But she really liked the original version, the line of which was—"The evening star is like your eyes, killing and setting fires."
"I didn't." Liang Shi swallowed. "Are you... done wiping?"
Xu Qingzhu moved her hand away to take a look, then put it back on. "Not yet, your mascara is of good quality."
Her breath, warm from speaking, touched Liang Shi's face, causing him to blush slightly.
Morning is a time when desires awaken, just like springtime.
If I were alone, I could naturally spend the morning peacefully without any distractions, but now there's someone else beside me, especially with that kind of face.
Whether physiologically or psychologically, it is largely irresistible.
Just as Liang Shi was holding her breath until she could barely breathe, Xu Qingzhu finally withdrew, releasing her grip on Liang Shi's collar and smoothing it down with her hand.
She threw the used makeup remover pad into the trash can, her cool voice as indifferent as ever, "All done. Just touch up your foundation and reapply your mascara."
"Okay, thank you." Liang Shi said this with a sense of relief, as if he had just escaped a disaster.
Xu Qingzhu stood to the side and asked, "Do you need me to apply mascara for you?"
Liang Shi: "...No need."
There's absolutely no need for that.
"Then I'll go out first," Xu Qingzhu said. "Come down and eat when you're done."
Liang Shi: "..."
She was somewhat surprised as to why Xu Qingzhu was treating her so well.
Before she could figure it out, Xu Qingzhu walked to the door of the room, then walked back, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Liang Shi."
Liang Shigang pulled out his mascara wand, relieved that he hadn't started applying it yet, and turned around to reply, "Hmm?"
"Thank you," Xu Qingzhu said.
Liang Shi: "?"
//
It wasn't until they went downstairs for dinner that Liang Shi learned the reason.
Xu Qingya vividly recounted what happened that day to Xu Qingzhu, but skipped over what happened in the room, only saying that Liang Shi rushed in without regard for anything and rescued her, and that she later caused a drunken scene in the car, and Liang Shi patiently coaxed her.
Afterwards, they arranged for a family doctor to take care of her all night long.
Liang Shi admired Xu Qingya's storytelling ability.
Liang Shi admired her for embellishing and beautifying her intentions.
Liang Shi and Xu Qingzhu both had to go to work, while Xu Qingya had not yet started school and was still staying at her home.
Liang Shi and Xu Qingzhu went back to their room to get their things.
Liang Shi felt that he knew more than Xu Qingzhu, so after checking everything, he reminded her, "Remember to bring your documents; you'll need them when you register."
Xu Qingzhu nodded, "Okay."
As she was leaving, Xu Qingzhu asked hesitantly, "When you brought me out that day, did you see Weiwei?"
Liang Shi was taken aback. "No, Zhao Xuning went to rescue her. She should be alright, right?"
She glanced at her watch as she went in; it was 10:10.
Even if someone is injected with aphrodisiacs, they only have enough time to take off their clothes and kiss. They can't do anything more intimate, right?
Therefore, she was more inclined to believe that the other person was alright.
"What's wrong?" Liang Shi asked.
Xu Qingzhu shook her head, "I can't get in touch with Weiwei."
"What about Zhao Xuning?"
"We can't get in touch with them either."
“I’ll give it a try,” Liang Shi said. “I’ll ask Zhao Xuning what happened and then I’ll tell you.”
"Okay." Xu Qingzhu paused for a moment, "Thank you."
Liang Shi: "It's nothing."
I feel like Xu Qingzhu says thank you way too often.
But none of that matters.
On his first day of work, Liang Shi was in a relatively unfamiliar field, and he was filled with anticipation.
She didn't drive the million-dollar Porsche; she offered it to Xu Qingzhu, but Xu Qingzhu refused.
She picked out a silver-white car from the garage, estimated to be worth over 200,000 yuan, which was the most understated car in the garage.
Xu Qingzhu also drives a car worth over 200,000 yuan.
Neither of them wanted to be too high-profile.
They drove out at the same time and then parted ways on Tinglin Road.
//
The headquarters of Dongheng Group is not particularly conspicuous among the CBD buildings.
Liang Shi took her identification to the Human Resources Department to report for duty; her colleagues there had all seen her before.
To be precise, I have met the original owner of this body.
They didn't have a good impression of her; she was just a spoiled rich girl with strange clothes and a bad temper.
However, Liang Shi didn't come to work to change their impression of her. She dutifully entered the information, and then the department head called the head of the design department to ask him to come and pick her up.
No sooner had he finished speaking than a furious roar came from the phone: "What kind of new recruit have we parachuted in? Does she not know the way or can't read? Someone who can't even find her own department should be fired as soon as possible. Our design department can't afford her."
Snap.
The call ended.
The head of human resources looked at Liang Shi with embarrassment and fear, afraid that she would have a fit of temper and smash up the office. He hesitated for a long time, unsure of what to say.
Liang Shi didn't make things difficult for her, and smiled at her, "I'll go by myself."
Minister: "Huh?"
She paused, then said, "How about I take you there?"
"No need," Liang Shi said. "You're busy. I can read, so I can find it myself."
minister:"……"
She always had this feeling that Miss Liang wasn't tearing down the HR department's office because she was holding back, waiting to tear down the design department's office later.
I couldn't help but light a candle in my heart for that short-tempered head of the design department.
Liang Shi went out and took the elevator to the twelfth floor.
Chaos was raging on the twelfth floor. The newly established department had few people and a lot of work. The responsibilities of each department were not yet fully clear. Although the head of the department was an editor-in-chief with many years of experience in magazine work, she originally worked in print media and was almost completely out of touch with new media.
The company's upper management paid special attention to this department, hoping to gain a share of the new media magazine market through it, thus creating their own publicity channel.
I'm supposed to have a topic selection meeting with the general manager this afternoon, but I'm still completely clueless.
All the directions submitted by the planning department were rejected by the minister.
As soon as Liang Shi walked in, he heard the irritable voice on the phone yelling, "Are you all pigs? Graduated from prestigious universities, three years of experience working in e-magazines, and this is the kind of stuff you submit? How are these usable? They've all been written to death, who's going to read this? And this, just trying to get clicks and sensationalism, do you have any of the original intentions of a media professional? The topic selection meeting is this afternoon, and you can't even decide on the most basic things, what kind of meeting is this?"
Everyone was gathered together in a meeting, and all the office desks were empty.
There was only one little girl sitting on the edge, reading a fairy tale book.
The little girl looked about the same size as the bell, and despite the commotion outside, she remained engrossed in the world of her book.
Liang Shi stood inside for ten minutes, but no one noticed her.
Until the minister said, "You have half an hour to submit new topics. We need to move on to the next step quickly. Okay, meeting adjourned."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and scattered like birds and beasts.
They were all stunned when they turned around and saw a beautiful woman with a bright and beautiful face.
A girl with a round face turned around and said, "Minister, a new person has arrived."
The minister's hair was meticulously combed back, but it looked greasy due to excessive hair gel. He adjusted his glasses and glanced at Liang Shi. "Are you new here?"
Liang Shi nodded, "Yes."
The minister stared at her for a moment. "Here to be a model?"
“No, I’m here to do copywriting or interviews,” Liang Shi said.
What was your major?
"Chinese Language and Literature".
Which school?
Liang Shi really didn't want to say that the original owner's third-rate diploma mill was aloud, but he could only bite the bullet and say, "Guangliu University."
Everyone in the office was shocked.
How did someone with such a terrible academic background get into Dongheng?
It should be noted that everyone here is a graduate of a top-tier university in China.
So he looked at her with a hint of disdain.
Liang Shi didn't mind. The minister paused for a moment, then said, "Then you can go to the copywriting team."
Liang Shi's workstation was also on the edge, right next to the little girl's, and she didn't have much work to do all morning.
She sat there listlessly until noon, and when she went to the cafeteria for lunch, she caused quite a commotion. She quickly finished her meal and returned to her workstation.
As she was about to go to work, she went to the restroom again.
Not long after, a group of people walked in.
The restrooms of every company are a popular place for gossip, and Dongheng is no exception.
Judging from the voice, it belongs to someone from their magazine department.