The Green Tea Supporting Girl Is Still Playing Her Role Today (GL) - Chapter 39

Chapter 39

After dinner, the group returned to their respective workstations.

Zhao Xiaojing napped in Xie Zhifei’s office for a while. When she woke up, she found that Xie Zhifei was gone. She walked out and searched around before discovering that Xie Zhifei was in a meeting with several people.

So she wandered around. After she had explored this floor thoroughly, she thought of going somewhere else to look around. Just then, Fang Ningshu approached from the opposite direction, heading to the conference room, but Zhao Xiaojing stopped her.

“Are you very busy?” Zhao Xiaojing asked.

“Yes, do you need something from me?” Fang Ningshu asked.

Zhao Xiaojing originally wanted to say to play with me for a bit, but seeing her demeanor, she knew that was not possible, so she asked, “Nothing much, on which floor is Wen Pinghan?”

“The twenty-third floor.”

Zhao Xiaojing nodded and immediately went to the twenty-third floor to find some fun. She searched around for a long time before finding Wen Pinghan’s office. The other woman was talking with someone else and looked somewhat surprised upon seeing her, then said a few words to that person, who stood up to leave.

Wen Pinghan opened the door and, after that person had left, turned her head to look at Zhao Xiaojing. “Did you come to find me?”

“Yes, did I interrupt your work?”

“No, come in.”

Zhao Xiaojing walked in and looked around before asking, “What do you do at work all day?”

“Why do you ask that?”

“I’m curious. I want to find something to do for myself, so I came to see what you all are busy with.”

Wen Pinghan briefly mentioned her work content to her, and Zhao Xiaojing listened with wide eyes. “So many things?”

“If there were fewer things, there would be no money to earn.” Wen Pinghan smiled.

Zhao Xiaojing stayed for a while, feeling both bored and afraid of delaying her work, so she said, “Alright then, you go ahead with your work. I’ll go out for a smoke. By the way, are there any other fun places in your company?”

Wen Pinghan thought for a moment and recommended a place to her.

That place was indeed suitable for Zhao Xiaojing. A calm and boring day suddenly came alive, and more than an hour later, she left with lingering interest to find Xie Zhifei. As soon as she entered the door, she shouted, “I heard that you and Gu Zhizhang were childhood sweethearts, you got pregnant, then you broke up, so you snatched his secretary, and then you hit it off with Li Hongyan, living a sweet and affectionate life, and you’ll soon proceed with the marriage alliance.”

“Pfft—where did you hear that rumor?!” Xie Zhifei rolled her eyes speechlessly.

“In the tea room, they said it with such convincing details. How come Li Hongyan personally drove you to the company, and you didn’t even tell me about it?” Zhao Xiaojing grinned slyly at her. “You sneaky thing, did you take a liking to Li Hongyan, so that’s why you said you didn’t like Gu Zhizhang? To be honest, I think he’s much better than Gu Zhizhang, a hundred times better!”

“What the hell, he just happened to drop me off on his way back.” Xie Zhifei turned her head to ask Fang Ningshu, “Is there any way to rectify the tea room so they stop spreading rumors all day?”

“There is, just seal it off and don’t let them drink water.”

“Where there are people, there are gossips and rumors. You can only be cautious with your words or not care.” Fang Ningshu said.

Xie Zhifei irritably rubbed her head. “I don’t care, but what if others misunderstand me?”

“Who are you afraid of misunderstanding you?” Zhao Xiaojing suddenly leaned close to her face, grinned, poked her chest, and asked, “Be honest, who are you afraid of misunderstanding you?”

Xie Zhifei was just about to say Wen Pinghan’s name when she heard her say, “You definitely have someone in your heart, so you’re afraid that person will misunderstand you, right?”

Xie Zhifei opened her mouth, then swallowed her words, slapped her hand away, and said nobly and coldly, “There are many people I’m afraid of. I’m the marketing manager of Qisheng now, and so many eyes are on me. If the outside world thinks my career is all thanks to men, wouldn’t that be very unfair to me?”

“Hiss—” Zhao Xiaojing put away her joking expression, pondered for a moment, and thought, “I didn’t expect you to have such high awareness now, suddenly rising to this level. You’re right, I’ll go help you clarify this matter.”

“How will you clarify it?”

“I’ll say you didn’t get pregnant, and Li Hongyan drove you back actually to seduce me.”

Xie Zhifei said irritably, “Get back here! You must have some selfish motives, don’t you!”

Zhao Xiaojing laughed so hard she doubled over. “Then what should I do?”

“Actually, such outrageous rumors are only believed by a small portion of people, and they’re just watching the drama with a melon-eating attitude. They won’t spread outside, so no need to panic. Unless, President Xie, you’re very afraid of someone in the company……” Fang Ningshu caught Xie Zhifei’s warning-like gaze and promptly changed her words. “Or a certain group of people having a bad impression of you.”

Xie Zhifei crossed her arms, propped her chin, and pondered for a long time before saying, “Hmph, I conduct myself properly and sit upright, so I’m not afraid at all, and even less afraid of what people in the company think of me! In a while, these rumors will naturally dissipate!”

“That’s right, and you’ve invisibly boosted the employees’ work enthusiasm too. You don’t know, they chat about you nonstop, so work has some fun now.” Zhao Xiaojing smiled to comfort her.

Xie Zhifei gave her a cold glare, then suddenly realized something else. “Wait, with your nature, if you fell into a gossip nest, it’s impossible for you to just listen and not say anything.”

Zhao Xiaojing’s eyes indeed drifted.

“Speak, what gossips did you tell them!?” Xie Zhifei slapped the desk and asked.

“I heard that President Xie had terrible grades in school before, all thanks to cheating. Whenever she scored poorly, she went to that Gu Zhizhang for tutoring.” Lin Zhimin whispered to Wen Pinghan. “Looking at it, the marriage alliance with Li Hongyan might be fake, but the childhood sweethearts thing is absolutely true!”

“……” Wen Pinghan asked, “Who said that?”

Lin Zhimin: “A beauty, she said she was President Xie’s first best friend.”

She shouldn’t have introduced the tea room to Zhao Xiaojing!

“But she also said that the position of first best friend might have to yield to someone else.” Lin Zhimin said.

Wen Pinghan’s gaze shifted. “Hmm? What did she say?”

“She said a pure little vixen suddenly appeared and overshadowed the sexy her. President Xie clearly paid much more attention to that little vixen.” Lin Zhimin gossiped.

“……” Wen Pinghan simply didn’t know whether to get angry or laugh.

Lin Zhimin: “Then we asked her who the little vixen was, and she said she was also her new friend and couldn’t tell us, because the little vixen didn’t want others to know she was a little vixen.”

Wen Pinghan was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing.

Lin Zhimin: “Sister Han, why are you laughing?”

Wen Pinghan: “Don’t you think it’s funny?”

Lin Zhimin said: “I don’t think so, because she said something even funnier afterward.”

Wen Pinghan: “What?”

“She said President Xie has a scar on her butt that looks like a little heart, hahaha!” Lin Zhimin said quietly, then laughed heartily, drawing looks from people around her. She lowered her head and giggled again.

Wen Pinghan raised an eyebrow in surprise. “Is that so?”

Lin Zhimin: “It should be true, why would she lie to us about that?”

Wen Pinghan: “True.”

“I’m so curious what that little heart looks like.” Lin Zhimin laughed heartily.

“This isn’t something you should be curious about. Finish eating and go back to the office.” Wen Pinghan said.

“Zhao Xiaojing, I’m not done with you!” Xie Zhifei angrily grabbed a pillow from the sofa and hit her on the head. “Who told you to say that?”

“Sorry.” Zhao Xiaojing clutched her head and laughed wildly. “I didn’t want to either, but who let them suddenly bring up birthmarks? I just couldn’t hold back hahaha, it’s fine, we’re all women, who would really be curious about your birthmark?”

Xie Zhifei threw away the pillow, adjusted her breathing, and said, “I think you shouldn’t look for a job anymore. Paparazzi suits you perfectly, specializing in selling celebrity gossips.”

“Huh? That job seems pretty good actually. I know so much, how should I start……” Zhao Xiaojing started pondering.

Xie Zhifei: “You really plan to do it?!”

“Wasn’t it your suggestion?” Zhao Xiaojing said. “It seems like a good job?”

“You’re done for.” Xie Zhifei rubbed her head, then returned to her seat to continue handling work. After a while, she pulled her up. “Let’s go eat.”

The two had just reached the lobby downstairs when they ran into Wen Pinghan and the other one.

“Ah, hello President Xie!” Lin Zhimin immediately nodded in greeting.

“Yes, are you going to eat?” Xie Zhifei’s gaze quickly swept toward Wen Pinghan.

Wen Pinghan nodded slightly. Lin Zhimin didn’t notice and immediately answered, “Yes, we just finished eating and are heading back to work overtime.”

“Good, try to go home early, don’t stay too late.” Xie Zhifei said, looking at them.

“Okay!” Lin Zhimin was very happy to receive the young lady’s concern and immediately headed toward the elevator.

Wen Pinghan followed closely behind. As she turned and passed by Xie Zhifei, the other woman suddenly reached out a finger and hooked her little finger, then quickly withdrew it, like an accidental bump.

She turned her head, their gazes met, and a faint smile appeared in her eyes. “President Xie, don’t work overtime too late either.”

“Of course, I’m not working overtime today.” Xie Zhifei smiled smugly.

Wen Pinghan chuckled lightly. “Then I’ll go.”

“Yes……hey, wait, what did you just eat?” Xie Zhifei asked.

“Clay pot porridge.”

Xie Zhifei snapped her fingers. “Let’s go eat clay pot porridge too.”

Zhao Xiaojing: “I don’t want to!”

Xie Zhifei: “What do you mean don’t want to? You caused me so much trouble! Come on, clay pot porridge!”

Wen Pinghan watched the two of them leave bickering and only then turned toward the elevator. Lin Zhimin had already been waiting inside for a while and asked, “Why are you coming now?”

“It’s nothing.” Wen Pinghan moved her little finger and tucked her hand into her pants pocket, as if she could still feel that faint warmth from the quick brush.

“The young lady is such a good person, she even proactively cared about us. It’s really so touching!” Lin Zhimin excitedly confirmed with her. “Right, right? What do you think, Sister Han?”

“Yes.”

After finishing overtime, Wen Pinghan returned home, rested for a while, and played with her phone when she suddenly received a new message.

Xie Zhifei: [Sister, are you home?]

Wen Pinghan: [Yes, what’s up?]

Xie Zhifei: [Then I’ll come up.]

Wen Pinghan glanced toward the door, then slowly looked at the tea table, where snacks and some small items were messily piled up. She hurriedly threw all these things into a plastic bag, tossed it into the bedroom to hide, and only after finishing this did the knock on the door sound from outside.

She glanced back at the living room; it didn’t look so messy now. Only then did she open the door. “Here for a midnight snack again?”

“No, we ate too much tonight, so I went shopping with Xiaojing and happened to run into a buy-one-get-one-free promotion.” Xie Zhifei followed her into the room and pulled a box from her bag. “Here, this is for you.”

Wen Pinghan opened it doubtfully and saw a baby pearl necklace with lustrous and translucent beads. She asked, “Is it really buy-one-get-one-free?”

“Of course it’s real.” Xie Zhifei pointed to her own neck. “See, I’ve already put mine on.”

Wen Pinghan asked again, “Then why didn’t you give it to Zhao Xiaojing?”

“She said she didn’t want such cheap stuff; she doesn’t take buy-one-get-one-free.” Xie Zhifei said.

That did sound just like Zhao Xiaojing’s tone. Wen Pinghan smiled faintly. “Thank you, I like it very much.”

“As long as sister likes it. Do you want to try wearing it?” Xie Zhifei asked expectantly.

“Okay.” Wen Pinghan handed her the box. “Help me put it on.”

“Happy to serve sister.” Xie Zhifei smiled, picked up the necklace, and put it around her neck. When fastening the clasp, her gaze lingered for a moment on her slender nape and suddenly noticed a small black mole. Her finger pointed at it.

Wen Pinghan shrank back a little. “What are you doing?”

“Sister, you have a little black dot here, like a mole.” Xie Zhifei said curiously.

“Is that so?”

“Yes, didn’t you know? Want me to take a photo and show you?”

“Okay.”

Xie Zhifei finished fastening the necklace, took her phone, snapped a photo, then zoomed in to show Wen Pinghan. “See, this one.”

“It’s so big?!”

“No, no, this is zoomed in. Actually, it’s a bit smaller than a sesame seed.”

Wen Pinghan nodded, seemed to think of something, looked at her with hesitation, and her expression carried a bit of probing.

Xie Zhifei: “?”

Wen Pinghan slowly moved behind her.

“?? ” Xie Zhifei sensed her gaze, touched her butt, and asked, “Sister, what are you looking at?”

“I heard you have a heart-shaped birthmark on your butt?”

“……” Damn Zhao Xiaojing!

“Is it true?” Wen Pinghan asked slyly.

Xie Zhifei swallowed, her eyes darted, then she immediately stuck out her butt, hooked her finger on the waistband of her pants, and invited proactively, “Yes, it is. It’s quite interesting. Sister, do you want to see it?”

Wen Pinghan: “.”