"He even dares to send someone here!" Lin Wanran said angrily.
"No, no, I’m Gu Huaizhi's assistant," Zhou Jingqi quickly explained.
Gu Luo'an had started his own company and was indeed known as "Mr. Gu," so he hadn’t expected to be misunderstood.
"Gu Huaizhi?" Lin Wanran exclaimed, her voice rising in surprise.
At this, Shen Mianyin heard the conversation.
She quickly got up, supporting herself on the table and the wall, taking one step at a time toward the door. "Gu Huaizhi is here?"
"No, it's Gu Huaizhi's assistant, Zhou Jingqi," Lin Wanran replied.
"Assistant Zhou." Shen Mianyin hurriedly opened the door, only to find Zhou Jingqi standing at the entrance, holding a cane in his hand.
Shen Mianyin thought to herself, '...He didn't really come to deliver a cane, did he?'
Zhou Jingqi also thought Gu Huaizhi's line of thinking was a bit surprising. But since the CEO had ordered it, he had no choice but to deliver.
"It’s the CEO’s instructions for me to bring the cane to Director Shen," Zhou Jingqi said awkwardly, handing over the cane. "The CEO’s schedule was packed this afternoon, and I’ve been right by his side the whole time, so I only managed to bring it over now."
Shen Mianyin: "..."
Shen Mianyin forced a dry smile as she took the cane. "Please thank Mr. Gu for me."
"Well... maybe you could thank the CEO personally?" Zhou Jingqi suggested.
"But I don’t have Mr. Gu’s contact information," Shen Mianyin thought to herself. 'There’s no need to thank Gu Huaizhi just for sending a cane.' Delivering a cane, how bizarre.
"It’s okay, I have it!" Zhou Jingqi quickly pulled out his phone. Before Shen Mianyin could come up with an excuse to refuse, he had already found Gu Huaizhi’s WeChat pinned at the top and made a voice call.
"CEO, sorry to disturb you during dinner," Zhou Jingqi said.
Gu Huaizhi: "..."
What on earth was Zhou Jingqi up to now?
"CEO, here’s the thing," Zhou Jingqi quickly said, "I’ve delivered the cane to Director Shen, and I’m standing at her door now."
"Director Shen said she wants to thank you in person."
Shen Mianyin: "..." 'I didn’t say that. I don’t want to. Hang up already.'
Gu Huaizhi raised an eyebrow slightly. "Oh? Is that so?"
Although his tone was skeptical, the corner of Gu Huaizhi's mouth curled up slightly.
"CEO, Director Shen wants to speak with you," Zhou Jingqi said, ignoring Shen Mianyin's continuous head shaking.
"Mm," Gu Huaizhi replied arrogantly.
Zhou Jingqi immediately shoved the phone into Shen Mianyin's hand.
Shen Mianyin: "..."
Reluctantly, Shen Mianyin could only brace herself and take Zhou Jingqi’s phone. "Mr. Gu, it’s Shen Mianyin."
"Mm."
"..." Shen Mianyin hesitated at Gu Huaizhi’s indifferent response before saying, "Mr. Gu, thank you for having Assistant Zhou bring the cane over."
But honestly, she had only sprained her ankle—wasn’t using a cane a bit much?
"Mm." Gu Huaizhi responded flatly.
Shen Mianyin immediately said, "Then I won't bother you anymore, Mr. Gu."
"Not bothering," Gu Huaizhi suddenly replied.
"Hehe..." Shen Mianyin forced a laugh, suddenly unsure of what to say next.
In her business dealings, she was used to speaking the right words to people, even knowing how to flatter or joke with them. But when it came to Gu Huaizhi, all the usual tricks seemed to fall flat.
"Mr. Gu, have you had dinner?" Shen Mianyin had no choice but to ask another question.
"Not yet, I'm working overtime," Gu Huaizhi replied.
"..." Shen Mianyin paused.
"Well, you still need to eat on time," she said, trying to make the conversation more natural. "Please have something, Mr. Gu. I won't bother you anymore."
"Not bothering," Gu Huaizhi repeated.
Shen Mianyin: "..." 'Wait, are you just looping me here?'
In a bid to end the conversation, Shen Mianyin suddenly had a bright idea—one that might also serve to flatter him.
"Mr. Gu, is there anything you can't eat? I can order some dinner for you and have it delivered to the company."
Zhou Jingqi stood off to the side, thinking to himself, Director Shen’s approach is really irresistible; the CEO definitely can’t withstand it.
"No restrictions, not picky," Gu Huaizhi’s lips involuntarily curved up a little more.
"Alright, I’ll order it now," Shen Mianyin quickly said.
"Good."
Finally, the call ended, and Shen Mianyin handed the phone back to Zhou Jingqi.
Zhou Jingqi immediately said, "Director Shen, let’s add each other on WeChat. If anything comes up, even outside of work hours, you can contact me directly. Feel free to ask me anything."
Lin Wanran, observing Zhou Jingqi’s enthusiastic and attentive behavior, couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow, saying, "Oh?"
"Sure," Shen Mianyin replied eagerly. Having Zhou Jingqi's contact information would definitely make things much more convenient in the future.
After adding Zhou Jingqi as a friend, he quickly performed some actions on his phone before turning to Shen Mianyin.
"Director Shen, I’ve sent your WeChat to the CEO."
Shen Mianyin: "!!!"
Lin Wanran, sensing something was off, asked with a teasing tone, "Assistant Zhou, have you had dinner? If not, would you like to join us for a meal?"
"No, no," Zhou Jingqi waved his hand. "I still need to head back to the company to work overtime."
"I see, too bad. Well, when Assistant Zhou has time, we’ll all eat together next time," Lin Wanran said.
Zhou Jingqi agreed and left.
As soon as the door closed, Lin Wanran helped Shen Mianyin back to the dining room while asking,
"What’s going on? Why do I feel like Zhou Jingqi is trying to play matchmaker between you and Gu Huaizhi? What’s the deal?"
"What are you talking about?" Shen Mianyin quickly explained.
"I just wanted to discuss a collaboration with Gu Huaizhi, so I added his contact info to make it more convenient."
"Really?" Lin Wanran still felt something was off, but since she didn’t know Gu Huaizhi well, she didn’t press the issue.
Shen Mianyin didn’t continue eating. Instead, she opened the food delivery app and switched the location to Gu's company.
Although Gu Huaizhi had said he had no dietary restrictions, Shen Mianyin, just to be safe, chose some general, popular dishes.
Shen Mianyin added a portion of braised pork ribs, a serving of stir-fried vegetables, shrimp tofu, and purple basil tomatoes.
Then, recalling that Zhou Jingqi had mentioned he still needed to work overtime and hadn’t eaten, she decided to double the order—two servings of each dish, plus two portions of rice and soup.
After placing the order, Shen Mianyin opened WeChat, intending to message Zhou Jingqi. However, she noticed a new friend request notification at the bottom.
Shen Mianyin opened the request and was surprised to find it was from Gu Huaizhi! She quickly accepted the request and cautiously entered the chat with him.
"Mr. Gu?"
"Mm."
Shen Mianyin hesitated for a moment before typing, "I’ve ordered dinner for you. It should arrive in about 50 minutes. I’m not sure if it will be on time."
Gu Huaizhi glanced at the work he was wrapping up and nodded. "It'll be on time."
"That's good," Shen Mianyin replied. "By the way, Zhou Jingqi mentioned he has to go back to the office to work overtime, so I ordered a meal for him as well."
Upon seeing this message, Gu Huaizhi quickly typed, "Director Shen is quite considerate of others."
Shen Mianyin responded, "Zhou Jingqi specifically came to deliver the crutches to me, and he hadn’t eaten, so I felt bad."
Gu Huaizhi couldn't help but laugh. This girl doesn't realize it was I who asked Zhou Jingqi to deliver the crutches?
Gu Huaizhi: "Do you have time tomorrow?"
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