Thus, Lu Xue successfully slacked off in the office for a whole day. When she got bored, she would look up at Mu Yuze's profile as he worked intently at the desk opposite hers.
Mu Yuze hardly had any time to rest. From morning till evening, he was either in video conferences or downstairs in the reception room meeting with other business partners.
The stack of reports waiting for his signature beside his desk grew taller and taller, gradually piling up like a small hill.
Lu Xue watched as he kept his head down, poring over the documents. She heaved a melancholy sigh.
Being a boss was really no easy feat. He had to handle so much work every day.
...
What Lu Xue didn't know was that rumors had started spreading in the company.
Many colleagues were speculating about the background and origin of this new assistant to the president. How could she just parachute into such a high - level position right after showing up?
And she got to work side by side with the president. This was a dream job for many female employees in the company.
Everyone was full of curiosity about Lu Xue. Quite a few people took advantage of the opportunity to deliver documents to the president today and stole sidelong glances at Lu Xue.
Mu Yuze had no idea why the number of people coming to his office to deliver documents today was more than twice the usual amount.
While delivering the documents, everyone always tried to say a few more words and stall for time.
Then they would take a few more looks at Lu Xue sitting at the table beside him.
The junior staff who didn't have the privilege to meet the president directly and deliver documents were eagerly waiting for the people above to come down and spread the news.
As soon as they saw someone coming out of the top - floor office, they would surround that person tightly and ask eagerly.
"How was it?"
"What happened?"
"Yeah! Did you see the new assistant to the president?"
"I saw her! I tell you, she looks pretty from afar, but up close, she's really stunning! Her skin is so white and smooth, just like an egg!"
"Have some culture, will you? That's called having skin like congealed fat! I went up there to take a look too. Her side profile is just amazing! She's really a perfect match for our president!"
"So what do you think the background of this new assistant to the president is? Could she be the president's date? Did the president put her in his office so he could be with his sweetheart every day?"
"Come to think of it, the president is so romantic! If I were that girl, I'd be over the moon!"
Everyone had already assumed that Lu Xue was Mu Yuze's date. More and more people wanted to go up and take a look at Lu Xue.
They all wanted to know what kind of girls the president liked and were even more curious about the progress of their relationship.
By evening, Mu Yuze finally finished his work.
He looked up wearily, rubbing his temples. As he looked up, a glass of lemonade suddenly appeared in front of him out of nowhere.
He stared at the lemonade for a moment, then slightly lifted his eyes and met Lu Xue's gaze.
Lu Xue was smiling, her eyes seemingly filled with stars.
"Boss, have a glass of water! You've been sitting at your desk all day. You need to take a break."
Mu Yuze stared at Lu Xue for a while, looking at her crescent - shaped eyes like a moon. Unconsciously, he found his heart beating a little faster.
He coughed lightly, pretending to be calm, then picked up the glass of lemonade in front of him and took a sip gracefully.
It was almost six o'clock by now. He pondered for a moment in his mind, then looked up and asked in a nonchalant tone.
"I'm going back to the Mu Mansion now. It's on the way. Do you want to go back together?"
"Of course! We live in the same place. It's only natural to go back together."
Mu Yuze nodded and got up. He picked up his coat from the sofa and said to Lu Xue.
"Let's go. I'll turn off the lights."
With that, Mu Yuze opened the door, blocked the glass door with half of his body, and stepped aside to let Lu Xue go first.
At this moment, Lu Xue even had an illusion.
She felt as if they weren't in the cold office but in a restaurant or some dating venue.
She also felt as if they weren't in a superior - subordinate relationship but just a boyfriend opening the door for his girlfriend.
After all, Mu Yuze's gentlemanly gesture was so natural.
After leaving the office, they quickly reached the elevator.
Since Mu Yuze needed to pick up a document downstairs, they got off at the next floor.
When they stepped out of the elevator, they were shocked to find the entire floor brightly lit, and not a single employee had left work.
This was actually quite strange because usually, everyone would leave the company one after another at five o'clock.
Mu Yuze walked out of the elevator and glanced into Yan Hua's office. To his surprise, every employee was sitting in their cubicles, all craning their necks and looking curiously in their direction.
Everyone had waited this late without leaving work just to see this moment.
The number of messages in the company's internal gossip group had already reached over 999+. Although everyone looked calm and was working hard on the surface, their fingers were flying over the phone keyboards as they had a heated discussion in the group.