Back to 1984: Earning Money, Raising Kids, and Keeping the Household Busy

Chapter 249 Blocking the Peach Blossom

Li Muchen was in a particularly good mood and personally drove Chen Xinyue back to her dormitory. "Okay, Xinyue, let's make plans another day!"

As she spoke, she blew Chen Xinyue a kiss.

Chen Xinyue gave her a flirty wink, then carried her bags back to her dorm.

The next morning, she made a point of arriving at the company half an hour early and placing those things on Tang Ming's workstation.

Tang Ming came over and was completely dumbfounded.

Chen Xinyue then appeared, "Assistant Tang"

Tang Ming interrupted excitedly, "Secretary Chen, I didn't dare call you yesterday. You have to give me an explanation today! Look at how much money you spent yesterday! This is outrageous!"

Chen Xinyue looked completely innocent. "Assistant Tang, this isn't my fault. The president said I could spend as much as I wanted, and you told me to take good care of Miss Li and make her happy. I did everything I could, so why are you making trouble for me?"

Tang Ming was about to explain when he was immediately distracted by the last sentence, "Wait a minute, are you saying that Miss Li had a lot of fun yesterday?"

Chen Xinyue nodded. "I can guarantee that she had a smile on her face when she went back yesterday."

"Really?! She's got such a fiery temper, she can actually laugh?" Tang Ming muttered to himself, his gaze falling on Chen Xinyue. "Never mind, you can report to the president when he arrives later. Did you put all these things here?"

Chen Xinyue nodded again, "There's no other way, it's for companionship! If you want to get closer to someone, you can't make excuses. Miss Li helped me pick it out, and she'll be unhappy if I don't buy it. I accepted it to make her happy. The tags are still on, so I can return it. Otherwise, why would I bring these things here?"

Tang Ming then realized he had misunderstood Chen Xinyue, and couldn't help but scratch his head in embarrassment. Just then, Xiao Jinlin arrived.

Tang Ming quickly went over and whispered something to him for a while.

Xiao Jinlin looked at Chen Xinyue, nodded slightly to her, and stepped into the office.

Tang Ming waved, inviting Chen Xinyue to come inside with him.

Chen Xinyue respectfully placed the card on the table and carefully recounted what had happened yesterday.

"After leaving the company, Ms. Li went shopping at the mall. I accompanied her all the way. She bought a lot of things for herself and also picked out some clothes and shoes for me. I didn't cut off the tags and took them all to Assistant Tang's place. They can be returned."

Afterwards, we had dinner, went go-karting, and finally went to the club. Ms. Li seemed to have had a lot of fun yesterday. Mr. President, is there anything else you'd like to ask?

Seeing that she didn't want to stay any longer, Xiao Jinlin subconsciously raised an eyebrow, thought for a moment, and then slowly said, "Since Miss Li chose those clothes for you, you can keep them. Otherwise, it will be difficult to explain when she comes over and asks you about them."

And about what I mentioned yesterday, we've arranged to meet tonight at a private restaurant. We can leave together after get off work.

"Okay! I'll head out now." Chen Xinyue bowed slightly, turned, and hurried away.

Xiao Jinlin frowned and looked at Tang Ming, "Am I that scary?"

President Tang Ming was stunned. How was he supposed to respond to that?
Chen Xinyue, who had just left the president's office, had no idea that her behavior had puzzled Xiao Jinlin. She happily carried the bags back to her workstation, feeling incredibly pleased with herself.

Putting everything else aside, these things together are worth almost 50,000 yuan. Who would have thought that she, a new employee on probation, would swindle 50,000 yuan from her boss in less than ten days of work? What a steal!
Lin Fei curiously leaned over for a look, then covered her mouth in surprise, "My God, it's all designer brands! Xin Yue, have you struck it rich?"

Chen Xinyue made a shushing gesture, afraid that everyone would misunderstand, and had no choice but to explain what happened yesterday.

Cao Hui's eyes reddened with envy. He pounded his chest and lamented, "It's a pity I'm not a woman, otherwise I would definitely sacrifice myself to accompany Miss Li. I really could!"

Lin Fei pouted, "Come on, I'm a woman, I haven't even had my turn yet, what's it to you!"

The two exchanged a few words, then continued working. At lunchtime, Chen Xinyue took her things back to her dormitory before going to eat.

The office returned to quiet in the afternoon, and she quickly sped up her work to finish what she hadn't done the day before.

Tang Ming came over to spy on Cao Hui several times, which Cao Hui found unbearable.

"Assistant Tang, stop looking. You can't see anything good in it no matter how hard you look. Let me tell you, Secretary Chen hasn't left her chair all day except to go to the bathroom or drink water. You'd better not disturb us."

This was the first time Tang Ming had been so disliked, and he left feeling wronged.

After finally getting off work, Tang Ming had already packed up and called Chen Xinyue to go with him to the basement parking lot to wait for Xiao Jinlin.

It was the first time driver Lao Fang had met Chen Xinyue. Her eyes were wide and her manner was incredibly enthusiastic. "You must be our president's newly hired secretary, Chen! I've heard so much about you!"

Chen Xinyue didn't know how she became famous, but since she couldn't bring herself to hit someone who was smiling, she sweetly called him "Uncle".

Seeing that she was beautiful and had a good temperament, and that her every move was extraordinary, Lao Fang immediately asked gossipily, "Where is Secretary Chen from?"

"I'm from the South, my home is in a small city in the South," Chen Xinyue answered confidently.

Old Fang nodded to himself, then asked, "Secretary Chen, aren't you worried about your family coming to the capital to develop your career all by yourself? I also have a daughter, and I don't want her to study in another city, because I'm afraid that something might happen and we won't be able to get there in time."

Tang Ming pricked up his ears to eavesdrop.

Chen Xinyue chuckled, “I’ve been quite independent since I was little. I went to university in the capital and studied abroad all by myself. I’m used to it. My family is very open-minded and they support my choices.”

Old Fang gave a thumbs up, "Parents like this are rare! But then again, it's not easy for a young girl to live in the capital. Luckily, our company provides employee dormitories."

Xiao Jinlin arrived before he could finish speaking.

Old Fang immediately stopped the conversation and drove the car to the private restaurant as Xiao Jinlin instructed.

Xiao Jinlin didn't say anything the whole way, not even a word of advice, which made Chen Xinyue frown subconsciously.

Waiting for the place.

Xiao Jinlin led the two to the reserved private room. As soon as they met, the two heavily made-up beauties stood up and said, "Hi!"

"Mr. Xiao, do you mind if I bring a few more people?" the other party greeted in broken English.

Tang Ming immediately gave Chen Xinyue a wink.

Chen Xinyue understood immediately, subtly moved closer to Xiao Jinlin, and politely nodded to him.

The two beautiful women in revealing dresses rolled their eyes and stared critically at Chen Xinyue.

The man laughed, "I've worked with President Xiao more than once, but this is the first time I've seen him take a woman out. This lady must have something special about her! Otherwise, how could she outshine our two beauties?"

The two women were even angrier.

Chen Xinyue disliked the way the other person looked at her, as if they were waiting for a better price.

Before she could speak, Xiao Jinlin's face darkened. "Jellis, if the mine doesn't want to do this business, they can just say so. There's no need to waste my time."