Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife
Chapter 90: Flowers fall silently, people are as indifferent as chrysanthemums.

Chapter 90: Chapter 90: Flowers fall silently, people are as indifferent as chrysanthemums.

Chrysanthemums, in this sweltering season, are just right as a beverage for the time. Moreover, the chrysanthemums selected by Gu Nuan were authentic Hangzhou Chrysanthemums, a treasure she asked an acquaintance to bring back all the way from a famous production base. It’s not something you would necessarily find in the market.

Smelling the heartening fragrance of the chrysanthemums in the tea cup, one could almost catch the faint scent lingering from the woman who served the chrysanthemum tea, filled with a refreshing elegance.

A phrase suddenly surfaced in Chen Jiaming’s mind:

Flowers fall silently and the person is as modest as a chrysanthemum.

The person beside him said, "So now the company’s pantry is stocked with chrysanthemum tea?"

The tone of surprise was unmistakable.

The company’s pantry serves as one of the perks for company employees, but in reality, most provided beverages are of standard fare. Most employees here just need something to quench their thirst, without such high expectations. The company obviously couldn’t afford to provide luxury coffee beans or tea leaves from the original production areas as employee benefits.

While the ordinariness of the beverage ingredients was one thing, more importantly, the HR department responsible for this wasn’t likely to take it to heart. In other words, it’s not a matter of expense, but rather a matter of not having the inclination to go through the trouble for the base-level staff.

This chrysanthemum in hand, for instance, wasn’t priced so exorbitantly that the company couldn’t provide it as a benefit. Hence, the person beside assumed it was sourced by the HR department.

But Chen Jiaming didn’t think so, of course, nor would he say it out loud.

As a new employee, standing out too much was always not too good. If he said a word, it might be unintentional from him but taken seriously by others.

Sister Yao pushed open the glass door and quietly walked in.

After finishing the phone call, she was ultimately not too reassured about Gu Nuan. Considering Gu Nuan wasn’t just a newcomer but also a communicatively unimpeded deaf person. Should any major issues arise, she might end up having to deal with the aftermath.

So she hurried over to check and discovered that Gu Nuan was nowhere to be seen.

Sister Yao felt a moment of anxiety, thinking perhaps Gu Nuan hadn’t served tea to the clients, but looking through the glass window, it seemed like the leaders already had cups of tea in their hands.

She couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

Generally, if a newcomer did something, good or bad, they would be eager to seek praise from their superiors if it was good. Yet Gu Nuan was no longer at the scene—could it be that she had botched the job? However, looking at the two leaders through the glass window, they seemed reasonably happy, smiling even, not appearing angered by Gu Nuan’s actions.

Chen Jiaming, as Sister Yao knew, was a very cultivated superior. He would not casually criticize new employees, let alone make a fuss over a small matter like serving a cup of tea. That was not in keeping with Chen Jiaming’s character of not sweating the small stuff.

Sister Yao was only afraid of being criticized by Chen Jiaming. She had no choice but to boldly enter to see whether it was good or bad, with Gu Nuan out of sight.

Just as she entered, someone held up a cup filled with chrysanthemum tea and said to her, "Not bad, Sister Yao, did you train the newcomer? The chrysanthemum tea she made has a strong and refreshing flavor. This chrysanthemum might be the famous Hangzhou Chrysanthemum, did you get it from HR? I haven’t seen anything like this on my side."

Sister Yao was momentarily stunned; their office pantry had no such thing.

She went to the pantry to drink water every day and knew all too well what HR provided.

Hangzhou Chrysanthemum? That was a big joke.

HR had long passed the task of providing heat relief to the company canteen. It’s true that sometimes during the season, the canteen might offer some mung bean sweet soup. HR wouldn’t bother with that concern.

Sister Yao always believed that Changda’s Human Resources department left much to be desired, of course, she would never say this to Chen Jiaming. Everyone knows that the HR director, Cai, has been quite close to Chen Jiaming lately.

At this time, Sister Yao became extra cautious, yet she kept her smile, said nothing, and didn’t mention that the chrysanthemum might not have been provided by the HR department, that it might’ve been prepared by Gu Nuan herself, especially since Chen Jiaming was present.

She approached Chen Jiaming, intending to gloss over the topic. As long as Gu Nuan hadn’t done anything wrong, it was all fine. Indeed, it seemed that not only had Gu Nuan not done anything wrong, but she had also performed the task unexpectedly well, much to her surprise.

Clearly, this newcomer was just as extraordinary as the rumors suggested.

As she bent over to explain the project she was working on to Chen Jiaming, she suddenly heard him ask her in a low voice, "Is she in your group?"

A shiver went down Sister Yao’s spine, realizing that it was true that Gu Nuan was brought in by Chen Jiaming’s decision.

This was somewhat strange. Why was Gu Nuan assigned to Fang Yongxing’s team?

Who didn’t know that Fang Yongxing, leader of the third group in the Investment Division, was the least desirable boss in the entire company?

Sister Yao shook her head and honestly told him, "No, she’s with Group Leader Fang."

"Group Leader Fang?"

"Yes, Group Leader Fang Yongxing. Maybe he let her get acquainted with the environment on her own on her first day. I’m swamped with work and saw her in the pantry, so I pulled her over to lend a hand. To serve Director Chen a cup of tea. I don’t know if Director Chen is dissatisfied?"

Chen Jiaming’s attention seemed to linger only on the words in front of him, "She went to the third group in Investment?"

"Yes."

Chen Jiaming’s fingers hesitated over the golden barrel of the Parker pen he was holding.

Sister Yao didn’t know that Gu Nuan’s appearance at the interview and catching Chen Jiaming’s attention was a complete fluke.

Since she wasn’t someone he had arranged beforehand, Chen Jiaming wouldn’t dictate where Gu Nuan should go after joining the company.

He couldn’t intervene in everything, as overmeddling would definitely attract criticism from other members of the leadership. Apart from a few he had arranged himself, for the rest of the new hires, he let the HR department coordinate with other departments.

And regarding Gu Nuan, perhaps he had a good impression of her during the interview. However, the fact that Gu Nuan had a disability, the consideration of employing a deaf person was something Chen Jiaming had never contemplated.

But now, suddenly learning that she had been sent to the worst possible place, Chen Jiaming couldn’t help but frown.

Who arranged for her to go to the third group in Investment?

Was it Sister Cai?

No. After being scolded by him last time, Sister Cai knew he didn’t have a very bad impression of Gu Nuan and wouldn’t deliberately go against his wishes by sending her to the worst place. Besides, assigning new employees is not a decision that HR can make alone. It’s usually the result of negotiations between the various department heads.

One could only say that Gu Nuan being deaf had overshadowed her other strengths. No one would want to deal with the burden of a deaf person under them.

In that regard, it was quite normal for Gu Nuan to be kicked to this place.