Our Glamorous Time

Chapter 9: One Morning

To be a good assistant, you needed to know your boss well, and you needed to know him better than anyone else did.

Having been working in the business world for years, Lin Mochen understood this even better than Lin Qian. So when Lin Qian went home that night, she had a new email from her brother.

The email had all of Li Zhicheng's personal information. His experience was simple and was all listed with just a few lines.

He was the second son of Xu Yong, Aida's Chairman of the Board, and the youngest grandson of an army commander in the Southwest Military Region. It suddenly seemed obvious.

He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. No wonder he joined the army. Having a career in business might not have originally been what he wanted to do.

He had a brilliant record within his first few years. At his university, he won awards like "Best Military Performance" and "Leadership Award in Global University Student Military Forum." After joining the army, he won more awards, like "Third-Class Personal Merit," "Second-Class Group Merit," and "Outstanding Contribution Award in Falcon Confrontation Action," etc.

There was also some trivial information about him in the email. Lin Qian wondered how Lin Mochen had even gotten it.

For instance, he had given out financial aid to a number of out of school children using his own military salary but had refused to ever meet the children in person. That reminded Lin Qian of the episode they had on the train. He had lent her his bunk to sleep in but had refused to exchange a few words with her. How much does he hate talking to other people? He's so strange!

Another piece of information was that he didn't have a girlfriend and seemed to have never had one. That surprised Lin Qian. He's already a 25-year-old man! The military life really must be abstinent and dull.

On her way to work the next day, Lin Qian was still thinking about the new information. He's single. It's great that I won't have to take care of his possibly complicated private life like some assistants and secretaries do. He doesn't have a secretary, which is something that I have to consider. I should ask HR to recruit him a secretary. Someone smart and competent, but not so smart and ambitious as to threaten my own value in the future.

Dawn had just broken when Lin Qian arrived at the office.

She'd come that early on purpose. An assistant should, of course, show up before her boss. As a veteran, Li Zhicheng must have a habit of getting up early. Who knows what weird time he might show up.

The day before, soon after their meeting, she received notification of her nomination as CEO Assistant from the HR department. Lin Qian quickly packed and moved her stuff to the cubicle outside of the CEO office on the top floor. Though hating to part with her, the two girls, Song Xianxian and Yang Xiru, were jealous of her as well. But according to the message from HR, her position was still within the CEO Office, so the two girls would still be under her guidance for the time being.

Opening the office door softly, Lin Qian found the room dark and empty. It seemed like no one was inside.

Lin Qian turned on the light.

Left by the former CEO, the office had been furnished elegantly and luxuriously, with bright lighting. Now that it had its new owner, the tall black bookcase had been nearly emptied. The file cabinet next to it was empty too. The spacious room looked vacant.

Some newspapers were scattered on the desk. Lin Qian tidied them up, and put the chair neatly back behind the desk. She then got some good tea out of the tea cabinet and started looking for cups.