Gu Shen glanced at her and gently brushed it off with a handkerchief, then handed Yan Xi a packet of tissues.

  “Wipe it off. It’s dirty.”


  Yan Xi raised her chin and said righteously, “My hand is dirty, help me wipe it.” Then she added, “You have to use a handkerchief!”


  Gu Er regretted following her in. He took a few steps back and pretended not to hear anything.

  “Wipe it yourself.” Gu Shen turned his face away but handed Yan Xi a new handkerchief.

  “Stingy!” Yan Xi took the handkerchief and wiped the corner of her mouth. Then she nuzzled against him like a sticky rice ball.

  Gu Shen looked up from the document and said, “Are you happy because you get to eat some chips? You are really easy to bribe.”


  “Of course not. The snacks are the price you pay for something I did.” After saying that, Yan Xi took out the proposal that she finished last night from her bag and placed it in front of Gu Shen. Her expression was filled with anticipation. “Boss, take a look. This is the fruit of my painstaking efforts.”


  Gu Shen lowered his eyes and moved his gaze to the proposal. He casually flipped through a few pages, but his expression became more and more serious. From time to time, he would write something on it.

  While Gu Shen was engrossed in it, Yan Xi suddenly said, “Well, I actually got into trouble just now.”


  When Gu Shen heard this, he raised his eyes to look at her and said calmly, “What’s the trouble?”


  After all, Zhou Qing was the daughter of Gu Shen’s partner, but she slapped her. Yan Xi gave him a fawning smile. “Zhou Qing made things difficult for me and Secretary Wang in the lounge and even burnt Secretary Wang with hot coffee.”


  “So?”


  “I gave her a few times!” Yan Xi shrunk back. “But you can’t blame me for this. That was clearly your fault!”


  Gu Shen narrowed his eyes. “Why? Why do you shift the blame to me for hitting her?”


  “She bullied me first.”


  “Naughty girl!” Gu Shen reached out his hand and pinched Yan Xi’s face. “If something like this happens in the future, leave Gu Yi and the rest to handle it. You are lucky this time that your enemy is a girl, next time it might be a strong man.”


  Yan Xi’s eyes lit up. “You don’t blame me?”


  Gu Shen stopped writing and nodded. As if feeling that his response was too nonchalant, he added, “Of course, you can also tell me. I’ll handle it.”


  What he meant was self-evident. He would protect Yan Xi at all costs.

  Yan Xi was so delighted that her eyes lit up. She pounced over and wrapped her arms around Gu Shen’s neck. “Then President Gu, you’ll be my back-up in the future.”


  Gu Shen snorted slightly. “I’m afraid you will cause me even more trouble.”


  “I’m so obedient, of course I won’t!”


  As soon as Yan Xi finished speaking, she heard Zhou Qing coming from outside. “Brother Gu Shen! You have to help me!”


  Before Gu Er could stop her, she had already dashed in.

  “Brother Gu Shen, one of your employees really pissed me off. She actually splashed coffee on me and hit me. You must ask her to apologize to me and then fire her!”


  Zhou Qing wailed and complained aggrievedly. She even squeezed out a few tears with difficulty, which was very different from her arrogant personality a while ago.

  However, she stopped speaking upon seeing Yan Xi who had her arms around Gu Shen’s neck.

  Her expression twisted and she pointed at Yan Xi. “You, what are you doing? Get the f*ck down!”


  Yan Xi snuggled closer into Gu Shen’s arms and said to him in a tone that was more aggressive than Zhou Qian. “Brother Gu Shen, she was the one who hurt me with the coffee. If it wasn’t for Secretary Wang who protected me, my face would have been ruined by her. You don’t blame me, Brother Gu Shen, do you?”


  She deliberately dragged her words. Her soft and gentle voice seemed to fall straight into Gu Shen’s heart. Then, she gently rubbed against his ears. Gu Shen patted Yan Xi on her back and said in a low and hoarse voice, “Use your normal tone.”


  Zhou Qing widened her eyes and felt a little at a loss. She pointed her fingers at them but couldn’t say a word. Then Secretary Wang arrived in a hurry. “I’m sorry, President Gu. Miss Zhou insisted on coming in, so I couldn’t stop her.”


  With that, she turned around and saw that Zhou Qing’s eyes were red and swollen. Zhou Qian held her hand tearfully and said, “Secretary Wang, it was an accident. I didn’t mean it. Can you forgive me?”


  Yan Xi raised her eyebrows and commented on Zhou Qian’s acting skill. Her expression was alright, but her tears weren’t enough. Before she came, she should force a cry so that she would look more pitiful……