Chapter 39: She Got Into Her Female Boss's Mercedes-Benz

Zhang Liang then relayed the results of the discussion in the cafeteria, but he only mentioned the good ideas, one of which was Bai Shuruo's, though he had embellished it a little.

After finishing, he said, "These are the thoughts of our interns."

Wei Zhuguan glanced at the few interns sitting on the outermost edge, then asked indifferently, "Since the interns have ideas, why didn't they speak, but instead let you speak?"

"This... perhaps they are a bit shy, so I spoke for everyone."

After Zhang Liang finished speaking, he had expected to receive praise from Wei Zhuguan, but who would have thought Wei Zhuguan would lift his watch to check the time again and say, "Alright, the meeting is over."

Zhang Liang was stunned, but the other interns had an epiphany at this moment.

Sometimes when Wei Zhuguan let those below him speak, collecting ideas was the main goal, but he also wanted everyone to speak actively in meetings, firstly to conduct brainstorming, and secondly to practice their courage.

When Bai Shuruo had submitted her own ideas to Wei Zhuguan via email last time, Wei Zhuguan's reply was also to let her speak boldly next time.

This move of Zhang Liang's, while seemingly showing off, did not win Wei Zhuguan's appreciation and instead made a fool of himself.

……

Getting off work in the evening.

The elevator reached the next floor, and someone walked in.

It was actually Zhang Yuanyuan.

There were only two people in the elevator at the time; Zhang Yuanyuan glanced at the bag on Bai Shuruo's body and said indifferently, "You changed to a new bag, your husband gave it to you, right?"

Bai Shuruo thought of the document incident last time and guessed that Zhang Yuanyuan must have been pushing things from behind; if she hadn't been on guard, she would have already been fired.

She replied crossly, "That's right."

"Your husband is really rich, this is a Prada bag, but it looks like a high-end imitation."

Bai Shuruo said, "Whether it's an imitation or not doesn't matter, as long as I have something to carry."

The elevator reached the next floor, and another person entered.

As luck would have it, the person who entered was Wang Xuekai.

After entering, he wanted to leave as soon as he saw Zhang Yuanyuan, but when he saw Bai Shuruo inside, he stopped and pressed the door-close button.

Zhang Yuanyuan smiled and said to Wang Xuekai, "Senior, look at Shuruo's bag, her husband gave it to her."

Wang Xuekai ignored her.

Zhang Yuanyuan tossed her hair and asked Bai Shuruo again, "I heard your husband is quite old, so are you still planning to have children? It's not easy for a woman to have children, it's no joke."

Wang Xuekai paused upon hearing this, and the man from that day appeared in his mind.

Tall, handsome, and both rich and distinguished.

He had been truly foolish before, being led around by the nose by Zhang Yuanyuan.

However, he didn't intend to explain for Bai Shuruo either; he didn't want to invite humiliation upon himself.

Bai Shuruo, meanwhile, looked at Zhang Yuanyuan without moving a muscle.

"Why are you looking at me?" Zhang Yuanyuan asked.

Bai Shuruo said indifferently, "Yuanyuan, I always thought you were a talented and beautiful girl, but the way you are jealous of others and slander them is truly ugly."

The Zhang Yuanyuan before her, where was she still the pretty schoolgirl who used to make blackboard newspapers with her on campus?

Zhang Yuanyuan paused, then looked at Wang Xuekai and sneered.

If it weren't for Wang Xuekai, she wouldn't have become what she was now; ever since he brought up breaking up, she had been restless every day, feeling that the whole world owed her, especially Bai Shuruo.

With a "ding-dong," the elevator reached the ground floor; Wang Xuekai went out first, and Zhang Yuanyuan followed immediately.

However, at this moment, a red Mercedes-Benz stopped in front of them; Wang Xuekai opened the passenger door and got into the car.

Zhang Yuanyuan saw it clearly, and Bai Shuruo behind her also saw it clearly; the person driving was a divorced female leader from the company, and Bai Shuruo had previously heard Xiang Feifei say that this female leader was pursuing Wang Xuekai.

Bai Shuruo's heart felt as if it had been electrocuted, and she was fiercely shocked.

Fortunately, this female leader was not very old, at most thirty-five or thirty-six, about 10 years older than Wang Xuekai, and the female leader knew how to maintain herself; her figure and skin were both quite good.

Zhang Yuanyuan was also extremely shocked.

Until the car left, she was still standing there in a daze.

When Bai Shuruo passed by, she saw the heartbroken expression in her eyes.

"Bai Shuruo, what did you just see?" Zhang Yuanyuan actually sounded as if she couldn't believe it, her voice even choking up.

Bai Shuruo put her hands in her pockets and said, "What I saw is the same as what you saw."

"What exactly does he mean? Why would he look for an old woman? Is it to make me angry?" Zhang Yuanyuan's eyes were filled with tears, her whole body went limp, as if she couldn't stand steadily.

Bai Shuruo paused and said, "How would I know? This is your business."

"It must be because of you; seeing that you found an old man, he wanted to take revenge on you, so he also found an old woman," Zhang Yuanyuan said. "You two are truly a match made in heaven."

Bai Shuruo: "..."

Forget it, she had to go catch the subway.

……

At home.

Han Yangting stared at Bai Shuruo for quite a while.

She had been sitting on the sofa in a daze for ten seconds, holding a glass of juice in one hand while staring at the television, but the television wasn't even on.

He couldn't help but walk over and sit down beside her.

"What are you thinking about?" he asked.

Bai Shuruo came back to her senses and realized she had been daydreaming, so she quickly said, "N-nothing."

He leaned a little closer to her, looking into her eyes, clearly not believing her.

"It's really nothing," she said again.

He leaned in a little closer, his nose almost touching hers; although there was clearly a smile on the corners of his mouth, his presence was extremely imposing.

Fine, she felt guilty; she surrendered.

She leaned against the sofa, maintaining a distance from him in a stiff posture, and said again, "My ex-boyfriend before, he got into our company's female leader's car, and the female leader is 10 years older than him, so... it was very shocking. So I was wondering, between them... is it love?"

He still sat right next to her, and only after a good while did he say, "Women can find someone 10 years older, why can't men find someone 10 years older?"

"..." That was true, too.

He looked into her eyes again: "I am also nearly ten years older than you; you don't think I'm old, do you?"

"I don't!" she said immediately.

If he were not gay, he would certainly be a good husband, "I don't think you're old, Brother Han, you are very good."

He said again, "That's fine then, don't think so much about other people's business."

"I just... alright, it really has nothing to do with me."

Only then did he sit up straight, maintain a normal distance from her, and looking at the juice in her hand, he said in a soft voice, "Drink the juice, go to sleep early after you finish, you have to go to work tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll drink it now."

Tonight, papaya juice was squeezed; although it was mixed with milk, it had a strange taste, and she did not like it.

But with Han Yangting watching from the side, she had no choice but to drink it all in one go.

The next day at work.

Bai Shuruo was in Han Yangting's car.

He said there was something at the construction site and he was dropping her off on the way.

Arriving at the intersection by the company, she saw Zhang Yuanyuan and Wang Xuekai again; the two were actually arguing, and as they argued, Zhang Yuanyuan even slapped Wang Xuekai.

What shocked Bai Shuruo even more was that Wang Xuekai actually fought back, slapping her back and leaving Zhang Yuanyuan stunned on the spot, unable to recover for a good while.

At a glance, this slap showed there was no affection left, looking like he had had enough.

Zhang Yuanyuan ran away crying, and Wang Xuekai also went into the office building on his own.

Seeing Bai Shuruo staring in the car, dumbfounded, Han Yangting helplessly nudged her: "Are you getting out of the car? Or are you coming with me to the construction site?"