Qiu YiBai remained in pain for a few more days before her toothache finally healed.
Aside from Shen NingXin and Assistant Han, no one else knew about this. Everybody else thought she had a cold, making it reasonable as to why she didn’t speak much, believing that her voice was hoarse and dry.
It troubled Assistant Han, however. She had to direct meetings, explain presentations, and be the middleman for Qiu YiBai’s various requests.
Not only that, she also had to supervise her boss to take medicine.
She’s gotta have learned her lesson this time . . .
Shen NingXin glanced at the big bag of chocolate she tossed aside, then swiped her phone to look at the little crying expression she posted on Weibo and couldn’t help but sigh slightly.
She’s also to blame. If she had accepted it in the first place, none of this would’ve happened.
Regarding this crybaby’s thought process, it seemed like she needed to speculate more thoughtfully in the future.
“. . . . . .”
A few days had passed since then.
Qiu YiBai’s tooth had healed, and her energy quickly returned. She began to work on the things she had put off for the past few days and even started scolding those who weren’t taking their work seriously again.
Throughout the entire morning, Shen NingXin could here voices coming from her voice.
They were quite fierce and loud!
But why did she feel a little relieved hearing that!
She shook her head and laughed, not thinking any further. Holding the document she printed out, she went to find Assistant Han.
It was said that recently a customer wanted to visit the company, and they had quite a few expectations. Before they even arrived, they blew up the forwarding agent’s WeChat with orders, asking her to help book a hotel.
They wanted it to be at a convenient traveling location, saying that there should be large supermarkets nearby but no schools and that it should take less than half an hour to drive from there to the factory.
They even had requirements for the food, no pork, no eggs, no cucumbers, no leeks . . . how picky with the dishes.
“In my opinion, we should just let the factory cook a few plates of greens for them!” Assistant Han said angrily as she screened the hotels.
How difficult.
Shen NingXin put the document on the table carefully, then grabbed a cup of coffee for her and comforted her in a soft voice. When she was about to turn and leave, Assistant Han suddenly stopped her.
“By the way, Xiao Shen,” she suddenly asked, “Do you have any plans tomorrow?”
“Tomorrow?” Shen NingXin thought for a moment, then shook her head. “Nothing much really.”
“That’s good then.” Assistant Han let out a sigh of relief, then pulled up the chair and leaned in toward her, smiling as she asked, “Then could you do me a favor?”
Shen NingXin: “En?”
She’s only an intern . . . what could she help Assistant Han with?
—
At eight in the morning, Shen NingXin wore a dress and stood in front of the stop sign, waiting for Qiu YiBai’s black Maserati to come.
This was the first time she was going out to do field work and inevitably felt nervous.
She also was a little dazed, because the destination wasn’t the factory or a hotel.
But rather a school—
Qiu YiBai’s alma mater.
Previously, she only knew that Qiu YiBai’s academic performance during school was excellent, but she didn’t have a clear idea as to how good. It wasn’t until yesterday after listening to Assistant Han’s words did she realize what kind of god-like being this person was.
During the Gaokao1, she received full marks on the English and Math section. Her essay was also chosen to be a model . . . she was her provincial’s top scorer.
How could she be this incredible?
Shen NingXin was shocked.
So her task today was to escort this scholar to her alma mater so that she could give a speech.
To be more precise, she was mainly responsible for buying water and running errands.
“. . . . . .”
As she thought, Qiu YiBai had already drove her Maserati over coolly.
She was wearing a small pure white suit today, made from exquisite and high quality fabrics and tailoring. She had a slender figure and thin waist, and she emanated a powerful aura.
And when she opened her mouth, even her voice sounded pleasant, like a clear spring flowing by.
But her tone was very fierce, and she asked her in surprise, “Why is it you, Shen NingXin?”
Did you really think I wanted to come . . .
Shen NingXin sighed internally, but she could only explain honestly, “Assistant Han had something to do and couldn’t get away, so she entrusted me to this.”
Knowing that she was probably going to be critical about it, she quickly added another sentence to stop her from speaking, “I promise I will complete all the tasks well and not cause you any trouble.”
As soon as her voice fell, the atmosphere was silent for a few seconds.
Qiu YiBai didn’t say anything but rather stared at her for a moment before slightly opening her lips and snickering.
Silence was better than sound. Shen NingXin was about to die out of anger.
This crybaby was mocking her just then, right? Right!
Knowing that she couldn’t win against her, Shen NingXin had no choice but to sigh and quickly get into the car.
After adjusting her skirt, she saw Qiu YiBai throw a coat in her direction.
“Your dress is really short,” she said, pretending to murmur in a casual manner as she raised her hand to start the car, “And it’s so early in the morning. I feel cold just looking at you.”
“Hurry and cover up a little.”
—
The car soon reached the destination.
After shaking hands with the school authorities and chatting a few words, the group of people entered the assembly hall to prepare.
Shen NingXin found a suitable seat in the front row, then turned on her camera and prepared to listen to Qiu YiBai’s speech.
There were professionals who were going to record the speech, so she didn’t have to worry about that. She opened up her camera simply because she wanted to take some photos for herself.
It was Qiu YiBai who was going to present a speech, but for some reason, she was even more nervous.
She herself couldn’t even understand why.
As she thought, the presentation slides opened, and Qiu YiBai slowly stepped onto the stage, bowed, smiled, and began her speech.
She didn’t have to look at the script at all, and her speech was clear and fluent. Aside from looking back and reflecting on the past, she focused more on telling everyone to look forward to the future and always be humble.
Every single one of her smiles was beautiful.
Shen NingXin followed along the entire time and also continuously took photos.
After the assembly, the school authorities invited them to a meal.
Qiu YiBai refused on the grounds that she still had work at the company, and after exchanging a few words, she quickly got in the car. The moment she sat in her seat, she immediately said that she wanted to drink water.
“Why didn’t you drink earlier at school?” Shen NingXin couldn’t help but say.
“My lipstick will smear after drinking.” Qiu YiBai looked at her, took out a bill of 100 yuan, and waved it in the air. “Hurry, I want to drink BaiSuiShan2.”
She even ordered the brand in advance.
As expected, once she’s out of the public’s sight, she returns to being that immature child again.
Shen NingXin shook her head, then took the money, got out the car, and went into the supermarket.
After buying the BasiSuiShan Qiu YiBai wanted, Shen NingXin returned to the car. Just as she opened the door, she discovered that Qiu YiBai actually was asleep.
Two buttons on her suit were unbuttoned and her head that was laying on the headrest was tilted toward her direction, soft strands of hair sticking onto her face.
Because her breathing was a little heavy, she blew on a few strands of her hair, and they swayed back and forth, as if gently waving at her.
She was very well-behaved and cute.
Shen NingXin watched her, and fearing that she’d wake up her up, she suddenly didn’t dare move.
Qiu YiBai seemed really tired.
Shen NingXin held her breath as she gradually neared her, and as expected, she saw two light blue patches under eyes.
They weren’t so obvious before, but it was probably due to exhaustion from work and the torture from her toothache in the past few days.
How pitiful . . .
Shen NingXin sighed, sat up straight and studied her for a while before gently turning off the air conditioner, fearing that she would catch a cold.
It’s alright, just sleep for now.
—
In the end, Qiu YiBai didn’t sleep for long.
There were still too many things to do at the company. Since she was in a bad state these days and was afraid of forgetting something, she set up alarms to remind herself.
The ringtone she chose was even of A Ji singing as he woofed. The moment the alarm rang, she immediately woke up.
And was a little confused.
Probably forgetting that there was still somebody next to her, Qiu YiBai was first taken aback, then leaned her head on the steering wheel and murmured a few words, her tone sounding as though she were about to cry, “So annoying, I don’t wanna work, I don’t wanna go back . . .”
After mumbling similar things three four times, she finally raised her head again. Upon seeing Shen NingXin, she immediately froze.
Her entire face displayed embarassment.
“. . . . . .”
Fearing that she’d hold another grudge, Shen NingXin hurriedly took out the BaiSuiShan and spoke to divert her attention, “I bought you the water.”
“Oh.” Qiu YiBai pretended to be calm and reached out to take it. She unscrewed the cap and took a few sips. She then coughed slightly and prepared to start the car and escape.
Before she could move, she suddenly heard Shen NingXin open her mouth. “President Qiu, do you have a lot to deal with today?”
Not getting the reason why she asked that, Qiu YiBai answered casually, “It’s alright.”
“Do you have to finish everything within a short period of time?”
“There’s one thing that needs to be completed by tomorrow,” she said, then quickly asked, “What are you asking this for?”
“It’s nothing.” Shen NingXin shook her head, and after some hesitation, she ended up answering, “It’s just you seem very tired.”
“If the work isn’t urgent, you should give yourself a break.”
She felt as though this crybaby didn’t take care of herself well.
There were obviously so many things she could hand over to her subordinates, but she still took them on herself.
She worked every single day and worked overtime every single night. Even when she had a terrible toothache she still persisted on going to work, never resting for a moment.
That’s not good . . .
As though not expecting she would say all of this to herself, Qiu YiBai was a little dazed. Even her expression management skills she was so confident in was a little out of control at the moment. It took a while before she returned to her usual appearance.
She raised a brow and muttered softly, “If I took a break, who’s going to finish my work.”
“I can help,” Shen NingXin said as soon as her voice fell.
“As long as I know how, you can let me do it.”
The atmosphere was silent for a long time, and Qui YiBai didn’t say anything.
Just when Shen NingXin thought that she might be rejected, Qiu YiBai suddenly spoke.
She moved her gaze away and with her reddened ears, she asked, “Okay then, tell me what we should do instead.”
Shen NingXin smiled as soon as her voice fell.
She saw Qiu YiBai’s Weibo. Two days ago, this person reposted something about a amusement park. Shen NingXin felt as though she probably really wanted to go, and thus suggested this.
Qiu YiBai quickly shook her head after hearing this. “No, that’s a place only children go to, I’m not going.”
“Adults go there, too.” Knowing that she would answer this way, Shen NingXin continued to lure her in. “They added a lot of new entertainment rides recently. The cakes also taste delicious and there’s also puppet shows . . .”
She said a lot, and just as she anticipated, Qiu YiBai became more and more excited, but she still held onto her front, directing a question back, “You really want to go that badly?”
Yes, yes, yes, it’s me who wants to go.
Shen NingXIn smiled and quickly nodded, her eyes forming into a crescent as she said, “Thank you, President Qiu.”
Now Qiu YiBai could no longer refuse her.
After a moment, she finally nodded. “Just so it’s clear, this is me accommodating you.”
“I wouldn’t want to go to such a childish place.”
But the excitement and expectation in her eyes could hardly be hidden . . .
“Gaokao” is the national college entrance exam in China. It’s notoriously tough and a student’s future basically depends on this one single test. “BaiSuiShan” or “Ganten” is a premium bottled water brand in China.
Qiu YiBai remained in pain for a few more days before her toothache finally healed.
Aside from Shen NingXin and Assistant Han, no one else knew about this. Everybody else thought she had a cold, making it reasonable as to why she didn’t speak much, believing that her voice was hoarse and dry.
It troubled Assistant Han, however. She had to direct meetings, explain presentations, and be the middleman for Qiu YiBai’s various requests.
Not only that, she also had to supervise her boss to take medicine.
She’s gotta have learned her lesson this time . . .
Shen NingXin glanced at the big bag of chocolate she tossed aside, then swiped her phone to look at the little crying expression she posted on Weibo and couldn’t help but sigh slightly.
She’s also to blame. If she had accepted it in the first place, none of this would’ve happened.
Regarding this crybaby’s thought process, it seemed like she needed to speculate more thoughtfully in the future.
“. . . . . .”
A few days had passed since then.
Qiu YiBai’s tooth had healed, and her energy quickly returned. She began to work on the things she had put off for the past few days and even started scolding those who weren’t taking their work seriously again.
Throughout the entire morning, Shen NingXin could here voices coming from her voice.
They were quite fierce and loud!
But why did she feel a little relieved hearing that!
She shook her head and laughed, not thinking any further. Holding the document she printed out, she went to find Assistant Han.
It was said that recently a customer wanted to visit the company, and they had quite a few expectations. Before they even arrived, they blew up the forwarding agent’s WeChat with orders, asking her to help book a hotel.
They wanted it to be at a convenient traveling location, saying that there should be large supermarkets nearby but no schools and that it should take less than half an hour to drive from there to the factory.
They even had requirements for the food, no pork, no eggs, no cucumbers, no leeks . . . how picky with the dishes.
“In my opinion, we should just let the factory cook a few plates of greens for them!” Assistant Han said angrily as she screened the hotels.
How difficult.
Shen NingXin put the document on the table carefully, then grabbed a cup of coffee for her and comforted her in a soft voice. When she was about to turn and leave, Assistant Han suddenly stopped her.
“By the way, Xiao Shen,” she suddenly asked, “Do you have any plans tomorrow?”
“Tomorrow?” Shen NingXin thought for a moment, then shook her head. “Nothing much really.”
“That’s good then.” Assistant Han let out a sigh of relief, then pulled up the chair and leaned in toward her, smiling as she asked, “Then could you do me a favor?”
Shen NingXin: “En?”
She’s only an intern . . . what could she help Assistant Han with?
—
At eight in the morning, Shen NingXin wore a dress and stood in front of the stop sign, waiting for Qiu YiBai’s black Maserati to come.
This was the first time she was going out to do field work and inevitably felt nervous.
She also was a little dazed, because the destination wasn’t the factory or a hotel.
But rather a school—
Qiu YiBai’s alma mater.
Previously, she only knew that Qiu YiBai’s academic performance during school was excellent, but she didn’t have a clear idea as to how good. It wasn’t until yesterday after listening to Assistant Han’s words did she realize what kind of god-like being this person was.
During the Gaokao1, she received full marks on the English and Math section. Her essay was also chosen to be a model . . . she was her provincial’s top scorer.
How could she be this incredible?
Shen NingXin was shocked.
So her task today was to escort this scholar to her alma mater so that she could give a speech.
To be more precise, she was mainly responsible for buying water and running errands.
“. . . . . .”
As she thought, Qiu YiBai had already drove her Maserati over coolly.
She was wearing a small pure white suit today, made from exquisite and high quality fabrics and tailoring. She had a slender figure and thin waist, and she emanated a powerful aura.
And when she opened her mouth, even her voice sounded pleasant, like a clear spring flowing by.
But her tone was very fierce, and she asked her in surprise, “Why is it you, Shen NingXin?”
Did you really think I wanted to come . . .
Shen NingXin sighed internally, but she could only explain honestly, “Assistant Han had something to do and couldn’t get away, so she entrusted me to this.”
Knowing that she was probably going to be critical about it, she quickly added another sentence to stop her from speaking, “I promise I will complete all the tasks well and not cause you any trouble.”
As soon as her voice fell, the atmosphere was silent for a few seconds.
Qiu YiBai didn’t say anything but rather stared at her for a moment before slightly opening her lips and snickering.
Silence was better than sound. Shen NingXin was about to die out of anger.
This crybaby was mocking her just then, right? Right!
Knowing that she couldn’t win against her, Shen NingXin had no choice but to sigh and quickly get into the car.
After adjusting her skirt, she saw Qiu YiBai throw a coat in her direction.
“Your dress is really short,” she said, pretending to murmur in a casual manner as she raised her hand to start the car, “And it’s so early in the morning. I feel cold just looking at you.”
“Hurry and cover up a little.”
—
The car soon reached the destination.
After shaking hands with the school authorities and chatting a few words, the group of people entered the assembly hall to prepare.
Shen NingXin found a suitable seat in the front row, then turned on her camera and prepared to listen to Qiu YiBai’s speech.
There were professionals who were going to record the speech, so she didn’t have to worry about that. She opened up her camera simply because she wanted to take some photos for herself.
It was Qiu YiBai who was going to present a speech, but for some reason, she was even more nervous.
She herself couldn’t even understand why.
As she thought, the presentation slides opened, and Qiu YiBai slowly stepped onto the stage, bowed, smiled, and began her speech.
She didn’t have to look at the script at all, and her speech was clear and fluent. Aside from looking back and reflecting on the past, she focused more on telling everyone to look forward to the future and always be humble.
Every single one of her smiles was beautiful.
Shen NingXin followed along the entire time and also continuously took photos.
After the assembly, the school authorities invited them to a meal.
Qiu YiBai refused on the grounds that she still had work at the company, and after exchanging a few words, she quickly got in the car. The moment she sat in her seat, she immediately said that she wanted to drink water.
“Why didn’t you drink earlier at school?” Shen NingXin couldn’t help but say.
“My lipstick will smear after drinking.” Qiu YiBai looked at her, took out a bill of 100 yuan, and waved it in the air. “Hurry, I want to drink BaiSuiShan2.”
She even ordered the brand in advance.
As expected, once she’s out of the public’s sight, she returns to being that immature child again.
Shen NingXin shook her head, then took the money, got out the car, and went into the supermarket.
After buying the BasiSuiShan Qiu YiBai wanted, Shen NingXin returned to the car. Just as she opened the door, she discovered that Qiu YiBai actually was asleep.
Two buttons on her suit were unbuttoned and her head that was laying on the headrest was tilted toward her direction, soft strands of hair sticking onto her face.
Because her breathing was a little heavy, she blew on a few strands of her hair, and they swayed back and forth, as if gently waving at her.
She was very well-behaved and cute.
Shen NingXin watched her, and fearing that she’d wake up her up, she suddenly didn’t dare move.
Qiu YiBai seemed really tired.
Shen NingXin held her breath as she gradually neared her, and as expected, she saw two light blue patches under eyes.
They weren’t so obvious before, but it was probably due to exhaustion from work and the torture from her toothache in the past few days.
How pitiful . . .
Shen NingXin sighed, sat up straight and studied her for a while before gently turning off the air conditioner, fearing that she would catch a cold.
It’s alright, just sleep for now.
—
In the end, Qiu YiBai didn’t sleep for long.
There were still too many things to do at the company. Since she was in a bad state these days and was afraid of forgetting something, she set up alarms to remind herself.
The ringtone she chose was even of A Ji singing as he woofed. The moment the alarm rang, she immediately woke up.
And was a little confused.
Probably forgetting that there was still somebody next to her, Qiu YiBai was first taken aback, then leaned her head on the steering wheel and murmured a few words, her tone sounding as though she were about to cry, “So annoying, I don’t wanna work, I don’t wanna go back . . .”
After mumbling similar things three four times, she finally raised her head again. Upon seeing Shen NingXin, she immediately froze.
Her entire face displayed embarassment.
“. . . . . .”
Fearing that she’d hold another grudge, Shen NingXin hurriedly took out the BaiSuiShan and spoke to divert her attention, “I bought you the water.”
“Oh.” Qiu YiBai pretended to be calm and reached out to take it. She unscrewed the cap and took a few sips. She then coughed slightly and prepared to start the car and escape.
Before she could move, she suddenly heard Shen NingXin open her mouth. “President Qiu, do you have a lot to deal with today?”
Not getting the reason why she asked that, Qiu YiBai answered casually, “It’s alright.”
“Do you have to finish everything within a short period of time?”
“There’s one thing that needs to be completed by tomorrow,” she said, then quickly asked, “What are you asking this for?”
“It’s nothing.” Shen NingXin shook her head, and after some hesitation, she ended up answering, “It’s just you seem very tired.”
“If the work isn’t urgent, you should give yourself a break.”
She felt as though this crybaby didn’t take care of herself well.
There were obviously so many things she could hand over to her subordinates, but she still took them on herself.
She worked every single day and worked overtime every single night. Even when she had a terrible toothache she still persisted on going to work, never resting for a moment.
That’s not good . . .
As though not expecting she would say all of this to herself, Qiu YiBai was a little dazed. Even her expression management skills she was so confident in was a little out of control at the moment. It took a while before she returned to her usual appearance.
She raised a brow and muttered softly, “If I took a break, who’s going to finish my work.”
“I can help,” Shen NingXin said as soon as her voice fell.
“As long as I know how, you can let me do it.”
The atmosphere was silent for a long time, and Qui YiBai didn’t say anything.
Just when Shen NingXin thought that she might be rejected, Qiu YiBai suddenly spoke.
She moved her gaze away and with her reddened ears, she asked, “Okay then, tell me what we should do instead.”
Shen NingXin smiled as soon as her voice fell.
She saw Qiu YiBai’s Weibo. Two days ago, this person reposted something about a amusement park. Shen NingXin felt as though she probably really wanted to go, and thus suggested this.
Qiu YiBai quickly shook her head after hearing this. “No, that’s a place only children go to, I’m not going.”
“Adults go there, too.” Knowing that she would answer this way, Shen NingXin continued to lure her in. “They added a lot of new entertainment rides recently. The cakes also taste delicious and there’s also puppet shows . . .”
She said a lot, and just as she anticipated, Qiu YiBai became more and more excited, but she still held onto her front, directing a question back, “You really want to go that badly?”
Yes, yes, yes, it’s me who wants to go.
Shen NingXIn smiled and quickly nodded, her eyes forming into a crescent as she said, “Thank you, President Qiu.”
Now Qiu YiBai could no longer refuse her.
After a moment, she finally nodded. “Just so it’s clear, this is me accommodating you.”
“I wouldn’t want to go to such a childish place.”
But the excitement and expectation in her eyes could hardly be hidden . . .
“Gaokao” is the national college entrance exam in China. It’s notoriously tough and a student’s future basically depends on this one single test. “BaiSuiShan” or “Ganten” is a premium bottled water brand in China.