After going bankrupt, the school beauty I was dating became my boss.

"Since you've already said that, if I still have arguments with him, wouldn't that break your heart?" Shen Shi'an turned around and put the documents in his hand back into the drawer. His tone was gentle, but his eyes were full of malice.

"I hope you two can get along peacefully. It's good for both of you, and it will also help the company reach new heights."

Su Yanxi didn't want to doubt him, but he was the prime suspect in this incident. Without evidence, nothing could be proven. She just hoped that something similar would never happen again.

"To me, you are family and my close friend, but to me, Gu Yannian is my lover."

Su Yanxi blushes whenever he is mentioned; she finds it difficult to love someone wholeheartedly again.

Therefore, she hopes that the people around her can understand.

Shen Shi'an gripped the document tightly, turned around but showed no sign of it, and chuckled as usual, "Okay."

With Shen Shi'an's promise, Su Yanxi felt much more at ease.

She could believe that the data fabrication had nothing to do with Shen Shi'an; this promise was merely a psychological reassurance for herself.

Gu Yannian waited outside, knowing there wouldn't be much communication inside.

"I'm sorry, I couldn't find the person who fabricated the data for you." Su Yanxi's tone was somewhat apologetic, and she also blamed herself for not doing things properly.

But Gu Yannian had already guessed the outcome here.

He didn't intend to completely bring down Shen Shi'an based solely on the evidence he had.

"It's alright, as long as things are resolved." Gu Yannian pulled her away, not wanting to stay there any longer.

Shen Shi'an looked at the documents in the drawer and couldn't help but snort coldly.

"Boss, we've eliminated the evidence, but what's next?"

"Proceed according to plan."

Shen Shi'an no longer followed these guidelines. For him, maintaining peace on the surface was one thing, but doing these things behind the scenes was another.

He didn't believe he could have everything he wanted, yet in the end he didn't get anything good.

The assistant wanted to speak up to dissuade him, but seeing Shen Shi'an's expression, he could only swallow his words.

"Boss, if that plan continues, it will probably cause you huge losses."

"It's alright, go and call Wang Jiaojiao over here."

To celebrate Gu Yannian's successful acquisition of the project, Su Yanxi decided to treat him to a big meal as soon as she stepped out of the office.

"This is a restaurant I specially booked. What do you think?"

"I'll eat whatever you order. I know it'll all be things I like."

As Gu Yannian looked at the familiar restaurant, memories welled up in her mind.

The food on the table was ordered according to his preferences. "Didn't you order anything you wanted for yourself?"

"I can come anytime. This is your victory celebration, so don't worry about me."

As Su Yanxi spoke, she kept piling food into his bowl, her eyes fixed on him.

After the two finished eating, they looked at the mess on the table and felt a mix of emotions.

"This meal is even better than usual." Su Yanxi picked up a glass of wine in front of her and drank it down.

She hadn't been this happy in a long time, and she didn't have to think about anything else during this meal.

Unlike regular social gatherings where you have to deal with so much scheming, this meal was just a heart-to-heart talk between two people.

"Me too."

Su Yanxi grabbed Gu Yannian by the collar and pulled him into her arms. "I've been thinking about this day for a long time."

Before Gu Yannian could react, a kiss gently landed on his lips.

She actually kissed me directly.

Gu Yannian covered her lips, staring at her with wide, incredulous eyes.

Inside the office, Shen Shi'an sat at his desk, his fingers tapping incessantly on the table.

"Mr. Shen, you didn't just call me here for a simple tea, did you?"

Wang Jiaojiao kept drinking tea after she came in, while Shen Shi'an didn't say a word, he just stared at her.

This gave her goosebumps; if she had just said it directly, there might have been a better response.

"Mr. Shen, if you have nothing else to do, I'll head back. I'm afraid that staying here too long might cause misunderstandings."

"Even if you're intimate with someone else in front of Gu Yannian, he won't misunderstand at all."

Shen Shi'an looked down on her arrogant attitude and wanted to test her temper at this time.

As expected, Wang Jiaojiao was unwilling to wait. When she got up to leave, she threw the recording she was holding over.

"Listen to what's inside first, then think carefully about whether you still want to talk to me this way." Shen Shi'an raised an eyebrow slightly, his fingers tapping incessantly on the table.

The recording contained Wang Jiaojiao's vicious words about Su Yanxi, and if these words reached Gu Yannian's ears...

Her image will be completely destroyed because of this recording.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

"Nothing much." Shen Shi'an put the recorder aside. "I want to have a good talk with you about cooperation."

He then handed over the documents on the table, which contained the projects that Gu Yannian had just received.

"You can win Gu Yanyan's heart and use this project to lock him in, while I can regain Su Yanxi's trust. Why not?"

Wang Jiaojiao's reluctance vanished, and the plan successfully caught her attention.

"Okay, then you just wait for my good news."

Wang Jiaojiao returned to her office with the documents in her hand, picked up the phone, and made a call to give instructions regarding the project.

"Sister Wang, are you sure we want to acquire this right at a price lower than the market price?"

It turns out that there was one supplier in the middle of this project who hadn't been secured yet.

Shen Shi'an valued Wang Jiaojiao's abilities, which is why he wanted to cooperate with her and make things easier later.

"Yes, but this project has not yet been launched, so remember to keep its contents confidential."

Wang Jiaojiao told him the insider price, then hung up the phone and waited for good news.

However, as time passed and the project was being prepared intensively, news about the supplier was still pending.

"The number you dialed is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later..."

Wang Jiaojiao pressed the familiar phone number again, only to find that the other party's number was no longer reachable; any further attempts to call had resulted in being blocked.

Only then did she realize that her eagerness to accomplish this task had led her to be deceived.

"Brother Yan Nian, our project has been leaked."

"what!"

Su Yanxi got up early in the morning and saw in the comments section of the internal website that someone was selling their project.

So she hurriedly sent him a private message, only to find that the project proposal he sent was exactly the same as the number of projects they had.

"Not many people know about this project, and our project hasn't even started yet." Gu Yannian originally thought that this kind of thing would only happen after the project started.

But now that a problem has already occurred, there's only one possibility.