Chapter 286: The Suspicious Man in the Crowd
They think you have their backs no matter what, so they just follow you blindly without taking the initiative."
Qian ng squinted suspiciously at Li Min. "Do you do the sa?" she asked. "How do you know this so well?"
Li Min shrugged. "I am diligent in my work because I get my work ethic from my brother. But there have been tis when I have wanted to take advantage of how casually you speak to people at work."
Qian ng smirked. "Like the vacation you took for working long hours."
Li Min held her hand up in surrender. "People like working in the company because of the welfare programs. But we are not running a non-profit organization. It's okay to treat your employees well, but don't go overboard with it and make them think they don't need to put their 100% every day."
The air from her lungs whooshed out. "Why is it that when you said it… it was so much easier to understand?" she grumbled to herself.
"Soone said the sa thing to you?" Li Min asked.
"You heard that?" Qian ng scolded. "Don't eavesdrop."
"Sorry. It's a habit. The lower your voice is, the more curious I get about what you are saying. It's beco a habit now," Li Min snickered.
"At least treat as your boss," Qian ng groaned.
"Then stop cosplaying as the head of the worker's union," Li Min said, not mincing her words. "I saw it today." She smirked.
"What is with all these obnoxious people?" she groaned.
"Mr. Mo must have told you this…" Li Min trailed off. "I assu his thod of doing so wasn't the best and it offended you."
Qian ng couldn't deny that it had.
"Well, it's always more offensive when you like the person more. Your parents criticizing you is much worse than your teacher. It's like being humiliated in front of your crush. It's understandable."
Qian ng glared at her secretary. "Are you psychoanalyzing or sothing?"
Li Min blinked innocently. I have no idea what you are talking about.
"Talking about humiliation. I just looked at the cost of the new security training. Wasn't it a little over the top?" Li Min asked as they arrived in her office.
"It was. But it was necessary. It's better to be alert to potential attacks and thwart them before they happen," she responded sagely.
"Makes sense," Li Min replied. "The PR team just inford that the articles about the relaunch are coming out. Do you want to forward the links to you?" Li Min spoke up as she looked at the screen of her cellphone.
"You guys monitor it. Apparently, I am an overprotective hen when it cos to these things. I'll take everyone's advice and let the employees work like slaves," she joked.
"Understood, Boss," Li Min said with a hint of a smile. "Your kickboxing class will start in an hour. Don't you want to get ready for it?"
Qian ng perked up and looked at the clock. "Right. I need to go." The pent-up energy in her body needed to be released in so way or the other. Kickboxing was the best way.
Then, she wouldn't have to round-house kick Mo Qingchen for his attitude problems whenever she wanted to.
Qian ng got up and got ready for the walk. Sothing about it made her angsty. In the back of her mind, she already knew sothing was wrong. She was terrified.
Mo Qingchen's call ca in just in ti.
"How is your day going?" he said.
Qian ng didn't know how to respond even though he had been the first to reach out with an olive branch.
"It's been okay. Just busy," she spoke, trying not to let the tension in her body show.
Mo Qingchen stared at her through the screen for a mont before nodding. "You're going out sowhere?" he asked finally.
"Yeah. The gym. I have the kickboxing class," she inford.
"Make sure you wear a jacket out. It's breezy outside," Mo Qingchen cautioned as she walked out of the room.
"I'm feeling a little sweaty today. A little breeze to clear my mind would be good."
"Are you planning on walking there?" he asked with furrowed brows.
"I can't ask you to drive a hundred ters from my office, can I?" she scoffed. "It's one of the busiest streets in the city. I can manage to walk that much."
Mo Qingchen hesitated a mont and Qian ng already knew what he was going to say next.
"Keep your keys in your hand and your purse in front of you. Be alert. I don't like the thought of you going out alone. There is no light and too many people."
Qian ng sighed and moved her face closer to the screen. "Mo Qingchen," she began, her voice low. "Stop it. I will be fine. I am going to walk a hundred ters. I am sure it won't take long."
"It's not a hundred ters. It's a lot more than that," he protested.
"Okay, I need to get going," Qian ng said imdiately.
It was quiet at first as she walked along the footpath. There was a chill in the air but it wasn't unpleasant. She preferred cold to hot any day. Her preference for a drink would testify to that.
But there was sothing eerie about the chill in the air. She felt like she was being watched. She kept glancing over her shoulder as she walked, watching the people around her.
There was one figure in the crowd that she didn't like. Their deanor left Qian ng with an unsettled feeling in her gut. The man looked like he was hiding sothing. Despite the wind, there was no need for soone to wear such a bulky jacket or have their hands tucked into their front pocket so conspicuously. Among the people in the road, he stood out sorely.
She realized that she'd had enough. With a deep sigh, she stopped and went into a small store that sold juice.
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