When Ling Ling went downstairs for breakfast and saw her father and auntie sitting at the breakfast table, she really thought that she was just dreaming.
"Xiao Ling, it's great that you're fine. Your auntie was so worried that she couldn't sleep last night.”Mr. Ling said as he heated the tea for his wife, the love in his eyes obvious.
"Dad, Auntie." Ling Ling called out and sat down on a chair. She suddenly felt nostalgic.
"Xiao Ling, you don't know how shocked your dad and I were when we heard the noise in the parking lot last night and went down to check.”Mrs. Ling was so anxious that she wanted to call the police. However, Ling Ling was still in deep sleep. She had no choice but to listen to her husband and wait for Ling Ling to wake up.
"As a girl, you left the country without saying a word and came back without saying a word. Are you trying to test if your father's heart is strong enough?”
"Hehe, my friend loves to joke. He probably thinks it's too late and doesn't want to wake you up." Ling Ling said guiltily. God knows how she came back. She only remembered that the man had gotten a luxury plane from somewhere. Then, she drank a glass of fruit juice and passed out. When she woke up again, she was in her own room.
The moment she woke up, she almost thought that her experience in the desert had happened in a dream. However, when she glanced at the silver-tooth-colored clothes and a gilded envelope on the bedside table, she knew that it was not a dream, but a real thing. But what was that man doing? She had promised to stay by his side, but he had hidden his identity from her all along. He had even thrown her back to her house and disappeared without a trace. What a damned bastard!
"But I can't just leave a girl like you in a truck in the middle of the night.”Mrs. Ling said, disapproving of the young man's behavior.
"Oh, I'm used to it. This is our house anyway.”Ling Ling tried her best to get away with it.
The next time she met him, she would interrogate him and let him have a taste of being questioned until he was speechless.
"I don't know what the young people are thinking these days.”Mr. Ling glared at his daughter in disagreement.
"My dear sister, you're finally back. I was wondering if I should report you as a missing person.”Ling Qianqian appeared at the entrance of the restaurant. They hadn't seen each other for two months, but her words were still as sharp and mean as ever.
"I'm sorry, but I can't do as you wish.”Ling Ling replied coldly.
"Nancy, hurry up and eat your breakfast. The toast and milk tea are getting cold.”Mrs. Ling said.
"Eating these things every day makes me lose my appetite.”Ling Qianqian stood at the dining table and looked around. She had no intention of sitting down to have breakfast with her family.
"What do you want to eat? Ask your mother to prepare it tomorrow.”Mr. Ling said generously. He loved Ling Qianqian as much as his own daughter.
"No need. I have an appointment with someone for breakfast." Ling Qianqian threw the bag over her shoulder, waved at the crowd with her bright red hand, and left.
" Hubby…" Mrs. Ling was helpless about her biological daughter's attitude.
"Auntie, this toast is delicious. How did you make it? And my favorite salad.”Ling Ling quickly spoke to ease the awkward atmosphere.
"If you like it, I'll prepare it for you every day.”Madam Ling finally smiled again.
Mr. Ling looked at the interaction between his wife and daughter and smiled.
Suddenly, the phone rang, interrupting the family's meal.
"Ling Ji's cargo operation." Mr. Ling walked to the dining table and picked up the extension phone. "Another two cents. Wasn't it only one yuan per liter last week?”He said with a solemn expression.
Ling Ling thought of the envelope in her room.
Mr. Ling hung up the phone, not even in the mood to eat."If it continues to rise like this, there will be no profit.”
"Dad, why is the price of oil rising so sharply?”Ling Ling asked with concern.
"I heard that the situation in the Middle East is tense. In order to protect their rights and interests, countries have raised oil prices one after another, afraid that the Middle East will reduce crude oil output.”Mr. Ling could not help but sigh.
"Dad, don't worry. The Jiang Corporation has agreed to our request and is willing to cooperate with us.”
"Eh?" Father Ling and wife Ling looked at Ling Ling in shock.
"One of my university classmates is a good friend of the Jiang family. When he heard about our family's difficulties, he immediately agreed to help without saying anything. Dad, don't worry. I'll definitely bring back good news.”
"If that's the case, that's great. I don't have to worry about oil prices anymore. As long as I sign a contract with the Jiang Corporation, my performance will definitely be booming.”Mr. Ling sat back down.
"I'll let you know as soon as I've settled the deal.”Ling Ling nodded confidently at her father and auntie.
Actually, she wasn't that confident.
On the way to the Jiang Corporation, Ling Ling was so nervous that she crumpled the four corners of the envelope. She even took out the letter and read it several times. She tried very hard to understand the name on the man's stamp, but she still could not recognize it.
The strange thing was that after she took out the envelope and showed it to the guard at the door, she went straight to the Jiang Corporation.
However, it would be even better if the person beside her did not stare at her with a puzzled gaze.
It was as if she was a creature from outer space, making people study her curiously.
"Mr. Manager, you said that Mr. Jiang wanted to meet me personally.”Ling Ling followed the manager to the top floor.
"Miss Ling, you can just call me Little Zhang.”He looked at her with interest.
"Is this the place?" Ling Ling pointed at the carved copper door in front of her. She couldn't believe that someone would use such a copper door in their office that even a thief would be scared off. There must be a lot of priceless antiques inside.
"Oh, yes, this is the place." Manager Zhang only came back to his senses when he saw the door and restrained his expression.
Would Jiang Yanyan eat people? Just the sight of the door was enough to scare him. Ling Ling did not think much of it.
"Do you want to go in with me?" she asked again.
"No, of course not. Go in yourself.”Manager Zhang's expression was as if the door in front of him was a venomous snake or a ferocious beast.
"In that case, Manager Zhang, can I trouble you with something?”
"Miss Ling, please speak." Upon hearing Ling Ling's request, Manager Zhang's eyes shone brighter than a comet.
"If we meet again in the future, please don't look at me with curiosity. I'm just like you, a human with two hands, two feet, eyes, nose, and mouth, okay?”
"Uh…no problem." Manager Zhang's face, which had been groomed every day, was slightly red because of Ling Ling's words.
"Thank you for your help." Ling Ling thanked Manager Zhang, knocked on the door, and walked in.
Ling Ling thought that she had walked into the wrong office, but it was completely different from what she had imagined. There were no antiques, only a vase with a coiled dragon that was taller than a person standing in the corner. There was a set of sofas, a carpet embroidered with the Crusades, and a small bar. It was hard to tell that the owner of this place was actually an oil tycoon.
"Are you satisfied?"
A man's voice came from Ling Ling. She looked up and saw a screen with a desert landscape. The person she wanted to see was behind the screen.
Wasn't he going through too much trouble?
"You can come closer." The man's voice came again, his tone teasing.
It was really not the kind of person she had imagined. Kang Yanyan should be steady, cold, or unreasonable. He was definitely not the man who had a smile and a hidden meaning in his words.
She walked around the screen and walked forward.
"You look very confused. Do you need my help?”
It was too similar, too similar, if her ears were fine.
"Your voice sounds like a friend of mine.”She said truthfully.
Jiang Yanyan's hearty laughter suddenly filled the vast space. Ling Ling didn't know what he was laughing about, but she felt her ears heating up, and her face was getting warmer.
"What's so funny?" She regretted being too honest.
She clenched the envelope tightly, almost forgetting that she was here to submit the contract. Whether it was successful or not depended on his decision.
"It is very interesting. I have heard so many excuses to get close to me, but yours is the most special.”He stopped laughing and looked at her with a smile.
His gaze was gentle and sharp, and for some reason, she felt helpless. However, the man in front of her was clearly smiling and should be very easy to get along with, but she felt inexplicably afraid.
"I don't have to lie to you." Damn it, she was trembling even when she spoke.
"There's no need. After all, this is the first time we've met.”Jiang Yanyan left the wooden chair.
As soon as he stood up, Ling Ling realized that he was much taller than her, and this height…somehow, she felt a little familiar.
Suddenly, a thought flashed in her mind. She remembered that she had said that she was Kang Yanyan's fiancée. At this moment, she felt extremely embarrassed and couldn't help but blush.
"You have something to give me." Kang Yanyan walked up to her, lifted her face, and gently rubbed it.
"Cough, President Jiang, I'm glad you're free to see me. Someone asked me to pass this letter to you.”
Kang Yanyan had a handsome face that could melt the hearts of all the women in the world. He had a pair of dashing eyebrows, a straight nose, and delicious lips…Ling Ling tried her best to control herself. She even pinched her thigh and stepped back. A woman's intuition warned her that he was a dangerous man and that getting too close would only bring destruction.
Kang Yeon took the envelope from her hand and opened it to read. Ling Ling, on the other hand, felt an invisible pressure from him, making her want to retreat…and retreat again.
"If you retreat again, be careful not to crush my model.”A lazy voice sounded.
"Oh, sorry." Ling Ling came back to her senses and stopped before her shoes stepped on the exquisite model factory.
She heaved a sigh of relief and glanced at him unhappily. Why did he casually place such a beautiful thing on the ground?
"Miss Ling, although I really want to help you, I'm very sorry.”Kang Yanyan pressed the letter on the table and looked at her with a pair of innocent eyes.
Hearing this, Ling Ling's mind went blank. She was stunned by the unexpected turn of events. That man actually lied to her!
After a while, she said with difficulty,""You don't agree."
"You've misunderstood. I didn't say that I wouldn't agree. It's just that you have to wait. My special assistant has always been handling the matter of joining the oil industry, but he left for America for his honeymoon two days ago.”Kang Yeon explained with a smile.
What was that? It was because his special assistant was on her honeymoon and she had to wait!
"You're the CEO. What can't you decide? You're deliberately making things difficult for me.”She had no choice but to think so.
"Miss Ling, why would I cause trouble for you? I'm really too busy to deal with small things like you.”Kang Yanyan turned sideways so that Ling Ling could see the pile of documents on his desk clearly.
Small matter? To him, it might be, but to Ling Ji, it was a matter of survival.
"President Jiang, as long as you sign the contract, I'll immediately disappear from your sight. I won't trouble you anymore.”Ling Ling asked him sincerely.
"I'm sorry, I don't even know where the contract is. You'd better wait for my special assistant to return. I'll be the first to inform you.”Kang Jueyan gave her a helpless smile.
"Since your special assistant is so important, is there no one to replace him when he's on leave for three months?”No matter how he thought about it, it didn't seem right.
"Joining the Jiang Corporation requires an evaluation, and it's handled by my special assistant. I don't think he expected an emergency. You, on the other hand, were a complete accident."
Although he looked serious, his words were clearly embarrassing her.
"Is there no one else who can help me deal with this matter?”To think that she had run all the way to the desert and finally had a chance of survival. All her efforts were in vain because his hateful special assistant went on a honeymoon.
"Unless…someone is willing to be my special assistant.”Kang Yanyan shrugged and sat down. He opened an orange document.
"It's not difficult. You just need to transfer one of your secretaries or managers to take up the post.”
Ling Ling suggested.
"Miss Ling, I'm the president of this company. I don't need to trouble you to come up with ideas for me.”Closing the signed document, Kang Yanyan opened another document and said disdainfully.
Hearing this, Ling Ling almost ran out of the door out of shame.
"Everyone has their own scope of work. Even if I'm the president with extremely high authority, I can't be transferred at will.”
His words made Ling Ling no longer feel ashamed. He didn't mean to mock her just now. Ling Ling automatically found an excuse for him.
"What are the requirements to be your special assistant?”As soon as the words left her mouth, she could not help but jump in shock.
Kang Yanyan finally raised his head from the pile of documents.
"Are you interested?"
Ling Ling's face was green and white, and it was hard to tell whether she was embarrassed or angry.
"Maybe I can give it a try." He couldn't possibly let her return in defeat, right?
Ling Ling didn't know what his lips meant.
"I studied finance and economics, so I should be able to understand the general statements.”She puffed out her chest, not wanting to lower herself in front of him.
"Are you sure?" He asked her with a hint of pity and warning.
Ling Ling nodded." It's not difficult for me to be a special assistant. What do I have to do?”
Jiang Yanyan put down his pen, clasped his hands, and looked at her seriously.
"As my special assistant, you have to do everything, and you don't have to do anything.”
Was he talking about a tongue twister? Ling Ling frowned.
"Can you please explain more clearly?”
"What I mean is that as long as I say it, you have to do it. If I don't say it, don't think you're smart.”This should be clear enough!
They were no different from bandits! Ling Ling was slightly stunned. She didn't expect his conditions to be so harsh.
"So, are you still interested? Or should I obediently go home and wait for my news?”He lowered his eyes and waited for her answer.
"I agree." She bit her lip nervously.
A look of appreciation flashed in Kang Keihiko's eyes, and then he looked at her.
"Since you've already shown your sincerity and agreed readily, I have no reason not to give you a chance to show off. The special assistant's office is opposite my office. Since you've accepted this job, you have to be mentally prepared.”
Why did she have a bad premonition when he was clearly smiling and speaking in a gentle tone?
"I won't let you down, President. Since he had agreed, the first thing she did was to find the contract. She turned around and walked towards the special assistant's office.
Watching her light footsteps disappear behind the door, the smile on Kang Yanyan's lips disappeared instantly. Ling Ling, you little fool. Do you think I'm that easy to talk to? If that was the case, the Jiang Corporation wouldn't have reached its current scale.
He wanted to get back the same price and would not waste a single bit of material resources. He would get what he paid. This was his principle.#
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