Page 549 of Assistant to My Contracted Husband

Inside the Gu Family’s design department:

Jian Ran gazed thoughtfully at her suddenly blue-screened computer...

This designer’s computer had broken.

It wasn’t good news.

Because... there had been a lot of design drafts in it before.

If she liked to hand-draw, she could also use the computer to render.

So...

It was troublesome.

Things really weren’t going well; she had run into issues soon after coming back.

Jian Ran took a deep breath, stretched out her hand to rub her eyebrows, and called the technical department for repairs.

Before long, someone from the technical department arrived. Jian Ran used this opportunity to briefly check all of her recent design drafts.

Hand-drawn...

Some were here with her, some at Lan Xing.

It was a Gu Family rule that employees’ design drafts were to be reviewed by supervisors before being sent to partners.

...

"Secretary Zhou is here."

The enthusiastic call of the other female employees sounded, and Jian Ran’s eyes moved to Secretary Zhou not far away, her lips tugging slightly.

As Gu Mochen’s chief secretary, Secretary Zhou generally came to the design department only when there was important news to announce.

Jian Ran offered a faint smile and directly approached, while the other female designers also eagerly went up to greet her.

"Secretary Zhou... you were with President Gu in Italy for several days, weren’t you? What brings you to the design department?"

Secretary Zhou, listening to the other female designers’ warm greeting, still maintained a relatively cool demeanor.

President Gu had expectations; otherwise... such behavior would be considered as getting too familiar, attempting to gain favor through back channels.

Secretary Zhou’s gaze fell on the cool and distant Jian Ran, lingering for a moment, then went ahead and posted the notice directly on the company’s bulletin board.

"What else could it be... naturally, it is to announce the performance of the design department... Congratulations to Miss Jian... your trip to Italy was quite fruitful, successfully securing 10 design projects... and they are Bon’s design projects, from a foreign enterprise, so that’s double..."

Jian Ran: "..."

If it was double, then she was far ahead of Lan Xing.

Jian Ran narrowed her phoenix eyes... offering a light smile, even though she wasn’t one hundred percent satisfied with this performance.

But it was much better than Lan Xing taking other people’s design drafts as their own and, on top of that, using a superior attitude to oppress subordinates.

"Thank you for the reminder, Secretary Zhou, thanks..."

In public, Secretary Zhou was still ranked above her, so Jian Ran’s tone was very polite.

Normally, it was more casual, like at Linhai Villa yesterday, where there seemed to be no distinction of rank.

"Not at all... it’s Miss Jian’s design talent that was highly praised by our partners."

Hearing this, the other female employees of the design department immediately clapped in congratulations.

"Jian Ran... you’re really amazing..."

"Yeah... Jian Ran is the best, beautiful and does her job well, unlike some people, who are like dinosaurs, always exploding with rage, they are simply like tigresses."

Jian Ran: "..."

These things... they really enjoyed stirring the pot, clearly provoking on purpose.

Lan Xing was naturally a jealous person, and with these words spoken, Lan Xing would probably dislike her even more.

As expected... Lan Xing’s face turned furious, her expression dark and menacing.

Jian Ran: "..."

She really was...

Jian Ran spoke softly, "Thank you, everyone, but if there’s nothing else, I should get back to my desk; the tech guys are still fixing the computer."