Chapter 210
Chapter 210
What a masterful interpretation!
No wonder everyone was looking at her so strangely.
Even Yun Youyou herself nearly wept with emotion when she heard about this melodramatic love triangle.
After hearing the story, the older man gave Yun Youyou a meaningful look too.
Truly incredible.
She had single-handedly conquered both the president and his Secretary.
Gossipy gazes kept darting among the three parties involved.
Strictly speaking, only one of them was a party involved. The other two were ghosts involved.
“Enough. It’s about time everyone got back to work.”
Fu Yiming couldn’t watch any longer.
His cool, indifferent gaze swept across the employees, and everyone instantly seemed to have been muted.
“You two, come to my office.”
Before turning to leave, Fu Yiming glanced at Yun Youyou and Jiang Mixue.
The gossipy gazes followed close behind.
The employees appeared to be working at their desks, but their ears and eyes were actually tracking the trio’s every move.
Yun Youyou and Jiang Mixue exchanged a glance, silently lowered their heads, and shuffled step by step into the president’s office.
The instant the office door closed, everyone’s eyes lit up with gossip.
What would the three of them discuss inside?
Could President Fu be about to declare his love to Secretary Jiang?
Perhaps he would wrap an arm around Yun Youyou and shout, “She’s my woman! I will never allow you to touch a single finger on her hand!”
The older man relied on his advanced age and thick skin to press himself against the door like a gecko.
The atmosphere inside the president’s office was nothing like the fiery battleground the employees imagined.
On the contrary, it was exceptionally quiet inside.
After entering, Fu Yiming sat behind his desk. The eyes beneath his handsome brows remained as calm as ever, without any hint of anger.
“Sit.”
Yun Youyou and Jiang Mixue sat down guiltily.
They were mentally prepared even if Fu Yiming immediately started cursing them out.
They never expected Fu Yiming’s first words to be, “I’m sorry.”
The chairs beneath Yun Youyou and Jiang Mixue instantly felt even hotter.
Jiang Mixue squirmed uneasily.
“Why… are you apologizing?”
Fu Yiming said, “I thought you two were only joking last night. I didn’t realize it was real. I shouldn’t have disturbed you. If it weren’t for me, no one would be discussing the relationship among the three of us.”
Clearly, the employees’ speculation had brainwashed him too.
Jiang Mixue felt as if her butt had genuinely caught fire.
She shot out of her chair.
“No, no, no! There is absolutely nothing strange going on between Yun Youyou and me. We’re just especially close best friends! We absolutely, positively are not a couple.”
Yun Youyou sat beside her with a heart as still as water.
Her toes had already completed a massive excavation project yesterday. Today, she had entered a state beyond all worldly desire.
In the span of a single night, she had somehow acquired both a boyfriend and a girlfriend.
Fu Yiming didn’t immediately believe Jiang Mixue.
He looked suspiciously at the two of them.
“If Yun Youyou isn’t your girlfriend, why did you splash red paint around the Company last night?”
Jiang Mixue: ……
How was she supposed to answer that?
Jiang Mixue and Yun Youyou exchanged a despairing look.
“Fine! I’m secretly in love with her!”
Having gone this far, Jiang Mixue decided to commit fully to her deranged yandere persona.
“I can’t live without her! I love her to death! I will never allow anyone else to approach her!”
She rushed over to Yun Youyou and caressed her cheek with a deeply unhinged expression.
“The one I love most in this life is my dung beetle!”
Yun Youyou: ……
Please don’t do this. I’m scared.
Fu Yiming was startled by her sudden madness too. He couldn’t help frowning. “Calm down. No one is trying to steal her from you.”
Yun Youyou was certainly a little too beautiful, but surely there was no need to go this crazy.
The older man eavesdropping outside the door heard Jiang Mixue’s frenzied confession as well.
His mouth fell open in astonishment.
The employees outside couldn’t restrain themselves any longer either.
They simply put down their work and crowded around the windows and the crack in the door.
Jiang Mixue’s madness came quickly and left just as fast.
Fu Yiming glanced at the two of them and said helplessly, “You can go. Don’t splash paint around the Company again.”
Jiang Mixue and Yun Youyou obediently nodded.
The instant they pulled open the door.
The eavesdroppers outside lost their balance and toppled to the floor, one and all.
The older man was pinned beneath everyone else and nearly had half the life crushed out of him.
Yun Youyou lowered her eyes and looked at him speechlessly.
“Manager Li, we should return to the Company.”
The older man rubbed his butt as he climbed to his feet, not forgetting to salvage his dignity.
“Yes, we should. I came over because I was about to call you. I didn’t expect the door to open before I had a chance to knock.”
Yun Youyou smiled without warmth. “What a coincidence.”
“A coincidence! Definitely a coincidence!”
As it happened, they still had a partnership to discuss that day, so Fu Yiming returned to the Company with them.
As his Secretary, Jiang Mixue was originally supposed to go along.
But after thinking about it, Fu Yiming finally said, “Stay here for now. I’m afraid you might lose control if you come with us.”
Jiang Mixue said, “President Fu, believe me! I can definitely control myself!”
“I don’t believe you.”
“……”
Jiang Mixue could only watch helplessly as they left.
Once they returned to his own territory, the older man completely relaxed, striding in front with his beer belly swaying.
The two behind him followed at an easy pace.
Fu Yiming asked, “How is the new Company? Has anyone bullied you?”
Yun Youyou said, “How could they? I was once known as the ultimate workplace shit-stirrer. There’s no pile of shit I can’t stir.”
All her workplace experience came from the Game.
Life was a play, and a play was life. It was all valuable experience.
Fu Yiming fell silent for a moment.
“Should I praise you for at least being the stick and not degenerating into some form of excrement?”
Yun Youyou blinked, her playful ponytail swaying behind her.
“That’s a unique angle for a compliment, but I suppose I can accept it.”
She had always been broad-minded.
Fu Yiming chuckled, then suddenly said, “It seems Secretary Jiang’s concern wasn’t entirely unfounded.”
Yun Youyou raised her head in confusion.
Why had he suddenly brought Jiang Mixue into this again?
Faced with the confusion written all over Yun Youyou’s eyes, Fu Yiming smiled once more.
“It’s nothing. I just think you must be quite popular.”
Yun Youyou thought about it.
“Then I hope I’m not popular with my boss.”
“Why?”
This time, it was Fu Yiming’s turn to be confused.
Yun Youyou glanced at the former boss beside her and slowly stated the truth.
“Because that means I’m a useful beast of burden.”
Fu Yiming froze.
He had to admit, her words made perfect sense.
It seemed that even he couldn’t escape their line of fire.
He raised an eyebrow slightly and acknowledged her point.
“You’re right.”
They were about to enter the conference room.
Although Fu Yiming believed Yun Youyou probably hadn’t been bullied by her colleagues or superiors, he still reminded her quietly.
“Sometimes a little flattery can make your job easier.”