Chapter 315: Reserved? (Additional update 5/5 for aitt)_2
Xiao Fei first showed a bit of surprise, "Loss of pain sensation?"
Wen Nan shook his head, "Just got used to it."
"Got used to it?"
Able to feel pain, yet not afraid of it, it was the first time she'd encountered such a thing. Thinking of this, a gleam suddenly appeared in Xiao Fei's eyes, "Brother, you're simply too perfect. We're a match made in heaven!"
As the words from across fell, a system prompt echoed in Wen Nan's mind—
9527: [Congratulations, contestant, the key item of "Sister with love-induced mania" has increased exploration to 23%.]
Reaching 23% just like that? This sister might not need a cohabiting brother, but rather a masochist?
While inwardly mocking, Xiao Fei pulled Wen Nan's hand again, trying to bring it to her mouth like sucking on a fry, "Brother, I—"
"—Who are you calling brother?" A gentle female voice came from the table, "Don't randomly recognize someone else's brother."
Xiao Fei turned her head, seeing a girl with similar short hair, round cheeks, and eyes walk to the table, looking at her coldly.
"Who are you?" Xiao Fei frowned, glaring angrily at the other person.
"Qiqi?" Wen Nan withdrew his hand, looking at that long-missed face with a smile.
Qiqi looked at Wen Nan, her eyes instantly reddening, and she rushed over to tightly hug Wen Nan, "Brother, I missed you so much."
Wen Nan hugged Qiqi back, gently stroking her soft hair, "You've grown up."
Watching this emotional sibling reunion scene, a bit of a sinister expression flashed in Xiao Fei's eyes.
Then, a system prompt echoed again in Wen Nan's mind—
9527: [Congratulations, contestant, the key item of "Sister with love-induced mania" has increased exploration to 29%.]
Hmm?
Wen Nan was momentarily stunned, not understanding what happened.
Qiqi let go of Wen Nan's embrace, grabbed his hand, and led him out, "Brother, you probably don't know, but I've come to intern at your company. From now on, I'll be your junior, so you have to take good care of me."
Wen Nan was being led away from the table, and after taking two steps, a cold voice behind them clenched its teeth and called out to him:
"Night, brother, where are you going?"
Wen Nan turned back, seeing the other person staring intensely at the interlocked hands of him and Qiqi.
Considering the other person's identity, Wen Nan was pondering whether to release Qiqi's hand when the system prompt echoed again—
9527: [Congratulations, contestant, the key item of "Sister with love-induced mania" has increased exploration to 31%.]
Hmm...
Better keep holding hands.
"Had enough rest, time to head back to the office and continue working, coming along?"
In the elevator lobby, Wen Nan and Qiqi held hands, and behind them, Xiao Fei's gaze was locked onto their hands.
For each floor the elevator ascended, a system prompt sounded in Wen Nan's mind, and by the time they reached the office door, the exploration had directly increased to 45%.
Wen Nan shook his head slightly, thinking to himself, dealing with a sickly character doesn't seem as difficult as I imagined.
Entering the office, someone from Human Resources immediately approached.
Seeing this, Qiqi immediately released her hand, seeing someone from HR walk towards her, smiling and asking, "Are you Liu Qi? Welcome, welcome, come with me to handle the onboarding procedures."
Qiqi whispered in Wen Nan's ear, "Brother, I'll come find you later," then left with HR.
Xiao Fei stepped forward and grabbed Wen Nan's fingers.
Wen Nan immediately recoiled as if electrocuted, and the girl's eyes beside him darkened, increasing the exploration to 46% again.
Without trying to hold Wen Nan's hand again, Xiao Fei, with a cold face, headed straight to Wen Nan's workstation.
Wen Nan wasn't sure what Xiao Fei was thinking, but he decided not to use the mind-reading technique anymore, as he already knew how to manipulate her exploration meter. The skill was naturally more suited for the other two women.
Ru Huan and Wenwen were both stationed beside Wen Nan's cubicle.
Ru Huan apparently had her own work, even though she was forced by Boss Mi's orders to "supervise" here. At this moment, she was wearing headphones, with her phone screen displaying that she was in a conference call. Seeing Wen Nan arrive, she smiled and nodded at him, then quickly returned to her work.
And Wenwen seemed to have nothing to do, sitting directly in Wen Nan's swivel chair at his desk, her back hunched, chin on the desk. Bored, she took a stack of A4 paper from Wen Nan's desk and tore it into strips, making stars.
By the time Wen Nan returned to his cubicle, she had already filled one of Wen Nan's mugs with pentagon stars and was tossing stars into another glass cup.
Seeing Wen Nan return, Wenwen immediately sat up straight, "You're finally back. If you didn't come back, I was going to report to President Mi that you were absent without leave."
Wen Nan chuckled, "With such a beautiful colleague assigned by President Mi to monitor my work, how could I not come back?"
Wenwen snorted lightly and asked, "Have you thought about how to complete the task President Mi assigned you?"
Wen Nan modestly countered, "Could I ask Wenwen for some guidance?"
Wenwen knew nothing about the company's business, not even what the suddenly deceased Fatty Zhang's position was, so what kind of work guidance could she provide?
But hearing him ask, she still feigned ignorance, looked up, and said, "Do you have a work report? Tell me first."
"Of course, let me book a meeting room, and we can discuss it there?"
Fifteen minutes later, in the smallest meeting room in the office, Wen Nan sat next to the projector. Opposite him sat Wenwen, Xiao Fei, and Qiqi, who had just completed her onboarding, joining the fun under the pretense of learning.