Chương 226: The Challenge (1)
Xiu Ling could be found ambling about Lin Kang's company this fine afternoon. She was wearing a pencil skirt and a professional top. Xiu Ling looked the part of a manager but in reality, she had no idea what she was doing.
After making sure no one was looking, Xiu Ling sighed to herself. She wondered how she had gotten into this situation. It all began several weeks ago...
After realizing Xiu Ling showed some talent for business management, Lin Kang came home one day to announce he was going to hire her at his company. Of course, Xiu Ling's first reaction was to assume the man was kidding. When she realized the man was not joking, she really did not know how to respond.
When asked why he had done such a thing, Lin Kang explained that since Xiu Ling showed business acumen, it was only logical for such a talent to be trained and honed. Therefore, he had assigned her a post at his company, hoping to ease her into the environment.
Xiu Ling rejected his kindness because she had no interest to venture into business, she was satisfied being a housewife, taking care of their son. However, the man was insistent. Xiu Ling was confused why Lin Kang was being so adamant about this but she was unable to push off his passion alone. Therefore, she turned to her mother-in-law for help, hoping that Mrs. Lin would berate her son for how ludicrous he was acting.
Things did not go as Xiu Ling planned. Instead of siding with her, Mrs. Lin sided with Lin Kang instead. To be honest, Mrs. Lin herself was quite surprised Xiu Ling could not see through Lin Kang's amateurish ploy.
'The girl is normally so acute and analytical about everything else but she could be quite dull when it comes to her own relationship...' observed Mrs. Lin as she chuckled silently to herself. When her son came up with the suggestion, Mrs. Lin already knew what he was up to. Lin Kang realized he spent most of his time at the company and that would take his time away from his wife. Therefore, the solution to the problem would be to bring his wife to his company!
It was an oversimplification of the problem but the man was rich and powerful enough to silence any and all dissenting voices. In any case, since Lin Kang was finally making his move, Mrs. Lin wouldn't mind giving him a push in the right direction.
Mrs. Lin volunteered to look after Lin Xi so Xiu Ling would have no worry when she went to work at the company.
With both Mrs. Lin and Lin Kang standing on the opposite camp, Xiu Ling was coerced into taking this job post. Since this was a job that Lin Kang had created just to get her to be in close proximity to him at the company, Xiu Ling pretty much had nothing to do at work. Lin Kang did not seem to mind it and he would give her good pay for it but Xiu Ling was feeling quite embarrassed. That was why even though she had nothing to do, Xiu Ling decided to dress the part, at least that way she could create the mirage that perhaps she did belong there.
So far, she had not been fooling anyone, least of all herself.
Lately, Xiu Ling had been hearing water-cooler talk about how she had landed a high post at the company simply because she was the CEO's wife. They were talking about how fortunate she was and Xiu Ling could hear the resentment in their voices.
Xiu Ling would have said something if not for the fact that they had been saying nothing but the truth. Indeed, she was given this post because she was Lin Kang's wife. Xiu Ling understood the workers' frustration. She was given something they had been working so hard for every day of their lives and while Xiu Ling try to prove herself that she deserve this post but fact of the matter was, she couldn't convince herself that she did. Even if she tried to make something of herself, to create a little result to prove that she had the right to be there, that was practically impossible when her job scope was sit there and look pretty.
Xiu Ling felt like talking about this to Lin Kang but she knew he would only turn his anger on the employees who talked about her behind his back. Xiu Ling could not see anything positive coming out of that.
Xiu Ling sighed as she walked over to Lin Kang's office. She greeted Yi Nian who was at the door with a smile. Her husband's secretary reciprocated in kind. Yi Nian informed Lin Kang of Xiu Ling's arrival and he opened the door for Xiu Ling to walk in.
After he closed the door, Yi Nian had to say he appreciate having Xiu Ling at the office. As mentioned earlier, having Xiu Ling at the office mellowed out his boss by quite a bit and any day where the tornado of Lin Kang was avoided was a good day.
...
Xiu Ling was trying to broach the subject of her post with Lin Kang but the man was just happy to have her company. He wasn't really paying attention to what she was saying.
Xiu Ling wasn't a straightforward person since she was afraid that it might cause offense to others but in this case, the message that she wanted to portray just fail to connect with her husband.
Xiu Ling was considering whether to switch up the message or just to give up altogether when the door of the office burst open and Yi Nian tumbled in with a sense of desperate urgency on his face.
It felt like he had just witnessed some tragedy.
Yi Nian turned to inform Xiu Ling and Lin Kang, "Boss, Madam Boss, the board of directors are coming and they don't look too happy!"
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Lonelytree If there is no accident, this should be the second last arc to this story. Thanks for hanging around for so long, cause God knows the story is not that interesting at least by WN's standard. I only wrote this because I had a message to tell and thank you for still staying around to listen to me yap away.
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