"How old are you? How long have you been by President Zhan's side?"
She said she was twenty-six this year and had been with Ge'er for two years.
"So you've been by President Zhan's side since graduation?"
"Yes."
"President Zhan has a bad temper. The fact that she kept you on after graduation shows you have good work capabilities."
Being praised is always pleasant, but Guan Shuya had to be honest.
"No, President Zhan actually has a pretty good temper usually. Perhaps she's been under a lot of pressure recently."
Lei Dongyi chuckled again. "May I ask how much your salary is? Including performance bonuses, year-end bonuses, and so on."
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"Of course, if you feel it's inconvenient, you don't have to say."
Before answering, Guan Shuya playfully asked Lei Dongyi.
"May I ask what you mean by asking these questions, Lawyer Lei?"
Lei Dongyi said, "You're a smart person, and I won't beat around the bush. I just want to gauge your work capabilities through your salary level."
Guan Shuya then told him the truth, giving him a figure.
Lei Dongyi nodded again.
This indicated that the girl's work performance was excellent, and Ge'er was very satisfied, giving her full marks in almost every aspect.
"Not bad. President Zhan has a good eye for people. You are capable, have a good job, and are beautiful. Do you have a boyfriend?"
When someone as excellent in appearance, outstanding in figure, and high in social status as him asks if you have a boyfriend, anyone would start fantasizing.
Xiao Guan's face immediately turned red.
"What do you mean by asking that, Lawyer Lei?"
Lei Dongyi said, "I think you have great potential and will achieve great things in the future. There are many suitable unmarried young men around who want to be introduced to you. Are you interested?"
Guan Shuya was extremely interested.
She came from a rural background. The reason she studied hard and desperately tried to join Zhan's company was her desire to meet people from higher social strata to change her destiny.
Young talents who could be friends with Lei Dongyi must be extraordinary, and through him, she could meet them…
She said with great excitement and shyness.
"Lawyer Lei might not know, but our assistant team is all female, and I'm usually busy with work, so I really don't have many opportunities to meet men. I'm so honored that you're willing to go to this trouble for me. But will it cause you any inconvenience?"
Lei Dongyi said gently, "No, it's just a few words."
"Then thank you so much, Lawyer Lei."
After finishing her personal matters, Guan Shuya knew it wasn't that simple.
They had just met, and Lei Dongyi was so eager to help her find a boyfriend, he must have had an ulterior motive.
Thinking about herself, the only thing he could be after was through Zhan Jingge.
So she asked directly.
"Lawyer Lei, may I ask you a question?"
Lei Dongyi liked smart and frank girls like her. "Yes."
"You and our President Zhan… I know this might be presumptuous, but you don't have to answer. To tell you the truth, I just think you two are very well-matched. It doesn't seem like you just met; your chemistry is quite subtle, and it's quite interesting watching you two argue."
Since Lei Dongyi had brought the conversation this far with her, he had no intention of hiding anything.
"Your feeling is very accurate. We aren't strangers. We were classmates many years ago, and I like her."
"But we had some misunderstandings in the past few years, which is why she doesn't like me much now. I want to win her back."
Win her back? Does that mean they had dated before?
The assistant blinked her eyes.
"So, what do you need me to do, Lawyer Lei?"
Lei Dongyi took out his phone. "Here's what, Xiao Guan, let's add each other on WeChat. You don't need to do much, just send me her schedule every day."
"This is a secret between us, and I'll keep it well. You will too, right?"
Xiao Guan blinked playfully and immediately gave him some useful information.
"Zhan is going out at three in the afternoon, but I don't know where. This is a private itinerary."
Lei Dongyi was satisfied. "Got it. You can go back to the office now. I'll call you when the food is ready."
Lei Dongyi checked the time, it was 2:40 PM. He went to the parking lot in advance.
Soon, he received a WeChat message from Xiao Guan that Ge'er had come downstairs.
A few minutes later, Ge'er drove out of the parking lot, and he followed her at a moderate distance.
Ge'er drove alone to a famous private hospital in the south of the city, Jiayuan Hospital.
All the way, Lei Dongyi was thinking of excuses, how to stage a chance encounter, and how to connect with her.
However, when they reached the hospital parking lot, before he could even find a parking space, he saw Jiang Nanfang and a well-dressed middle-aged woman already waiting for Ge'er to arrive.
Jiayuan Hospital was known for its obstetrics and gynecology department. It was likely she was here for a prenatal check-up, and the person with Jiang Nanfang must be Shang Jincheng's mother.
With the child's grandmother and maternal grandmother escorting her, Lei Dongyi lost the courage to follow.
Looking through the car window as Ge'er was linked arm-in-arm with the two women and walked into the consultation hall with concern, he felt a mix of emotions.
But now was not the time for regret or idle talk.
He had already wasted enough time in the past few years. The only thing he could do now was to make amends.
He found a parking spot, parked his car, and estimated the time. Ge'er should have already entered the consultation room for her examination. He called Jiang Nanfang.
Just as Ge'er lay down, Jiang Nanfang and Mother Shang were eagerly looking at the ultrasound machine when her phone rang.
She picked it up and saw it was Lei Dongyi calling.
Jiang Nanfang knew he wouldn't call her for no reason, so she went outside to take the call.
A few minutes later, they were sitting in Lei Dongyi's car.
Being asked to meet him here, Jiang Nanfang was surprised but had already guessed most of it.
"Say what you need to say."
Since Jiang Nanfang was so accommodating and had such a good attitude, Lei Dongyi had nothing to prevaricate about.
Looking at her with sincere eyes, he confessed.
"General Manager Jiang, no, I need to discuss personal matters with you now. May I call you Auntie?"
"You might think it's abrupt for me to say this, but in fact, I've wanted to call you Auntie for many years."
"Ge'er might not be clear about our family situation, but I believe you and Uncle Zhan know why I suddenly went abroad back then… In short, I want to tell you that my feelings for Ge'er have existed for many years, and they have never changed."
"Although I haven't been in touch with Ge'er all these years, I have never stopped paying attention to her."
"It's because of this that I felt I still had a chance. Overconfidence led to divine punishment, which is why the incident between her and Shang Jincheng happened…"
"I don't mean anything else; I don't think it's a bad thing, nor do I dwell on it. To love someone is to love everything about her. I don't consider her past with Shang Jincheng as a stain on her life. On the contrary, I believe that Ge'er's current situation is also related to me; everything is caused by my indecisiveness."