Qi Sui looked up and saw the screen was still off.
The two of them had stood in the empty elevator chatting for nearly ten minutes. Luckily, it was during office hours, and no one else needed the elevator.
Seeing her cart full of coffee, LEO asked, "They don't always dump these chores on you, do they?"
Qi Sui didn't understand why he asked and shook her head. "No, this is the first time."
That was already much better than when she was on the third floor. Back then, she was sent on small errands every five minutes and big ones every ten, running around constantly. The work was light but meaningless.
LEO nodded. "That's good. Don't be too naive. If it's not your job, you don't have to do it. You're just temporarily working together, not together for life."
Qi Sui secretly glanced at his reflection in the shiny surface.
He was leaning against the elevator railing with his arms crossed, feigning sleep. There was a slight crease between his brows, and his eyelids were faintly red.
His aura had inexplicably dropped a notch.
But that wasn't a bad thing.
In Qi Sui's heart, she felt that although this deputy always said strange things and was overly critical, he was quite down-to-earth. He didn't have that "domineering CEO" attitude, nor was he arrogant.
Unlike the CEOs in her impression or in TV dramas, he was more like a living, breathing person, every frown and word vivid and lively.
A bit like a kind senior from a college club, teaching you how to make your mark in university.
She chuckled softly to herself.
For some reason, she silently repeated his name a few times.
LEO.
LEO...
The more she chanted it, the more familiar it sounded.
As if she really had such a senior before.
But then she thought again.
In college, Qi Sui did have a few good friends, but they were all lively female friends. Aside from daily socializing, there were only college clubs.
She had joined two clubs in college: one was the Model United Nations, which she quit after half a semester because she found the debates too hard and was afraid of failing her finals; the other was the basketball club, which she joined because of Qian Jin...
Let's not talk about that.
With a "ding,"
Qi Sui was the first to push the cart out. Only then did she hesitate at the elevator door, meeting LEO's gaze.
She asked, "Do you want a cup too?"
The deputy director had ordered a few extra cups and had specifically told her to deliver one to the deputy upstairs.
LEO shook his head.
"No, I don't like coffee. It gives me a headache if I drink too much."
"I'm off."
He pressed the button, his eyes half-lidded as he stared at the ground. Only when the elevator doors closed did he let out a slight sigh.
He had thought she would say something bold.
Turns out it was just a cup of coffee.
She wasn't wearing her ring anymore, and she could laugh and chat with young men outside.
He squinted, examining himself from head to toe, from face to figure, in the reflective surface.
He looked—like a decent human being, right?
So why wouldn't she laugh and chat with him?