Chapter 2559 — The Arrogant Company Secretary
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They took the elevator upstairs, and the security guard personally led Wei Zhao to the door of the deputy general manager's office and knocked on it for him.
The door was opened by a young, pretty woman in heavy makeup, carrying herself with a certain haughtiness. Wei Zhao's brow furrowed slightly. This was Kang's secretary?
"Hm? Why is it security? Is something the matter? Since when do you bring people up without calling ahead to announce them?" The woman glanced at the guard and Wei Zhao, frowned, and asked, "You're new, aren't you? Don't you know the rules?"
"Secretary Wang, this is Mr. Wei Zhao-lin. President Lai has ruled that he may come in directly without announcement..." the guard explained with a bitter smile.
"If President Lai made the rule, go find President Lai. This is Deputy General Manager Kang's office!" The woman was plainly annoyed at the guard for throwing President Lai's name around to pressure her. But that only surprised Wei Zhao—what gave this woman such nerve? Could she really have some murky, indefinable relationship with Kang? Otherwise, why was she so puffed up, as though she were the general manager herself?
"Little Wang, what's going on out there?" Kang's voice drifted out from inside the office.
"Deputy General Manager Kang, there's a man here who says President Lai personally approved him for unrestricted access to the company." The woman spoke bluntly, and she seemed to hold no particular awe for Kang either, which only deepened Wei Zhao's suspicions.
"Oh?" Kang was briefly taken aback. He stepped out of the office, caught sight of Wei Zhao, and his puzzlement instantly turned to delight. He hurried over in a few quick strides, seized Wei Zhao's hand, and said excitedly, "Boss, you came! I never expected this—please, come in! Little Wang, there's nothing more for you here. You can go on back down."
"Oh." The woman nodded and actually turned and went into the secretary's office next door. Wei Zhao caught a glimpse of her computer—Plants vs. Zombies was running on the screen. All the more strange. An ordinary secretary, when the boss had a guest, would rush to serve tea and water; this woman was a piece of work—she simply went back to playing her game!
The guard wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to Kang, "Deputy General Manager Kang, I'll be on my way, then..."
"Very well. Thank you for your trouble!" Kang nodded to the guard.
"Kang, are you getting used to working here?" Wei Zhao sized up Kang's attire. After a few months apart, Kang looked more and more like a successful businessman, with not a trace of student left about him. Wei Zhao was pleased to see it—it seemed the path Kang had chosen back then had been the right one.
"Not bad. President Lai is away on business trips most of the time now, so the company's affairs are all in my hands. It's busy, but fulfilling! Boss, thank you for giving me this opportunity!" Kang said from the bottom of his heart.
"Ha ha, let's talk inside!" Wei Zhao gestured toward the office.
"Of course—look at me, I forgot myself. Please, come in..." Kang hastily ushered Wei Zhao into the office, seated him on the sofa, then turned to pour him some water.
That gesture only made Wei Zhao more puzzled. What exactly did that secretary do around here?
"Kang, how are things with Xiaofen?" Wei Zhao did not want to ask outright. Though the two of them were close, bringing up the relationship between Kang and his female secretary the moment they met would be too abrupt, so Wei Zhao chose a roundabout way of asking.
"Quite well!" Kang Jingming set the tea down in front of Wei Zhao and said, "President Lai has also built a high-end residential complex nearby as welfare housing for the employees, with fairly low internal prices. Xiaofen and I bought a unit too, and we're already living together. We plan to hold the wedding banquet next year first, and register the marriage once we're of age."