While waiting for Bai Jinghong in the office, the office door opened!
A woman in her thirties walked in, holding a document in her hand.
“Are you Miss Shen Yaoyao?” the woman asked immediately upon entering.
“Yes!” Shen Yaoyao stood up.
From the looks of it, someone from HR was probably bringing her a contract.
This Bai Jinghong was truly swift and decisive, wasting no time at all.
“Hello, I’m the HR Director. You can call me Sister Liu. Here’s your work contract; please sign it.”
“These are President Bai’s orders!”
“Alright, okay,” Shen Yaoyao replied.
She hadn’t expected the HR Director to deliver it personally.
This showed Bai Jinghong valued her highly. If that was the case, the subsequent plans would certainly go very smoothly.
As Shen Yaoyao took the contract, HR Director Sister Liu reminded her, “President Bai instructed that you must read it carefully.”
“If you’re unwilling to sign, you are free to leave.”
Shen Yaoyao paused. It was this same kind of act again. Could there be a problem with the contract?
The pen in Shen Yaoyao’s hand stopped moving. She really began to read carefully.
While the contract resembled standard ones, it contained several special clauses.
First, Position: Shen Yaoyao is a Personal Secretary, with a monthly salary of five hundred thousand!
Second, Job Responsibilities: Standard, responsible for reviewing some important documents.
Third, Travel: Shen Yaoyao is required to accompany and attend social engagements.
Fourth, Working Hours: An eight-hour workday, but during this time, she must not disobey instructions from her direct superior. When necessary, she must be on call 24/7.
Shen Yaoyao’s heart was in turmoil as she looked at these four clauses.
This Bai Jinghong was indeed a trickster. Clauses one, three, and four were very difficult for Shen Yaoyao to accept, but the second clause was a genuine temptation.
It meant she could directly access important documents.
The contract felt to her like… flying a kite.
She didn’t want to sign, yet she had to. Signing essentially placed her somewhat under Bai Jinghong’s control. Refusing meant leaving, and her plan would be ruined.
For Hades’s plan, she gritted her teeth and signed her name.
As for her ID, she provided her real one as well.
Once everything was done, the HR Director also issued her a work ID.
The four characters “Personal Secretary” on it filled Shen Yaoyao with a sense of humiliation.
Soon, Bai Jinghong returned.
“Yaoyao, is the contract signed?” Bai Jinghong approached Shen Yaoyao, reaching out to straighten her hair bun.
Shen Yaoyao felt a wave of revulsion but controlled her emotions and nodded. “Signed.”
“Alright, good. From now on, you’re my personal secretary. I’ll be taking you along for social engagements and such, no objections, right?”
“Of course, you won’t need to drink alcohol. I couldn’t bear to let you drink with those bastards.”
As Bai Jinghong spoke, he secretly felt a bit resigned too.
It wasn’t that Bai Jinghong truly cherished Shen Yaoyao, but rather that Shen Yaoyao genuinely couldn’t drink. Not even a couple of degrees of alcohol.
Familiar with the plot, he knew that Shen Yaoyao became a completely different, utterly unhinged person after contact with alcohol.
Even War God Chen Lin had nearly been killed by Shen Yaoyao once after she’d been exposed to alcohol. It took six or seven people acting together to restrain her.
This was a hidden trauma Shen Yaoyao had developed after experiencing many tragic events.
Bai Jinghong looked at the dazed Shen Yaoyao and said, “Now come out with me for a trip.”
“No work to do?” Shen Yaoyao asked, puzzled.
“Work? Where’s so much work coming from? Rushing around without a moment’s peace is for small and medium-sized enterprises.”
“My Bai Corporation is full of talent, with a mature operational system. I’m just responsible for making decisions; there’s not that much to handle.”
“Your job today is to keep me company for food and fun!”
With that, Bai Jinghong reached out and wrapped his arm around Shen Yaoyao’s slender waist.
“Ah~” Shen Yaoyao let out a startled cry and quickly jumped away. “Y-Young Master Bai, please don’t do that. It’s not good if people see.”
Bai Jinghong didn’t care at all, but he didn’t go for her waist this time. Instead, he took her slender, jade-like hand.
“Who doesn’t know what kind of person I, Bai Jinghong, am? A scumbag. I’m not like that hypocrite Chen Lin. What’s there to pretend about?”
Suddenly, the name Chen Lin was mentioned, and Shen Yaoyao was quite startled.
Still, she feigned natural curiosity and asked, “Who is Chen Lin? Why a hypocrite?”
“Chen Lin? Oh, that idiot who messed up my wedding banquet. As for why he’s a hypocrite…”
“He talks about being devoted to one person, but in reality, he’s messy. He isn’t picky: bar girls, drinking escorts—he’s played with them all.”
“Then he wants to boast about his true love. If that’s not a hypocrite, what is?”
Shen Yaoyao’s body stiffened slightly. Bai Jinghong’s words surprised her greatly. She had truly never thought about these things.
Her thoughts drifted to the past.
During past missions, Lord Hades and other male subordinates would go find women to spend the night with.
The high-sounding reason was to relax their nerves, saying that after so much killing, their nerves were tense and they had to release.
While that might seem reasonable, what about the female members? Weren’t they doing the same tasks? When had they ever sought men to “release”?
Of course, “releasing” was one thing, but why spout nonsense about being devoted? Wasn’t that a bit disgusting?
In her daze, Bai Jinghong had already led Shen Yaoyao out of the office.
From the office to the lobby downstairs, countless gazes fell upon Bai Jinghong and Shen Yaoyao.
They were full of envious and jealous looks, jealousy that Shen Yaoyao could gain the favor of the number one rich young master.
That entire morning, Bai Jinghong took Shen Yaoyao to enjoy all sorts of food, drinks, and entertainment.
But it wasn’t to high-end restaurants. Instead, they deliberately sought out street snacks.
Then they went to some arcade centers, entertainment plazas, shopping areas.
Initially, Shen Yaoyao was very unnatural, but as she played along, she inexplicably began to loosen up.
Without Bai Jinghong even needing to suggest it, she would tug his sleeve, wanting to buy cotton candy, candied hawthorn skewers, and other little treats.
To capture someone, first capture their heart.
Bai Jinghong knew well that a professional like Shen Yaoyao lived every day on a knife’s edge, her spirit always taut.
Her usual time was spent either cultivating, training, or planning. Her leftover time might involve maintaining firearms and blades.
Someone who stays vigilant even while sleeping… now that he’d brought her out to relax, her nature as a young girl was exposed.
Even if Shen Yaoyao later came to her senses and continued executing her mission ruthlessly.
This seed had already been planted in her heart.
The two ate and played all the way, and before they knew it, lunchtime had arrived.
And their location, very coincidentally, was near the Fan Corporation.
Her left hand held by Bai Jinghong, her right hand clutching a candied hawthorn skewer, Shen Yaoyao was eating with relish.
“Yaoyao, is there anything else you want to eat? I’ll take you there!” Bai Jinghong asked with a smile.
Shen Yaoyao paused, shook her head, then looked down at her stomach. “I ate too much. I’m a bit full.”
“Alright, let’s stroll a bit more, then I’ll take you back to the company for a lunch break!”
Bai Jinghong’s words were light, even strangely carrying a hint of gentleness.
Shen Yaoyao felt a momentary disorientation.
“Here, give me a bite of that candied hawthorn!” Bai Jinghong opened his mouth towards Shen Yaoyao.
Shen Yaoyao hesitated for a moment but still brought the skewer to Bai Jinghong’s lips.
This gesture was something only couples would do.
Shen Yaoyao’s heart fluttered wildly.
Just then, two figures up ahead entered Bai Jinghong’s line of sight.
From afar, he saw Chen Lin and Fan Ning’er.
Bai Jinghong didn’t show any reaction, but he was sneering inside.
They seemed to be wandering aimlessly, but in reality, Bai Jinghong’s path was very deliberate.
After all, he’d been Fan Ning’er’s lapdog for a long time and knew some of her habits and routines like the back of his hand.
As for Chen Lin, after yesterday’s events, he’d definitely be sticking close to Fan Ning’er. Thus, they were bound to run into them together.
Bai Jinghong’s goal was naturally to let Chen Lin see that his capable subordinate, the woman he fancied, was now being led by the hand by him.
