WSIDIILMBOCIR Chapter 19

Chapter 19: The Presumptuous Secretary Bai

Li Chongge was always serious and meticulous about his work. He lowered himself to run to the construction site every other day, making Qin Yuanging suffer unspeakably.

It wasn’t that Qin Yuanging was afraid of the sun or getting tired, but the two-hour drive from the Qin family’s villa to the selected resort site was truly torturous. He spent four hours commuting every day.

Even if he sometimes brought a driver, the time wasted on the road still made Qin Yuanging feel regretful. Not to mention driving himself, he couldn’t handle any work at all in those four hours.

Qin Yuanging had his own residence in Jing City, but he hadn’t lived there for a long time. After hiding in Canada for two years, Qin Yuanging felt somewhat indebted to his parents and chose to stay by their side most of the time after returning.

Moreover, his previous residence was in Lychee Bay, which was also about two hours away from the resort area, so there was no difference where he lived.

Fortunately, Qin Yuanging wasn’t short of money and didn’t mind buying another property.

He called Jiang Muyuan to ask if she knew of any suitable properties, but the call didn’t go through.

Qin Yuanging thought about it carefully and realized that Jiang Muyuan hadn’t contacted him for many days, but he didn’t take it to heart.

With the Jiang family’s large household, full of turmoil, she must be busy enough.

Qin Yuanging then called his secretary.

“Help me buy a property within an hour’s drive of the resort area, either a large apartment or a villa is fine.”

Qin Yuanging’s secretary had been with him for many years. He followed him from Wansheng to Canada and then to Huichuang, and had always been “loyal”.

Even though things were getting worse and worse.

So Qin Yuanging could barely tolerate his unreliability and sharp tongue.

As a secretary, he was ten Bai Xiaobais short of Secretary Liu.

Qin Yuanging’s secretary was named Bai Xiaobai, and just the name itself didn’t sound very intelligent.

After a series of serious discussions and negotiations between the two parties, Secretary Bai honestly told Qin Yuanging that he couldn’t handle buying a house.

Because according to what they had agreed on earlier, Secretary Bai would start his annual leave in May.

Qin Yuanging hung up the phone, for the hundredth time entertaining the idea of firing Bai Xiaobai.

He thought that Bai Xiaobai had been following him all this time not because of so-called “loyalty”, but because no one would dare to hire Bai Xiaobai as a secretary except for him!

Bai Xiaobai didn’t know when he had gotten in touch with Secretary Liu, perhaps at a meeting, or perhaps when he went to the resort area to inspect the site. Qin Yuanging wasn’t sure.

Anyway, Bai Xiaobai didn’t really abandon his boss, but shamelessly asked Secretary Liu to handle this troublesome matter for him.

The amazing thing was that Secretary Liu agreed to this troublesome matter that had nothing to do with her.

However, Qin Yuanging admired Bai Xiaobai. Only he could be so presumptuous.

But it was Bai Xiaobai who lacked brains, and it was Qin Yuanging who felt embarrassed.

Because Secretary Liu was always Li Chongge’s secretary, the news reached Li Chongge half an hour later.

“I heard you’re planning to buy a house?”

Li Chongge’s call came very suddenly, his voice tinged with exhaustion.

Qin Yuanging looked at the time, 11:55 PM.

“Who told you?”

At this time, Qin Yuanging still didn’t know that Bai Xiaobai’s paper-thin brain could do such a bizarre thing.

Qin Yuanging was scared, thinking that Li Chongge had bugged his phone.

“I heard it when Secretary Liu was on the phone. Your Secretary Bai asked her to find a suitable house for you.”

Qin Yuanging laughed in anger.

Li Chongge sensed Qin Yuanging’s speechless shock and chuckled lightly.

“It’s okay, Secretary Liu doesn’t mind.”

Qin Yuanging lay in bed, calmly looking at the ceiling.

“Then she’s a really good person.”

Li Chongge didn’t have time to evaluate whether Secretary Liu was a good person with Qin Yuanging. He said, “I have an apartment here, right above me. Perhaps it would be suitable for you.”

Li Chongge’s current residence was in a top luxury residential area near Jiangtan, which was quiet in the midst of the hustle and bustle. The security and privacy were excellent, which was indeed a good choice for Qin Yuanging.

But Qin Yuanging hesitated. If he lived upstairs and downstairs with Li Chongge, wouldn’t it mean that they would see each other every day?

Even when following up on this project, Qin Yuanging would go out with Li Chongge and go home with him every day… Maybe they would even eat together.

This was tempting, but also very dangerous.

Qin Yuan didn’t want to sink deeper.

“Forget it, I thought about it carefully. If I buy a house now, I’ll have to spend time decorating it, and I won’t be able to live in it for a while. After this project is completed, I probably won’t need it anymore. I’ll just stay at home.”

Qin Yuanging thought that this reason was sufficient.

“That apartment is already decorated. As long as you think it’s suitable, you can move in right away.”

“Huh? How do you know it’s decorated?”

Li Chongge didn’t answer him, but skillfully made the decision for him.

“Come over with me to take a look tomorrow at noon.”

“I have something to do, I won’t talk to you anymore.”

Qin Yuanging stopped him before Li Chongge hung up the phone.

“Li Chongge… you should rest, it’s already the early hours of the morning.”

Li Chongge looked at his phone. The two of them had been talking for six minutes and three seconds. He had welcomed the new day with Qin Yuanging.

“Okay, I know, you rest.”

Qin Yuanging hung up the phone, but couldn’t get through to Bai Xiaobai’s phone.

He had forgotten that unless he said otherwise in advance, Bai Xiaobai would turn off his phone every night at 11:30 sharp to prevent Qin Yuanging’s sudden “harassment”.

Qin Yuanging listened to the busy tone coming from his phone, wanting to fire Bai Xiaobai for the hundred and first time.

Secretary Liu walked into the office with coffee, only to see Li Chongge picking up his coat and car keys, ready to leave.

“Mr. Li, didn’t you say you had a multinational meeting later?”

“I postponed it until tomorrow.” Li Chongge paused, and then said, “I should rest.”

Secretary Liu felt that her career had suddenly encountered a challenge, because since the day she was fortunate enough to become Li Chongge’s secretary, she had never heard the word “tired” from his mouth.

She didn’t quite know how to respond to her boss’s words.

But a secretary who lets the boss’s words fall to the ground is not a good secretary, so she said with her usual graceful smile, “Yes, you have been working for eleven consecutive hours. It is time to go back and rest. Please wait a moment, I will call the driver and ask him to take you back.”

“No need, I’m not sleepy yet. I’ll drive myself back. You go back too, you don’t have to come to work tomorrow morning, rest at home.”

Secretary Liu then felt that Li Chongge shouldn’t be too tired, and inferred from his expression that he seemed to be in a good mood.

She quickly hailed a taxi for herself. She didn’t know if the boss was tired or not, but she was really tired.