Chapter 16: Lin Yeman's Identity

Everyone was stunned.

Shen Huai looked at the finger Lin Yeman was pointing at him, and inwardly called out that this was bad.

Sure enough, Tong Yue immediately slammed the table and stood up, her expression one of gnashing teeth.

Lu Sheng's expression was also somewhat displeased, and she couldn't help but remind her: "Team Leader Lin, I must remind you: Tong Yue is the Team Leader of Group 2."

"And so what? I don't get along with Team Leader Tong; surely you noticed that, Director Lu?" Lin Yeman crossed her arms, laying her cards directly on the table.

Tong Yue looked exasperated: "Lin Yeman, you slut—"

Lu Sheng immediately glared over with sharp eyes.

Tong Yue pursed her lips and snorted coldly, only then extremely reluctantly swallowing the word "bitch" back down.

"Shen Huai is only on his first day of work today; he might not be able to help you with anything." Lu Sheng tried her best to maintain a veneer of calm.

"If he can't help, he can learn. He's so handsome, and one look tells you he's sharp."

Lin Yeman swept her seductive eyes around, the corners of her eyes lifting upward. "Director Lu, you know how our line of work is—men and women need to be paired up so the work doesn't feel so tiring."

Lu Sheng wanted to say something more, but saw Lin Yeman suddenly stand up and put her mask back on.

"I've heard Team Leader Tong's proposal, and I've offered my opinions."

Lin Yeman picked up her computer and walked toward the door, swaying her graceful figure. "If you agree to my proposal, then have Shen Huai come to my office to find me."

When she reached the door, Lin Yeman didn't forget to cast a seductive wink at Shen Huai.

"Shen Huai, I'll be waiting for you in my office."

The conference room door closed softly.

Tong Yue completely broke down.

"Boss, she is clearly provoking our Public Relations Department in public!" Tong Yue was furious and slammed the proposal heavily onto the table.

"Do you think I'm blind? Of course I'm aware of it!" Lu Sheng said with a dark face and a cold voice.

Lu Sheng lowered her eyelashes, knitting her brows in thought.

The two of them were like two balloons ready to explode at any moment.

Shen Huai sat in the middle, walking on thin ice, not even daring to make a sound as he breathed.

He knew very well in his heart.

This person, Lin Yeman, was coming specifically for him.

Back when they were dating, she had him running in circles; her fickle mind was simply impossible to fathom.

Now, in front of so many people, she insisted on having him be the liaison; it definitely wasn't for anything good.

But today was only his first day of work, and he had no standing.

Looking at Lin Yeman's haughty appearance at the meeting, she hadn't given him any chance to say "no."

And besides...

Looking at Lu Sheng's conflicted expression.

Shen Huai couldn't help but frown.

No matter how arrogant Lin Yeman was, wasn't she just a mere team leader?

Logically speaking, she should be at the same rank as Tong Yue.

But looking at her just now, it seemed she didn't even hold Lu Sheng in high regard.

One had to know, this Lu Sheng was the Director of the Public Relations Department!

Could it be that this Lin Yeman had a special status? Was she a connected person? Or...

Before Shen Huai could figure it out.

Lu Sheng, who had been silent for a long time, raised her head again, her gaze falling on Shen Huai, and she finally spoke: "Shen Huai, since Team Leader Lin trusts you so much, then you will be responsible for this handover work."

"Tong Yue, although Lin Yeman specifically requested Shen Huai for the liaison, you must also provide assistance. This press conference is very important; there can be no mistakes, understand?"

Tong Yue gritted her teeth and glared at Shen Huai with disdain. "Why? Make me act as an assistant to Shen Huai? I don't accept this!"

"Tong Yue." Lu Sheng frowned and raised her voice.

"... Understood."

Tong Yue lowered her eyes in grievance and let out a very reluctant snort through her nose.

The meeting ended.

Tong Yue was the first to rush out of the conference room.

Ignoring everyone, she walked toward the Group 2 office in a fit of rage.

The sound of her footsteps was angry and impatient, wrapped in a bellyful of fury.

Shen Huai, Wan Dequan, and Qi Mingfei walked behind, looking miserable.

"Shen Huai, this time you've really become the mouse in the bellows, getting squeezed from both ends." Wan Dequan cast a sympathetic look at Shen Huai.

"It's common knowledge that Lin Yeman and our team leader are like fire and water; even the boss is helpless."

Hearing this.

Shen Huai spoke helplessly: "I have a question." "Go ahead."

"Isn't this Lin Yeman just a team leader in the Artist Management Department? How is she so bold as to openly challenge Director Lu?"

Hearing this, Qi Mingfei hurriedly stepped forward and covered Shen Huai's mouth. "Keep your voice down, you don't even know this?"

"It's my first day of work, it's normal not to know." Shen Huai pushed Qi Mingfei's hand away and frowned.

"Oh, that's true."

Qi Mingfei shook his hands and explained, "How should I put it? Simply put, the Artist Management Department is the place that manages artists. So, what do you think artists are?"

Shen Huai: "What are they?"

"Of course they're cash cows!" Wan Dequan took over the conversation, raising an eyebrow. "Since they're cash cows, naturally you have to pamper them!"

"As the most profitable department in all of Star Brilliance, Lin Yeman also has the sharpest eye for signing talent within that most profitable department; the number of A-list artists signed through her hands is also the highest."

"In the workplace, naturally, whoever can earn more money is more formidable, so don't even mention Director Lu; even the Chairman of Star Brilliance has to be three parts wary of her when they meet," Wan Dequan added.

Hearing this, Shen Huai felt somewhat surprised inside.

He had not expected this Lin Yeman to have such great standing in Star Brilliance.

It seemed that just now, he had underestimated her.

"Since she is so capable, then why is she still just a Team Leader?" Shen Huai asked, puzzled.

"I heard that this was her own choice."

Wan Dequan threw an arm around Shen Huai's shoulder and gossiped into his ear: "I also heard it from others; she had long been qualified to be a director, but she felt that managing people was too tiring and not as simple as cultivating artists, so she refused it herself."

"Refused a promotion?"

Shen Huai was extremely shocked.

In this day and age, there were actually people who would actively refuse a workplace promotion.

If it were someone else, he might still think that this person had some hidden grievance.

But for this to happen to Lin Yeman, it was truly too bizarre.

"Isn't that right," Qi Mingfei nodded, "and I don't know what medicine this Team Leader Lin is selling in her gourd, and I heard she didn't just refuse once, but several times!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Huai became even more silent.

The three of them walked quickly back to the Group 2 office.

The moment his foot stepped into the office, he could already feel the atmosphere, which was as cold as an ice cellar.

Tong Yue's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, her gaze shooting sharply toward the doorway.

"What are you dawdling in the back for so long? Why aren't you coming in yet?!"

Wan Dequan and Qi Mingfei exchanged a look and quickly and uniformly dodged away from Shen Huai's side.

They were terrified that Tong Yue's fury would implicate them.

Shen Huai knew his current situation; sticking his neck out meant a blade, and pulling his neck in also meant a blade, so he simply decided to face it calmly.

In any case, he hadn't done anything with a guilty conscience, so he wasn't afraid of ghosts knocking at the door.

Oh, that's not right; he wasn't afraid of an ex-girlfriend knocking at the door.

"Shen Huai, did you know Lin Yeman before?"

Tong Yue's gaze fell straight onto Shen Huai, her scrutinizing look as if she wanted to see right through him.

"I..." Shen Huai swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his brain still thinking about how to quibble.

Unexpectedly, Tong Yue's next sentence followed immediately: "Looking at you like this, you don't seem like the type of person who could handle her."

"..."

I thank you.

Tong Yue clenched her right hand into a fist and pounded the desk indignantly: "When you go to that bitch Lin's place in a while, turn on the recording for me."

"That person is used to saying half and hiding half when she speaks; remember to record everything she says and send it to me."

"Do you understand?"

Once Shen Huai heard this, he only felt his temples throbbing: "Team Leader Tong, isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

"Inappropriate? What, are you protecting her already?" Tong Yue raised her willow eyebrows, wearing the air of an interrogator, "Don't forget, you are still in your probationary period."

Shen Huai's mouth twitched.

Who taught her to solve problems like this?

"Fine, I'll do as you say." Shen Huai bit the bullet and accepted it helplessly.

The four members of Group 2 looked at Shen Huai tragically.

It was as if they were looking at a warrior about to go and never return.

Walking to the door, Shen Huai suddenly paused his steps, turned his head, and curled his lips into a smile at Tong Yue: "It's just that no matter what Team Leader Tong hears when the time comes, just don't get angry."

(End of this chapter)