Chapter 250: Chapter 250 Secretly Dealing with It for Me
The secretary thought carefully for a moment. Their boss had always paid a lot of attention to Sang Ning.
This time, with the negative trending topic, the boss must have seen it too, but he hadn’t issued any directives, clearly indicating it was something not worth bothering about.
Thinking this, the secretary instantly felt relieved.
Probably their boss’s interest in this little star Sang Ning had already waned.
Li Juezhou had been busy with work recently and hadn’t had a proper sleep for quite some time.
He initially planned to lie next to Sang Ning just for a while, but as he held her, he ended up falling into a deep sleep as well.
It wasn’t until the middle of the night, when he dreamt that Sang Ning woke up, saw the two of them sleeping on the same bed, and drew a knife to murder him, that Li Juezhou snapped awake.
The dream was so vivid that it left Li Juezhou drenched in cold sweat.
Sang Ning was still resting on his arm, sleeping deeply without any sign of waking up.
Li Juezhou let out a breath of relief and carefully slid his arm out from underneath Sang Ning.
After being under her for several hours, as soon as he pulled it out, his arm was completely numb, void of any sensation.
Li Juezhou picked up his phone and quietly left the bedroom. When he unlocked the screen, countless missed calls popped up—all from the secretary.
The secretary rarely ever called his private phone, so it seemed like something urgent had happened.
Li Juezhou dialed back, but the response was a notification saying the phone was turned off.
His face turned dark immediately. After all, he paid his secretary twenty times the industry standard, and one of the requirements was that the phone must remain on and available 24/7 in case the boss needed something urgently.
Fantastic. It seemed his secretary felt overpaid and was ready to give up that 20-fold salary.
Li Juezhou wasn’t the kind of person who needed long hours of sleep. After a few hours of immersive rest next to Sang Ning, he felt refreshed.
So he couldn’t help but marvel at Sang Ning—a super sleeper who had been asleep for a full day and night without waking!
Li Juezhou was wide awake now. Though he wanted to return to bed and continue holding Sang Ning, he worried she might suddenly wake up, misunderstand him as taking advantage, and throw punches at him.
At first, he considered reaching out to the secretary through other channels to find out what was going on.
But then he thought, if it were really urgent, the secretary wouldn’t have turned off the phone.
With nothing pressing to do and unable to fall back asleep, Li Juezhou sat on the sofa in the living room and started browsing Weibo.
After all, his girlfriend was a celebrity. As her "trainee boyfriend," he needed to stay updated on the latest in the entertainment circle.
But as soon as he opened Weibo, negative trending topics about Sang Ning flooded his feed.
Li Juezhou was so enraged he nearly wanted to murder someone. Just what was his secretary thinking? Did he really want to quit his job?
Unable to reach the secretary, Li Juezhou directly called the head of Hai Chuan Legal Department.
The supervisor had been sound asleep but was rudely awakened by the urgent ringtone. Picking up the call, he groggily cursed, "Who’s the idiot disturbing people’s sleep in the middle of the night?"
"It’s me, Li Juezhou."
The voice on the other end was icy cold, jolting the supervisor instantly into full alertness.
He scrambled out of bed, knelt toward the air, and knocked his head three times: "Mr. Li, I’m sorry! I was sleep-talking just now—please don’t take it personally!"
Although it was still mid-summer, the supervisor was sweating profusely in fear. Would his career end here tonight?
"Secretary Wang’s phone is off. Figure out a way to contact him immediately, and both of you take care of Sang Ning’s negative trending topics!" Li Juezhou’s voice was restrained, seemingly suppressing his fury.
Earlier today, he’d been thinking of delegating more responsibilities to his team, but here they were, pulling off a stunt like this.
The supervisor meekly agreed, and Li Juezhou coldly added, "You’ve got one hour to get this done."
After hanging up, the supervisor was left drained, nearly defeated. He had almost managed to royally screw things up with the boss.
Thinking about Secretary Wang daring to shut off his phone, the supervisor found some consolation. At least if he got fired, Secretary Wang would be going down with him.
The supervisor tried calling Wang’s number again, which was unsurprisingly still off. Lucky for him, he knew where Wang’s apartment was.
Without even changing out of his pajamas, he rushed downstairs to his car and sped off toward Wang’s place.
Meanwhile, in the upscale apartment.
Li Juezhou was sitting on the sofa, using a newly registered Weibo alt account to argue with trolls.
Troll: [What does Sang Ning offer besides her looks?]
ining: [Unlike you—who doesn’t even have looks.]
Troll: [Sang Ning must have backing from big companies; otherwise, someone of her caliber would have been blacklisted long ago.]
ining: [You’re not wrong. Her backing is me, your daddy.]
Li Juezhou had recently been studying up on fan culture slang and had mastered the art of clapping back at trolls.
Who could have imagined? A dignified CEO acting like an elementary-schooler, trash-talking people from behind his phone screen.
Li Juezhou was so immersed in his online quarrel that he didn’t notice the bedroom door softly creaking open.
It wasn’t until he had successfully silenced the first wave of trolls and stretched his stiff neck that his gaze wandered toward the bedroom.
Instantly, Li Juezhou became alert, discreetly hiding his phone as he feigned nonchalance: "Sangsang, you’re awake?"
Sang Ning pursed her lips: "I’m standing here wide awake—what do you think, I’m sleepwalking?"
Li Juezhou had been expecting her to sleep until morning. Thankfully, he’d thought ahead and had Nanny Wang swap out dinner earlier, keeping everything warm on heating pads. The food should still be hot now.
Standing up from the sofa, Li Juezhou said, "Sangsang, since you’re up, let’s eat first."
Sang Ning looked surprised: "You have food ready this late?"
Li Juezhou: "As long as you want to eat, there’s always food."
Heading to the dining area, Sang Ning was genuinely touched when she spotted the table full of dishes.
At least for now, she couldn’t fault Li Juezhou.
Letting her sleep until day turned to night and waking up to a hot meal—that had to count for something.
"Did you make all this yourself?" Sang Ning asked casually after sitting down.
Li Juezhou initially wanted to shamelessly claim credit, but when faced with Sang Ning’s gaze, he couldn’t bring himself to lie to her.
"No, I had the housekeeper prepare it. But in the future, if I have time, I’ll cook for you personally."
"Oh," replied Sang Ning flatly, before lowering her head to focus on eating.
Li Juezhou found himself puzzled by her behavior. Why did she seem a little off?
Damn it, he should’ve cooked today himself. Now she was probably silently doubting his sincerity as her "intern boyfriend."
"Um..." Sang Ning suddenly looked up mid-meal, "Was my previous negative trending topic also something you secretly handled for me?"