Song Shi'an: "???"
Had Zhou Jianning seriously failed to pick up that his remark just now was a teasing rejection?
Song Shi'an hurriedly waved his hands. "No need, President Zhou. You and I aren't that close."
Zhou Jianning stepped forward. "Assistant Song, as long as you put in a few good words for me in front of President Lu, I'll send people to Thailand right now!"
Song Shi'an: "..."
Silence...
He could actually believe such utter nonsense?
"Really not needed." Assistant Song waved him off.
Zhou Jianning said, "Assistant Song, whatever you like, you can tell me directly. I can help with any of it!"
Song Shi'an felt a headache coming on. "President Zhou, I'm just an assistant and can't help with something this big. If you want to talk business, you should go find President Lu."
Zhou Jianning argued, "You've been by President Lu's side for five years; your relationship definitely isn't ordinary! As long as you can put in a good word, who knows, maybe President Lu can..."
Song Shi'an cut him off directly and smiled. "President Zhou thinks too highly of me. If there's nothing else, I'll be heading back first."
With that, without even waiting for Zhou Jianning to react, he turned cleanly and left.
Zhou Jianning stared at Song Shi'an's departing back with an ugly expression.
Song Shi'an returned to the secretary's side. "I'll have to trouble you to take me to the pantry so I can prepare things for President Lu."
Seeing him come out so quickly, the secretary looked somewhat surprised and hesitated before speaking. "Assistant Song, President Zhou is also..."
Song Shi'an cut her off directly. "I only came to pour a glass of water for President Lu. What do President Zhou's affairs have to do with me?"
Tactfully closing her mouth,