This seemed like a tacit agreement. Tang Libo clenched his fists and sneered, "You cold-blooded animal who eats people without spitting out the bones! No wonder your parents left you, and your grandmother only wanted to control you. In such a big Xie family, in the end, not a single person was close to you!"
Tang Libo's words immediately silenced everyone present; the large conference room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. No one wanted to witness Xie Siyan's private affairs, to see him humiliated, or to see him lose his temper.
At the conference room door, Xie Siyan spoke to the group of executives. His expression was indifferent, and his voice was devoid of any emotion. He simply said, "Send Chairman Tang back to rest."
Secretary Lin understood and immediately directed the security guards to restrain the emotionally unstable Tang Libo.
"Xie Siyan!" Tang Libo began to struggle. "You just wait! You'll get your comeuppance! You'll regret this one day!"
Xie Siyan returned to the president's office without saying a word. The heavy door closed, cutting off all outside sounds.
The world quieted down, but the voices in my mind became clearer.
Sometimes it was the voice of a kindergarten teacher.
"It's so strange. That kid from the Xie family never plays with others. Even when someone specifically seeks him out, he barely acknowledges them. Could he have autism?"
Sometimes it was the disappointed expression on the parents' faces.
"Are you really not coming with us to Iceland this time? How about we treat it as a family trip?"
Or perhaps it was Old Mrs. Xie's complaints.
“You’re a good child in every way, but you’re too cold and not very close to your relatives. What are you going to do in the future? In my opinion, you should find a partner and settle down as soon as possible.”
...
Various voices intertwined, accusing him of being cold-hearted, indifferent to family, and shallow in friendship.
Xie Siyan sat in the chair, his hands clasped in front of his forehead, and had already thought of the next thing to say to those people: "You don't even have any human touch in your office decoration, it's all black, white and gray."
Suddenly, a bright yellow appeared amidst the black, white, and gray.
Xie Siyan paused for a moment before remembering that those were sunflowers Yan Shenyu had given him, which he had bottled and placed on his desk. After so many days, even with his careful tending, the golden flowers had gradually withered.
Xie Siyan looked away, intending to call his secretary to come in and take the flowers away, but just before dialing the internal line, his phone suddenly vibrated.
Yan Shenyu: "Hello, Mr. Xie, this is Yan Shenyu. Thank you for taking me to the hospital last night. I'm so sorry for getting your tie and handkerchief dirty. I bought you new ones, they should be arriving at your company soon."
It was midday in summer, the sun blazing overhead. Inside the room, Yan Shenyu lay on the sofa, typing these words while enjoying the air conditioning.
He was just sending a notification and didn't even expect a reply from the CEO.
However, the next moment, Xie Siyan called: "How much longer until you get there?"
Yan Shenyu: "..."
In the awkward silence, Xie Siyan finally realized: "Didn't you personally deliver the thank-you gift?"
Yan Shenyu: "..."
Why did Xie Siyan have this misconception? Did he think he would personally choose a gift for him and then drive it over?
In reality, Yan Shenyu didn't even leave the house. He directly contacted the saleswoman on WeChat to place an order, and then asked her to find a delivery person to deliver it to Xie Siyan's company. The efficiency was unprecedented, and he didn't need to do anything himself.
But since he was thanking someone, Yan Shenyu couldn't appear insincere. After a pause, he chose a more tactful way to express it: "I was afraid of disturbing your work, so I had someone leave the things at the front desk."
Xie Siyan snorted coldly and said unhappily, "Is this your sincerity?"
What's wrong? Not only are you ungrateful, but you've also learned to label people?
Yan Shenyu also lost his temper: "If you don't want it, give it back to me."
"Who said I don't want it?" Xie Siyan took a deep breath, as if he had made a huge concession. "If you bring it to me personally, I'll take it."
“Uh…” Yan Shenyu was speechless: “In this hot weather, I could make popcorn on the spot by scattering a handful of corn on the ground, and you still want me to go out.”
"And bring a bouquet of flowers," Xie Siyan emphasized, "I want sunflowers."
I've never seen anyone so shameless.
Yan Shenyu, unable to bear it any longer, said directly, "How about I bring you a bouquet of chrysanthemums? They're all yellow anyway!"
Before Xie Siyan could answer, Yan Shenyu slammed the phone down.
Remembering he hadn't finished speaking, he sent another voice message: "I had an errand runner deliver it to Secretary Lin. Take it or leave it."
After saying that, he opened the delivery app and ordered a bouquet of flowers. He hesitated for a long time between chrysanthemums and sunflowers, but finally had a change of heart and chose a bouquet of sunflowers for Xie Siyan.
Forget it, he's a good person, I won't stoop to his level.
In the president's office of Wildfire Technology, Xie Siyan was rudely hung up on by Yan Shenyu. He should have been angry, but his expression relaxed.
He thought, at least there are still people willing to send him flowers.
...
On a sweltering summer day, Yan Shenyu sat in an air-conditioned room, enjoying the cool air and eating watermelon.
An hour later, the deliveryman told him the item had been delivered. Yan Shenyu also told Secretary Lin to remember to pick it up when he had time. However, a while later, Secretary Lin told him he hadn't received it.
Didn't receive it?
Yan Shenyu contacted the errand runner again, and the other party directly sent a photo of the Wildfire Technology reception desk, saying that the items had been delivered.
Yan Shenyu called Secretary Lin again, saying the package was left at the front desk. However, Secretary Lin still insisted he hadn't seen it there. He even kindly explained that it might have been a mistake during handover and suggested he come and check it himself.
Yan Shenyu sensed something was amiss and hesitated before asking, "You didn't conspire with Xie Siyan to lie to me, did you?"
Secretary Lin: "Absolutely not!"
Yan Shenyu: "Then swear on your hair volume that if you lie to me, you will become a bald man with a receding hairline by the time you are 30."
Secretary Lin: "..."
After a long silence, Yan Shenyu heard Secretary Lin squeeze out two words through gritted teeth: "No."
The fact that he dared to make such a solemn oath means he wasn't lying to him.
Yan Shenyu stood up from his chair and compromised, "Alright, I'll come and take a look."
As he left, he glanced at the blazing sun outside the window, put on a pair of sunglasses, and then grabbed his car keys and headed out.
In the president's office of Wildfire Technology, Secretary Lin touched his increasingly thinning head, almost on the verge of tears: he had truly sacrificed too much for the president.
Xie Siyan: "This year's year-end bonus will be doubled."
Secretary Lin immediately stood up straight, his face full of piety: "I was born a Wildfire person, and I will die a Wildfire ghost! I am willing to dedicate myself to Wildfire until my dying breath!"
After watching Secretary Lin finish her performance, Xie Siyan said quietly, "Or maybe we should just cancel the year-end bonus."
Secretary Lin: "!!"
President, please don't!!
...
Yan Shenyu arrived at the gate of Wildfire Technology before noon. Secretary Lin was already waiting at the gate. As soon as he got out of the car, she immediately came up to him and said politely, "I'm sorry, I didn't see the package when I got down. It may have been mistakenly taken by someone else."
Yan Shenyu glanced at the high-tech reception desk and commented, "Your company's management is a bit lax."
"Yes, we are working hard to update our management methods." Secretary Lin silently took the blame and said in a good tone, "I have already sent someone to find a gift. Please go upstairs and have a seat."
“No need,” Yan Shenyu said, her gaze drawn to the exhibition hall next door. “I want to go take a look over there.”
Secretary Lin hesitated for a moment, then suggested, "Then I'll go back to my office first. I'll let you know when I find the thing."
"Okay, you can go ahead and get busy." Yan Shenyu said goodbye to Secretary Lin and wandered around the exhibition hall alone.
The Smart Exhibition Hall is located on the first floor of the Wildfire Technology Building. It mainly exhibits various electronic products developed by the company. In addition to common products such as mobile phones, computers and tablets, there are also smart wearables, VR headsets, smart home systems and other smart living-related products.
Most boys like electronic products, and Yan Shenyu was no exception. He looked at each of these high-tech gadgets one by one, becoming quite engrossed. When he learned that he could play VR games, he even volunteered to choose a horror game.
Unfortunately, he overestimated his endurance. The impact of the zombies in the VR game was too great. One zombie after another rushed towards him, and he simply didn't have time to deal with them.
Just when he was about to be defeated by the zombie boss, a teammate joined the battle and instantly turned the tide of the battle.
Thinking it was the staff member who had explained the game to him earlier, Yan Shenyu didn't think much of it and confidently asked the other party to adjust the game difficulty to hell mode.
Upon hearing this request, a soft laugh came from the other end, seemingly mocking his overestimation of his abilities.
Just as Yan Shenyu was about to take off the VR headset to argue with the other party, the other party had already pressed the start button, and the hellish zombie battle began.
Yan Shenyu thought this time it would be like the beginner difficulty level before, progressing step by step. However, he did not expect that as soon as he logged into the game, a zombie BOSS with a blood-stained face rushed towards him. Yan Shenyu did not have time to draw his gun and could only retreat in a physiological reaction.
"Watch out." A deep voice rang out, and the next moment, he fell into a broad embrace.
Yan Shenyu felt the voice was somewhat familiar. She took off her glasses and saw Xie Siyan's face behind her.
Yan Shenyu put down the VR controller, somewhat speechless: "The president of Wildfire Technology, slacking off at work to play games, do you think that's acceptable?"
Xie Siyan also took off his glasses and mimicked his tone, saying, "You're halfway through delivering a gift and then you come here to play games. Do you think that's acceptable?"
Yan Shenyu: "I'm not here to play games, I'm here to do something serious."
Xie Siyan raised an eyebrow: "What serious matter?"
Just then, the errand boy brought in a large bouquet of flowers. Yan Shenyu, quick-witted and agile, immediately said, "I was waiting to bring you flowers!"
After saying that, he ignored Xie Siyan's reaction and rushed over to take the sunflower from the errand boy.
At midday on a summer day, bright sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows, illuminating a corner of the exhibition hall. The sunlight was intense, and fine dust particles floated in the air.
Yan Shenyu, carrying sunflowers, walked across most of the exhibition hall to Xie Siyan, looked up and said, "These flowers are for you."
Xie Siyan looked at him quietly for two seconds, then silently accepted the flowers.
“Let’s go,” he said, turning around with the flowers in his arms, trying to suppress the upturned corners of his mouth. “I’ll take you to my office.”
Yan Shenyu: "..."
Wait, did I say I wanted to go to the office with you?
Yan Shenyu wanted to refuse, but Xie Siyan had already walked a long way away, leaving him no chance to refuse.
Yan Shenyu: "..."
Okay, consider this an extra service to express my gratitude.
Yan Shenyu followed Xie Siyan through most of the company and up the observation elevator. He wasn't usually afraid of being stared at, but the employees' shocked expressions were so exaggerated that Yan Shenyu couldn't help but ask, "Doesn't your CEO have a private elevator?"
"Yes." Xie Siyan nodded.
Yan Shenyu: "Then why didn't you take the private elevator?"
“Since it’s called a private elevator,” Xie Siyan said quietly, “it’s only for me to ride.”
"Well……"