Aren't we friends? Why are you rushing at me?

On the thirteenth floor of the Flame Color Group building, sunlight streamed through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, bathing the conference room in a warm golden glow.

The conference table divided the room, with Liu Ruyan sitting in the center of the inner side, waiting for Su Ningshuang's arrival.

The entertainment media company she works for has been very successful recently, making a name for itself in the industry.

Many companies want to take advantage of the current trend and sign contracts with their artists, especially the cosmetics industry, where Su Ningshuang works, has a great demand for them.

Logically, she should have waited for Su Ningshuang to sit down before "arriving late," instead of sitting down prematurely as she did now, which made her seem eager to cooperate and put her at a disadvantage in the negotiations.

However, she doesn't really care about the negotiation rules right now. Anyway, the company's recent success is all thanks to Lin Shi. If she can get him promoted again, she's willing to lose some profits.

The scene of meeting Lin Shi came to mind again, and her body trembled.

"Knock knock knock—"

The secretary knocked on the door, pulling Liu Ruyan back from her reverie.

"Come in."

The door was pushed open, and the secretary stood respectfully in the doorway:

"President Liu, President Su is here."

Liu Ruyan did not reply immediately. She took out a makeup mirror from her limited-edition handbag and began to examine her current appearance.

She has classic fox-like eyes with slightly upturned corners, thick, curled eyelashes, and exquisitely drawn, alluring eyeliner. Blush and highlighter make her features appear more defined, and her red lips perfectly showcase her charm.

There's nothing wrong with the makeup.

She put away the mirror, straightened the hem of her Chanel suit skirt, and chose a pose that best showcased her figure.

"Let them come in directly. Oh, and let the colleagues from the legal department and the business department come up too."

"Yes."

Shortly after the secretary left, clear footsteps echoed down the corridor.

Liu Ruyan adjusted her breathing, straightened her back, and put on a charming smile.

The door was pushed open.

Su Ningshuang and her secretary entered the conference room one after the other, followed by their company's business and legal teams.

Su Ningshuang's icy demeanor stood out in the crowd, but Liu Ruyan showed no appreciation whatsoever, her gaze constantly sweeping over the crowd behind Su Ningshuang, once, twice.

Liu Ruyan's smile froze slightly, and her brows furrowed slightly:

My Lin Shi, this big Lin Shi! This Ice Girl thinks she can just keep him at home and not let me see him, because she's her boss?

His tense body instantly relaxed, and he leaned back in his chair, saying lazily:

"Mr. Su, where's your cute little assistant? Didn't she come with you?"

It carries a hint of allure.

Upon hearing the words "little assistant," Su Ningshuang stopped in her tracks in front of the conference table.

He slowly raised his eyelashes, revealing a cold gaze as he looked at Liu Ruyan.

"Where Lin Shi is has nothing to do with me or President Liu, does it?"

Liu Ruyan was taken aback by this sudden coldness and hardness. Her red lips parted slightly, and she couldn't say anything for a moment.

Looking at Su Ningshuang's expressionless face, a surge of anger rose within her:

Su Ningshuang, you ice queen, go find whoever offended you. Why are you taking it out on me? Damn it, if I don't raise the price by 20% later, I'm not even a Liu.

I sat up, wanting to give a sharp retort, when suddenly a brilliant idea flashed into my mind:

Could it be that Lin Shi and she had a fight? The Ice Maiden is reacting so strongly, and Lin Shi isn't even by her side.

Doesn't that mean I have a chance now? He wouldn't come even if I doubled his salary before.

But if he gets fired and can't find a job... Lin Shi, you don't want to be unable to afford food, do you?

If I were to hire Lin Shi as my secretary, would it be when I have nothing to do? Or when I have something to do? Hehehe...

Liu Ruyan's lips curled up higher and higher, and her fox-like eyes gleamed with undisguised pleasure.

Su Ningshuang watched Liu Ruyan's dramatic shifts in expression and couldn't understand what she was trying to do.

In a bad mood, he didn't bother to think too much, so he pulled out the chair facing Liu Ruyan and sat down.

Chief Secretary Li Wei immediately sat down beside her, took a thick document from her briefcase, pushed it to the center of the long table, and said:

"Mr. Liu, this is the revised contract after our last online negotiation. Please take a look."

Liu Ruyan snapped out of her reverie.

Love is love, and work is work. She can give up some benefits for Lin Shi, but she will never do something that loses money.

I picked up the contract and quickly scanned it; it contained the terms that had been agreed upon beforehand.

"There are no major problems." Liu Ruyan casually handed the contract to the legal team that was already waiting nearby.

After receiving the contract, the legal team immediately began to study it and raised objections to every vague point in the contract, using extremely professional language.

A fierce exchange ensued, with words flying back and forth. Bottles of mineral water dwindled one after another, while the contract template on the table was constantly being scribbled and rewritten on.

It wasn't until almost noon that the final version of the contract was finally finalized.

Liu Ruyan was the first to stand up, walk around the conference table, approach Su Ningshuang, and extend her soft, boneless hand.

Su Ningshuang also stood up. She reached out and clasped Liu Ruyan's hand. Compared to Liu Ruyan's softness, Su Ningshuang was much fairer and more slender.

"It's a pleasure working with you."

During their discussion, Lin Shi arrived at the company building carrying an exquisite paper bag containing desserts he had specially purchased by taking a detour.

Lin Shi looked at the dessert in his hand and sighed:

"Who would have thought that the famous Ice Beauty, who looks like she doesn't eat anything in this world, actually likes sweets."

As soon as he pushed open the door, the receptionist spotted Lin Shi and greeted him warmly.

"Brother Lin Shi, you're here."

Lin Shi responded to her greeting with a smile:

"Yes, it's something personal."

Lin Shi was too embarrassed to say that he had angered Su Ningshuang, so he chased after her to apologize, all the way to the bottom of Liu Ruyan's company building.

The receptionist remained very enthusiastic and continued to respond:

"Should I inform the president for you? Let me tell you, Brother Lin Shi, the song you wrote for Sister Luo last time was absolutely amazing. I bought ten albums of it myself as gifts. I really, really admire you."

As she spoke of "too, too," she kept extending her arms, wanting Lin Shi to know just how much she liked those songs.

Lin Shi froze, gave an awkward laugh, and his toes had already dug into the floorboards, forming a three-bedroom, one-living room layout.

Two months ago, Liu Ruyan's company experienced some financial difficulties, mainly because Yanse lacked a truly blockbuster project.

So the company offered a high reward online for outstanding songs, wanting to make one last attempt.

Lin Shih was short of money at the time, so he racked his brains to "reproduce" several hit songs from another world and sent them over.

Upon hearing this, the music director was astonished and took it very seriously, rushing to Lin Shi's home that very night to discuss the collaboration.

The day after the initial cooperation was reached, he was taken to the recording studio and asked to use his professional knowledge to guide Luo Qi in recording the song.

The problem is that Lin Shi doesn't know anything about music. He can hum it completely thanks to his roommate who used to drag him to karaoke when he was in college.

I could only awkwardly explain:

"I haven't actually studied music systematically. I just had this feeling that it sounded good."

I intended to politely decline, but the group of professionals became even more enthusiastic after hearing my suggestion.

"My God, what is a genius? This is a genius, a true genius."

He immediately contacted Liu Ruyan, wanting her to find eight or ten top musicians to train Lin Shi specifically.

When Lin Shi saw this scene, he was almost scared to death. Didn't he know his own strength? He refused repeatedly.

Seeing this, they could only look at Lin Shi with pity, hesitant to speak.

So they pulled another stunt: a fake news story that "an anonymous genius composer saved Flame Color Media Company because of love".

Everyone thought Flame was going crazy because she was afraid of going bankrupt, and they scoffed at her.

As a result, after the album was released, it sold out faster than any other album, and it topped the pop charts on the same day.

Thanks to the reputation of the genius composer, the Flame Color Group has received a lot of investment and is now thriving.

"Brother Lin, the Liu meeting is over. Do you need me to inform them?"