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The next second, the office door closed completely.

Huang Minyan gazed at the tightly shut door and took a deep breath, almost imperceptibly.

"...So, Huang, who exactly was that young lady with the general manager? Apart from Miss Baozhu, this is the first time I've ever seen him bring a woman to the company!"

"Could she be his girlfriend?"

"That really is possible!! After all, the general manager isn't that young anymore. It really is time he considered marriage."

"Oh! I knew she looked familiar. I finally figured out who that woman is! Isn't she Ye Mo?"

The voice that suddenly cut in, tinged with surprise, instantly drew everyone's attention in the secretarial department. They all questioned the secretary who had spoken. "Xiao Luo, you know who she is?"

The secretary called Xiao Luo nodded and said excitedly, "I do! Her name is Ye Mo. She's a very famous celebrity. She was in that drama [Next Life] that went viral online a while ago!"

"...[Next Life]? She was in it? I watched every episode, but I don't remember seeing her."

"Uh, she played some minor female role... the one whose acting was so terrible that the criticism trended."

Everyone else: "..."

"So the general manager likes that kind of woman?" Remembering the face they had caught a fleeting, breathtaking glimpse of, the secretaries couldn't help saying, "Still, Miss Ye really does live up to being a big star. She's so beautiful, she practically glows."

"They're both surnamed Ye. Could Miss Ye be the general manager's younger sister?"

"Definitely not. Baozhu is the general manager's only younger sister. It must be a coincidence..."

The secretarial staff had a taste for gossip too. Since it was so rare to see Ye Lin bring anyone to the company, they couldn't help gossiping a little.

"That's enough," Huang Minyan said. "Stop discussing other people's business. Get back to work."

Once she spoke, the others said no more and returned to their work. Huang Minyan glanced at the tightly closed door of the general manager's office and pressed her lips together, her expression perfectly calm.

Meanwhile, inside the office.

"...Have you decided? How exactly are you going to solve the problem of the company's money trees dying?" Ye Lin asked Ye Mo with a smile. "We had a deal. You have to actually solve the problem before I can give you those two million."

Ye Mo glared at him, feeling that his tone sounded like he was teasing a child.

"Don't worry. I already know what's going on!" she said confidently.

A little surprised, Ye Lin asked curiously, "You already know where the problem lies?"

Ye Mo nodded firmly. "That's right!"

She considered whether she should simply tell Ye Lin that the money trees had died because the company's cleaning staff watered them with boiling water every day, but on second thought, she decided that wouldn't do.

[If I tell him outright, he'll probably think I solved this too easily and that his two million was a terrible waste...]

So she had to put on a performance worth "two million."

At that thought, Ye Mo immediately made up her mind.

"...I need to look around the company before I can tell you what's going on!" she told Ye Lin solemnly.

Ye Lin nodded. "All right. I'll have someone take you around the company so you can get a good look at the situation!"

Ye Mo nodded.

Ye Lin called Huang Minyan in and asked her to personally take Ye Mo around the company. Huang Minyan looked at Ye Mo and nodded in agreement.

As one of the world's top hundred companies, Ye Corporation operated on an enormous scale. The entire building they stood in belonged to Ye Corporation, with eighty-eight floors in total, chosen for the number's resemblance in sound to "prosper, prosper."

"...Where would you like to look first, Miss Ye?" Huang Minyan asked Ye Mo.

Ye Mo thought for a moment, unable to decide where to go. Looking around, she said, "Then, shall we just look around?"

Just look around?

Huang Minyan glanced at her and nodded. "All right, then I'll just show you around..."

This was Ye Mo's first time wandering around a company as large as Ye Corporation, so she was like a curious baby, full of curiosity about everything and questions about it all.

Fortunately, Ye Lin's secretary, Huang Minyan, was an exceptionally patient person. Even with Ye Mo dragging her everywhere, she showed not the slightest impatience and patiently answered every one of her questions. It really made it impossible not to like her much more.

888 suddenly said, [Host, I'll let you in on a secret. Secretary Huang has a

secret crush

on your eldest brother~]

Ye Mo: Oh ho?!

Suddenly, Ye Mo remembered the look Huang Minyan had given her in Ye Lin's office earlier. At the time, Ye Mo had felt something extremely subtle in her gaze. Thinking back now, her impression really hadn't been wrong.

Ye Mo thought Secretary Huang had most likely misunderstood her relationship with Ye Lin, which was why her gaze had been so subtle.

888 continued sharing Secretary Huang's gossip with Ye Mo. [Secretary Huang and your eldest brother went to the same university, Host. She's liked him since college!]

Ye Mo sighed. [Secretary Huang is quite devoted...]

888 said, [But Secretary Huang simply has a secret crush on your eldest brother, that's all. She's been going on arranged dates lately and has a very good impression of this latest match. Her parents have even started discussing marriage with the man's family.]

A secret crush and real life were different, after all. Secretary Huang seemed very clear on that point and had no intention of immersing herself in this unrequited love.

[However!]

888 suddenly changed its tone. After a pause, it raised its voice slightly and continued, [What Secretary Huang doesn't know is that there's a huge problem with this match! The man she's currently dating isn't her actual match, but that match's older male cousin.]

*[???]* Ye Mo's face was covered in question marks. [What?]

888: [You heard correctly, Host. The person Secretary Huang has been meeting really is the man's older cousin!]

Ye Mo: [...Why?]

888 answered, [Because Secretary Huang's actual match is gravely ill and about to die. His family is afraid their son will be lonely underground after he dies, so they want to get him a wife...]

At this, Ye Mo understood.

Clearly, that family knew that if they sent a dying man on an arranged date, anyone capable of thinking would refuse. That was why they had taken a crooked path and sent the man's cousin in his place.

Of course, they called it standing in, but it was really deception.

888 said, [That family plans to wait until Secretary Huang registers her marriage with the cousin and holds the wedding banquet. Once the raw rice has been cooked, they'll tell her the truth. That way, Secretary Huang won't be able to escape.]

[They certainly have their abacus clacking away!] Ye Mo sneered. [If he's dying, he should just wait quietly for death. He's already about to die, yet he still wants to ruin someone else's life. No wonder his life is so short. Looks like even Heaven can't stand watching!]

888 wholeheartedly agreed and revealed more of the inside story. [This match was introduced by Secretary Huang's aunt. The man's family promised her aunt five hundred thousand yuan if it worked out! That's why Secretary Huang's aunt has been so enthusiastic about this and keeps trying to persuade her to agree to the marriage!]

Secretary Huang and her parents knew nothing of the truth. They merely marveled at how enthusiastic this aunt was about Secretary Huang's marriage, unaware that she had "sold" Secretary Huang for five hundred

thousand yuan.

Ye Mo asked, [888, how far have things progressed between Secretary Huang and that cousin?]

888: [Because that family is in a hurry to get the marriage done, they've been extremely generous in every respect. Secretary Huang's parents are already discussing a wedding date with them...]

Discussing a wedding date...

Ye Mo's gaze fell on Secretary Huang, who was walking about two steps ahead of her, and she thought silently, Even married people can divorce. They're only discussing a wedding date. There's still time for everything.

Ye Mo sneered. Every filthy, rotten thing wants to get married. You can all keep dreaming!

"...Miss Ye?" Seeing Ye Mo suddenly lost in thought, Secretary Huang called to her twice. When Ye Mo came back to her senses, she heard her ask with concern, "Are you tired? Shall we head back first?"