Chapter 107: Date The Secretary (4)

Note: More Secretary + CEO interaction. Panda wanted to skip this chapter due to diabetes?

What the CEO had in store blew Ying Yue He's mind—she really didn't care about the setting or where he chose to spend time with her, what mattered to the woman was that he was actually spending time with her.

But not this.

"Does it feel comfortable, Madam?" the lady attendant looked at her with both a slightly envious and also in awe gaze. 

"Ah yes... but I'm not sure I want this one."

There was no such thing as price tags or discounted purchases. Her boss had brought her to one of the most luxurious brands in the entire city and Ying Yue He swore that he had pulled out a black credit card. 

The secretary knew that he was a frugal person who cared to the last cent of digits represented in their financial statement. Her boss had often talked with the Chief Financial Officer in their company.

However, after the zoo—he brought her here so she could pick out articles of apparels that she wanted or liked. Amidst that, other attendants were also picking out clothes for her. 

What exactly had gotten into her boss' mind? Was he raised to show affection through lavish and extravagant gifts? Or his parents had neglected him and had instead only showed with him gifts and that was the only thing he knew?

The man could actually be considerate and sensitive to her needs when he was attentive, but other times she couldn't help but feel a disconnect.

Ying Yue He didn't actually try to pry into her boss' private life, but she had heard snippets from other people who worked with her boss' brother. It was easy to declare that Li Yang was the honourable son and his brother Liang was the black sheep in the family. Now it wasn't like she hated the Cinderella-feeling right now, but it just so happened that her boss was focused on something else entirely.

He had a phone in his hand and was talking with someone else at this kind of time. Maybe she was misinterpreting this—but everything was supposed to be crystal clear!

Who took out their secretary for a date? This happened before the cultivation incident so it mustn't be because he was trying to make her agree into becoming one of his right-hand man, didn't he? What exactly had made him so busy that he had to be on the phone right now?

Ying Yue He wished that he spent less time on his phone and more on herself, rich and luxuriant clothes were one thing, but actually talking with him was a lot more important to her.

"I just need to grab his attention!"

"Hmm did you say something Miss?" The bored attendant looked up at her and was about to place back the item back onto the shelf.

Ying Yue He stopped her. "I need that and I need you and the others to work with me. I have a plan!"

.. .

"—Thank you." the CEO hung up, but the man held his phone and stared at the creature floating in the air. "What's the matter?"

"Was that call so important? This day is pretty boring, I'm just glad that we left the zoo—looking at all those Pandas made me feel weird because you kept calling me as one."

"... I had to make some calls and favors to eat in a private room with Miss He for lunch."

"Huh, when you go all out you do go out eh?" the creature crossed its arms. "It seems like you're blowing a lot of cash today. Never expected that you'd be this wasteful."

"But isn't this what most women want? At least based on how you made it out before." Li Yang did think that anybody would appreciate a gift. He mostly had Ying Yue He decide and select gifts when he was meeting with other executives and other key players in the industry that it was just natural to treat her.

A scoff escaped its lips. "Are you starting to listen to me more than think for yourself?"

"I suppose this is an experimentation—and I've seen it done in popular romance films and shows. There must be a good reason for it if it's being featured frequently."

"... I would have liked to argue with you, but are you telling me that you watch all of the cheesy things that you humans watch?"

"You also seem well versed in it if you can complain about it."

"Obviously I had to know—eh, you're not going to pry information from me. Better luck next time, bastard." the creature had a paw in its face. "Can't really understand what's so entertaining about this stuff. Could we just skip all of this and get with the missions? Stupid timer."

"Mister Li!" Ying Yue He called out, her voice rang out in the entire establishment.

When the CEO looked back, he ignored the views and whispers of other clients and attendants in the store and simply nodded. "What is it, Miss He—"

She stood a couple feet away from him in her tiny black dress, her hair falling gently over her shoulders like cascading waves. There was a sheepish smile playing on her lips that had a touch of gloss pink. She wore a strap-on stilettos. She was in a completely different get up and the aura around her was magnificent.

And then she motioned for him to come over, "I can't actually take a step with these, please come over here."

He chuckled, stepped over towards her and offered her a hand. "If that's the case then why did you wear them?"

"I... I just wanted to try it, I guess. It might be good for a red carpet occasion? Or maybe some kind of company anniversary event?"

"Hmm, I'm not so sure if that short of a dress would do—most wear gowns on events like that." Li Yang had already attended on some invitations-only events with his brother before, some of them was when the company became one of those who sponsored galas and social gatherings.

He didn't frankly enjoy all the noise and glitter.

"Oh..."

He was quick to reassure her. "But it is a surprise to see you right now, and I mean that in a good way."

"Would it be a good thing to see a woman like this everyday then? Someone who looks gorgeous everyday and in makeup and such?"

"It doesn't exactly fit the dress code of our company, Miss He." The statement earned him a pout from the woman and a roll of an eye from Bao. "I think you're fine just as you are. But will you like to buy that?"

"This seems a little too much honestly—one minute we were looking at slobbering monkeys then we're here." She gave him a sheepish laugh. "I guess you managed to surprise me, Mister Li. But why the need to go here?"

"The restaurant where we'll be having lunch has a black tie dress code. It was something I decided on a whim so I apologize for failing to inform you in advance."

She waved a hand. "You don't have to apologize for anything, Mister Li—thank you for taking me out. It's a huge leap from the coffee date and then this…?"

"It's a nice change of pace, don't you think?"