Divorced Dad's Gourmet Shop

Chapter 372: Chapter 371: The Smug Jun Xinghe

Secretary Wang was still slaving away at work for Jun Xinghe.

A knock sounded on the car window.

Secretary Wang quickly put down his laptop and opened the window.

He froze for a moment when he saw Jiang Liu.

"Boss... Boss Jiang?"

Jiang Liu was also surprised. He looked up and greeted him, "Hello."

Secretary Wang noticed Jun Qingmeng nestled beside Jiang Liu.

Shocked, he immediately pieced it together. "The Eldest Miss is your girlfriend?!"

"Eldest Miss, your boyfriend is Boss Jiang!?"

Jiang Liu smiled and nodded. Jun Xinghe patted his shoulder and got into the back seat.

Secretary Wang was dumbfounded. Utterly dumbfounded.

’What is going on here?’

’What are all these relationships? It’s so messy.’

Then, Secretary Wang snapped out of it and grew excited.

"Boss Jiang, does this mean I can come to your shop for free meals often?"

Jiang Liu thought for a moment. "Sure. If I have time to cook for Uncle Jun, I can make an extra portion for you."

"Wow! Thank you, Boss Jiang! I love you to death, hahaha! In that case, I’ll be bothering you a lot from now on, okay?"

He could get unlimited free meals.

’This is like using a cheat code!’

"You’re welcome anytime."

Listening to his secretary chat with his son-in-law, Jun Xinghe felt a little displeased. "Secretary Wang, have someone send the keys to the villa over to my son-in-law, Xiao Jiang, later."

He was getting more and more comfortable calling him Xiao Jiang, especially in front of others, as if afraid people wouldn’t know this was his son-in-law.

"Haha, yes, President Jun." Secretary Wang was still buzzing with excitement.

His mouth was stretched in an exaggerated grin.

Jun Xinghe smiled at Jiang Liu and said, "Alright, you two go have fun. This is my WeChat. Add me. It’ll be easier for us two to stay in touch."

Listening from the side, Jun Qingmeng rolled her eyes. ’So you two are family now, and I’m just someone you picked up off the street?’

"Okay, Uncle Jun."

Jiang Liu scanned the QR code. The other party’s profile picture was a headshot of Jun Xinghe.

It was very formal, so serious it was almost comical.

Jun Xinghe, still not entirely reassured, added, "If you run into any trouble in the future, just tell me. Your Uncle Jun doesn’t have many other skills, but I do have a lot of connections. Don’t you dare be formal with me, Xiao Jiang."

"Don’t worry, Uncle Jun. If I have any problems, I’ll be sure to consult with you."

Jiang Liu watched the car drive off.

’It’s finally over.’

He let out a long sigh of relief.

No one understood better than him just how much pressure he had been under for these past two short hours.

Before he arrived, he had been thinking that one wrong word could have sunk his chances with Jun Qingmeng.

But thankfully, everything went smoothly—surprisingly so.

Jun Qingmeng saw the look in Jiang Liu’s eyes and her face flushed red. She opened her arms. "Honey, hug me! Let’s celebrate us being officially together!"

Now, she didn’t have to worry anymore.

She could be with Jiang Liu openly and legitimately.

’I’m so happy!’

"Daddy!" Jiang Tongtong stomped her foot impatiently.

Jiang Liu quickly scooped his daughter into his arms.

Two beauties were nestled in his arms.

"Come on, shall we go have some fun?"

"Yay! Hooray for Daddy!"

...

Leaning back in his seat, Jun Xinghe gazed out the window at the Moat and said suddenly, "Secretary Wang, go ahead and promote Xu Wen, Liu Duoshu, and Guo Jing."

"Huh?" Secretary Wang didn’t immediately register what was said.

’Why is he bringing this up all of a sudden?’

Jun Xinghe said nonchalantly, "Those few have been languishing in their current positions for four or five years. It’s time they were promoted."

For Jun Xinghe to remember these three by name, they were naturally no ordinary talents.

At the very least, their abilities were outstanding.

Originally,

Jun Xinghe had been thinking of moving the three to lower-level positions to temper them before promoting them.

But after hearing what Jiang Liu said today, he suddenly felt it made a lot of sense.

"Capable people should be placed in positions that require capability. Putting them in lower-level roles is just torturing them, and their skills won’t be honed at all."

Secretary Wang was a bit shocked. "President Jun, why the sudden promotion? Didn’t you say you were going to throw them to the bottom to grind it out?"

Jun Xinghe explained calmly, "I thought about it again with a clear head and decided it wasn’t appropriate. The work at the bottom is so simple, it probably wouldn’t do anything to train them."

"They should be promoted when they deserve it. Placing capable people in suitable positions as soon as possible is how we maximize the company’s benefit!"

Secretary Wang didn’t quite understand, but he was deeply impressed.

He glanced at Jun Xinghe’s composed expression in the rearview mirror.

He suddenly felt that he couldn’t quite see through his President Jun anymore; he seemed to have grown in stature.

"You’ve put it so well, President Jun. I still have much to learn from you."

"Read more, think more, and you too will become as wise as me."

Jun Xinghe looked incredibly smug.

Secretary Wang looked at him with admiration. "I don’t need to become as wise as President Jun. As long as I can help you handle everything well, that’s all that matters."

"Ahem."

Jun Xinghe almost choked.

Secretary Wang sent the list for the transfer orders to the HR department.

The HR department responded quickly.

Just then,

HR sent him another message: "Secretary Wang, did you borrow those few girls from us just to have them hang around on some street corner? All that way out there."

Secretary Wang was confused when he saw the message, but then his eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets.

A rush of hot air seemed to shoot from the top of his head.

’Holy shit!’

’How the fuck did I forget about this!’

Yesterday, he had specially chosen a few pretty young women to use a honey trap on Boss Jiang.

’It looks like they’ve already reached Yangzhai Street by now!’

’Even if they don’t see Boss Jiang and the Eldest Miss, the neighbors are still there! Holy shit!’

"Tell them to get back to the company! Quick, quick, quick! Any later and we’re all screwed!!"

"Uh huh? What’s gotten into you?"

"Fuck, you idiot, call them right now and tell them to run! Don’t stay on Yangzhai Street! Trust me, if they run into Boss Jiang, it’ll be a disaster! We’ll both be dead, you hear me?"

"Okay, I’ll call them now." The person from HR seemed to realize something was wrong.

Sitting in the car, Secretary Wang had no mind for the scenery, his palms slick with sweat.

’If the Eldest Miss finds out I sent a few women to seduce her man, she’ll skin me alive!!’

Secretary Wang had heard rumors of Jun Qingmeng’s fearsome reputation.

He nearly pissed himself in fear.

「Meanwhile.」

The HR department called the three people in for a talk.

When they learned about their promotions,

all three were pleasantly surprised.

"I was planning to hand in my resignation after the New Year. I can’t believe I got promoted instead. In that case, I’ll definitely have to stay and work hard."

"I was thinking the same thing. The work is so dull and boring every day, I’ve already written my resignation letter."

The few of them chatted amongst themselves in hushed tones.

But they didn’t know the HR office was bugged with a listening device.

This recording was sent to Secretary Wang.

After listening, Secretary Wang took a deep breath.

A wave of retrospective fear washed over him.

"President Jun, two of those three were already planning to resign this year. It’s a good thing you caught this in time and remedied the situation. Otherwise, if these talented people had gone to a competitor, they would have become our enemies—especially since they know so much about us."

One of them was a mid-level manager from the E-commerce Planning Department who had access to sensitive company data.

Jun Xinghe feigned composure. "This is perfectly normal. They’re capable, ambitious, and have aspirations. Giving them a dead-end position would obviously be frustrating. It’s the same principle as working your ass off to get into grad school, only to end up hauling bricks at a construction site."

Secretary Wang’s gaze toward Jun Xinghe grew even more reverent.

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