He lured her deep into his trap, using both overt and covert methods to seduce her.

After slowly stepping out of the elevator, I followed the signs in the corridor to the company's front desk.

Wei Yinuo said softly to the pretty young lady at the front desk, "Hello, I'm here to see Zhou Yan."

Upon hearing this, the receptionist was slightly taken aback, then looked surprised and sized up Wei Yinuo before asking in a slightly puzzled tone, "Excuse me, ma'am, did you and Mr. Zhou have an appointment beforehand?"

Wei Yinuo was taken aback by this sudden question and couldn't help but feel speechless.

Why do I need to make an appointment just to find someone?

But then I thought, since Zhou Yan took the initiative to contact her and asked her to come, she must have already made an appointment.

After thinking for a moment, Wei Yinuo nodded slightly and replied, "Yes... we made an appointment. He called me."

Just as Wei Yinuo finished speaking, the receptionist couldn't help but burst out laughing.

The laughter sounded particularly jarring in the quiet hall.

Wei Yinuo was immediately confused. She frowned slightly and looked at the receptionist in front of her, asking in bewilderment, "What are you laughing at? Do you think I'm ridiculous?"

The receptionist stopped laughing, but a mocking smile still lingered on her lips as she replied sarcastically, "Miss, if you really had an appointment as you say, I would definitely have received the relevant information in advance."

But nobody has an appointment to see our boss today.

After saying that, she deliberately rolled her eyes at Wei Yinuo, as if mocking her arrogance.

Upon hearing this, Wei Yinuo's gaze fell on the employee badge hanging on the woman's chest.

Zhang Ying, Secretariat.

Could she be Zhou Yan's secretary?

Wei Yinuo looked the secretary up and down.

With a slim waist, long legs, and fair skin, she was indeed Zhou Yan's type.

Wei Yinuo took out her phone, opened the call log, and handed it to Zhang Ying: "See this? Call log."

Zhang Ying glanced at it casually, her tone businesslike: "Young lady, you need an appointment to see our boss. I haven't received any appointment notification, I'm sorry."

Wei Yinuo was speechless. Just as she was about to call Zhou Yan, Zhang Ying's disdainful voice came again: "Anyone who wants to get close to the boss, doesn't even know what they look like?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Yinuo's hand, which was holding the phone, suddenly paused.

She looked up and stared directly at Zhang Ying, asking in an icy tone, "Were you just talking about me?"

Seeing this, Zhang Ying shrank back slightly, but still stubbornly scoffed softly, replying with a disdainful look, "Who said it was you? You're the one who insisted on taking it personally!"

Wei Yinuo was speechless for a moment, and the anger in his heart grew even stronger.

Her chest heaved slightly with anger as she glared at Zhang Ying and demanded, "How did someone as rude and disrespectful as you get hired? Does your company not consider character when hiring?"

Faced with Wei Yinuo's accusations, Zhang Ying showed no remorse whatsoever. Instead, she snorted coldly, raised her chin, and arrogantly retorted, "Hmph, that's still much better than some people trying to curry favor with the powerful and climb into other people's beds!"

Wei Yinuo could hardly believe her ears. She never expected that there would be such a low-class person in Zhou Yan's company, who even dared to openly fabricate rumors to slander her.

At this moment, she was filled with regret. If she had known that coming here would lead to such humiliation, she would never have been willing to come.

So, Wei Yinuo turned around angrily, ready to leave this place that made her feel so stifled.

Just then, the phone she was holding suddenly rang with a clear ringtone.

Feeling utterly miserable, Wei Yinuo impatiently pressed the call button and yelled at the person on the other end of the line, "What?"

Hearing the girl's displeased voice, Zhou Yan paused for a moment, then asked, "Niece, have you arrived?"

Wei Yinuo replied irritably, "I'm at the front desk."

Zhou Yan was somewhat surprised; everyone had arrived, yet they hadn't come to find him.

He urged, "Come directly to my office."

Upon hearing this, Wei Yinuo retorted sarcastically, "Forget it! Your colleague wouldn't let me in. I'm going back now and I'm never coming back."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yan quickly said, "No, I'll come pick you up now."

Wei Yinuo was angry and ignored Zhou Yan, hanging up the phone directly.

Seeing this, Zhang Ying assumed that Wei Yinuo had said it on purpose.

A slight, almost imperceptible sneer appeared on her lips as she said in a sarcastic tone, "Oh ho, you've even hired actors. You're really putting on a good show."

After saying that, she glanced at Wei Yinuo with disdain, then turned her attention to her newly completed manicure and began to admire it leisurely.

Having always been pampered and never experienced such treatment, Wei Yinuo could hardly bear such humiliation.

Her spoiled temper flared up instantly, and she yelled at Zhang Ying, "I'm going to file a complaint against you with your company and get you fired!"

Faced with Wei Yinuo's threat, Zhang Ying laughed as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world. She first laughed loudly a few times, and then retorted disdainfully, "Complain? Fire me? Haha, you? Who do you think you are? What right do you have to ask the company to fire me?"

Just then, Zhou Yan rushed to the scene.

He stared at Zhang Ying with a gloomy face and asked coldly, "Am I qualified?"

Zhang Ying froze for a moment, then stared at Zhou Yan in shock: "Zhou, Zhou..."

Perhaps due to nervousness, he spoke haltingly and incoherently.

Zhou Yan said impatiently, "Go to HR to settle your salary, then leave."

Zhang Ying looked at Zhou Yan in disbelief: "President Zhou, you're going to fire me? I didn't do anything wrong, you can't fire me?"

Zhou Yan scoffed: "Do I need your permission to fire someone?"

Zhang Ying's breath hitched.

She had just finished her probationary period, and during that time, Zhou Yan always gave her the impression of being very approachable. He always spoke to her with a smile, and sometimes he would even order food for her.

She always felt that she was special in Zhou Yan's heart, after all, there are many stories in TV dramas about secretaries and bosses falling in love.

So whenever a woman came to see Zhou Yan, she would send her away with all sorts of nasty words, and Zhou Yan didn't say anything.

Today, she was just sending the girl away as usual, but she didn't expect Zhou Yan to want to fire her.

She said reluctantly, "Mr. Zhou, I didn't do anything wrong. She didn't have an appointment. I was just doing my job."

Upon hearing this, Wei Yinuo replied, "I told you, I have call records. You don't believe me, and you've already offended me, Huang Yao."