Chapter Seventy: Making an Appearance

  Back at the Sakura Snow apartment, a group of people had just started eating. Lin Zixian regretted eating his fill outside and didn't see Qin Yue, so he casually asked. Tong Yunan pointed and indicated that Qin Yue was in Xia Qiu's room and refused to come out for dinner.

  Lin Zi walked to the door of the room, intending to tell her about Xia Qiu's situation, but after thinking about it, she didn't go in. Xia Qiu simply didn't have the courage to face the Qin family's formidable presence, and rather than letting them suffer a painful outcome later on, it was better to let them cut ties cleanly, and not get involved in their affairs herself.

  Until evening, Qin Yue didn't come out of Xia Qiu's room. Later, several women brought in food and drinks, Lin Zi Jian took the opportunity to stand at the door and take a look, only to see Qin Yue curled up on Xia Qiu's bed without saying a word. Everyone advised her to eat something but she didn't respond, a classic heartbroken appearance.

  Later, everyone was afraid that she would think of something and do something stupid, so Liu Yanzi stayed in the room with her for a night.

  The next day early in the morning, because Qiao Yun's body had recovered, Deputy Director Lin also had to go to work.

  When going downstairs, Lin Zixian found that Qin Yue had already packed up neatly and changed into her work clothes. She was chatting and laughing with Liu Yanzi as if nothing had happened. This made Lin Zixian, who knew about her emotional experience with Xia Qiu, a little worried and suspicious whether she really walked out of the shadow so quickly, but he didn't ask much.

  Lin Zile drove to Qiao's villa on the mountain and changed cars to pick up Qiao Yun for work.

  In the rearview mirror, Qiao Yun restored her usual indifference. The occasional sunlight that shone through the car window made her face, like a flower, hazy and sacred, with a white collar surrounding her swan-like neck. Lin Zilei couldn't help but sigh in secret, this woman only had a few points of loveliness when she was hurt, once healed, she would put on an arrogant air again.

  "Uh... Director Qiao, the prescription I gave you seems to be working well, right? How's your body feeling now?" Lin Zixian was making small talk, but she was also genuinely concerned about her health.

  As soon as the prescription was mentioned, Qiao Yun thought of the foul-smelling discharge caused by the side effects of the medicine and wondered if this guy was asking on purpose. He hummed a little, feeling a bit itchy in his teeth, and then didn't say anything more, being stingy with his words.

  Lin Zi inadvertently sensed the other person's displeasure, not knowing that he had offended the beauty's taboo, thinking it was a hot face stuck to a cold buttocks and got an unpleasant result, so he honestly drove his own car.

  Back to the company's security department, it has been several days since I came to work. First, I went to the security post and looked around, then found Duan Jiye and got a new hat. The last one was destroyed by Zheng Longqing's eagle claw skill, but I managed to smash his car to avenge my hat, so I didn't lose out.

  He put on a new hat and took the elevator straight up to the business department of the company. This is one of the busiest departments in the building, also one of the largest departments of the Nanhua Group, and an important revenue-generating department for the group.

  As soon as Lin Zile stepped out of the elevator, he heard the constant ringing of phones and the hurried footsteps of employees rushing to and fro, making the work atmosphere here seem very tense, like a battlefield. Even people who brushed past him didn't have the mind to see clearly who he was, which shows how great the work pressure is. Compared with the Security Department, this place is simply too relaxed, but the treatment is also greatly different.

  Lin Zixian was searching everywhere for Liu Yanzhi's figure, when suddenly the door of the office next to him opened and Li Yuehua, the head of the business department, walked out swiftly, waving a stack of documents in her hand. She glared around the public office area loudly, "Who did the order form for Xingyuan?"

  A girl stood up from the public office area and raised her hand weakly: "Minister, it's me!"

  Li Yuet Wah stormed over, slamming the document onto her desk and shouting: "What kind of nonsense are you trying to pull? You dare bring me such a sloppy piece of work for signature? Redo it!" She spun around and pointed at her nose, scolding: "You've been at the bottom of the performance rankings for two consecutive months. If by the end of this month you still can't produce a satisfactory result, then get out! My department doesn't need useless trash like you!"

  "Yes!" The girl responded weakly, with big tears already falling. Liu Yanzi sat at the desk next to her, bent down to help pick up the scattered papers one by one.

  Lin Zile, who had been watching with a sigh and shaking his head, walked to the office door where Li Yuehua saw him and was taken aback for a moment. The anger on her face disappeared, replaced by a smile as she stretched out her hand: "Deputy Minister Lin, what brings you here to inspect our work?"

  He used to see Lin Zixian just nodding politely, which was also because of Lin Zixian's mischievous behavior, thinking it was strange and scary. As the deputy director of the security department, he didn't take him seriously. Now it's different, Lin Zixian is the general manager's driver, equivalent to the general manager's sidekick, naturally needs to maintain a good relationship, otherwise one day he will secretly make things difficult for you, and there are many people in the business department who can be ministers, not lacking him.

  A person who only cares about business and doesn't understand human relationships or interpersonal coordination can't climb up to this position.

  "Minister Li is being polite." Lin Zixian shook his hand and nodded towards Liu Yanzi, who was staring at him in surprise, "How's Liu Yanzi? Didn't cause any trouble for Minister Li, did she? If the work isn't done well, Minister Li will follow the rules and criticize her, don't give me face."

  Liu Yanzi on the other side heard this and quietly glanced around, discovering countless admiring eyes looking at her. On the surface, she remained nonchalant, but in her heart, she was overjoyed, almost infatuated with Deputy Director Lin. You're being too obvious! Hmm...I'll make time to help him wash his quilt!

  Everyone can understand what Lin Zixuan said, saying that he doesn't want to give him face, but in fact it's like publicly announcing that Liu Yanzi is my girlfriend, who dares not to give me face!

  Li Yuehua was so depressed, thinking that even if he wanted to be private, he could have come to his office to talk privately! You, Deputy Director Lin, are good at bringing it up in front of so many people, how can I respond to you? Even if I want to owe you a personal favor, I'm too embarrassed to express it!

  Little did he know, Lin Zixian had no intention of owing him a favor from the start. He was there to support Liu Yanzhi; otherwise, he wouldn't be foolish enough to say such things in public.

  Li Yuehua coughed and said, "Deputy Director Lin is worrying too much. Although Liu Yanzhi has just joined the company, her performance this month is already among the top three, which is exactly what our business department needs. We haven't even had time to praise her, how could we criticize her?"

  "Haha! Minister Li, you're busy, I won't disturb your work. I'll take a look around." Lin Zixian waved his hand and walked towards Liu Yanzhi.

  Li Yuet Wah was speechless and immediately turned her head away, rushing into the office and closing the door behind her, pretending she hadn't seen anything.

  Normally, if someone is talking about romance during work hours, they would be told to get out. However, Liu Yanzi's boyfriend is Deputy Minister Lin, and it's not easy to struggle in the workplace these days. It's not worth offending people you shouldn't offend and losing your job, as jobs with similar treatment are hard to find.

  Lin Zixian this time for Liu Yanzi's sake also gave a good show, but it's likely to confirm the rumors that he is Liu Yanzi's boyfriend.

  Liu Yanzi is also a unique woman, the kind who can be a fierce tigress on the mountain and a gentle bird in the valley. She's the type of woman who can effortlessly navigate both the boardroom and the kitchen, not to mention the bedroom, where she always comes out on top. Women like her are born to thrive in the urban workplace.

  No sooner had Lin Zixian walked up to her than she looked at him with deep feeling and said softly, "Deputy Director Lin, is there something I can help you with?" Her eyes were full of spring-like charm, shining brightly like water.

  At once attracted a heap of envious glances from female colleagues, as if they were all saying, "Who doesn't know he's your boyfriend? Do you need to pretend to call him Deputy Director Lin?"

  Lin Zi suddenly got goosebumps all over her body, but since she had decided to come and support her today, the play still needed to be performed with this tigress. So, clearing his throat, he said: "If it's not a bother, can we find a place to chat? I have some work-related matters to discuss with you."

  A large area around the stomach made a vomiting sound, the deputy minister of the security department found an employee of the business department to discuss work, what a joke! Talking about love is still acceptable!

  Liu Yanzi smiled and nodded: "Okay, Deputy Director Lin, please follow me." She then led the way in front.

  Go ahead! Keep pretending! The surrounding villagers' eyes are filled with disdain.

  Liu Yanzi poured two cups of coffee at the coffee machine and led Lin Zixian out of the office area to the public rest area. Lin Zixian pulled over a chair and sat down, chuckling: "Director Li's heart is really hard enough, he actually scolded a girl to tears, has he ever made things difficult for you?"

  "The sales department doesn't believe in tears, everything is based on performance. If you want to stand out in the sales department, it's all about competition, and the rule is survival of the fittest. Anyone who ranks last in performance for three consecutive months will be fired, so we can't blame Director Li for being ruthless." Liu Yanzi looked confident, it was clear that she had a lot of faith in her own abilities. She gently placed the coffee in front of him and said: "But with you here today, no one will dare to make me, a newcomer, do errands anymore."

  "What do you think? Am I generous enough? How are you going to repay me?"

  "Want to bet on it?" Liu Yanzi said with a half-true and half-false smile, sipping the coffee in her paper cup.

  "Hmm..." Lin Zixian was speechless, and she immediately let out a snort, saying: "Alright! I was just joking with you. Yesterday, Ning's assistant even came to your doorstep and put a label on your forehead. I don't dare compete with Ning's assistant for men. But since we're being kind, let's see it through to the end. How about I treat you to lunch again at noon today?"

  "You really know how to stir up trouble, the business department isn't enough for you, you have to let the whole company see?" Lin Zixian rolled his eyes and said.

  "No way, can't catch a golden turtle son, have to work harder myself." Liu Yanzi kicked his leg and said: "I'm usually diligent and hardworking, I've swept the floor in your room many times, you won't refuse this small favor, will you?"

  Lin Zixian revealed a resigned look on her face and didn't refuse. Anyway, her reputation had already been ruined by her.

  "Alright! That's settled then, I'll meet you at the security department at noon. I won't keep you company for now, I still have some things to take care of." Liu Yanzi waved her hand and walked away with a swing of her plump hips.