As Yan Shuyu hadn’t run away fast enough, she now had no choice but to have an awkward conversation with the boss on the side of the road. With an awkward but polite smile, she said, “Oh hi, Boss Zhou. What a coincidence!”

She couldn’t tell whether it was because of the car door between them or that she was overthinking it, Yan Shuyu felt that the Zhou Qinhe today was a little different than the one she was used to. His smile was light and gave people a more honorable, reserved, and standoffish feeling. All in all, he exuded a unique presence and style, which matched quite well with what Yan Shuyu’s impression of what men of his status were like.

So when the boss gave her a glance, she froze immediately and stood in the spot obediently.

Even though Zhou Qinhe looked more standoffish than usual, he was still very polite. An ordinary person who ran into an acquaintance while riding in a car probably wouldn’t even have pulled over. Even if they took the time to politely greet them, at the most they’d exchange some pleasantries before taking off.

Zhou Qinhe, a man who easily controlled the ups and downs of transactions well over several millions every minute, seemed unusually leisurely and continued to chitchat with Yan Shuyu, “I was here for business, what about you?”

She really didn’t want to know why the boss was here at all, okay? =.=

Yan Shuyu was a bit baffled, but she still waved her shopping bags in her hands and said, “I am here to shop.”

Zhou Qinhe glanced over at the obviously common and cheap plastic bags in her hands for a second or two and said, “By yourself?”

Yan Shuyu, “….”

Why was everyone attacking her today? She couldn’t be happily single if she was gorgeous looking? What a jerk! She couldn’t help herself even if he was the boss man. Displeased, she stressed, “I came with a friend, but we split up after we were done shopping.”

“I see,” smiled Zhou Qinhe casually. “Where do you plan on going next then?”

He seemed so casual that it actually made Yan Shuyu felt silly to have reacted the way that she did. Feeling a bit defeated, she said, “I am heading to the mall.”

“I thought you were done with shopping?”

“Can’t I go watch a movie?” Yan Shuyu rolled her eyes. She was beginning to lose her temper over this seemingly unending chitchat.

She only remembered that it was the boss man that she was talking to after she finished saying that. Did she just rolled her eyes at the boss man?

Her knees began to buckle, giving her away.

Zhou Qinhe, on the other hand, was as friendly as usual. Not only was he not bothered by Yan Shuyu’s rudeness, he chuckled. And his chuckle melted away her embarrassment. Then, in an almost doting tone, he said, “Hop on in! I will drop you off on my way!”

Yan Shuyu didn’t have time to digest the meaning behind the boss man’s chuckle, nor did she have the time to wonder how would the boss man possibly know that the mall was on his way without her telling him which mall she was heading toward. She was a little dumbfounded as the boss rolled the car window back up after he was done talking and the interior of the car was blurry all over again. At the same time, the passenger side door opened up and an elite man in full suit came out and personally opened the car door for her as he gestured, “Please, Miss Yan.”

She looked inside the car and noticed that the boss man, who were just sitting by the window and chitchatting with her, had already shifted to the other side. The boss man, switching to the other side just for her! To what did she owe that pleasure?!

Yan Shuyu was teary by now. No, it wasn’t because she was touched. She was too mortified to even move and suspected that all the bystanders on the street were looking at her right now. Still, she bravely said, “No, that is alright. I can’t possibly….”

Zhou Qinhe may seem gentle, refined, and not stuck up, but as someone who was so high in status that everybody around him was always bowing to, his patience was very limited. He no longer wanted to say another word, but casted her an odd and indifferent glance.

Yan Shuyu dared not hesitate any longer and quickly and smoothly climbed into the car. She realized now why the boss man wore his smiley mask day in and day out – as handsome as he was, he was terrifying when he wasn’t smiling. *sniffle*

After she had settled down in the car, she cupped her little fragile heart and comforted it; the big boss was only doing that because his CEO-ness was showing and didn’t like anyone going against his decisions. His look earlier was not meant for her. In fact, she should rejoice that she could ride in such a luxurious car to the mall free of charge. The boss’s car looked very high-end, and she probably wouldn’t be able to ride in anything like it until her instant son became a winner in life.

She felt much better looking at it from this new point of view and became much less nervous now that she believed she was taking advantage of the big boss. She even thought she was being stealthy when she touched the seat beneath her butt. Wow, so soft and so comfortable. So this was the legendary real leather seat? In her past life, her dad had bought a new car when she was going to college. He also bragged about how it was real leather seat and an exalted luxury but that was nothing compared to the boss’s car. Were there different tiers of leather seats depending on who the buyer was?

Yan Shuyu was so occupied by all sorts of thoughts that she didn’t notice that the corners of the boss’s mouth had lifted up slightly.

But that didn’t matter, Robin, Boss Zhou’s elite assistant noticed it. He pursed his lips and quietly returned to his seat.

Robin had a lot of respect for Yan Shuyu. Any woman that could get Boss Zhou’s attention must be well versed in the human psyche and spent a lot of time studying art of war. She seemed to have mastered the techniques of capturing by releasing, advancing by retreating, establishing the new by destroying the old. And at the same time, she was good at adapting to changing situations and understood the boss very well.

The boss might appear to be a friendly person, but those who had worked with him for a while knew that he has quite a bit of a temper after all and wasn’t as patient as he seemed nor did he like to be questioned. Somehow, Yan Shuyu could avoid all the buttons that others normally would trigger inadvertently.

Being able to raise his interest perfectly every time and never let him feel bored, she was arguably the custom-made lover for him.

To put it in a different way, exactly how much time had she spent studying their boss?

Robin might be thinking that about Yan Shuyu, but he meant no disrespect at all. He could tell that as much as BOSS might tease Ms. Yan like a pet and keeping her just at bay, he did not look at her as someone who was vain and manipulative. As an excellent inferior, naturally he must follow suit and be positive and friendly toward her.

Not to mention that as soon as she showed up, BOSS’s mood improved greatly right away and all the bad air in the car cleared up. That was certainly a good thing! Robin felt much relieved, not knowing that his relief came too prematurely.

In the back, Yan Shuyu stroked the leather seat of the luxurious car and carefully leaned against it’s comfortable and bouncy back. Imaging that that she was a rich woman who could afford her own luxurious car and keeping her own boytoys, she was happy and deep into her own fantasy while completely forgetting about the boss sitting next to her.

When she finally remembered that she was the one hitching a ride, she heard the owner’s gentle voice next to her ear, “Aren’t you tired of holding onto your bags like that?”

“Oh, not too bad.” Yan Shuyu wasn’t tired of holding the bags, but after being reminded by the boss, she did feel a little silly to be holding onto them the way that she was. Deciding to follow his advice, she looked down by her feet where she was going to set her stuff down. After all, all her clothes added up to less than $1,000; probably the equivalent of rags as far as the boss was concerned. She wouldn’t want to disrespect him by putting them on the seat. =.=

Before she made her move, the boss said in a caring way, “Just put them on the seat, the floor isn’t clean.”

Yan Shuyu thought that the floor was quite dust-free and clean, but she listened to him nonetheless and placed her bags right smack between them, like little kids drawing boundaries between the desks, nobody was allowed to cross over to the other side.

This way, she could keep a safe distance from the boss. She thought she was a genius to have come up with that. The proud and self-contented Yan Shuyu looked up at the boss and smiled. “Thank you, Boss Zhou.”

“You are welcome,” said Zhou Qinhe as he scanned over the colorful plastic bags. He could see through every thought that had crossed her mind. He wasn’t bothered by them, though, just looked back after her after a quick glance, smiled, and said, “Looked like you had a great time shopping today.”

“Oh, I had an alright time.” She might be polite in her speech, but her smile brightened some more. Of course she was happy having purchased so much new clothes.

“Are you going to shop some more?”

“No, if I shop any more, I will be broke.”

“Then what are you going there for?”

“Watch a movie and have dinner, of course!”

Since she had gotten into the car, she was busy experiencing the exalted leather seat followed by chitchatting with the boss, so she never noticed that the street view was not the same as where she was earlier. She was still a bit at a loss when the driver stopped the car.

“Oh, we are here?”

She was just about to open the door as she was speaking but Zhou Qinhe stopped her, “That’s the road side. It’s not safe, get out from my side.”

“Oh, okay. Thank you.” Yan Shuyu was particularly compliant when she was out of it. Obediently, she got out of the car after the boss.

As soon as her feet hit the ground, she immediately saw the front of a large and classy mall. Yan Shuyu was still wondering why she didn’t think the mall was so classy earlier when she caught sight of the familiar plastic bags that the boss was right now carrying in his hands and she panicked.

The boss was carrying her shopping bags. Bags that didn’t even add up to 4-digits in total. To what did she owe that pleasure? Yan Shuyu was stunned for a second before she reached out and said, “Thank you so much for everything, Boss Zhou. I can carry those myself.”

“No problem,” said Zhou Qinhe gently. Having no intently of handing them over to her, he turned and said to Robin, “Why don’t you guys head back without me?”

The workplace elite now looked as stunned a Yan Shuyu, “What about you, Boss Zhou?”

Zhou Qinhe turned and looked at the still dumbfounded Yan Shuyu and replied happily, “A movie sounds relaxing, and I haven’t watched one in a long time.”

“…..” Robin was speechless. He had been working with Boss Zhou for years and had never seen him relaxing by going to a movie in a mall. He couldn’t help but said, “But….”

Before he could finish what he was going to say, Boss Zhou smiled at him and said, “I think the work today has more or less been taken care of, so it shouldn’t be a problem that I take off earlier, right?”

Robin, “……”

What more could he say after the BOSS had said that? He could only nod with tears in his eyes, “Yes, Boss Zhou, have a good time with Ms. Yan then.” BOSS was happy, alright, but he was probably going to have to pull an all-nighter himself. In addition to finishing his portion of work, he’d also have to take care of BOSS’s urgent documents and meetings since he decided to have an early day.

Had he known that was going to happen, he would never have told Boss Zhou when he spotted Ms. Yan on the side of the road – thought Robin as he cried his naïve tears in regret. =.=

Yan Shuyu didn’t feel particularly blessed either. She suddenly realized that she had made a mistake – why did she decide to go watch a movie???