The CEO Wants to Flirt with You (GL) - Chapter 2

Chapter 2

After pulling her gaze away, Chu Yanqing turned to look at Duan Xiaoman, asking with a smile, “Have you completed the onboarding paperwork?”

Duan Xiaoman pursed her lips and shook her head. “Not yet. Manager Ma said she’d do it for me in three days.” The three days were a probation period. If she didn’t pass, she’d be let go, and she wouldn’t even be paid for those three days! How stingy! But judging by how President Chu treated her, she probably wouldn’t have to wait three days for the probation period or even the month-long trial period after that. She’d probably get a full-time position right away!

See? That’s how easy it is for a weak and foolish protagonist to rise to the top!

“It’s a good thing you didn’t. You can leave now. You don’t have to work here anymore.” Chu Yanqing smiled, then called for Ji Yan and told her to escort the new airhead out of the building.

She was in the middle of a power struggle with Gu Ying, and this person just had to interrupt her!

After less than half an hour on the job, Duan Xiaoman was fired. She was completely stunned until Ji Yan had escorted her out of the building.

She was clearly following the script of a romantic drama’s innocent female lead, so why wasn’t President Chu playing along? Shouldn’t she have called her a little idiot and then fallen for her, loving her to the point of no return? Why was it that the moment the protagonist’s script was in her hands, she was immediately killed off?

As soon as Duan Xiaoman was gone, Chu Yanqing curled her lips into a smile. She gestured and said, “Manager Gu, please have a seat.” Hmph, so what if she’s just a small public relations manager? She was the president! She might not be able to handle the responsibilities of a president, but she could certainly act the part!

The sudden change in attitude was unlike the Chu Yanqing she had encountered before, and it was certainly not the one she had imagined.

Gu Ying sat down on the sofa without hesitation and looked up at Chu Yanqing. She saw Chu Yanqing smiling with her lips curled, her eyes clearly calculating something. Heh, what kind of trick was she planning to play?

Chu Yanqing enthusiastically asked, “Manager Gu, would you like something to drink?” Without waiting for an answer, she turned and walked to a pure white wine cabinet. She took out a bottle of 2012 Château Lafite Rothschild.

Holding the red wine in one hand and a corkscrew in the other, she walked toward Gu Ying. “The office has the most wine. Since you’re new here, Manager Gu, let’s have a bottle of red wine to welcome you.” Seeing that Gu Ying neither agreed nor objected, she deftly opened the wine and poured it into a decanter. “This wine needs to breathe for twenty minutes. I’m going to go change. Manager Gu, please wait a moment here.”

Every second was precisely calculated. By the time she came out after a shower and a change of clothes, the wine was perfectly aerated.

Gu Ying crossed her legs and her arms, leaning back on the sofa with a cold expression. She watched Chu Yanqing’s movements until Chu Yanqing handed her a stemmed glass with a small amount of red wine. Only then did she coldly refuse, “I don’t drink.”

Is she playing a game with me? A public relations manager who doesn’t drink? Who would believe that? Look at Gu Ying. She’s so cold and detached in front of her, but maybe she’s a seductive and promiscuous woman around men!

Chu Yanqing smiled and said, “Manager Gu, are you not giving me face? I poured this wine for you myself. Just drink a glass to give me some face, okay?” Using both threats and coquettishness, she didn’t believe Gu Ying would dare not to drink her wine.

Once she drank the first glass, the second and third glasses would be… ahaha, let’s see how she’ll refuse then!

Chu Yanqing chuckled to herself, waiting for Gu Ying to take the wine from her hand.

How could Gu Ying not know what Chu Yanqing was thinking? It was just a common tactic used to get people to drink at the table! She looked at Chu Yanqing with a cold expression. Under her expectant gaze, she took the stemmed glass.

Just as Chu Yanqing thought she was going to drink the wine, Gu Ying let go of her hand. With a dull thud, the crystal glass fell onto the pure wool carpet imported from New Zealand.

Is this b1tch doing it on purpose?! She’s already been sarcastic with her, and now she’s deliberately spilling red wine on her carpet!

Chu Yanqing no longer wanted to pretend to be a sophisticated and diplomatic president. She propped herself up on the sofa with both hands and looked down at Gu Ying. “Gu Ying, you’ve dirtied my carpet. Tell me how you’re going to pay for it!” She would just use a rogue approach to deal with this woman!

Gu Ying looked directly into Chu Yanqing’s eyes and said, “President Chu, Chairman Chu didn’t send me to Shengjin to drink.”

She was the public relations manager at the group’s headquarters. She was favored by Chairman Chu and was expected to become a vice president of the group. She had heard that Shengjin Entertainment, the company Chu Yanqing was in charge of, had been losing a huge amount of money for years. The few artists the company had only made the company’s reputation worse with various scandals and hadn’t made a single penny for the company. So, she took the initiative to request a transfer to Shengjin.

Everyone had seen Gu Ying’s capabilities. The chairman immediately approved her request and even promised her that if she could turn Shengjin’s losses into profits and make the entertainment company big, he would give her the position of president of Shengjin Entertainment and a 30% stake in the company.

As for his incompetent, precious daughter, he would just transfer her back to the group’s headquarters and let her live off of them.

“What did my dad send you to Shengjin for? If not to drink, then is it…” Chu Yanqing looked at Gu Ying suggestively, dragging out her words. “…To pimp yourself out?” Isn’t that what public relations managers do? Besides accompanying people to eat and drink, what else can they do?

The two were so close that their faces were only five centimeters apart. Chu Yanqing sniffed and found that Gu Ying had a faint, pleasant scent on her. It wasn’t any brand of perfume, but it smelled very nice. Looking closely at her face, it was fair and clean, with no trace of foundation. It was completely unexpected that a public relations manager wouldn’t wear makeup.

Her gaze shifted up slightly. She had a pair of sharp, heroic eyebrows. Although she was a woman, the eyebrows didn’t look out of place. In fact, they made Gu Ying look even more beautiful.

Then she looked into Gu Ying’s eyes, which were as dark and deep as the vast starry sky. Unknowingly, she was lost in them.

Gu Ying looked at Chu Yanqing with a calm expression and asked coldly, “President Chu, have you had enough?” After years of experience, she was no longer the Gu Ying who would get sad and hurt by Chu Yanqing’s words.

At the age of twenty-two, she had just graduated from university and was lucky enough to join Chu Corporation, a big company. On her very first day, she met Chu Yanqing.

Eighteen-year-old Chu Yanqing, the second daughter of the Chu family, was dressed fashionably and extravagantly, unlike her, a regular university graduate who still had long, straight black hair and dressed unfashionably. She was also timid and submissive when she met people. It was a blessing to have the opportunity to work at Chu Corporation.

That day, the arrogant Miss Chu, accompanied by two tall, burly men in black suits, was in high spirits as she went to the company to see her older brother, Chu Yan Hong. Chu Yan Hong had returned to the company after completing his MBA abroad to serve as the Executive Vice President. As his younger sister, Chu Yanqing went to the company to see Chu Yan Hong as soon as her university vacation started, to welcome him back and congratulate him on becoming the group’s vice president.

It was a coincidence that she met Gu Ying on her first day of work.

Eighteen-year-old Chu Yanqing looked much more mature than twenty-two-year-old Gu Ying. When she saw Gu Ying in the elevator, Chu Yanqing glanced at her with disdain and wasn’t interested in a second look.

After that one look, she said to the bodyguards behind her in a mocking tone, “Does the company hire just anyone? If you don’t know any better, you’d think our company even hires beggars.” They were in the same elevator, and she didn’t care at all how Gu Ying would feel after hearing her words.

When Gu Ying heard what Chu Yanqing said, she lowered her head in shame. She really hadn’t expected to get into Chu Corporation. Fortunately, she only had to go to the sixth floor and could get off. Otherwise, if she had to listen to Chu Yanqing’s insults any longer, she would have fled in panic and would not have dared to come to work at this company. If that had happened, she wouldn’t be who she is today.

After leaving school and entering the workplace, Gu Ying grew rapidly. In six years of hard work, she went from being a small employee to the manager of the public relations department. Her style of dress and her personality had completely changed.

When she saw Chu Yanqing again, she was no longer timid and submissive. She even dared to mock Chu Yanqing. In six years, she had become strong. In the same six years, Chu Yanqing was still incompetent, not doing her job, and couldn’t even manage a company properly. She was a world of difference from her brother, Chu Yan Hong.

“I think you’re quite pretty.” Chu Yanqing showed no shame. She looked at Gu Ying playfully and said, “Aren’t you a public relations manager? Show me your tricks to please me.” She gave a suggestive wink.

She was the president, and a small manager dared to disobey her? Her lips curled. Her left hand left the sofa and lifted Gu Ying’s chin. She urged, “Manager Gu, show me your tricks.”

Gu Ying smiled.

A beautiful smile bloomed on her face.

This faint smile instantly captured Chu Yanqing’s soul, leaving her momentarily stunned. Just as she thought Gu Ying was about to show her skills to please her, she was pushed hard to the ground by Gu Ying.

Is this woman trained? When she was pushed, it felt like she had been hit by a bat. She flew out like a ball and then fell to the ground.

Sitting on the ground, Chu Yanqing shouted in anger, “Gu Ying!” She’s been messing with her again and again. Did she think her identity as president was fake?!

Gu Ying stood up, walked over to Chu Yanqing, and reached out to help her up. “Sorry, President Chu, that was a reflex.” But there was no hint of apology in her voice. In fact, she even sounded a little happy.

Forget it, I’m not going to stoop to your level!

Chu Yanqing ungracefully patted her butt and turned to sit on the sofa. “Let’s talk about business. Why are you really here at Shengjin?” There’s no way her dad would transfer someone to her company without telling her! Is her dad still not giving up on Shengjin and wants to save it again?

Gu Ying glanced at Chu Yanqing’s desk, then looked back at Chu Yanqing and said, “President Chu, Shengjin Company has not been doing well. After you came to Shengjin, the company became even more chaotic. Chairman Chu sent me to Shengjin to help you manage Shengjin together and get it back on track.” Gu Ying spoke bluntly, without any regard for Chu Yanqing’s feelings.

Hearing this, Chu Yanqing took it to mean: Chu Yanqing, you’re so incompetent, and Dad is very disappointed, so he sent Gu Ying to the company…

Her heart felt so bitter and sad, but she couldn’t show it. She had to smile gracefully. “I see. It’s my good fortune that Manager Gu can come to Shengjin to help me.” It really hurt to be looked down on! No one had ever dared to treat her like this since she was a child! She knew that her life of playing and flirting was unprofessional, but the Chu family was wealthy and powerful, and she had a capable older brother. She would be well-fed and well-dressed for the rest of her life, so why did she need to work hard and struggle?

Isn’t it nice to just drift through life like this?

Thinking back to their first meeting six years ago, Gu Ying couldn’t help but want to retort, “It’s your good fortune, but it’s my misfortune.”

“President Chu, something’s wrong! Our female artist Xiao Mo has a scandal!” Ji Yan didn’t knock. She just pushed the door open. It was rare for her expressionless face to show a hint of panic!

But for their company, a scandal wasn’t a big deal! Which female artist in the company hadn’t had a scandal? Those female artists were looking forward to a big scandal so they could seize the opportunity to sell facial masks and other shady products on Weibo!

Feeling a little sad, Chu Yanqing waved Ji Yan away. “It’s just a scandal. Let it spread.” She guessed that Xiao Mo was probably happy about it. After working in the company for so long, how could Ji Yan still not understand what those female artists were thinking?

“But this scandal is different. It’s a same-s3x scandal, a huge one! Xiao Mo was caught kissing first-tier actress Gong Nan by a window in a five-star hotel. The photos were just released this morning!”

So what if they were kissing? The one who should be worried is Gong Nan. What does their Xiao Mo have to worry about? Chu Yanqing said lazily, “I know. You can leave now.” She didn’t want to deal with these female artists in the company. Let them do whatever they want.

Chu Yanqing acted like she didn’t want to deal with it, but Gu Ying’s eyes suddenly lit up.

“Ji Yan, take me to see Xiao Mo.” Gu Ying stood up and followed Ji Yan out. She glanced at Chu Yanqing on the sofa. She really was a lost cause who couldn’t seize such a great opportunity!

The contempt in her eyes was too obvious. Chu Yanqing saw it at a glance and stood up as well. “I’m coming too.” Hmph, she was the president. How could she let Gu Ying, this new woman, call the shots!