A cool-headed, protective, powerful director of the General Affairs Office, a fake caged songbird x a secretly patient CEO’s secretary, a true double agent who turns ruthless for love
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In her third year on the job, Yu Xingjian learns that the company’s CEO is selecting a new secretary. She leaps from an obscure junior employee to a close aide of the woman at the top.
When she goes to report to the office, she sees a woman in a suit leave with an expressionless face. Behind her stands a beautiful woman by the desk, head bowed, blouse disheveled, a handprint on her face, like a peony battered by a sudden storm.
The woman is perfectly calm. She doesn’t even ask Yu Xingjian to close the door, only glancing over at her indifferently.
"The woman who just walked out will be your primary point of contact from now on, CEO Meng Yize."
That is the first thing she says.
"CEO Meng promoted you. Work hard, and don’t let down her trust in you."
That is the second. When she finishes, the woman gestures that Yu Xingjian may leave.
Yu Xingjian doesn’t move. Her gaze falls on the woman’s profile, and she speaks up, rather presumptuously.
"Do you need an ice pack?"
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After becoming a secretary, Yu Xingjian learns that the rumors are true.
The glamorous Director Qi Yong of the General Affairs Office is CEO Meng’s lover.
Yu Xingjian receives another call from CEO Meng and drives to her residence to pick up Qi Yong. Qi Yong, usually so poised in public, stands alone beneath an umbrella in the pouring rain, her face flushed an unnatural red.
She has a fever, and Yu Xingjian quietly helps her into the passenger seat.
As Yu Xingjian leans over to fasten her seat belt, she sees bruises beneath the collar of her rumpled shirt, as if she has been abused, the fine sweat at her temples, and her pale lips.
She gently wipes the sweat from Qi Yong’s face. Qi Yong turns her head slightly but doesn’t pull away.
Yu Xingjian lays a hand on her feverish cheek.
"Don’t move," she says.
"You’ve got quite some nerve," Qi Yong says hoarsely. "Haven’t you heard the rumors about me?"
Yu Xingjian holds her superior’s kept lover in her arms and says softly, "I have. I can be your lover too."
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"In the days when I couldn’t speak of it, I caressed you with my gaze, tens of thousands of times."
One-on-one romance, happy ending, unconventional relationship, same-sex marriage is not legal
Theme: The courage to fight back against evil
