It wasn't that Shen Tang looked down on Qian Yong's taste or connections. It was just that Shen Zhi was a bit of a beauty lover, and she preferred Bai Su's type.
As for Qian Yong, his mind was full of either sex or muscles.
The promising young people he approved of might not catch Shen Zhi's eye.
Most importantly—
Shen Tang reminded Qian Yong, "I don't mind you playing matchmaker. There are too many single people under my command, and it's dragging down our overall happiness index. I have just one requirement: if they're only after a bit of excitement, try to find someone outside our ranks. Don't go picking the grass by your own doorstep. But if they're serious about marriage, then lock it down! I won't allow office couples to give up halfway. They have to be buried in the same grave, even if it kills them!"
"If they can't get a happy ending, they shouldn't start a couple!"
Qian Yong didn't quite understand. "What?"
There were a lot of words and phrases in there that he didn't understand.
Shen Tang gave Qian Yong an example. "Suppose a man and a woman both serve under me. They're deeply in love at first, but later they can't stand the sight of each other. They divorce and end their marriage, but how are they supposed to handle being colleagues? They can't even avoid seeing each other. Wouldn't that be awkward? What if one or both of them carried their resentment into their work and kept infighting? Wouldn't that cause endless trouble down the road?"
Qian Yong pondered it. "I hadn't thought of that."
He couldn't have thought of it.
There had never been a precedent for large numbers of women entering government service. Their colleagues had all been the