Jiang Shiyu still remembers the feelings of that time vividly. For so many years, she never knew her father had another daughter, who was only a few months younger than her! This meant that her stepmother and her biological father had been involved with each other early on, and as soon as her mother passed away, she couldn't wait to enter the Gu family!
Jiang Dehai owned a small company. While it couldn't compare to the Mu family, its annual net profit was tens of millions, more than enough for an ordinary family.
When Jiang Dehai married her mother, he was just a penniless young man. Without her maternal grandfather's support and help, Jiang Dehai would not be where he is today. Her maternal grandfather even held a majority of the shares in Jiang Dehai's company! A significant portion of the money used to start the company came from her maternal grandfather!
Her maternal grandfather passed away some years ago, and Jiang Dehai started coming home less and less, citing work as the reason. Her mother believed him without question. Jiang Shiyu had hardly seen Jiang Dehai since she was little. If it weren't for her mother's death, she would have almost forgotten she had a biological father!
Jiang Yurou started school earlier than her, so she graduated a year earlier. Her father drank a lot, pulled many strings, and spent a lot of money to squeeze Jiang Yurou into Ling Sheng.
Jiang Yurou had flaunted it to her for a long time back then, which made Jiang Shiyu secretly vow to work at Ling Sheng after graduation.
Unexpectedly, fate was a cruel mistress. With twenty to thirty departments in Ling Sheng, she was assigned to the same department as Jiang Yurou.
Jiang Shiyu wasn't afraid.
Jiang Yurou was the daughter of a mistress, so she was the one who should be afraid.
Jiang Yurou never imagined that Jiang Shiyu could actually pass the interview and get a job at Ling Sheng.
So when she heard Jiang Shiyu's name, Jiang Yurou almost thought she had misheard. When she looked up, it was indeed Jiang Shiyu!
Seeing Jiang Shiyu smile at her, the smile was extremely provocative.
If this weren't a workplace, she would have rushed over to slap Jiang Shiyu long ago.
"Fang Yuan, Shiyu, would you two introduce yourselves!" the Operations Department Manager said with a smile.
Fang Yuan was poised and generous. After introducing her academic background, everyone praised her, "So excellent!"
When it was Jiang Shiyu's turn, although her academic qualifications were not as good as Fang Yuan's, she still calmly introduced her actual situation without any concealment.
After she finished speaking, there was a moment of silence.
Colleagues in the Operations Department were all surprised. The interns hired in recent batches all had at least a master's degree. It was unprecedented to hire someone with a bachelor's degree.
Jiang Yurou let out a laugh, "So undergraduates can also work at Ling Sheng. Do you know someone familiar?"
As soon as Jiang Yurou finished speaking, the atmosphere became even more awkward.
Jiang Shiyu showed no embarrassment on her face, only smiling at Jiang Yurou, "Aren't you also a graduate with a bachelor's degree? Do you know someone familiar?"
Jiang Yurou's face turned extremely ugly!
How did Jiang Shiyu know she got in through connections?!
Fang Yuan chimed in, "Shiyu must have other special skills. Ling Sheng wouldn't hire someone without ability for no reason. Everyone, please don't make malicious speculations!"
The matter was then put to rest.
Jiang Shiyu was surprised that Fang Yuan would help her. During lunch, she specifically sat with Fang Yuan and thanked her.
"You don't need to be so polite. You and I are both interns, and we'll be working together. I just can't stand others being sarcastic and making malicious speculations about you."
Jiang Shiyu was touched by Fang Yuan's sense of justice.
After a few conversations, Fang Yuan became very excited when she talked about joining Ling Sheng, "Although my family is well-off, I've admired someone since I was little, and that's the CEO of Ling Sheng Group. That's why I studied desperately, just to be able to join Ling Sheng and work with Mr. Murong!"
So she came for love!
Judging by Fang Yuan's attire, she was also a socialite. How outstanding must this legendary Ling Sheng CEO, Mr. Murong, be for the young and beautiful Fang Yuan to pursue him!
As it was her first day at work, she was adapting to the work environment, so the work wasn't too tiring.
Jiang Shiyu said goodbye to Fang Yuan at the entrance and watched Fang Yuan get into a luxury car. She couldn't help but sigh, even rich young ladies had to bravely pursue love.
Just as she was about to walk to the bus stop, a car horn sounded.
Jiang Shiyu turned her head and saw a familiar license plate number. It was that very expensive Mercedes-Benz.
"Why are you here? Is your company very close to here?"
It was strange. Yesterday after work, it was the same. Was Murong Cheng's company nearby? Otherwise, how could he be so punctual every time? She had only been out of the building for about ten minutes, and Murong Cheng's car had already appeared.
"Quite close... What do you want to eat tonight?"
The man seemed a little tired, his already deep features appearing even more profound. But the moment he saw Jiang Shiyu, it instantly vanished. Even the corners of his mouth, which never curved upwards, showed a slight arc.
Jiang Shiyu was almost mesmerized. She only got into the car after snapping back to reality.
Murong Cheng personally cooked dinner, so they went to the supermarket to shop.
Since the house was filled with disposable items, Jiang Shiyu took the opportunity to pick out some daily necessities.
Thinking about what happened at the company that morning, Jiang Shiyu couldn't help but share it with Murong Cheng.
"All the interns this year are master's degree holders, it's really amazing. How can I, a bachelor's degree holder, be worthy of interning at Ling Sheng? They even thought I had connections at Ling Sheng. I just got lucky..."
Murong Cheng listened patiently as Jiang Shiyu chattered on. Although his handsome face remained impassive, a hint of playful amusement flickered in the corners of his eyes.
After finishing their shopping and returning home, Jiang Shiyu opened her laptop and sat cross-legged on the living room carpet, looking through related materials about Ling Sheng Group and understanding the work of the Operations Department.
Murong Cheng, being skilled, cooked quickly. Three dishes and one soup were served. His deep, pleasant voice called out, "Wife, dinner is ready."
Jiang Shiyu casually replied, "Got it!"
A man's chuckle came from the other side!
Jiang Shiyu only realized her mistake afterward, her cheeks instantly flushing. She wanted to retort to Murong Cheng, but smelling the aroma of the food, she reluctantly swallowed back her words.
As the saying goes, one is short of breath when eating someone else's food and soft-handed when taking their things. Let him call her that, it wouldn't make her lose a piece of flesh!
"How did you know I liked to eat these?" Twice-cooked pork, stir-fried beef with green peppers, and stir-fried hollow cabbage were all her favorite dishes.
"I like them too. I just cooked a few dishes casually."
Jiang Shiyu didn't think much of it and pulled out a chair to sit down and eat.
Late at night, after taking a bath and lying in bed, Jiang Shiyu hugged the quilt, feeling that Murong Cheng was somewhat familiar.
But she couldn't recall where she had seen him before. As she thought, she drifted off to sleep unconsciously. In her mind, Murong Cheng's face transformed into the face of the boy she met in her childhood.
"Little Whale..."
Jiang Shiyu mumbled and fell into a deep sleep.
Murong Cheng gently pushed open the slightly ajar door and heard Jiang Shiyu's low murmur.
He froze on the spot as if under a spell, unmoving.
After a while, hearing her even breathing, Murong Cheng came back to his senses, and his tensed body relaxed.
The work proceeded unexpectedly smoothly. Jiang Shiyu and Fang Yuan were assigned to the same team and were responsible for a small project. Although it was a small case, they both worked overtime and revised it many times. After a week of discussion, they completed it. Because Fang Yuan had internship experience, she guided Jiang Shiyu, and their progress was very smooth.