Watching Qin Wen’s hurried departure, the female employee looked on with curiosity.
"Why is Assistant Qin acting so strange today?"
"Wait, isn't the suit the girl is wearing the one President Gu wore this morning?"
It was well known that Gu Jiangyan's clothes were all custom-made and easily recognizable.
Heavens! Could she have accidentally stumbled upon President Gu’s secret!
Thinking this, the female employee quickly returned to her workstation and quietly took out her phone.
She opened a group chat called "Huan Yu A Loving Family."
HR - Li Ruxue: [Brothers and sisters! I might have found some big news?]
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HR - Li Ruxue: [Our President Gu! Might already have a child!]
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[Holy crap?]
[Is this gossip reliable?]
[Must be fake news, right? Our President Gu is only around twenty-five, and doesn't seem to have a girlfriend. Where would he get a daughter?]
The female employee’s typing fingers trembled with excitement, but every character she typed was exceptionally firm.
HR - Li Ruxue: [I'm eighty percent sure it's President Gu's daughter!]
HR - Li Ruxue: [Assistant Qin is currently taking care of the child, saying it's a relative's child entrusted to him. And that little girl said she was looking for her daddy, and that her daddy works in the company! Think about it, whose child in the company would Assistant Qin personally look after?]
[Even if it’s true, it’s just speculation. What if Assistant Qin has acquaintances in the company?]
HR - Li Ruxue: [The key is that the little girl is wearing President Gu’s suit jacket from this morning!]
HR - Li Ruxue: [President Gu came out of the elevator wearing only a shirt today! After President Gu left, he must have been with that little girl and gave her his clothes!]
HR - Li Ruxue: [Think about it, if Assistant Qin were closer to the girl, why wouldn’t Assistant Qin give his clothes to the girl?]
Li Ruxue sent all her speculations in one go, her heart pounding as if it were about to leap out.
The group chat was silent for a few seconds before someone finally typed.
[Well-reasoned, irrefutable.]
[So what Xiaoxue said is true? Our CEO has a child already?]
[This is truly earth-shattering news!]
[@HR - Li Ruxue Xiaoxue, how old is the child?]
HR - Li Ruxue: [Around four or five years old?]
[A child of four or five years old, doesn't that mean President Gu was… over five years ago…]
[As expected of President Gu. I can't decide whether to say President Gu is amazing, or to envy the woman who gave birth to his child.]
Who knew how many silent lurkers were blown out by this message.
Seeing that an adjacent office was empty, Qin Wen quickly hid inside and shut the door behind him.
He put Jian Sheng down and crouched in front of her, his face a mask of distress. "My little ancestor! Didn't I tell you not to say certain things randomly? And you can't call out 'Daddy' at the company!"
The familiar address of "little ancestor" caused Jian Sheng a moment of daze.
She quickly regained her senses, opening her clear, innocent big eyes and said in a childish voice, "But I didn't call out 'Daddy'? I only said my daddy works here, I didn't say who Daddy was."
Qin Wen thought about it and realized she was right. Even the company cleaners worked there, so the scope was too broad.
As long as she didn’t name names, how could anyone guess that President Gu had such a big daughter?
After Jian Sheng earnestly promised not to speak carelessly again, Qin Wen carried Jian Sheng back to his assistant’s office, placed her on a chair, and handed her a Rubik's Cube to play with.
"Little miss, please bear with me and sit here for a moment. The boss is still in a business negotiation and cannot be disturbed. After the boss is done, I'll take you to him."
"Okay, okay, thank you, uncle."
Seeing Jian Junruo diligently twisting the Rubik's Cube, Qin Wen smiled slightly and began organizing the documents on his desk.
One minute later, Jian Sheng casually reassembled the scrambled three-by-three Rubik's Cube, hopped off the chair, and ran to Qin Wen, poking his leg with her chubby little fingers.
"Uncle, Sheng Sheng is so bored. Can uncle lend Sheng Sheng your phone to play with for a while?"
Qin Wen was busy sorting the documents on his desk. Hearing Jian Sheng’s words, he replied instinctively, "Aren't you playing with the Rubik's Cube? Children should play less with their phones, it's bad for your eyes."
As he spoke, he looked down and saw the assembled Rubik's Cube in Jian Sheng's hands.
"You’ve already solved it?"
Qin Wen’s mouth fell open, and after a long pause, he finally managed to say something.
"Yes," Jian Sheng tilted her head. "Isn't this very simple? Just twist it a bit and it goes back."
Qin Wen felt as if a knife had been plunged into his chest. When he played with it in junior high, he had to follow diagrams to solve it!
Could she really be the boss's kid, as brilliant as her dad?
Qin Wen was about to find another excuse to refuse when he suddenly heard the sound of a door opening next door.
To facilitate Qin Wen's work, the assistant's office was located next to the CEO's office. Hearing the movement, he quickly picked up the organized documents from his desk.
"Little miss, the boss is back. Let's go over together."
That wasn't Daddy's footsteps!
Jian Sheng pouted, but still obediently allowed Qin Wen to lead her next door.
"Knock, knock, knock—"
Qin Wen knocked on the door, but received no response.
Qin Wen frowned and pushed the door open, only to see a tall, sexy woman rummaging through something on the desk.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Qin Wen demanded in a deep voice.
Many of the documents in the CEO's office were commercial secrets, and outsiders were generally not allowed entry except for a few direct high-level executives.
Moreover, the lack of response when he knocked made him suspicious of this woman.
The woman turned around calmly. Her short hair was tucked behind her ears with a headband, giving her a clean and neat appearance. A vibrant red Lycoris radiata was tattooed on her collarbone.