Shen Xiaoyan could only go back and stay. But before she reached the stairs, she heard Na Gu call out.
"Xiaoyan, come quickly. This person seems to be the young master's special assistant. His note says he's the director of the general manager's office of Zheng Corporation." Na Gu waved frantically at Shen Xiaoyan. Shen Xiaoyan walked over and glanced at the phone screen. She found... the profile picture was indeed Assistant Hou.
Assistant Hou's Weibo was very brief and clearly very organized: "One, Miss Niu forcefully acted against our madam during dinner, leaving red marks on our madam's hand.
Two, the advertisement withdrawal was not the madam's intention, but our general manager's decision."
The reason this explanation was trending was that Zheng Corporation's official Weibo reposted this Weibo, and the implied meaning was self-evident.
"Hello, madam? Yes, I'm at home now, and Xiaoyan is here too..." Before Shen Xiaoyan could finish reading, Na Gu's phone rang. It was her mother-in-law, Chairman Sun.
"It's been less than five minutes, and the young master has already handled it. The group's official Weibo has spoken. Rest assured, I won't let anyone bully Xiaoyan!" Shen Xiaoyan could actually hear a hint of determination in Na Gu's tone, which made her feel amused.
"Xiaoyan, the madam is on the phone." Just as Shen Xiaoyan was about to excuse herself, Na Gu held out her phone and handed it over.
"Mom," Shen Xiaoyan said.
...
Zheng Corporation, top-floor office.
"Assistant Hou, if you were Shen Xiaoyan, how would you feel right now?" Zheng Wei leaned back in his chair, crossed his hands, and looked lazily at Assistant Hou.
Assistant Hou turned his eyes and said with certainty, "I'd be happy, but the madam's personality seems more reserved, so she might not show her happiness very obviously!"
Assistant Hou was a shrewd person, very good at reading people, otherwise, he wouldn't have reached his current position at such a young age.
"Then tell me, how can I make her proactively thank me?" Zheng Wei asked. He didn't deny that Shen Xiaoyan's temper was indeed reserved, but perhaps a bit too reserved, or to put it bluntly, a bit dull.
"General Manager, actually, I think it's best for your personalities to complement each other. Since the madam is reserved, you can be more proactive. Today's matter was your effort, so if you take the initiative to make a request, the madam won't refuse, right? If you're also reserved, then... it seems a bit problematic! The madam needs proactive guidance." Assistant Hou offered a very suggestive suggestion.
"Complementary..." Zheng Wei tapped his desk, still somewhat puzzled. He remembered in that dream, Sima Han's temper wasn't lively either... just... gentler!
Seeing Zheng Wei's expression soften slightly, Assistant Hou continued, "General Manager, your attitude towards the madam shouldn't be like it is towards us. She's your wife. Women all need to be coaxed."
Assistant Hou had seen the way Zheng Wei interacted with Shen Xiaoyan. Sometimes the general manager treated Shen Xiaoyan like a subordinate. He was used to being domineering, but women didn't respond well to that. If it was a gentle domineering, it might be acceptable, but pure domineering like the general manager's, Assistant Hou couldn't help but shake his head repeatedly.
"Is that so?" Zheng Wei looked at Assistant Hou with some doubt.
"General Manager, you've never tried to win a woman's favor, have you?" Assistant Hou felt he could transform into a love guru.
"Who do you think I need to win over?" Zheng Wei raised an eyebrow and said forcefully right after Assistant Hou finished speaking.
Assistant Hou: "...General Manager, does the marital relationship not need maintenance? It's a lawful society now. If the other party doesn't like it, they can divorce."
"Divorce?" The word "divorce" struck a sensitive chord with Zheng Wei. Moreover, Sima Han had reappeared. If he divorced now, wouldn't Sima Han seize the opportunity? Yesterday, at Sai Jiangnan, he didn't believe Sima Han would look at Shen Xiaoyan for no reason; that gaze was very gentle. He hadn't considered that Sima Han might have had such a dream, but this person's appearance indeed increased his sense of crisis.
"General Manager, do you remember Mr. Fu from Guangsha Technology? Mr. Fu is very generous to women. When he was pursuing that actress, he showered her with jewelry and gifts. Have you ever given the madam such things?" Assistant Hou posed a soul-searching question to Zheng Wei.
"Mr. Fu even gave her credit cards and various gold cards back then. Although he didn't win her over in the end, he left a very good impression!" Assistant Hou said.
"I understand!" Zheng Wei seemed to have a sudden realization. He waved his hand, signaling Assistant Hou to withdraw.
"Keep the documents and files for this afternoon for me. I'm going out." Zheng Wei made decisions quickly. Once he had made up his mind, he immediately grabbed his car keys and left.
Watching Zheng Wei's tall figure disappear into the elevator, Assistant Hou sighed long and deep, lamenting, "As a single person, how can I sound like I have so much experience?"
...
Zheng Wei returned quite late, and Shen Xiaoyan was already about to eat dinner.
As soon as Na Gu saw Zheng Wei return, she said enthusiastically, "Young master, dinner is ready."
"Eat quickly, and I'll take you out after," Zheng Wei nodded at Na Gu, then said to Shen Xiaoyan.
"Young master, Xiaoyan isn't one of your employees. You should speak gently to girls! How can you rush her like that?" Just as Na Gu was about to tidy up and leave, she heard Zheng Wei's words and immediately shook her head to advise him.
Zheng Wei was stunned by Na Gu's words, while Shen Xiaoyan felt a slight blush on her face. Na Gu was truly a lively character.
"Okay, I'll remember that." Zheng Wei nodded. He walked to Shen Xiaoyan's side, gently patted her hair a few times, and his tone softened but was still a bit stiff: "We're going shopping tonight. You can eat faster."
"Young master..." Na Gu was so exasperated by his tone that she was about to offer more advice.
"Alright, Na Gu, it's getting dark. Hurry home!" Zheng Wei waved his hand at Na Gu.
Na Gu sighed and left reluctantly.
"Is there something we need to do tonight?" Men generally disliked shopping, and it was already evening. If they were going out in the evening, Shen Xiaoyan thought there might be something important requiring her attendance. Was that why Zheng Wei wanted to take her out to buy things tonight?
"You'll know when we get there!" Zheng Wei actually wanted to say, "You've been using the same bag for years." But remembering Na Gu's and Assistant Hou's advice to be gentle, he swallowed the blunt words.
"Can't I not go?" Shen Xiaoyan didn't really like shopping. Seeing that Zheng Wei seemed to be in a good mood, she tentatively asked.
"No!" This time, Zheng Wei's reply was very firm!
"Okay." Shen Xiaoyan nodded and obediently ate her meal.
Seeing her sitting obediently opposite him, eating, Zheng Wei felt all the day's fatigue vanish. He unconsciously curved his lips.
The feeling of having someone waiting for him at home to eat with seemed very good.
Shen Xiaoyan didn't eat much and finished first, waiting for Zheng Wei.
Seeing that Shen Xiaoyan had finished eating and was sitting there obediently, Zheng Wei looked up at her. Shen Xiaoyan waved her hand, "Eat slowly, there's no rush."
He had clearly asked her to eat faster earlier, and now she was waiting for him. Zheng Wei wanted to laugh but couldn't.
After about five more minutes, Zheng Wei finished his meal. Seeing that they were both ready, Zheng Wei put his arm around Shen Xiaoyan and they walked out. He was like a clingy husband now, wherever he went, his hand had to be on Shen Xiaoyan's waist, as if he had a sense of security this way. Of course, as a grown man, he would never admit to needing a sense of security.
...
Zheng Wei drove Shen Xiaoyan directly to a large mall under Zheng Corporation's banner. He took Shen Xiaoyan straight to the sixth floor, where all the handbag counters were. Assistant Hou had said, "Bags cure all ills." He thought this saying was quite insightful.
"Come in and take a look. Whichever one you like, take it." Zheng Wei entered, with his arm around Shen Xiaoyan's waist. The people in the store, seeing the general manager who only appeared in business newspapers, all had stars in their eyes.
"But I don't need it," Shen Xiaoyan said softly. She had never been particularly fond of these handbags. She didn't love them.
"If you don't find anything you like, I'll accompany you until we've visited every store here," Zheng Wei used his trump card. After he finished speaking, he personally went to get a bag.
He was already the center of attention, and the few sales assistants behind them were whispering discussion. Shen Xiaoyan was very uncomfortable with the situation, so she could only select a few she liked from among the handbags.
As someone who worked in design, she was actually very sensitive to clothes and handbags. Because of this, the bags she casually picked out matched her perfectly. Zheng Wei raised an eyebrow, "You really have to be pushed."
"I've already bought three. There's no need to buy too many, right?" Even though the price of these three handbags was already very high, Shen Xiaoyan felt she wouldn't use so many in her daily life, so she didn't want to continue.
"We have plenty of money, why are you being stingy?"
Shen Xiaoyan shook her head, "I know you have a lot of money."
She was actually saying this quite sincerely, but Zheng Wei was amused by her sincere tone about his wealth. He held several shopping bags and had his arm around Shen Xiaoyan's waist. Clearly a person radiating a cold aura, he suddenly smiled, captivating the sales assistants.
"Did you notice any reporters outside the house today?" Zheng Wei asked, holding Shen Xiaoyan's waist. Although the security in the villa area was very good, reporters nowadays were too resourceful. Zheng Wei detested that the most.
"No, Na Gu didn't see anything when she went out to buy groceries." Compared to Zheng Wei's suspicion, Shen Xiaoyan had great confidence in the villa area's security. If the security here wasn't good, she doubted anywhere else would be.
"General Manager, would you like to buy clothes?" As the couple browsed on the sixth floor, they had unknowingly caused a great stir. The traffic in these luxury stores was not that high, so a few bold sales assistants enthusiastically greeted Zheng Wei.
They had never seen a living general manager before.