Hmph.
Already poor, yet they kept having children, a brood of brats, and who knows if they’ll ever amount to anything.
– Children from poor families often go astray, uneducated. What good is being smart?
– Poor families can’t afford skincare, so no one would ever want to marry them.
– Why do girls need to study so much? Just marry early and stop being a burden.
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– Dad, please give me money for tuition.
– There’s no money, you demanding brat. Why do you three daughters need to study so much? Raising you is just a waste of food.
…
– Wan Qing! Go get the kettle and make some tea.
– Yes, Uncle.
– What are you doing, being so slow?
Splash...! Clang!!!
The sound of pouring water and the falling kettle pulled Wan Qing out of her nightmare of the past.
Her wet forehead made her hair stick together, extremely uncomfortable, but it was nothing compared to the pain in her heart.
Childhood traumas had tormented her for years.
A past that was neither beautiful nor dreamy, unlike that of her peers.
Though God didn't take everything away, she still had a mother who always loved her, always sacrificed her entire life, dedicating all the best things to her and her sisters.
And her maternal relatives were always there to help her and her mother, so she could have a happy future, but the wounds of the past still clung to her.
This greatly affected her personality.
With family or close friends, her personality was always lively and cheerful, but with strangers, she was even more distant and cold.
Because of her father, she grew to distrust men, yet she fell in love with only one man for eight years, a love that never changed – Lin Zheyang.
The man she secretly loved was too outstanding, from his appearance to his family background. To her, they were two separate worlds, so she could only watch from afar as he and the woman he loved were happy together.
The outstanding man with the beautiful, graceful woman, a famous film queen in the entertainment industry, the eldest young lady of the Xie family – they were truly a well-matched couple.
Despite this, she always tried to make herself excellent to get closer to him, and now she was his secretary. But she never intended to interfere between the two of them, because if he was happy, she was happy too.
Every day she was by his side, she was very happy, but also very afraid, afraid that he would discover her feelings for him.
As the CEO of a leading corporation in City A, he was always strong and decisive, so he absolutely did not allow anyone to mix business and personal matters.
His cold and strict personality made everyone cautious whenever and wherever he appeared. That personality had broken countless young women's hearts, leaving them only able to admire him from afar.
In the CEO's office.
– CEO, tonight is Chairman Wang’s birthday banquet – MN Group. He is a long-standing and very important partner to us. I think we should prepare a special gift to congratulate him. Do you have any instructions?
– You arrange this yourself.
– Yes, sir. Tonight you will go with Miss Xie, so do I need to prepare anything in advance, sir?
– No need. Tonight, you will go with me.
– Huh???
Seeing her so surprised that her eyes almost popped out made him feel amused, and his worries lessened quite a bit.
The corner of his mouth curved slightly.
At this moment, Wan Qing had also regained her composure, but when she saw him smile, her face froze.
Every time our CEO smiles, it’s never a good sign.
She only dared to think it to herself, not daring to say it out loud, but she felt there was something not quite right about this smile.
While she was racking her brain thinking, when she looked up, she immediately met his gaze, which made her suddenly feel awkward.
He looked at her and said:
– Secretary Ding, is there anything else?
“Oh, no, no.”
“I’ll get back to work now.”
“Excuse me, boss.”
After she retreated from his office, she felt the blood rush to her head.
She was dying of embarrassment. This was probably the first time in her two years of working that she had felt so flustered.
Ugh.