Chapter VIII

Approaching noon, the company's staff began to pack up their work tasks in the morning and prepare lunch. Of course, some of the higher-ups who have nothing to do have left their posts have long since left. Watching groups of employees take the elevator to the staff dining room or go home, Ye Xin had no intention of leaving. Standing in the spacious office, through the curtains, behind the lenses, a pair of sparkling dark eyes stared straight at the woman climbing the stairs in the distance.

She had just received the investigation materials from the investigators who had been dispatched before, which showed the background of her intern assistant, Guan Shili. Probably around three years old

There is also a photo of Guan Shili buying flowers with foreign friends in the bag, although the resolution is not high, she carefully identifies this photo, Guan Shili at that time was only shoulder-length hair, and the tall woman bent down slightly to carefully select the flowers, even the side made people feel that this girl was very warm. What really caught her eye was that the girl in the photo had a pair of ice-blue eyes, and the color of those pupils was as calm as a winter lake.

That look always feels familiar.

Ye Xin crossed his hands and looked into the distance, when all the people on the upper floors walked in the direction of the downstairs, and only the strange person took the stairs from the lounge on the third floor to the 14th floor...... Obviously there is an elevator but don't sit it, and when I see the elevator that is a little overcrowded, I seem to understand a little, is I unwilling to squeeze the elevator with people?

The corners of his mouth hooked up a faint smile, although he didn't deliberately care about this new assistant, but at lunchtime, he accidentally saw such a strange move by the other party, coupled with the investigation report that made people feel concerned, he was also bored to observe the process of the other party climbing the stairs like this.

Knock knock knock -

"Minister Ye, can I come in?" The familiar female voice sounded outside the door.

Ye Xin walked quickly to the table, quickly put the photos and materials into the drawer, sat on the black leather chair, and replied in a raised tone: "Come in." ”

"Minister."

The strange newcomer assistant looked at him with a smile on his face, holding a rectangular paper bag in his hand.

"What's the matter?" And Ye Xin's attention was not on the paper bag, but lowered his eyebrows slightly, and glanced at the other party's feet, although it was not the height of hating the sky, but this kind of naked boots with a little height would be uncomfortable even if it was a flat heel hike from the third floor to the fourteenth floor, would normal people not cherish their feet like this?

Guan Shili walked straight up to the other party and asked in a low voice, "Minister, haven't you eaten yet?" ”

Obviously, Ye Xin didn't expect the other party to ask him this question, and with a little doubt, he answered truthfully, "Not yet." After speaking, he raised his eyes and noticed the other party's somewhat unnatural face, and when he looked closely, he could find some fine beads of sweat on the other party's sideburns, was she waiting for herself to say "After the work is over, you can go to rest", thinking of Guan Shili's table for the past two weeks, as a newcomer, she has been very good, and the department is also the last one for her to leave, she has been staying by her side not far away, although she is strict and demanding of her, but the other party shows the courage to be independent.

"You can get off work, didn't I say it, if you don't have anything special to do in the future, you can get off work with them without waiting for my notice." Ye Xin gave a faint smile to the other party while speaking, she was not a one-size-fits-all, she appreciated people who worked hard.

Guan Shili looked at the other party and suddenly smiled, and looked away a little unnaturally, a faint flush on his face floated on his face, and he only felt that his cheeks were hot.

"Assistant Guan, what's wrong with you?" Ye Xin looked at the other party's face a little wrong from just now, and asked with a frown.

"No," Guan Shili lowered his eyes, as if he was brewing something, and spoke very slowly, "Actually, I brought a meal for two, I think, have lunch with you, minister." ”

"Lunch?"

Guan Shili nodded, looked at Ye Xin's slightly puzzled eyes, but did not shy away from it, but looked at the other party with a watery gaze, "I know that Minister you will wait for all the senior managers to finish their meals every time before going, one is not willing to embarrass his subordinates, and the other is unwilling to have physical contact with others, but it is inevitable that he will be touched, so a humanoid pillar wall is needed, such as today." ”

Following Guan Shili's sight, Ye Xin saw through the window that since today was Friday, many high-level personnel would have dinner in the special restaurant downstairs. The humanoid pillar wall, glanced at the woman who was slightly taller than himself, and was not very athletic, and pointed to the thing in the other party's hand a little funny, "Those are?" ”

"Mmmm, luckily it didn't spill." Guan Shili carefully placed the paper bag on the table, and the lunch box inside was neatly arranged intact.

Ye Xin looked at the other party's serious side face, and seemed to understand a little why she was reluctant to take the elevator, pursed her lips, and said lightly, "It's here." ”

"Here?!" Guan Shili was a little surprised, because she memorized the precautions, she knew that the minister didn't like others to do anything in her office, and the minister acquiesced in having dinner with her?!

"Well, put it on that coffee table."

"Yes."

With a smile on her face, she was a little flattered to put her beautiful lunch box on the coffee table, and of course she would rather stay here than in the high-rise exclusive restaurant, after all, no one would disturb them here.

Ye Xin looked down at Assistant Guan neatly arranging the cute panda's lunch box, and had the urge to roll her eyes, she was really a little girl. However, when the other party opened them one by one, the exquisite dishes inside were mouth-watering.

"Minister, you can try this and this." As he spoke, Guan Shili pushed the food box to the one sitting opposite.

She pushed all the food to herself, Ye Xin wanted to laugh a little, she sandwiched a piece and tasted it slowly, it tasted good.

"How?" Tentatively asked, with a little expectation, and only then did Guan Shili pick up the dishes and chopsticks after getting the other party's acquiescence. They quieted down very tacitly, just eating lunch silently, and didn't feel embarrassed, but Ye Xin always felt stared at by a line of sight, and looked up a little puzzled, but she didn't look at herself, and she didn't know if it was because of the high temperature of the air conditioner or because of the blazing sight, Ye Xin's chest was a little stuffy, but it was not uncomfortable.

It's been a long time since I've eaten at the same table with others, and this newcomer assistant invited her for whatever purpose, which really surprised her, not in any high-end restaurant, but in a self-brought lunch box, which is also very rare in the company, and it is hard to imagine that the boss and subordinates eat alone without the company's annual meeting.

"Minister, do you think this food is to your taste?"

After a long time, the other party's soft voice came.

"Huh?" Ye Xin glanced back at the other party, a pair of deeply sunken melancholy eyes were staring at him, as if he could grab the soul, which was one of the reasons why Ye Xin couldn't bear to refuse the other party. She rarely communicates with people in private, and she doesn't take the initiative to talk, in fact, it is to prevent embarrassment and coldness, so she doesn't know how to respond to other people's hospitality, so she can only say stiffly, "Well, it's not bad, but the cauliflower seems to be a little old." “

Guan Shili looked at the person next to him without blinking, and laughed softly when he heard the other party's serious answer, "The minister is unexpectedly frank, I also think it's a little old." I thought the minister didn't like to eat, which made me a little worried. ”

"Why do you ask?" Ye Xin gently put down the dishes and chopsticks, and frankly said that today was the most she ate.

"Because I think you eat very little, Minister." Guan Shili neatly packed the food box, and at the same time, she poured green tea with pine nuts into the cup, with a subtle and skillful technique.

"Yes......" her eyes involuntarily stared at the other party's gesture of making tea, she didn't feel that there was anything wrong with the other party making tea in her office, on the contrary, she thought about her own food consumption, "I have a small amount of food." ”

"The minister will be malnourished like this."

As the other party spoke, he gently stroked the tea leaves with his fingertips, and Ye Xin's eyes drifted as if he was looking at a work of art, "Your hands are so beautiful." ”

"Huh?" The woman who was making tea heard the minister's praise, turned her head sideways and reflexively looked at the other party's hand, her eyes did not miss the subtle movement of the other party to pin his hand behind him in a slightly embarrassed way after being stared at by herself.

"Minister......" Guan Shili's eyes twitched, and he didn't continue after his lips twitched, "Please use tea." ”

Ye Xin took the teacup handed to her by the other party, and the thick warmth immediately spread throughout her palm, the mint and pine nuts in the green teacup were floating upward, the problem of malnutrition? She looked up at the pale-skinned woman in front of her, who was obviously talking about her malnutrition with a sickly white face, which was not convincing at all. Ye Xin was not annoyed, and turned the teacup, "I always felt that you came to the wrong place." ”

Guan Shili's gaze stayed on the other party's slender fingers, which were always covered by gloves or long sleeves, and indeed she had never observed the minister's hand, her reflex was a little sluggish, and she asked in a low voice, "Why?" ”

"Because you have superior talents, and you have a pair of skillful hands, you make tea very well, your writing is beautiful, and your ability to do things is also very strong, you should go to a place that allows you to develop your strength more, not me, not to mention," Ye Xin said in a serious tone, as if thinking of something, he didn't continue, but took a sip of tea, and the refreshing aroma warmed the whole body.

Guan Shili raised his calm eyes and looked at her, with a bit of childish grievance in his tone, "If the minister thinks that I am not good enough, I will try to be perfect." ”

It seems that the little girl on the other side misunderstood her meaning a little, Ye Xin checked the wording a little cautiously, "I mean, you should choose your strengths more than me, financing or finance, in my place, I can't give you any help in your career." And I'm curious why you want to work under me. ”

"Should I feel honoured that the minister has so much to say to me today." Guan Shili lowered his eyes and looked at the teacup in his hand, as if talking to himself, "But it's great, can I understand that this is a compliment?" ”

Although her voice was very low, Ye Xin could also hear it clearly, the heart of the child in front of her seemed to be sensitive and delicate, and her emotions fluctuated very little, but she could feel it herself.

"If you want to ask the reason, it's ......"

Guan Shili looked at Ye Xin with crooked eyebrows.

Her gaze is always so straightforward, which repeatedly makes Ye Xin mistakenly think that it is looking at her lover.

"Probably because I want to stay by your side and get to know you better, that's the most genuine reason. So please don't say anything about me again, I'll be sad, Minister. ”

For this assistant who had just returned from studying abroad, Ye Xin was obviously a little ignorant when she said misleading things seriously, she took a deep breath, and just wanted to speak, she was interrupted by the rapid ringing of the phone.

After Ye Xin answered the phone, he wrote something on the sketch paper, then pulled out the drawer and returned to work.

"Minister, are you going to a meeting?"

Shili got up and naturally tidied up the coat hanging on the coat rack and handed it to Ye Xin.

"Yes, Carlisle's foreign business negotiation cooperation meeting was held on an ad hoc basis." Ye Xin took the coat and put it on quickly, and his calm face did not show panicked.

Guan Shili tilted his head in confusion, and his brain quickly thought, "Isn't that the meeting next Wednesday afternoon?" ”

"Yo, you remember quite clearly, sometimes there is no way to advance the meeting."

"This is as it should be, minister, everything goes well~" Guan Shili, who was suspiciously shy, returned to his office and handed over the information he had just found to Ye Xin. Although Ye Xin also had a backup himself, he didn't expect this little assistant to play much role, but it was an accident that the other party was able to quickly present the information five days later to him intact.

looked at Assistant Guan who was following behind him with a slightly approving gaze, a soft smile on the other party's fair face hung on his lips, and a white and soft follower rabbit appeared in Ye Xin's mind......