"Brother Lu, you're too wicked. This isn't an assistant for me, it's clearly you making me look after your little disciple."
Su Meiyi shot him a glare and snorted, teasing him.
"Meng Jingwei is impeccable in both figure and appearance. Although she's new to the industry, judging by the jewelry exhibition last time, she's a natural for this. She's got potential and can be cultivated well. You're her senior sister, so take good care of her and get along,"
Lu Sen said to Su Meiyi, closed his laptop, and stood up. "I have some things to attend to, I need to head out."
As he spoke, he walked towards the door, oblivious to the fleeting look of wild jealousy on Su Meiyi's face.
"Alright, Brother Lu, don't worry."
Su Meiyi nodded, agreeing verbally, but sparks flew from her pupils.
A sense of crisis inexplicably arose, making her a little nervous.
Su Meiyi walked out of the conference room and went directly to Meng Jingwei's area. With one hand on her hip, she gently tapped on Meng Jingwei's desk.
Meng Jingwei, who was looking down at a model magazine, looked up. "Sister Su, is something wrong?"
Although she had no intention of staying long at the modeling company, since she was here, she had to abide by the rules and do everything within her responsibilities.
Naturally, she had to get along with everyone in the company.
"Brother Lu said his new assistant hasn't arrived yet, so he asked you to be my temporary assistant. And tomorrow, you'll accompany me to Country C."
She carried herself with the air of the top star of Huayu Media, speaking condescendingly to Meng Jingwei.
Although Meng Jingwei disliked Su Meiyi immensely, she had to agree since it was Lu Sen's arrangement.
After all, she was the least experienced in the company.
"Since it's President Lu's arrangement, please feel free to ask me for anything, Sister Su," Meng Jingwei said with a smile, neither subservient nor overbearing.
"That's fine. I'm always in too much of a rush in the morning and haven't eaten. Help me buy some pan-fried dumplings from Minquan Road, get a cup of freshly ground red bean soy milk from Xihua Road Xu Ji Breakfast, and buy a portion of egg dumplings from Li Laotai's place on Hongan Road. Oh, and by the way, help me pick up my package from the back door."
She ordered Meng Jingwei around without any politeness.
Yu Yu felt it was a bit much. "Sister Su, these three roads are so far apart, it's practically half the city. It's not very practical."
Yuan Wei, who was sitting nearby and smoking, nodded in agreement. "Yes, Sister Su. It's freezing cold, you should just settle for something from one place."
Su Meiyi was already feeling annoyed, and hearing both of them siding with Meng Jingwei made her even more displeased.
"Oh, Meng Jingwei, you've only been here a few days, and you already have everyone protecting you."
She sneered. "Don't tell me you found out Meng Jingwei is the adopted daughter of Mrs. Qing, so you're fawning over her?"
"You… you're talking nonsense," Yuan Wei snorted, shaking his head, not wanting to say more.
Yu Yu, however, was unhappy. "She's being unreasonable herself and now she's dragging others into it."
"Is that so? Since you pity Meng Jingwei so much, I'll tell Brother Lu that you'll be doing these tasks for me from now on?"
"I..."
Yu Yu was so choked up she was speechless.
Meng Jingwei smiled at Yu Yu, a gesture of thanks.
Then, she stood up, spread her hands towards Su Meiyi, and said, "Since it's Brother Lu's wish, I naturally have no objections. However, could Sister Su please provide the money? I didn't bring any money with me today. Oh, right, my friend drove me here today. I don't have any transportation either, so please remember to reimburse the taxi fare, Sister Su."
"Reimburse the fare?"
Su Meiyi felt that Meng Jingwei was doing this on purpose, so she said, "It's such a short distance, it won't take you long to walk."
"Alright then. I'll go buy them for you now." She nodded, her hand still extended towards Su Meiyi.
Su Meiyi rolled her eyes in anger and had to take out fifty yuan and hand it to Meng Jingwei. "Hurry up."
"Okay."
She replied.
Yuan Wei then said to Meng Jingwei, "I rode my electric scooter, I'll give you a ride."
"No need."
"It's fine, it'll be more convenient if I take you."
Meng Jingwei: "Really not…"
"Oh, come on, hurry up, let's go," Yuan Wei said, without waiting for Meng Jingwei to finish, and walked out with his electric scooter keys.
Su Meiyi smirked disdainfully and said sarcastically, "Yuan Wei, don't tell me you've taken a liking to Meng Jingwei."
"What nonsense are you talking about? We're colleagues."
Yuan Wei retorted.
Meng Jingwei took the fifty yuan and left the office with Yuan Wei, feeling quite helpless.
She actually didn't want Yuan Wei to take her to buy breakfast. Otherwise, she could have taken the opportunity to check on the situation at Chaoyun E-sports Company. Now, she couldn't even go.
The two left the company, and Yuan Wei rode his small electric scooter, taking Meng Jingwei along to buy breakfast.
Passing by a coffee shop, Meng Jingwei said, "Let's go, I'll treat you to coffee."
"Huh? Aren't we supposed to buy breakfast for Su Meiyi? If you go buy coffee now, won't she criticize you later?"
"Traffic jam!" Meng Jingwei fibbed with a straight face.
Yuan Wei, looking at the clear road, was stunned at first, then smiled. "Yes, yes, traffic jam, traffic jam."
If Su Meiyi could use traffic jams as an excuse, why couldn't they?
So, the two of them sat by the window of the coffee shop, ordered a cup of coffee, and sat facing each other, drinking coffee.
"Yuan Wei, how long have you been working here?"
There were quite a few male models in the company. Yuan Wei was a flat-faced male model, a clean-cut boy with single eyelids. He looked ordinarily handsome.
But with a little makeup, he was very photogenic and had a great sense of the camera.
"I'm an old hand, been doing this for two or three years. If I don't achieve anything in the next couple of years, I'll probably have to go home and farm."
Yuan Wei chuckled heartily.
He gave off an extremely comfortable vibe, like a very approachable younger brother.
"You're still young, your future is boundless. What are you thinking about?"
Meng Jingwei smiled and comforted Yuan Wei.
As she spoke, her gaze swept past the window.
She just glanced briefly and then retracted her gaze, continuing to stir her coffee.
Suddenly, her eyelids flickered, and she abruptly turned her head to look out the window again.
That person just now…
"Old Chen Tou?" Meng Jingwei's heart suddenly jolted.
"What did you say?" Yuan Wei hadn't heard what Meng Jingwei said, so he asked.
Meng Jingwei immediately said to Yuan Wei, "Yuan Wei, I have an urgent matter to attend to right now. Please help me go buy breakfast for Su Meiyi. I'll definitely treat you to a meal later. Please."
After speaking, she stood up and went downstairs.
Standing by the roadside, Meng Jingwei chased in the direction where she had seen Old Chen Tou. From afar, she saw the back of his head and was sure it was Old Chen Tou.
Why would he be here?
Meng Jingwei was utterly perplexed.
But to avoid being discovered by Old Chen Tou, she ducked into a nearby men's clothing store, quickly chose a men's jacket she could wear, a scarf, and a hat, paid, changed clothes, stored her old clothes, and left.
Everything was done in one go, completed in just two minutes.
Wearing a mask, she bought a hat, and then exited the clothing store.
Meng Jingwei, dressed in a black leather jacket, wearing a hat with the brim pulled low to cover half her face, her hands shoved into her pockets, walked briskly after him.
She wanted to see who Old Chen Tou was meeting.
However, Meng Jingwei suspected that the person she saw on Fenan Street that time must have been Old Chen Tou.