chapter 68

Qin Shu clicked on the picture and raised her eyebrows slightly. She was a little surprised, and then she felt that she should not be that surprised since she had expected this before.

She glanced at the shy Tang Anru beside her and quietly clicked the list of group members to look for the person who sent the message, but only discovered that the other party was no longer in the group.

Qin Shu clicked on the person’s avatar to check the personal information. She found that the account was a very low-level account that hadn’t been used often, and the homepage was completely blank. Even the avatar was set by the system mode.

This person sent the message to Qin Shu through a group chat that included a thousand people of their university. It seemed that the person was also from the university. He or she knew that Qin Shu was in this group, and that the group didn’t have strict membership management. Anyone could join the group as soon as he or she offered the names of their departments and universities.

Clearly, the person was well prepared.

Qin Shu saved the picture and listened to the others chatting with Tang Anru. Those people talked about how much they envied the sweet relationship between Tang Anru and Qi Mingran. Qin Shu couldn’t help but pull the corner of her mouth and revealed a strange smile.

Ting!

The elevator door opened and a group of people walked out one after another. Only Qin Shu was still inside.

Her destination was the top floor.

Everyone knew what the top floor meant. It meant high position that many people yearned for.

When the elevator door was about to close, Tang Anru turned around to take a look. She saw Qin Shu’s exquisite face, calm and unrestrained, with a unique beauty between her eyebrows.

Tang Anru bit her lower lip lightly and turned to walk towards the Secretary Department’s office.

Qin Shu needed to report to the Special Assistant Yang first on the top floor.

“I’ve read your internship performance report. It’s very good. Lin Xian also praised you a lot.” Special Assistant Yang sat behind her desk and was going through the pages.

She was a straightforward and able woman with a generous demeanor. She expressed her appreciation of Qin Shu the moment she opened her mouth. Then she put down her pen and said, “I’ll walk you around the various departments, you should familiarize yourself with them later. Pay a special attention to the Secretary Department and the Technology Department. These two are the most important departments of the Military Industry Group.”

Qin Shu nodded with a smile and said, “Thank you for your help, Special Assistant Yang.”

“Hey, don’t be so courteous, you don’t need to address me respectfully. You’re making me nervous,” Special Assistant Yang teased her. “We’ll be working together for a long time in the future. I hope we can get along as friends.”

Qin Shu blinked and smiled. “I hope so too.”

Whether Special Assistant Yang treated her sincerely or just flattered her for Ling Mohan’s sake, Qin Shu did not dislike her so far, and she even began to look forward to the following secretarial work.

After dealing with some of the matters at hand, Special Assistant Yang personally showed Qin Shu around the various departments to familiarize her with the roles and main leader staff of each department. After all, they would have to deal with these departments at work in the future.

When the leaders of those departments saw that Special Assistant Yang showed Qin Shu around personally, they knew that Qin Shu would definitely be the key person to be trained by the company. She would be an important person beside the military commander, so it was absolutely right to form a good relationship with her now.

As a result, everyone was very friendly to Qin Shu. Of course, there were also some other people who had their own hidden thoughts.

For example, they wished they could replace Qin Shu or Special Assistant Yang!

In a large military industry group, there must be different power groups.

Each group wanted to climb up and target at other people’s high positions like greedy wolves and tigers, so both the overt and covert means of contest were inevitable.

Qin Shu was brought up by Grandpa Ling since childhood. Although people gossiped about her a lot behind her back, no one dared to plot against her, so much so that she was relatively unguarded in terms of power struggle and intrigue against each other.

However, this time, when Qin Shu followed Special Assistant Yang to familiarize herself with the various departments, she was secretly shocked. She discovered that many people had deep meaning in their words, or even a subtle movement could make people feel that it was not as simple as it seemed, so she had to spend some time to figure it out.

This reminded Qin Shu of the time when she was just delivered to the Ling family when she was a child. Among so many pastries, she just had an extra piece of osmanthus cake. From then on, her preference for food was secretly kept in mind by others. And every time when she had tea and desserts after the meal, there would be osmanthus cakes served.

There was no need for her to say what she liked. Sometimes, as long as she took an extra glance at a certain dish at the table, the dish would appear on the table again for a second time.

This was the style of the rich and large families, so considerate that it made you feel frightened.

In the end, Special Assistant Yang and Qin Shu arrived at the Secretary Department.

This was the department where Qin Shu interned previously. Although she had experienced some unpleasant things and was secretly tricked by someone here, Qin Shu still heaved a sigh of relief.

Special Assistant Yang said to the Secretary General, “Qin Shu once worked in your department, do you need me to introduce her?”

“I still need to introduce her to other colleagues,” the Secretary General said with a smile and walked out of his office.

“Attention, everyone, let me introduce a new colleague to you,” the Secretary General said loudly and extended an introductory gesture toward Qin Shu. “This is your former colleague, Qin Shu. She is now the secretary of the military commander. We will have more contact at work in the future. I hope that everyone can cooperate with each other and work hard for the military industry group.”

As he spoke, he took the lead and applauded. The other colleagues were startled and quickly followed to applaud as well.

Some well-informed people had already learned of Qin Shu’s identity from the banquet last night, but some people still did not know.

Those people all thought that Qin Shu had been fired, and they were somewhat happy in their hearts. Because it meant that there would be one strong competitor less for them in the workplace, and there would be a greater chance of promotion.

But now, Qin Shu suddenly changed her identity and actually became the secretary of the military commander!

It would be a lie if they said they didn’t envy her.

The Secretary General turned around and went back to the office for work. Then, Special Assistant Yang suddenly received a phone call and left in a hurry as well. She told Qin Shu to go back to the office on the top floor first and she’d arrange work for her in the afternoon.

Qin Shu had wanted to leave as well, but those colleagues who usually treated her neither coldly nor warmly suddenly became extremely enthusiastic at this moment. They surrounded her and talked to her one after another, causing her to be unable to leave even if she wanted to.

“Qin Shu, congratulations! When you missed the intern exam previously, we all thought that you would be fired. We were especially reluctant to part with you. But I didn’t expect you to become the secretary of the military commander. We’re all happy for you.”

“Right, right, that’s right. You were great during your internship. We’ll all learn from you in the future.”

“My friend said there’s a newly opened Chinese restaurant on the Lin’an Road. They have many new dishes. Why don’t we go there to celebrate for Qin Shu after work today?”

“Qin Shu, what do you think?”

Qin Shu smiled faintly and said in a flat tone, “Thank you all, guys. I also want to try some new dishes with you. But I have already made an appointment with my friend to have dinner tonight. If there’s a chance another day, I’ll treat you all to a dinner so that we can sit and chat.”

Everyone revealed regretful expressions, as if it was such a pity that they couldn’t have dinner with Qin Shu.

Qin Shu felt funny in her heart. She turned around and left the Secretary Department without looking at Tang Anru from beginning to end.

It was rare that Tang Anru didn’t run over to her and say those same words this time. Instead, she stayed in the office cubicle quietly and gently. Occasionally, she would glance at Qin Shu’s side and her gentle face would reveal a trace of sadness.

“Tang Anru, don’t be sad,” someone comforted her. “Now that Qin Shu is the secretary of the military commander, she is in her best moments now. How can she still remember us colleagues who worked hard with her?”

“Didn’t you see that a moment ago, when we asked her to go to dinner together, she excused that she had an appointment with a friend. She clearly just didn’t want to associate with us.”

“It’s not just us, she even pretended not to know you. Tang Anru, you two were bosom friends for four years in college. But just because of the tiny matter that you apologized for her, she throws away your friendship and hates you until now. I don’t think she will be able to be a secretary for long with this little bit of magnanimity.”

Tang Anru said guiltily, “It was my fault. Qin Shu did nothing wrong to blame me for it. Don’t talk about her like that in the future.”

“Sigh, you are just too kind. You still speak for her now,” someone said sympathetically.

Another person kept her voice down and asked Tang Anru, “Anru, how did Qin Shu become the secretary of the military commander? She didn’t even pass the internship exam, did she play some shameful trick?”

“I don’t know.” Tang Anru shook her head and smiled faintly. “Qin Shu is very capable of the job. It’s not strange for her to be favored by the military commander.”

“In terms of working ability, you are stronger than her. In terms of personality and appearance, you are gentler and more tolerant than her. Even if the higher-ups want to choose a secretary, they should choose you. Why would they choose Qin Shu?” that person asked meaningfully.

Someone else just said directly, “Do you need to ask that? She must have played tricks!”

As the person spoke, she lifted her chin towards the Secretary General’s office and Lin Xian’s side. She did not say a word, but many people revealed expressions of understanding.

When Special Assistant Yang asked the Secretary Department to choose a secretary from the interns, if both the Secretary General and Lin Xian strongly recommended Qin Shu, no one else would have a chance.

“Heh, you could do nothing about the fact that she has a beautiful face, even prettier than a fox fairy. It’s her inborn advantage. We lost the battle in the womb.” Someone laughed in a deliberately weird tone.

Tang Anru did not say anything. She remembered each time the way Qi Mingran looked at Qin Shu and slowly grabbed the pen holder in her hand tightly.

“Alright, let’s get to work now. Otherwise, we’ll have to work overtime tonight.” Tang Anru smiled and changed the topic about Qin Shu.

The colleagues beside her winked and made signs to one another. “What does it matter if we single dogs work overtime? I think you want to get off work early and go out on date with Mr. Qi, right?”

“That’s right,” another colleague picked up the topic, “Anru, I know you’re very happy now, but you guys must control yourselves.”

“Don’t talk nonsense.” Tang Anru pursed her lips and smiled. Her expression was a little unnatural, but no one noticed it.

From last night until now, Qi Mingran had not made her a phone call or sent her a single message. She couldn’t act too proactively, otherwise, she would be like those easy girls who chased after men at all cost and wouldn’t be cherished by Qi Mingran.

Waiting until after work in the evening, Tang Anru still hadn’t received Qi Mingran’s phone call. She started to feel anxious and held her phone tightly, wanting to call Qi Mingran.

Right at this moment, one of her colleagues smiled and said to her, “Hey, Tang Anru, I saw Mr. Qi’s car downstairs. Why haven’t you gone downstairs quickly?”

Tang Anru tried her best to restrain her joy. She walked to the window and looked down. As expected, she saw the familiar BMW car.

“Anru, I’m waiting for you downstairs.” Qi Mingran’s text message was finally sent over.

Tang Anru quickly ran to the bathroom to refine her makeup. When she turned around and saw the kiss mark on the back of her neck, her eyebrows knitted tightly. She was very annoyed and had no choice but to cover it up with heavy foundation.

Another notification sound came from her phone.

Tang Anru thought it was Qi Mingran, so she happily clicked the screen, but when she saw the message sent by an unfamiliar number, her entire body was frozen!