Got Gossip, Guaranteed Juicy!

Got Gossip, Guaranteed Juicy!

Monday was a start no one could be happy about. Lin Su was the same; he was already looking forward to Friday. What worker didn't have a heart that wanted to slack off?

"Assistant Lin, did you get fairer?" Xiao Jiang leaned closer to take a look.

Lin Su touched his face and smiled. "Maybe it's because I stayed hidden at home."

Xiao Jiang swallowed, looking a little lovestruck. "Assistant Lin, if you were an Omega, I'd definitely marry you and take you home."

Lin Su froze for a second. Keeping his expression unchanged, he felt a little panicked. How was this girl's intuition so accurate?

"But you're a Beta. Even if I were an Omega, you couldn't marry me." He smiled teasingly, though he was actually incredibly nervous.

Xiao Jiang pondered it. "That's true. There are so few Omegas now. Waaah, I want to be an Alpha too."

Lin Su smiled helplessly. "Why Alpha again?"

Xiao Zhu interrupted her. "You're still thinking about topping Assistant Lin? I told you, A and B are impossible. You should stop fantasizing every day."

Xiao Jiang stuck out her tongue. "Bleh, who asked you?"

Lin Su smiled. They always reminded him so much of the children back home.

Girls really are adorable.

Gu Lin's hand froze on the door. His eyes darkened, the knuckles of his fingers turning white. He still pushed the door open, and the others turned to look at him. Their laughter came to an abrupt stop.

Xiao Jiang did not dare look at him at all. Awkwardly, she pointed at her computer. "Uh... Assistant Lin, could you help me see if this works?"

Lin Su did not expose the young girl. He nodded and smiled at Gu Lin, then bent down to cooperate with her.

Everyone except Lin Su clearly felt the air around them turn cold. Xiao Jiang could even feel the hostility.

The click of leather shoes gradually faded into the distance, and their suspended hearts finally settled.

Xiao Jiang leaned back in her chair, looking like a salted fish. "Oh my god, President Gu's pressure is terrifying on another level."

Xiao Zhu said, "Agreed."

Xiao Zeng said, "Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm!"

Lin Su smiled and said gently, "Aren't you being a little too dramatic? President Gu isn't that scary."

Sometimes he really is terrifying. Uh... well, in certain ways.

Xiao Jiang immediately sat up, her eyes sparkling as she said lovestruckly, "Assistant Lin, you really are President Gu's true love!"

"Ahem." He knew it was just a joke from the young girls, so he smiled. "Why are you getting more and more exaggerated?"

I can't be his true love. He's someone else's husband. I don't want to be the other man.

Gu Lin, who was not far away, stopped walking. The other man? Their relationship was protected by law. Those two words would never have anything to do with Lin Su.

Xiao Jiang spoke again. "No way! I really ship you two!"

Lin Su smiled helplessly and was just about to refute her when the sound of leather shoes returned. Hearing it, everyone immediately resumed their well-behaved appearances.

Xiao Jiang pulled him back in front of the computer again, and he had no choice but to play along.

Lin Su pretended to look at the computer, failing to notice that the girl beside him had stiffened, her eyes gleaming like stars.

"Lin Su, come in." Gu Lin stood there, his tone calm and emotionless.

"You all carry on." With that, Lin Su followed Gu Lin into the office.

With a soft bang, the door closed, shutting everything out.

Xiao Jiang could barely contain her excitement. She looked toward the office's floor-to-ceiling windows, wanting to speak but stopping herself. They would be found out if they talked through the one-way glass, right?

She secretly opened the chat app. The chat box read: "Slacking Squad" (50).

Assistant Office - Xiao Jiang: Got gossip! It's guaranteed juicy!

Assistant Office - Xiao Zeng: How did I not know???

Planning Department - Xiao Liu: Are you sure? Whose gossip?

Planning Department - Old Chen: Sigh~ Last time I had a tiny bit of gossip, and the meeting the next day scared me half to death.

Sales Department - Xiao Zhang: Your planning department had it easy. After our supervisor came back, he chewed us out so badly it was unbearable. I can't even eat now.

Assistant Office - Xiao Jiang: Assistant Lin is in love!

Those six words blew up the fifty-person group chat, and everyone began asking questions.

The person who had dropped the bomb exited the group, unable to suppress her excitement. She had a feeling it was definitely President Gu!

Meanwhile, Mu Xiaomu, who had been silently lurking in the chat, wore a dazzling smile at the front desk. She was a hundred times happier than usual. After all, this wave of divine assistance could not have happened without her. It looked like it had worked! It had worked!

A few days earlier, she had received orders to go to Dingfeng, where she ran into Gu Lin. She looked around but did not find Lin Su anywhere.

The male lead was alone. Did those villains really think they could plot against him?

Fengyan's invitation had not only been about South City. President Yao had been arranged by Old Master Gu.

Rather than an arrangement, it was more accurate to call it a partnership. A foolish partnership.

Old Man Gu had promised that as long as they successfully "schemed against" Gu Lin, they would gain a say in matters. Even if the land in South City was gone, there was still North City and East City. What the Gu family lacked was not land, but an obedient and sensible heir.

How could Gu Lin not know? Ever since the first time he had been drugged, he had known who was behind it even without investigating.

Gu Lin knew exactly how much alcohol he could handle. Feeling irritated, he drank an extra glass. President Yao flattered him at his side, but he heard none of it. Lin Su was the only person on his mind.

The show always had to be finished. The other lead, Mu Xiaomu, then made her entrance.

Under Gu Lin's pretense and Old Master Gu's satisfied gaze, she got into the car. What bad intentions could she possibly have? Of course, she was delivering the "drunk" male lead to the male lead's beloved.

The result had been pretty good, hadn't it?

Although she really wanted to join the discussion, she could not do so yet. She needed to continue lurking beside Old Master Gu and secure benefits for her CP!

As one of the people being discussed, Lin Su had no idea he had become the center of the gossip. Over the course of the afternoon, several versions of his love story had already appeared.

Second by second, time passed. His butt seemed glued to the chair as his hands moved back and forth between the keyboard and the documents.

There was only half an hour left before work ended, but there was still a great deal of South City material to organize. Ever since Gu Lin attended that banquet and parted on bad terms with Fengyan, their formerly passable partnership had collapsed, and the two sides had become competitors. The entire company was working overtime that night.

Ugh, my eyes hurt so much. Will my eyes be ruined after overtime?

Gu Lin looked up and saw Lin Su pressing at his eye sockets. The corners of his eyes were noticeably redder, and his peach blossom eyes were slightly misty, making him look as if he had just cried.

His sharp brows furrowed almost imperceptibly. Gu Lin put down his pen and was about to reach for the drawer when the phone rang.

"Hello?" Gu Lin paused. Who would be looking for Lin Su at this hour?

He pretended to stare at the computer, but his gaze remained fixed on Lin Su's face.

"You mean Han Jin? Uh, yes, please wait a moment." Lin Su covered the receiver and turned to look at Gu Lin. At that moment, his boss was working with his head lowered.

"President Gu, someone is looking for me downstairs. Can I take half an hour off?"

Is half an hour too much? I should've said ten minutes.

To Lin Su's surprise, Gu Lin stood up and said calmly, "Let's go. We still have overtime tonight, so we'll eat together."

"Uh, mm, okay."