Downstairs.
Chen Jin hadn’t expected Gong Chen to come down so quickly. She hurriedly got out of the car to meet him, only to notice he was still holding the documents he had taken upstairs.
"Third Young Master, does Miss Lin not want to accept it? But isn’t this the school she most wanted to attend?"
"You knew she wanted to further her studies the moment she mentioned it, and you managed to arrange this interview opportunity through much persuasion."
Gong Chen stuffed the documents into Chen Jin’s arms, "Find a way to tell her, and don’t let her know I arranged it."
"Third Young Master..."
Gong Chen did not respond and directly got into the car.
Chen Jin sighed and drove away.
...
The next day, Lin Zhiyi received another bouquet of flowers from Sang Li.
This time he was much bolder than before when the flowers had just hinted at something.
This time it was a large bouquet of Hibiscus roses.
The delicate color brightened up the office considerably.
Lin Zhiyi arranged the flowers and took a selfie with them to send to Sang Li.
"Esteemed flower shop VIP Mr. Sang, your flowers have been delivered."
"You are more beautiful than the flowers."
Faced with Sang Li’s directness, Lin Zhiyi couldn’t help but smile.
But before she could laugh, she was interrupted by the teasing voices of her colleagues.
"Zhiyi, you can’t deny it now, right? These are definitely lover’s flowers."
Lin Zhiyi did not deny it but was about to explain when someone next to her stood up.
Ye Feifei.
She looked at the flowers in Lin Zhiyi’s hand and mocked, "Zhiyi, everyone means well, but you’re always so evasive. Could it be that the flowers come from different men each time? Being beautiful really is different."
This statement implied Lin Zhiyi was being promiscuous.
Actually, Lin Zhiyi had never made clear it was because she respected Sang Li’s identity.
Should something not work out romantically, she feared people would use the gifting of flowers as gossip fodder.
Now, it seemed her silence had been wise.
Since Ye Feifei’s remark, some colleagues’ views of her had clearly changed.
"Zhiyi, although our company deals with many wealthy people, you mustn’t harbor ill intentions," one colleague advised decently.
But those who flattered Ye Feifei were far from polite.
"I heard that original wives fighting mistresses never hold back. Don’t end up being dragged and stripped by your hair and then come crying to us for help."
Ye Feifei scoffed, seemingly joking, "That’s unlikely to happen; nowadays, the rich marry well-educated wives who wouldn’t sully their hands. But if they really needed to teach a mistress a lesson, it’d definitely be painful."
She deliberately emphasized the words ’a good match’.
It sounded as if she was already Sang Li’s lawful wife.
Lin Zhiyi felt somewhat relieved she hadn’t previously disclosed that the flowers were from Sang Li. Otherwise, she couldn’t imagine what stories would have been spun about her.
But she wouldn’t tolerate Ye Feifei’s provocations again and again.
She gently touched the flowers and retorted neither too harshly nor too mildly, "Where’s the proof?"
Ye Feifei was taken aback, frowning, "What proof?"
Lin Zhiyi feigned realization, "Oh, you actually have no evidence and yet dared accuse me of being a mistress? Do you know how damaging such talk could be to our studio if our clients heard it? So you’d better produce some proof to back up your claims now, or else I reserve the right to pursue accountability."
Suddenly, Ye Feifei and those sycophantic colleagues’ faces turned extremely unsightly.
Lin Zhiyi took a flower from the bouquet and placed it in Ye Feifei’s hand, smiling, "Miss Ye, let’s not do this in the future. It’s as if you’ve never received flowers yourself. Today, I’m giving them to you."
Ye Feifei, who had been pampered from a young age, was not used to such treatment.
Angry enough to crush the flower in her hand,
But she cared about her image.
She didn’t want to be looked down upon by someone she disdained.
So all she could do was grit her teeth and click her high heels as she left.
Lin Zhiyi ignored her and sat down to work.
That’s when she noticed Sang Li had sent several more messages.
"Why aren’t you speaking?"
"Are you very busy?"
"Actually, I wanted to ask if you are free the day after tomorrow? I have a dinner and would like you to accompany me."
After reading the message,
Lin Zhiyi immediately replied, "What kind of dinner?"
"My dad is coming. I want to introduce you to him."
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