Chapter 19: A Massive Public Embarrassment

"......"

"Connect? How do you want to connect?"

"......"

"Team Leader Lin, this is an office, you know......"

"......"

"Are you free tonight?"

"......"

"...... I like this angle."

"......"

"...... The business is finished, now we should talk about personal matters."

The recording stopped abruptly at this sentence.

In an instant.

The office was strangely quiet.

Fu Hai, Wan Dequan, Qi Mingfei, and Jiang Xinxin were all left completely dumbfounded.

What kind of restricted-level conversation was this?

Was this kind of racy talk something they could listen to without paying?

Shen Huai secretly wiped the sweat from his brow.

The explicit things Lin Yeman said afterward had all "coincidentally" and "fortunately" not been recorded.

It must have been when Lin Yeman snatched his phone.

She realized he was secretly recording and silently turned it off.

An unintentional act, yet it saved his miserable life.

However.

The small relief in his heart flashed by and vanished instantly.

Because Shen Huai discovered that Tong Yue's complexion was so dark it could practically drip water.

She was still holding the phone high.

Yet her entire chest was heaving violently, and her face was flushed bright red, the redness spreading from her neck all the way behind her ears.

Her eyes were fixed on Shen Huai; if anger could be materialized, Shen Huai would likely have been burned into a sarira by now.

"Shen, Huai, what, exactly, did, you, and, her, do, in, the, office?!!!"

Tong Yue questioned him, grinding her teeth with every word.

At this moment.

A fire was churning within her, and she felt like she was about to explode.

If the words in the recording alone were enough to make one's imagination run wild.

Then beyond the words.

The sound of fabric rubbing.

The low, heavy breathing.

Made it even easier to fantasize.

Shen Huai and Lin Yeman definitely had something going on!

Tong Yue's eyes were red, and her breathing became visibly rapid.

She felt the string in her mind called "reason" was about to snap.

Shen Huai was sweating profusely: "Team Leader Tong, it's not what you think, we really were just talking about work."

"Oh, talking about work." Tong Yue sneered.

"Talking about work involves saying 'Are you free tonight'?"

"Talking about work involves saying 'I like this angle'?"

"Talking about work, how could there be the sound of clothes rubbing back and forth?"

Facing Tong Yue's thunderous interrogation.

In a trance.

Shen Huai suddenly felt the suffocating sensation of returning to a few years ago, when he was dating Tong Yue.

Back then, she seemed just as arrogant, holding some inexplicable things to interrogate him.

Only.

The her of the past was his girlfriend.

But the Tong Yue of today was merely his superior.

By what right did she speak to him in such a tone?

Thinking of this.

Shen Huai couldn't help but straighten his back.

If Tong Yue couldn't change her subconscious habit of possessiveness, Shen Huai didn't mind helping her face reality.

"Team Leader Tong, I am here to work, not to be punished; there is no need for me to accept your interrogation."

Shen Huai darkened his face and snatched the phone from Tong Yue's raised hand, "I am your subordinate, not your lover."

Shen Huai's few words choked Tong Yue, leaving her stunned.

She had completely not expected.

That Shen Huai would actually make her lose face in front of so many people.

Watching Tong Yue's incredulous expression, Shen Huai took a deep breath and spoke again.

"Team Leader Tong, don't you think what you just said was a bit over the line?"

Over the line.

He said she was over the line.

Tong Yue's lips moved, and she suddenly felt a weakness in her limbs. Her mouth, usually so glib, had unexpectedly become so clumsy.

Shen Huai's words were like a basin of cold water, finally dousing Tong Yue into sobriety.

Her reason, which had nearly bolted, finally returned.

Tong Yue closed her eyes heavily, the scene that had just occurred echoing repeatedly in her mind.

What had she done? She snatched a subordinate's phone, unlocked it without permission, and played the recording on speaker without a word of explanation.

Those things she said.

Every word was filled with jealousy.

Acting in such a way made Tong Yue feel like a stranger to herself! In normal times, she would absolutely never have engaged in such extreme behavior.

But why...

Why did her emotions suddenly become uncontrollable the moment she heard what Lin Yeman said?

Could it be.

That she... still cared about Shen Huai?

No, impossible.

Absolutely impossible! As soon as the thought emerged, it was immediately snuffed out by Tong Yue.

They had been separated for so long, where would any feelings come from?

It must be that Shen Huai's appearance was too sudden, causing her to lose her footing.

That's right, it must be that.

Tong Yue took a deep breath, and only then did she slowly reopen her tightly shut eyes.

"You're right, I'm just your superior; it's none of my business who you mess around with."

Tong Yue gritted her teeth, trying her best to keep her tone steady: "I'm just giving you a reminder. The press conference doesn't just concern my promotion, Tong Yue, it concerns the entire Planning Group. Don't drag our whole group down with your reckless behavior."

"Lin Yeman has always been two-faced. Haven't you heard that 'lust is a knife hanging over one's head'? Be careful not to get yourself chopped."

Tong Yue reminded him with a sarcastic tone.

Shen Huai lowered his eyes and replied calmly: "Thank you for the reminder, Team Leader Tong."

Tong Yue rolled her eyes at Shen Huai, and when her gaze landed on the two boxes of wolfberry on the floor, her anger flared up again.

Her eyes darted, and a scheme welled up in her heart.

She curled the corner of her mouth and beckoned to Wan Dequan and Qi Mingfei: "Wan Dequan, Qi Mingfei, you two take this box of wolfberry and give some to every male colleague in the Public Relations Department, and just say it's a treat from Team Leader Lin."

"And what about the other box?"

"The other box is naturally for Assistant Shen to enjoy alone," Tong Yue sneered, "After all, he'll have to work hard with the people from the Artist Management Department in the future, so it's bound to be exhausting."

Facing Tong Yue's open mockery.

Shen Huai didn't mind at all.

Instead, he opened the box, grabbed a handful of wolfberry, and stuffed it into his mouth right in front of Tong Yue.

"Hmm, the taste is indeed not bad. I see Team Leader Tong has an excess of vital energy, so you certainly don't need a supplement. Then, many thanks."

"... You!..." Tong Yue was so angry her mouth twisted.

Amidst the tense standoff.

Two messages suddenly popped up on Shen Huai's phone.

It was Lin Yeman.

She sent over two WeChat contact cards.

One was Yu Xiang, the executive manager for Li Xinran.

As for the other...

Looking at that familiar profile picture.

Shen Huai felt a sense of absurdity in his heart.

It felt like this world was just one giant, makeshift stage.

People who had just deleted each other a week ago.

Through twists and turns, they were actually going to be added back in this way.

For a moment.

Shen Huai hadn't thought of what to say.

So he simply ignored Li Xinran's WeChat and selectively added only the executive manager, Yu Xiang, as a friend.

The friend request was quickly accepted.

Before Shen Huai could take the initiative to greet her, the other side quickly sent a "hello" sticker.

Yu Xiang: 【Are you the person who went into Sister Man's office today?】

Shen Huai frowned and hesitated for a long time, then raised his hand and typed two characters: 【Yes.】

Yu Xiang: 【They said the newcomer who joined the Public Relations Department today is you?】

The tone sounded a bit off. Shen Huai hesitated for a long time before replying: 【That's right.】

After sending it, the other side went silent.

Shen Huai watched the "typing..." indicator flashing and disappearing in the chat window, his brow furrowing tighter and tighter.

For some reason.

He felt a vague sense of unease in his heart, and it was constantly growing.

The next moment.

In the company's main group chat.

"Artist Management Department Group 2 Executive Agent - Yu Xiang" suddenly started spamming the group like crazy!

【Sisters! I saw him in person! Really, truly, he is devastatingly handsome!!!】

(End of this chapter)