To marry into the family in place of his brother? Impossible!

Shen Qinghan looked at him, a complex emotion flashing in her eyes. "Are you sure? This is a rare opportunity!"

"Confirmed." Jiang Jinhuan nodded. "I hope my promotion is based on everyone's genuine respect, not on the company making an exception for me. Give me some time, and I will let my results speak for themselves."

Shen Qinghan was silent for a few seconds, then nodded.

"Okay, I'll talk to Director Wang."

"Thank you, team leader!" Jiang Jinhuan rarely showed a happy expression.

Shen Qinghan met his smiling eyes, her gaze instantly shifting away, her ears flushing slightly.

Shen Qinghan took out a bag of tea from the drawer: "I know you don't like coffee, this is tea I had a friend bring back, try some!"

Jiang Jinhuan instinctively refused, "Team leader, this isn't appropriate, I'll be going now!"

After saying that, he turned and left.

Shen Qinghan looked at the tea leaves in her hand, put them down dejectedly, and her face turned somewhat pale.

She took two train tickets out of the drawer, rubbed them for a moment, and then put them back down.

Jiang Jinhuan walked out of the office and returned to his workstation.

Soon, news spread that Jiang Jinhuan had refused to become the group leader.

Fatty Zhou leaned closer and whispered, "Jin Huan, are you stupid? You turned down such a good opportunity as a promotion to deputy team leader?"

"It's not a rejection," Jiang Jinhuan said, turning on his computer, "it's just that I feel now isn't the right time."

"What's inappropriate about it? Your abilities speak for themselves; who dares say you can't? Once you're in that position, you'll have plenty of ways to shut these people up!"

Jiang Jin Huan offered no explanation.

What he cared more about was whether he would have the face to see his grandmother after he died.

Therefore, he will definitely not be promoted within three months, until the Song family cancels the marriage proposal.

If he had known this would happen, he should have shortened the agreed-upon time with the Song family to one month.

……

When news of Jiang Jinhuan's refusal to be the team leader reached the president's office, Song Qingci was reviewing documents.

The assistant knocked and came in, his expression somewhat subtle.

"President Song, regarding the promotion of Jiang Jinhuan to deputy team leader in the marketing department..."

"What's wrong?" Song Qingci looked up, a glimmer of light in her eyes.

Jiang Jin Huan refused.

Song Qingci paused on the document, leaving a small ink stain.

"You refused?" Her voice rose slightly. "Why?"

There was disbelief in her eyes.

"He said he was too inexperienced and that a promotion at this stage would be difficult to justify, and that he wanted to let his achievements speak for themselves. And also…"

Song Qingci frowned: "What else?"

The assistant added, "Furthermore, there is a lot of opposition."

Song Qingci put down her pen, leaned back in her chair, and her expression changed from surprise to complexity.

She paused for a few seconds, then asked, "Who is the most vehemently opposed?"

The assistant hesitated for a moment: "There's an employee in the marketing department named Lin Yuan. He publicly stated that Jiang Jinhuan is too inexperienced and that promoting him would be unfair to the senior employees."

Song Qingci frowned slightly, a hint of displeasure flashing in her eyes.

Logically speaking, there are people who oppose it, but it shouldn't be this intense. Why?

Song Qingci was somewhat puzzled.

"I understand." Song Qingci's tone returned to calm. "You can go out now."

The assistant left the office and gently closed the door.

Song Qingci sat in a chair, looking out the window, her expression shifting between light and dark.

She kindly offered to help him, but he simply refused.

Is this ungrateful?

Or... does he really think that his own abilities are enough?

Song Qingci took a deep breath, suppressing the emotion that she couldn't quite define as either anger or disappointment.

But she had to admit that Jiang Jinhuan's reason for refusing surprised her somewhat.

He didn't know how rare this opportunity was.

Once he's in the team leader's position, he'll have more opportunities and more resources.

Saying that I have the qualifications and the authority to command respect is just an excuse. If he had reached that position, wouldn't he have been able to shut up those so-called opponents?

But he refused. Did he really not think of that?

Or did he do it on purpose?

Song Qingci picked up the pen again, signed the document, then picked up the internal phone and dialed Shen Qinghan's number.

"Qinghan, that's me."

"President Song, what are your instructions?"

"Has the marketing department recently taken on a new project? The one in cooperation with Huacheng Group?"

"Yes, the project has just been finalized, and we are still assigning a person in charge."

Song Qingci paused for a second: "Let Jiang Jinhuan be in charge of this project."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.

"President Song," Shen Qinghan's voice carried a hint of surprise.

She quickly suppressed her excitement. "President Song, this project is huge. Do you really want Jiang Jinhuan to be in charge? Why do you value him so much?"

Song Qingci seemed a little guilty and quickly explained, "Qingci, I saw the project proposal he recently worked on. It's very insightful, and I admire it."

Of course, if you have better candidates, you can choose them yourself; the main thing is to do a good job on the project!

Song Qingci replied, "Yes, President, I will arrange this!"

After hanging up the phone, Song Qingci leaned back in her chair, a slight smile playing on her lips.

Song Qingci tapped her fingers lightly on the table twice, thinking to herself, "I've almost finished the preliminary work for this project; he just needs to wrap it up. He won't refuse such a lucrative opportunity, will he?"

Since she had mentioned Jiang Jinhuan's name, Shen Qinghan would definitely give Jiang Jinhuan priority.

She was confident that Jiang Jinhuan would not refuse the project.

This is like fat meat that's been fed right to one's mouth.

……

The day after the news reached the marketing department, Lin Yuan approached Shen Qinghan.

"Team Leader Shen, I heard that the Huacheng project is going to be assigned to Jiang Jinhuan?"

Lin Yuan stood in front of Shen Qinghan's desk, his face showing resentment and grievance.

Shen Qinghan looked up at him and said, "You're certainly well-informed!"

"Team Leader Shen, I'm not targeting Jiang Jinhuan, but you know how big Huacheng's project is, and Jiang Jinhuan has only been here for a short time."

He doesn't even know everyone in the company, how can he coordinate between departments? Isn't this making things difficult for him?

Shen Qinghan remained silent, waiting for him to continue.

Lin Yuan lowered his voice, "Team leader, if this project fails, it will affect the reputation of the entire marketing department and also be a blow to him. I think we should let someone more experienced take charge."

Shen Qinghan looked at Lin Yuan, her eyes narrowed, and her fingers tapped lightly on the table.

"Do you have someone more suitable?" Shen Qinghan asked.

Lin Yuan quickly replied, "Team leader, I've worked in the marketing department for three years and participated in more than a dozen projects. I also know the contact person at Huacheng."

I think I'm more suitable, Team Leader Shen. I'm not arguing for myself; I'm doing this for the project's sake.

Shen Qinghan looked at Lin Yuan and remained silent for a few seconds.

Shen Qinghan withdrew her gaze. "I understand. You go back first, I'll think about it."

After Lin Yuan left, Shen Qinghan sat in her office in silence for a long time.

She picked up the phone and dialed Jiang Jinhuan's number.

"Jin Huan, come to my office for a moment."

Jiang Jinhuan knocked on the door and came in.

Shen Qinghan looked at him and asked directly, "Do you want to take charge of the Huacheng project?"