Chapter 300: To the People Eyeing Me, Don’t You Know I’m Deeply in Love With My Man?
The sky was just turning light gray, it was early morning.
It was a few days after Chinese New Year, and the weather was finally starting to warm up.
Lin Yibai was sitting at her desk, brushing her soft, fluffy, and pretty hair. Every time she pulled her long hair to the front of her chest, it gave off a gentle charm.
Early in the morning, whose heart was she stirring again?
Without even noticing, she had already become completely like a girl, inside and out.
She glanced at someone who had clearly been waiting nearby for a while, and asked the ultimate question. “Do I look good?”
Unfortunately, that kind of question isn’t that dangerous. Xia Changyu didn’t even think before replying.
“Even if I wanted to joke around with you, I still couldn’t say you don’t look good!”
Lin Yibai gave him a sweet smile. “Smart answer.”
Xia Changyu puffed out his chest proudly. “Of course! My wife is number one in the world…”
Before he could even finish, Lin Yibai flicked his forehead and said, “Alright, enough fooling around. Hurry up and take me to work!”
If it weren’t for Xia Changyu insisting last night, Lin Yibai wouldn’t have stayed up that late with him. He kept saying how much he’d improved and how confident he felt.
But the moment she tried to be a bit serious, he still couldn’t handle it?
Ugh, forget it. Time to go to work!
Lin Yibai had Xia Changyu drop her off about 200 meters from her company entrance.
“Okay, this is far enough.”
Xia Changyu looked toward the front intersection and complained, “Why won’t you let me drop you off at the building?”
Lin Yibai clenched her fist, clearly holding back her urge to punch him. Instead, she calmly explained, “Seriously? If you take me 200 meters more, you’d have to drive several extra kilometers in this morning rush hour traffic. You’ll get stuck forever!”
Honestly, Xia Changyu sometimes thought, wouldn’t it be nice if Lin Yibai was the kind of person who'd complain about not being driven just an extra 200 meters?
But actually, nah!
It was exactly because Lin Yibai was so easy to be around that he loved her so deeply.
After waving goodbye, Lin Yibai walked away under the soft morning sunlight. She looked like a youthful and confident young woman, bright and eye-catching.
Every time she yawned lazily, passersby couldn’t help but stop and look.
Once she got to the office, the first thing was to clock in!
Then, the first thing she did at work was boil a pot of water, pour herself a cup, and take a gentle sip.
“Ahhh~” This moment was just too relaxing.
Other coworkers nearby were also "killing time" before officially starting work. Seeing how tired Lin Yibai looked, one of them asked, “Hey, Baiyi, why do you look so sleepy today?”
Lin Yibai glanced over. Since everyone there was a girl, she wasn’t shy at all and said, “No choice, my boyfriend just wouldn’t give up last night. What could I do?”
She always had a clear view of herself. She wasn’t the type to flirt around with different people. If she had a boyfriend, she’d show it openly.
After all, it’s not like she was hoping for some office affair or anything like that.
Her coworker’s face turned curious and gossipy. Eyes wide, she said, “Men! They’re all like that. And come on, we all know how long they can actually last. Don’t they have any self-awareness?”
Clearly, this coworker had already given up on her own boyfriend and assumed all men were the same.
The type who say “two hours” but barely last two minutes? Yeah, there are plenty.
But then, Lin Yibai calmly replied, “My boyfriend went on for about an hour or so. After that, I got so annoyed I just finished him off. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have gotten any sleep!”
Her coworker immediately gave her the disbelieving look.
“An hour??” Was that even real? So… there really are guys out there who can go that long?
Suddenly, she was super jealous.
She could only blame herself for having such a useless boyfriend. Other people’s boyfriends, like Baiyi’s, could last so long. Why couldn’t hers? She was already feeling jealous and unbalanced inside!
The great boyfriends are always someone else’s… Sob sob sob…
Around 9 o'clock, the company had its usual morning meeting. No one really understood what the point of having meetings every single day was. But since they were just “working people,” they had to go along with it.
The HR manager was a young man in his mid-20s. At that age, already being a manager and making over ten thousand a month. He could be considered pretty successful!
“...That’s all the important updates from our department. Since it’s still the start of the year, hiring is our top priority in HR. Please make sure to follow up on that. Okay, that’s it for today’s meeting. Let’s wrap it up.”
Nothing surprising or new. Just another boring part of work life, huh?
Lin Yibai packed up her notebook and was about to leave the meeting room with everyone else when—
“Lin Baiyi, stay for a moment.” It was the HR manager, Yang Kai, calling out to her.
She tilted her head, looking confused. “Hm? What’s up?”
Yang Kai’s tone softened. He even looked a bit concerned as he said, “Oh, it’s nothing really. I just wanted to ask how you’re doing. Are you getting used to the job?”
Lin Yibai nodded. “It’s alright.”
Seeing that, Yang Kai added, “That’s good. If you ever run into any trouble, make sure to come talk to me, okay? You know how it is, colleagues should help each other. We’re all one team here in HR!”
Lin Yibai paused and thought to herself. She wasn’t some silly girl. No one is that nice without a reason.
Sure enough, Yang Kai soon revealed his true intention.
“Oh right, are you free at lunch? I know a really good restaurant, maybe we could go together.”
At that point, if she still didn’t get what he was trying to do, she might as well go hit her head on a brick wall.
Clearly, her boss had a thing for her.
And Yang Kai was confident. Being “close to the water,” he thought he had the best chance of getting the “first scoop of the moonlight,” so to speak. An employee from his own department? Definitely his best shot!
Too bad, Lin Yibai wasn’t interested in gaining favors by flirting with the boss, and she had zero interest in being vague or suggestive.
So, she politely turned him down and crushed his little fantasy.
“No need. My boyfriend made me a delicious lunchbox. I’m just going to heat it up in the microwave later.”
Yang Kai was surprised. “What? You already have a boyfriend?”
Lin Yibai looked at him like he was the strange one. “Is it weird that I have a boyfriend?”
Yang Kai finally realized. Of course a pretty girl like Lin Baiyi would already be taken. If she didn’t have a boyfriend or no one liked her, that would be the real shock.
But once he found out her boyfriend was just a classmate from university, Yang Kai felt hopeful again.
Just a fresh college graduate guy, nothing special. He’ll have a rough time once he’s out in the real world!
So now it was a match between.
A department manager + high salary vs. a new grad with nothing.
The advantage was clearly with him.
Lin Yibai sighed helplessly.
Who the heck wants to get dragged into this kind of messy office drama?
But there was no denying a truth.
A woman who is pretty and capable will always attract a lot of attention at work, wanted or not.
She let out a soft sigh and said, “Manager Yang, my boyfriend and I are very deeply in love.”
Manager Yang just smiled and said nothing.
Deeply in love? In the real world, things like “love” would eventually be defeated by “reality.”
Lin Yibai sighed again.
Life isn’t easy, huh?