Qian An couldn't change his feelings about people he disliked, especially when there were so many things to do. Li Xue had already worn out his patience. Although he didn't love Li Xue, he still cared for her because she has been with him for a long time. However, Li Xue's personality was becoming more and more unreasonable, and their own friendship had become strained.
He couldn't help but think of his daughter Shuishui. She was really becoming more and more sensible. He didn't know if she would be happy with the things he had prepared for her future. Shuishui and Li Xue were not related by blood. In the future, when Li Xue hears about the truth, at least Shuishui would have something that belonged to her. He was actually also worried about his own health. Recently, he felt that his body was getting weaker. He did not say much, and he worried that his family would worry about him. It was also a crucial time for the company. If his enemies found out, they might take advantage of him.
Shuishui was still young. Qian An had to bear all the pressure. He opened his phone to read the last text message she sent. She told him about the foods she had eaten that day. Qian An knew how much Shuishui loved to eat. She had been like that ever since she entered high school. He was really afraid that his beautiful little daughter would get fat from eating too much. Even then, he wouldn't be very worried because she was a smart girl. Sometimes he felt like she were a different person. Ultimately, she was his daughter. He favored her because she was blossoming into a beautiful, smart, and wise young lady.
Qian Anzhi, on the other hand, played games all night and every day. He was bored to death. When he returned home, his mother supervised him every day. He found it really annoying, but he knew he had to stay home because his sister wasn't at the apartment. His father didn't want him to go and stay at the apartment without Shuishui. He really wanted to go to Beijing with his sister. He was very bored. The room next to his was Momo's, and it happened to be a little noisy. He put on his headphones and continued to play his game.
Qian Anzhi played the game excitedly. "Oh, hurry up and play!" he shrieked.
Qian Momo was very unhappy with how noisy Anzhi was. She went straight to Anzhi's door and knocked on it. Anzhi couldn't hear her, and she continued to knock vigorously on the door. "Keep your voice down," she said.
Qian Anzhi finally heard her, but he couldn't be bothered. Anzhi found it amusing that she herself was noisy, but she wanted Anzhi to be more quiet. Who cared about her?
Anzhi ignored her, and she continued to knock on the door. She kept knocking even harder. "Qian Anzhi, is there something wrong with you? I told you to keep your voice down. You became noisier instead!"
Qian Anzhi snorted coldly. Momo really hadn't changed. He lowered his voice a little. Qian Momo was still a little dissatisfied, but she went back to her room.
Momo and Anzhi didn't interfere with each other's affairs and continued to live their own lives.
Shuishui had lived quite peacefully for a few days. Every day, she would either go out to eat or go sightseeing. She enjoyed going to different places and hanging out with Mu Ziyu and Mu Zilin. Jiang Li had become very unhappy, so Shuishui went back to their house.
Mu Ziyu wanted Shuishui to live with his family, but he knew that she would need Jiang Yuan's consent. If Jiang Yuan didn't agree, they would have no choice but to obey. Shuishui was soon back at the Jiang family's house. Although Jiang Yuan said that he wouldn't stop Shuishui and Ziyu from being together, he still wasn't very supportive of their relationship. Before Shuishui left, he made some arrangements for Shuishui.
"Shuishui, come to uncle's place. It's like this. You've been here for about ten days already. Anyway, other than holidays and such, do you want to visit me at the office to learn about business? I can let you be a little secretary for a few days," Jiang Yuan said. He actually didn't want Shuishui to be spending too much time with the Mu family. He thought that if he brought her along, she would basically be under his nose every day. She could even learn about business from him. Her own father was a businessman anyway, and she might consider taking that path in the future.
Shuishui was stunned that Uncle Jiang would want her to be his little secretary for a while, but she knew it wouldn't be good to refuse. "Yes. I might learn a few things," she said.
"En en, we will go to an event and learn how to organize information. Also, there are a lot of university students at the office. New Year's Day is a holiday, but since they are quite busy these days, some of them will be going to the office." He thought of the interns who had just graduated from university. They were young men with outstanding personalities. It would not be bad if Shuishui got to know some of them.
"Okay." Shuishui guessed why Jiang Yuan suddenly asked her to go to the office with him, but it did not matter. She knew she would be able to learn a lot from Uncle Jiang. She was unfamiliar with business, and she wanted to learn so she would be able to help her father in the future. She was not interested in business affairs, but she wanted to learn for her father's sake because it was his line of work.
Jiang Yuan was very satisfied with Shuishui's straightforwardness. "Okay. We will leave at nine o'clock tomorrow morning. I know you like to sleep late, but you have to sleep early so you will have enough energy for tomorrow."
Shuishui didn't intend to continue the topic. "Yes, Uncle Jiang. I'll go rest now."
Jiang Yuan waved his hand and let Shuishui go and rest.
Shuishui went inside her room and prepared to go to bed early. She also called Mu Ziyu and told him all about it.
Knowing that Shuishui was going to Uncle Jiang's office and not knowing for sure if she would be attending a social event that night, Mu Ziyu felt very unhappy. He had no choice, and he couldn't say anything. Uncle Jiang was an elder, and he had not approved of Shuishui's relationship with him. He wasn't Shuishui's father, but Shuishui was his ward. Mu Ziyu simply reminded Shuishui to take good care of herself.
The next day, Shuishui put on regular clothes and a white coat. She actually had a red coat, which Auntie Jiang had bought for her. Auntie Jiang told her that she could wear red since it was more festive and because it was New Year's Eve. She placed the clothes aside and went downstairs to eat.
Jiang Yuan was already sitting in the living room reading the newspaper. "Today, we have lotus seed porridge. Come and eat. It may snow today, so wear more layers. Uncle will bring you to a hot pot restaurant this noon."
"That's great. It's cold, so we should eat hot pot." Shuishui was well-dressed. She walked to the kitchen and brought back a bowl of porridge. The nanny carried the side dishes in both hands.
Shuishui ate slowly. She had calculated the time. At eight forty, she finished eating, brought her empty bowl back to the kitchen, and left with Jiang Yuan.
Auntie Jiang also went downstairs around that time. Looking at the two of them, she shook her head helplessly. "This child is so diligent. Meanwhile, Xiao Li and the others still in bed," she said.
The nanny was at the side. Hearing this, she nodded. "Yes, that child is really diligent. But the old master is really too much. Children love to go out and play, but he is taking her with him to the office."
"There's nothing I can do about it. Shuishui is very important to him. Now that she's part of my household, I feel pretty good. It's like having a daughter. Anyway, it's getting colder and colder. I think I should prepare more clothes for her." Auntie Jiang turned around and went back upstairs. She invited the twins to go shopping with her.
Shuishui and Jiang Yuan soon arrived at the office. It was clear to the others that Shuishui was a young girl. Jiang Yuan endorsed Shuishui to his secretary. "Secretary Huang, this is my niece. Teach her to do a few simple tasks. You can also take her on a tour around the office so she can familiarize herself with the environment."
"Yes, Boss Jiang." The secretary was already an *****, and she moved and spoke elegantly. Shuishui had a good impression of her at first glance.
Jiang Yuan left Shuishui to his secretary and went out for a while.
Secretary Huang brought Shuishui along. "You are Boss Jiang's niece? You look young. How old are you now?"
Shuishui nodded and smiled. "I'm sixteen."
"Aiyo, you're so young. Then I'll take you on a small tour to familiarize yourself with the office and the company. You can just sit next to me later. I can let you do a few simple tasks. Do you know how to use the form software? If you know how to use it, it'll be much more convenient." All the employees used computers. If she didn't know how to use a computer, she would basically have nothing to do.
"I will," she answered. Of course, she knew how to use a computer, but she needed to familiarize herself with the software the company used.
"Sure. Children these days know how to use computers and other gadgets." Secretary Huang remembered that one of her nephews was also around Shuishui's age. He played games every day. She once had problems with her own computer, and that young boy had fixed it for her.
She held Shuishui's hand and simply introduced her to employees in a few departments. She brought her to the office and sat down. Secretary Huang opened the drawer. She had a pile of chocolate bars and several candies. She took them out and said, "You can have some if you want. Don't be shy. I replenish them every day. These taste pretty good."
"Thank you, Sister Huang." Shuishui was clearly not a pretentious child.
Secretary Huang liked her unpretentious attitude. "Use a desktop. Take a look at the software first. When they send the documents over, I'll teach you how to do it."
Shuishui opened the software and studied the functions, which were in English. It was similar to the software she had used in her previous life. After familiarizing herself with it, she clicked the mailbox on the left and a file popped up. She opened it and skimmed through the document it. It was from a foreign client. She looked up at Secretary Huang. She looked anxious, and she continued to study the document. "Sister Huang, an e-mail popped up."
"Oh, you can read it first. I have an urgent document here," Sister Huang said. Shuishui was even more anxious. The matter mentioned in the e-mail was something she knew nothing about. She had to hurry and quickly try to understand it.
Shuishui silently focused on what was on the computer. Then, she tried to navigate around the other functions in the software.
She had nothing to do anyway, so it didn't matter if she made a mistake. She simply wanted to try. She focused on the task. At first, she was not very sure how to go about it, but she soon got the hang of things. She zoned out and seriously focused on the document. That was one of Shuishui's admirable characteristics. When given a task, she would do her best to accomplish it with minimal supervision.
After Secretary Huang finished the urgent task assigned to her, she decided to check on Shuishui. She walked behind Shuishui and watched as Shuishui worked her way through the document. In the e-mail, it was mentioned that a strategic plan and structural diagram of the matter would be beneficial. It was apparent that Shuishui was drafting those requests. Secretary Huang watched as Shuishui skillfully typed in the data and created a diagram.
Secretary Huang was dumbfounded. This child was amazing.
She didn't disturb Shuishui and just watched as she worked. Soon, it was past twelve, and Jiang Yuan returned. He wanted to take Shuishui out to a hot pot restaurant. When he arrived at the office, he saw Secretary Huang standing behind Shuishui and simply watching Shuishui work.
Uncle Jiang walked in and realized that no one had paid attention to him. He walked over to Secretary Huang's side. Secretary Huang only realized at that moment that Uncle Jiang was there. Jiang Yuan placed his finger on his mouth and told her not to make a sound. He looked at the computer screen to see what Shuishui was working on. There were rows and columns of data, and Shuishui was analyzing the data and typing notes in English.
Shuishui was typing fast on the keyboard.
Jiang Yuan knew that he had underestimated Shuishui. He didn't expect her to be so full of surprises.
Shuishui typed her notes for the last items and stretched. When she saw Uncle Jiang and Secretary Huang behind her, she was a little confused. "What's wrong?"