Gossip

She turned and found a young guy holding two big boxes and walking in her direction. She stepped aside a little late when he lost his balance and both the boxes fell down. She too got knocked out at the side.

"Hey, you! Can't you see where you are going?"

Han Ru cursed his luck. Dammit! My first day here and I already messed up.

He looked up to apologize and was stunned. No word came out his mouth. His cheeks flushed red and the whole time he didn't even blink.

"I-I am really sorry."

He held out his hand to help her stand up but she whisked it aside.

She straightened up and said, "What sorry? Look, I got pushed aside. Who told you to take both the boxes and go? You should be able to see where you are going. And who are you? I have never seen you here before."

He quickly said, "I'm Han Ru. I have just been promoted to be under Assistant Xin and work with Mr. Liu. Please forgive me. I'm new here."

"Hmph! You should be glad that you are new otherwise-"

She abruptly stopped in realization.

What if I tell him to keep an eye on those letters? He will also have to go through all the papers Jinhai gets and since he is new I can just cook him any story. Plus I don't want any female secretary to use this for their advantage and try to go near him.

"Um…okay. I will let this matter go. But you will have to do something for me."

"What?", he asked.

"You see, my one friend is upset with me because I couldn't make it to her birthday party. So, she has decided to take a funny little revenge. She will be bothering me and my husband with some useless letters. They are just pranks so there will be weird stuff written on it. I don't want to bother Jinhai with this. He already is so busy with work. You just have to check if he gets any such letters. If he does, then you straightaway give it to me, okay?"

All his hopes got crushed.

He cried. Why God? My first crush and she is already married? And to none other than my boss?

He was sad but said, "Okay, mam.", he paused and said, "I'm sorry I couldn't recognize you…Lady Boss."

"No problem...and one more thing."

"Yes?"

"Don't say anything about this to Jinhai or Assistant Xin. They are overly cautious about such matters. My friend is just having some fun and I don't want to waste their time with this."

She tried not to be too imposing or he would get suspicious of her.

"O-okay.", though he was still uncomfortable with this. He had newly joined this post and already hiding things from Assistant Xin…it felt a little odd.

"Here is my number. Call me immediately if you find something, okay?"

"Yes, mam. Is there anything else? Should I inform Sir about your visit?", he asked the last question sulkily.

She gave it a thought. Might as well meet him since I have come here.

"Okay."

He went and Huian waited.

"Look here. I clicked such a nice photo this morning. You all will love it!", a secretary held her phone and showed a picture to her colleagues.

"Wow. Look at our boss. He looks so cute holding the baby."

Huian's ears perked up hearing someone say Jinhai's name.

"And oh his smile. It feels like my whole day will be going good.", another secretary chimed in.

"Hey hey! Did you see the other picture where a girl was feeding our boss? It gave me a heart attack."

"Yeah yeah I know that one. And what some girl? She is Nana, stupid. It just got viral today in our company forum. Someone anonymously posted it. Everybody is discussing it."

What? Nana? She couldn't contain her shock.

"That was also so cute. The way he just bent down to her height to be fed was so beautiful. I'm so jealous of Nana!"

"And today's picture too. Ah right you were not there today.", she pointed to the one who asked who Nana was. "You should have seen what happened! Both boss and Nana held Peng Meixiu's baby like a real couple. They totally looked like parents."

"What are you all talking about?"

Everybody turned and were aghast. F*ck, Mrs. Liu!? When did she come here?

They then remembered that they shouldn't have squealed so much over Nana and him. God, he is married!

What if she sees these photos? We are dead!

She will be so angry seeing these. Oh God, what if she fights with Sir? We will be fired for offending her!

"I asked something.", Huian smiled.

Great, she is definitely angry now.

"N-nothing mam. We were just chit-chatting."

"About your boss?"

They gulped.

"And what is the fuss over some photos? Which photos?"

"No, they are…"

"Relax all of you. I won't eat you up. Why are you all so tensed? Is it a secret?"

"No-no."

Of course, as a wife, you will get mad!

"Then? C'mon show me."

They had no choice. The secretary came forward and showed her phone to Huian.

She took the phone and there were two photos. One of Liu Jinhai in the kitchen with Nana, bent towards her and eating a spoonful from her hand.

And the other where both lovingly held a child in their arms.