I Want a Lifetime with You novel Chapter 228

“Yes, please keep it safe. Everyone only gets one number tag.” Mai Qi smiled and put away her personnel list. “I still need to go to other departments.”

“See you later, Ms. Mai!”

After Mai Qi left, Yuan Jia could no longer contain her excitement and wanted to gossip with Shi Nuan. But before she could say anything, Director Lin shot her a look and chided, “No discussing of personal matters during work hours.” Ling Yu handed a folder to Shi Nuan, “Go ahead with this first. Ask me if there’s anything you’re not sure about.”

“Yes, sir.” Shi Nuan took the folder and waited until Lin Yu left before going back to her seat. She placed the number tag in her bag and prepared to review some documents.

Yuan Jia rushed to Shi Nuan’s side and whispered to her, “Shi Nuan, aren’t you even a little bit curious about what the numbers are for? I asked Mai Qi, and she would only say it’s some kind of a reward.”

“Oh!” Shi Nuan nodded. “Okay!”

Yuan Jia noticed that Shi Nuan wasn’t too interested in this so-called reward. “Aren’t you curious at all?”

“I am. But you said it’s some kind of a reward, and we’ll find out soon enough at the annual meeting. I still have work that I need to finish.” Shi Nuan pointed to the papers and the datasheets in front of her.

Yuan Jia sighed, “What am I going to do with you?”

Previously, Yuan Jia had plenty of misunderstandings towards Shi Nuan. She thought that she was someone who had gotten the job by pulling strings and had no skills other than just looking pretty. But after working together for a while, Yuan Jia realized how wrong she was. Shi Nuan was a complete workaholic, just like Lin Yu. “Get going then.”

After Yuan Jia left, Shi Nuan spaced out for a bit before she took the number tag out to have a look again. She grabbed her phone and sent Fu Chengyan a message via WeChat. “You had Mai Qi give out number tags?”

A reply quickly arrived. “Yes.”

“It’s a kind of reward?” Shi Nuan didn’t want to gossip, but she had a hunch that there was something suspicious about it. Why on earth was he giving out number tags?

“Guess!”

Fu Chengyan looked at his phone and grinned.

Zhou Zheng was standing stiffly in front of Fu Chengyan’s desk, holding papers with one hand and pinching his leg with the other.

Fu Chengyan looked up and reverted back to his stern expression. “What were we talking about?”

“Oh. We were discussing the guests and partnerships for the annual meeting. Mr. Fu, are we still inviting those we invited previously?”

“Yup,” nodded Fu Chengyan. “You can go ahead and make these decisions yourself. Anything else?”

“Oh, Mr. George told me yesterday that he might have to make a trip back to France soon.”

Fu Chengyan paused before looking up. “Why?”

“Mr. George’s mother is sick, so…” Zhou Zheng continued, “There won’t be anyone working during the New Year anyway, and he promises there won’t be any delays when he goes back.”

“Okay.” Fu Chengyan raised his hand, but before he was able to say anything else, Shi Nuan’s reply came in. “I don’t want to guess. I’ll find out at the annual meeting anyway.”

Fu Chengyan grinned, “Okay, then don’t.”

Fu Chengyan continued to text with Shi Nuan when he realized Zhou Zheng was peeking at him from across the table. Fu Chengyan glared, “Anything else?”

Zhou Zheng rubbed his palms together and laughed sheepishly, “Mr. Fu also uses WeChat?”

Fu Chengyan glanced at his phone screen then at Zhou Zheng. “And?”

“No-nothing.” No wonder Zhou Zheng thought the image on Fu Chengyan’s screen looked familiar. Who knew the usually disinterested Mr. Fu would one day use WeChat too. But he also noticed that his WeChat page looked rather blank. “Mr. Fu, don’t tell me you only have your wife as your only contact?”

Fu Chengyan put his phone away. “Do you have a problem with that?”

“No, no problem at all! Why would I have a problem?” Zhou Zheng hurriedly denied it. “But WeChat is used to connect people with each other. Don’t you want to add a few more contacts?”

“Like whom?”

“For example Mr. Li, Mr. Su, and me!” Zhou Zheng pointed at himself. “Don’t you think the apps nowadays are great? And it’s so easy to get in touch with someone. If Mr. Fu sent me a message on WeChat, I promise I’ll reply to it right away.”

“What Mr. Zhou is saying is… you can reply to me instantly even when it’s during working hours?” Fu Chengyan propped one hand under his chin and tapped the table with the other, while slyly observing Zhou Zheng.