Zhang Mingyue paid no mind to her cousin's teasing.
Instead, she said playfully,
"Pfft! You're the one being too high-profile, and you won't even let others talk about it?
You should've seen the employees at our company. A few of them looked like they wanted to eat you alive!"
Zhang Mingyue thought of the expressions on those newly hired young employees' faces when they saw Ye Yuan and Li Shiyun acting intimately.
Their expressions had been utterly comical.
"You little brat! It's work hours. Why aren't you going to meet that Yuan Kai at the entrance for me?"
"Didn't I come over to ask what you two wanted to drink?"
Zhang Mingyue said pitifully.
"Do you think I don't know what you're up to? Did you see your cousin arrive and figure you had someone to back you up?"
Li Shiyun shot Zhang Mingyue a glare.
"I didn't!"
As she spoke, Zhang Mingyue stuck out her pink little tongue, then turned and fled.
"What's going on? And who is this Yuan Kai?"
Ye Yuan frowned, feeling that there was quite a lot to unpack in their conversation.
"I have no idea what keeps you busy all day. You don't even know your own junior nephew?"
"You mean Yuan Kai is the one from the Imperial Pharmacy?"
Ye Yuan raised a brow.
"Mm! That's him. Recently, he took a liking to Mingyue and wanted to introduce this little girl to his nephew."
"It can't be that simple, can it?"
Ye Yuan asked thoughtfully.
"Of course it isn't that simple.
It wasn't as though they hadn't met before. Why hadn't he had such intentions then?
During our last negotiation, he happened to overhear a conversation between Mingyue and me.
Once he learned that my assistant was your younger sister, he started paying