Before he died, my grandfather forced me to marry the richest man in the capital.

Lu Yiyue is gentle and kind by nature, and she is also good-looking, so she seems easy to get along with and approachable.

When an intern suddenly joins the company, an outgoing and sociable colleague will likely want to get to know them better, asking questions like, "Where are you from?", "What is your educational background?", "Have you ever won any awards?", and so on.

It was lunchtime, and everyone had gone to the company cafeteria to eat. Ji Jiale was worried that Yueyue wouldn't like the food in the company cafeteria, so she ordered lunch for her at the Emperor Hotel early in the morning. She changed the box to one without a logo and had it delivered to her.

At this moment, Lu Yiyue is texting her sweet-hearted boyfriend: I'm used to the food, no need to go to so much trouble.

Ji Jiale: Okay, then just send me a message with what you want to eat, and I'll arrange for someone to deliver it.

How could anyone not be moved by a boyfriend who is so considerate in every way? At this moment, Lu Yiyue was replying with her phone in both hands, a happy smile on her lips: Okay, thank you for my sweet boyfriend.

After reading the message, Ji Jiale smiled and replied: "Hmm, is your assistant coming to work tomorrow?"

The assistant, Wenwen, was supposed to come to work today, but she caught a cold. Lu Yiyue told her to come back after she recovered, and that there was no rush. She replied: "She's sick, and I plan to let her rest for a few days."

Ji Jiale wasn't too concerned about when the assistant would start work, so he didn't ask when he dropped Yueyue off in the morning. Now that Yueyue wanted to be an intern, he couldn't help but want the assistant to start work as soon as possible.

Ji Jiale: Hmm.

"You have a boyfriend?" a female voice rang out overhead, and it wasn't quiet.

The person who came was a recent graduate who joined the company four months earlier than Lu Yiyue. She was quite capable, worked very hard, and had a rather outgoing personality, but she was also very competitive.

Lu Yiyue put away her phone and turned it off. Before she could answer, the other person had already reached out to socialize, introducing herself in a confident and poised manner, "Hello, my name is Lou Miaomiao. I arrived four months earlier than you. Please take care of me in the future."

Lu Yiyue wasn't good at small talk, so she smiled gently and introduced herself politely, "Hello, my name is Lu Yiyue."

There are many surnames in the Hundred Family Surnames, and many people share the same name. Naturally, no one would immediately associate the surname Lu with the Lu family, one of the four major families in the capital. Besides, Lu Jinnan would never allow his daughter to appear on the trending topics.

He still had the words "Intern" hanging around his neck.

Lou Miaomiao has a somewhat gossipy personality and loves to ask questions. Her colleagues have given her the nickname "Gossip Girl," asking her things like, "You have a boyfriend? Where is he from?"

Lu Yiyue didn't like this way of chatting, so she simply replied, "The capital."

"You're from the capital too?" Lou Miaomiao asked, pulling up a chair and sitting down when she saw that she was willing to answer.

"Um."

"That's great. I'm not from around here; I'm from the outskirts of Beijing. Do you own a house here?"

"Yes, there is."

Half of the residential communities in the entire capital were built by the Lu family, but she was very low-key and simply answered, "There is one."

Lou Miaomiao had endless things to say and kept babbling on and on, showing no sign of stopping. "That's fine too. The rent here is too expensive. Half of my monthly salary goes to rent. If we rent somewhere far away, it's inconvenient. Our line of work is always working overtime and revising manuscripts, so it's not suitable to rent in the suburbs. It's not safe at night."

Lu Yiyue stood up, took the lunchbox, and went to the break room. She thought Miaomiao would go back to her workstation, but she didn't. Instead, she followed her to the break room, obviously to continue their conversation.

Seeing the food container Lu Yiyue had opened, she asked curiously, "Wow, which restaurant did you order from? It looks delicious!"

Lu Yiyue had given up on lying. If she just mentioned any restaurant, the other person would immediately find out. So she explained softly, "My family makes it."

"Oh, that's a pity. I thought you ordered takeout." She was planning to order some to try tomorrow anyway.

Lu Yiyue ate her lunch slowly and deliberately, while Miaomiao shared information about the design department. "Let me tell you, our design department director is named Ni Zhihan. Don't be fooled by her name, which sounds gentle. She's anything but gentle. She always gives us difficult problems. Once, she sent us to buy a type of fabric. She divided us interns into three groups to see who could find the right fabric in the shortest time. The group that failed would be eliminated. Her methods are anything but gentle."

That's ruthless! After thinking it over, Lou Miaomiao pretended to be scared and shivered.

"Yesterday, oh no, the day before yesterday, during the meeting, Director Ni said that starting tomorrow, we won't have to wear work uniforms anymore. We want to improve everyone's styling skills, so from now on everyone can dress freely and look beautiful."

Lou Miaomiao talked for as long as Lu Yiyue ate, starting from her first day at the company and continuing until now. It was just past work hours, otherwise she would have kept talking.

This is the person she talks to most besides her aunt and mother.

In one meal and one lunch break, Lu Yiyue learned about everyone in the company, what punishments they had received, what they had done, how many times they had been late, and their personalities.

So her decision to start with an internship was the right one. If she had appeared as a leader today, Miaomiao would never have told her about it.

When I get off work.

Ji Jiale arrived on time to pick her up. He parked the car across the street from the company. Lu Yiyue crossed the street, quietly got into the passenger seat, and urged, "Drive, drive."

Seeing her anxious expression, as if she were someone who couldn't be seen by anyone, Ji Jiale felt a sense of dread about being caught in adultery. "So afraid?"

Instead of driving, he turned around and, as if by magic, produced a bouquet of roses from behind his back and handed it to Lu Yiyue, saying, "These are for you."

Suddenly, a bouquet of fiery red roses appeared in front of her. Lu Yiyue forgot to urge them on; all that remained was gratitude. She smiled broadly, "Is this to celebrate my first day at work?"

"I guess so." We've been together for so long, and I don't think I've ever given her flowers.

She completely forgot to ask Ji Jiale to drive. Feeling warm inside, she said she liked it, her head lowered, her fingertips gently touching the bouquet in her arms.

The bouquet wasn't very big, only 52 flowers. If it were too big, it would take up too much space in the car and be too heavy. These were the issues that Ji Jiale considered when she bought it.

Seeing that she was smiling and seemed very happy, Ji Jiale made a decision: not to disturb her admiring the roses, and slowly started the car.

Seeing the car start, Lu Yiyue snapped out of her sweet reverie, smiled slightly at Ji Jiale, started fastening her seatbelt, and then told Ji Jiale about what happened at the company today, "Today I met a girl who is even more talkative than my aunt and my mother, and she joined the company four months earlier than me."

Ji Jiale remained silent, staring intently ahead, waiting for Yueyue to continue.

They know each other very well. He doesn't need to ask her to tell him, and she doesn't wait for his reply to tell him. She talked to me for as long as I had lunch today, without getting tired at all. I think she's a bit overqualified to be a designer. She's perfect as a host; she's so eloquent.

The car changed lanes, and Ji Jiale concluded, "So today was fruitful."

"Hmm, I've made good progress. In one day, I've gotten to know almost all the employees' personalities, mistakes they've made, their design abilities, and their hobbies. I even know who's married and who has a boyfriend."

After listening, Ji Jiale chuckled. This is why ancient emperors would travel incognito, because what they saw was more authentic than what their subordinates reported.

Ji Jiale thought for a moment and reminded him, "If you want to stay here for a while longer, be careful to keep your talents hidden."

Being too dazzling will attract excessive attention, jealousy, and admiration, but in the workplace, the former is obviously more common. In particular, people who are outstanding from the start are the type that people dislike and reject.

Many people are unwilling to admit that they are inferior to others.

Lu Yiyue understood what Lele meant and nodded, "Yes, I know."

And so, Lu Yiyue went to work at the clothing company every day and went to a training school to study management-related courses on weekends. Ji Jiale would accompany her to the classes when he had free time.

After class, Ji Jiale would take Lu Yiyue to a coffee shop to explain the questions she didn't understand in class. Sometimes when Lu Yiyue went to class alone, she would mark the questions she didn't understand in the evening and then call Jiale.

A month passed quickly. Lu Yiyue was well-liked at the company. She listened to Lele's advice and kept her sharp edge hidden, but the design director, with his keen eyes, still noticed some problems and called her into his office alone.

Ni Zhihan sat in a chair, repeatedly comparing Lu Yiyue's design drafts with her own, feeling as if something was being hidden. When she heard a knock on the door, she responded, "Come in."

Lu Yiyue pushed the door open and carefully closed it gently. She stood straight in front of the desk and said, "Good morning, Director."

Ni Zhihan looked up at her. Her eyes were clear as water, so clean it was unbelievable. There are few people in this industry who don't want to be famous. Their eyes are usually filled with impurities, with desires and interests. But Lu Yiyue was not like that. Her design drafts were also like that, as if they were designed for the sake of design.

Ni Zhihan looked down at the design draft again, paused for a few seconds, and asked, "Have you won any awards or participated in any competitions? Your design style is not that of a novice; it's very similar to that of LY designer, but it seems to be missing something."

Lu Yiyue was still thinking about how to answer, searching for tactful words. She didn't want to lie when there was a sudden knock on the door, interrupting their conversation.

Ni Zhihan shifted her gaze from Lu Yiyue and addressed the doorway, "Come in."

Unexpectedly, the person who walked in was Lin Yuan, dressed in a suit and tie, currently the general manager of the clothing company. Lin Yuan didn't pretend not to recognize Yueyue. "What's wrong?"

Ni Zhihan was already a seasoned professional, and Ji Jiale had hired her at a high price. As soon as she heard Lin Yuan's words, she grasped the key point: "President Lin, do you know Yueyue from our design department?"

Lin Yuan readily admitted it without giving a detailed explanation, "Well, President Ji just called me, wanting to tell Director Ni that he wants you to cooperate."

Lu Yiyue looked up at Lin Yuan in a flash. Didn't they agree not to go public? She'd only been working there for a little over a month.

Lin Yuan blinked, indicating that she shouldn't worry and that things would be handled.

After she finished speaking, Ni Zhihan seemed to have figured things out and suddenly understood. She smiled and put down the design draft in her hand. "I knew it. It looked a lot like LY's design style. So that's how it is."

"I'm sorry, Director Ni, I mainly came here to learn, I didn't mean to hide it."

Ni Zhihan didn't think anything was wrong; on the contrary, she quite agreed and admired it. If she were Ji Jiale's fiancée, she would probably start flaunting her relationship or make a high-profile announcement to the entire design department. However, Lu Yiyue concealed her identity. From the beginning of her internship, she liked this style of doing things; she genuinely wanted to do things, not just pretend.

Lin Yuan spoke a few more words to Ni Zhihan before leaving, saying, "Yueyue, call me if you need anything."

Xiao Ji is always physically present at the Ji Group, but his mind is always on the design department. He asks about Yueyue's situation every few days.

Lin Yuan had no choice but to plant a spy in the design department. When Yueyue was called to the director's office alone, he came over immediately. Ni Zhihan was a shrewd person, and after a month of deception, she should have been exposed.

Lu Yiyue: "Okay, Uncle Lin."

After Lin Yuan left, only Lu Yiyue and Ni Zhihan remained in the office. Lu Yiyue frankly admitted her shortcomings and her purpose in doing so.

Ni Zhihan agreed to help her by making her her assistant starting tomorrow, but in reality, she planned to teach Lu Yiyue how to manage and prepare to personally teach her.

Ni Zhihan also had something she didn't tell Lu Yiyue: Ji Jiale had paid her a high price to manage the company on the condition that she help build a strong design team, which was actually a gift to his fiancée.

To be honest, Ni Zhihan was touched by Ji Jiale's actions. Even though she wasn't the main character, she originally thought that Ji Jiale's fiancée, who was protected so well, was a delicate girl. She didn't expect her to be someone like Lu Yiyue.

Ambitious, genuine, hardworking, and unpretentious.

She likes ambitious girls, and since she wanted to share both joy and hardship, Ni Zhihan was willing to help.