169: Secret love affair

"Please follow me, this way is the filling workshop."

The technical manager of the acquired factory was introducing the various processes of perfume manufacturing.

The wisps of white mist overflowing from the edges of the machine during filling... meandering, drifting, enchanting.

Just like someone's breath, it looks cold but it's hot...

"Hey..." Her drifting thoughts were pulled back.

It was Lance poking her with a mischievous smile.

"You look quite radiant today. What's up? Is your sleep quality that high? Any little tips you can share with me?" She clearly had a hidden meaning in her words.

The eight Female Beast who came for interviews yesterday all signed contracts on the spot.

Tu Nan and Lance were now accompanying the employees on their first day of work to tour the company's important assets, which was this factory.

This was precisely the reason she had left Hain in the room.

The new employees found everything novel and followed the staff member closely.

Tu Nan, however, unconsciously slowed her pace and fell behind.

"I could tell you in detail, but how would you practice it?" Tu Nan glanced at her sideways. "Do you want to try?"

Lance choked, raising her hands in surrender.

"Just kidding~ Don't scare me like that."

Tu Nan felt speechless at this fish that was almost stewed by someone.

Forget it... who knows, this isn't a bad thing either.

"That research..." Tu Nan had just started, when Lance interrupted frantically.

"Stop! Don't urge me every day."

"It's not..." Tu Nan wasn't urging the progress; what she was thinking about was the sentence Hain said yesterday.

"It's about yesterday, there was something he said that I'm a bit concerned about."

"He said that kind of... thing... is good for the Children, and also said it's a secret that his uncle passed down to him."

Tu Nan asked Lance: "Do you think this sounds like they have already noticed that pattern?"

"They are Male Beast raising the Children, right..."

Speaking of this topic, she still vaguely glossed over the key information; she was very careful not to mention Hain and his race.

"Maybe." Lance carefully pondered this elusive sentence.

"Then I'll go check the Rank changes of the Children in their Family. Maybe I'll really get something. Look at his Rank, it's quite high... Could it be that his parents were overly affectionate?"

The two looked at each other, both feeling that this topic was not suitable to continue here, and they tacitly closed their mouths.

"Quite affectionate." Someone behind them provided information without any inflection.

"His father was very favored before he passed away."

The two ladies turned around—Yi Xingye, who was sharpening a small knife in his hand, as if he had just casually interjected.

He spoke suddenly, and the two only then remembered that this person had been following behind them all along.

He was following behind Tu Nan precisely because of Hain, the Hain who agreed to temporarily become a "secret lover".

He insisted that the unknown group behind Sophia involved huge interests, and someone must follow Tu Nan.

"Me? That's unnecessary, nothing has happened for so many days." Tu Nan actually felt that in this matter, she at most played a role in discovering clues.

Besides a limited few, no one knew she was involved in it.

Hain, however, did not think so.

"Hard to say. You might be fine because there has always been someone by your side, and they might not have found an opportunity." He was referring to himself, Kong Jiamu, and Yi Xingye.

When Tu Nan thought about it, it did seem to be the case.

"The commission contract I placed hasn't ended yet; let Yi Xingye accompany you when you go out today." Hain advised her.

This was also acceptable, and Tu Nan agreed.

"Then you..."

If Hain were seen leaving her room like this, then it wouldn't be possible to hide it from anyone.

Hain sighed.

"Rest assured, if I don't want people to discover it, no one will be able to. That's it, I'll send someone to set up the room next door upstairs first."

Had he handled everything now?

Tu Nan found herself drifting off again. Pressing her temples, she forced herself to efficiently and quickly resolve the company's affairs.

She rushed home without even eating lunch.

Yi Xingye dropped her off at home and turned to leave.

Tu Nan pushed the door open herself.

Miss Gu, who was buried in the pile of account books in the living room, was reminded by Black Spade and looked up blankly.

Seeing Tu Nan, it took her brain a while to connect, and she jumped up.

"Pearl! Hain has moved in, why did he move here?" She poked her hands, somewhat excited.

Leaving the account books in the living room wasn't appropriate; she needed to get a separate office for her... Tu Nan's first thought was actually this.

"Kong Jiamu said he offended some people, so he let Hain move over so we would be safer."

"Oh, he's so caring~" Miss Gu smiled naively, "So virtuous."

Did Kong Jiamu know someone used 'virtuous' to describe him?

But Gu Lvhai... if Tu Nan had known yesterday that so many things would happen suddenly, she really wouldn't have been clever enough to trick her into coming back the day before yesterday.

Sigh...

"Come here, there's a problem here." Miss Gu summoned her.

Tu Nan went forward, not knowing why.

She pointed to a table she had pulled out and excitedly said to Tu Nan: "Look, I've organized all the accounts, take a look! There's a big problem here. Why are the purchase prices and labor budgets so high? I've calculated it; if we compress them, the profit margin could double!"

Tu Nan looked sideways.

The data that she and Lance had spent countless hours calculating was almost identical to the data Miss Gu had calculated in one day.

This really was a... Genius at bookkeeping.

Taking some risks seemed worth it; Tu Nan's stance was not very firm.

"Lvhai, are you short of money?" She asked.

Miss Gu shook her head.

Great! Tu Nan smiled.

"We want the company to last, so we can't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. A startup company must first have a reputation, technology, and personnel; making money is the very last step. Keep your eyes on the long term... only then can we make big money in the future!"

"But it's great that you can spot problems! Keep it up, I believe in you. In the future, when the company gets bigger, the account books will pile up like a mountain, and you'll have plenty to be busy with."

Miss Gu wasn't intimidated at all; she appeared full of energy.

"Really? That's great!"

...Even just to repay her enthusiasm, Tu Nan had to fulfill her wish.

To make the company big and strong.

She prepared to go upstairs with satisfaction. But Red Spade, who was standing behind Gu Lvhai, suddenly asked.

"Miss Pearl, I would like to ask. Is it inappropriate to arrange Young Master Montoya's room on the third floor? After all, he is a single Male Beast."

As soon as she finished speaking, she felt Gu Lvhai pulling her sleeve hard and looking embarrassed, only then realizing she had overstepped again.

Tu Nan stopped and asked back: "The third floor? Is it the other master bedroom?"

She acted as surprised as if she didn't know about this either.

Frowning and thinking for a moment, Tu Nan guessed uncertainly.

"That room... perhaps Kong Jiamu gave his own room to him?"

This answer was actually impeccable, but she added another sentence: "They have worked together under Your Majesty for many years, and their relationship has always been this good."

Miss Gu nodded frantically.

Red Spade also suppressed that baseless suspicion and returned to guarding behind the Young Miss respectfully.

Tu Nan looked seriously at these two attendants of Gu Lvhai who were very considerate of her and quite attentive, and a sudden inspiration struck her.

"Lvhai~ can your Black Spade and Red Spade do accounting? You see... our accounts will only increase in the future, and one day you won't be able to handle it all."

Although she had a little ulterior motive, Tu Nan really did want to find some trusted helpers for Gu Lvhai.

"Do you want to ask them if they would like to work together too? The company will also pay them a salary."

Gu Lvhai was stunned, then suddenly grabbed the hands of the two attendants, eyeing them covetously.

"I think it's doable, what do you think?"

"Ah?" The two attendants were bewildered by this sudden blow, but after thinking about it carefully, they became tempted.

"Re... really can we?" Black Spade asked.

Gu Lvhai nodded vigorously.

It was done.

Employees +2 instantly, very good.

Tu Nan could finally go upstairs easily, but just as she reached the third floor, Kong Jiamu, who had only left for a day, called her via Video Call.

Looking at the vibrating bracelet, after a moment of thought, Tu Nan knocked on the door of the other master bedroom on the third floor.

Hain opened the door with a smile to welcome her, but saw her pointing at the bracelet.

On it, Kong Jiamu's Video Call request was flashing.