Gu Xiaoer stood by the coffee table, staring at the stack of contract books, unsure whether to sit or stand. It would take her at least a full day to read through all this text! She looked towards Bai Xiaoyu for help, but the man was so focused on signing documents that she lost her nerve to speak. Minister Bai was too busy; how could he have all the time in the universe to wait for her to read at her own pace?
But if she signed too quickly, wouldn't it seem too hasty? She was sure to leave an impression of being careless and unstable in Minister Bai's mind.
Headache... She was contemplating whether to ask Minister Bai if she could take the contracts home and sign them there before returning them...
The young girl's troubled and indecisive expression was all caught in Bai Xiaoyu's eyes.
Han Luoli had said that she was the bride he had promised himself since childhood, and this step was inevitable sooner or later; what difference did it make if it were sooner?
Bai Xiaoyu was speechless with irritation, yet he found himself completely without reason to refute that shameless man's words. Damn you, Han Luoli, if you want to deceive her into marriage, could you not make me the executioner?!
"Why not sign? Is there something that dissatisfies you?" His gaze swept indifferently over the twisted hem of her clothes, and a barely audible chuckle escaped from Bai Xiaoyu, who did not even know why seeing the girl's awkwardness made him want to laugh.
Perhaps, every time he saw her, she was always so awkward.
"No, no!" Gu Xiaoer shook her head nervously; this time, she didn't even dare to sit down. Sigh, my future direct supervisor, could you not be so aloof? Your cold and indifferent tone of voice is just like Han Luoli's. "I'll look it over, I'll sign it right now...right now..."
She found herself a small chair away from the sofa and quietly began reading the documents.
One page... two pages...
Half an hour had passed, and she had read a mere fifteen pages! The contents of the densely packed contracts were complex and dull, filled with official and academic clauses she couldn't understand or had never seen before. After scanning them once in her mind, she had pretty much forgotten what she read...
Stealing glances with her eyes at the indifferent man who sat motionless on the sofa, busy flipping through documents, she felt both anxious and helpless.
"Minister Bai, could I take these home to read them thoroughly? I'll bring the contracts over first thing tomorrow morning!" After all, if she continued this way, she might delay your precious end of work time.
Bai Xiaoyu glanced at his wrist, the vintage watch under his pristine white shirt cuff subtle yet stately, the sound of his indifferent voice firm: "I'll wait for you until five o'clock. Take your time."
...Ah, does that mean he doesn't want me to take them home?
Gu Xiaoer was nervous and conflicted but still spoke boldly but politely: "Minister Bai, I apologize for taking up your time. To be honest, I find these documents a bit difficult to read. The volume is also quite large, but I would still like to read through them carefully to avoid any mistakes in the future, and I don't want to seem too hasty. So, it might take quite a while, and I might not be finished by five... If you don't want me to take them home, then could you find me a place at Shenghan to finish reading and signing them before handing them to the person in charge? That way, I won't delay your end of work time!"
The man's thin lips curved slightly as he interrupted: "Shenghan won't cheat a college student."
"Eh?" Gu Xiaoer was embarrassed; did he mean that she was questioning Shenghan's authority? She wasn't...
Alright, she just didn't understand this whole contract-signing thing very well.
Bai Xiaoyu looked at her with a smile: "Go ahead, I'll wait for you." The task Han Luoli had entrusted him with, even if it meant working overtime without sleep, he had to complete it!
Sigh! Gu Xiaoer sighed silently to herself, resigning to read as she was asked to sign anyway.
However, the speed with which she turned the pages was much quicker than before because, after all, a company as big as Shenghan wouldn't cheat a college student...