Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife
Chapter 89 A Cup of Chrysanthemum Tea

Chapter 89: Chapter 89 A Cup of Chrysanthemum Tea

Gu Nuan hurriedly took a few steps to chase after her as she left the tea room, spotting Sister Yao’s distant figure down the corridor to the left.

It was only then that Gu Nuan realized that the design department was actually not far from the marketing department, merely separated by a corridor.

Sister Yao was organizing a project discussion meeting, and coincidentally, there were leaders from upper management coming for an inspection. Consequently, she was caught somewhat off-guard and in disarray, and could only hurriedly call anyone available for help.

In her team, there were three employees—all of them men, and one of the younger ones had just stepped out for errands. the visiting company executives required personal attendance, so Sister Yao had no choice but to take it upon herself to prepare the coffee.

After all, her two male colleagues were quite clumsy, and were not likely to prepare the several cups of coffee to the leaders’ satisfaction.

God knows that Chairman Chen was notoriously particular about beverages. It was said that the HR department had even specially trained someone to prepare water for Chairman Chen.

After pulling someone over from the tea room, Sister Yao didn’t immediately recognize who Gu Nuan was, only feeling that this colleague looked very unfamiliar.

With so many colleagues at Changda, Sister Yao could still fairly remember those who worked near her—an ability befitting a mid-level manager among the white collar workers. No matter what, it was important to remember people.

In fact, seeing Gu Nuan trying to figure out the coffee machine in the tea room had already led Sister Yao to roughly guess that Gu Nuan was new to the company. Coupling this with the recruitment from a few days ago and other news she had heard recently, Sister Yao had a rough idea in her mind, and made a gesture to Gu Nuan, as if to ask, "Can you not hear me?"

Gu Nuan nodded.

Just then, someone came to urgently call Sister Yao—it seemed there was an urgent customer call from overseas, and it could not be delayed. Seeing this, Sister Yao could only purse her lips at Gu Nuan, pointing directly at a man sitting in the meeting hall, and said, "Can you make a drink for him?"

After saying this, Sister Yao left Gu Nuan alone and walked away.

Gu Nuan turned around to look at the man Sister Yao had pointed out. Through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows of the meeting room, he was not hard to recognize.

An exquisite handcrafted suit draped over the back of a chair, neatly impeccable. His clean shirt was equally spotless.

Then there was the watch occasionally lifted by the man’s left wrist, a watch inlaid with sapphire, which she had seen during her last interview—likely a one-of-a-kind luxury watch. Anyway, she, Gu Nuan, did not recall seeing anything similar elsewhere.

Chen—Chairman.

Gu Nuan thought for a moment, and she was not intimidated by the man’s status. If she had truly been frightened of his high status, she wouldn’t have taken such a risky chance at the interview.

But ultimately, this time was different from the interview. During the interview, he was not yet in a position to control her career destiny, since she could have chosen to work for another company if she hadn’t gotten the job here. This time, he absolutely counted as her direct boss.

A boss, more demanding than a teacher, to be respected, definitely not to be taken lightly.

Gu Nuan knelt in front of the plastic bin, searching for materials she could find in the tea room.

Since the tea room was generally for company staff use, the beverages prepared there were just passably satisfactory.

For example, the coffee there was generally just coffee powder.

Gu Nuan knew that coffee made from coffee powder would definitely turn out poorly, especially for a picky boss.

Clearly, Sister Yao also felt this man was difficult to deal with, hence she simply left him to her, the newcomer. After all, even if a newcomer did a poor job, the boss would perceive it as just that, ultimately not being as harsh as he would be with an experienced employee.

Gu Nuan couldn’t find anything satisfactory among the basket of raw materials; most were barely passable. A thought flashed through her mind, and she suddenly placed her hand in the pocket of her suit jacket.

Inside, there were two packets of material, precisely what she had prepared this morning to serve her boss.

That is, she had prepared it for Section Chief Fang and Brother Tang to drink. However, both Section Chief Fang and Brother Tang were busy and had gone out on business. She didn’t need the materials at the moment, but now, there was an opportunity to use them.

Gu Nuan started brewing a pot of boiling water with an electric kettle, then opened the raw materials she had brought.

Shortly thereafter, the glass door of the small meeting room opened, and Gu Nuan walked in carrying two cups of tea on a plate.

There were three people inside. One male staff member, who was clearly under Sister Yao, walked back and forth behind Changda and another middle-aged man, explaining the materials in the folder in detail.

Gu Nuan first walked up to Changda and placed one cup of tea on his left side. Then, she walked to the second person and placed the tea on the right side of the other person.

Changda, engrossed in reading materials, was someone Gu Nuan had noticed during her first interview—he hated being disturbed when working. Thus, when he sat in the interview area, no one, including the host Sister Cai, dared to speak to him proactively.

The first person to notice the tea was thus the second man, likely also a leader in the company. He saw Gu Nuan serving tea to Changda and quipped, "It seems that everyone here knows Changda’s habits. Changda seldom comes to the design department, doesn’t he?"

Implicitly, this man probably intended to speak on behalf of the design department to ingratiate himself with Changda.

Just then, Sister Yao’s subordinate, upon raising his head and seeing Gu Nuan serving the tea, evidently not a coworker from his department, hesitated before exclaiming in surprise.

This exclamation made both leaders turn their heads sharply back.

The leader who had spoken immediately realised his slip of the tongue and looked at Gu Nuan in amazement.

Gu Nuan bowed her head, not daring to make a sound, and simply said something about serving tea according to protocol before she bowed out of the meeting room.

According to the rules of the tea servers, once the tea was served, she had to leave immediately to avoid any suspicion of eavesdropping.

"Who is she?" that leader who misspoke still asked, astonished.

Chen Jiaming, staring at the tea on his left side, said, "She’s new."

"How did she know—"

Typically, when serving tea to guests, the teacup is placed on the right side of the guest for easy access. However, Chen Jiaming didn’t like his teacup on his right as he felt it interfered with his work. This small preference of his, truly not meant to curry favor with others in HR, was basically unknown.

It was apparent that her observational skills were penetrating. From a single interview, she had noted his preference in her mind and applied it.

Indeed, she was a woman with meticulous attention to detail, or rather, a woman with a meticulous mind.

Chen Jiaming then lifted the lid off the teacup, and the person next to him, who had already opened the lid and begun drinking, exclaimed in surprise once again.

It was chrysanthemum tea.