Page 699 of Assistant to My Contracted Husband

After Gu Mochen left, Jian Ran was just about to enjoy a moment of peace when other managers swarmed over.

"Manager Jian, when you just joined the Gu Family... I felt you had potential... and now... it’s immediately clear... You’re the first one to have a promotion celebration of this scale thrown by President Gu himself."

"Yeah... with women, what matters isn’t capability, it’s about knowing how to blend in..."

"Exactly, especially when it comes to climbing into the high-ups’... beds, that’s when you shoot up the ranks."

Jian Ran: "..."

Jian Ran looked at Zhang, the head of the administrative department, with the corners of her mouth twitching slightly. Even though Zhang was a woman, did she really have to have such dirty thoughts?

Jian Ran clenched her small hands, her expression neutral, not showing any ripples due to the woman’s words.

However, Zhang couldn’t help but speak up, thinking she had struck a chord with Jian Ran’s inner thoughts.

"Manager Jian, I know you have a good private relationship with Mrs. Gu... and now that Mrs. Gu is pregnant, the first three and last three months... that’s definitely the window of opportunity for men... So... you might want to seize the moment."

Jian Ran: "..."

Jian Ran’s eyes darkened... Um... she held back.

"Sorry, I might not have such great charm. President Gu’s feelings for Mrs. Gu... are as clear as the bright moon."

"Oh... Don’t be too modest... everyone in Gu Family knows Lan Xing was sizing up President Gu, and you just wiped Lan Xing out... hehe."

Jian Ran understood...

Everyone else was recognising her strength.

A sneer formed on Jian Ran’s lips. From what she heard from Zhang, apparently... it was all about seizing the right opportunity.

"Hmm."

Some offered flattery, and Jian Ran wasn’t one to slap them away, so she simply responded indifferently.

Seeing that Jian Ran didn’t give them a warm reception, the other managers had no choice but to leave dejectedly.

Jian Ran just wanted a quiet moment... when employees from the design department came over to celebrate.

"Manager Jian, congratulations! You’ve finally made it big. We hope you’ll take good care of us in the future."

"Um..."

Jian Ran curled the corners of her lips. To her colleagues in the same department, she always kept a faint smile on her face.

She felt once again... being the center of attention, with everyone looking to her, wasn’t pleasant at all.

Jian Ran clenched her hands, then heard the deep voice of Gu Mochen whispering in her ear.

"Jian Ran, have some water."

"Okay."

Jian Ran looked at Gu Mochen as he extended his hand with warm water for her, took it, and lightly sipped.

It was something they were used to doing in the villa, but outside, with her severe headache, Jian Ran wasn’t thinking along those lines.

Meanwhile, the other employees stood dumbfounded.

What was this situation...

President Gu was personally pouring water for a manager...

And the manager didn’t hesitate, just took it like a boss and drank it.

After Jian Ran finished drinking, she saw Gu Mochen reaching to take the cup she had just used and subconsciously handed it back to him.

"Thank you."

"Hmm."

Gu Mochen took the cup from Jian Ran, directly put his lips on the spot where hers had just been, and drank from the water that Jian Ran hadn’t finished.

Having drunk the warm water, Jian Ran felt a bit better, but she didn’t expect that others were completely frozen, watching her intimate interaction with Gu Mochen.

Jian Ran: "..."

It was over.

It seemed she had completely acted as if it were home.

A trace of a smile squeezed at the corners of Jian Ran’s lips...

"President Gu, let me pour you a fresh cup."