Chapter 23: Must Stop Her

【This girl, she looks so familiar?】

【Isn't this Administrative Group 4 Team Leader Luo Xiaoya? But the man opposite her is a new face.】

【This guy, he seems to be that newcomer in the Public Relations Department who started today.】

【What? He's that handsome newcomer who caused Yu Xiang to suffer social death? I need a front-facing photo! I must see how handsome he is.】

【This height difference, I'm truly in love. The back view of this guy looks so sexually tense.】

【Help, although I can't see his face clearly, the atmosphere is really full on.】

【……】

Fu Hai and the other three were lurking in various group chats.

Seeing these photos and the discussion, they all wore knowing smiles.

Wan Dequan selected all these photos with one click and forwarded them to the "Today Did the Company Go Bankrupt Yet" small group, adding an @ for Shen Huai while he was at it.

Wan Dequan: 【Buddy, the person in these photos is you, right?】

Shen Huai's phone vibrated a few times.

He picked up his phone and clicked into the group chat.

The moment he saw the photos.

Shen Huai almost couldn't keep his composure.

He didn't know which master had snuck behind him and snapped a picture of him chatting with Luo Xiaoya.

But if you're going to take a photo, fine.

Yet this specific angle of the shot was simply enough to make people's imaginations run wild.

In the photo.

Shen Huai was facing away from the camera, wearing a suit, his head lowered in a lazy and casual manner, leaning close to Luo Xiaoya's face.

And Luo Xiaoya had tears in her eyes, looking up at Shen Huai.

Shen Huai was practically going crazy.

This scene, if nothing went wrong, should have been when Shen Huai was questioning Luo Xiaoya.

As a result, someone had cropped out the beginning and the end to take a photo like this.

The two of them didn't look like they were arguing at all; instead, it looked exactly like flirting.

It was simply ambiguous to the point of exploding.

Shen Huai only felt his temples throbbing, his fingers flying rapidly: 【It's really not what you guys think.】

Qi Mingfei: 【We didn't think anything at all.】

Shen Huai: 【Where has the photo spread to?】

Fu Hai: 【It hasn't spread very far, just the whole company.】

Shen Huai: 【……】

Shen Huai turned his head back and happened to bump into four pairs of smiling eyes.

It's over.

This time it's completely over.

Shen Huai felt that even if he grew mouths all over his body, he probably wouldn't be able to explain it clearly.

Wan Dequan: 【Is Team Leader Luo your current girlfriend?】

Shen Huai: 【No, this photo really isn't what you guys think. I don't have any relationship with Luo Xiaoya.】

Jiang Xinxin: 【To actually call her by her name directly, this relationship is not ordinary.】

Shen Huai: 【……】

Fu Hai: 【If Team Leader Tong finds out about this gossip later, she'll probably explode, right?】

Wan Dequan: 【Team Leader Tong has never liked hanging out in groups, and she's busy right now, so I estimate she shouldn't be able to see it for a while.】

Qi Mingfei: 【Shen Huai, you're something else. On your first day of work, you've already made team leaders from three departments crazy for you.】

Shen Huai: 【……You guys are really enough.】

Shen Huai was so angry his liver ached.

His gaze fell stealthily onto Tong Yue's phone screen.

Tong Yue's phone screen was pitch black, without a single message notification.

After confirming that Tong Yue didn't know about this yet.

Shen Huai finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.

As it stands now, denying it is impossible.

He could only find a way to minimize the impact of this incident.

Others might not know.

But Shen Huai was incomparably clear.

If there wasn't a reasonable explanation for this, he feared that as soon as he went to work tomorrow, he would be bombarded with questions from his various ex-girlfriends in turn.

Even a veteran of the love scene needs to save face.

Just as he was about to think of a solution.

A new friend request suddenly popped up on WeChat.

It only had one short sentence: 【I am Luo Xiaoya】

Shen Huai rubbed his brow helplessly.

Good grief, she's here to settle the score.

Sure enough.

As soon as it was accepted, a rapid series of questions came flying over from the other side.

【You've seen those photos, right? My colleagues have been asking me until I'm going crazy.】

【Tell me, how do you plan to resolve this matter?】

Shen Huai thought for a moment and replied: 【What can be done? Rumors stop with the wise; let's just leave it be for now.】

He truly couldn't think of a good strategy to resolve it at the moment.

【Leave it be?】 Shen Huai's words were precisely condensed into two characters by Luo Xiaoya, who immediately turned red with rage.

【Shen Huai, you really are cold-blooded.】

【Since you don't care, then I'll go tell them that you were pursuing me, but were rejected by me.】

Seeing this line of text, Shen Huai felt his vision go black.

Luo Xiaoya's logic for doing things was truly extraordinary.

【Luo Xiaoya, can you please calm down for a second? Using rumors to cover up rumors is the most foolish approach.】

Who would have thought.

This sentence from Shen Huai not only failed to calm Luo Xiaoya down, but instead ignited an inexplicable fighting spirit in her.

【What? Is pursuing me that embarrassing for you?】

【I was once so good to you, protecting you with such care, only to end up like this; I want to make you taste what it's like to be gossiped about too!】

After sending these, there was no more news from Luo Xiaoya's end.

Shen Huai's brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

A sense of vague unease gradually magnified.

What the hell is this Luo Xiaoya trying to do? Although he already had no reputation left in the romance department.

But this company, Xingyao, still had so many deep-sea bombs hidden inside it.

This move by Luo Xiaoya.

If one isn't careful, it could trigger a chain reaction of explosions! Damn it.

Must stop her! Shen Huai picked up his phone again.

He decided to soften his stance toward Luo Xiaoya first to soothe her emotions, then communicate about the narrative together.

As a result, just as the message was sent, he received a red exclamation mark.

Luo Xiaoya had actually blocked him.

"..."

Shen Huai's brain was buzzing.

It was as if he had been transported back in one second to that sense of tension from when he was with Luo Xiaoya.

Shen Huai stood up abruptly, deciding to go to the Administrative Department in person.

Since it had already spread anyway, there was no need to be secretive about meeting.

Who would have thought.

Just as Shen Huai stood up, the four people behind him also stood up in unison.

Even Tong Yue, who was opposite him, carelessly turned off her computer and pulled back her chair.

"What are you all...?" Shen Huai looked at their actions, confused.

"Didn't expect that on your very first day of work, you'd clock out even more precisely than us."

Wan Dequan winked at Shen Huai with a beaming expression.

Shen Huai was stunned for a moment.

He looked down at the time.

Only then did he realize it was already 18:00, and it was indeed time to get off work.

"Finally, I can leave early today. See you all the day after tomorrow." Qi Mingfei yawned, shouldered his computer bag, waved at everyone, and left first.

"The day after tomorrow?" Shen Huai's brows furrowed. "Isn't today just Monday? You don't have to work tomorrow?"

Wan Dequan patted Shen Huai's shoulder earnestly: "Why do you think I said you were so lucky? You get to enjoy compensatory time off as soon as you arrive."

"Our Group 2 has been pulling all-nighters for several nights; the entire Group 2 is off tomorrow, going home to rest for a day, with pay too~"

Jiang Xinxin pushed up her black-rimmed glasses and said gratefully: "This compensatory time off was something Team Leader Tong had a hard time applying for from Boss Lu."

Upon hearing this.

Shen Huai was somewhat surprised.

He hadn't expected Tong Yue to have such a human side when treating her subordinates.

Thinking this, the gaze Shen Huai directed at Tong Yue became a bit softer.

Tong Yue's cheeks felt a bit hot from being stared at.

She turned her face away, still wearing her grumpy expression, and gave a cold, haughty snort: "What are you looking at me for? Do you feel guilty for getting something for nothing?"

"Then you can also come to the company to work tomorrow; no one is stopping you."

Shen Huai withdrew his gaze.

Fine, a waste of emotion.

The flattery that had just formed in his mind was instantly smashed to pieces by Tong Yue.

She really was a steel-straight woman, allergic to romance.

At clock-out time, the crowd was surging.

Shen Huai wove through the crowd.

He felt as if countless eyes were staring at him.

He immediately withdrew his thought of wanting to go find Luo Xiaoya to communicate.

Unexpectedly, as soon as it was time to get off work, such a large crowd of people surged out.

If he were to go over rashly, he feared it would only cause more unnecessary misunderstandings for both parties.

Forget it, it is better to play it safe for now.

Shen Huai heaved a sigh and walked out of the Star Brilliance headquarters gate with a gloomy expression.

Who would have thought.

Just as he walked to the side of the road.

A black Mercedes-Benz MPV business van pulled up steadily right in front of Shen Huai.

The car door opened, and Shen Huai met Lin Yeman's bright and beautiful smile head-on.

"Get in the car, I'm treating you to a meal."

(End of this chapter)