100 Days with the Contract Lover

Yu Linglong was overbearing and aggressive. “I give you two choices: first, put down the files. Second, pack your things and leave!”

“Supervisor…” The female employees were caught in a dilemma.

Yu Nuanxin couldn’t bear to involve the innocent, so she quickly gathered their files back. “You all can go back. I can handle this!”

The female employees left reluctantly, cursing Yu Linglong a million times in their hearts.

“I’ll help you,” Liang Jingtang said gently.

“Who allowed you to help her?” Yu Linglong snapped, “Don’t you have your own work to do?”

“I’ve already finished.”

“Then dig out the cases from the past ten years and calculate the success rate for each. I want to see it by this afternoon!”

Yu Nuanxin panicked. Calculating success rates was an extremely tedious task, impossible to complete in a month, let alone a day.

This was an impossible task, wasn’t she just trying to make things difficult for him? She couldn’t let him get dragged into this!

She hurried to plead, “Supervisor, please wait a moment…”

Liang Jingtang stopped her, shaking his head to indicate it wasn’t necessary, offering her a reassuring smile. “You go ahead and work. I’ll handle it!”

“But…”

“Alright, don’t worry! I’m a gold medal lawyer; such a small matter can’t stump me.”

Seeing his relaxed demeanor, she figured he must have a solution. Yu Nuanxin nodded, “Then good luck!”

…

Before lunchtime, Yu Nuanxin was already starving, her stomach practically glued to her back. Most of her work was done, and she could easily finish the rest in the afternoon, so she eagerly awaited lunch.

Watching the clock, second by second, as the second hand reached twelve, she sprang up, ready to sprint.

“So hungry?” A teasing laugh came from behind.

Oh no, caught in the act! Yu Nuanxin had to pretend to be reserved. “It’s not that bad, just a little hungry.”

“Let’s go! Time to eat!”

“Us, together?”

“What else? I still don’t know the way to the cafeteria.”

That excuse was obviously just a pretext, but Yu Nuanxin didn’t have the heart to call him out. Eating alone was indeed a bit dull, so having company wasn’t bad. As she had said, why care about others’ opinions? She nodded eagerly. “Alright! Let’s go!”

“Jingtang, Nuanxin, can we join you?” Deputy Supervisor Linlin and female employee Zhang Ran approached.

Yu Nuanxin was surprised. “But won’t the Supervisor be upset?”

“Who cares! We’ve had enough of that ‘she-devil’!”

Just as the words left her mouth, Yu Linglong marched over with a group, her face thunderous. “You two, aren’t you coming along?”

“We want to have lunch with Nuanxin today!” Linlin, though lacking confidence, still managed to express her intention.

“If you join them, expect a dismissal letter. Your choice!”

“The company rules clearly state that at least five reasonable grounds are needed to dismiss an employee. Not having lunch with you isn’t a reasonable ground!”

“Oh, you’ve got guts, huh? Expect your dismissal letter this afternoon!” Yu Linglong stormed off in a huff.

…

During lunch, Yu Nuanxin couldn’t help but worry about them. “Maybe you should go back to your seats? What if you really get fired…”

“I refuse to go back and listen to them butter up Yu Linglong. It’s nauseating!”

“But she…”

“Don’t worry! If she wants to fire us, she’ll have to get past Linlin’s dad. He’s the manager! A supervisor doesn’t have that kind of power.”

“You should have told me earlier, I was worried for so long.” Yu Nuanxin let out a long sigh of relief, and her meal suddenly tasted better.

“Even after how we treated you before, you still worry about us. Nuanxin, you’re really kind! We were wrong before, and we apologize.”

Yu Nuanxin was never good at handling these reconciliations, so she quickly waved her hand dismissively, laughing it off. “No worries! You were just in a tough spot. Just treat me to lunch tomorrow, and we’ll call it even!”

“Deal! Let’s put the past behind us. From now on, we’re friends and we’ll help each other out!”

“Alright!” Yu Nuanxin looked gratefully at Liang Jingtang beside her, feeling like he was an angel sent by heaven.

He came to Global just to ensure she wouldn’t be bullied anymore, right? In just one day, she had gained two good friends, and she was so moved she didn’t know what to say.

If she weren’t the mayor’s daughter, if she hadn’t married Nangong Yao, if she had met him first, she would surely have fallen for him. But a missed chance is a missed chance; no one can change fate and start over.

“What’s up? Why are you staring at me like that?”

“Huh? No, nothing!” Yu Nuanxin quickly lowered her head. “I was just thinking about how you’ll handle the afternoon task. Let me help you!”

“Yeah, we can help too.”

“I’ve already finished it, in five minutes.”

The three of them were stunned, “Finished? In five minutes.”

“Shh! Don’t let her hear!” Liang Jingtang joked, “She doesn’t understand law at all, nor does she know what ‘success rate’ means, so I just copied an old report and gave it to her.”

“That’s brilliant!”

Pulling off such a trick? Is this really something Liang Jingtang would do? Yu Nuanxin was surprised too. It seems she still doesn’t know him well enough!

…

Liang Jingtang successfully fooled Yu Linglong with a copy, and Linlin and Zhang Ran weren’t fired, making it a complete victory. Having finished her work, Yu Nuanxin left the office at the usual time, feeling cheerful.

However, leaving work on time for the first time in a month felt a bit strange. She declined Liang Jingtang’s offer for a ride and stood at the company entrance, looking around, unsure of where to go.