Princess Syndrome - Chapter 42
Chapter 42: Getting Angry
Ji Zhiyi hung up the phone, sat in front of her computer, her thumb supporting her chin, lips pursed. Su Lingyue's words kept echoing in her ear: "Who wants to resign."
She: ...
Headache.
Su Lingyue also had a headache.
Just as she turned around, Wu Meiyan asked, "Who was it?"
She said, "President Ji."
Then, remembering the conversations in the office, she specifically emphasized, "I am not resigning."
Wu Meiyan nodded.
She thought that President Ji was still quite reasonable. Everyone in the office was thinking too badly of her. Wu Meiyan said, "Then you need to work hard."
Su Lingyue had been working for so long, and no one had ever told her to work hard. It was somewhat novel. She glanced at Wu Meiyan. Wu Meiyan noticed it and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." After she spoke, she bit her lip and asked Wu Meiyan, "Do you have a younger sister at home?"
Wu Meiyan said, "How did Assistant Su know?"
No wonder.
She was just wondering why Wu Meiyan was always taking care of her like she was a younger sister. Su Lingyue had been alone her whole life. There were siblings among her relatives, but they weren't close to her. Chu Yi said it was because her mouth had offended people in the past, so she didn't have any companions by her side.
She didn't care either.
What kind of companion would someone like her deserve?
Chu Yi always said she was too pessimistic. She just felt that she was used to it.
Used to being betrayed by family, betrayed by friends. She had lived in one farce after another, and her heart had long been like still water. She coldly watched those who called themselves her friends slander her in private, devaluing her to nothing.
She was used to those suitors, after she rejected them, calling her promiscuous, saying she was seducing men.
She was used to those people's shallow, disdainful, or resentful gazes after she rejected them.
She was even more used to her nominal father, pushing her into one pit of fire after another.
She had long been used to this kind of life.
So, she was a bit unaccustomed to Wu Meiyan’s kind of care.
She lowered her head, bit her lip, and smiled: "I guessed it."
Wu Meiyan said, "My sister is quite a bit younger than me."
So, that's why she was so good at taking care of people?
Su Lingyue nodded: "I can tell."
You could tell that too?
She didn't seem to have talked about her family in the office.
Su Lingyue was quite observant after all.
The two chatted along, completely missing the point, all the way back to the office. Everyone looked up, and busily took the coffee from Su Lingyue. Su Lingyue had bought one extra cup, she said: "I'll take this to President Ji."
Wu Meiyan nodded: "Go on."
Just as Su Lingyue was about to leave, Wu Meiyan said: "Hey, Assistant Su."
She turned around, Wu Meiyan said: "Smile a little, there's a saying that you don't hit someone with a smiling face."
If she wanted to perform well, she definitely had to have a good attitude.
The others chimed in: "Yes, Assistant Su, soften your voice a little, be more friendly."
Su Lingyue looked at their concerned expressions and tried hard to maintain her persona of someone whom Ji Zhiyi hated, but who had to remain strong, nodding firmly: "Okay."
The others breathed a sigh of relief.
Su Lingyue walked to Ji Zhiyi's door, knocked, and softly called, "President Ji."
Ji Zhiyi's hand holding the pen trembled.
She almost signed the name wrong.
She looked up at the direction of the voice at the door.
She tightened her grip on the pen.
What was she up to again?
She didn't reply, and Su Lingyue patiently called out again: "President Ji."
This time, there was a hint of gritted teeth.
Ji Zhiyi said: "Come in."
She looked at Su Lingyue.
Su Lingyue was holding coffee, she quickly walked to her desk. The door closed behind her. The people in the secretarial office started whispering, Wu Meiyan said: "Assistant Su isn’t resigning for the time being, you all should help her out more."
"Really?" Zhang Ting breathed a sigh of relief: "That's great. How did President Ji suddenly change her mind?"
The others looked expectantly at Wu Meiyan: "Sister Wu, did you go and plead on her behalf?"
Wu Meiyan paused.
Was it because of that phone call?
The others, seeing her hesitation, said: "It must be Sister Wu who pleaded on her behalf."
"Sister Wu is amazing!" Everyone started flattering her: "Let's give Sister Wu a massage."
Wu Meiyan chuckled: "If you all had fewer problems, that would be enough."
"Understood!" They all laughed, drinking their coffee: "But Assistant Su has been here for so long, we haven't had a team meal, maybe we should arrange one?"
The thought came from being treated to coffee today. What if Su Lingyue really did resign one day, and they hadn't had a proper meal together?
Wu Meiyan said: "Okay, and we can also teach her the workplace rules."
After all, she wasn’t the young miss of the Su family anymore.
Secretary Li said: "ODK!"
Zhang Ting said: "Then I'll arrange the team meal, is President Ji going to pay?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the secretarial office fell into a moment of silence, not a single sound.
Ji Zhiyi sat in her office, looked at Su Lingyue, and the coffee in front of her, asking, "What's going on?"
Su Lingyue's expression was calm: "I’m treating you to coffee."
Ji Zhiyi said: "The resignation, what's that about?"
Su Lingyue gave an "oh," turned her head to look at the glass, blocked by the blinds, unable to see anything. Her tone was a little innocent: "I said I was treating them to coffee."
Ji Zhiyi looked at her.
Su Lingyue shrugged, looking completely innocent. This kind of expression, which wasn't her usual one, made Ji Zhiyi stare intently.
Back in college, every time she made a mistake and the instructor caught her, she would have this kind of expression, innocently saying, "How would I know?"
That innocent look had a touch of indolence to it.
Looking at it now, it had quite a bit of the original feeling.
Ji Zhiyi sighed helplessly, took a sip of the coffee, the taste was just right. Her phone rang, Ji Zhiyi answered the call. The person on the other end reported that Yang Zhizhi was having lunch with people from Su Qi at Haotai.
She held the phone, her fingers long and slender, with distinct joints. On her middle finger, she wore a bright circular ring. Ji Zhiyi quietly listened and said, "I know. Help me book an evening appointment."
The other end respectfully hung up.
Su Lingyue was looking at her.
Ji Zhiyi said: "Miss Yang is meeting with Su Qi at Haotai for lunch."
Su Lingyue subconsciously asked: "Will they sign the contract?"
Then she thought of the controversy online. Yang Zhizhi had been in the industry for so long, her scandals were few, she always maintained a clean image, and she was very concerned about her image. At least so far, she hadn't done anything that would invite negative reviews.
When she had finished investigating Yang Zhizhi, she had been thinking.
Was that one of the reasons why Ji Zhiyi sought out Yang Zhizhi? Now that she thought about it, it was a big part of the reason. Yang Zhizhi was definitely avoiding placing herself in the middle of a controversy because she valued her image.
That was also what Ji Zhiyi had been saying.
Yang Zhizhi would come to her for the contract, it was the same logic.
Ji Zhiyi looked at her.
Su Lingyue answered her own question: "They won’t."
Ji Zhiyi laughed, took another sip of the coffee, and heard Su Lingyue ask, "Then are we going to meet Miss Yang in the evening?"
"Mm." Ji Zhiyi said: "I've scheduled it for the evening."
Su Lingyue thought of the lunch appointment, and became curious: "Who are we meeting for lunch?"
Ji Zhiyi just looked at her, not saying anything.
Su Lingyue saw that she was being secretive.
And wondered what she was planning.
Ji Zhiyi wouldn't tell her. There was a knock on the door, and Su Lingyue said: "Then, I'll go out first."
She brushed past the HR Director who came to submit the reports. The colleagues in the secretarial office were all working, when they heard footsteps, they looked up and said to her: "The coffee is delicious, thank you, Assistant Su."
Su Lingyue said, "You’re welcome."
Zhang Ting said: "Assistant Su, are you free tonight? Let's have a team dinner?"
Su Lingyue thought of Yang Zhizhi, and shook her head: "President Ji has a dinner appointment tonight."
She definitely had to accompany her. Zhang Ting nodded: "Then how about tomorrow? It’s the weekend."
The others also got excited: "Tomorrow, lunch or dinner?"
"Dinner." Secretary Li said: "I want to sleep until I wake up naturally..."
Who didn't want to do that?
They worked hard all week, just to sleep in on the weekends. Su Lingyue nodded. Zhang Ting smiled: "Then it's settled, tomorrow evening. I’ll post a list of locations in the group chat for you all to choose."
The others had no objections, and Su Lingyue even less so.
She just felt it was new.
This was her first time participating in a department dinner. In the head office, there were team dinners too, but every time Zhou Yan or Zhou Shiyu would be there. There were two times when she heard Zhou Yan's secretary advising him in the break room, "Arrange a dinner with Miss Su another day, if she drinks more, wouldn't that be..."
It was so disgusting she wanted to vomit.
She refused all team dinners.
Here, she was like air, and they always skipped over her when inviting people to eat. She was happy not to socialize. Now that they were having a team meal, and with these colleagues she didn't dislike, there was a faint sense of anticipation in her heart.
It was all so new.
Su Lingyue lowered her head and smiled.
Her phone rang. She answered it. It was Zhang Xian informing her to go to the processing plant at 3 PM.
She asked, "Is no one else around you?"
She got up and walked to the window, looking down at the street, full of traffic. The area around her was quiet, and she said: "No one's around."
Zhang Xian said: "Did President Ji explain the processing plant issue to you in detail?"
Su Lingyue said: "She gave me a general idea."
Zhang Xian glanced at the time: "Then we should head over a little earlier this afternoon, I’ll explain it to you in detail."
Su Lingyue agreed.
Zhang Xian added, "Don't mention this to anyone else."
Su Lingyue said: "I know."
Then she hung up. As she was about to go back to her desk, she saw Wu Meiyan walking in from outside, stretching her neck. Her neck was quite slender too, but she was too thin. Her collarbones weren't as smooth and round, and when she slightly tilted her head, the curve of her neck was also very attractive. However, it didn't have the kind of carved exquisite beauty that Ji Zhiyi had.
Why was she thinking about Ji Zhiyi's neck again?
Did she really have a neck fetish?
Su Lingyue was suspicious. She furrowed her brows, preparing to go back, when she saw Wu Meiyan taking a phone call, and walking towards her. She heard her say, "Okay, I understand. I’ll send the measurements right away."
After she hung up the phone, she took a deep breath.
Su Lingyue saw that she was busy, and she had several documents in her hand, asking: "Do you need help?"
Wu Meiyan said, "Sure, please help me deliver these to the sales department. I still have to make a call to the processing plant."
Su Lingyue suddenly thought of Xie Lan and asked: "Is it about the design draft?"
Wu Meiyan nodded: "President Ji wants to use Xie Lan's design to make products in two sizes."
Su Lingyue frowned: "Two sizes?"
Wu Meiyan said: "One of them is for Miss Yang, since we're talking to her about the endorsement deal, aren't we?"
So, they would use her measurements to make products for the endorsement deal first.
Su Lingyue's mood instantly dampened. Wu Meiyan said: "Hurry up and deliver it."
She nodded: "Okay."
As she entered the elevator, she was still a little unhappy. So this was Ji Zhiyi's intention.
She still didn't believe her?
Actually, she wasn't expecting Ji Zhiyi to believe her anyway.
But not even investigating made her feel listless.
She delivered the documents, and came back with a calm expression. She heard some movement in the office, in her peripheral vision, Ji Zhiyi was looking at her watch and walking out. When she got to her desk, Ji Zhiyi stopped for two seconds. Su Lingyue deliberately didn’t look up, pretending she didn’t see her.
Ji Zhiyi called, "Assistant Su, we can go."
Only then did Su Lingyue look up, glanced at her, put her phone in her bag, and slowly stood up, saying: "Okay, President Ji."
Her actions were slow, but she walked quickly, taking only a few steps to get ahead of Ji Zhiyi.
Ji Zhiyi looked at her swaying hair as she walked.
And slightly pursed her lips.
What was she getting angry about now?
she's so sensitive to her mood swings 😂
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