C142 Self-deception

I heard a familiar female voice, as gentle and smooth as ever.

Raising my head, I realized that the person I bumped into was indeed Qian Xue, the person I hadn't met for a long time. The last time we met was when I met a hooligan on my way back alone and was saved by Qian Xue by accident.

The first time I saw her, I was naturally pleasantly surprised. "So you're working here. Is this your new job?" I thought that Qian Xue came to Zhao to apply after leaving the Ou Clan.

However, Qian Xue's expression was awkward and weird. She forced a laugh and said, "That's right, I'm working here now."

In a flash, I recalled the pile of documents I just picked up from the floor. When I saw the important documents from the various departments, I immediately had my doubts. From the time Qian Xue left until now, it hadn't even been half a year, even if she was an outstanding worker, it was impossible for her to advance so quickly and become an employee who held such an important position in the Zhao family.

Lowering her head, she saw the job tag on Qian Xue's chest. The words "Special Assistant to the CEO" were very eye-catching. No wonder she had such outstanding working skills. So she was holding such an important position in the Zhao Family.

Many large companies were like this. Although the special assistant of the CEO was only a job dealing with administration, they would basically choose people with exceptional ability and the CEO was especially trustworthy. The number of things they could decide and handle would sometimes exceed the number of the CEO and the vice president of a company.

For a long time, because Liang and Ou had always been in competition with each other, naturally, Ou Gar Rui and I thought that the traitor found out must have come from the Liang family. However, we had always neglected that the company that treated Ou as their strongest enemy was not just the Liang family alone.

Carefully looking back, I seem to remember that when the Ou Family and the Liang Family competed in the fields of products and sales, Zhao Yuhao's several small projects were all signed during that period.

No wonder people in business often say that in business, there are no eternal friends and no eternal enemies, only eternal benefits. He had originally thought that it was only because the two of them had some disagreements in terms of personality. Their many years of friendship with each other must have been real, but now it seemed that the so-called vicious competition was everywhere.

Quickly recalling these things in my mind, my gaze towards Qian Xue also turned colder. Qian Xue was a very smart person. When she saw my reaction and the documents in her hands, she immediately understood what I was thinking about. From her eyes, I could see a hint of apology and uneasiness.

After returning to her job, Qian Xue didn't wear the simplest and most low-key clothes like when she was at Euclidean. She only focused on her work and wore a bright and beautiful job suit.

"Qian Te, good job." Coincidentally, a female employee walked past us, nodding to Qian Xue, who nodded in greeting before looking at me with some nervousness.

I patted the dust that didn't exist on my clothes and smiled at Qian Xue. "Qian Te has not seen you for a long time. It seems that you have been working at Mrs Zhao for quite some time now. I'm really worried about what I would do if you leave the Ou Family. It seems that a capable person like you can be like a fish in water at any company."

Qian Xue wasn't angered by my obviously provocative and sarcastic words. As before, she respectfully asked me, "Long time no see. Miss Zhou, have you been well?"

"Not bad, but I just just found out that my two good friends are working together to plot against my husband. I'm just a bit surprised." Actually, I don't have any stance to denounce Qian Xue, because she only did what her boss told her to do. As for Zhao Yuhao, I have even less reason to act up.

I just felt a little depressed in my heart. I didn't expect that the people I considered my friends were actually not as simple as I thought they were. If I wanted to condemn them, I could only condemn my own naivety and imprudence.

Qian Xue changed the topic, "Did you come here today to look for Boss Zhao?"

For a smart person like Qian Xue, she must have long since found out about the good friend relationship between Zhao Yuhao and I from the other members of the Zhao Family. There was no need for me to hide it, "Yes, I came here today to chat with Boss Zhao to pass the time.

Originally, I wanted to come and discuss the matter of me working in the Zhao Clan's design department with Zhao Yuhao, but after meeting Qian Xue by chance, I began to understand that the relationship between the Zhao Family and the Ou Family was definitely not as simple as I had imagined. Although I couldn't help him with anything, not causing trouble for him was at the very least my own request.

I'm afraid I have to reconsider the matter of joining the Zhao Group.

Qian Xue warmly took my arm, as if she was a completely different person from the little employee I was nervous about when I got close to her in Europe. "Coincidentally, I also have some documents to hand over to Boss Zhao. Can I take you there as well?"

I originally wanted to leave immediately, but was pulled back into the elevator towards Zhao Yuhao's office by Qian Xue.

"Come in." After Qian Xue knocked on the door, Zhao Yuhao's voice came from the office.

"Leave the documents there. I'll give them to you after I finish looking through them. Go back and busy yourself." Zhao Yuhao seemed to have long predicted that Qian Xue would come up to deliver the documents. Changing his mind to look at the items in his hands, he spoke to Qian Xue without raising his head.

"Alright, Director Zhao. Since you're here, I'll go inform the secretary to bring a pot of jasmine tea first, okay?"

After Qian Xue said this, it caught Zhao Yuhao's attention, "Aiyo, isn't this our Zhou Xinyao student? Why? Have you thought it through? Do you want to work at our company, or do you simply find it boring and find me to play with you?" After Qian Xue left the office, the arrogance on Zhao Yuhao's body instantly shattered.

"No, it's just that I felt that I hadn't seen you in a long time, so I came to take a look. As for coming to the Zhao clan, I haven't thought it through." Looking out the window at the scenery a few hundred meters above, I felt that people like Zhao Yuhao and the others who lived in the clouds were actually in great pain, because even the close friends beside them would need you to stand against them one day.

The smile on Zhao Yuhao's face didn't decrease in the slightest, even though he had already realized the complexity of the problem the moment Qian Xue and I had walked into this office together.

"Don't worry, don't worry. Although I don't like each other, I really admire a junior sister like you. You can come anytime you want and think about it slowly."

I pretended not to notice as I dropped a heavyweight bomb between our conversation. "Yeah, I like Mrs Zhao's working environment. I can also work with my old colleagues in Europe."

Zhao Yuhao didn't feel the slightest bit surprised by my words, as if he had already expected that I would find out about Qian Xue's identity. "Say, Xiao Xue, she's a very outstanding employee and my right-hand person. There are many large companies that want to poach her, so she's probably one of my trump cards."

I didn't know what to say, I didn't think that Zhao Yuhao would actually admit it so readily, completely exceeding my expectations. I frowned and asked, "Why do you have to do this? Didn't Zhao and Ou Family always stay within the same river, aren't you and Ou Jia Rui good friends? Why are you doing this?"

Zhao Yuhao personally poured a cup of tea for me. "The shopping mall is like a battlefield; if I don't do this, others would do the same. If you don't believe me, you can go back and check; whether or not the Ou Family has had a lot of unidentified employees who were expelled for some unknown reason in the past few years."

Perhaps it's because the world I've come into contact with before, although it had power and competition, was nothing compared to a circle like Ou Garui's. I didn't think that the competition between the various groups was so much more complicated than I had imagined.

"You can go back and tell Ou Jiarui, but I don't think he's surprised. After all, maybe he did this himself. Yaoyao, you need to grow up, you need to get used to this." Zhao Yuhao's movements and demeanor in drinking the tea were elegant, as if he was a modest gentleman from ancient times that was as gentle as jade.

I shook my head. "I don't know if I should talk to Ou Jiarui about this, but I just want to ask you this. Zhao Yuhao, you and I should be friends only to deal with the Ou Family, right?"

"I can assure you that I haven't. I've never thought of using you to deal with Ou Garui. I simply feel that you're a very cute girl, I just want to be your friend."

I'm afraid it's hard for me to easily believe anyone's words after all the shock I've suffered recently.

Zhao Yuhao seemed to be afraid that I wouldn't believe him, and continued to explain, "When I first saw you in the B University, I actually didn't want to get to know you. At that time, I knew that you were Madame Ou, and it was only after I found out that you were an especially good girl that I wanted to be friends with you.

I waved my hand and stood up. "I can understand you. The people sitting in your seats must be thinking more complicated and thoughtful things than I've thought. However, whether it's you or Qian Xue, I treat you guys as my friends and treat you sincerely. I want to go back and calm myself."

"I'm fine, I'll send you off." This lie of Zhao Yuhao's was extremely clumsy. I had clearly just personally witnessed Qian Xue bringing in a large pile of documents for him to look at.

"No need, I'll take a taxi back myself." I suddenly began to understand why Eugene wanted me to stay away from Zhao Yuhao. Our relationship could never be as pure as that of ordinary friends.