Chapter 3 Dinner Party

Early the next morning, Lin Zhi arrived at Jiahai Group twenty minutes earlier than the agreed time. After HR took her through the contract and entry matters, he led her directly to the top floor of Jiahai Group.

Gu Qingbei's office was on the top floor, and as his assistant, Lin Zhi's office was naturally also on the top floor.

With white walls and gray porcelain, the decoration here seems to be more simple than downstairs. And because there were so few people, it seemed a bit deserted.

Lin Zhi followed HR. After walking for a while, the two of them stopped in front of a door with "President Assistant Office" written on it.

There was another colleague in the room at this time. HR briefly introduced the two of them and left.

After HR left, the atmosphere in the office became a little awkward for a while. Lin Zhi doesn't like to talk much, especially to people he doesn't know well. And the other party obviously didn't seem to want to have a close relationship with her.

Therefore, it took nearly ten minutes from the time Lin Zhi packed things until everything was ready. Except for knowing that the other person's name was Mu Tianyao, there was not a single unnecessary word between the two.

Just when Lin Zhi thought the atmosphere was about to remain silent, Mu Tianyao next to him suddenly spoke: "I will be leaving soon, so you need to quickly learn all the tasks of the president's assistant in the shortest possible time. content."

Her tone was straightforward, speaking only the key points without any other unnecessary embellishments, just like the office white-collar workers Lin Zhi had seen in TV series before.

Lin Zhi felt the pressure instantly. She seemed to understand why Gu Qingbei asked her "whether she is confident that she can do this job" during the interview yesterday.

 But she just happens to be the type to face difficulties and cannot be defeated.

 Lin Zhi nodded and responded: "Okay, I will study hard."

Seeing that she had a good attitude, Mu Tianyao's tone was a little gentler than before. After all, she could only leave after handing over the work she was doing.

 "Then come over here and I'll teach you how to operate it."

 "Oh, okay."

From the company's work software to the daily work content that the president's assistant needs to handle, Mu Tianyao gave Lin Zhi a very detailed explanation.

Lin Zhi has a flexible mind and good memory. When she was in school, her memory was the best in the class. An article that takes others an hour to write down can often be completed by her in ten minutes.

Therefore, Mu Tianyao only talked about these contents once, and Lin Zhi basically remembered them all. The rest was to practice.

Mu Tianyao was a little surprised by her amazing memory. It took her a whole week to sort out these contents before. She didn't expect that Lin Zhi could finish it in just a few hours. She couldn't help but feel sorry for Lin Zhi. Zhi was a little surprised and couldn't help but ask: "Has your memory been so good since you were a child?"

"Well," Lin Zhi nodded, a little shy, "I remember things a little faster than others."

In the afternoon, Lin Zhi was operating the company system according to the method Mu Tianyao taught her, when the phone in the office suddenly rang.

Mu Tianyao glanced at the caller ID, turned to Lin Zhi and said, "Please answer Mr. Gu's call."

 "Ah?" Lin Zhi was a little nervous. She felt that she was not ready yet.

"Hurry up and answer the call. This will be the most routine work from now on. Besides, Mr. Gu doesn't like to wait for someone on the phone all the time."

 Hearing this, Lin Zhi hurriedly picked up the receiver and said, "Hello, Mr. Gu."

The person on the other end of the phone was obviously stunned for a moment when he heard her voice, but soon returned to normal. A clear and pleasant voice came to Lin Zhi's ears along the phone line: "Come to my office."

 "Okay, right away."

Lin Zhi hung up the phone, without daring to make any delay, grabbed the paper and pen on the table, and quickly walked towards his office.

 In less than a minute, she appeared in front of his office door.

 "Dong dong dong——"

Lin Zhi raised her hand to knock on the door, using this action to adjust her breathing and try to make herself less nervous.

"Please come in." A very short reply came from inside the room. Through the composite door, Lin Zhi could also feel the coldness of the speaker.

She pushed the door open and saw Gu Qingbei leaning on the sofa, his long legs crossed, and an unread document spread out on the table. He rolled up the cuffs of his shirt, revealing his strong forearms.

Her eyes did not dare to stay on him for too long, and she quickly looked away for just one second: "Mr. Gu, you are looking for me."

"Yeah." As he said that, Gu Qingbei looked up from the document, and his eyes suddenly met those peach blossom eyes. He originally wanted to arrange for Mu Tianyao to handle this matter, but he didn't expect that it was her who came. But it makes no difference, it will always be done in the future.

 "I have a dinner party to attend tomorrow, please prepare it in advance."

Even though it was not the first time she saw his face, Lin Zhi could clearly feel that her heartbeat was beating uncontrollably when she looked at him.

 "Okay, I'll get ready now."

Gu Qingbei couldn't help but laugh a little when he saw how quickly she answered. It's just your first day at work, do you know what to prepare for?

 "Do you know what I need to prepare?"

"Well, I know, Tianyao told me some details." Lin Zhi methodically repeated what Mu Tianyao told her that morning, leaving almost nothing out.

Gu Qingbei nodded and met her eyes again: "Then get ready."

Until she left his office, Lin Zhi felt that her cheeks were still hot. She didn't go back to the assistant's office directly, but instead went to the bathroom.

Looking at the crimson face in the mirror, Lin Zhi took a handful of cold water and slapped it on his face. After seeing that the redness faded a bit, he left the bathroom.

After returning to his work station, Lin Zhi told Mu Tianyao about the dinner he needed to attend tomorrow. After hearing this, Mu Tianyao didn't say anything. He just forwarded a document to her, which contained all the details that needed to be paid attention to when Gu Qingbei attended the dinner.

Lin Zhi looked at it carefully and found that there were generally no problems, except for one thing, which she had to attend...

 She had never attended a dinner party before and was vaguely worried.

"Does the assistant have to attend this type of dinner?" She looked at Mu Tianyao, who was typing on the keyboard next to him, and asked in a low voice.

"Yes, you must attend, and you must follow Mr. Gu throughout the process and pay attention to his needs at all times."

In the evening of the next day, Lin Zhi and Gu Qingbei arrived at the dinner party in the same car. Because it was an awards dinner in the entertainment industry, I encountered a large number of reporters as soon as I got off the car.

Gu Qingbei frowned and strode into the venue under the protection of bodyguards. Lin Zhi followed him step by step, not daring to be too far away from him, for fear that he might not hear a request clearly and delay things.

Gu Qingbei was an important guest at the dinner, so his seat was arranged in the first row. He has a tall and straight posture and a cool temperament. Even if it is just an ordinary posture of leaning on a stool, he still has a noble temperament when he performs it.

Lin Zhi, like all other assistants, does not have a fixed seat. He gathers in a corner that cannot be captured by the nearby cameras, waiting for his needs at any time.

The session that Gu Qingbei attended was to present the "Most Favorite Female Star Award" to a recently popular female star.

This female star is in the limelight, and one of her idol dramas has the highest ratings at the same time. Even people like Lin Zhi, who have never been star-struck, can always see her photos and advertisements on the subway or in the news recently. The big characters "Jiang Nianchu" usually appear at the bottom of the posters.

Lin Zhi stood under the stage, watching the scene on stage blankly from a distance of more than ten meters.

How should I put it, it is a thick-faced face that anyone can't help but admire when they see it, with bright eyebrows and small lips and nose. The strapless tight dress showed off her beautiful figure.

Gu Qingbei spoke very little. He basically finished reading Jiang Nianchu's name and then backed away a little.

Jiang Nianchu swayed, took the trophy from his hand with a smile, and gave him a simple hug.

When hugging Jiang Nianchu, Lin Zhi could not see Gu Qingbei's expression clearly because of his position. He only saw the big, sharp-jointed hands gently resting on her delicate waist.

 The big hands that had previously rested on her resume, gently rubbing her finger bones.

Lin Zhi didn't want to continue reading, so she lowered her eyes and sniffed. The water vapor in her eyes was also withdrawn by her sniffling action.

The carnival on stage continues, and the stories of female celebrities and business tycoons have always been a hot topic of conversation. What's more, the two people on the stage look so well matched that even reporters are particularly partial to them and keep shouting: "Look here, look here."

At this time, the crystal lamp that had been bright and clean in Lin Zhi's eyes a moment ago seemed particularly dazzling now. She glanced at the glamorous Jiang Nianchu on the stage, then lowered her head to catch a glimpse of herself wearing ordinary, more ordinary clothes, and pursed her lips.

A person as outstanding as him should only be worthy of someone equally dazzling.

A gust of cool wind suddenly passed through her back. Lin Zhi turned around and realized that the glass door behind her had been opened at some point. It was obviously a hot season, but she felt that her limbs and bones were all cold, and the blood in her body seemed to be frozen.

 At the end of the dinner, it started to rain.

Whether by accident or on purpose, Jiang Nianchu suddenly found Gu Qingbei again and said that her driver had left temporarily and asked if she could take his car back.

 Gu Qingbei glanced at Lin Zhi, seeming hesitant.

Following Gu Qingbei's gaze, Jiang Nianchu also glanced at Lin Zhi, his eyes lowered and he didn't say anything. However, when his eyes turned to Gu Qingbei again, he said with a bit of sadness: "Mr. Gu, just give me a gift." Come on, you know that in our industry, we are most afraid of being secretly photographed and exposed. "

If they were given away, there would naturally be no room for Lin Zhi in the car. Afraid of embarrassing Gu Qingbei, Lin Zhi immediately said, "You guys go first, it's okay, I can take the subway back."

 After a long while, Gu Qingbei nodded.

His car drove away in front of Lin Zhi, and the breeze and drizzle it brought spread all over her cheeks.

She felt cold and in pain. The raindrops that hit my face just now seemed to flow into my heart along with my blood, giving me a chill all the way.

Lin Zhi walked the distance from the dinner venue to the subway. She was caught in the rain and had a restless night's sleep.

Half asleep and half awake, she began to have nightmares. The dreams were filled with memories of the past that she didn't want to recall.

In middle school and high school, Lin Zhi didn't like to socialize with others, and she didn't like to laugh, but she was beautiful. Even though she had a cold face every day, there were still many boys showing attention to her.

Most of the little girls at that time were immature in mind. Maybe it was because of jealousy or because Lin Zhi had offended them in other ways. They just didn't talk to her at first, but then it gradually developed into nicknames, and in the end Just complete isolation.

Sometimes, Lin Zhi's homework books would be thrown on the ground maliciously; sometimes, the drawer would be stuffed with all kinds of messy garbage; and other times, her schoolbag would simply be thrown on the ground, with all kinds of things scattered everywhere. .

 She had no friends and no parents at the time.

Lin Zhi could no longer remember how many dark nights she cried silently while hugging the quilt. Many nights, she relied on the smile in her memory and the photo carefully cut out from the newspaper to persevere.

After Lin Zhi was awakened by a nightmare at night, she never fell back to sleep. She stood up and took out the obviously old photo from her wallet and looked at it carefully.

 The photo material was not good and the cropping was not correct, but she cherished it very much.

Her fingertips gently caressed the boy in the photo, from his eyebrows to his lips, carefully. As usual, she would write his name over and over again on the manuscript paper: Gu Qingbei, Gu Qingbei...

 Over and over again.

From the uneasiness when writing to the final calmness, she has already developed a habit over the years. For her, writing his name calms her down and keeps her goals in mind.

Frankly speaking, what she wrote best and most was not her own name, but the two big characters on the white paper at this time.

Lin Zhi put down the pen and stared at the name on the paper for a long time before returning to bed.

Her skin was already cold white, but now it looked even clearer under the illumination of the bedroom lamp, and her side face was covered with a layer of light and shadow, giving off a cold and broken feeling in this silent and boundless night.