BXBX NOVEL Chapter 436: It Will Definitely Be Okay
Chapter 436: Chapter 436: It Will Definitely Be Okay
Yang Chen suddenly realized that he wasn\'t just helping his wife, Lin Ruoxi, but also aiding countless Yu Lei employees and their families. Unknowingly, he had performed a great act of kindness.
It\'s a pity Yang Chen knew that this world has no heaven or hell; otherwise, he might have redeemed himself from a few levels of hell.
Lin Ruoxi\'s car wasn\'t in her designated parking spot, leading Yang Chen to speculate that she had probably gone directly to the Athena Group base at the resort. After all, that was the critical core to overcoming this challenge. As long as they won the stock market battle in the United States, Yu Lei would not only make a comeback but also gain a considerable fortune.
Inside the building, the hurried figures of white-collar workers moved about. Every face bore a look of gravity and fatigue, but no one dared to slack off at such a critical time.
Lin Ruoxi hadn\'t announced that they had secured sufficient funds, aiming to catch everyone by surprise. Unfortunately, this left the employees still thinking they were in a dire situation.
Taking the elevator to the floor where the finance department was located, Yang Chen found the area quiet. Almost everyone was busy in the large internal office, making the wide corridor feel somewhat deserted.
However, as he rounded the first corner, Yang Chen suddenly heard familiar voices coming from outside a fire exit door in the hallway.
"Vice President Li, please don\'t do this... someone might pass by..."
"What are you afraid of? Everyone is busy. Look at you, you\'ve lost weight from all this stress."
"Vice President Li, this is... this isn\'t right."
"Yue\'er, don\'t you like me?"
"It\'s not that..."
Standing outside the door, Yang Chen couldn\'t help but laugh. It was Vice President Li Minghe and Lin Ruoxi\'s assistant, Wu Yue. Who would have thought that the tomboyish Wu Yue would have such a moment? And Li Minghe\'s taste was indeed peculiar, to be interested in someone as unremarkable as Wu Yue.
But eavesdropping on someone\'s intimate moment wasn\'t right, and Yang Chen had no interest in such matters. He decided to ignore it and continued towards Mo Qianni\'s office.
A few minutes after Yang Chen left, the fire exit door opened, and a flustered Wu Yue, with slightly disheveled hair, emerged, adjusting her clothes and looking around. She scolded the following Li Minghe, "It\'s all your fault, that was so risky. I think I heard someone pass by just now."
"What are you afraid of? I want the whole company to know," Li Minghe said sentimentally.
Wu Yue felt as if she were drunk, her vision blurred, unable to comprehend why, if it was to make the entire company aware, they would choose such a clandestine place for an affair.
Meanwhile, Yang Chen swaggered through the large office of the Finance Department, casually asking a young female employee, "Is Minister Mo in her office?"
The young woman looked Yang Chen up and down warily, pushing up her black-framed glasses. "Do you have an appointment? Which department are you from?"
Before Yang Chen could respond with frustration, a male employee, who had once sung karaoke with Yang Chen and Mo Qianni, stepped in.
"What are you looking at? This is the new Director of the subsidiary company, Director Yang. Does he need to explain why he\'s looking for the Minister?" The male employee, quick-witted, had guessed that Yang Chen and Mo Qianni\'s relationship was not simple.
Yang Chen gave him an approving glance, which made the young man feel hopeful about a promotion. He quickly said, "Director Yang, the Minister is in her office, but she seems to be in a bad mood because things are quite chaotic. You might want to be careful."
Yang Chen couldn\'t help but find it amusing that Mo Qianni had created such pressure on her subordinates. It reminded him of his own early days at the company when Mo Qianni had intimidated him quite severely. With that thought, he felt at ease.
At the door of the Minister\'s office, Yang Chen knocked, but there was no response. Finding it odd, he noticed no one else around, so he went in directly.
As he entered the office, Yang Chen realized why there was no response. A woman with graceful, full curves was lying on the leather sofa, having taken off her high heels. She was covered with a thin blanket, her long hair partially covering her delicate face.
Still in a deep sleep, Mo Qianni did not wake when Yang Chen entered. Her breathing was steady, but her delicate eyebrows were furrowed, seemingly weighed down by unresolved worries.
Yang Chen locked the door and walked softly to the sofa, sitting at Mo Qianni\'s feet, quietly watching the exhausted woman sleep.
Due to Yu Lei\'s attack, which happened in the evening of the Yanxia domestic time, Mo Qianni was the first to receive the news. She had immediately started organizing emergency meetings with top executives, arranging finances, contacting people, and distributing tasks. From the previous day, through an entire night, and then early in the morning, she attended bidding negotiations. By noon, she returned to the company without even time for food or water, no wonder she fell asleep directly on the office sofa. She probably intended to take a short nap before preparing for the evening\'s work, but this sleep had become so deep that she didn\'t even notice someone entering the office.
Yang Chen couldn\'t resist gently stroking Mo Qianni\'s leg, his eyes naturally showing a touch of affection.
It\'s often said that men who work seriously are the most attractive, but the same goes for women.
Mo Qianni seemed to sense someone touching her. She woke sensitively from her sleep, sleepily opening her eyes and rubbing the corners of her eyes, her pouting lips making Yang Chen feel that if others saw this, he might even feel jealous.
Seeing that it was Yang Chen, Mo Qianni\'s intended exclamation was stifled. Realizing she had slept deeply, her cheeks flushed as she softly asked, "Why are you here without a word?"
"I knocked, but you didn\'t seem to hear," Yang Chen replied.
"Let go," Mo Qianni glared at him.
"What?"
"Don\'t play dumb. Your hand," Mo Qianni pouted.
Yang Chen\'s hand, at some point, had already grasped both of Mo Qianni\'s delicate feet together, and he was quite interested in kneading her soft, plump soles.
"We\'re practically an old married couple now. Let me massage my little Qian Qian\'s feet," Yang Chen said with a grin.
Mo Qianni hesitated, "I haven\'t showered in over a day. They might smell."
"Not at all," Yang Chen exaggeratedly lifted her delicate feet to his nose and took a few deep breaths, smiling broadly. "They still smell wonderful..."
Mo Qianni\'s face turned bright red with embarrassment as she nervously glanced at the office door. This man was truly outrageous. What if someone saw them? How could she face anyone then?
"Don\'t worry," Yang Chen said, giving her sole a light slap. "I locked the door."
"You\'re so shameless. Are you some kind of foot fetishist?" Mo Qianni playfully chided, pulling her legs back firmly, refusing to let Yang Chen touch them anymore.
Yang Chen reluctantly smacked his lips. "Love the house and its crow. If you love someone, of course, you love their feet too."
"That\'s twisted logic," Mo Qianni spat, but inside she was delighted, knowing Yang Chen was just trying to cheer her up.
Suddenly, remembering something, Mo Qianni\'s beautiful eyes sparkled with a hint of sleepy charm. She whispered, "Hubby, I want you to put my shoes on for me."
"Huh?" Yang Chen doubted his ears. Wasn\'t she just saying not to touch her feet?
"I want you to put my shoes on for me," Mo Qianni pouted. "Qiangwei told me that when you put shoes on for her, Ruoxi saw it. I don\'t want Ruoxi to see it, but I want you to put my shoes on for me too. Or are you biased? If Qiangwei gets it, I should too."
Yang Chen didn\'t quite understand what significance putting on shoes had, but today he was here to make his woman happy, so he complied with Mo Qianni\'s request.
However, when he picked up the trendy and sexy Tom Ford high heels she wore, and held her soft heel in his other hand, slowly slipping the shoe on, Yang Chen suddenly felt a strange sensation.
It was like a groom slipping a ring onto his bride\'s finger during a wedding, filled with deep emotions. Yang Chen suddenly realized that it was as if he was using his own hands to firmly bind this woman to him.
She was his. She was telling him that.
Yang Chen looked up, meeting Mo Qianni\'s gaze, soft and watery. Their eyes locked, and they both broke into silly smiles.
After putting on both shoes, Mo Qianni stood up, looking energetic and poised once again. She quickly used a hair clip to tie up her long hair, but not before giving Yang Chen a kiss on the cheek as encouragement.
"You\'re not sending me away, are you?" Yang Chen asked, feeling a bit disappointed. That romantic moment had made him think Mo Qianni might indulge him in some "office games."
Mo Qianni knew exactly what he was thinking and laughed softly. "I have a lot of work to do. You can go find your beloved Mingyu. Knowing you care for me is enough. I won\'t ask for much."
Yang Chen thought to himself that while she didn\'t ask for much, he had needs. But she was right. Liu Mingyu had mentioned wanting him to meet her parents, and he hadn\'t yet inquired about her family situation. Today would be a good opportunity to ask and maybe get some benefits.
It was pitiful. Despite having one wife and four lovers, he rarely had the chance to enjoy time with any of them, except for An Xin, who was conveniently nearby.
Before Yang Chen could leave the office, there was a knock on the door.
Mo Qianni\'s eyes showed a hint of nervousness. After all, the door was locked, and she and Yang Chen were alone in the office, which could easily lead to misunderstandings.
But there was no other option; she couldn\'t ask Yang Chen to jump out the window. She signaled for him to open the door while she composed herself and sat primly in her office chair.
Reluctantly, Yang Chen walked to the door and opened it, only to see that it was none other than his most familiar female colleague, Zhao Hongyan.
Dressed in a blue office outfit, Zhao Hongyan seemed to have become more graceful. Since her divorce, her complexion had improved significantly. Clearly, not having to endure the in-laws\' stress had helped her maintain her beauty.
Seeing Yang Chen open the door, Zhao Hongyan\'s eyes showed a bit of surprise, but then she seemed to understand something and gave Yang Chen a playful glance before entering the office, her face slightly flushed.
"Minister Mo, Minister Liu said these documents need your final signature. She also mentioned that she couldn\'t attend this afternoon\'s meeting. She needs to handle the export cooperation with Huayun Trade immediately, so she asked me to report this to you," Zhao Hongyan said, handing a stack of documents to Mo Qianni.
Mo Qianni accepted them with a smile, showing no sign of awkwardness, but she did glance at Yang Chen with some significance, knowing that his plan to get cozy with Liu Mingyu was now ruined.
"Got it. I\'m really sorry for making everyone work overtime during the holidays," Mo Qianni said.
"It\'s no problem. We all want to get through this tough time together," Zhao Hongyan replied with a smile.
"We definitely can," Mo Qianni affirmed.
After a few more words of encouragement, Zhao Hongyan hurried out of the office to continue her work, leaving Mo Qianni with a thoughtful expression. She then looked at Yang Chen at the door with a peculiar gaze, twirling a pen in her hand. "Did you do something to Hongyan?"
Yang Chen was taken aback. Apart from touching her thigh once, he hadn\'t done anything!
"What do you mean by that? Do I look like that kind of person?!" Yang Chen protested righteously.
"Then why does she seem to like you?" Mo Qianni asked curiously.
"Ah?" Yang Chen forced a smile. "Qian Qian, you can\'t say things like that. Even though she just got divorced, I\'m not someone who would take advantage of that."
"Believe it or not, I think she likes you," Mo Qianni said, waving her hand to dismiss Yang Chen as she wanted to get back to work.
Yang Chen felt a bitter taste in his mouth, feeling like a kept lover always being dismissed.
At the same time, a doubt arose in his mind. Remembering Zhao Hongyan\'s look just now and all the previous interactions, he couldn\'t help but wonder if his colleague really had feelings for him.