Chapter 47: Employee Transfer

After leaving the Saint Laurent counter, Natasha's Favorability toward Zheng Qian had increased significantly, currently maintaining at 60 points.

As for Xia Xixi, it was much lower; after a round of shopping, it had already dropped to 20 points.

The three of them went to a three-diamond Black Pearl restaurant. After having a meal, Xia Xixi took the initiative to say she needed to go back to process some documents, so she wouldn't be accompanying them any further.

Regarding this, Zheng Qian only had three words in his heart: "Truly sensible."

During the meal, Zheng Qian didn't order any hard liquor, just two bottles of sparkling champagne. He was mainly worried that the aftereffects of hard liquor would be too strong; if he drank himself unconscious, it would be difficult to get things done at night.

Once they were the only two left, they found a hotel nearby to stay in.

Natasha had Northern Russian ancestry and her stamina was truly impressive; Zheng Qian didn't fall asleep peacefully until after three in the morning.

...

The next morning.

After Zheng Qian opened his eyes, the blonde beauty was no longer by his side.

He rubbed his lower back as he stood up, wanting to find a glass of water, but unexpectedly discovered a note left on the table.

On the note was some clumsy Chinese written with a marker.

"Your stamina is not bad, much better than my husband's. My flight is at seven in the morning, so I'm heading back first."

In the bottom right corner of the note, Natasha had drawn a heart with lipstick.

Zheng Qian was completely dumbfounded.

Natasha was already married!

If she hadn't confessed it herself, Zheng Qian would never have known.

Had he known she was married, Zheng Qian absolutely would not have done such a thing; this kind of behavior was against his morals.

It was now 10:30 in the morning; by now, Natasha was likely already in Northern Russian airspace.

There were a few unread messages on his phone.

Jin Lu: "Are you coming back tonight?"

Zheng Qian quickly replied: "I drank too much last night and just got a room at the hotel. I forgot to reply to your message; I'm heading back now."

After waiting for two or three minutes, Jin Lu didn't reply. Perhaps she was busy working, so she hadn't checked her phone.

Besides Jin Lu, there was also a message from Xia Xixi.

She had only sent one message, but it filled the entire phone screen, looking a bit like a short essay. Fortunately, she had used punctuation, so it wasn't too difficult to read.

What Xia Xixi wanted to express was that she was Zheng Qian's secretary, not his private life assistant. Next time, he shouldn't ask her to carry bags or accompany him shopping again, otherwise, she would resign on her own initiative.

Zheng Qian replied: "Okay, I'll be careful next time."

Afterwards, Zheng Qian tidied up briefly and hurried back to Jiangshan International.

Upon arriving at the study, Jin Lu was indeed there reading.

"Are you busy these past two days? You haven't been home for two days," Jin Lu said considerately.

"Yeah, I was drinking with a Northern Russian client. Those Russians can really drink; they drank me under the table, so I just found a hotel nearby." Zheng Qian didn't dare to lie completely, so what he said was half true and half false.

"A man or a woman?"

"Definitely a man." Zheng Qian felt a bit guilty, but he still forced himself to appear calm.

Before coming back, Zheng Qian had specifically taken a shower and changed his clothes, so he wasn't afraid of Jin Lu smelling any woman's scent on him.

"Oh, okay."

But Jin Lu didn't intend to pursue it.

Men, after all, have to socialize outside; it's normal. Even if it was a woman, and even if something had happened with Zheng Qian, what could she do about it?

Men of this social class all have a little something on the side, more or less; it's human nature, and she couldn't extinguish a man's nature.

As long as Zheng Qian didn't voluntarily tell her, she would naturally pretend she knew nothing.

"Have you had breakfast? Will you accompany me to the gym now?"

Previously, Zheng Qian had gritted his teeth and bought a gym membership, but for various reasons, he had only gone there a few times throughout the year just to take a shower, wasting over a thousand yuan, which made Zheng Qian feel quite pained.

Now that there was a beautiful personal trainer willing to accompany him every day, Zheng Qian was naturally happy to go.

Over the past few days, Zheng Qian had gradually grown to like working out; he had to break a sweat every day to feel comfortable.

"No need to go," Jin Lu said, sounding dull.

Zheng Qian was startled. Could she be angry with him because he hadn't been home for two days?

"Are you angry?"

"No, Uncle Hou closed the gym. I'll go find you a suitable gym today," Jin Lu explained.

"The gym closed? How could that happen?" Zheng Qian was a bit curious. It was fine when he went there these past two days; how could it just close like that?

"There are various reasons, I suppose. Mainly because of tight funds. He opened the gym just for fun, to make friends; it wasn't making money at all. Now that he's accumulated some connections, he just doesn't want to run it anymore."

Zheng Qian nodded; so that was it.

"In that case, why don't you ask Uncle Hou for me? If he's willing to keep it open, I can provide him with some funding, just consider it an investment."

Uncle Hou was a brother of Jin Lu's father and had helped Jin Lu before. Reasonably and emotionally, Zheng Qian had to extend a helping hand to him.

Furthermore, Uncle Hou had twice tried to curry favor with him; Zheng Qian had no reason to refuse to build a relationship with him.

Jin Lu was a bit dumbfounded; she was just satisfying Zheng Qian's curiosity, she hadn't expected him to actually offer to help Uncle Hou.

"Are you serious?" Jin Lu took a step forward and asked.

"Yeah, serious."

"Help me set up a meeting with Uncle Hou. I'll invite him to a meal, and we can talk about this matter then."

"Smooch."

A fragrant kiss was planted on Zheng Qian's face.

"Thank you."

"Ah, why talk about thanks between us? It's only right."

Previously, Uncle Hou's intention to befriend him had been a bit obvious, which Zheng Qian had noticed. She had thought Zheng Qian would be wary of Uncle Hou, but she hadn't expected that after hearing about this matter, he would actively offer a helping hand.

The two of them were intimate in the study for twenty minutes, and after eating the lunch Jin Lu made, they returned to the company.

Zheng Qian had barely sat down in his chair when Xia Xixi walked in.

"Why are you in such a rush? Are you still angry with me?" Zheng Qian looked at Xia Xixi, whose expression was a bit strange.

"President Zheng, there is something I must tell you."

"What is it?" Zheng Qian took a sip of tea.

"Deng Shuxin has been transferred away by President Liu."

???

Deng Shuxin was transferred away by President Liu?

What was going on?

"I'm not too sure either. President Liu didn't notify anyone and just transferred Deng Shuxin away."

Deng Shuxin was an employee under him. What was Liu Shiqi playing at? Not even saying a word to him and directly transferring his person?

Zheng Qian felt like he had lost face.

No matter how much Liu Shiqi looked down on him, she shouldn't disregard him to this extent.

"I'm going to see President Chen."

Zheng Qian put down his teacup and walked towards Chen Weiqiang's office, with Xia Xixi following closely behind.

An employee under one vice president of a company being directly transferred by another vice president, without even a notification.

If there wasn't an explanation for this matter, how would the people in the company view him in the future?

"President Chen, are you busy?"

"Come in."

After Zheng Qian walked into the office, he discovered that the person in question, Liu Shiqi, was also there. The two of them didn't know what they were studying.

"Oh? What a coincidence, President Liu is here too?"