Stop There, Daddy

“Mr. Chen, thanks for your hard work. These are for you.” Wen Shuyue picked up a box of cherry tomatoes from the table and gave it to Mr. Chen as a gift.

On her beloved Christmas, Wen Shuyue didn’t want gifts from other people but the one she loved.Content rights by NôvelDr//ama.Org.

Mr. Chen took some of the cherry tomatoes as happily as a lark. When some worry came to his mind, he said with a frown, “These are enough. After all, they’re gifts from our superior. I’m afraid it’s inappropriate of me to take them all.”

“Superior?” Wen Shuyue repeated with a frown. Apparently, she didn’t know which superior Vice President Chen was referring to.

“Yes, I saw Mr. Gu’s secretary deliver the cherry tomatoes to you this morning. I guess they were from Mr. Gu.” Upon finishing his words, Mr. Chen nodded and looked at Wen Shuyue in a tricky way.

The look in his eyes made Wen Shuyue feel a bit embarrassed, so she scratched the head and remained silent after giving him a smile.

She preferred to believe that the secretary had feelings for her rather than Gu Ning who always treated her as a tool. But a man in love with her should never make use of her.

The whole office was filled with the happy atmosphere of Christmas. People exchanged gifts and many of them used this chance to confess their love.

Even though Wen Shuyue was harsh on her subordinates at work, she had a charming personality as a capable beauty.

“Hello, Miss Wen. This is a gift from all of us. Hope you like it.”

“Thanks.”

Wen Shuyue had received many gifts before this one. She nodded with a smile and put the gift away without a look at it.

People looked at her with envious eyes. Wen Shuyue gave her gifts to her colleagues in case they got jealousy.

The festive atmosphere finally calmed down. Suddenly, a familiar voice rang outside the office when Wen Shuyue turned on the computer.

“Ning, don’t treat me like that. It’s Christmas today. I just want to see you.”

Xi Ya had to trot on high heels to catch up with Gu Ning, which caused her fair face to flush with fatigue.

Gu Ning probably couldn’t tolerate Xi Ya any more and finally stopped. He shot a helpless gaze at her and said, “Christmas has nothing got to do with me. I’ve got to work. No time to hang out with you.”

“Then we don’t hang out. I’ll just stay with you when you’re working. Do you like that?” Xi Ya obviously made up her minds to keep Gu Ning’s company.

Last time, Xi Ya got angry and went off, but Gu Ning didn’t apologize to her or ask her out as she expected. On the contrary, he disappeared and did nothing.

If Xi Ya didn’t come to Gu Ning this time, perhaps he would never meet her again, which terrified her a lot.

Gu Ning caressed the forehead resignedly and shifted his eyes from Xi Ya to Wen Shuyue’s office. When seeing Wen Shuyue, Gu Ning sighed with a relief and said with a smile, “Shuyue, come over here. I’ve got to talk to you about the work.”

Wen Shuyue hated to get in the middle of them, but she had to since her boss ordered her to.

“Hello, Mr. Gu,” Wen Shuyue walked to them hesitantly and greeted with an awkward but polite smile.

At the sight of Wen Shuyue, Xi Ya lost her temper and rebuked loudly, “Are you blind? You see me, don’t you? Oh, never mind. A mistress can only see the men.”

Xi Ya said it loud enough for other people to hear. People shot a weird gaze at Wen Shuyue, which made Wen Shuyue feel uncomfortable.

“Excuse me. You’re neither my colleague nor my superior. I don’t have to greet to you,” Wen Shuyue said in a calm voice after calming herself down.

It seemed Xi Ya didn’t expect Wen Shuyue would treat her without respect. Xi Ya was so pissed off that she shouted at Wen Shuyue, “Humph! Don’t you know that I am Mr. Gu’s girlfriend? That’s how you treat the future Mrs. Gu? I bet you ask for this. Just wait…”

When Xi Ya reached out to hit Wen Shuyue, Gu Ning reacted briskly and stopped Xi Ya.

“Enough! She doesn’t have to greet to you. Just stop pulling my rank on her. Go home now,” Gu Ning said in an obviously impatient tone with a frown.

Women in love were fools. Xi Ya was too angry with jealousy to notice his impatience.

She begged pitifully, holding Gu Ning by the hand, “Ning, please stay with me for Christmas. Just once. You’ve never spent any festivals with me all these years.”

Usually, a man couldn’t refuse when a woman acted cutesy, but Gu Ning ignored Xi Ya totally. He shook her hands off unhurriedly and said to Wen Shuyue, “To my office. I need to talk to you.”

“Um,” Wen Shuyue replied and followed him to his office.

Xi Ya felt it shameful to be turned down when she acted cutesy. Standing still, Xi Ya shot a horrible gaze at Wen Shuyue.

Feeling the gaze, Wen Shuyue was terrified and had a foreboding.

“Don’t take her words seriously. I treat her as a younger sister. She’s not my cup of tea,” Gu Ning took a glance at Wen Shuyue and explained even though he didn’t know why he did that.

“Mr. Gu, don’t worry. It’s nothing serious.” Wen Shuyue had been indifferent to Gu Ning since he asked her to work in Mannis.

Annoyed by her unusually indifferent tone, Gu Ning said, “Shuyue, you sure you want to talk to me in that tone? We can negotiate about that thing.”

How did you expect me to talk to you?

Wen Shuyue almost blurted out that question but she managed to swallow it. She struggled to master her moods before saying calmly, “Mr. Gu, what do you want to talk to me?”

“Nothing. I just didn’t want you to be bothered by Xi Ya,” Gu Ning answered unhurriedly. Upon finishing his words, he lost in thoughts with a sullen look.