Soul Patch

Chapter 152 Assistant

Wenjie stood there, stunned, and couldn't help but glance at the girl again.

The girl in front of me had a beautiful, well-proportioned, and fair figure. Her brown eyes were sharp and deep. She wore a white business suit with starry blue high heels and had a neat short haircut, which made her look capable and energetic.

This girl exudes a unique charm, seemingly a refinement and style cultivated by a foreign culture. Her overall demeanor is also very open and enthusiastic, making people feel very comfortable.

His heart skipped a beat: Was she Li Shiman?

Will he be murdered in a few hours?

Wenjie lowered his head and followed Li Shiman out of the elevator, walking behind her through the corridor of the open office area and into the director's office area.

It must be said that Huahai Technology's office environment is truly one of the most modern among technology companies, with an extremely human-centered layout.

Along the way, Wenjie saw a lounge area, a tea area, a reading area, a meeting room, a negotiation room, and even a gym... Everything was decorated in a simple and stylish way. If you didn't know it was an office, you could probably mistake it for a leisure club.

Wenjie followed Li Shiman to a row of private offices with glass partitions, and people kept greeting Wenjie and Li Shiman along the way.

Everyone who met him treated him with utmost respect, bowing their heads and addressing him as: "Little Wen".

He didn't know any of these people.

Wenjie was a little puzzled; how did these people recognize him?

They probably have internal office software; the receptionist might have already announced it.

Li Shiman stopped at an office on the corner and brought the name tag hanging around her neck close to the sensor lock.

As electronic music plays, the sensor lock opens automatically.

Wenjie glanced at the acrylic sign hanging on the office door: Office of the Director of Public Relations.

The font is divided into two lines, with the department name slightly smaller and the director's office name slightly larger.

Li Shiman entered the office, hung her starry blue handbag on the coat rack, smoothed her hair, turned to face Wenjie, and acted very casually:

"Mr. Wen, why didn't you come with the general manager today?"

Uh……

Wenjie opened his mouth, thinking to himself: Can I say that I don't even know? No.

He could only manage a couple of dry laughs and rub his hands together: "He's busy!"

Li Shiman didn't seem to mind. She picked up the kettle and walked towards the water dispenser in the corner of the office, waving the instant coffee she'd taken from the drawer at Wenjie: "Which flavor do you want? Blue Mountain or Nestlé?"

"Casual!"

Li Shiman filled the kettle with water, placed it on the heating base, and pressed the button.

While the water was boiling, Li Shiman sat down behind her desk, picked up a red leather notebook, and took a pen from the pen holder. She opened the notebook and looked at Wenjie: "Mr. Wen, what can I do for you?"

He's an efficient person, and Wenjie likes people who get straight to the point.

At the same time, he secretly rejoiced: "I told you, Xiao Wen's identity is pretty good, it's like having a god's-eye view."

He was secretly pleased, but outwardly he appeared indifferent, even somewhat serious. He looked up at Li Shiman behind his desk and slowly said, "Let me see your work schedule for today."

"Okay, Mr. Wen, my notes are a bit brief. Let me give you a brief report."

Wenjie nodded, indicating his tacit agreement.

Just as Li Shiman was about to start talking about her work schedule for the day, the kettle started emitting white steam with a "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh," drawing the attention of the two of them.

"The water's boiling!" Li Shiman said, placing her pen on the right side of the notebook and getting up to make instant coffee for Wenjie and herself.

"Mr. Wen, this is the only instant coffee we have in the office. When I was studying abroad, I liked to grind my own coffee beans and drink black coffee without milk or sugar. You can try my hand at it sometime. I'm also pretty good at making cappuccinos!"

"Hopefully!"

When Wenjie said this, he didn't mince words, but after saying it, he still subconsciously glanced at his watch.

上午9:20，距离16：23，还有7小时零3分钟。

Hopefully, he or other patch carriers can successfully complete the task.

Upon realizing this, his pupils suddenly contracted.

I don't think I had considered this issue before. What if it was not myself who completed the task, but some other patch carrier?

I guess I won't get any reward!

He comforted himself.

"Mr. Wen, your coffee!"

Li Shiman handed the coffee cup to Wenjie with her fair hands.

Wenjie took the cup holder and placed the coffee cup and holder on the round table in front of him.

She wondered if the murderer had poisoned her. After being poisoned, Li Shiman died in the afternoon.

Wenjie stood up and watched as Li Shiman gently brought the coffee cup to her lips. He then stood up and went to the opposite side of Li Shiman's desk, leaned closer to her, and smiled, saying, "I just love drinking your coffee."

Li Shiman was taken aback, tilted her head to look at Wenjie, wanting to know what he meant by those words.

After a moment, she smiled and pushed the coffee in front of her to Wenjie.

Just as she was about to say something, the phone rang, interrupting her.

She recognized the ringtone as an internal call.

She turned to the side to pick up the cable, leaned back in her chair, and naturally crossed her legs, gently rocking back and forth in the office chair. This posture made her look elegant, sexy, and charming.

She answered the phone, and after hearing only one sentence, she completely snapped out of her languid state. She straightened her back, and her crossed legs returned to a proper sitting position.

“Okay, Mr. Wen! I’ll be right there. Um… I understand…” Li Shiman said, glancing at Wen Jie. “Okay, we’ll be right there.”

After hanging up the phone, Li Shiman stood up straight and said to Wen Jie, "President Wen invites us to come over together."

Wenjie smiled and nodded. The two of them left the office one after the other, where the company's cleaning staff were tidying up the area.

He glanced back at the coffee cups on the desk and instructed the cleaning staff, "Put those two coffee cups away and wash them thoroughly!"

Li Shiman turned her head and looked at Wenjie in surprise.

“I don’t drink cold coffee,” Wenjie muttered to himself, as if explaining.

"Then Mr. Wen probably doesn't like KFC's snow-topped coffee either, right? Hehe," Li Shiman joked.

Wenjie gestured to Li Shiman to let her walk in front of him.

Because he didn't know where his father's office was!

Li Shiman gave Wenjie a strange look, then quickly took two steps with her high heels clicking on the ground, closing the distance between them to about half a body length. She hesitated and said, "Mr. Wen, please!"

Wenjie was exasperated. What did he care about rank? If I knew where the office was, I would have walked ahead of him.

"Ladies first!"

Seeing that this young master Wen insisted, Li Shiman did not refuse and walked up to Wen Jie.

The two returned to the elevator lobby, took the elevator to the 20th floor, and turned right after exiting the elevator. Li Shiman stopped in front of an office and looked at Wenjie behind her.

Needless to say, this is Wen Tianyi's office. The other private offices all have glass doors, but this one has solid wood double doors.

A gleaming gold plaque was embedded in the door, which read: General Manager's Office.

Wenjie went up and knocked on the door, and heard a voice from inside say "Come in".

He pushed open the door and entered. There was a desk by the door, and a girl was sitting behind the desk. The "please come in" that he had just heard was from the assistant.

Her father also has a junior assistant.

Wenjie walked straight into the office, with Li Shiman following closely behind him.

This office is a good 30 to 40 square meters, very spacious and damp. It has several sofas, and the soft furnishings are very sophisticated. In addition, there are calligraphy and paintings on the walls, which makes it feel very elegant and classy.

"Hello, Mr. Wen."

"Hello, Mr. Wen!"

The two greeted Wen Tianyi, who was writing something behind his desk.

Upon hearing this, Wen Tianyi slowly raised his head, his gaze lingering on Wen Jie for a moment before looking at Li Shiman beside him.

He looked serious, as if he had some tricky business to discuss with two people.

Li Shiman is in charge of public relations, so she is more sensitive to these things. She and Wenjie exchanged a glance, and their expressions became serious, a far cry from their relaxed demeanor in the office.

“Li Shiman, take a look at this report!” Wen Tianyi raised his voice without realizing it.

Both Li Shiman and Wen Jie were shocked by these words.

"Is it a payment from a cultural and creative company for our new robot?" Li Shiman saw it while browsing the news early in the morning.

"You saw it?" Wen Tianyi's voice was deep and resonant, full of confidence.

"Oh, right, I've already taken care of it. The mainstream websites will probably take down the report in an hour or two." Li Shiman breathed a sigh of relief, her expression, which had been tense, softened slightly.

"Why wasn't there any crisis communication? How can we mitigate the negative impact of these past few hours?"

After Wen Tianyi finished speaking, he glanced at Wen Jie, his tone softening slightly: "Wen Jie, do you have any good suggestions?"

"I don't"

Wenjie shrugged, realizing he had no idea what the two were talking about.

"Okay, you can go out now!"

Wen Tianyi spoke calmly, without any anger, which reassured Wen Jie as he walked out.

As he passed the assistant's workstation by the door before leaving, he leaned over to the assistant and asked with a smile, "Where's my office?"

The assistant's expression was similar to the receptionist's; she was taken aback for a moment, then a smile bloomed on her face: "Mr. Wen, over there he was pointing downstairs."

Seeing that the assistant didn't say anything else, Wenjie couldn't very well press her for answers, especially since they were in the general manager's office. He went to the elevator lobby and took it to the 19th floor.

Wandering around the office area, he saw the operations department office, the corporate department office, the director of the heating administration department office...

He didn't even know which office he was looking for.

Just as I was about to ask someone, the door to the operations director's office was pushed open, and a person came out.

Holy crap, boss!

Boss, you've arrived just in time!

Maintaining the demeanor befitting a young master, Wenjie nodded to Wang Hui and smiled slightly: "Mr. Wang, good morning!"

When Wang Hui saw it was Wenjie, he smiled and leaned closer, saying mysteriously, "I don't see you often at the company. What brings you here today?"

"Something came up!" Wenjie replied dismissively.

Wang Hui smiled obsequiously and whispered to Wenjie, "By the way, I heard you went to work with Li Shiman today? What's going on between you two..."

Wenjie's eyes flickered, and he stared into Wang Hui's eyes for a moment: Who is spreading rumors? Are they concerned about him, or about Li Shiman?

"We just bumped into each other in the elevator." Wenjie put his hand on Wang Hui's shoulder, patted him hard, and said in an unfriendly tone, "It's not good to always gossip in the company."

As she spoke, she withdrew her arm from his shoulder, pulled it back in front of her, put a finger to her lips, and made a "shh" gesture.

Then, he looked up and laughed, half-jokingly saying, "Just kidding, hehe."

Wang Hui's expression changed; he didn't think Young Master Wen was joking.

He could only force a smile and ask, "Young Master Wen, are you coming downstairs to check on the work?"

Wenjie narrowed his eyes slightly, seemingly understanding the meaning behind Wang Hui's words: "Otherwise what?"

“You should be upstairs. Shouldn’t you be in your office waiting for the general manager to summon you?” Wang Hui said, pointing in the direction of Wen Tianyi’s office.

Upon hearing this, Wenjie was stunned. He glanced coldly at Wang Hui, then looked in the direction of Wen Tianyi's office.

He realized something was wrong, so he asked his assistant where his office was. But the assistant was clearly pointing downstairs.

In other words, the junior assistant didn't know where his office was.

If she really was her father's assistant, how could she not know where his office was?

Could it be that the assistant is one of the three patch carriers hiding their identities?

So what was his purpose in deceiving himself into coming down here?

(End of this chapter)