Gu Yikun moved his gaze from the docunt and looked at the woman standing in front of him with an indignant expression. He said in a cheerful tone, "So?"
"Don’t you think you’re giving too much work?"
He took another sip of coffee and said, "Not really."
An Junxi was fuming inside; these capitalist pigs!
An Junxi mumbled, "The workload has gone up, but the salary hasn’t."
Gu Yikun, who rarely showed any expression, suddenly looked enlightened. "Oh, is that it? How much do you want to increase it by?"
An Junxi didn’t expect him to be so easy to talk to. She sat down, eyes shining with money signs, "Any amount is fine?"
Recently, she had her eyes on a small apartnt. She was originally planning to think about buying a house in two years, but she really liked this place. Besides, what if house prices went up even more in two years? When would she ever be able to live in her own ho?
She also thought about borrowing a bit from her senior sister, paying the down paynt first and getting the property rights settled, but her senior sister’s villa still needed renovation and required a significant amount of money. She felt embarrassed to ask.
Gu Yikun didn’t expect this woman to be so bold; he was curious to see how big her appetite was. "Tell how much you want."
An Junxi made a "V" gesture and tentatively asked, "Is two thousand okay?"
Her monthly living expenses didn’t exceed a thousand, and the rent, including utilities, was also under a thousand. An additional two thousand ant her living expenses would be covered, and she could save her original salary entirely.
Gu Yikun couldn’t help but sigh. He thought she wanted a lot, but it turned out she was just beating around the bush for two thousand bucks. He opened his golden mouth, "Approved."
An Junxi couldn’t hold back her cheer, "Thank you, boss! You’re the best!"
Gu Yikun was infected by her enthusiasm, and a faint smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.
An Junxi didn’t notice. She saw that the plants on his desk seed to be in need of water and eagerly said, "Let take care of these plants, and I’ll also trim the ones on the balcony."
Gu Yikun said, "No need." aning he needed to work and didn’t want her ssing around.
An Junxi, being considerate, said, "It’s okay, I just got a raise, so I should do more. I won’t disturb you; you go ahead."
Gu Yikun couldn’t be bothered to respond and continued to review the docunts.
An Junxi was really quiet. If he hadn’t glimpsed her figure in the distance when he raised his eyes, he wouldn’t have realized there was another person in the study.
He used to think won were annoying, so even his assistants were all n. But this woman... wasn’t too bad.
After a while, An Junxi went downstairs to the third floor. The servants were all used to her freely coming and going. Gu Jinxiu would often ask her, "What is Father doing?"
Poor kid, wanting to be close to his father but not daring to go up and disturb him.
An Junxi said, "Your father is either working or working, what else could he be doing?"
Gu Jinxiu replied softly, "My father is really too tired."
An Junxi thought that Gu Yikun must have done sothing incredibly good in his past life to have such a good son in this one. Clearly, he neglected Gu Jinxiu because of work, yet Gu Jinxiu didn’t mind a bit and was even concerned about his father’s busy schedule.
Can Gu Yikun really not see how great his child is?
Gu Jinxiu thought for a long ti before finally saying to An Junxi, "Sister Jun Xi, our school is having a Children’s Day gala next Sunday, and I’ll be performing Tai Chi. Do you want to co watch?"
"Of course I’ll go," An Junxi said joyfully, "Thank you for inviting !"
Gu Jinxiu was overjoyed to see An Junxi so interested and not just humoring him, "Then I’ll ask the teacher for tickets. One for you, one for Brother Cheng, and one for Uncle Yue."
An Junxi hadn’t t this "Brother Cheng" yet. As she knew, he lived near the company and often traveled for work, handling legal matters for the Gu Family, so it was rare to see him.
What kind of person could he be? Uncle Cheng was so stern; he was probably another serious, no-nonsense type.
Since Gu Jinxiu didn’t ntion Gu Yikun, An Junxi didn’t ask, fearing it would make the kid sad.
Gu Yikun definitely won’t go, right? She’s been at the Gu Family for so long, and Gu Yikun hardly inquired about his son’s studies, only making a few indifferent comnts at the dinner table.
Their father-son relationship was quite poor.
Over ti, she had gotten to know Gu Yikun a bit. He was a workaholic with a cold personality, reasonable, ruthless when needed, and didn’t consider others much in his actions. After all, most people obeyed him; maybe he got used to it.
She used to watch him from afar, thinking this man was mysterious and arrogant, not soone ordinary people could easily approach. Now that she’s closer, he still seems unreachable but not as extraordinarily distant.
However, he’s still not easy to get along with; as long as she doesn’t make any major mistakes, he won’t specifically give her a hard ti.
After all, President Gu has way too many things to worry about; he doesn’t have ti to fuss over minor details.
It’s only Tuesday, and there’s so ti before Gu Jinxiu’s school event. She asked him, "How’s the preparation for your performance?"
Gu Jinxiu loved it when An Junxi showed interest in his matters. This feeling was so novel to him. He said, "I’ve been training with the coach these past few days. I should be able to win an award."
An Junxi corrected his thinking, "It’s okay even if you don’t win an award. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself."
Gu Jinxiu obediently said, "Okay."
The next day, after dealing with the company’s matters, An Junxi picked up her cara and went out for a shoot.
She had one day off every week when she didn’t have to report to the Gu Family. She wouldn’t really rest, though. If she had the ti, she would take on freelance work. Recently, she had less ti for photo shoots, and many of her model friends were complaining.
Since An Junxi didn’t co to the Gu Family, Gu Jinxiu focused on sparring with the coach. Although he had said he’d take it easy and not pressure himself too much, he still hoped Sister Jun Xi would see him win an award on stage.
That evening, Sister Li brought coffee to the third floor. Gu Yikun had just finished a video conference. Seeing Sister Li co up, he didn’t say anything. It wasn’t until she was about to leave that he casually asked, "Where’s An Junxi?"
Sister Li was stunned. "Today is Jun Xi’s day off; she doesn’t have to co to work." Jun Xi had days off before; why was the young master asking about it today?
A flicker of subtle emotion flashed through Gu Yikun’s eyes. After a long mont, he said, "Got it."
Sister Li wanted to wait until the young master drank the coffee to see how her brew turned out, but his expression seed off, so she didn’t stay long and found a reason to go downstairs.
Gu Yikun took a sip from the cup and didn’t touch it again.
He picked up so docunts and flipped through a few pages but couldn’t concentrate on anything and tossed them back on the desk.
Thinking, he had already given her a raise; could he cancel her day off now?
If she found out, she’d probably get worked up, right?
Imagining An Junxi getting all worked up, Gu Yikun felt a faint, rare sense of joy in his heart. Then, he picked up the docunts and continued reading.
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