Xu Zhaoyi is a rookie planner at Xingyao Technology, with an eccentric imagination and a mind full of running commentary. Her daily routine involves bouncing back and forth between racing to meet deadlines and complaining that her boss is an AI in human form.
Until one day...
She made a wish to the coffee machine in the break room for a promotion and a raise, in the most mortifying scene imaginable, only to be caught by the famously aloof, ascetic, efficiency-obsessed CEO, Jiang Yanzhou!
Xu Zhaoyi: _(:з"∠)_ It's over. Is my career going to end before it even starts?
But things gradually started getting weird:
Her proposal was personally “reviewed” by the boss? His gaze lingered too long when he passed her desk? Her favorite milk tea and little cakes kept appearing anonymously?
Xu Zhaoyi's inner monologue went wild: “Is Mr. Jiang trying to fire me but can't find a reason?” “That milk tea is a coincidence, right? It has to be a coincidence!”
Jiang Yanzhou, the head of Xingyao Technology, looked like a walking ice machine, but underneath that frosty exterior, he was a pure-hearted, straightforward man of action.
The first time he caught Xu Zhaoyi in the middle of her mortifying scene, he thought this little planner was... interesting!
From then on, he began his discreet “keeping her close” plan:
When she worked overtime, he “happened to be going her way” and drove her home. When her stomach hurt, he had his assistant order her stomach-friendly meals. When someone gave her a hard time, he casually stepped in and shut them down.
Then, at the company annual party, Xu Zhaoyi lost a game and was forced to “confess” to the Nth person in her contacts. When the call connected, Jiang Yanzhou's cool, composed voice came through: “Got it. Next time, just tell me to my face.”
Xu Zhaoyi: !!! Help! I think... I just flirted with my boss?!
When a rookie planner runs into an ice-cold boss...
Is it a mortifying scene? No! It's
Not bad. You can read it when you are short of books.