Gu Wenze frowned at her words. "You're saying my mother told you to come work at my company?"
Ruan Hanli nodded emphatically. "Wenze, I'm telling the truth. Ask Auntie Weng if you don't believe me."
As if afraid Gu Wenze wouldn't believe her, Ruan Hanli deliberately called Weng Fenghua right in front of him.
"Hello, Lili."
"Auntie Weng, I'm at Wenze's company now, but he doesn't believe I'm supposed to work here. Sorry for the trouble, but could you explain it to him?"
"That boy. As if you'd lie to him. Give him the phone."
Ruan Hanli agreed with a smile and pressed the phone into Gu Wenze's hand. "Wenze, Auntie Weng wants to talk to you."
Gu Wenze brought the phone to his ear, his face expressionless. His mother's voice came through. "Wenze, it's me. Now that Lili's back, she said she needed an internship soon and wanted to work at your company. I didn't think it was a big deal, so I agreed on your behalf."
"Doesn't the Ruan Family have its own company?" Gu Wenze asked gravely.
"Lili said she was worried people would gossip if she joined her own family's company and say she'd gotten in through connections. That's why she wanted to work at our Gu Group instead. Just give her some easy tasks. There's no need to take it so seriously."
"And she wouldn't be getting in through connections here?"
Gu Wenze cut straight to the point.
Weng Fenghua was at a loss for words. "You... Our families have been friends for generations. What's wrong with finding her a job? The Gu Group is so big. Are you telling me there isn't a single vacancy?"
Gu Wenze wanted to say more, but Weng Fenghua hurried on. "That's enough. My friends have invited me shopping,