Zhang Yang was not in their gossip group, but people still sought him out for information.
Soon, Zhang Yang also saw the photos.
He couldn't keep things from CEO Jiang, so he went to report to Jiang Jingyu and asked what to do next.
Jiang Jingyu had no intention of hiding it from everyone. Since it had already been photographed, he decided to make it public.
He asked Zhang Yang to order a bouquet of flowers, signed with his name, Jiang Jingyu, and send it to Tong An'an.
Tong An'an was busy in the office when Zhang Yang personally brought the flowers to the International Marketing Department.
Amidst the surprised glances of everyone, he placed the flowers on Tong An'an's desk and then said.
"Same time, same place, CEO Jiang is waiting for you for lunch. Miss Tong, work hard, I'll be leaving now."
Everyone was stunned and rushed to look at her flowers, finding a sticky note with Jiang Jingyu's name on it. They asked Tong An'an with great surprise what was going on.
Tong An'an also didn't expect Jiang Jingyu to make such a big move today, but since everyone already knew, she decided to admit it.
Jiang Jingyu was her boyfriend.
No one had the mood to work anymore. They all wanted to figure out how the two of them got together, but Tong An'an was now the CEO's girlfriend, her status and position had risen by who knows how much, and no one dared to be presumptuous with her anymore.
The doubts weighed on their hearts, and they didn't even dare to speak to her.
Soon it was noon, and Tong An'an went to find Jiang Jingyu, asking him why he had suddenly sent her flowers.
Jiang Jingyu knew she didn't understand the ins and outs of the workplace and was too lazy to explain. He said.
"It was going to be made public sooner or later. Why make it seem like I'm someone who can't be seen, sneaking around. I wanted to send flowers, so I did. I'm also going to the cafeteria to eat with you today, let's go. Let's go eat."
Jiang Jingyu put his arm around her shoulder and went to the cafeteria. Under everyone's gaze, he helped Tong An'an choose her dishes, got her food, and they sat down to eat together.
The entire dining hall was quiet and eerie. Although no one spoke, they could feel all eyes scanning them.
Tong An'an felt immense pressure.
Jiang Jingyu comforted her, "We've just gone public, so it's normal for people to be curious and surprised. They'll get used to it after seeing it more often. Don't mind them, just eat."
After eating, Jiang Jingyu again put his arm around her and entered the CEO's private elevator. Tong An'an stayed until the end of the lunch break before returning to her office.
Now even Anna dared not approach her.
This girl really had some skills, to actually make the CEO announce their relationship.
Even she herself was kept in the dark.
Of course, the department heads, including the sales director and deputy director, all knew that someone significant had emerged from their department.
That afternoon, Tong An'an was assigned business.
Tong An'an officially transitioned from an intern to a regular employee, beginning to handle core business.
Although she had done a lot of preparatory work, it was still quite challenging when she actually started.
Disregarding others' opinions, if she didn't understand something, she would ask Anna or the department head. In short, everything was for the sake of business, and she did things as they should be done.
There was a time difference with foreign countries, and after work, she still had to reply to messages from there, so she took her work home.
It was already 12 o'clock, and Jiang Jingyu messaged her. Tong An'an said she was still busy with work.
"This won't do. Now that you're officially getting into business, if you're going to be working around the clock like this every day, I can't stand it. How about you transfer to domestic marketing?"
Tong An'an refused. She quite liked international marketing, and the more difficult and challenging it was, the more fun she had working.
She said to Jiang Jingyu, "As a boyfriend, you should support me and encourage me to work, not hold me back."
"I'm just unfamiliar with the business now and it's difficult, so I have to work this late. Won't it be much better once I get the hang of it? You can't be a stumbling block on my path to success. I'm planning to achieve great things. If you interfere with my work, then I won't be with you anymore."
Jiang Jingyu was amused to the point of laughter by her.
She was becoming more confident, and in their relationship, she was finally treating him like a boyfriend.
Jiang Jingyu quite liked this attitude of hers.
"If there's anything you don't understand, tell me. Or should I come down and accompany you?"
"Okay, you can't sleep anyway. And you keep typing, which delays my time. Might as well come down and explain it to me."
With Jiang Jingyu's help, the project was successfully concluded a little over a week later.
Tong An'an also collected the final payment, completing her first business deal in life.
Counting it up, this single deal alone could earn her over 30,000 yuan in commission.
Tong An'an was ecstatic. If this continued, she could also earn a million a year.
Not only could she help her brother pay the bride price for his future wife, but she could also buy a new house for her parents.
Life was truly beautiful!
While she felt life was beautiful, the other colleagues in the department did not.
Clearly, her overall capabilities were not as good as everyone else's, yet she was assigned such good business, all because of CEO Jiang's favor.
What was so great about climbing the ladder through beauty?
Tong An'an was not stupid. Ever since her relationship with Jiang Jingyu was made public, everyone had been avoiding her like a plague. Even Anna, who used to joke around with her, had become much more polite to her.
The office had lost all its warmth and human touch, except for work, and she felt quite uncomfortable.
One day, while Anna was going to the pantry, she followed her, wanting to have a chat.
Anna told her honestly, "I don't care how you met CEO Jiang, whether you two are just temporary boyfriends or something else, my attitude towards you won't change, but others might not think the same way."
"It would be best if you and CEO Jiang can go the distance. If it ends halfway, have you thought about how you will stay in the company in the future?"
"Also, no matter how your relationship ends, all your efforts will be attributed to being Jiang Jingyu's girlfriend. Are you truly content with that?"
Tong An'an was naturally not content.
It seemed that apart from diligently helping her explain business matters, Jiang Jingyu had not spoken to any supervisors to give her extra care.
She believed her salary was earned through her own hard work, so why should everyone think otherwise.
However, she had no other solution.
As time went on, the supervisor assigned another large project to them. Three people formed a group, and teamwork was required to complete it.
During the meeting, when asked who was willing to join the group, Tong An'an raised her hand, and no one else was willing to join.
In the end, the supervisor forcibly assigned two people to the group, and both of them were clearly unhappy about it.
In short, no one believed that she and Jiang Jingyu were true love and would stay together forever. The higher she climbed now, the harder she would fall later. Everyone was waiting to see her make a fool of herself.
In the subsequent work, whenever there was a need for communication, they tried to avoid her, or their tone was perfunctory, which greatly annoyed Tong An'an.
She hadn't expected that being Jiang Jingyu's girlfriend would bring so much pressure.
This was just the beginning. If it continued like this, with no one trusting her, and her relationship with Jiang Jingyu becoming lukewarm, could she endure it?