MMCD - 9

IZ Capital’s primary investment projects are in four main areas: technology, healthcare, sports and entertainment, and cultural tourism.

This trip was for the tourism industry, to visit a hot spring resort that was not yet fully developed. Although the area seemed remote, it had great potential and value. Combined with the fact that other investors had already gotten involved, Shen Zai decided to personally come and inspect the site.

The fundraiser for this project was the Zhu Corporation, and the person who came to receive and host them was Zhu Lingyun, the daughter of the Zhu family. Before coming, Sheng Wenyan had looked at the materials for the project and the Zhu family, but she didn’t know much about Zhu Lingyun. She only knew that the Zhu family had many daughters, and this one was the third oldest.

As for her having a thing with Shen Zai... Tsk! She didn’t know that either. This was big news!

“Brother Shen Zai, you’ll be resting in this room tonight.” The only hotel in the resort had been built but was not yet open to the public. It was only for internal employees. Zhu Lingyun enthusiastically introduced everything along the way, bringing him to the door of his room.

Shen Zai: “Thank you.”

“It’s no trouble at all. You must be tired from the long journey. You should rest first, and we can talk about other things later.”

Shen Zai nodded and glanced at Sheng Wenyan. Sheng Wenyan was still quietly observing the two for any subtle interactions and didn’t immediately catch Shen Zai’s eye.

“Sheng Wenyan.”

“Here! What is it, Mr. Shen?”

Shen Zai pointed to the suitcase.

Sheng Wenyan understood and quickly pushed his suitcase into the room for him. Shen Zai walked in calmly. After Sheng Wenyan placed the luggage, she asked, “Do you need me to unpack for you?”

“No, you can go out.”

“Oh, okay.”

The door closed, leaving Zhu Lingyun and Sheng Wenyan standing at the entrance, looking at each other.

“Does Miss Zhu have something to say?”

With Shen Zai gone, Zhu Lingyun’s gaze was more blatant. “How long have you been with Brother Shen Zai?”

Sheng Wenyan: “About a month.”

Zhu Lingyun frowned. There had never been such a young and pretty assistant around Shen Zai before. When did he start trusting someone like her?

“How old are you?”

Sheng Wenyan raised her eyebrow slightly. “Is Miss Zhu asking for my personal information?”

Zhu Lingyun: “I’m just asking. What’s wrong? Is your age a secret as an assistant?”

“Not really. I’m just wondering what’s on your mind, Miss Zhu.”

Zhu Lingyun smiled. “I’m just curious how you got into IZ and became his assistant. Did you graduate from a prestigious school? Do you have an impressive resume?”

“It’s just average, I guess.”

“Then you—”

“Miss Zhu, why don’t you just go check with our company’s HR department?” She was exhausted from getting on a plane early in the morning and was too tired to talk to her. “Where’s my room? Give me the room card.”

Zhu Lingyun was a little shocked, not expecting a small assistant to speak to her like that.

Sheng Wenyan didn’t feel like there was anything wrong with what she said. Her obedience and good behavior were reserved for IZ and Shen Zai because she had ulterior motives. It was impossible for her to be nice to anyone else just for the sake of it.

Seeing Zhu Lingyun staring at her without saying anything, Sheng Wenyan asked the staff member next to her directly, “Hey, which room is mine?”

The staff member didn’t notice the tension between the two and handed her a room card.

Sheng Wenyan smiled brightly. “Thanks.”

She took it and walked away, pushing her suitcase.

Zhu Lingyun turned to glare at her subordinate. “Who told you to just give it to her?”

The subordinate was confused. “Ah, what, what should I do?”

Zhu Lingyun was fuming inside. She huffed and left in a huff.

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After returning to her room, Sheng Wenyan threw her luggage to the side and lay down on the bed to sleep.

Ever since she started working with Shen Zai, she could tolerate everything else except for the lack of sleep. She was getting insufficient sleep every single day! So with this free time, she slept until late at night.

Sheng Wenyan was eventually woken up by her hunger. She looked at her phone and saw that it was already 8 p.m.

Did no one call her for dinner? This assistant job was too depressing.

Sheng Wenyan got out of bed, intending to go find something to eat herself. Just then, her phone vibrated twice.

Shen Zai: [Come over]

Shen Zai: [Now]

Sheng Wenyan rubbed her nose. What’s the big rush...

Although she still had a bit of a morning mood, Sheng Wenyan dragged her hotel slippers and obediently walked to Shen Zai’s room.

His room was on the floor above hers. After reaching the door, she rang the doorbell.

The door opened quickly.

“Mr. Sh...” When she looked up and saw the man standing in the doorway, Sheng Wenyan blinked slowly, speechless for a moment.

She had said before that Shen Zai was the elite type, calm and reserved. Just standing there without saying a word made people feel in awe of him. But now... wearing a white bathrobe with his wet hair softly covering his forehead in a messy way, it was a completely different feeling from his usual formal suit and serious demeanor.

He had a clean and gentle vibe.

Sheng Wenyan, a person who was a sucker for good looks, felt her heart race a few times. Okay... Uncle is really handsome.

“Brother Shen Zai, who is it?” The familiar female voice came from behind the door.

Sheng Wenyan was stunned for a moment, and her eyes widened slightly. What, they were already in bed? Then why did he call her over? Could it be... that thing.

Sheng Wenyan’s mind raced. She hesitated for a moment and asked, “Mr. Shen, do you need me to buy something?”

Like, a condom, since they were a hotel that wasn’t open yet. There were definitely a lot of things that weren’t fully stocked.

Sheng Wenyan’s tone and expression were probably too ambiguous, and Shen Zai immediately understood what she was thinking.

His eyes turned cold. “Buy what?”

Sheng Wenyan: “Huh??”

Oh, come on. Do I have to say it out loud? I’m an innocent young girl. I’m so shy.

“Come in.”

Sheng Wenyan: “Huh?”

Shen Zai: “Don’t you need to report on company matters? Hurry up.”

Sheng Wenyan: “....?”

Shen Zai left the door open for her and turned to walk inside. Sheng Wenyan took a deep breath and followed him in, expecting to see some indecent scene, but to her surprise, Zhu Lingyun was sitting on the sofa, fully dressed. Although... the dress she was wearing was very revealing, showing off her legs and chest.

“Lingyun, my assistant needs to talk to me about some urgent company matters, so let’s talk about the project at the meeting tomorrow.”

Zhu Lingyun looked a little unwilling. “Oh, okay...”

“Mm, you can leave now.”

Shen Zai sounded polite, but his intention of driving her away couldn’t be more obvious.

With this, Sheng Wenyan, who was originally confused, saw what was going on.

There were no urgent company matters tonight, but he said there were... so, he brought her here to fend off Zhu Lingyun?

So they weren’t in the middle of anything, and they didn’t have a thing going on, right?

“Then Brother Shen Zai, I’ll come back to find you after you’re done with your business,” Zhu Lingyun quickly recovered her smile and said, “This place is remote, so it’s not easy to order takeout. The chefs are the ones who are cooking. I’ll come back and have dinner with you later.”

Shen Zai didn’t answer and glanced at Sheng Wenyan.

Sheng Wenyan, a person who was very sensitive to gossip, naturally reacted right away. She understood. The boss wanted her to deal with this woman who was throwing herself at him.

She suddenly smiled and sat down on the sofa. “There’s no need, Miss Zhu. We might be talking until very late, so we’ll just eat by ourselves then.”

Zhu Lingyun stared at Sheng Wenyan in shock. Sheng Wenyan was sitting lazily on the sofa, looking nothing like an assistant but more like the hostess of the house.

“Mr. Shen, hurry up, there’s a lot of things to discuss,” Sheng Wenyan reached out and tugged on Shen Zai’s sleeve, sounding a little annoyed. “I want to go to bed early after we’re done. I didn’t get a good sleep last night because of you.”

Shen Zai: “...”

Zhu Lingyun: “?!”

Sheng Wenyan finished speaking and looked at Zhu Lingyun again. “Hmm? Is there anything else, Miss Zhu?”

These words were extremely ambiguous, and anyone who thought about them would be annoyed.

Zhu Lingyun looked at Shen Zai, then at Sheng Wenyan. Her expression changed unpredictably for a few seconds before she said nothing, slamming the door shut on her way out.

After the sound of the door closing, the room fell into silence.

What did this person just say?

Shen Zai gave her a scrutinizing look, then looked at her hand, which was still holding his bathrobe. “Let go now.”

Sheng Wenyan said, “Oh,” and quickly let go. She sat up straight, her previous mischievousness completely gone. But when she looked up to speak, there was still a hint of rebelliousness in her smugness. “Mr. Shen, I didn’t misunderstand your intentions just now, did I?”

Shen Zai looked down at her, his emotions contained. “I just wanted you to use work as an excuse to get her to leave.”

“Ah... but I don’t think Zhu Lingyun would have given up that easily,” Sheng Wenyan said, touching her chin and smiling. “She’s chasing you, right?”

Shen Zai didn’t answer. “You can leave now.”

“That’s not a good idea. What if Zhu Lingyun sees me when I go out? She might come back right away in a sexy outfit to seduce you again.”

“...”

Sheng Wenyan said bluntly, “So a better way is to make her give up the idea completely. Just make her think that you brought a pretty mistress on this business trip and you don’t need any other women.”

Shen Zai gave her a sideways glance and interrupted, “You’re so young. Who taught you to say things like that?”

“I’m not young anymore,” Sheng Wenyan muttered. She noticed Shen Zai’s stern gaze and quickly corrected herself. “I’m just doing my job and helping you with your troubles, Boss...”

The girl spoke bluntly, but she didn’t seem to think there was anything wrong with it. She was so confident that it left him speechless.

Shen Zai felt a little helpless. But when he thought about it, what she did did help him. He couldn’t be too aggressive with her. He just said, “Don’t talk like that in the future.”

“Huh? What way?”

Shen Zai: “Don’t slander yourself with words like ‘seduce’ and ‘mistress.’ You’re a girl. It’s not good for you if people hear you say those things. Understand?”

Sheng Wenyan was stunned. She found it a little funny and a little slow to react.

Because since she was a child, no one had ever spoken to her so seriously in a “lecturing” tone. Not her father, not her mother, and certainly not the friends she hung out with.

She had been left to her own devices, used to being wild and saying whatever came to her mind.

What was not good for her... she had never cared about what others thought.

“Did you hear me?” Shen Zai asked again when he saw her silent.

Sheng Wenyan stared at him intently. He was serious and calm, both intimidating and warning her. For some reason, she suddenly didn’t want to argue back. A few seconds later, she just heard herself obediently say, “Oh.”

Rumble—

Neither of them said anything. In the quiet room, a faint sound suddenly came from Sheng Wenyan’s stomach.

Shen Zai: “Hungry again?”

Sheng Wenyan didn’t care about her “stomach rumbling in front of him” anymore. She answered honestly, “I haven’t had dinner yet.”

Shen Zai: “Have the hotel make something.”

“Okay, I’ll call.”

“Mm.”

Shen Zai was still busy with work. After telling her to make the call, he sat at his desk and looked at the documents on his computer.

Sheng Wenyan walked to the bed and picked up the phone on the nightstand to dial. The person on the other end heard that Shen Zai’s room wanted to order food and enthusiastically recommended some dishes. While listening to the person on the other end, Sheng Wenyan looked at Shen Zai, intending to ask him what he wanted to eat, but she was distracted by the sight of the person behind the desk.

The screen’s faint light reflected off his face, which was covered in a hazy veil-like glow. The man in the bathrobe had two contradictory auras mixed together—gentle and cold.

Okay... No wonder Zhu Lingyun was so eager to come to his room to seduce him.

Who could resist that?

“Miss Sheng, Miss Sheng?”

“Huh?”

“You haven’t told me what you want to order yet.”

Sheng Wenyan blinked and muttered, “Feast for the eyes.”