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Looking at the name on the phone, Li Shuzhen was momentarily taken aback. As the saying goes, "It's important to understand your enemies," so Li Shuzhen also had Wang Jin's phone number.
At that moment, although she was puzzled about why Wang Jin was calling her at this time, she hesitated for a moment and decided to answer the call, reminding herself that she was a manager and had seen her fair share of situations.
Knowing that Li Shuzhen had answered the phone, Lin Feng quickly focused his Mental Power and attached it to Li Shuzhen's phone. This way, Lin Feng was essentially eavesdropping on the call, and he could hear everything even more clearly than Li Shuzhen could.
This was the remarkable use of Mental Power.
Sure enough, it was Wang Jin on the line. Just as Lin Feng had guessed, it was precisely because of this speculation that he had decided to monitor Li Shuzhen's call.
"Li Zhong, where are you?" Wang Jin asked leisurely on the other end of the line.
From the background noise, it was clear that he was in a quiet tea house.
"Heh heh... President Wang seems to be in good spirits. Don't you know you have an appointment this afternoon?" Lin Feng could tell where Wang Jin was, and naturally, Li Shuzhen could too. At this moment, she questioned him.
"Heh heh... Li Zhong, don't blame me. How could I forget our appointment? It's just that I thought since I finally managed to get our company's cool and charming Li Zhong out, I shouldn't take her to some shabby place. So, I came here early to reserve a spot for you," Wang Jin said, living up to his reputation for being lecherous. With just a few words, he showered her with flattery, especially praising women with an artful finesse. Lin Feng believed that his fleeting romances with those women must have formed in such a manner.
After all, setting aside personal feelings, Wang Jin was a Public Relations Manager who certainly had his charms—he wasn't too old, just over thirty, at an age where he possessed mature allure and wealth. He was indeed quite appealing in the eyes of many women.
Of course, compared to Lin Feng—well, there was no comparison. Not now, and Lin Feng believed there wouldn't be in the future either.
"Well then, thank you for your kind intentions, President Wang. So where are we meeting?" Although Li Shuzhen wasn't particularly fond of Wang Jin, she thought it best not to offend someone from her own company who had just been polite to her.
"Imperial Tea House, I'll be waiting for you here." Wang Jin noticed that Li Shuzhen's tone had softened considerably, so he cut to the chase and spoke directly.
He knew it was inconvenient to talk on the phone, and anyway, once Li Shuzhen arrived, they would have plenty of time to talk.
"Okay." Li Shuzhen replied lightly before hanging up the phone.
Although Li Shuzhen's anger towards Wang Jin had lessened, her indifference towards him remained unchanged. As a Public Relations Manager, she understood social dynamics well. Regardless of his intentions, she knew it was best not to get too familiar with Wang Jin.
She was acutely aware that despite Wang Jin's polished appearance, if she showed him any kindness, he would take advantage of it.
This was a lesson Li Shuzhen had learned over the years in her career: some people do not deserve too much kindness; there are already enough thick-skinned individuals out there.
After ending the call, Li Shuzhen left.
Watching her depart, Wang's Secretary let out a sigh of relief and continued her work at the computer. It was hard to tell if she was actually working or just playing around.
Lin Feng wasn't particularly interested in whether Wang's Secretary was working or not. Taking advantage of her distraction, he swiftly slipped out of Wang Jin's office.
Having just overheard the phone conversation between Wang Jin and Li Shuzhen, he realized that Li Shuzhen might be a great candidate to hand over the information he had just copied from Wang Jin's computer to Lin Mei.
Of course, this was just a preliminary thought; Lin Feng needed to follow up and learn more about Li Shuzhen.
Once outside Wang Jin's office, Lin Feng felt relaxed. He had already implanted a Spiritual Mark on Li Shuzhen, allowing him to know her location at any time. He could also learn about anything happening around her as long as she could see or hear it, including what she herself was doing.
Lin Feng knew that Li Shuzhen was headed to the Imperial Tea House. Although he didn't know where it was located, with Li Shuzhen leading the way, he decided to wait in his car until her vehicle had driven a bit further before starting his own journey.
While waiting, Lin Feng called Little Pepper, also known as Xiao Ya.
"What's up?" Xiao Ya clearly had Lin Feng's number, as Lin Mei had already instructed her to help Lin Feng familiarize himself with the company's operations and what an assistant should do. So despite her reluctance, Xiao Ya exchanged phone numbers with Lin Feng.
Even now, Lin Feng vividly remembered the unwilling expression on Xiao Ya's face when they exchanged numbers and her words: "Don't call me unless it's work-related."
Lin Feng recalled that when he heard Xiao Ya's words, he couldn't help but smile wryly. At this point in his life, he felt like a failure; was he really that unlikable?
He remembered glancing at himself and adjusting his appearance before asking Xiao Ya, "Do I look bad?"
"All show and no substance," was Xiao Ya's response.
The implication of "all show and no substance" was clear, and although Lin Feng disagreed with the latter part, he believed that achieving the former was not something just anyone could do. Therefore, he still thought of himself as quite handsome, and if Xiao Ya didn't like him, it was because... well, she just lacked discernment.
So, Lin Feng casually replied to Xiao Ya, "How come you said exactly what I was going to say?"
Xiao Ya's gritted teeth expression was quite satisfying to Lin Feng, marking the beginning of their rivalry.
Of course, Xiao Ya did indeed keep her personal feelings separate from work as she claimed. Lin Feng had no personal matters to discuss with her. Thus, even though they didn't see eye to eye, their collaboration on work-related tasks was relatively pleasant; at least there wasn't any overt hostility.
At this moment, Lin Feng wanted to call Xiao Ya because he had a question regarding Li Shuzhen.
He wanted to know the specific details about Li Shuzhen—at least what Xiao Ya knew.
"Give me the information on Li Shuzhen." Knowing that Xiao Ya wasn't particularly fond of him, Lin Feng got straight to the point without beating around the bush.
"Why do you need information on Li Shuzhen?" Xiao Ya asked.
"I'll tell you later," Lin Feng replied, clearly not intending to answer the question and speaking vaguely.
"Lin Feng, let me tell you, don't provoke her at the company," Xiao Ya said, seemingly out of nowhere, advising Lin Feng.
However, putting that aside for now, Lin Feng wondered if Xiao Ya's tone suggested that Li Shuzhen was someone difficult to deal with.
"Although Li Shuzhen is just a Public Relations Manager, she has a strong hand and is serious. She is known in our company as a cold person, only slightly weaker than Lin Dong," Xiao Ya continued, as if she understood what Lin Feng was thinking.
From Xiao Ya's words, it seemed that Li Shuzhen was indeed hard to deal with. However, it also sounded like Lin Mei was not easy to handle either.
Based on Lin Feng's interactions with Lin Mei, she didn't seem that unapproachable.
"Is Lin Dong also a representative of coldness?" Lin Feng asked directly, having doubts in his mind.
"Uh..." Xiao Ya was caught off guard by Lin Feng's question. If someone else had asked her this, she could have simply replied, "Why don't you try it?" But with Lin Feng, she felt that such a response was unnecessary.
Because this guy, on his first day at work, had already gained permanent dining privileges in Lin Mei's Private Room. It was clear that both Lin Mei and Lin Dong treated Lin Feng quite well.
"Hehe... So who is the spicy representative of the company?" Seeing that Xiao Ya was momentarily speechless, Lin Feng figured that perhaps Lin Mei only softened her attitude towards him. He pressed on with his question.
"You, Lin Feng! Don't let me see you..." Xiao Ya quickly realized that Lin Feng was indirectly calling her spicy. Her temper flared up like Little Pepper's personality, and she began to unleash a torrent of playful insults.
Hearing this, Lin Feng hung up the phone. Thinking about how angry Little Pepper must be on the other end after being hung up on made him feel quite pleased.
Although it is said that Lin Feng's ease comes at the expense of others' suffering, who can blame him when Little Pepper doesn't like him? Since that's the case, Lin Feng doesn't mind making her dislike him even more.
Of course, Lin Feng's words were mostly teasing and held no real malice.
Even though he teased Little Pepper, Lin Feng still obtained the information he wanted about Li Shuzhen from her. It seems she is quite a tough character. The tougher she is, the more interested Lin Feng becomes. After all, if she weren't strong-willed, even if Lin Feng provided her with the information, she might not be able to confront Wang Jin.
With that in mind, Lin Feng drove to the Imperial Tea House.
The Imperial Tea House wasn't far away; it was only a fifteen-minute drive. So by the time Li Shuzhen arrived, Lin Feng was almost there as well, arriving nearly simultaneously with her.
After parking his car, Lin Feng went straight into the Imperial Tea House.
Wang Jin had already reserved a private room, so Lin Feng also requested a private room next door.
Then he ordered the house specialties and patiently waited for the meeting between Li Shuzhen and Wang Jin.
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