Su Tang blinked. Shen Yi sent her something?
Did she leave something behind at his place that night?
——What did you send?
Shen Yi replied simply with one word.
——Flowers.
The picture of a female lead getting drowned in a truck of roses immediately appeared in front of her eyes and she almost dropped her phone.
Shen Yi could definitely be the type to do something shocking like that.
Shen Yi’s wording made her think that it was impossible to return the parcel now. Su Tang had always had a S size body and a XXXL size heart but she hated being flamboyant. She didn’t mind people talking about her, but she thought about the unreasonable inflation of products and her heart was hurting for Shen Yi.
It wasn’t simple for people to earn money. If he could earn money easily, he wouldn’t be still thinking about work when he was in the hospital.
——You wealthy man, you didn’t have to buy anything!
Shen Yi replied simply again.
——It’s not expensive.
When the reception office called Su Tang to sign her parcel, she finally understood what he meant by “it’s not expensive”. He indeed bought flowers for her, but it wasn’t a truck nor a bouquet, but a pot.
A pot of wax begonia in buds; the type that old grandpas sold on the streets with a tricycle for 30 yuan.
Su Tang laughed at herself immensely for her overly active imagination and returned to her office with it. She walked inside and blinked.
She didn’t notice it when she rushed inside before, but everyone had one or two small pots of plants on their desks. Only her desk was empty and seemed lifeless.
Su Tang looked at the flowers in her hands and smiled.
He even thought of this……
Su Tang carefully placed it on her desk and took a selfie with a silly smile next to the flowers.
——I got it and I love it! Thank you, I’ll treat you to dinner tonight in return.
She only received Shen Yi’s reply when Lu Xiaoman came to invite her to lunch.
——Save it first, I want to eat good food when I’m less abstained fromN my diet.
Su Tang smiled and replied.
——No problem!
Lu Xiaoman tagged her arm curiously, “Why do you look so happy? Is it your boyfriend?”
Su Tang put her phone away and corrected her with a straight face, “Boy, and a friend.”
“No fun……” Lu Xiaoman pouted and mumbled, “It’s not worth it to waste lunch break on him if he’s not your boyfriend. Come on, let’s go. There won’t be anything left but rice if we are late. Those tech boys have no grace when it comes to food!”
Su Tang thought that the next time she would meet Shen Yi would be the time she treats him to dinner, but she didn’t expect to see him this Friday. Although it wasn’t her invitation, it was because of dinner too.
In the morning, she received an internal email in the office’s automated system, the signature was Huazheng’s CFO, Chen Guohui. Su Tang thought that this man couldn’t swallow the fact that she took his son’s place and told her that she was fired, but instead, it was a notification for her to attend a business dinner with him tonight.
Su Tang was confused, but not so confused that she had to email to ask why. She called her grandma to let her know and left with Chen Guohui after she finished work. She arrived at the hotel and finally realized that the main character for this dinner for high level management staff was the person who gave her a pot of plant on the first day of work,
She hadn’t seen Shen Yi for a week and he was looking much better than before. He was wearing a coffe-coloured long sleeve shirt, his sleeves were rolled half way up, revealing his arm. He stood out exceptionally amongst a crowd of middle-aged men who dressed like leaders.
Perhaps because it was for easy communication, Shen Yi’s assistant was there too. Chen Guohui seemed to know her and greeted her as “Xiao Qin” as soon as they met. When she introduced herself to others, Su Tang finally heard her full name: Qin Jingyao.
Su Tang completely ran over her assumption that Shen Yi was working under Huazheng Corporation.
Everyone present obviously knew who Shenn Yi was, yet no one mentioned his position and all called him “Mr. Shen”. Qin Jingyao only introduced herself as his assistant. If Su Tang didn’t see Chen Guohui’s worried face on the way here, she would’ve naively thought that it was purely a dinner with friends.
Chen Guohui didn’t tell her why he brought her here, so she guessed that it was because Shen Yi brought a female assistant, so it was only appropriate for Huazheng’s side to bring one too.
It shouldn’t be concerning if Shen Yi was here.
Su Tang thought that Shen Yi was far away from the dirty and messy things of the society, so much that she even questioned if he knew the existence of such disgusting things.
Qin Jingyao conversed politely and appropriately with a light and professional smile on her face while Shen Yi smiled modestly as he shook hands with everyone. When he reached Su Tang, his smile broadened a little as if he was saying “long time no see.”
Su Tang mouthed silently, “You look exceptionally good today” without anyone noticing.
Shen Yi’s eyes smiled and nodded happily.
