Reborn: The Return of the Villainous Mr. Liu

Guiying sat back on her chair, her mind wandering off to Zheng Jiao's hostility. Her expression dropped, and she couldn't focus on the emails she was looking at.

The door opened and Zixin passed by her desk a few minutes later. He beamed and walked towards her.

"Hello."

Guiying looked up and smiled. "Hi."

He caught her voice not sounding too energetic. "Are you okay? Is there any problem?"

For a moment, Guiying wondered if it was alright to share her predicament. But she decided against it and shook her head. "I am fine. It's still the first day's nervousness haha."

A look of worry flashed in his eyes. He could tell that Guiying was lying.

"You don't have to keep anything to yourself. I am always here to help you."

That seems to be the problem here. Is it okay for me to rely on you like this…?

"No, really. There is no problem. Oh! I have gone through all the files and Assistant Ling was very happy with me," her eyes shone.

Zixin nodded with pride. "Naturally. You are very capable, after all."

"I am still learning though," she scratched her chin."

"Miss. Cai," Assistant Ling smiled as he came in too. "Now that we are all energized with lunch, shall we start with the work? Let me show you Sir's calendar for this week."

"Yes!"

"I can help too," Zixin sneakily offered.

His mouth twitched.

"I am here for that, Sir," he gave him an assured smile.

Zixin showed a look of disappointment.

How am I supposed to carry out my office romance mission then?

With a slumped back, he went back to his desk, making Guiying wonder what exactly was wrong with him.

For the next two hours, Assistant Ling patiently imparted email correspondence and calendar management training to her along with screening the requests to meet Zixin.

"Sir prefers to have a maximum of one hour meetings. There might be some exceptions here and there, but generally the meetings don't extend anymore than an hour. Be also very careful while scheduling the meetings such that there are no conflicts. Never overbook Sir's calendar."

She nodded, carefully noting down each point.

"We set all his meetings at the end for the week for the entire week ahead. So around Thursday, we start going through the meeting requests and set the calendar according to their priorities till Friday. Today is Thursday, which means I will start with this process. Will you help me out?"

She beamed. "Of course!"

From afar, Zixin watched Guiying and Assistant Ling immersed in their own work and world, making him further sulk. There wasn't a hurry since it was just the first day, but he was already starting to feel the heat of not being able to talk to her much.

So close yet so far…

Assistant Long's mouth twitched once again as even from this distance, he could sense the CEO's tragic sighs.

He is acting like the whole world is conspiring against him to keep him apart from Miss. Cai. Is he even working or just sighing?

In the end, he couldn't watch his expression getting further and further depressed, and he cleared his throat, facing Guiying. "*Ahem* Oh dear. There is a slight confusion here."

Guiying asked, "What confusion?"

"Well, there is this one company who wants a meeting with Sir for an investment in his product. But they had some altercations in the past. Nevertheless, he has been insisting for a long time to have another meeting with Sir. We would pretty much have to give him a slot next week or there might be escalations. That startup head is from a politically influential family so it's hard to keep denying him too. But there is also a board of directors meeting to be held. It's pretty important. Seeing his full calendar, we have space to set only one meeting."

"I see."

Guiying pinched her brows, thoughtful to solve this predicament.

"So can you please go to Sir and ask his opinion?"

"Me?" She blinked, surprised.

"Yes. Just ask him which meeting he would want to go with."

"Oh. Okay."

Zixin was dragging his fingers to type on the keyboard when he caught Guiying walking towards him from the corner of his eye. The office was suddenly filled with a bright, golden beam of euphoria as Zixin pushed his laptop aside to talk to her. His dying spirit was lifted in a fraction of a second.

Assistant Ling - "..."

Ugh, my eyes! My eyes! Too blinding! And what's with the one eighty change in his stance? Just a moment ago, he was a tragic Romeo!

Guiying stood straight, rehearsing in her mind to act professional. "Excuse me, Sir. Can I have a moment?"

"You don't have to ask," Zixin said with utmost sincerity.

"..."

She coughed. "Sir, I am just an assistant."

"Doesn't matter."

"It matters to me because I wouldn't want you playing favorites. A superior must always be fair."

Zixin sensed the light tone of a scolding from her voice, and he piped down on his excitement. "Indeed. I will pay attention next time."

"Thank you."

"So what do you need?" He asked, his aura dazzled with stars of joy.

"There is a little confusion between these two meetings. So I wanted to ask which one would you prefer for next week?"

Zixin slightly craned his neck and gave a quick glance through her tab. He immediately understood the source of conflict. He looked up at her expression which expected an answer.

"What do you suggest?"

"Huh?"

"What do you suggest? Should I go with the investee's meeting or with the board of directors?"

With a sudden question being thrown at her, Guiying stiffened and her mind spun. She was already thinking along the lines of the resolution but hadn't expected for Zixin to ask her for it.

Assistant Ling choked in his throat. With how happy Zixin was, he expected he would just merrily chirp and let her know what he wanted.

It's just her first day, Sir. Have some mercy…

It was a test to see how well Guiying understood whatever materials she was handed until now and a way to gauge what she thought of this predicament. After all, an assistant's crucial responsibility also entailed giving their sound suggestions to the CEO that would give him and the company the maximum benefit.

But it's just the first day! Y-You can do this Miss. Cai! He inwardly cheered for her and then thought,

Technically, the answer is the board of directors. It's going to be a very crucial strategic meeting, and they wouldn't be so thrilled for that to be postponed.

Guiying steadied herself and taking a few deep breaths to calm herself, she looked straight at Zixin and said, "I suggest we go with the investee's meeting, Sir."