The assistant kept her head down and replied in a very small voice, "President Su, Young Master Lin didn't accept it."
Su Hua's brows furrowed tightly. "What's going on? Didn't you tell them it was from me?"
The assistant answered, "I did, but it was still rejected. They said Young Master Lin isn't accepting any gifts, even if it's something from you, President Su."
After saying this, she hurriedly added, "But President Su, it was the security guards who rejected it. They said it was Young Master Lin's order; Young Master Lin didn't tell me that himself."
Su Hua clenched her fists.
The assistant could clearly feel the piercingly cold aura radiating from Su Hua.
She stood to the side trembling, terrified of drawing Su Hua's attention, not even daring to breathe too loudly.
"Heh—"
A low chuckle escaped Su Hua's lips. "Not even accepting my gift. Good. Ah Xuan is really doing great."
The assistant silently lit a candle for Lin Xuan in her heart.
Young Master Lin, you're on your own now. Good luck.
"You may leave," Su Hua ordered coldly.
"Yes, President Su."
The assistant walked out of the CEO's office and closed the door behind her.
Standing by the door, she patted her chest, still shaken.
President Su's expression just now was truly, incredibly terrifying.
"Little Liu, what's wrong?" Jiang Qing walked over and asked curiously.
"Did you do something wrong?"
It didn't make sense. President Su came to the company in a pretty good mood today. Even if Little Liu made a mistake at work and President Su found out, she shouldn't be this frightened.
"Secretary Jiang, it's like this."
The assistant recounted everything to Jiang Qing in detail. "Didn't President Su buy a pair of rings this morning?"
Jiang Qing nodded.
That did happen.
President Su really liked that pair of rings and bought them on the spot.
The assistant continued, "This afternoon, after President Su found out that Young Master Lin was at the Tianmu Group, she sent me over with a bouquet of roses and the rings."
Jiang Qing frowned and asked, "Young Master Lin didn't accept them?"
"Right, he didn't." The assistant nodded and went on, "I couldn't even get through the doors of the Tianmu Group. I kept explaining to the security guards that it was a gift from President Su to Young Master Lin, but they stubbornly refused to let me in or take the gifts to him."
"That shouldn't be the case." Jiang Qing shook her head. "It's impossible for Young Master Lin to reject a gift from President Su."
Even if they had an argument, Young Master Lin wouldn't refuse President Su's gift.
Besides, President Su showed up at the company today looking radiant and glowing, with quite a few hickeys left on her neck by Young Master Lin. How could they suddenly have a fight out of nowhere?
So, there must be some kind of misunderstanding here.
Jiang Qing said, "I'll call Young Master Lin and ask him what's going on."
She took out her phone and called Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan answered.
"Secretary Jiang."
"Young Master Lin," Jiang Qing asked. "Did you know that President Su sent someone to deliver a gift to you today?"
Lin Xuan frowned.
Hua sent him a gift? How come he didn't know about it?
Lin Xuan suddenly remembered the orders he had given his subordinates not long ago.
Damn it!
Lin Xuan slapped his forehead. So the company staff hadn't just intercepted the gifts from Jiang Yutong, but they had also blocked the things sent by Hua.
"Young Master Lin," Jiang Qing continued. "President Su thinks you didn't want her gift and is currently angry. I think you should figure out a way to make it up to her."
"Alright, Secretary Jiang. I understand." Lin Xuan took a deep breath.
Really, the heavens were out to get him!
What a massive misunderstanding!
"Secretary Jiang, thank you for telling me about this," Lin Xuan said.
"Young Master Lin, there's no need to thank me. I told you this mostly for my own sake," Secretary Jiang chuckled.
If President Su stayed this angry, the subordinates would suffer, and as her secretary, she would be the first to bear the brunt.
Therefore, she had to bring in Young Master Lin as a fire extinguisher to put out President Su's fire.
The relationship between Young Master Lin and President Jiang still had to rely on her, the secretary, to mediate.
As a secretary, she had to handle both her work and the relationship issues between President Su and Young Master Lin. President Su really ought to give her a raise.
"Secretary Jiang, I have to go. I'm rushing over to the Su Group right now."
Lin Xuan hung up the phone.
The people in the office had all heard the conversation between Lin Xuan and Jiang Qing, so they didn't stop him.
As soon as Lin Xuan walked out of the office door, Foxtail came over.
"Boss, I need to talk to you about something," Foxtail said, blocking Lin Xuan's path.
He was here to urge him for updates on behalf of the readers.
The boss had finally been diligent for a while, updating daily, but it didn't last long before he got lazy again, skipping updates from time to time.
Especially since the plot had just reached a climax—stopping right there was absolute torture, leaving him itching with anticipation.
When the boss arrived at the company, he was still discussing publishing and film adaptations with a Platinum-tier author.
He had been anxious to come back and find the boss right then, but he couldn't just ditch that Platinum author, so he patiently continued their discussion on publishing and film adaptations.
The moment it ended, he drove straight back.
He had thought the boss would already be gone by the time he got back to the company. Thank goodness, the boss hadn't left yet.
Lin Xuan said, "I have an emergency right now. Whatever it is, we'll talk about it later."
"Boss, where are you going?"
Foxtail was a bit anxious.
He had finally caught the boss, and now he was going to miss him again?
Lin Xuan replied, "I'm going to put out a fire."
Just then, the elevator doors opened, and Lin Xuan stepped inside.
Foxtail stared at the elevator, his face full of confusion.
Put out a fire? What fire?
Since when did the boss start doing the work of a firefighter?
Lin Xuan's car was parked by the side of the road.
As soon as he walked out of the Tianmu Group, seven or eight teenagers blocked his way.
"Mr. Lin, this is something Second Miss Jiang sent you."
"Mr. Lin, Second Miss Jiang sent you a big gold necklace. Do you want to take a look?"
Lin Xuan: "..."
Is there no end to this?
Lin Xuan said with a headache, "I don't want these. Take them all back."
"Young Master Lin, we can't do that," the kids said, shaking their heads. "Second Miss Jiang told us we absolutely must deliver these into your hands."
Lin Xuan took several deep breaths.
If they were adults, he would have just gotten physical and knocked them down.
However, these were just a bunch of kids; he couldn't exactly do anything to them.
From the looks of it, if he didn't accept these things, he wouldn't be able to leave anytime soon.
But he was in a rush to get to the Su Group and coax Hua.
"Fine, give them all to me." Lin Xuan had no choice but to accept the items for now.
The kids' eyes lit up, and they hurriedly shoved the things into Lin Xuan's hands.
Lin Xuan placed them in the car, planning to send someone to return the items to Jiang Yutong once he got back.
ose... to cooperate with the protagonist! Shen Yuan: I have a system! Protagonist: What? System: Holy crap, you're just spilling it out like that? Shen Yuan: Let's team up, we'll split the system rewards! Protagonist: Fifty-fifty split? Shen Yuan: No way! Protagonist: What!? I'm the one getting beaten up, and I don't get half? Shen Yuan: Forty-sixty split, I get forty, you get sixty! Protagonist: Deal! Big brother, come on, hit me! As long as it doesn't kill me, beat me like you mean it! Shen Yuan: Don't worry... I will definitely protect all of you! No one but me can lay a finger on you! Guard our Heaven's Chosen Ones! I'm the only one allowed to bully them!
lan, the Luo family, tracked him down - along with the babies in their arms. Mo Xuan stared pensively at the paternity test results from over a dozen top institutions, both domestic and international, showing a 99.99% match between himself and the two baby girls. At 23, Mo Xuan, a doctoral student, had become the father of two three-year-old children. The kicker? The mothers weren't even the same person! He gradually realized he was being lured step by step into an elaborate trap designed by these two yandere sisters. "Be good, little Xuan. Sister's life belongs to you entirely." "Brother, if you try to run away, I'll have no choice but to tie you up." Mo Xuan: "Do whatever you want, ladies. I give up."
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
