After leaving, Zhu Yu went straight back to his office, entered his lounge, changed clothes, then came out and sat in his chair. He took off his glasses and rubbed his temples.
Xiao Zhuang had also returned from the publicity department. The moment he entered the office and saw Zhu Yu, he visibly relaxed.
"Assistant Zhu, so you were already back. You scared me."
"The publicity department's filming is over?" Zhu Yu asked curiously.
"It's finished. I have to say, Guo Linlin was pretty serious during the shoot."
"But right after they finished, that agent, Brother Yang, came in completely soaked. Everyone was startled."
Thinking of that scene, Xiao Zhuang could not help laughing again.
"Heh, heh. That Brother Yang didn't look too bright," Zhu Yu said with a smile.
"A little, yeah. But after my careful observation, I think there's an unusual relationship between that agent and Guo Linlin."
Thinking back to Guo Linlin and Brother Yang's interactions in the publicity department, Xiao Zhuang felt that no matter how he looked at it, they did not seem like people with no connection.
Hearing Xiao Zhuang's words, Zhu Yu's eyes shifted. Could this guy be jealous because Guo Linlin didn't speak up for him and spoke up for me instead?
I really got caught up in this for no reason. What even is this?
Zhu Yu finally made it through the workday and returned to his apartment complex exhausted.
As soon as he entered the elevator, Zhu Yu pressed his floor and waited for the doors to close automatically.
But just as the doors were about to shut, a hand reached in and grabbed them.
Zhu Yu's exhaustion was scared right out of him. Some elevators could malfunction and cause accidents, after all.
Zhu Yu hurriedly pressed the door-open button from inside. What if the doors closed and left a hand in there with him?
Fortunately, the elevator reacted quickly enough. It stopped as soon as the hand blocked the door and opened again.
Zhu Yu felt like today simply was not suitable for going out. It was one thing for work to go badly, but now even getting home after work was not going smoothly.
Just as Zhu Yu put his hands on his hips, ready to tear into whoever came in—
A man and a woman stumbled inside in each other's arms.
The two kissed obliviously, completely ignoring Zhu Yu in the elevator.
"Baby, you're so beautiful."
"Hahaha, your mouth is still as sweet as ever. I'm already over forty."
"Baby, you look prettier than women in their twenties."
"I really love the way you talk."
Zhu Yu stood there blankly with his phone in hand, staring at the two people in front of him. Why did this woman look so familiar?
The man looked a little familiar too.
"Baby, can you let my friend work as a security guard at Shen Corporation like we discussed?" The man directly picked the woman up.
"That's a small matter. I'm the head of Shen Corporation's HR department. Doesn't every position go through me when they're hiring?"
"Come to think of it, you two are pretty ambitious. You're a security captain at Li Corporation, and now your friend wants to join Shen Corporation too."
Hearing her words, the man hurriedly covered her mouth and looked around.
That glance finally made the two notice Zhu Yu in the corner of the elevator.
Holding his phone and listening to their conversation, Zhu Yu suddenly understood. Wasn't this the gossip he had heard a few days ago?
The gossip about Shen Corporation's HR director dating the older security captain from Li Corporation?
"Assistant Zhu!!! Why are you here?" The moment An Yin saw Zhu Yu's face, she was so startled that she quickly climbed down from Shen Qiu.
"I'm going home," Zhu Yu said speechlessly.
"Assistant Zhu moved here too?" An Yin adjusted her clothes, then asked with a smile. As she spoke, she used one hand to shove Shen Qiu behind her, urging him to leave.
Shen Qiu had gotten the answer he wanted and did not want to stay any longer. He casually pressed a nearby floor button and got out when the elevator arrived.
Looking at An Yin pretending that nothing had happened, Zhu Yu now had every reason to suspect that she had been bought off by the competition.
Otherwise, how could she have recruited a scumbag like Guan Yi, someone with such strange intentions?
Even if she had not been bought off, she had definitely taken money.
Although An Yin looked perfectly calm, her hands were clenched tightly together. She was not sure whether Zhu Yu had heard everything she had just said.
Whether by coincidence or not, when the elevator stopped, Zhu Yu discovered that he and An Yin actually lived on the same floor.
When the elevator doors opened, Zhu Yu smiled and gestured ahead, indicating that she should go first.
With a stiff expression, An Yin walked out with the same arm and leg swinging together.
Zhu Yu followed behind her. Just as the elevator doors closed, a dark figure suddenly rushed out from the side.
The dark figure tightly hugged An Yin. "Baby, why are you home so late today? Did Shen Qiu pester you again? You can't keep spending all your time with him and forget about me."
Zhu Yu felt his heart take a massive hit. What was this situation now? Round two? One person dating two people?
If the guy from the elevator had come up just now, would this not have turned into a full-blown showdown?
"He's your best friend. How can you say that?"
"So what? We only became friends halfway through life. If we counted them all, I wouldn't even know how many friends I have." Qiu Wen curled his lip, smiling cheerfully.
An Yin looked at the young hunk in front of her and was just about to smile when she suddenly remembered that her colleague was behind her—especially someone favored by the big boss. She quickly put on a stern face and pushed the man away.
"Hurry home. I have something to do, so I won't keep you. We can talk next time if there's anything." After saying that, she opened the door and went inside.
Qiu Wen was suddenly pushed away, but he did not get angry. He clapped his hands and straightened up. "Pfft. She really thinks she's that desirable? If she weren't useful for getting things done, who would play with an old hag like her?"
Zhu Yu had just raised his hand toward his fingerprint lock when he heard the man behind him cursing. There was none of that affectionate tone from before in his voice.
Qiu Wen was extremely muscular. When he saw Zhu Yu looking over, he glared back fiercely, his expression carrying a trace of disdain. "What are you looking at? You're a scrawny little weakling with barely any meat on you. You'd hurt my arms to hold."
Zhu Yu's eyes widened. Was there something wrong with this man's head? Was he some kind of rabid dog who bit anyone he caught on the street?
Qiu Wen said nothing more. He turned toward the elevator, taking his phone out of his pocket and making a call as he walked.
Zhu Yu watched him expressionlessly. From what he had just heard, this man wanted to become a security guard at Shen Corporation.
This guy? If he can become a security guard at Shen Corporation, I'll write my name backward.
As Qiu Wen waited for the elevator, the person on the other end picked up.
"Hubby~ Why haven't you come down yet?"
!!!!!!
Zhu Yu sucked in a sharp breath when he heard the voice coming from the phone's speaker.
Wasn't that the voice of the man from the elevator just now?
Why was he calling this man hubby?
Are my ears broken?
"Sweet wife, I'm already in the elevator. I'll be down soon. I've kept my wife waiting too long, so your husband will come down and make it up to you." Qiu Wen, a burly man, suddenly spoke in a voice as gentle as water.
Zhu Yu could no longer handle the twists in this plot. He reached out to brace himself against the door handle. What kind of bizarre people were these?
--[She loves him, loves him, but he doesn't love her, and he doesn't love her either, because he loves him???]
--[How did the three of you manage to act out three separate plotlines?]
"Wifey, I'm coming down. Wait for me..."
Ding—— As the elevator doors closed, Zhu Yu's floor finally fell quiet.
Zhu Yu took a long while to recover before slowly opening his door and going inside.
Zhu Yu threw himself onto the sofa, covered his eyes with one arm, and tried hard to process all the gossip from today.
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