The Secret of the Yoga Club: The Women's Identity is Not Simple

Strike while the iron is hot! The next day!

Lin Feng posted a message in the company group: To motivate everyone's work enthusiasm recently, the company is organizing all employees to go to the karst cave scenic area for free in batches for two days and one night, and all expenses will be covered by the company.

As soon as the message was sent out, the group chat exploded. Xiao Wang from the business department sent more than a dozen celebratory emojis, and Lao Zhang from the transportation department said that he had never met such a good boss in his half-life.

Lin Feng looked at the jubilant scene in the group chat, leaned back in his chair and smiled. He then called Wang Yue into his office and asked her to arrange the group list.

Wang Yue flipped through the tablet, her dimples curving into a particularly pronounced smile. "President Lin, since you're personally leading the team, why don't you arrange for Qingqing and me to join your group? Anyway, the procurement department isn't too busy lately, and Qingqing has been saying she wants to go to the cave again. Last time we went, it was too rushed, and we didn't really have much fun."

Lin Feng leaned back in his chair and glanced at her. "You're always coming up with all sorts of tricks. Fine, it's settled then."

On the day of departure, when the bus arrived at the entrance of the scenic area, Chao Yuan was already waiting for it at the visitor center.

Wearing a light blue short-sleeved shirt, her skin slightly reddened from the sun, she waved to Lin Feng from afar and walked over to him, heading into the scenic area side by side. "Lin Feng, the online reservation optimization plan you mentioned to me last time, the technical team has finished it, and the testing these past few days has shown good results. The foundation for the second phase of the resort hotel has also been laid, and it's expected to be topped out next spring. When the hotel opens, I'll let you be the first to stay in a suite."

"Okay, I'll bring some people over to support you then. Today we'll just wander around a bit, you don't need to come along, go do your own thing."

Upon reaching the cave entrance, Chao Yuan, needing to oversee the progress of the second phase of construction, asked the tour guide to lead them inside. Lin Feng waved his hand, "No need, I know the way inside well, I can just show them around myself."

Wang Yue and Ma Qingqing followed behind Lin Feng, and the three of them walked along the path deeper into the cave.

The lighting system inside the cave has been fully installed. Warm yellow LED light strips are hidden behind stalactites. The light is soft and natural after being refracted by the rock surface, making the entire cave look like an underground palace.

Ma Qingqing looked up at the dense stalagmites on the dome, her eyes wide open.

"This place is so beautiful. Last time I came, there were too many people, so I didn't get a good look. How many years would it take for these rocks to grow like this?"

"It would take at least hundreds of thousands of years. Water dripping wears away stone, and the reverse is also true; water droplets can grow into stone." As they walked, Lin Feng pointed to several stalactites hanging upside down on the dome and showed them to her. "Look at those few; they're still dripping water, which means they're still growing. These stones have been here for so long; whether we come or not, it's the same. They're still waiting here until the day they collapse."

When they reached a fork in the road, Lin Feng suddenly stopped and pointed to the left fork. "There's a really beautiful cave hall over there, but it's not usually open to the public. I only discovered it when Chao Yuan and I came here last time. There are some incredibly large stone pillars inside, and they look absolutely stunning when the lights shine on them. Want to go take a look?"

Wang Yue immediately understood and sat down on a nearby chair. "I'm a little tired, I'll rest here for a while. You two go ahead, I just need to reply to a few work messages. Qingqing, haven't you always wanted to see more caves? President Lin will personally be your guide, this is a privilege others would kill for."

Ma Qingqing hesitated for a moment, looked at Wang Yue, and then at Lin Feng. "Well... Mr. Lin, thank you for your trouble."

Lin Feng reached out his hand to her. "The path inside isn't very smooth, hold my hand so you don't fall."

Ma Qingqing hesitated for a moment before placing her hand in his. His hand was warm, and the pressure he applied when he held her was just right, making her heart beat a little faster for no apparent reason.

The two walked along the side road, and the lights gradually dimmed, with only a few emergency lights emitting a faint glow.

After walking for a few minutes, the space suddenly opened up in front of us, revealing a small cavern with several thick stone pillars that stretched from the ground to the ceiling, looking particularly magnificent in the dim light.

Ma Qingqing looked up at the stone pillars and couldn't help but sigh.

"How magnificent. These stones have stood here for so many years, it doesn't matter whether we come or not."

Lin Feng walked around the cave hall for a moment, then frowned and took out his phone to check it. "The signal's gone. I didn't remember the way when we came in. Last time I came here, I took the other way. This side path seems to be blocked." He put his phone back in his pocket, his tone tinged with regret. "It's all my fault for being too confident. I shouldn't have brought you here so rashly."

"President Lin, please don't blame yourself." Ma Qingqing quickly waved her hand. "I agreed to come with you at the fork in the road. Besides, it's really beautiful here, so it's worth the extra walk. You didn't do it on purpose. Who would have thought this fork in the road would be so complicated?" She took out her phone to turn on the flashlight, only to realize that she had put it in a waterproof bag and stored it in the locker when she was at the entrance of the cave.

The two remained silent for a moment in the dimly lit cave. Ma Qingqing suddenly chuckled softly.

"President Lin, I actually think this is quite good. I'm always very nervous when I talk to you at the company, afraid of saying the wrong thing or not giving a good report. Now that it's dark, I don't find you so scary anymore."

Did you think I was scary before?

"It wasn't that you were scary, it's just that you seemed incredibly authoritative." Ma Qingqing leaned against a stone pillar, her voice echoing softly in the empty hallway. "During the interview, you sat there flipping through my resume, and I was so nervous my legs were shaking, and I couldn't even speak properly. Later, you mentioned you were from Hohai University, a year below me, and that's when I relaxed a little. Actually, I've always felt this junior is far more capable than me. You own several companies, manage hundreds of people, and can still chat and laugh with so many important figures. Compared to you, I'm nothing."

"You also graduated from Hohai University, received scholarships for so many years, and were even the vice president of the student union. How can you be so insecure?"

Ma Qingqing lowered her head, her fingers unconsciously twisting the hem of her clothes. "That's all because I'm too stupid. I can only rely on rote memorization. I've known since I was little that I'm not smart. Things that others can understand after hearing once, I have to read several times. I'm too tall and introverted, so I've never had many friends growing up. I've always felt like a very ordinary person. In college, all my roommates were dating, but I was the only one who spent every day in the library. It's not that I didn't want to date, it's that no one pursued me."

She laughed first, a hint of self-deprecation in her voice, "They said I was too tall and that standing next to guys would make them feel inferior. Later, I went to a trading company, but the manager there had ulterior motives towards me. After I resigned, I stayed home for a long time, feeling utterly useless. It wasn't until I joined Shuke and met you and Minister Wang that I realized I wasn't so bad after all."

Lin Feng turned his head to look at her. The cave was dimly lit, with only a few rays of light from the emergency lights in the distance seeping through the cracks in the stone pillars and falling on her delicate profile.

"You're outstanding. I could tell when I interviewed you. You mentioned that you resigned from the trading company because your manager had ulterior motives towards you. For a recent graduate to make such a decisive choice in that situation, preferring to lose your job rather than compromise, shows you have backbone. Later, you proactively learned business knowledge and operations management, building a new product line from scratch to its current scale, which demonstrates your ability. There are so many veteran employees in the centralized procurement department; Lili spent several years building the Cistanche deserticola line to its current level. You've only been here a short time, and you've already surpassed her in the comprehensive development of the black goji berry and angelica lines."

He paused, looking into her eyes. "I'm not taking care of you because you're my senior; I value your abilities. Don't always underestimate yourself."

Ma Qingqing looked up at him, her eyes slightly red. This was probably the first time in her life that someone had affirmed her so earnestly.

His lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just nodded vigorously.