xianglei said.

Ling Feng also said: "Forget it, let's just work for now. I want to see what kind of experience he can provide us."

"……"

That night.

Bai Shuruo returned home from work and saw Han Yangting with a smile on his lips, seemingly in a very good mood.

Thinking of how he often asked her how she felt about work, could she also ask him?

"Brother Han, did you... have something happy happen today?"

She was so nervous when she asked this.

It felt like an ancient imperial concubine asking the emperor, that kind of feeling of overstepping one's bounds.

Han Yangting was juicing fruit again; he gave her a glass, held one himself, took a sip, and smiled: "Those two friends of mine came to join me to help me start the company. It will be much easier for me in the future."

"Is it the friend I saw at home last time?" Bai Shuruo asked.

Han Yangting nodded.

Bai Shuruo was stunned for a moment.

He started a construction company, yet she, as his wife, didn't even know where the company was or how large its scale was; she only knew he went to the construction site from time to time during the day.

But his friends could come directly to assist him.

The opposite sex is just hormones acting up; male friends are the true love.

She then asked: "Those two friends of yours must be very capable, right?"

"Yes!" This was exactly why Han Yangting was happy. "Those two friends of mine don't look very serious, especially Ling Feng, but they are actually very capable. When they get serious, they can handle things on their own. The key is that the salary they asked for isn't high."

In reality, it wasn't that they asked for a low salary, but that he had CPU'd them.

Seeing him happy, Bai Shuruo smiled perfunctorily.

This smile was so fake that Han Yangting could tell at a glance.

"Ruoruo, are you unhappy?"

"No..." She continued to smile: "Congratulations, Brother Han, for having such good friends come to assist you."

Han Yangting looked at her expression and thought, could she be feeling lost because he had friends over, worried that he would neglect her?

He suggested: "If you have time this weekend, have a meal with those two friends of mine, so everyone can get to know each other."

Bai Shuruo thought, is this him showing off their male-friendship in front of her, trying to make her retreat in the face of difficulty?

But it didn't matter to her; when the day came that he proposed a divorce, she would leave.

"Okay, Brother Han, I have time this weekend."

After Bai Shuruo finished speaking, she went to wash the cups. Han Yangting suddenly called out to her: "Ruoruo, wait a moment."

Bai Shuruo didn't move and stood watching him.

He was juicing oranges tonight; he didn't use the electric juicer but a manual one, so there was quite a bit of pulp in the orange juice.

Because she had been lost in thought, she hadn't noticed the orange pulp stuck to the corner of her mouth.

He approached her and pinched the pulp off the corner of her mouth with two fingers.

She didn't understand why he was touching her face, and suddenly her whole body tightened, as if an electric current had brushed across her face, tingling.

Seeing her nervous, he showed her the pulp and said: "Eating like a little kitten."

"……" Only then did Bai Shuruo realize she had misunderstood, but even so, these actions seemed too intimate. She couldn't help but take a step back and then said in a panic: "Brother Han, I'm going to wash the cups."

Han Yangting looked at her back and said: Her personality is also like a little kitten.

……

In the blink of an eye, it was Saturday.

Bai Shuruo knew she was having dinner with Han Yangting's friends today, so she didn't work late. By five o'clock in the afternoon, seeing that the work at hand was basically finished, she sent a message to Han Yangting, asking where they were eating tonight so she could take a taxi there early.

Han Yangting replied: He would send someone to pick her up, arriving in about 20 minutes.

Bai Shuruo hurriedly packed her things, went downstairs, and waited under the pavilion in front of the office building.

……

Just as she was waiting, someone walked toward her.

It was Wang Xuekai.

Wang Xuekai had been working for a while, his attire had become much more mature, and he looked more spirited. According to Xiang Feifei, he was quite popular at the company, and even a divorced single female executive wanted to date him.

Seeing him coming, Bai Shuruo changed direction and pretended not to see him.

He walked toward her, sat down to the side, and without looking at her, he said, knowing she could hear him, "I know you saw me. You're really good at pretending; you saw me and still acted like you didn't."

Since Bai Shuruo was already pretending, she continued to pretend, continuing to ignore him.

Wang Xuekai was not Han Yangting; the aura he carried could not suppress her.

She was someone who dared to confront people in the cafeteria under the gaze of the public!

Seeing that Bai Shuruo still did not speak, Wang Xuekai could not help but say, "Fine, pretend if you want to. I just wanted to ask, has Zhang Yuanyuan been making things difficult for you lately? Has Manager Zhang been giving you trouble?"

It would have been fine if Wang Xuekai hadn't mentioned it, but as soon as he brought it up, she thought of the day Wei Zhuguan angrily said the documents were lost; if she hadn't had a signed record, would she have already been fired by now?

So, did this matter have something to do with Zhang Yuanyuan?

It seems she will have to be even more cautious at work from now on.

Wang Xuekai added, "In any case, you still need to be a little careful. Zhang Yuanyuan is someone who seems kind on the surface, but she was spoiled by her family since she was little and has many tricks up her sleeve."

Bai Shuruo thought to herself: Since you know that, why have you been dating her for so long?

At this moment, she saw a Land Rover driving toward them; although the person driving was not Han Yangting, the license plate number was Han Yangting's, as she had always had the habit of memorizing license plate numbers.

She hurriedly stood up and went over.

The person driving was Ali; Bai Shuruo had seen him twice, once when they got their marriage certificate and once when they went out for a late-night snack, and Ali had been the driver both times, rarely speaking.

"Miss Bai, Mr. Han asked me to come pick you up."

"Then I'll trouble you," Bai Shuruo said politely, got into the car, and quickly closed the door; she did not want to listen to Wang Xuekai nagging there anymore.

Ali got into the car and cast a sidelong glance at Wang Xuekai outside.

This kid really won't give up; he's actually still pestering Miss Bai. It's only because Mr. Han is kind-hearted; if he were one of those domineering CEOs from a novel, you would have been thrown into Africa to feed the lions long ago.

Wang Xuekai was caught off guard by Ali's glare and shivered inexplicably.

He had been standing far away and hadn't heard Ali call her "Miss Bai," so he assumed the person driving must be Bai Shuruo's husband.

He looked to be about 35 years old, was wearing worker's clothes, and was driving a Land Rover; his appearance was average, and he was clearly a rough construction foreman.

Does Bai Shuruo truly like someone like this? Or was she sold off by her stepmother?

Wang Xuekai thought of those wicked stepmothers in novels who, in order to drive their stepdaughters out, would drug them and force them to submit to rough men from construction sites like this?

No, he had to get to the bottom of this.

Thinking of this, Wang Xuekai immediately hailed a taxi and headed straight for the Old Villa.