Hearing those words, Yan stopped walking and stood where she was. Then, she watched as Han Qing brought a pair of slippers over to her and bent down to place them in front of her. “Change into these; those slippers are too big for you. It’s easy to slip and fall wearing those.”
Looking at the light-blue female slippers placed in front of her, she thanked him and put them on. She then bent down to pick up the male slippers she had been wearing before, but his movements were faster than hers. Picking up the slippers, he went downstairs. Afterward, she remained where she was as she looked down at the dress she was wearing, then looked at the color of her slippers. She let out a happy sigh.
Luckily, his aesthetic sense was unlike that of a stereotypical straight man’s despite being an inflexible man himself. If he was like a stereotypical straight man, then he might have assumed that all girls liked pink. If so, the dress and slippers she wore today could have turned out like a hot-pink mess. Then, she followed him downstairs. Sky was already sitting in its seat waiting for its meal. When it saw her coming down, it tilted its head to the side and meowed at her. Thus, she immediately took the seat next to it.
Many breakfast dishes were laid out across the table—even the milk was still steaming hot. It was her first time sitting down, face-to-face, with Han Qing for a meal, so she felt very uneasy. Thus, she just sat there petting Sky’s head for a long while. Sky meowed loudly, feeling as if its head was going to go bald from the constant petting. It shifted its head to the side, trying to get out of her clutches.
“Don’t go,” Yan softly murmured. She picked up the cat before it could escape. Due to her nervousness, she did not know what to do with her hands, and so she could only continuously pet its head.
“Meow!” Sky struggled slightly while voicing out its displeasure.
“Let it go.” Han Qing’s voice sounded from opposite her, frightening her. She lifted her eyes to look at him, her hands unwittingly loosening their grip.
Sky immediately jumped out of her arms the moment it got free, then ran off somewhere far. In the beginning, it had wanted to stay and have a loving breakfast together with its owner, who it had not seen in a long time, and the pretty lady. However, what about now? It decided to make an early escape before its head turned bald from the constant petting. Soon, the cat disappeared from the living room.
She felt embarrassed; Sky’s speedy escape almost seemed like it was afraid of her. Biting her lower lip, she did not dare to meet his eyes, but she heard him say, “I’ll send you home after you finish breakfast.”
“Okay…” Thus, she lowered her head to eat. She ate very slowly. When she was about to finish, she heard the sound of footsteps coming from outside. Lifting her head to look, she realized that the person heading toward them was Su Jiu; her high heels were click-clacking across the smooth floor.
When Yan saw Su Jiu, her face turned red and she guiltily turned her head away. Why is she here? If she sees me with Han Qing, will she get the wrong idea?
“President Han.” Su Jiu saw the two of them having breakfast when she walked in, but she did not stand on formalities. Instead, she pulled out another chair and sat down on the other side, then she took out all the documents she had prepared beforehand.
Yan heard Han Qing grunt nonchalantly in response, his voice emotionless.
“I collected this information last night and spent a lot of time sorting them out. His previous offenses as well as his involvement in several money scams are quite extensive. Judging from the situation this time around, it will take him several years before he can weasel out of prison.”
When she heard this, Yan realized that the topic in question was related to her. Thus, she sneaked a glance at Su Jiu. She assumed that Su Jiu would be flipping through her documents intently or looking at Han Qing while she was reporting her findings. Rather, the moment she turned her head, she found herself staring into Su Jiu’s smiling eyes—Su Jiu had been staring in her direction all along.
Yan said nothing; she became very self-conscious suddenly. She hastily shifted her gaze away, her ears and neck turning bright red in response.
Tsk, this young lady sure gets shy and embarrassed easily. Su Jiu laughed in her heart. Unafraid of Han Qing’s presence, she directed a question at Yan. “Miss Zhou, why do you not dare to look at me? This matter is related to you, after all.”
Yan continued to say nothing. Ah! How could Secretary Su do this?! There are so many other topics to bring up, why did she have to bring up this topic? I’m going to ignore her!
“Miss Zhou? Why are you ignoring me?” On the other hand, Su Jiu had made up her mind to tease Yan. Hence, she shamelessly continued to talk to Yan despite being ignored. Yan bit her lower lip and lowered her face even more. I’m going to ignore you; what are you going to do if I continue to ignore you?
“Secretary Su.” Han Qing’s fingers tapped lightly against the table; his expression remained neutral as he asked, “How bad are his injuries?”
Su Jiu narrowed her eyes as she turned toward him. “President Han, why are you in such a hurry to rescue your damsel in distress? I just wanted to talk to her for a bit; why are you so anxious to protect her? I guess last night—”
“Ah!” At the mention of last night’s events, Yan stood up with an agitated expression. She was deathly afraid of what embarrassing talk Su Jiu might bring up, so she interrupted her abruptly. “Nothing happened last night! Don’t you dare gauge the heart of a gentleman with your own mean measures!”
Her words were met with silence across the room. Is it possible for nothing to have happened if you have such a strong reaction to it? At this point, she noticed that her reaction had been over the top. She was too embarrassed to look Han Qing and Su Jiu in the eye, so she turned around and ran upstairs.
“If you said nothing happened, then nothing happened. Why are you running away?” Su Jiu’s voice rang out from behind her, making her increase her speed as she fled. Her reactions are so fun and amusing. Then, Su Jiu turned back to look at Han Qing. “So, is it true that nothing happened at all last night, President Han?”
He stared at the unfinished breakfast on Yan’s plate and scowled. She ate so slowly, and so little, yet now she was not even eating anymore. How could she continue like this? The expressions in his eyes flickered, making it hard to understand what he was thinking about. Therefore, Su Jiu had no choice but to push the documents until they were in front of him. “President Han?”
Finally casting his eyes to look at her, he pursed his lips unhappily. Then, he spoke after a moment. “You talk too much.”
Su Jiu said nothing in reply.
“Send the documents to the police and file a report. Make sure to send a copy of the information to his current company as well.”
She was slightly shocked at his words. It looks like Han Qing intends to cut off any future prospects this person may have. He is ruthless! Absolutely ruthless! Once a company blacklisted his information, coupled with his jail time, he could only hope to go back to the countryside and become a farmer after his release… At the thought, she gave a little sigh. She did not expect Han Qing to be so biased when it came to protecting the people around him. Sigh. Honestly, she was rather envious of it.
“Alright, then how are you planning to deal with Yan? I thought that the events last night would cause her some psychological trauma, but she doesn’t seem to be facing any trouble from what I saw just now.” She closed the folder and stood up smilingly. “If that is the case, then I won’t continue playing the third wheel here. President Han, this is a rare opportunity. Don’t let it slip past you… again.”
After speaking, Su Jiu felt that she had said too much. Why would Han Qing need her advice? He had already brought Yan here—a place where she had not known about despite serving as his secretary for so many years…
