Reborn to Outshine My Ex and His White Moonlight-Chapter 73 - Strange Colleagues

Chapter 73: Chapter 73: Strange Colleagues

Chapter 73 -73: Strange Colleagues

Song Wanqiu thought that upon witnessing this scene, Gong Chen would find Lin Zhiyi’s casual behavior distasteful.

To her surprise, his expression remained unaltered, his slender fingers pressed to his temple and the other hand flipping through documents on his lap with an indifferent air.

“Did you ask me here just to watch a show?”

His deep voice carried a hint of coolness, as if the person before him was not his fiancée but an underperforming subordinate.

Song Wanqiu clenched her fists, almost biting her inner lip to shreds, yet dared not to retort.

At that moment, she glanced at Lin Zhiyi in the rearview mirror and her eyes flickered.

Lin Zhiyi was actually…

Seeing Gong Chen was about to look up, Song Wanqiu quickly stretched out her hand to grasp his.

“Third Young Master, I’m here because of President Yu from Cha Hua Manor.”

“I know you’ve been talking about a cooperation with her, and it just so happens that our studio also has dealings with her. If you take me to meet her, I’ll present a design that will satisfy her, which will also help your cooperation.”

“President Yu is notoriously difficult to deal with. President Xue has flown there three times and still faced her difficulties, but I’m not afraid. Recently, I’ve done something that upset you and I just want to do something to make it up to you.”

“Third Young Master, please believe in me.”

Song Wanqiu looked earnestly at Gong Chen, her hand slowly moving up to caress the back of his hand gently.

Gong Chen subtly withdrew his hand, closed the document, and looked at her with an emotionless expression: “Hmm.”

Upon receiving his affirmative answer, Song Wanqiu smiled gently on the surface, but inside, she was ecstatically overjoyed.

With Gong Chen as her support, how could President Yu not recognize her design?

Lin Zhiyi, don’t even think about securing your position in the studio!

Thinking this, Song Wanqiu smiled, took out her phone, and stealthily sent a text message.

The car started.

Gong Chen raised his eyes to light a cigarette, his hand holding the cigarette peeking out of the half-opened car window, allowing the smoke to drift away with the wind.

In the mist, the car of Lin Zhiyi’s male colleague left, with a woman with long hair visible in the rear window being playfully pulled into the arms of the man by her side.

Good rapport with the opposite sex?

Quite good indeed.

Upon seeing this, Song Wanqiu deliberately mentioned, “This male colleague seems to have quite a liking for Zhiyi, and President Xue values him too. It looks like Zhiyi doesn’t mind him either, they seem quite well-matched, don’t you think, Third Young Master?”

Gong Chen narrowed his eyes and glanced at her, the flame from his cigarette flickered for a moment before he took it from his lips and blew out a billow of white smoke, mysteriously clouding his cold and dangerous features.

He said nothing, but it was enough to instill fear in Song Wanqiu.

She didn’t even dare meet his gaze, immediately lowering her head, her hands twisting the hem of her skirt, as layers upon layers of hatred for Lin Zhiyi accumulated.

Deep down, she felt that things should not have turned out this way.

Why did everything change overnight?

…

Ten minutes earlier.

Lin Zhiyi pretended to get into the car, and while everyone’s guard was down, she shoved Shen Yan into her male colleague’s car.

She then made her escape, and even kindly said, “Shen Yan, don’t say your friend didn’t help you out, I’ll give you a chance to enjoy yourself too, have fun everyone.”

Seeing Lin Zhiyi run off, the male colleague was somewhat annoyed, with some even considering chasing after her.

No one knew where Chen Huan came from, but he grabbed Lin Zhiyi and they both hopped into a taxi.

Seeing there was no show to watch, the male colleagues exchanged reproachful glances towards Shen Yan.

Shen Yan looked at them with a pitiful, almost tearful expression, instantly arousing protectiveness in the male colleagues.

“Since we can’t invite Lin Zhiyi, let’s just have a meal with you.”

“Let’s go, I still have another appointment, we’ll leave right after eating.”

The group got into the car, completely ignoring Shen Yan’s increasingly pale face.

She initially aimed to help Song Wanqiu make Lin Zhiyi appear loose in front of Gong Chen, but in the end, it was she who felt insulted.

The way these men spoke, as if inviting her to dinner was so very reluctant.

Just a moment ago, they were all gazing at Lin Zhiyi with eager eyes, not knowing how much they were fawning.

Almost simultaneously, Shen Yan received a text message from Song Wanqiu.

“Get close, the Third Young Master is watching.”

Shen Yan glanced up slightly towards the luxury car ahead, barely making out the man’s profound silhouette.

Why did Lin Zhiyi deserve his attention?

The next second, Shen Yan lifted her moist eyes and stared at the male colleague beside her, her body swaying as she fell into his arms to shield her face.

“Sorry, I get a bit carsick sitting in the back.”

Men have no resistance to a woman throwing herself into their arms, and he immediately smiled and held her.

“It’s okay, I’ve got you.”

“Thank you, you’re so kind.”

Shen Yan thanked him while suppressing her nausea, intent on tarnishing Lin Zhiyi’s image in Gong Chen’s heart.

…

In the taxi.

Lin Zhiyi breathed a sigh of relief: “Chen Huan, thank you.”

Chen Huan patted his chest and explained, “It’s nothing, but you should be careful with that friend of yours. As soon as she arrived at the company this morning, she made a point of saying she was your close best friend, and quite a few male colleagues wanted to get close to you through her.”

“I got it.”

Lin Zhiyi’s expression showed no change, as she wasn’t surprised by Shen Yan’s behavior.

“By the way, I just saw Shen Yan talking to a male colleague, and then Miss Song went up and said something before getting into the luxury car in front, that was Third Young Master’s car, right?”

Chen Huan gestured outside the taxi.

Lin Zhiyi followed his gesture and just saw a man’s hand hanging outside the car window.

With a cigarette held by his slender, fair fingers, the red jade on his thumb emitted a sinister gleam in the sunset light, involuntarily making her spine tense.

It seemed Miss Song Wanqiu was also involved in the earlier incident.

At that moment, Chen Huan leaned in close to Lin Zhiyi and hinted darkly, “Miss Song is pretty good to everyone, but seems to target you at every turn. Could she be jealous of your talent?”

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhiyi frowned and glanced briefly at Chen Huan.

Apart from the encounter during the competition, they had only known each other for two days.

But Chen Huan had repeatedly emphasized the difference in Miss Song Wanqiu’s treatment between her and Zhiyi.

Anyone with a bit of sense would know not to speak recklessly in front of someone they don’t know well.

Office politics frown upon these things.

Lin Zhiyi was momentarily unsure of her intentions, and let it go with a smile: “You’re overthinking it.”

Chen Huan pursed her lips: “Maybe.”

Lin Zhiyi got off at the school gate, waved goodbye to Chen Huan, then transferred her share of the taxi fare to him.

But she didn’t realize until she reached her dormitory door that she had left her keys at the Gong Family home.

She sighed and prepared to find her roommate, but saw on her social media that all three roommates were stuck working overtime.

Lin Zhiyi felt bad about bothering others and didn’t want to go back to the Gong Family’s place, so she turned to find the dorm manager.

To her surprise, the usually diligent dorm manager wasn’t there.

She could only sit at the door and wait for over an hour, until a different dorm manager finally arrived.

“Student, your building’s manager had an emergency at home and left in a hurry. She went so quickly that she even took the drawer keys with her, and all the spare keys for your dorm are in there. How about this, call your teacher and have them explain the situation to the head of department, then I’ll go get you another spare key.”

After running around in circles, who knew when it would be sorted.

Moreover, she didn’t get along with the head of the department, and contacting them this late would most likely lead to scolding.

She, a student about to graduate, really didn’t want to look for trouble.

So she decided to rough it out in a hotel nearby for the night.

Walking on the path near the school, her phone rang; it was Gong Yan.

“Zhiyi, did you get back?”

“I… went back to school,” Lin Zhiyi decided to tell the truth after a moment.

“Good. I was just about to call you. I can’t take you to the studio tomorrow. I have to go on a business trip.”

“A business trip? Didn’t you just come back from one?” Lin Zhiyi asked, surprised.

“My uncle said there was something he needed me to handle, so I have to go.”

“How come it’s so sudden? Madam hasn’t been well these last few days; by rights, you shouldn’t be sent on a business trip.”

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“It’s fine,” Gong Yan’s tone was somewhat helpless.

Lin Zhiyi discerned something amiss and tested, “Big brother, does this… have anything to do with me? Is it because of the cease and desist letter we sent to Song Wanqiu’s fans?”