When she saw Shu Tinglan, she smiled sweetly:
Zoe Technology’s legal team just called, asking us to go over and submit some documents. Listen, darling, wait for me, I’ll be back triumphant!
Shutinglan nodded and sat down at her desk, turning on her computer to begin her workday. She felt a tinge of disappointment and unwillingness. The hard work she had put in earlier had been replaced by someone else’s work. Anyone would feel down in this situation, but she quickly adjusted her state of mind, refusing to let negative emotions affect her.
As I was nearing lunchtime, Lin Zhixuan suddenly messaged me on WeChat.
“Did your Director Xiao get his head squeezed by a door? What kind of thing is this Jiajia you sent over?”
“She’s my coworker, what about it?”
“Does she think Zhuoyuan Technology is a stage for her to perform? She went from the legal department to the HR department, and now she’s chatting in the secretary’s office. I, Lin Zhifei, have finally met my match today.”
“That’s good, it seems our Director Xiao didn’t choose the wrong person.” Shu Tinglan felt a mixture of disappointment and admiration for Jia Jia’s social skills.
“But, I just passed by the secretary’s office and heard the secretaries being scolded by Zhuo Yu’an like they were dogs, because someone let a stranger wander around the company. Now you Jia Jia left Zhuo Yuan Technology with red eyes.” Lin Zhihao finished speaking and laughed gloatingly.
Shu Tinglan couldn’t laugh though. Regardless of her grievances with Jiajia, she hoped the project at Zhuo Yuan Technology would go smoothly. She just didn’t understand why Director Xiao, who was usually so careful, would send Jiajia. In terms of interpersonal skills, the senior lawyers in the mergers and acquisitions team were no worse than her.
Jiajia returned to the law firm with red eyes and went straight into Director Xiao’s office to report.
When the meeting was in session, Director Xiao looked extremely displeased, but he did not criticize Jiajia excessively. When Jiajia tried to defend herself, he waved his hand, signaling her to stop talking.
Zhou Ming said privately:
“Jiajia’s father is the bank president of a certain bank, and Xiao’s director’s big client.”
The unspoken meaning is that her father pressured Director Xiao, leaving him with no choice but to train her.
She’s smitten. She fell head over heels for Zhuo Yu’an when they met at the subway station that day, so she wants to join this project.
Now I see, that’s why I wasn’t interested in the Zhuo Yuan Technology project before. Now I suddenly have a 180-degree change of heart and understand why the usually strict Director Xiao has repeatedly indulged Jiajia.
And she had nothing, only her hard work and the chance to strive for opportunities.
Zhang, the lawyer from Zhuoyuan Technology, called and finally confirmed the bidding time. He invited Director Xiao to attend, set for next Monday. And Shu Tinglan must finish writing the bid document for Director Xiao’s reference by Friday.
Her first draft is finished and she sent it to Zhou Ming first.
“Well done, the content is very complete, but there are two more items you could add, one is the time required for the project, and the other is our quotation.”
Although Zhou Ming wasn’t her supervising attorney, he was indeed guiding her step by step. These two aspects of the legal brief are generally not assigned to new lawyers, but he still instructed her to work on them, allowing her to participate more comprehensively in the entire process.
Shu Tinglan was naturally extremely grateful and thought that after the bidding meeting ended, she must treat him to a good meal.
“Your growth is the most important thing, work hard.”
In the evening, Zhuo Yuyan was cooking. She sat on the living room coffee table with her laptop, working intently on revising a proposal. After a while, Zhuo Yuyan called out to…
“Shū tīng lán, xǐ shǒu chī fàn.”
Didn’t hear, didn’t want to deal with it, continued to bury myself in work.
Zuo Yu’an called out to her several more times, but she found it annoying. She simply took her laptop and went to work at the desk in the guest room, practically locking herself in. Zuo Yu’an followed her in shortly after, bent down to glance at her computer screen, and continued speaking.
“Finish eating and then work.”
Shu Tinglan was really annoyed. She hadn’t finished organizing her quotation yet, and it involved issues like project members, travel expenses, public relations investigation fees, and so on. Her head was spinning. Beside her, Zhuo Yuyan persistently urged her to eat, and she couldn’t help but look up at him.
“Could you go out first? I’m not hungry.”
Perhaps no one had ever dared to speak to him like that before. His face darkened, and he reached out to slam her laptop shut, saying in an unquestionable tone:
“Eat first!” said rather domineeringly.
Shu Tinglan’s little spark of anger also flared up, just as she was about to lash out, Zhuo Yu’an reached out and took her shoulder, pulling her outside.
“After you finish, I’ll help you revise it.”
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“Can you help me revise it? Do you know what kind of bid document this is?”
“Zuo Yuan Technology’s bidding meeting is on Monday.” He took her to the restaurant and pulled out a chair for her.
Shu Tinglan hesitated, uncertain. If Zhu Yu’an was willing to help revise it, even if he just offered some suggestions, it would be invaluable. He decided to trust him once.
Because of this, she was especially obedient. He served her dishes, and she ate them all, until she was a little full.
“Shall we go for a walk downstairs?” Zhuo Yunan asked.
“No.” She refused firmly, for two reasons: their relationship wasn’t suitable to be seen by others, and she didn’t want him to use it as an excuse not to help her revise the proposal.
He was washing dishes, and she dashed back to her desk, grabbed her computer, and stood behind him. As soon as Zhuo Y uan turned around, he saw her looking up at him expectantly. Her expression was very docile, like a primary school student waiting for the teacher at the podium to answer their questions.
“Let me see.” He took the computer from her and sat down close to the table. He scrolled through the pages with the mouse, flipping from the first page to the last. Shū Tinglan held a pen and paper ready, prepared to capture every expression of Zhuo Yu’an, as even those could be meaningful references.
Taking it, he quickly flipped to the last page, saying only >>>
“Very good, no need to change it.”
What? Shu Tinglan’s small head was filled with big question marks, so she was tricked again, wasn’t she? How could he possibly really help her revise the proposal?
She was speechless with rage, staring incredulously at the man before her. Worse yet, this man remained unflappable, spouting nonsense with a straight face.
“At your level, it’s definitely good enough, very complete. It covers all the necessary points.”
Shu Tinglan was furious, like a little lion whose fur had been ruffled:
“Don’t judge me by my level. I want your opinion, your requirements, your thoughts.” She had always known he was clear about his personal and professional boundaries, so even though they had been together every day recently, she had never asked for his help. But just now, he had taken the initiative to offer to help her improve it.
She was yelling, but Zhuo Yu’an didn’t get angry. Instead, he stroked her hair like petting a cat, but still insisted on…
“Have some confidence in yourself, your bid proposal is already perfect.”
Shu Tinglan was speechless. She knew she wouldn’t be able to take advantage of this man, so she angrily hugged her laptop and prepared to leave.
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