On my second playthrough, they were full of malice towards me.

Just then, there was a knock on Lena's office door. It was her assistant who had come to deliver materials to Lena. Unlike usual, the assistant seemed very angry today, with a very indignant look on her face.

"What's wrong?" Lena asked with concern.

The assistant hesitated for a moment, but finally said, "Director Lei, you've been in the office all morning so you don't know, but it seems that since last night, there's been a rumor circulating in the company that you have an affair with a convenience store employee!"

"Convenience store employee, scandal?" Lena frowned.

She was already annoyed, and hearing this made her even more irritable. Everyone in the company knew that Lena was very particular about this kind of thing, and many of her assistants were young women who never dated men.

"If you ask me, Director Lei, it's definitely a rumor spread by Sister Hui. Only Sister Hui was there yesterday. She must have suffered a loss at your hands, Director Lei, and is now retaliating like this! What kind of person is she!"

Lena was still furious. She usually ignored Hui Jie's provocations, mainly because she disdained them. But now that Hui Jie was spreading rumors about her, it had crossed Lena's bottom line, and she could no longer tolerate it.

But when the assistant finished speaking, Lena was taken aback for a moment, then quickly asked, "Wait a minute, who is this rumor about? It's not that fan from yesterday, is it?"

"Yes, it's the one who took a photo with you, Director Lei. You're so easygoing and love your fans, but some people have turned it into you having feelings for someone else. It's outrageous!"

The assistant clenched her fist and gestured in the air, filled with righteous indignation, as if she were standing up for Lena. But in reality, her boss, Lena, was focused entirely on...

"So, the person I took a photo with is from the convenience store downstairs in our building?"

"Yes, yes, I heard it's a newly hired employee. Our team is too busy and we've hardly ever been to that convenience store. Only those who often slack off and don't do their jobs could find it so quickly."

"Sigh, what bad luck. Who knew those two people would be so close to us yesterday? This is a bit of a problem. Director Lei, what do you think we should do? Should we talk to President An?"

"Need not."

Lena spoke concisely, then stood up from her workstation and headed outside.

But after taking only a few steps, he returned to the office cubicle. When he came out again, he had taken off his gray-black work uniform and changed into a more youthful set of casual clothes.

assistant:"."

"Director Lei, where are you going?"

"The convenience store downstairs."

After saying that, Lena walked out of the office as fast as the wind, leaving her assistant inside looking completely bewildered.

Meanwhile, on the other side...

The deputy chief designer's office was filled with a joyful and cheerful atmosphere.

"Sister Hui, I didn't expect our rumor to spread so smoothly. In just one night, many colleagues in the company already know about it, and it's starting to spread wider and wider!"

"And Sister Hui, your trick of deliberately hiring people to pretend to be the onlookers at the convenience store was brilliant! A lot of people followed suit and went to that convenience store out of curiosity, making our rumors even more real!"

"As expected of you, Sister Hui, experience counts. Director Lei thinks she can compete with you? Humph, she's still too young!"

Hui-jie was initially enjoying the assistant's flattery, but the subsequent comment, "Old ginger is spicier," made her lose her temper and her eyes widen in disbelief.

The assistant then realized her mistake and quickly corrected herself, saying, "No, no, you're much younger! You look much younger than Director Lei!"

"Alright, psychological warfare can only annoy Lena at most. If you really want her to step down, you still have to rely on what I said before, contacting that content creator. How's that going?"

"Sister Hui, you know, when luck comes, you can't stop it! It's like even God is helping us! This morning I saw that the content creator replied to us. They happen to be in our city too, and I even heard them say that they live very close to the Senmeng Building, so it seems like they could come over at any time!"

"Really? That's great. Send them a message and tell them to come over today, not any other day. I'll meet with them in person after we get off work."

"Okay, I'll go arrange it for Sister Hui right away."

The assistant had only been gone a few minutes when she rushed back to Sister Hui's office.

"Sister Hui, an employee just told me that they saw Director Leilei leave!"

"Did she go to complain to President An? Haha, that's all she's capable of." Sister Hui said dismissively.

But afterwards

"Sister Bu Hui, Director Lei, she... she went to that convenience store!"

"What?" Sister Hui frowned. Logically speaking, Lena should be trying her best to clarify things at this time, and she shouldn't be going to a place like a convenience store. Wouldn't that just confirm the rumors?

But when her assistant said the next thing, Sister Hui was completely stunned.

Yes, and it's said that...

"Director Lei even changed her clothes and put on high heels."

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Convenience store.

"Brother Liao! You're not leaving here until you've explained this matter clearly to me, Chen Shuo!"

The angry chubby boy was questioning the young man opposite him.

"Didn't you say before that women are like clothes and men should focus on their careers? Why do you care? Besides, didn't I tell you that I don't know anything? It's probably just a rumor spread by some idle employee of Senmeng when we took a group photo yesterday."

"First of all, women are like clothes, but can people go without clothes?! Secondly, she's our goddess! How can they be the same?! Finally, yesterday's photo was of you, not us! How awful! Damn it!"

Chen Shuo gritted his teeth, wishing he could become Liao Ji.

"Are you sure it's okay? You haven't been secretly contacting Director Lei behind my back, have you?"

"Really, no," Liao Ji said innocently.

"You promise?"

"ensure."

"Phew! So, Brother Liao, you and I are still good brothers." The chubby guy breathed a sigh of relief.

If there's one thing that's most painful between men, it's probably when the goddess in your heart is secretly won over by your brother.

Thankfully, such a tragedy did not happen.

But just then, the convenience store's automatic welcome sound rang out again, signaling the arrival of new customers. The chubby boy turned around and looked towards the entrance, ready to greet the newcomer.

He froze on the spot.

No need for many other features; her short pink hair is the most eye-catching feature.

Chapter 335 Are you interested in taking on a small commercial performance?

In fact, Lena had thought of many ways to strike up a conversation.

For example, after entering a convenience store, one could pretend to want to buy something, then feign some doubt about the product, thus striking up a conversation with the young person.

For example, she might come over and reprimand the Senmo employees who were just there to stir things up, then apologize to the young man who was the victim of the scandal, and use that as an excuse to invite him out for dinner to apologize again.

But in reality, when Lena entered the store and saw the young man she had taken a photo with the day before actually appear there, the joy of finding him again made all her plans vanish.

"That, that one!!"

The chubby boy, still stunned, eagerly went to greet the pink-haired woman, but she didn't even glance at him before walking straight past him.

"What a coincidence." Lena stood in front of Liao Ji, staring intently at the young man.

Actually, Liao Ji's feelings towards Lena are quite complicated right now.

On the one hand, seeing that the other person had really come looking for him and appeared in front of him again, the joy of being with a lover still rushed to his heart. On the other hand, because of what happened with Anuo last night, Liao Ji's conscience was tormented, and he was very conflicted about Lena.

But the pink-haired woman clearly didn't care about all that. She first glanced at the employee name tag on the young man's chest, memorized the name "Liao Ji," and then quickly asked:

"Liao Ji, really? Since we've run into each other again by chance, would you be interested in doing a small commercial performance?"

"Small-scale commercial performance?"

“Yes, it’s a small-scale commercial performance. Don’t worry, the process isn’t complicated. Just follow the event schedule. All you have to do is say ‘I’m willing’ at the end. You’ll even get a national-level certificate.” Lena casually tossed her short pink hair.

Liao Ji had never accepted any commercial performances, but for some reason, he found it hard to refuse the woman with the pink hair, as if he was willing to cooperate no matter what she said.

Is this what it means to "like"?

I may like it, but I still have work to finish.

Is this commercial performance in a hurry?

"It's urgent, very urgent, because the staff over there might be going home in a little while." Lena glanced at her watch.

"Understood, I'll go ask for leave."

If the dumbfounded chubby boy next to him felt that everything happening before his eyes was too magical, then Lena's subsequent actions further demonstrated to him what magic truly meant.

When the pink-haired woman heard that Liao Ji needed to "ask for leave," she frowned slightly. It wasn't that she was unhappy because Liao Ji hadn't come to accompany her directly, but rather that she was unhappy that the young man had to ask someone else for leave.

"Wait for me a moment."

After asking Liao Ji to wait a moment, Lena finally turned around and focused her attention on the chubby boy who had been ignored.

"come over."

"Leina, what's the matter, Director Lei?" Just when Chen Shuo naively thought that good luck had come his way, Leina's next words left him completely confused.

"You should have your store manager's contact information, right?"

"Yes, yes, Director Lei."

"Could you please give it to me? Thank you."

The slightly bewildered chubby boy gave the store manager's number to Lena. Lena then went outside the convenience store, made a phone call, and came back in about three minutes later.

"Alright, this shop will be closed this afternoon. Little Fatty, I'll leave the rest of the work to you to clean up the shop."

Little Fatty

Chen Shuo's lips twitched slightly. He clearly had an employee badge with his name on it on his chest.

What puzzled Chen Shuo even more was that the store was closed in the afternoon. What a coincidence! He hadn't received any notification from the store manager. Could it be that Director Lei asked for the store manager's contact information just to make the store close today so that Liao Ji could have some free time?

That's going too far!

The chubby guy was still mentally ranting, but to his surprise, he had underestimated Director Lei.

"I'm the manager of this store now."

Seeing that the chubby boy was still standing there in a daze, Lena added a sentence.

"Director Lei, you...you bought it?"

"Well, it wasn't expensive. The store manager handed it over to me for less than 200,000 yuan, which is about a month's salary."