Soul Patch

Chapter 204 Who sent the flowers?

As Li Shiman listened, tears welled up in her eyes again. She covered her mouth, afraid that she would cry out.

Wenjie stopped talking and looked deeply into Li Shiman's eyes, meeting her tearful gaze.

He gave Li Shiman a genuine smile, a smile that was warm and bright, instantly dispelling the melancholy that had accumulated in her heart for many years.

Seeing Wenjie's smile, Li Shiman felt a warmth spread through her body. She rushed over and gave Wenjie a bear hug, wrapping her arms tightly around his waist and burying her face in his shoulder.

Wenjie retreated repeatedly to dodge, saying as he did so:

"Hey...hey, I'm telling you...calm down!"

Li Shiman followed closely, clinging to him tightly, sobbing uncontrollably on his shoulder: "I... I searched so hard! Every weekend I drove around M City... everywhere. And then... once on the ring road, I saw a driver in the next lane whose profile looked a lot like yours, and in my excitement... I rear-ended him. Waaah..."

"What kind of nonsense is this?" Wenjie craned his neck back as far as he could, trying to get as far away from Li Shiman's head as possible.

It's not that I dislike Charmaine Li. To be honest, Charmaine Li is very beautiful, and she has a unique temperament that comes from being influenced by foreign cultures. She is elegant, intellectual, and also warm and open.

It's that kind of... very open feeling that foreign women often give to Chinese people.

To be specific, Wenjie could feel that the hug was extremely open and honest. I guess people abroad pay attention to comfort when they wear clothes. The fabric of Li Shiman's clothes was very light and thin. There was no barrier between them when she hugged Wenjie. It was very comfortable.

"Mr. Li, Li Shiman, please let go of me!" Wenjie had to remind her.

Li Shiman had never imagined that her savior, whom she had longed for for so many years, would be found so unexpectedly!

Moreover, her savior was a refined and wealthy young master from the Wen family, the future successor of the Huahai Group... Just thinking about this made her extremely excited, and the arms around Wen Jie's waist tightened even more.

"Shh! Keep your voices down! Don't let anyone inside hear."

"How is it now?"

"He picked her up."

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"What are you all doing? Don't you have work to do? Get back to work!"

A stern rebuke came from outside, and Wenjie and Li Shiman jumped back as if they had been electrocuted.

They both turned to look at the doorway at the same time, only to see a dark mass of people standing there.

My goodness, when did so many people gather at the entrance!

Wenjie and Li Shiman were so embarrassed and awkward that they wished they could disappear into the ground.

Wenjie stopped looking at Li Shiman and sat down on the sofa. He glanced down at his right hand; the coffee cup was still in his hand. He shook his head with a smile. After being so thoroughly humiliated by Li Shiman, he hadn't even spilled the coffee. He was really quite composed.

Even the advances of beautiful women could not stir the slightest ripple in his heart.

What's wrong with me?

When Li Shiman returned to her seat, she seemed much calmer, but her eyes remained fixed on him.

"I accept your thanks. Okay, now you don't need to worry about this anymore." Wenjie said casually, as if he were just saying that the weather was nice today.

Li Shiman's eyes darted away for a moment as she tried to process the meaning behind Wenjie's words.

As the head of the public relations department, having previously majored in all courses of public relations management, she understood very well that Wenjie was drawing a line between himself and her.

She withdrew her gaze, suppressing the intense sense of disappointment within her, and said, "Understood, Mr. Wen. Is there anything else?"

"It's nothing, I'm just waiting for the administration department to bring me my employee badge." Wenjie said, glancing down at his chest. "I lost my badge, so I can't open the office door."

After hearing this, Li Shiman set up her laptop on the table and began working.

She gently propped her face up with her left arm, her right hand holding the mouse, sometimes clicking lightly with her index finger, sometimes sliding quickly with her middle finger, her eyes always fixed on the computer screen, showing that she was engrossed in her work.

Only she knew that she deliberately straightened her body, relaxed her shoulders and neck, to make herself look more graceful...

Hehe, that's a girl's little trick.

Wenjie glanced at her, brought the coffee cup in his right hand to his lips, and took a big gulp.

At this time, there was a knock on the door.

"Bang, bang, bang"

Li Shiman paused, her hand gripping the mouse, and turned towards the door: "Who is it?"

"Oh, it's the administration department delivering employee badges, right?" Wenjie chimed in, calling towards the door, "Come in!"

"Yes, I am Wang Yawen, a clerk in the administration department. I'm here to deliver your employee badge to General Manager Wen." A high-pitched female voice came from outside the door.

Wenjie glanced at Li Shiman, his eyes seeming to say: See, you guessed right.

He called out towards the door again: "Come in!"

Still no one came in. Wang Yawen from the administration department knocked on the door and said, "Could you please open the door? It's locked."

The door shook twice, but didn't open.

Wenjie was puzzled as to who locked the door, as he clearly remembered not locking it when he came in.

When knocking on a female colleague's office door at work, you shouldn't lock the door to avoid misunderstandings; that's basic business etiquette.

Oh, I remember now, Wang Hui came in halfway through, he must have locked the door.

Uh... he was about to swear. What did Wang Hui mean by that?

It's estimated that after Wang Hui left, all the onlookers rushed over to see what was going on.

That Wang Hui is a scoundrel; he's deliberately messing with him!

Lost in thought, Wenjie arrived at the door, turned the hidden lock inside, and the door clicked open.

Standing at the door was a slightly thin girl with a pointed chin, a delicate nose, and frameless glasses. She adjusted her glasses, lowered her hand, and gently clutched the hem of her shirt, saying timidly, "Mr. Wen, your employee badge."

After speaking, she loosened the hem of her clothes, stretched out her arms, and presented a card attached to a hanging string to Wenjie.

She only glanced at Wenjie briefly before lowering her eyes and focusing her gaze on the employee badge in her hand.

There was a small photo of a handsome, sunny young man, laughing freely. If the photographer hadn't pressed the shutter, the boy might have made a face at the camera the next second.

Wenjie took the employee badge, glanced at it, and was taken aback: When did he take this photo? He had no recollection of it at all.

The thin Wang Yawen hesitated before speaking, "Mr. Wen, if there's nothing else, I'll go downstairs."

"Oh," Wenjie said, suddenly realizing what he had just said, "Thank you!"

After closing the door, Wenjie turned around, his gaze shifting back and forth between Li Shiman and the lilies tucked in the corner of the table.

Liu Qingqing's words echoed in my ears: "Lilies, there are a few bunches of dried lilies in the trash can on the 16th floor."

He tentatively asked, "Li Shiman, who sent you the lilies you received before?"

(End of this chapter)