Ji Yan looked at the paper bag on the table. She knew what was inside it without the manager saying anything.
“By the way, Miss Ji, your following tasks are quite heavy. Do you need an assistant?”
“Assistant?” Ji Yan looked at the manager awkwardly. “It’s not appropriate, is it?”
The manager waved his hand at Ji Yan and said, “It’s not a big deal. Your department’s work is exhausting, and it’s a big deal for you to participate in the competition. You can’t be careless.”
Ji Yan rubbed her hands together and thought for a long time. Now, her mind was full of Li Wenjing’s round face.
“Manager, must this assistant belong to our company?”
Ji Yan looked at the manager with some uncertainty.
After so many years of work in the corporate world, the manager immediately understood the meaning of Ji Yan’s words.
“Not necessarily. If you have a good candidate, you can also recommend them to the company. After all, you know our company policies. How can we not welcome excellent talents?”
Ji Yan listened to the manager’s answer and took a deep breath happily.
“Manager, I have a good friend who has always been interested in design, and she has just returned from Averland. Would you like me to bring her to the company to meet you?”
The manager touched his beer belly and nodded. “No problem. Just let my secretary inform me in advance.”
After watching the manager leave, Ji Yan opened the paper bag on the table, which was full of cold, hard cash.
Ji Yan walked to the french window of the office with the paper bag. Outside the window was a lively scene of the human world.
For a moment, Ji Yan felt it was a little ironic. She was still penniless just moments ago. If it weren’t for Li Wenjing, she wouldn’t even be able to get to the company. But in the blink of an eye, she was holding a thick stack of money in her hand.
As soon as she thought of the 50 million that Shang Jinshen had given her, Ji Yan felt suffocated.
Although Shang Jinshen had made it clear that he didn’t want the money back, she was still determined to pay it back.
However, with the income of a designer like her, she was afraid that she would not be able to repay the money for decades. Ji Yan secretly clenched her fists when she thought of this.
Taking a look at the clock on the office wall, she thought that Shang Jingshen should still be busy. But if she didn’t go back for dinner, she should inform him.
Ji Yan held her phone and struggled for a long time before she made up her mind to call Shang Jinshen.
“Speak!”
The moment the call connected, she heard Shang Jinshen’s cold voice.
Ji Yan nervously held her phone. When she heard that he seemed to be in a meeting on the other side of the phone, she quickly lowered her voice and sped up.
“Jinshen, I met an old friend today and wanted to have dinner with her. So…”
Ji Yan thought that with Shang Jinshen’s intelligence, he should understand what she meant.
“So?”
Instead, Shang Jinshen raised his voice with obvious mockery. Ji Yan knew that he must have done it on purpose.
Ji Yan took a deep breath and said, “So, can I not go home for dinner tonight?”
Shang Jinshen suddenly fell silent, but then he quickly replied.
“Whatever!”
Ji Yan looked at her phone, which was already hung up, and was stunned for a moment. Why did she feel a little disappointed?
She had thought that he would turn her down or get angry, but he didn’t. Shang Jinshen’s cold and distant words seemed to have nothing to do with her.
Ji Yan shook her head and forced herself not to overthink.
To Ji Yan, it was better for her to build a career as soon as possible rather than just bear the title of the Shang family’s Young Madam.
Ji Yan put the bag of money in the drawer and then called Li Wenjing.
To be honest, Ji Yan felt that the role of an assistant was somewhat unfair to Li Wenjing, but she needed a person she could fully trust in both her career and life.
Looking around her, Ji Yan could think of no other person than Li Wenjing.
Maybe it was destined. Otherwise, how could she meet Li Wenjing at her most desperate times? Thus, Ji Yan called Li Wenjing.
After work, as soon as Ji Yan got out of the building, she saw Li Wenjing’s round face waiting at the door.
Ji Yan walked over with a smile and took her arm. “It seems that your company is not very strict.”
Li Wenjing pouted and patted her hand away. “I came out early to have dinner with you.”
The two of them chatted and laughed as they walked towards the shopping mall for dinner. Ji Yan did not notice that just as she was talking with Li Wenjing, the Maybach, which she could not be more familiar with, was parked on the side of the road not far away.
Looking at Ji Yan talking and laughing, Shang Jinshen had a strange feeling. He had never seen this side of Ji Yan before.
“Mr. Shang, do you want me to call Madam Ji Yan?” The cold-faced assistant turned around and asked.
Shang Jinshen raised an eyebrow and sneered.
“Forget it. Let her have a good night. Let’s go home.”
Shang Jinshen looked away from Ji Yan as he spoke. He wanted her to know who was the one who didn’t know how to be grateful although treated well!
Ji Yan and Li Wenjing had intended to go to a newly opened mall nearby to enjoy some Thai food, but they somehow ended up at the night market after walking for a while.
The scent of the night market suddenly softened Ji Yan’s heart.
Ever since she married into the Shang family, she felt as if she had entered another world. It was a world that did not belong to her and was completely foreign.
“Ji Yan, do you still remember the food street behind our university?”
“Of course.” Ji Yan laughed. “Didn’t we call that street Fallen Street?”
“That’s right!”
The two girls sat down on the side of the road with smiles happily.
“Ji Yan, it’s a great day. Why don’t we have some beer?”
Li Wenjing suggested joyfully.
In fact, Ji Yan also wanted to celebrate with her, but when she thought of her body, she still felt a little embarrassed and shook her head.
“Oh, I forgot that you can’t drink,” Li Wenjing said and laughed. Then she waved to the boss. “Boss, a beer and twenty kidney pies!”
“Twenty kidney pies?” Ji Yan almost spat out the water in her mouth. “Wenjing, are you okay?”
“It’s okay!” Li Wenjing patted Ji Yan’s arm. “I’ve been thinking about this all the time when I was in Averland.”
Ji Yan shook her head. After so many years, this girl had not changed at all.
After they ate for a while, Ji Yan looked at Li Weijing and told her what she thought.
“Wenjing, do you want to change your job?” Ji Yan picked up a bunch of beef and handed it to Li Wenjing.