The rain and wind were fierce, creating quite a commotion, yet Duan Yiheng's voice wasn't drowned out. Lin Xi trembled involuntarily as Duan Yiheng held her even tighter. "Five more minutes," Duan Yiheng pleaded, completely surrendering. "Just five minutes. I haven't held you in so long." His arms tightened, leaving no gap between them. In the face of storms, they always found solace in each other's embrace.
Lin Xi was held tightly, unable to move an inch. Her eyes, like the glass outside the window, were misty. Five minutes—it felt both long and short. Lin Xi patted his hand, suppressing the lump in her throat: "Time's up."
Duan Yiheng kept his word, releasing her to help her up. On the bedside table were the documents she needed to check. Lin Xi was about to grab them and leave when Duan Yiheng called her back, saying, "Your clothes are wrinkled. Go straighten them." Lin Xi nodded and went into the bathroom.
After tidying her clothes and hair, she picked up the document and said, "I'm going to work now." Duan Yiheng rubbed his temples. "Read it through yourself first, be careful." Lin Xi was taken aback. His tone… Could there be a problem with the data in this document?
She dared not be careless. This was her main task for the afternoon, and Duan Yiheng had personally reviewed it. If there were any errors when he confirmed them, it would be a dereliction of duty. Since he hadn't said anything, he was probably testing her. Lin Xi took the document back to the secretary's office.
From two to four o'clock, her neck and arms ached, but she hadn't found any problems. She couldn't help but wonder if she had misunderstood. Lin Xi rested for a while, made herself a cup of coffee, ate two biscuits, and then started checking again.
The payment system integrates with multiple external systems, with numerous interface parameters. Although Lin Xi wasn't a computer science major, she studied finance and naturally had a deep understanding of the payment business processes and rules.
Even so, throughout the checking process, she still had to communicate with the technical team from time to time about any uncertainties to ensure the parameters were correct. The rain pattered incessantly outside the window until around five o'clock, when Lin Xi suddenly paused.
Although this was her first time working on a project, she possessed a certain sensitivity to professional matters. "The values are wrong," Lin Xi said, her brow slightly furrowed. She then opened her computer and pulled up data reports from multiple payment business cases within the company.
During a previous project meeting, the technical team had mentioned the update status of the payment system parameters. Lin Xi checked the meeting minutes and discovered the problem. This parameter table was an outdated version. Lin Xi breathed a heavy sigh of relief, then chuckled coldly. So this was what they were waiting for.
She called Xiao Zhou from the project's technical team, recording the call. Catching her breath, Lin Xi's phone began vibrating incessantly. WeChat messages flooded in; she picked it up and saw pictures and videos sent by Sun Wenxin.
At the park's main gate, Duan Mingxuan drove a red Ferrari, ostentatiously. Within half an hour, everyone in the company, whether working overtime or not, knew that Lin Xi's fiancé had come to pick her up. Hearing Sun Wenxin's voice message praising Duan Mingxuan's good looks, Lin Xi laughed.
After calming herself down, she sent Sun Wenxin a voice message: "I have nothing to do with him. Those news reports are all fake. Don't pay any attention to him." Sun Wenxin was taken aback: "Then...you're not coming down to see him?" "I have a ton of work," Lin Xi said. "I have to work overtime."
Sun Wenxin: "What if he keeps blocking the way downstairs?" Lin Xi chuckled: "Don't worry, he's impatient. He won't stay more than two hours. He can stay as long as he wants, and if he does bother anyone, there's security." Sun Wenxin:
"..." Damn it, where did all those rumors on the internet come from? Is this cold attitude towards her fiancé? More like an enemy. After ending the chat, Lin Xi, undisturbed by Duan Mingxuan, finished checking the remaining parameters in one go.
She looked up and it was already seven o'clock. She touched her stomach, belatedly realizing she hadn't eaten, but she wasn't hungry at all. Duan Yiheng's car turned onto Taihe Road. Five minutes later, he saw Duan Mingxuan's car at the company entrance.
Knowing the other wouldn't let him in, Duan Mingxuan didn't want to make a fool of himself. He also told the security guard his identity, but the guard refused him, citing the importance of research and development in the park. The two brothers passed each other as if they didn't know each other.
Duan Yiheng went upstairs. Lin Xi saw him and subconsciously asked, "Has Duan Mingxuan left?" Duan Yiheng stopped and said, "Not yet." "That's strange," Lin Xi muttered. "He didn't call me once, and he used up all his patience."
Duan Yiheng pursed his lips and asked, "Finished your work? Show it to me when you're done." Lin Xi was taken aback: "Now?" Duan Yiheng hummed in agreement: "Working overtime tonight." Lin Xi was eager to oblige and took the verified technical plan into his office.
Only then did she notice the dessert he was carrying. Duan Yiheng placed the dessert on the table, took the plan she had checked, and said, "I just happened to pass by a French pastry shop and picked it up. Have some." "Isn't that a bit inappropriate?" Lin Xi hesitated.
"It's fine," Duan Yiheng said, "It's overtime pay." Lin Xi subconsciously replied, "Overtime pay is just a slice of Mont Blanc chestnut cake?" Duan Yiheng raised an eyebrow: "Do you expect the boss to give you an encouraging hug and a loving kiss?" Lin Xi:
"...Never mind what I said." Duan Yiheng chuckled: "If you're willing, I'll sacrifice myself." Lin Xi retorted: "Went out all afternoon to learn the art of conversation?" "No."
Duan Yiheng said seriously, "Went to catch someone cheating, but didn't succeed." Lin Xi stared in astonishment: "Caught someone cheating?" She even doubted whether those words had actually come from Duan Yiheng's mouth. "Just kidding, go ahead and eat yours."
Duan Yiheng pushed the dessert towards her. "Don't you like this?" Lin Xi resisted the temptation and said, "You look at it first, I'll eat it later, I can't finish it." Duan Yiheng chuckled meaningfully, "You can't finish such a small piece, and you want to share it with me?"
Lin Xi, her thoughts exposed, directly opened the dessert box and took a bite. She didn't even use a fork, just took a bite straight up, making Duan Yiheng pause in surprise. The outer layer of the cake was a layer of delicate cream, which stuck to her mouth.
Duan Yiheng laughed, wiped off a large piece, and casually put it in his mouth. The creamy frosting melted in his mouth, and he remarked, "It's quite sweet." Lin Xi, holding the cake, was about to leave, her face flushed. Duan Yiheng said casually,
"You also noticed that one of the parameter sheets was an outdated version?" Lin Xi could only turn back and sit down. "You noticed it a long time ago?" Duan Yiheng nodded.
"When I saw it, I felt it didn't match the data I remembered. I checked the cloud archive and found it was the old version." Lin Xi hummed in agreement. "I also called the technical team, and they confirmed that they provided the latest version.
If I hadn't noticed and used the wrong data in the meeting with GKD, I'm afraid Xu Yu would have blamed me personally to protect the company's reputation." Duan Yiheng smiled.
"Alright, we'll talk about this in the meeting tomorrow. Now… can I have some of your dessert?"