When Xiwan arrived at the waiting room on the second floor, a few people came out one after another. They didn't look very good. There was a chubby girl with tears all over her face. The two people who were with her patted her shoulder to comfort her.
When Xiwan went in, she didn't see her two friends. They must have gone in for their interviews.
Because the interviews were conducted in groups of ten people, each round lasted about twenty to thirty minutes. Xiwan was bored, so she left the waiting room and planned to take a stroll around the second floor.
"Hey." Someone patted Xiwan's shoulder. "We meet again."
Xiwan turned her head and saw that it was the crazy man from this morning. He looked at her arrogantly.
Xiwan ignored him.
"You should have been selected."
Xiwan continued to ignore him.
"Hey, I'm speaking nicely! Why won't you say anything?"
Xiwan turned her head away from him.
'Don't bother with such people, or else he will get more excited,' Xiwan thought to herself.
"F*ck!" The man changed from sulking to trying to be nice. "It was my fault this morning. Can I apologize to you? Ah, beauty, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I was wrong this morning."
Xiwan turned her head to look at the young man. He seemed full of apologies but still had a mischievous smile on his face. She was slightly annoyed and said coldly, "I don't like men."
"Oh, f*ck. You're serious!"
At that moment, a clear voice came from behind Xiwan. "Arnold, what are you doing here?"
"Oh, it's Secretary Wu. Where's my cousin?" The man in front of her smiled again, revealing two harmless dimples.
"The boss is working," Secretary Wu replied. Then, hhe looked at him and Xiwan, and his eyes flashed with surprise. Thinking of what day it was today, he understood who Xiwan was. How quickly Xiwan had hooked up with the Boss's cousin. Although he didn't show any interest on the surface, there was disdain in his heart. Secretary Wu said to the man, "Arnold, it's good that you know your limits. I still have something to do, so I'll be leaving now."
"You've been around my brother for too long, huh? You're getting less and less cute," he said, he curled his lips. "As expected, staying with old virgins turns people into perverts!"
Secretary Wu ignored him and walked straight ahead, disappearing around the corner with the blink of an eye.
Xiwan put this new information together and remained silent. So the psychopath in front of her was Li Zhan's cousin, and he was called Arnold, but why was he so unreliable? He must have misunderstood Secretary Wu's last words and remarks.
Damn it, even if she wanted to find a backer, it wouldn't be this loser in front of her. Moreover, she had already suffered a loss from a man. She could be fooled once and she would not be fooled again!
Thinking of this, Xiwan's cold expression became even more distant.
The man in front of her cleared his throat. "My name is Zheng Nuo, what about you?"
"I've already told you that I don't like men." Xiwan's eyes flashed with disdain. However, as a second-generation son in a rich family, she thought that everyone would pounce on him for his identity. "Your ears aren't working well. Go out and turn right. Take a taxi. The Second Military Hospital is fifteen minutes away. The sooner you get treated, the better." Xiwan pushed him away and walked towards the waiting room on the second floor.
Zheng Nuo said something, but she didn't wait around long enough to hear it.
Another failure!
Forget it. It was his cousin's company anyway. He would find out about her in the future.
Zheng Nuo thought about it and stopped chasing Xiwan. Instead, he walked towards Secretary Wu. Yes, that's right. He planned to turn to his cousin to comfort his injured heart.
* * *
Li Zhan was dressed in a black suit. He was sat in his office looking at the information sheet that Secretary Wu had just brought back.
The room was quiet except for the sound of the air conditioner blowing cold air.
Secretary Wu said, "I just saw Arnold."
Li Zhan also did not raise his head. He stared at the work in his hand and let out a noncommital, "Oh?"
His cousin came to his company from time to time, looking for an actress or a female singer. He was the boss of the company, so he could neither actively encourage that nor forbid it, as there was no explicit rule. There were no secrets about it, but those female artists were often happy to do it themselves. To the public they could be in a relationship, or simply be good friends.
As the boss of the company, it was really difficult to manage matters outside of work. He only hoped that it would not cause a scandal.
Fortunately, Zheng Nuo was sensible and didn't try to do anything out of line. However, because he had dated some famous artists in the industry, his romantic affairs were always on the entertainment headlines.
All of the unnecessary drama his cousin had caused was going to give his uncle Zheng Lin a heart attack. In the end, he had no choice but to say, "Don't play any tricks, or else you'll be kicked out of the family."
However, Zheng Nuo was also capable of being a gentleman. When he was dating someone, it was one-on-one. He was able to make the woman happy, and after they broke up, he was also generous enough to give them a house and a car, if the girl in question mentioned it. He was good-looking and, at 26 years old, still had a baby-face. He looked like a student. Therefore, many female celebrities had marked Zheng Nuo's name in the list of one-night stands, and every female celebrity that he had dated was still full of praise for him after they'd broken up.
Thinking of his cousin gave Li Zhan a headache at first, but by now he was used to it.
Secretary Wu saw that his boss hadn't made any big movements, so he said, "The company should have found a good seedling this time. Zheng Nuo seems to have taken a fancy to her..."
Li Zhan replied with a short, "Yep," and continued to bury his head in work.
Secretary Wu felt a sigh in his heart. These two cousins' temperaments were really poles apart. His boss was expressionless, but Zheng Nuo was happy. His boss's personality was cold and aloof, and it was difficult to get close to him. Zheng Nuo was a tsundere young master, and he was very loyal. He would do anything for his friends. As for women, his boss... Ahem. He didn't know if Li Zhan had dated anyone when he was a student, but he had been working with him for almost five years, and he had never seen him with any woman. As for Zheng Nuo, ha! If it wasn't for his family, people talk would only talk about his romantic affairs!
Thinking of this, Secretary Wu looked at the boss. Tsk, tsk! This face was really God's favorite, every inch of it was carefully carved. People like him, who had been casually thrown together by God, could only look at beautiful people and sigh. "Unfair!"
He had always had a sneaking suspicion about Li Zhan's sexual orientation, but he was careful in how he tested this theory with his boss. The boss had sneered and even said, "Wu Yang, if you like men, then so be it. I won't fire you just because you're gay."
At that time, he was like, "F*ck, this is too much!"
The boss was definitely a straight man.
The two of them had stopped talking about Zheng Nuo's matter, but they did not expect him to come knocking on the door. He pushed the door open and said, "Cousin, I really think I've fallen this time."
Li Zhan still did not raise his head. "Oh."
"It's true." Seeing that his cousin didn't seem to believe him, Zheng Nuo repeated himself and very seriously said, "It's true!"
"Oh?"
Zheng Nuo and Wu Yang glanced at each other.
"Damn! I know I haven't been very reliable in the past, but it's fate this time - I swear!"
Li Zhan continued in his quest to not raise his head. He turned the page and started reading the other side.
Zheng Nuo's heart was filled with a million curses. "Cousin, that beauty is really extraordinary. I've really fallen for her. She's so beautiful, and her personality is good for my appetite!"
Wu Yang's eyebrows drew together, filling his forehead with lines. He must have made a mistake. Zheng Nuo still did not know the name of that beauty.
Naturally, Wu Yang was not the only one who had figured that out. Li Zhan said, "She may well be the most beautiful girl in the world, but you still don't know her name. You've really come here to tell me that you fell for her? I've read a lot, you can't fool me."
Wu Yang held back his laughter, turning his entire face red.
He wanted to say, 'Look, my boss doesn't like to talk, he will swallow you to death if he speaks,' but he kept the thought to himself.
Zheng Nuo was furious. "Cousin, I'm serious!"
Li Zhan repeated his favorite word: "Oh." It was cold, as if the long speech Li Zhan had just given was an illusion.
Zheng Nuo followed his anger. "Sigh. Who exactly is in charge of the recruitment this time? I want all the information on this beauty!"
Only then did Li Zhan raise his head and look at his cousin, who was only one year younger than him. "You're not young either. You can't just spend your days loitering around the flowers. Think about it, uncle is already old, and he still runs such a big company like the Zheng Corporation. As a child..."
"Stop, stop, stop!" Zheng Nuo hurriedly interrupted. "The company is on track now. Besides, Father has also found a professional manager, so there's nothing for me to do. The Zheng Corporation has you. As for me, I'll just take the dividends."
Li Zhan was speechless.
"Also, cousin, it's time for you to find a woman. You're 27 but act like you're like a 72-year-old grandpa! How boring," he said slyly.
"It's time for you to find one too. My aunt is still waiting to have a grandson." Li Zhan looked over to Wu Yang after he spoke.
Wu Yang, who was originally watching the show in front of him, received the gaze and could only stand up in embarrassment. "Ah, Nuo. Look, it's still work hours."
It was not the first time Zheng Nuo had been kicked out of the office in such a tactful manner. He raised his chin and snorted twice. "You don't need to tell me. I'll go find a beauty for myself." As he said that, he went out.
After Zheng Nuo left, Wu Yang smiled and said, "But boss, although Zheng Nuo's words just now were, ahem, a little rough, he was trying to make a reasonable point. You are twenty-seven years old."
"I didn't know my secretary has the ability to make a woman cry."
Wu Yang's heart almost collapsed. Then, he could not comfort himself. As the excellent secretary of an excellent boss, the capacity of his heart must also be excellent.