He stole his best friend's photos and fell for a tycoon's heir through online dating.

"So when do we start?" Lin Wanzhi was already in the zone, taking out her phone to prepare the schedule.

"Tomorrow," Zhang Nan said, glancing at her watch and then looking up at the two of them.

"You two can familiarize yourselves with the environment today. I'll send the materials to your email addresses, and you can take a look at them this afternoon."

Feel free to ask me anything you don't understand.

"Okay!" Lin Wanzhi nodded vigorously, her ponytail swinging like a happy pendulum.

Before Zhang Nan turned to leave, she seemed to remember something and turned back to add:

"By the way, you haven't activated your accounts for the company's OA system yet. I'll have my HR colleague set it up for you this afternoon."

If you need anything these next few days, just let me know.

"Thank you, Sister Zhang!"

Zhang Nan smiled, turned and left. The sound of her high heels clicking on the carpet gradually faded away, finally disappearing around the corner of the corridor.

Lin Wanzhi plopped down in the chair, slumping against the backrest like a deflated balloon, her hands hanging limply at her sides.

"Ruoruo—I'm so nervous—when that Mr. Huo looked at me just now, I almost couldn't speak—"

"Didn't you say he was very handsome?" Xia Ruo pulled out a chair and sat down, casually hanging her bag on the table.

"He's handsome, but he's also genuinely scary!"

Lin Wanzhi fanned herself with her hand, her face still flushed, red from her ears all the way to her neck.

"His gaze was so penetrating, it felt like he could see right through you. I didn't dare meet his eyes. Don't I look like a frog being stared at by a snake?"

Xia Ruo looked her up and down: "Have you ever seen such a beautiful frog?"

"Can't you be serious for once!" Lin Wanzhi reached out and slapped her, but the corners of her mouth were already turned up.

Xia Ruo didn't reply. She turned on her computer and started looking at the information Zhang Nan had sent.

The screen is covered with densely packed recruitment plans, school lists, timelines, and budget sheets.

The tiny lines of text crawled like ants across the Excel cells, making her temples throb.

In her past life, she worked like a slave in a rice company, and what she feared most was this kind of "look at the information first and familiarize yourself with it" approach.

To put it bluntly, it's just a bunch of raw data that no one has ever organized, and you're left to figure it out on your own.

But she still forced herself to read it word by word.

My phone vibrated.

She picked it up; it was Zhou Siyan.

Zero: [How was your baby's first day at work?]

Xia Ruo's lips unconsciously curved into a smile as she typed quickly:

"Brother, I just finished a meeting. Everyone at the company is so amazing! I need to study hard!"

After sending it, she stared at the screen for a moment.

No reply.

Xia Ruo frowned, waited a few more seconds, but there was still no movement.

She thought to herself, "He's probably busy." She put her phone face down on the table and turned her attention back to the dizzying array of forms.

-

In the CEO's office on the top floor, Zhou Siyan's brows slowly furrowed.

When he sent the message, his eyes were glued to the monitor screen on his computer.

Dingxin Media's office area has several security cameras, and one corner of the camera can capture the new employees' workstation area.

He saw with his own eyes that Lin Wanzhi's phone was on the right side of the table, screen up, but she didn't touch it at all.

Not even once.

But a reply came.

Zhou Siyan leaned back in his chair, his slender fingers tapping lightly twice on the table.

He read the reply again—"Baby just finished a meeting."

The tone, wording, and use of emoticons are exactly the same as before, so it doesn't seem like someone else posted it on my behalf.

It wasn't posted by Lin Wanzhi.

Who could it be?

He brought up the surveillance footage again and dragged the progress bar back a few seconds.

In the video, at the workstation next to Lin Wanzhi, Xia Ruo is looking down at her phone, tapping the screen a few times before putting it down and continuing to look at her computer.

Zhou Siyan watched those few seconds of footage three times over.

His eyes narrowed slightly, like a hunting dog that had spotted the footprints of its prey.

But he did not draw a conclusion immediately.

Perhaps Lin Wanzhi was using the computer to reply because she had logged into the desktop version of WeChat.

Perhaps it's for some other reason.

He told himself not to make a judgment too early, but the girl named Xia Ruo had already been quietly moved from the "no need to pay attention" category to the "to be observed" category.

-

Time flew by and it was noon.

Lin Wanzhi took Xia Ruo to a nearby shopping mall to eat hot pot.

After finishing their meal, the two went into the building and pressed the elevator button.

The elevator slowly descended from the top floor. The two stepped inside, and Lin Wanzhi pressed the button for their workstation's floor. Just as the door was about to close—

A hand reached in from the outside.

Long, slender fingers with distinct knuckles blocked the elevator doors. The sensor was triggered, and the doors popped open again.

Huo Sinian stood outside, holding a cup of Americano in his hand. The black liquid was steaming, and the bitter aroma of coffee wafted through the elevator entrance.

"Hello, Mr. Huo!" Lin Wanzhi immediately stood up straight, her voice sweet, with an instinctive obedience like one would show when meeting their homeroom teacher.

"Hmm." Huo Sinian stepped into the elevator, his gaze lingered on Lin Wanzhi for a moment, then he turned around and pressed the button for the top floor.

The elevator doors closed.

The space suddenly felt cramped.

Xia Ruo was speechless: Isn't the CEO's private elevator right next door? Why should she squeeze into the elevator with them...?

There were only three people in the elevator, but it was so quiet it was as if all the air had been sucked out.

The air conditioner vents buzzed overhead, and cold air poured down from above, making Xia Ruo's neck feel chilly.

Huo Sinian stood in front, with his back to them.

His shoulders were broad and straight, and his dark gray suit jacket was without a single wrinkle, with even the cuff buttons fastened meticulously.

The coffee cup in his hand was steaming with fine white mist, which dissipated quickly in the cold air.

How was your first day?

He spoke, his tone as if he were routinely asking a new employee a question; his voice wasn't loud, but it was exceptionally clear in the quiet elevator.

Lin Wanzhi was taken aback for a moment, probably not expecting the president to take the initiative to speak to her, then she smiled and her eyes crinkled:

"It's great! Manager Zhang is very nice; he's helped us get familiar with a lot of things. There's just so much to learn, and my brain isn't quite up to the task..."

She stuck out her tongue sheepishly as she spoke.

"Hmm." Huo Sinian nodded, his gaze never leaving her face. "It's normal. Take your time. You can come to me anytime if you have any questions."

Come find me anytime.

Xia Ruo stood in the corner, silently observing everything, her inner monologue already exploding with excitement:

Wow—President Huo is indeed interested in Wanwan!

Is this the first day and they're already saying "come find me anytime"?

Good heavens! This is like a scene from a CEO romance novel coming to life!

If Wanwan gets together with President Huo, what will happen to Zhou Siyan?

Oh wait, Zhou Siyan is the male lead, and Wanwan is the female lead. According to the plot, Wanwan is supposed to end up with Zhou Siyan...

Wait a minute, doesn't that mean President Huo is just having a one-sided crush?

Poor Mr. Huo, he fell in love with a woman who was destined not to belong to him.