The occupation of secretary’s assistant sounded like a position with high status, but the truth was that a secretary’s assistant mostly ran errands and helped out with tiring jobs for the secretary. A secretary worked tirelessly for the President, therefore an assistant secretary would suffer even more.
For instance, during her first day at work, Han Muzi was on the move all the time, running errands under Miss Lin’s instructions. Out of the three hours in the morning, she wasn’t in the secretary’s office for two and a half of it as she was running everywhere to send documents. The workload in a large company was indeed different.
When she finally had the chance to sit for a while, Miss Lin appeared with an extremely thick document and asked her to familiarize herself with her work environment. Sitting on the couch, Han Muzi flipped open the documents and quietly read through them.
When she was out sending documents, she went to the wrong places as she wasn’t familiar with the company yet. If her work required her to send documents every day, her workload would lessen after she got to know the place.
Han Muzi frowned as she was reading the documents. However, it seems like… my job scope as an assistant secretary won’t give me the chance to get closer to Ye Moxuan. Sigh…
When she thought about the incident where she bumped into him in front of the elevator three days ago, she sank into a deep thought. She had already informed him that she would be applying for the job as an assistant secretary, but he didn’t order her not to come to the company. What had happened? Is he turning a blind eye on purpose? Or… he just couldn’t be bothered by this matter?
After giving it some thought, Han Muzi was more convinced that it was the latter. After all, her current position would not be a threat to Ye Moxuan since they normally wouldn’t cross paths with each other.
The person who easily saw Ye Moxuan would be the secretary, Miss Lin, as she was the liaison between him and all the other employees working under him. She would be the one to collect and gather all the documents then reorganize them before reporting to Ye Moxuan. Plus, the orders from Ye Moxuan were also conveyed by Miss Lin.
As she thought about this, she found that she indeed wouldn’t have the chance to get closer to Ye Moxuan. If she couldn’t get the chance to get closer to him, how could she trigger his memory? At that moment, she was filled with frustration.
“It’s lunch hour. Aren’t you going down to have lunch?” Suddenly, she heard a question being asked from above her head. Han Muzi raised her head and exclaimed when she saw Miss Lin standing right in front of her. It seemed like she had done packing and she had a key in her hand. “Huh?”
“It’s lunch hour.”
Upon hearing that, Han Muzi came back to her senses. She lowered her head and looked at the watch on her wrist before realizing that it was already time for lunch.
“Hey, you are really diligent, and you did not even complain a single word. I bet that you are tired after running errands for the whole morning. Have some rest before you go for lunch.”
“Thanks, Miss Lin,” Han Muzi said as she closed the book. Miss Lin was not going to have lunch in the company because she needed to return home to cook lunch for her children. She would come back to work at 1 o’clock in the afternoon.
As for Han Muzi, even if she were to go back home now, she would be alone. To save the trouble of having to go home and return to the office again, she decided to have her lunch in the cafeteria. Just as and when she reached the front of the elevator, she bumped into a familiar face. “Rory?”
“Muzi?” When Rory saw her, she walked up to her in surprise. “I’ve been waiting for you. Let’s go and have lunch in the cafeteria.”
Han Muzi asked, “You were waiting for me?”
“Yes. I was just trying my luck, but I didn’t think that I would bump into you.”
Having heard her words, Han Muzi was speechless. You came to the floor where I’m working on purpose; of course you would bump into me. But upon seeing that she really had no one to accompany her, Han Muzi said, “Let’s go downstairs and have lunch.”
“Yes, I know where the cafeteria is. I’ll take you there.”
Then, both of them entered the elevator. After Rory had pressed on the button to their intended floor, she casually asked, “Is the job as an assistant secretary tiring? Is it hard to get along with the secretary? I heard rumors that one of the interviewers on that day is a secretary. Is it true?” Rory behaved like a curious child who couldn’t stop asking questions.
“Yeah, the interviewer who is slightly older is the secretary.”
“Hmm, looks like I guessed it right. How about that… That younger one…”
“Oh right.” Han Muzi cut her off and smiled. “Why did you think of coming over to look for me?”
Looking as though she was embarrassed, Rory bit on her lower lip. “I-I don’t dare to eat in the cafeteria. There are too many people there. So, I thought that since both of us are Chinese, I could come over to look for you, then we can both go there together.”
Upon hearing her words, Han Muzi furrowed her brows and thought to herself, Rory’s behavior is quite weird. “Have you ever worked before?”
“Yes, I’ve worked before,” Rory said as she nodded. Looking at Han Muzi’s frowning expression, she thought that Han Muzi disliked her, so she anxiously explained, “Don’t be mistaken. I don’t have any intention to latch onto you. I’ve worked before, but that was back in our country. This is my first time traveling abroad and my English is not very good. I also think that foreigners look fierce and I find it hard to get along with them.
Oh, I see. No wonder she keeps coming over to find me.
Soon, the elevator arrived at their intended floor. When the door opened, Han Muzi immediately walked out of the elevator while Rory nervously followed her from behind. She was so anxious that her eyes darted everywhere, making it hard for anyone to resist their laughter when they saw her expression.
At last, Han Muzi decided to be kind to her and took her to grab their lunch. When both of them finally found a place to sit, Rory said with gratitude, “Thank you, Muzi. If you weren’t with me, I would still be dilly-dallying.”
Han Muzi also noticed that she was not being humble when she said that her English wasn’t good. Just now when they ordered food, Rory mispronounced some of the names of the dishes and she even stuttered when she spoke. It was hard for anyone to imagine that she would have the guts to travel alone to a foreign country to work when her English was so poor.
“Why would you think of working in a foreign country?”
While picking up a piece of vegetable with a chopstick, Rory said, “You must be wondering why I traveled to a foreign country to work when my English isn’t great. To be honest, I want to challenge myself. Otherwise, my family will keep making fun of me. I want to prove myself worthy!”
I see. She’s here to learn and most probably, she ran away from home out of anger without bringing any money with her. Young girls nowadays… Han Muzi laughed as she thought to herself and took a sip of her soup without continuing the topic.
Even as Han Muzi enjoyed her lunch, she couldn’t stop thinking about Ye Moxuan’s matter. The minute she was not busy, her mind would be filled with thoughts on how to trigger him so that he could regain his memory as soon as possible.
Her meal was finished absentmindedly. After lunch, as they still had some time, Rory suggested for them to go downstairs to take a walk around that area. However, Han Muzi was exhausted after running errands for the whole morning and the couch in the secretary’s office crossed her mind. Having the thought to rest for a while there, she rejected Rory’s suggestion.
After she reached the secretary’s office, she sat on the couch and removed her shoes. With her legs put up, she massaged her calves. It had been a long time since she last ran continuously for hours, so her calves were sore. As she massaged her calves, the phone in the secretary’s office suddenly rang.
She was stunned for a while before she got on her feet to pick up the phone. Following that, a cold, manly voice rang out from the phone. “Make me a cup of coffee and bring it to me.”
