The CEO Wants to Flirt with You (GL) - Chapter 6

Chapter 6

“A Ying, you’re the loveliest girl I’ve ever met.” Chu Yanqing’s eyes were sincere, and the hand gently caressing Gu Ying’s cheek hung in mid-air with no intention of being withdrawn.

Gu Ying frowned at her words, placing her chopsticks on the table and standing up. “President Chu, I need to get back to work.” She then walked out, her steps a little unsteady.

She disliked the serious look in Chu Yanqing’s eyes.

She hadn’t taken Chu Yanqing’s declaration to make her fall in love with her to heart. With Chu Yanqing’s playful attitude, let alone her being a seasoned public relations manager, even if she was the naive girl she once was, she wouldn’t fall for a cynic.

For Gu Ying, if you want to play games, I’ll play along. But if you want to get serious, I’m sorry, I can’t be genuine.

Chu Yanqing watched Gu Ying’s determined departure and felt a tightness and a dull ache in her chest. “Ji Yan, what kind of person is Gu Ying?” She turned to face the cold-faced Ji Yan. “You’ve been at the headquarters for so many years. You must know Gu Ying, right?”

Thinking about her years at the headquarters, Ji Yan’s eyes filled with pity. “President Chu, I’m not familiar with Manager Gu and don’t know her well.” She paused, then said with a pleading tone, “President Chu, could you please show Manager Gu some respect?”

There was no such thing as a free lunch in this world. Everything Gu Ying had today was the result of her hard work. Manager Gu deserved respect, not to be played with carelessly.

No one knew what Gu Ying’s private life was like, but everyone seemed to assume she was single. In her years at the group, many people liked Gu Ying, and one of them was Executive Vice President Chu.

Executive Vice President Chu was Chu Yanqing’s older brother, Chu Yan Hong, who served as the Executive Vice President at Chu Corporation.

In the eyes of the thirty-year-old Executive Vice President Chu, Gu Ying was a world apart from those vulgar and common women. After seeing countless women with heavy makeup and pretentious attitudes, Gu Ying was like a breath of fresh air that made Chu Yan Hong’s heart flutter. As Gu Ying matured, she stirred his heart even more.

According to a rumor, Chu Yan Hong even confessed his feelings to Gu Ying. The result was obvious: he was rejected.

Chu Yan Hong was elegant, gentle, and handsome. Even after being rejected by Gu Ying, he didn’t get angry or make things difficult for her. Chu Yan Hong’s affection for Gu Ying was genuine, and he respected her.

Chu Yanqing was different.

Based on her understanding of President Chu, her pursuit of Gu Ying would be nothing more than a game.

Gu Ying was her goddess, and she would not allow anyone to desecrate her goddess.

The way President Chu acted toward Gu Ying just now was too frivolous. If she weren’t President Chu’s secretary, she would have held Chu Yanqing down on the table and given her a good beating!

Chu Yanqing curled her lips into a smile. She looked at the serious Ji Yan and retorted, “How did I disrespect her?” All she did was touch Gu Ying’s cheek! How was that disrespectful?

Ji Yan pursed her lips and asked seriously, “President Chu, are you really going to pursue Manager Gu?” There were so many women in the company, and besides her and Xiao Mo, not a single one hadn’t been toyed with by President Chu!

Chu Yanqing raised an eyebrow. “Of course.” Knowing that Ji Yan liked Gu Ying, she comforted her, “Ji Yan, I know you’ve liked Gu Ying all this time, but after so many years, nothing has happened between you two. Listen to your older sister’s advice and find another woman to be with.”

Ji Yan had been single for so many years. It was very likely because she had a crush on Gu Ying. Otherwise, with Ji Yan’s looks, finding a girlfriend should have been a piece of cake.

Of course, her expression shouldn’t be so cold. She also had to get rid of her poker face. Maybe a few of the unmarried middle-aged men in the company would fight over her little secretary.

“I don’t like Manager Gu.” Ji Yan flatly denied it and explained, “I only admire and respect her.” Admiration didn’t equal love. She just admired Gu Ying for her hard work and for becoming a manager from a small employee.

“Also, President Chu, you’re younger than me.” She and Gu Ying were the same age, both twenty-eight. President Chu’s dressing and appearance didn’t show much of an age gap, but in reality, President Chu was four years younger than them.

“Alright, alright, our Secretary sister doesn’t like Manager Gu.” Chu Yanqing smiled with her eyes. “I’m done eating. Do you want to eat more, Secretary sister?”

Ji Yan, whose heart was in a mess because of Gu Ying, had no appetite. She just wanted to go back to the office and guard Gu Ying. She shook her head, pushed the bowls and chopsticks forward, stood up, and said, “I’m done.”

The lazily smiling Chu Yanqing and the worried-looking Ji Yan went straight back to the office. Before entering the door, she looked at the tightly closed brown-red door next door, curled her lips into a smile, and thought, “When I wake up, Gu Ying, you can expect my harassment!”

Wait, not harassment, but pursuit! Pursuit!

It was lunchtime, and work didn’t start until 2 PM. Ji Yan looked at the door of Gu Ying’s office, hesitating whether to knock.

Is Manager Gu asleep now?

She remembered that Gu Ying had a habit of taking a nap, but it was only a twenty-minute rest, unlike President Chu, who could sleep until it was time to go home.

Just as she was guessing whether Manager Gu was asleep, her phone suddenly vibrated.

She picked up her phone and saw a notification that someone she had specially followed had posted on Weibo.

There was only one person on her special following list: Gu Ying.

She knew Gu Ying’s Weibo account purely by accident. Once, when she walked past Gu Ying during a meeting, she happened to see her phone on the table. The phone was on the Weibo page and hadn’t been logged out. She just took one glance and remembered Gu Ying’s Weibo account, “Floating Life is Conceited.”

When she first heard the name “Gu Ying,” the phrase “Gu Ying Zilian” (self-pitying figure) came to her mind, which described a lonely and dejected appearance.

She was puzzled. Why would Gu Ying’s parents give her such a depressing name?

But later, she realized she was wrong. Gu Ying was just Gu Ying and was not self-pitying. The later Gu Ying, who became a public relations manager, was indeed qualified to be conceited.

The name “Floating Life is Conceited” really fit Gu Ying’s image.

To prevent Gu Ying from knowing that she was following her, Ji Yan specifically created a side account. To stay up-to-date with Gu Ying’s life, she put her on the special following list. As long as Gu Ying posted on Weibo, she would know what she posted immediately.

She had been following Gu Ying’s Weibo for two years. Gu Ying posted a lot, but they were almost all reposts. They were about all kinds of things—comics, food, cute pets, poetry—so it was impossible to tell what she liked.

She clicked on Weibo and saw that it was an original post!

Her brain boomed, and Ji Yan felt like she was going to explode!

Floating Life is Conceited, 10 seconds ago, from Xphone: I always thought she had a poker face, but I didn’t expect her to be so cute.

Oh my god, Manager Gu actually posted something about her! The poker face must be her, it must be her! In all of Shengjin, besides her own poker face, could she find a second one?

Resisting the urge to like and comment, Ji Yan hugged her phone and giggled. Manager Ma, who came to see President Chu, looked at Secretary Ji as if he had seen a ghost. His mouth was so wide open that his jaw was about to drop to the ground.

Did the iceberg poker-faced Secretary Ji take the “Smiling Demonic Potion”?

This was the first time he had ever seen Secretary Ji laugh!

Sensing someone’s presence, Secretary Ji instantly returned to her poker face and said coldly, “Manager Ma, it’s lunchtime.” During lunchtime, he should stay in his office or the lounge. Why was he at the president’s office?

Seeing Secretary Ji’s cold face, Manager Ma immediately smiled in a fawning way. “Uh… ahem, well, Secretary Ji, the headquarters transferred a new public relations manager. I just wanted to ask President Chu how to deal with that public relations manager…”

When she heard the word “deal,” Ji Yan repeated it in a hostile tone, “Deal?” The coldness in her eyes was even colder than before, making Manager Ma feel like he had to leave this ice age-like place as soon as possible.

Ma Xinghua stood there awkwardly, constantly rubbing his hands, not knowing what to say.

The door next door suddenly opened. Gu Ying walked out calmly and said, “I’m the new public relations manager, Gu Ying.” The corners of her mouth slightly turned up as she smiled gently and distantly.

“Manager Gu, hello, hello. I’m Ma Xinghua, the manager of Shengjin’s human resources department.” Ma Xinghua smiled like a little eunuch and went to greet her like a lickspittle. Gu Ying, who came from the headquarters, was like a high-ranking official transferred to a local area for experience. If he performed well in front of her, maybe she would take a liking to him and bring him to the headquarters!

Seeing Gu Ying, she remembered the Weibo post she had just made saying she was cute. Her whole face instantly turned as red as a blooming peach blossom. Ji Yan lowered her head to the ground, shyly looked up at Gu Ying, and happened to meet Gu Ying’s gaze.

Her ears felt hot as if they were soaked in hot water. Thinking of her usual image as a poker-faced iceberg, Ji Yan took a deep breath to slow down her heartbeat. She looked up and said in a businesslike tone, “You two wait here for a moment. I’ll go in and inform President Chu.”

A moment later, Ji Yan walked out and invited managers Gu Ying and Ma Xinghua into President Chu’s office.

The three of them sat on three sofas. Chu Yanqing leaned back lazily on the sofa, raised an eyebrow at Gu Ying, and then turned to Manager Ma. “Manager Ma, Manager Gu is from the headquarters, so she doesn’t need to complete the onboarding paperwork.” The implication was clear: he could scram if there was nothing else to do and not disturb her nap!

Ma Xinghua rubbed his hands and suggested with a smile, “President Chu, since Manager Gu came from the group headquarters, I think we should hold a welcoming dinner for her tonight or sometime soon.” He smiled fawningly at Gu Ying. “What do you think, Manager Gu?”

Gu Ying was about to refuse, saying that Shengjin was part of the group and there was no need for a welcoming dinner. But she heard Chu Yanqing say lazily, “I’ve already prepared a welcoming dinner.”

When did she prepare it? How did she not know? Gu Ying turned to look at Chu Yanqing, but she saw Chu Yanqing raise an eyebrow at her and smile ambiguously. The meaningful smile in her eyes made Gu Ying feel helpless.

“President Chu is always so quick to prepare things. I was a step too slow…” Ma Xinghua flattered Chu Yanqing and asked with a chuckle, “Will the welcoming dinner be for managers and above, or for everyone in the company?”

Chu Yanqing looked at Ma Xinghua and curled her lips. “Just me.”

Ma Xinghua knew what kind of person President Chu was. He turned and looked at the new public relations manager with some sympathy, sighing in his heart. “Alas, another good flower is about to be ruined…”

He turned to Chu Yanqing and said, “Then… I won’t disturb President Chu’s nap!” He quickly got up and left President Chu’s office.

Seeing that Ma Xinghua was gone, Gu Ying also stood up to leave, but Chu Yanqing grabbed her wrist.

Chu Yanqing looked at Gu Ying with a smile and said, “Manager Gu, why don’t you stay and listen to my arrangements for tonight? If the welcoming dinner doesn’t please you, how can I win your heart, A Ying?”

The author has something to say: I feel like the Chu-Ji, Gu-Ji, and Gu-Chu pairings are all good.

Oh my god, why do I feel like any two of these three people can form a couple (╯‵□′)╯︵┴─┴

Also, I recommend a song, “I’ll Wait for You Until I’m Thirty-Five,” which is the theme song of a novel.

The person who said they would wait until they were thirty-five

Has already crossed the threshold of life and death

Don’t be so cruel

Some people are celebrating a new marriage

Some are cold in the river

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