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[Episode 2]

Dress formally

and attend a charity dinner with me tonight.

Okay.

What happened?

Nothing. It was scratched by accident.

I don't want to bring

a scratched-face female partner with me tonight.

Deal with it on your own.

Mr. Gu, you're finally here.

We've been waiting for you for a long time.

Ms. Qiao,

you're now getting prettier than before.

Hello, Mr. Gu.

Yi, why are you so late?

Zhou Rui and I

were right over there with some old classmates.

Let me take you there.

Sure.

Isn't Mr. Gu's partner Ms. Qiao?

How could Bai Yun take him away?

Who cares?

The Gu family and the Bai family are going to be united by marriage.

The future wife of the CEO

may be Bai Yun.

She's just back in the country.

How do you know so well?

You are too young to understand, aren't you?

A banquet like this

provides a great opportunity for information sharing.

Do you think we'll get two days off

if Mr. Gu gets married?

If Mr. Gu really marries Bai Yun,

what about Ms. Qiao?

Ms. Qiao herself is not worried at all.

Yet you're being so nosy.

Ms. Qiao, why do you keep showing up everywhere?

In public, I'm his secretary.

In private, I'm his girlfriend.

Is there a problem

I accompanying him to a venue like this?

You keep saying you are his girlfriend.

Has he acknowledged you as his girlfriend yet?

To him,

you're just a handy tool.

Do you think he really cares about you?

We're now in a public place.

If you don't want to embarrass yourself,

you should leave immediately.

You know, I have a bad temper.

Fine. I wonder if you will say the same words

in front of Yi later.

What's wrong?

What happened?

She spilt the wine on her dress.

What's wrong?

I wanted to make you some hangover tea.

But Ms. Qiao said that

you would only drink the tea she made.

When I was trying to get a glass, she pushed me aside,

so I got the wine spilt on me.

The pair of shoes is my favourite.

Qiao Jing,

when did you become so unreasonable?

I didn't.

Forget it.

I don't think Ms. Qiao did it on purpose.

How about this?

If Ms. Qiao wipes my shoes clean,

I won't pursue the matter further.

Does it sound good?

Wipe her shoes clean.

Calm yourself.

You can't make the shoes clean by wiping them.

If you really like the shoes,

why don't you send them to the laundry?

Maybe that would work.

Yan, our grandma gave them to me.

She got them dirty.

So I asked her to clean them for me.

What's wrong with that?

At a banquet, people inevitably bump into each other.

Why are you so aggressive?

Who are you?

Mr. Gu, I've heard a lot about you.

My name is Bai Yan.

I'm teaching my subordinate a lesson.

You'd better stay out of it.

She's my friend.

I can't just stand by and do nothing.

Whether you send these shoes to the laundry

or buy another pair,

I'll pay for the cost.

Let's go.

You were scalded. Let me apply some medicine for you.

It's okay. The tea was not that hot.

You may get a scar from the scald.

Thank you.

I didn't expect to see you here.

What a coincidence.

My name is Bai Yan.

I'm a part-time architect.

What about you?

I'm Qiao Jing.

I saw what happened exactly

just now.

Bai Yun likes Gu Yi.

That's why she treats you as an imaginary enemy.

You matched this outfit for me.

But I didn't expect

that brooch would be on Gu Yi.

What is... your relationship with him?

Mr. Bai,

thank you for helping me out today.

I've got to go now.

Everything was fine at the beginning.

But now,

I've become a joke.

No one dares to laugh at you.

What is your relationship with Bai Yan?

He is my second cousin

and is usually not in China.

He just came back recently.

My family and I are not very close to him.

Yi,

why did you bring Qiao Jing along with you?

Everyone said that you two had a special connection.

That's why she dared to treat me that way.

Are you two dating?

I'll buy you another pair of shoes.

You're home. You may go in now.

Okay, take care on your way home.

Okay.

Bye.

Let's go.

Mr. Gu.

Ms. Qiao,

do you want to be with me?

Don't reject me.

Have you taken care of the scald?

Since you knew I was injured,

why did you force me to wipe Bai Yun's shoes?

To me, it doesn't matter who was right or wrong.

What matters is

you couldn't make a scene

at that venue.

What do you mean by making a scene?

I didn't do anything wrong.

Why did you force me to apologize?

Qiao Jing, you should be reasonable.

Am I not reasonable enough?

I've been waiting.

Waiting for you to tell me that

you're going to marry Bai Yun.

Who told you that?

Don't listen to those rumours

that make you so paranoid.

It hasn't been confirmed yet.

What's the rush?

What's your relationship

with Bai Yun exactly?

She's just my sister.

[Anxia Group]

Good morning.

Good morning.

You're here.

Ms. Qiao has been under Mr. Gu for so many years.

She just got a pair of shoes dirty.

Yet he was so moralistic that he asked her

-to wipe Bai Yun's shoes. -What's wrong?

I knew it.

Capitalists have no humanity at all.

What's wrong?

Based on my ten years of experience in web fiction,

Bai Yun must have spilt it

on purpose.

We don't know the truth. Let's not talk about it.

Who doesn't know the truth?

What I saw with my eyes is the truth.

-Good morning, Ms. Qiao. -Ms. Qiao is here.

Were you okay yesterday?

Ms. Qiao.

Good morning.

Ms. Qiao.

Let me handle it if you face such a situation in the future.

I'll definitely teach that conniving woman a lesson

-until she knows her place. -Shh.

Why are you hushing me?

Bai Yun is indeed a...

Good morning, Mr. Gu.

What are you talking about?

From today onwards,

Ms. Bai will work at Anxia

as my special assistant.

Hello everyone, I'm Bai Yun.

Why is she here?

Do I need to report everything to you?

This is a workplace.

I know what I'm doing.

Bai Yun is under the company in name only.

She doesn't have to do anything else.

What I need to do is to make her happy.

You may leave now.

Yes.

Why didn't you give me a hint just now?

I did give you a hint, but you dissed me instead.

Ms. Bai, do you need help?

I'm new here,

and I'm so glad to be your colleague.

I have prepared some gifts for you.

This is for you.

Tang Ping, this is for you.

Thank you.

This is for you, Yang Yang.

Thank you.

This is for you.

Thank you, Ms. Bai.

This is for you two.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Ms. Bai, the scarf is too pricey.

Do you really want to give it to me?

It suits you well. As long as you like it.

Ms. Qiao, this is for you.

I carefully picked it for you.

The Sèvres porcelain

was the favourite writing desk ornament

of Madame de Pompadour from France.

It matches you well.

I appreciate it, Ms. Bai.

I'm not Madame de Pompadour.

Also, I won't be Madame de Pompadour in the future.

This is just a small gift.

Ms. Qiao, don't read too much into it.

Who is Madame de Pom... dour?

She was a mistress of Louis XV, the King of France.

She was a famous mistress in medieval Europe.

Yun has not suffered much since she was young.

I asked her to be your assistant.

You can't bully her.

Do you hear me?

Mum, if you are worried about her suffering,

you shouldn't have asked her to join the company.

I did that

to strengthen the bonds between you two.

Now that Yun's back in the country,

it's time to bring up the subject of your marriage.

Why would you take the engagement we made

when we were very young seriously?

It was made when you were young, so what?

Although the Bai family started to engage in the arts

in the past two generations,

when they became wealthy back then,

your grandpa was still building walls for them.

They had a much higher social position than us

before the engagement was made.

If we don't deserve it, just forget it.

Don't be so grumpy.

I don't care who you're dating,

but your marriage

correlates with the Gu and Bai families.

Also, it correlates with Anxia.

You can't be so willful.

Here, try the coffee I made.

Yun,

you don't have to do such a trivial task.

Since it's about Yi, it's not a trivial task.

There's no Yi here.

Fine, Mr. Gu.

You call him Mr. Gu in the company.

But in private,

he's still your brother.

You always love me dearly.

Three, two, one.

Get off.

Let's go. Have a meal.

What are we eating today?

A new stir-fried spicy hot pot restaurant has started to operate downstairs.

Ms. Qiao, join us.

No, thanks. I need to review the contract.

You may go first.

It doesn't matter when to review it.

Review it later.

I'm really not going. I can't even finish it.

Ms. Bai, are you coming?

Come on.

The stir-fried spicy hot pot is too greasy. I'm not used to it.

You guys can go ahead. Thank you.

If so, just four of us.

Ms. Qiao,

I rarely treat everyone to a meal. Please make me look good.

Exactly.

Fine, I'll join you.

Let's go.

Aren't you the perfect secretary?

Let's see if you can still be perfect now.

I can't treat you all to a meal every day.

It caused me heartache.

It was your idea.

Delicious.

I feel dizzy after getting my fill of food and drink.

I should recharge my batteries so that I can work hard later.

Now I'm going to take a nap.

It's already past lunchtime. Yet you're still lying down?

I've finished my work today.

You're indeed Mr. Tang.

Then, will you

help your best friend, Ms. Xiang,

finish the presentation slides in the latter part?

[Anxia Group]

Ms. Qiao, what are you looking for?

The contract is gone.

It was here just now.

Didn't you put it here?

Have you searched all the drawers?

Yes, I have.

I think it's dropped from her clothes.

During lunchtime,

did you take the contract in my drawer?

I just finished my lunch.

Sorry, I don't know what you're talking about.

The contract is very important.

If it's that important,

you should keep it well

instead of questioning irrelevant people

after losing it.

It's a pressing issue, I have to check your desk.

How dare you!

Do you have any evidence?

Who are you to search my desk?

What are you arguing about during working hours?

Mr. Gu, Ms. Qiao lost something on her own,

but she insisted that I took it

and wanted to search my desk.

During the lunch break,

I put the contract in the drawer.

It was gone when I came back.

If you hadn't gone near my drawer,

how could the glitter on your shirt

have appeared next to my drawer?

It's just a piece of glitter.

It could fall anywhere.

Who knows where you found it?

Are you sure it was her?

Search then.

Yi.

Be good.

You can prove your innocence by allowing her to search.

Have you found it?

I told you I didn't take it.

You don't trust me either.

When did you become so careless?

Before you get off from work today,

you must hand the contract over to me.

What should we do now?

Check the CCTV.

I'll be the one

who retrieves the missing documents.

Judging from the CCTV footage,

at 12:14 p.m.,

Bai Yun took a folder into the washroom.

When she came out,

she got nothing in her hands.

The cleaner then went in to clean up the washroom.

Hold on.

If that's the case, we can show Mr. Gu the CCTV footage.

It must be Bai Yun's doings.

Why should we suffer here?

Mr. Gu only cares about the result,

not the process.

What he wants is to get the contract before he gets off from work.

It doesn't matter how the contract was lost.

This is where all the company's rubbish is.

Hurry up.

Regarding the contract, I was indeed wrong.

After we have the meeting at the branch office,

I'll treat you to a meal as a token of apology.

I'm not angry,

but I feel wronged.

You don't trust me either.

I promise it won't happen again.

Mr. Gu, I found the contract.

What's the smell on you guys?

Can the contract still be used?

You came too late.

I've contacted the other company

to draft the contract and send it over again.

Throw this away.

You're not newbies anymore.

Do I still need to emphasize the importance of the contract?

It was your dereliction of duty.

Mr. Gu.

It was my mistake.

Please punish me only if you want.

Instead of having bravado now,

you'd better not make mistakes in the first place.

Mr. Gu.

The branch manager is waiting for us for a meeting.

Let's depart quickly.

Ms. Qiao, are you okay?

I'm fine.

Thank you for your hard work.

Go back and get changed.

I'll treat you to afternoon tea next week.

Yi,

have you ever thought about getting another secretary?

Why do so?

Ms. Qiao does not stand out in her work.

She even made such a big mistake this time.

Why don't you take the opportunity to replace her?

Also, those in the CEO's Office.

Tang Ping, is really a slacker.

Xiang Sese only focuses on gossiping.

And Yang Yang

always tags along with Qiao Jing.

I wonder how they

got into Anxia.

Every one of them

was chosen by me personally.

Tang Ping is of high work efficiency.

Whether they are spreadsheets or presentation slides,

his speed and quality

are three times faster and better than normal people.

He only needs an hour to finish the job

that others would take a day.

Xiang Sese

is good at public relations and monopolizing information.

She managed to handle PR crises

for the company a few times before.

Moreover, Yang Yang

graduated from an Ivy League school.

He's smart and meticulous.

Also, he is good at summarizing and coordinating.

He was a rare and all-round talent,

trained personally by Qiao Jing.

Anxia doesn't employ rubbish.

They couldn't get in without any exceptional skills.

I see.

I'm a workplace newcomer, so I lack experience.

I don't understand much as you do.

Okay, I'll cut it out.

Here, try mine.

It smells so good.

Milk.

Why aren't you eating?

Yi seems indifferent towards her,

but he is actually protecting her.

Qiao Jing

kept saying she was his girlfriend.

But every time I asked Yi,

he never gave me a direct answer.

Since he didn't deny it,

it means he admitted it.

Are you kidding me?

We're getting engaged.

Yet he still has a girlfriend?

Whether it's true or not,

I will break up them.

Calm down.

You haven't got engaged with Mr. Gu yet.

Besides, you are a girl.

Don't get yourself involved in everything.

It may cause negative impacts.

What should we do then?

As it's the Gu family's matter,

of course, the Gu family should solve it.

Okay, I'll go to Aunt Fang now.

Sit down.

Drink the milk up.

I just told you

not to get yourself involved in everything.

How about I go and find Mrs. Gu for you?

But you have to practise the piano well.

Don't slack off in the concert in two months.

Fine, I'll listen to my dear agent.

Qiao,

I've been so busy lately

that I almost forgot what you look like.

Will you blame me?

Of course not.

You are such a busy live streamer.

I'm honoured enough

that you found time to meet me.

Do you want some?

No.

It's so hot. Why do you drink tea?

My period is coming. I can't drink an iced one.

Oh yeah.

You're in great pain every time during your period.

You should be more careful usually.

I heard that Mr. Gu

was engaged to the daughter of the Bai family.

Is that true?

It's rumoured everywhere now.

I don't know.

What if it's true?

Oh dear, look at you.

You've been with Gu Yi for three years.

Now he's getting engaged to someone else.

How would he compensate you

for your three years of youth?

You know,

I wasn't with him

for that purpose.

I know. Of course, I know.

I regret it because I know.

I shouldn't have let you do stupid things.

But if everything started over,

I would still jump into the fire pit.

It's been a long time.

It's time to get over it.

This may be the best opportunity.

Mr. Gu, you're now not only successful in love but also in your career.

Aunt Fang said

you were getting engaged with Yun.

Our families do have the intention.

But the date is not set yet.

Aren't you in a relationship with Qiao Jing?

Why are you getting married?

Are you going to break up with Qiao Jing?

I don't want to let her go yet.

What do you mean? You are no more getting engaged?

Whether marry or not is not up to me.

The Gu and Bai families

need to be tied tightly together.

Bai Yun and I are just their tools.

I don't care.

Yun's half my sister.

Don't make her upset.

I know you won't listen to me.

But remember, don't get in too deep. It's not worth it.

All right, take your leave.

You'll be late for your next live stream

if you don't leave now.

It's already so late.

I'm leaving first. See you next time.

Mrs. Gu.

I want to meet with you.

Please.

Ms. Qiao, Mrs. Gu is waiting for you inside.

Mrs. Gu, you wanted to see me?

Please have a seat.

I've always wanted to thank you.

Gu Yi had a car accident before

and was diagnosed as having bipolar disorder.

Thanks to you, taking good care of him,

he recovered quickly.

Here's a toast to you.

Ms. Qiao,

I am toasting you to express my gratitude.

Since you're a straightforward person,

I won't beat around the bush then.

Gu Yi is getting engaged soon.

I hope you can end your relationship

as soon as possible.

This is between Gu Yi and me.

You don't have to worry about it.

Gu Yi is different from you.

If he wants to inherit Anxia,

he will need a good wife like Bai Yun.

If you think it's a loss,

name your price, I will make it up to you.

I'm not with him for money.

What? You don't want to let him go?

What's the point

of holding it up?

He will break up with you sooner or later.

If you take the initiative now,

you can make yourself look better.

If Mr. Gu wants to break up with me,

ask him to talk to me in person.

I have something else to do. Enjoy your meal, Mrs. Gu.

Qiao Jing.

If you agree to leave,

I can fulfil one of your wishes.

Ms. Qiao is quite a personality.

Tell Yun not to worry.

I'll take care of it.

Sorry, Mrs. Gu.

I shouldn't have come.

But these two days,

Yun has been ill at ease

because of this.

I had no choice.

It's okay. No worries.

[Gu Yi]

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