"Why is she here again?"
"She's really clingy, didn't Mr. Qiu already say he didn't want to see her anymore.
"Exactly, exactly, she should look at her own status and think she can climb the social ladder, so overconfident."
Wen Xueshan had almost grown accustomed to these words, as she heard them every day for the past week.
At first, she could still choose to visit Qiu Zhun during his working hours and corner him at the company.
However, later Qiu Zhun seemed to have caught wind of her actions and simply changed his schedule, even using a back door to enter and exit the company, leaving Wen Xueshan helpless.
She could only wait there foolishly, hoping for even the slightest chance of Qiu Zhun looking back at her.
She had lost track of how long she had stood in the lobby, and some kind souls had even told her to go home and stop wasting her time.
But Wen Xueshan knew that once she gave up, she might never have another chance.
Just as her legs started to ache from standing, someone finally walked towards her.
"Hello, Miss Wen. I am Mr. Qiu's assistant. Mr. Qiu sent me over."
Wen Xueshan immediately perked up: "Is Mr. Qiu willing to see me? Can you take me to him? Will he forgive me?"
The assistant was clearly startled by Wen Xueshan's enthusiastic response: "Miss Wen, please don't get too excited. Mr. Qiu did ask me to bring you over. As for other questions, I can't answer on behalf of Mr. Qiu. You should ask him yourself when you go in."
Wen Xueshan nodded: "Okay, please lead the way."
The assistant did not lead Wen Xueshan to the previous office but instead to the company's lounge.
Upon opening the door, Qiu Zhun was indeed there.
"Mr. Qiu, I've brought her," the assistant said to Qiu Zhun.
Qiu Zhun waved him away: "Go ahead and be busy. I have some matters to discuss with Miss Wen next. Don't let anyone else approach this area."
"Understood." With that, the assistant left the lounge, not forgetting to close the door.
Wen Xueshan felt the atmosphere in the room was somewhat awkward. She had many things she wanted to say to Qiu Zhun, but in this situation, she didn't know how to start.
Finally, Qiu Zhun broke the silence: "You waited downstairs for me for a week, was it just to stand here?"
Wen Xueshan then realized: "Of course not! I... I..."
As she spoke, she realized she was still carrying the lunch she had personally prepared for Qiu Zhun. Although she had made it every day before, she had never managed to deliver it into Qiu Zhun's hands.
"This is the lunch I specially made for you. Please try it."
Hearing this, Qiu Zhun raised an eyebrow and took a few steps toward Wen Xueshan.
Seeing Qiu Zhun approach, Wen Xueshan's heart pounded. Indeed, her heart no longer belonged to herself but to this man before her.
Even his every move could affect her.
Qiu Zhun took Wen Xueshan's lunchbox, placed it on the table, sat down, and opened it.
The entire action was smooth and natural, as if he didn't mind eating something made by Wen Xueshan at all.
Seeing this, Wen Xueshan felt a little relieved. This meant that Qiu Zhun didn't hate her that much, not to the point of refusing to eat what she made.
Qiu Zhun spoke no words, simply eating by himself.
Wen Xueshan watched him eat quietly. She felt that Qiu Zhun had some similarities with Zhan Mohan in certain aspects.
Perhaps because they were both CEOs?
But Wen Xueshan quickly dismissed this answer. She believed that Qiu Zhun was just Qiu Zhun, and she liked Qiu Zhun not because of Zhan Mohan.
Now, she understood her own feelings more clearly than ever before.
"The taste is not bad," Qiu Zhun said after finishing the lunch, seemingly satisfied.
Wen Xueshan smiled at him: "If you like it, I can make it for you every day. Of course, I can make other things too, like desserts, Japanese, Western, or anything you like. Just tell me, and I'll try."
Qiu Zhun looked at Wen Xueshan, his gaze making it difficult for her to read him. However, Wen Xueshan still tried her best to show him her best side.
Moreover, the atmosphere with Qiu Zhun had been good so far. Perhaps she really had a chance to win him over.
Thinking this, Wen Xueshan felt even more courageous, even feeling that victory was within her grasp.
"I am indeed honored to see you like this, but..." Qiu Zhun said, sighing, "I'm very sorry, Miss Wen, but I still cannot accept you. The reason I'm seeing you today is just to tell you to stop persisting. No matter what you do, you cannot change the current situation."
Wen Xueshan, who had been full of confidence moments ago, was suddenly stunned. Things shouldn't be like this. She had persisted for so long, had she not moved Qiu Zhun at all?
"Why? Isn't it because I haven't done enough? I... I can do anything for you, as long as you tell me, as long as you're willing to take me back." Wen Xueshan took a few more steps towards Qiu Zhun.
Qiu Zhun, however, recoiled as if avoiding a plague: "Miss Wen, it's not that you haven't done enough, but we have already missed our chance. I have a girlfriend now, and I love her very much, so I cannot accept any other woman."
A thunderclap sounded in Wen Xueshan's mind. She had never heard of this.
"You're lying to me, aren't you? I've been at this company for almost a week. While those people looked down on me, they never mentioned that you had a girlfriend. You just want me to stop bothering you, so you're saying this, right?"
Qiu Zhun explained helplessly: "It's normal that they don't know about this. She's also an employee of this company, and she doesn't want our relationship to affect her interpersonal relationships at work, which is why this has been kept secret."
"No, that's not true, I don't believe it!" Wen Xueshan could not accept any of this.
However, at this moment, there was a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Qiu Zhun asked.
The assistant's tone was somewhat awkward: "Mr. Qiu, it's like this, Miss Chu insists on seeing you... saying... saying she needs an explanation from you."
Qiu Zhun thought for a moment, then said, "Let her in."
The lounge door was then opened, and the woman Wen Xueshan had seen before strode in.
"Qiu Zhun! Explain to me what's going on with this woman!"
Qiu Zhun looked at her with doting eyes: "Darling, don't be angry. She's just someone who's been pursuing me. I've already explained the situation to her. I told you, I will only love you in this lifetime."
However, the Miss Chu still looked at the two of them somewhat uneasily.
Qiu Zhun sighed and said, "If you're really not reassured, how about we make our relationship public? I've wanted to do that for a long time."
What was this? Wen Xueshan watched their interaction, feeling like a complete joke!
Had she fallen in love with the wrong man again?