Chapter 29
LILY swept a glance at the girls in the secretary’s area, all eyes full of expectation, heart a piece of helplessness, really rotten wood can not be carved ah!
I can’t blame them, it was always LILY who attended events everywhere as CEO Shen’s female companion, and now that LILY is pregnant and can’t drink or exert herself, the opportunity has finally come for them, the little secretaries.
“The old chairman had instructions for the new Ms Cheng to attend.” LILY swept the crowd without a good look, “Next time, no such non-work related questions are allowed during working hours.”
“Got it.” Alina shrugged her head and sat down.
Just as LILY left, a whisper rang out in the secretary’s area, “Why is the old lady still in charge of this? And she even appointed that new Ms Cheng.”
“I don’t know, was it to test her immunity to CEO Shen?”
“Guess so, this Ms Cheng is in danger.”
“Yeah, it’s pathetic.”
“…”
LILY placed the file in her hand on Shen Ron’s desk and asked in a serious manner, “CEO Shen, how much are you planning to donate to the charity gala tonight?”
“How much did Gu donate?” Shen Ron didn’t look up, continuing to study the paper in his hands.
“I heard it was a million.”
“Then we’ll donate eight hundred thousand.”All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.
LILY gaped at him in surprise, “I thought CEO Shen would donate a million and two.”
“Let Gu William be this fool, why compete with him?” Shen Ron smiled mockingly.
In LS City, there are charity galas of all sizes every month, and big companies like Shen’s must be among the invited ones every time. This is just some government officials with empty pockets, making a grand excuse to openly ask entrepreneurs for money.
Charity, Shen has always done, but not through the hands of the government, but by delivering the charity directly to those who are truly in need.
“Also, the old lady has appointed Ms Cheng to accompany you to the party tonight.” LILY added.
“How is it her?” Shen Ron frowned.
LILY wonders, “Didn’t CEO Shen always care who his female partner chose?”
“I’m not on the same page with her.”
“But it was appointed by the old lady.”
“Okay.” Shen Ron paused and raised his eyes to stare at her, “Make sure you talk to her about party notes, I have a bad feeling she’s going to give me a run for my money at the party.”
LILY smiled, “CEO Shen you can rest assured, this Ms Cheng looks quite docile, there shouldn’t be any accidents.”
Shen Ron shrugged noncommittally, Cheng Lydia meek? That’s only superficial, right?
After a day of familiarizing herself with LILY’s duties, Cheng Lydia felt that her brain was so disorganized that she didn’t even feel this complicated and disorganized when she was studying anatomy hard.
I didn’t realize there was so much going on in this seemingly simple secretarial job, and the memory part alone was enough to make her head spin.
When she gets off work, LILY tells her that she can’t go back yet, she has a party to attend in the evening.
She blinked her big, sad eyes and asked LILY, “Can I not go?”
A party? Isn’t that the kind of place where you go around in revealing dresses and spiky heels, displaying a false smile and carrying crystal glasses of wine to fluff people up and fluff ghosts up?
She had accompanied Lim Toby to one or two of his previous appearances and was in no way fond of that kind of place.
LILY surveys her with a look of hatred, finally believing that she was telling the truth this morning when she said she wasn’t interested in Shen Ron, that she’d turned down an opportunity that other junior secretaries couldn’t even hope for?
“It’s part of the secretary’s job, you don’t get to say no.” LILY said.
Cheng Lydia took a light breath and nodded to stop her dying struggle.
LILY’s tone is quite serious: “Tonight you represent Shen, is Shen’s face, so in the banquet of a word and line to pay special attention, should not say do not say, should not do not do, in that kind of place is difficult to encounter wolves, encounter those who try to molest you men do not too furious, elegantly dodge on the good, always remember to take care of CEO Shen’s face, do not give CEO Shen poke any trouble know. Don’t give the CEO Shen stir up any trouble to know?”
“I’ll keep an eye on it.” Cheng Lydia nodded again.
The door to the president’s office suddenly ‘clicked’ softly and Shen Ron walked out.
LILY glances at Shen Ron whispers to Cheng Lydia, “CEO Shen is out, go on.”
Inside the carriage, Cheng Lydia turned her head to look at Shen Ron and said, “There are so many beautiful female secretaries in the office, why do I have to go?”
Shen Ron gave her a look back and complained in the same unpleasant tone, “Yeah, I’m depressed too, which of the female secretaries in the office isn’t prettier than you, why you?”
Cheng Lydia’s breath caught at the back of her throat.
And yes, with Shen Ron’s distaste for her, surely she wouldn’t have volunteered to be at the party as a date tonight, it must have been the old lady’s idea again.
She looked away from the window and stopped speaking.
Shen Ron didn’t say another word either, and after ten minutes of mutual silence, the car suddenly came to a stop in a trade building.
Cheng Lydia surveyed the trade building outside the car window, thinking that it couldn’t be the place where the party was being held, could it? Before she could react, Shen Ron had already ripped off his seatbelt and got out of the car, and she hurriedly followed him.
This is the most famous and expensive clothing mall in all of LS City, full of high priced clothing hanging inside, Cheng Lydia scanned around as she struggled to keep up with Shen Ron and asked, “What did you bring me here for?”
Shen Ron turned his head and swept the panting woman away, slowing his pace a little, but his tone was as indifferent as ever: “Are you going to wear that to the party?”
Cheng Lydia glanced down at herself, the black professional sheath dress that LILY had taken to her to change into only this morning was not as old-fashioned and rigid in style as on the average female white collar worker, but it really wasn’t suitable for the kind of party where there were so many beautiful women.
Without further questions, she followed Shen Ron left and right through the various brand stores, eventually coming to a dress customization boutique.
The clerk, a voluptuous, well-maintained woman over forty, saw Shen Ron’s eyes instantly light up and dropped the work in her hands to greet her with a smile, “Ugh … Ron, I thought you had abandoned our store and would never come back, it’s been four years since you’ve been here, hasn’t it? Got one, right …?”
“Who told your store to set the prices so high?” Shen Ron smiled as he swept through the store.
“Ron, who writes checks for a million dollars for a dress without blinking an eye, would be too expensive? You’re kidding.” The store clerk snickered with a frown.
A million dollars for a dress? How generous, it’s for Yang June, Cheng Lydia thought to herself.
No matter when or where, as long as it was related to Shen Ron, there seemed to be traces of Yang June, and it was a bad feeling. But she didn’t show this badness, and continued to stand quietly behind Shen Ron, like a little follower.
And the talkative and enthusiastic clerk finally spotted her, her eyes lit up again, and with a big smile, she came over and wrapped her arm in praise, “Ms. Yang is still as pretty as she was back then, look at this little face, it’s as tender as watery tofu, I’m so jealous of Sister Jin.”
Cheng Lydia blushed slightly, what did she call her, Ms. Yang?
Do you and Yang June really look so much alike? So much so that you can’t tell the difference between real and fake?
The shop assistant was still talking flattering words, Cheng Lydia glanced uncomfortably at Shen Ron, who came in contact with her helping gaze and busied himself with the shop assistant, “Sister Jin, we’re in a hurry, please pick a suitable dress and shoes for her.”
“Good miles, Ms. Yang please follow me.” Sister Jin took Cheng Lydia by the arm and headed for the inner room.
Inside the inner room, there were many finished dresses in a variety of styles and colors, and Cheng Lydia was overwhelmed with choices.
Sister Jin picked out a set from a row of long light blue gifts and compared them on Cheng Lydia, “Ms. Yang what do you think of this set? It’s a new model from the company this year, it suits your temperament and skin tone.”
Cheng Lydia didn’t look in the mirror, but turned her head to Sister Cheng Jin and said, “Sister Jin, can you not call me Ms. Yang?”
Being called Ms. Yang always made her feel strange and even a little hairy inside.
“Okay, so I’ll call you June?”
“No.” Cheng Lydia thought for a moment and smiled at her, “Call me Mrs. Shen.”
“Oh, no problem, I’ll call you Mrs. Shen from now on, so what does Mrs. Shen think of this dress? I’ll get you another model if you don’t like it.”
Cheng Lydia looked at the light blue dress in the mirror that reached her feet. The style was indeed new and the texture was very expensive, especially the rose flowers clustered around the waist.
With just one glance, she fell deeply in love.
Fifteen minutes later, when Cheng Lydia appeared in front of Shen Ron wearing the long light blue gown, Shen Ron did not hide the amazement in his eyes and stared fixedly at the gorgeous figure in front of him.
Lightly pulled back curly hair at the back of the head, lightly smiling face, tall and even figure, beautiful long light blue salute …
A similar fragment gradually came to his mind, one day four years ago, Yang June was wearing a light blue dress like this, standing in front of him with a smile waiting for his response, led by Sister Kim. He was mesmerized then and took the one million dollar ticket bill from Sister Kim without blinking an eye.
“Mrs. Shen, look, Ron is so charmed that he can’t even speak.” Sister Jin snickered with a frown.
Shen Ron looked back and withdrew his eyes from Cheng Lydia, dropped the magazine in his hands and stood up from the sofa, casually took a long black gift from a row of hangers and handed it to Cheng Lydia, “Change into this one, this one suits you better.”
The light smile on Cheng Lydia’s face lingered as her eyes fell on the black evening gown in Shen Ron’s hands.
She’s going to a charity gala, not a funeral!
Sister Kim was also stunned, she just looked at Shen Ron’s eyes which were clearly stunning and liked this light blue dress, why did she suddenly change her face?
“That … Ron,” Sister Jin said cautiously with a dry smile, “Although this dress on Mrs. Shen is new, it’s cheap, just under fifty thousand dollars.”
The dress that Yang June wore four years ago was made to order, and the deep Amy Jane circle on the neckline alone cost a fortune, with expensive beading on the hem. The dress on Cheng Lydia looks just as elegant, but it doesn’t use expensive materials, so the price is the difference between heaven and earth.
“Take her to change.” Shen Ron impatiently shoved the black evening gown into Kim’s arms.
Kim looked at Cheng Lydia and then Shen Ron with her gown in her arms, then turned to Cheng Lydia, “Let’s go, Mrs. Shen.”
Cheng Lydia did not go back to the inner room with Kim, but stood motionless looking at Shen Ron and said, “Sorry, I just like this one.”
Shen Ron didn’t expect her to defy herself like that and gritted his teeth in exasperation, “I don’t like it.”
“The gown is on me, all you need to do is look at it, no need to comment.” Cheng Lydia met his annoyed gaze without fear, then turned to Kim, “This is it, go write the ticket.”
She remembered that this Ms. Yang was very good and gentle, how come her temper had risen to such a state after four years of absence. Then she looked at Shen Ron, although she was angry, she was speechless.
“So … I’m going to open a ticket?” Kim sought out Shen Ron’s meaning.
Shen Ron glared at Cheng Lydia with a closed gaze, pulled out a gold card from inside his wallet and flung it to Sister Kim before raising his head.
After Shen Ron left, Sister Jin smiled ambiguously while opening the ticket and said, “Mrs. Shen, you are really good at dealing with men, even a rich and good-looking man like Ron can be cleaned up by you. It seems that Ron really loves you, otherwise he wouldn’t have eaten this.”
Cheng Lydia laughs bitterly in her heart, Ron loves Yang June, always will!