Dai Paipai's keen intuition told her that Su Ziyu would never agree to Li Qianfan being her secretary.
A male boss and a female secretary, even if their relationship was pure, would still be subject to gossip.
Similarly!
A female boss and a male secretary faced the same issues.
Moreover, Dai Paipai, the female boss, was so young and beautiful.
She exuded a maternal aura, and her husband was in a vegetative state, meaning she wouldn't remain a widow forever.
Therefore, appointing the 21-year-old Li Qianfan was likely a way to have her secretary "do things for her whenever."
Su Ziyu didn't want her tender young man to be eaten by other old cows.
Li Qianfan, of course, had thought of these things that Dai Paipai was thinking.
Li Qianfan also wouldn't stay.
He didn't covet Boss Paipai's beauty, nor was he interested in the 20% shares. He didn't owe Boss Paipai anything, and would only focus on "family harmony and marital bliss."
As for what would happen to Boss Paipai after he broke his promise and left, Li Qianfan wouldn't ponder it much.
After all, in this world, countless people had more tragic fates than Dai Paipai.
Li Qianfan had intended to return the share transfer contract to Dai Paipai after Old Su and the others left, and then sincerely wish her happiness in the future.
But—
"Dad."
Dai Paipai, hugging Li Qianfan tightly, trembled all over, her voice hoarse: "That afternoon, I missed you. It was as if I personally pushed my beloved husband into an abyss! My greatest wish now is to preserve Ming Shuai's hard work and his wife!"
Li Qianfan, who was about to push Dai Paipai away, stopped.
"The moment I realized Zhao Lianjin's sinister intentions, I remained outwardly calm but inwardly panicked. Heaven sent you back to my side once more."
"If I miss you again!"
"I'll be completely devoured by Zhao Lianjin, who has already taken full control of the company, leaving not even a single bone shard."
"Even if I die, I will not close my eyes."
"For a woman, there are two men in this life who can protect her."
"One is the father who gave birth to her and raised her."
"The other is the husband who loves her and dotes on her!"
"But the father who gave birth to me and raised me has already passed away."
"The husband who loves me and dotes on me, I pushed him into the abyss with my own hands!"
"Dad—"
Dai Paipai suddenly looked up, her face full of tears, and gazed at Li Qianfan: "Paipai only has you now, only you!"
Li Qianfan looked at the woman without any reaction.
Dai Paipai, who had poured out her true feelings, slowly saw despair dawn in her eyes.
Yet she was unwilling to give up just yet.
She cupped Li Qianfan's face with both hands, crying, "Dad, don't leave Paipai."
Li Qianfan slowly pushed Dai Paipai away: "President Dai, I have to go. Otherwise, my wife might appear at any moment, and she'll misunderstand us."
After saying that, he turned and walked out of the conference room quickly, without any hesitation.
"Dad! Don't leave Paipai!"
As Li Qianfan reached the staircase, he heard a heart-wrenching cry from the conference room.
It echoed throughout the three-story office building.
Many employees who had stayed behind due to the unexpected events also heard it.
They sighed inwardly, "Boss Paipai truly is pitiful without her dad."
Li Qianfan, however, did not stop, and quickly walked out of the office building.
In the parking lot.
Su Ziyu stood by the small Mini, her hands wrapped in a knitted vest, looking up at the night sky like a goddess descended to earth.
Her little red BMW was gone.
Knowing that his daughter and son-in-law had something to discuss, Old Su had driven the little BMW home earlier.
"I'm counting down."
Su Ziyu looked down at Li Qianfan walking towards her and said faintly, "In three more minutes, if you don't appear before me, I'll come looking for you."
It was as he expected!
Li Qianfan secretly curled his lip and said with a playful grin, "Wife, you don't think there's anything going on between Boss Dai and me, do you?"
"If I were a man, I wouldn't let her go. After all, that woman not only looks like she'd make a man want to commit a crime, but her name is also quite wicked."
Su Ziyu said coldly, reached into Li Qianfan's pocket, took out the car keys, and got into the car.
"Your husband, I am not the kind of man you think I am."
Li Qianfan chuckled sheepishly and sat in the passenger seat.
The car drove out of Paipai Fashion and slowly moved forward on the brightly lit street.
Su Ziyu held the steering wheel, her gaze fixed ahead, her exquisite face devoid of any emotion.
"Wife—"
"Don't talk to me while I'm driving."
"Okay."
Li Qianfan, who had intended to confess everything, could only sulkily shut his mouth.
Su Ziyu, however, said, "Hand."
Hand?
What hand?
Li Qianfan was utterly confused and instinctively looked at Su Ziyu's hand.
Her small hand was fair, slender, and looked like a work of art carved from white jade.
Oh.
He understood now.
His black belt wife wanted him to praise her little hands with the most beautiful words.
Li Qianfan, having understood, began to rack his brain.
Su Ziyu suddenly raised her hand, grabbed his left hand, and placed it on her own cool, smooth right leg, which was not wearing stockings.
Li Qianfan—
He coughed dryly: "Wife, you're driving."
Su Ziyu looked ahead: "Don't talk to me while I'm driving."
When she was driving, Li Qianfan couldn't talk to her for fear of distracting her.
Yet, he could place his hand on her leg and play with it.
"Doesn't this distract you?"
Li Qianfan's fingers lightly tapped back and forth on Su Heidao's tender right leg, like playing a piano, he thought.
The car stopped.
A barbecue city with a decent environment.
"Ten skewers each of shrimp, wing tips, squid, tofu, and meat. And two servings of white waist."
"Ten bottles of beer."
After Su Ziyu finished ordering with the waiter, she opened a bottle of beer and placed it in front of Li Qianfan: "I'm not drinking tonight. All ten bottles are yours. Eat and talk while you drink."
Here it comes.
Su Heidao was starting to interrogate her husband.
And she had specifically ordered ten bottles of beer, intending to make him "spill the beans after drinking."
Li Qianfan's mouth twitched slightly, and he picked up the wine glass.
Su Heidao, however, said, "Drink it straight."
Drink it straight?
What rude language!
Couldn't she say, "drink it directly from the bottle"?
Ignorance is truly terrible.
If it weren't for the fact that you always protect your husband, humph.
Li Qianfan grumbled internally and could only pick up the wine bottle and drink it straight.
He drank, ate, and spoke.
He started from that afternoon when he randomly encountered Dai Paipai on the street.
He continued all the way to when his father-in-law threatened Li Qianfan, demanding that he stay and serve as Boss Paipai's secretary.
Finally.
Li Qianfan took out that share transfer agreement from his pocket and placed it in front of Su Heidao.
Except for the matter of Boss Paipai "recognizing a thief as her father," which Li Qianfan had to keep secret, he told everything without reservation.
During this time.
Su Ziyu remained silent, gracefully eating wing tips and listening to his story.
After she finished reading the share transfer agreement, she asked faintly, "What are your thoughts?"
Li Qianfan answered without thinking: "I definitely won't be going to work at Paipai Fashion anymore. Wife, I'll be your groom from now on."
Su Ziyu scoffed: "Tch, do I care?"
Li Qianfan retorted: "Are you sure you don't care?"
Su Ziyu pursed her lips and said softly, "I care."
She paused.
Then she added, "I care terribly."
Li Qianfan immediately became extremely smug—
"Little husband."
Su Ziyu, however, reached out and held Li Qianfan's hand: "Go back to work at Paipai Fashion tomorrow."