Chapter 58: Wen Xiaorou, I Want Her! [8]

"Director Chu... lately... I've been a bit busy." Wen Xiaorou squirmed and began making excuses to rebuff Chu Ge.

Hearing this, Chu Ge immediately put down the work in his hand, looked up, interlaced his fingers, rested his chin on the back of his hands, and asked in utter puzzlement, "Have I been assigning you too much work lately?"

Wen Xiaorou hurriedly waved her hands and shook her head, saying, "No, no, it's just that my work efficiency is too slow."

Chu Ge smiled, picked up the analysis document Wen Xiaorou had just handed him from the desk, and said, "Today's work is already finished."

Wen Xiaorou let out a long sigh inwardly. Was this Chu Ge genuinely clueless or just pretending to be? Couldn't he tell she was trying to keep her distance from him? She certainly didn't want to live in the spotlight and make an enemy of every woman around.

Scratching her head, Wen Xiaorou began searching for another excuse, "Yesterday's work isn't done yet. I'll go right now."

Having said that, Wen Xiaorou turned and bolted, terrified that Chu Ge might come up with some reason she couldn't refuse, so making a quick escape was best.

Yet when she returned to her workstation, tidying her desk and computer, she realized everything she was supposed to do was done, and even tasks outside her official duties were finished. Having just lied to Chu Ge, sitting here doing nothing made her conscience prick her a bit. She immediately asked the other secret assistants for some photocopying and printing tasks to kill time.

Inside the print room, there were over twenty printers and copiers, but Wen Xiaorou deliberately wasted time by lingering beside just one machine to slowly copy her documents. Once that was finished, she slowly printed more documents on the same machine, intentionally dragging out the working time.

Leaning against the printer, Wen Xiaorou felt a little bored. As she organized her materials, she hummed a little tune, feeling grateful for having narrowly escaped from Chu Ge's office just moments ago.

Reflecting on it, Wen Xiaorou realized she had been at Shangjing for quite a while now, yet she had only seen Jing Nuo twice. It seemed that seeing him less often meant he wasn't quite as impossible to let go of as she had once imagined.

Wen Xiaorou took a deep breath, raised her right fist, and cheered herself on, "You can do it!"

"Do what?" Chu Ge appeared at the doorway of the print room out of nowhere, leaning against the doorframe and gazing at Wen Xiaorou.

"Director Chu, um... working... working hard!" Wen Xiaorou stammered, finally scraping together a plausible excuse.

Chu Ge raised his left wrist to check his watch and smiled warmly at Wen Xiaorou, saying, "It's time for lunch. Let's go."

"The documents aren't finished yet," Wen Xiaorou protested, pointing to the papers still printing in the machine.

"I'll wait for you." Unflustered, Chu Ge walked into the print room from the doorway and sat down in the empty chair next to Wen Xiaorou.

Watching Chu Ge's every move, Wen Xiaorou felt on the verge of a breakdown. Why was rejecting someone so difficult? Or was the man in front of her simply too thick-skinned?

"Hehe! Hehe! Let's eat first! I'll come back and finish this in the afternoon." Seeing that Chu Ge had no intention of leaving, Wen Xiaorou had no choice but to give in.

Only when Wen Xiaorou compromised did a relaxed, triumphant smile appear on Chu Ge's face, as if her every reaction had been entirely within his expectations.

Walking side by side down the corridor with documents clutched in both hands, Wen Xiaorou's eyes darted around restlessly. Suddenly, she looked up and asked, "Director Chu, from now on... can I not join you for meals?"