Chapter 32 Cold on the outside, cold on the inside

"As long as you're willing to give her a job with a salary and benefits no lower than what she has now, then I'll hand her over to you. Her work ability is quite good; she's more than capable of being your personal secretary!"

Jiang Chenfeng stopped pretending and laid his cards on the table. "If you agree, I'll immediately terminate her contract and let her work at your Yang Group. You can even earn a reputation for doing a heroic deed!"

He was anxious!

He was really getting anxious!

Yang Shuyue couldn't help but chuckle inwardly.

The more anxious Jiang Chenfeng became, the happier she felt.

"A heroic deed? But I'm not short on secretaries!" Yang Shuyue shook her head.

"Is this a matter of whether you're short on secretaries? As long as you're willing to help her, she can stay away from a scumbag like me and live a happy life! Doesn't that also give you a sense of spiritual satisfaction?" Veins popped on Jiang Chenfeng's forehead; he wished he could pry open Yang Shuyue's brain to see what was inside.

"Be that as it may... I don't need a secretary!" Yang Shuyue shrugged and said seriously.

Jiang Chenfeng's face twitched violently as he said through gritted teeth, "Even if you don't need a secretary, you can give her another job. If all else fails, let her clean the toilets!"

"Our company already has cleaners!"

Thud!

Jiang Chenfeng slumped into his chair, looking as if his soul had left his body.

He felt like he was playing the lute to a cow; the other party couldn't grasp the true meaning of what he was saying at all!

Was there really such a stupid person in the world?

Jiang Chenfeng wanted to cry but had no tears. He shakily raised his hand and pointed at Lan Xiaodie, his voice weak and hoarse. "Don't you think she's very pitiful?"

"With her father seriously ill and the daughter forced to compromise, she is indeed very pitiful," Yang Shuyue said sincerely.

Jiang Chenfeng's eyes lit up. Striking while the iron was hot, he continued, "Since you think she's pitiful, can't you help her? As long as you give her a job so she can keep paying for her father's treatment, you'll be doing a good deed!"

Yang Shuyue said, "Aren't you already helping her? You're already doing a good deed!"

Jiang Chenfeng's vision went dark, and he felt his blood pressure spike. He barely managed to keep from fainting and said weakly, "I have conditions! I want her to sleep with me before I'm willing to help her! Shouldn't you resist this kind of behavior—taking advantage of someone's misfortune?"

Yang Shuyue: "I think you're doing the right thing! There's no such thing as charity for no reason in this world. Since she wants to save her father, it's only natural for her to pay a price."

[Holy crap! Are you the Villain here?]

[I, the Villain, am not even a tenth as bad as you! Which god-awful creator wrote such a brain-dead plot and character setting?]

[Is she still the Female Protagonist? Isn't she just a pure female Villain for the later stages? Did I remember the plot wrong? Is Yang Shuyue actually the Villain and I'm the protagonist of this book?]

[If I'm the protagonist, then who is Lin Tian? How can a book have two protagonists!]

Jiang Chenfeng's eyelids were twitching, and he was fuming with rage. He was going to be provoked to death by this book's Female Protagonist sooner or later!

But he still pulled himself together and said to Yang Shuyue solemnly, "President Yang, if you don't think it's worth it, how about this? I'll let her work at your company, but her salary, benefits, and all her expenses will be on my tab. What do you think?"

"Not much!" Yang Shuyue shook her head in refusal.

"How is that not okay? You don't have to pay anything and you get a talent for free. This is a huge bargain that others couldn't even dream of!" Jiang Chenfeng gnashed his teeth.

Yang Shuyue glanced at Lan Xiaodie and said, "It's not that I look down on her, it's just that my company isn't short on people. Letting her work at my company would only waste her talent."

"Just find her any position..."

"Chenfeng, don't you understand yet? Solve your own problems yourself. I've already told you so tactfully, why can't you just get it through your head?"

Yang Shuyue's eyes were full of sympathy as she reached out and patted Jiang Chenfeng's shoulder, sighing, "Be a bit smarter next time! However, your acting was already very good. You can only blame your luck for running into me. If it were anyone else, they might have actually been fooled by you and fallen into your trap!"

"I was very happy to have dinner with you this time. I hope there's another chance like this next time!"

After saying this.

Yang Shuyue turned and left the private room.

Jiang Chenfeng sat on his chair dumbfounded, his mind a mess.

This...

What happened?

Is this woman smart or stupid?

Did she see through my acting from the very beginning?

Or was she deliberately bluffing me, making me think she saw through everything?

"President Jiang, do you still want me to go to your villa tonight?" Lan Xiaodie asked timidly.

"Just take me back first!"

Jiang Chenfeng stood up dejectedly.

A total defeat!

He had thought Yang Shuyue was a simple-minded woman.

In the end, he was actually being played like a fiddle by her?

How embarrassing!

...

The time came to the next morning.

According to the timeline in the original work, today was also the day Protagonist Lin Tian would make his appearance.

Jiang Chenfeng got up early and went to the company, resting in his office.

Without the protagonist around for these past two days, he had indeed been very leisurely, not having to worry about his life being in danger.

Now that the protagonist was about to appear, he had to sharpen his focus and start recalling the upcoming plot.

"President Jiang, Director Xiao Xuaner from the Liu Group is here," Lan Xiaodie entered and reported after knocking.

"Oh? Let her in!"

Jiang Chenfeng narrowed his eyes slightly, already thinking of the next plot point.

A few minutes later.

A great beauty wearing an office uniform stepped into Jiang Chenfeng's office.

She was the director of Liu Xinlan's company, Xiao Xuaner.

At the same time, she was also Protagonist Lin Tian's high school classmate and would become one of Lin Tian's harem members in the future!

Xiao Xuaner's way of doing things was very old-fashioned, and she was also very solemn and rarely smiled.

Liu Xinlan was a famous ice mountain female CEO in Yun Province, but she was the "cold outside, warm inside" type!

Don't let Liu Xinlan's cold exterior fool you; she was actually very warm-hearted towards people she knew.

But Xiao Xuaner was different; she was a piece of true ice, "cold outside, cold inside."

No matter the occasion, Xiao Xuaner was always icy and would never show warmth to anyone.

[Tsk! If I had to give her a title, I'd call her the ice flower! She looks beautiful, but you mustn't touch her, or you'll be chilled to the bone!]

[If the plot is correct, once this ice flower leaves my place, she'll run into a group of thugs, and Lin Tian will show up to play the hero saving the beauty!]

[Then, because of this incident, this ice flower will open her heart a little to Lin Tian and talk about the company's recent difficulties. Lin Tian will take the opportunity to help out, slowly walking into this ice flower's heart.]