I agreed to be a kept man, but I'm still being punished by the system.

In Su Man's director's office, the air was filled with the unique sweet aroma of Lapsang Souchong tea emanating from the purple clay teapot.

Lin Yang's fingers are long and steady. He lifts the teapot, pours the tea, and pours the tea into cups. His movements are fluid and graceful, with a pleasing sense of rhythm.

The tea-making technique he learned from watching videos was shown to Su Man for the first time, and it brought a hint of approval to Su Man's usually cold phoenix eyes.

Su Man sat upright opposite him, having changed back into her well-tailored black business suit. Her hair was neatly styled in a bun, and she had transformed back into the commanding female director.

However, her lips, which were slightly pursed as she drank the tea, seemed fuller and rosier than usual.

Neither of them spoke; an unspoken understanding flowed through the aroma of tea.

Until a gentle knock was heard on the office's oak door.

Thump, thump.

"Please come in." Su Man's voice returned to its usual cool and aloof tone.

The door was pushed open, and He Xiaoya poked her head in. Today, she was wearing an adorable sailor-style dress with a single ponytail, looking exactly like a girl who had stepped out of an anime.

When she saw the tall, upright man brewing tea by the tea table near the French windows, her bright eyes widened noticeably for a moment.

Lin Yang?

How come he was having tea alone with President Su in the office?

And on a Sunday?!

He Xiaoya's inner gossip was instantly ignited, but she dared not show it on her face.

She walked in obediently, her gaze quickly sweeping between Su Man and Lin Yang.

"Mr. Su, you wanted to see me?"

"Yes, Xiaoya, come and sit down." Su Man pointed to a spot by the tea table.

He Xiaoya hesitated for a moment, and instead of sitting next to Su Man or opposite Lin Yang, she went around halfway and sat on the side of the tea table, separated from Lin Yang.

This position is neither too distant nor too intimidating, allowing one to avoid directly facing President Su's aura.

Lin Yang handed her a cup of tea after she sat down.

Su Man didn't care about that. She put down her teacup, the bottom of which made a crisp sound as it hit the table, and got straight to the point.

"Xiaoya, do you remember the sales department dinner that day?"

He Xiaoya's expression was very professional, seemingly completely unaware of the strangeness of the question.

"I remember, Mr. Su. Is there a problem?"

Su Man turned her gaze to Lin Yang and gave him a look.

"Lin Yang said he doesn't remember anything after he got on the bus. Can you help him recall?"

He Xiaoya's gaze finally fell on Lin Yang, with a hint of doubt in it.

The little voice inside her head had already started ranting and raving.

My God, they called me from my home, which is more than ten kilometers away, to the company on Sunday just for this trivial matter.

Lin Yang, if you don't remember, you don't remember. Why drag me, your innocent secretary, into this?

But she still wore an impeccable professional smile and spoke calmly.

"That night, I remember it very clearly."

"President Su, you and Lin Yang are both drunk. After I called a designated driver, I wanted to ask Lin Yang where he lived, but I couldn't wake him up no matter how I called him. He was like a dead pig, completely unresponsive."

Lin Yang paused slightly in the hand holding the teacup.

I suspect you're swearing, but I have no proof.

He Xiaoya didn't notice his micro-expressions and continued to recall.

"I thought to myself, I can't just leave him, a grown man, on the side of the road. Mr. Su, you were also a little unsteady on your feet, so I simply had the designated driver take the car directly to the Junfu Hotel and drop you off there together."

Lin Yang's inner monologue echoed once again.

Forget it? Just like that? Isn't my single room, which costs 800 yuan a month, better?

He Xiaoya continued.

"So, that night it was President Su, me, and Lin Yang. The three of us rode together in President Su's car, driven by a designated driver, to the Junfu Hotel."

"When we arrived at the hotel, I booked two rooms: a deluxe king room for President Su and a standard room for Lin Yang."

As she spoke, she seemed to recall the scene from that time, and couldn't help but glance at Lin Yang with a hint of disdain in her eyes.

"We called two waiters who were on duty in the hotel lobby, and together with me, a weak woman, the three of us struggled to carry Lin Yang, this dead pig, upstairs to the standard room."

Lin Yang's eye twitched slightly.

Okay, now we have evidence.

"And then?" Su Man pressed, her fingers tapping lightly on the table unconsciously.

"Then I helped you, Mr. Su, to the deluxe room."

He Xiaoya's tone became even more respectful.

"Mr. Su, you were already a little unsteady on your feet. I helped you to your room, and you fell asleep as soon as you lay down on the bed. I covered you with a blanket, adjusted the air conditioning, and then left."

"I glanced at my phone when I left; it was around 2 a.m.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yang couldn't help but speak up.

"Is that all? Think back carefully, is there anything strange? Or did you encounter any strange people?"

He Xiaoya tilted her head, thought hard for a moment, and then shook her head firmly.

"No, everything is normal."

She added another sentence.

"Those two waiters were also very nice and dedicated. It was past midnight, and they still had to carry you, this dead pig, upstairs without uttering a single complaint."

Lin Yang finally couldn't hold back any longer.

"Sister Xiaoya, that's enough! You've called me a dead pig three times already!"

He Xiaoya was taken aback, then stuck out her tongue and made a face.

"Really? I'm just stating the facts."

Su Man, who had been silent all along, watched the two bickering, and her tense lips actually curled up slightly, revealing a very faint smile.

Although it was fleeting, it still left He Xiaoya, who was standing next to her, stunned.

Mr. Su... smiled?

She followed Su Man for four years, and the number of times she saw her smile could be counted on two hands.

Su Man coughed lightly, breaking the brief moment of relaxation, her eyes regaining their composure.

"Xiaoya, do you remember the room number where Lin Yang stayed?"

"Yes, I have!"

He Xiaoya immediately realized what was happening, got up and left the office, rummaged through the secretary's desk outside, and soon returned to the tea table in the office.

"I still have the invoice; I haven't had time to submit it to the finance department for reimbursement yet."

She quickly pulled out an invoice that had already been stapled from a pile of receipts.

Her slender fingers flipped through the pages and quickly found the receipt from the Junfu Hotel.

"Found it."

She handed the invoice to Su Man and pointed to the details on it.

"The standard room number is 1725."

"The room number for the deluxe room is 2610."

Upon hearing these two numbers, Lin Yang immediately raised his questions.

"Could there be something wrong with those two waiters? What did they do after they took me to my room?"

Without even thinking, Su Man immediately rejected the guess.

"Won't."

Her voice carried an undeniable decisiveness.

"Junfu Hotel is a long-term partner of our Enwei Group and one of the top hotels in Huahai City. They would never ruin their reputation, built up over a decade, for such a trivial matter."

Lin Yang had already considered this deduction.

After Su Man confirmed it, he completely ruled out this possibility.

That makes the problem even more bizarre.

How did he manage to sneak from the standard room on the 17th floor to Su Man's deluxe room on the 26th floor without anyone noticing, and then lie naked next to her?

"Then...should we go to the hotel and check the surveillance footage?" Lin Yang suggested.

Su Man frowned slightly and glanced out the window.

"It's been almost a month since the incident, and the hotel's surveillance footage may still be available."

She hesitated for a moment, then stood up.

In that instant, her powerful decisiveness returned.

"I'll make a phone call and ask their boss, Wang Changming, directly."

After saying that, she took her phone, turned around and walked towards her large executive desk area, leaving Lin Yang and He Xiaoya with a decisive and efficient back view.