142: sit back and relax

Qiancheng Cultural Industry Group.

The President, who hadn't been seen for a long time, appeared at the Group, causing many employees to quickly sit up straight.

"Hey, hey, Mr. Chen is here!"

An Wan curiously patted Song Xiangtong beside her.

Song Xiangtong spoke with some helplessness.

"I saw him; I'm not blind."

An Wan spoke up again, puzzled.

"Wasn't it said that today is Mr. Chen's housewarming banquet? Why did he come to the company?"

Song Xiangtong turned to look at An Wan and chuckled.

"Didn't you prepare a congratulatory gift for Mr. Chen?"

"This is the perfect time to give it to him."

Hearing this, An Wan shrunk back a bit.

"Isn't it a bit strange for an employee to give their boss a housewarming gift?"

"What's strange about that? I've already sent mine."

An Wan immediately widened her eyes and stared at Song Xiangtong.

"Ah, when? How come I didn't know?"

Song Xiangtong shook her phone.

"A WeChat Red Packet!"

An Wan was stunned for a moment.

"Isn't that a bit too perfunctory?"

Song Xiangtong smiled without saying a word.

If she and Chen Qiu were only in a superior-subordinate relationship as President and Secretary, sending a WeChat Red Packet would indeed be a bit perfunctory.

But the two were more than just superior and subordinate; they had a complex and rich connection involving advances, retreats, and thrusts.

With such a relationship, and as a mature and sensible young woman, Song Xiangtong naturally wouldn't create unnecessary complications.

Sending a Red Packet as a Secretary was enough.

It was better not to cause Chen Qiu any trouble.

"Mr. Chen is calling for us, let's go."

Song Xiangtong glanced at her computer, stood up, and patted An Wan.

After a brief hesitation, the latter brought along the gift she had prepared.

Inside the office.

Chen Qiu was momentarily stunned when he saw An Wan walk in carrying something.

"Mr. Chen, I heard today is your housewarming, so I brought you a gift."

An Wan said somewhat nervously, then lifted her gift toward Chen Qiu.

Well, it was a pair of pillows!

"What's this? Are you wishing for me to be 'free from all worries' in my new house?"

Chen Qiu raised an eyebrow.

An Wan nodded repeatedly.

"Mm-hmm, that's exactly it."

Chen Qiu gave her a strange look, shook his head, and laughed.

You really are something else!

It was surprising enough that her father sent a gift; he hadn't expected her to bring one too.

Thinking about it now, it was probably this girl who told An Yi about his housewarming banquet.

Soon after.

Liu Qi and Xu Yi also arrived.

"Mr. Chen."

When the two women saw the pillows on Chen Qiu's desk, they were both slightly taken aback.

Chen Qiu set the pillows aside and took out the necklaces he had just swept up at LV.

Four exquisite packages were placed one by one on the desk.

Then, under the surprised gazes of the women, Chen Qiu spoke.

"There's a lot to do at the end of the year. Everyone has worked hard lately."

"These are some small personal gifts I prepared for you. Think of it as an extra year-end bonus."

"Each of you take one."

The four necklaces were of different styles, but the prices were all around twenty thousand.

They weren't overly precious.

However, for the women, it was a sudden jolt to their spirits.

An extra year-end bonus?!

And it's an LV necklace?!

If he hadn't been giving them to everyone at once, they wouldn't have dared to accept.

Of course, that excluded two of them.

Song Xiangtong's red lips curled into a generous smile as she was the first to step forward and take one.

"Thank you, Mr. Chen."

Xu Yi glanced at the other women, but the opposite thought surfaced in her heart.

"If only Brother Chen Qiu had given this to me alone..."

This thought made Xu Yi look up at Chen Qiu, her heartbeat accelerating slightly.

"Right, Sister is also considered Brother Chen Qiu's employee now. I wonder if she has one..."

Xu Yi stepped forward and accepted the necklace.

"Thank you, Mr... Mr. Chen."

Seeing how decisive the other two were, Liu Qi and An Wan also accepted the necklaces.

"Thank you, Mr. Chen."

Liu Qi's red lips parted slightly, her voice elegant.

An Wan stared at the LV necklace in her hand, then turned to look at the pillows she had given. Suddenly, she felt a bit guilty.

She hadn't been able to get money from her dad, so those pillows were stock items she had scavenged from home that someone had given her father before... She hadn't spent a penny, yet Chen Qiu had given her a necklace worth at least several thousand... "Am I being a bit too stingy?"

An Wan thought conflictedly to herself.

Then, Chen Qiu spoke to Liu Qi again.

"Double the prize budget for this year's annual meeting lottery. Let's try to give everyone a sense of participation."

"Understood, Mr. Chen."

Liu Qi nodded, looking at Chen Qiu before her with involuntary admiration.

Even though this little man was young and liked to be a hands-off boss, he was certainly generous!

Doubling year-end bonuses, giving out LV necklaces, and seeking benefits for the employees!

She would be willing to work for a boss like this for a lifetime!

"By the way, do any of you know much about the light medical aesthetics industry?"

"Or perhaps know friends who work in related fields?"

Chen Qiu looked at the women and asked.

The four women were all taken aback.

Xu Yi and An Wan were still young girls with faces full of collagen; they hadn't experienced so-called light medical aesthetics at all.

Liu Qi would occasionally go for a SPA or a face mask, and had experienced some non-invasive light medical aesthetics, but that was the extent of it.

At this moment, Song Xiangtong spoke up.

"Mr. Chen, I have a few friends in this industry."

Chen Qiu nodded and looked at the others.

"You all go back to work first."

"Understood, Mr. Chen."

As the three women left, only Chen Qiu and Song Xiangtong remained in the office.

Chen Qiu stretched and leaned back in his executive chair.

The young secretary immediately understood and walked behind him.

Her slender hands gently massaged Chen Qiu's temples.

"Xiangtong, what specific area do your friends work in?"

"One of them is my high school classmate. She's a chief physician at a well-known institution in the industry..."

Listening to Song Xiangtong's explanation, Chen Qiu's slightly closed eyes flickered.

A chief physician at a well-known institution would certainly save some trouble.

"Contact her. After the New Year, I want to meet her and have a private chat."

"Understood, Mr. Chen."

After those words, the office fell into silence.

Chen Qiu had intended to take a good rest, but those fair hands became restless.

He had just been teased in various ways by the Flight Attendant earlier.

Even though she was 'man-made,' her extreme figure was the real deal.

As a young man full of vigor, Chen Qiu had barely managed to suppress his urges.

Now that this young secretary was provoking him again, how could he endure it?

With a soft cry from Song Xiangtong, Chen Qiu picked her up.

They entered the lounge next to the office... An hour later.

The young secretary, her face flushed, returned to her workstation.

Beside her, An Wan twitched her nose.

"Why does it feel like the scent of perfume on you is even stronger?"

She looked at Song Xiangtong, puzzled.

"It's probably your imagination..."

Song Xiangtong responded calmly.

If she didn't spray more perfume, this girl would have smelled something else.

"By the way, you were in Mr. Chen's office for so long just now. What did he say?"

"light medical aesthetics. Of course, we were... talking about beauty treatments."

"Talking about beauty? Is Mr. Chen planning to enter the light medical aesthetics industry?"

An Wan said, puzzled.

No matter how she thought about it, Chen Qiu didn't seem to have anything to do with light medical aesthetics!

Song Xiangtong nodded seriously.

More than just talking about beauty, Chen Qiu had even helped her with a 'beauty treatment'... In the President's Office.

Chen Qiu walked out of the bathroom and put on his clothes.

He picked up his phone and saw that twenty minutes ago, today's second blind date partner—

The dance teacher had accepted his friend request!

"Hello, Mr. Chen. I'm Cheng Yun."

Chen Qiu grew interested and quickly replied to the message.