♫ Love has started to play a role in our story ♫
♫ Bit by bit, it has written down the emotional chapters ♫
♫ I want to collect for you the most beautiful moments ♫
♫ Quietly accompany you in waiting for that day ♫
♫ This love is too strong, it allows no hesitation ♫
♫ Whether my heart can fill all the emptiness ♫
♫ Love is a promise in the wind ♫
♫ The promise made is eternal ♫
♫ Will never be broken ♫
♫ When I gaze into your eyes ♫
♫ Can you see that ♫
♫ Happiness has always been quietly keeping watch by your side? ♫
Boss & Me
Episode 9
Chinese New Year is around the corner, I'll be going home soon!
I've decided to save up four days' worth of pay and my year-end bonus.
Everybody!
I would like to introduce someone to all of you.
This is Zhou Xiao Wei.
Starting today, she'll be taking over Cheng Juan's position.
Please look out for me.
With Zhou Xiao Wei's mannerism and beauty, she's more than qualified to work at our corporation's Secretariat Office.
Working at the Finance Department would be such a waste of her talent.
Shan Shan
From now on, she is your supervisor.
Hello, my name is Xue Shan Shan. Please look out for me.
- Please don't mention it. I'll have to bother you from now on. - It's no bother, it's no bother.
- Thank you, Chief. - You're welcome.
I heard that you graduated from Tsinghua University, is that true?
That was only for my undergraduate and graduate studies.
After that, I went to University of Chicago for my master's degree.
I heard that you're already CPA certified.
It's so difficult to pass the CPA exam, how long did you have to prepare for it?
It took me more than a year.
Compared to how it was back then, it's now getting easier and easier to pass.
Then why are you not working for an accounting firm?
As soon as Cheng Juan passed her CPA, she left here to work for an accounting firm.
Well, Feng Teng headhunted me.
Since the company shows such sincerity and also offers me a salary that I can't refuse, ...
- Then, you ... - Alright, get back to work.
If the company headhunted her, then she wouldn't be in this position for very long.
She would probably be promoted very soon.
CPA, right?
It seems, I shouldn't just bear a grudge against the Boss. I must fight for my own ambitions.
These past few days, Shuang Yi doesn't allow me to visit her place.
She said there are too many female guests at her house.
Isn't your foot injured? How come you have so many guests?
Let me guess, it must be Boss's younger sister, Ms. Feng Yue, and that Miss Yuan, am I right?
How did you know?
I'm awesome, right? Actually, I just made a wild guess.
In fact, since that day of the staff excursion, we already knew what is going on.
The reason why you're so close to the Big Boss is that you donated blood for Boss's sister, Ms. Feng Yue,
because both of you have the same rare "Panda Blood". (AB-Rh Negative blood-type)
So everyone knew?
So everyone knew...
that I'm just a "blood cow" to them.
Whether "blood cow" or not, we all feel that you're special.
That's right, let me tell you... Shuang Yi has already told me everything beforehand
but I knew that you didn't want anyone else to know so I've always kept it to myself.
Actually, Shan Shan, I think you're an exceptionally good person.
You're not just kind-hearted, but you also didn't ask anything in return for your help.
- Anyway, long story short, you did a very good deed. - That's right.
Good fortune definitely comes to good people.
This way, you got to know the Boss's family, you're so lucky!
- That's right. - How am I lucky?
It's not as if I was purposely being mysterious, it's just that this concerns Ms. Feng Yue's privacy.
It would be inappropriate for me to discuss it with everyone.
But don't you feel that you and Boss are brought together by destiny?
Why do I feel that Boss's feelings for you are more than just ordinary?
Please don't talk nonsense!
If someone else hears what you just said, the whole office will start gossiping about it.
That will surely make Boss angry.
- Please don't talk nonsense. - I'm not talking nonsense!
That day of the staff excursion, when you fell down, everyone clearly saw the Boss's reaction.
Think about it... Why would a Big Boss be that worried about a lowly employee getting injured?
Wasn't it also because of you that the excursion ended earlier than planned?
I can't possibly tell Ah Jia that Boss actually enjoyed tricking them into thinking that he was concerned.
If he had shown his true colours by being unkind towards me, he would not be living up to his status as a Boss.
You're pregnant again? So fast?!
Keep it down, it's so embarrassing.
I don't mean it any other way, I just wanted to say, congratulations!
Thank you.
Let me tell you... This time, can you just get a C-section?
Can you please make proper preparations so that it won't be like last time?
Trying to find blood for emergency transfusion... you scared us to death!
Last time, everything went well, thanks to Shan Shan.
This time as well, you don't have to worry, I have enough blood reserved for anytime you need it.
But I have one small request.
What is it?
Please, I beg you, don't make me eat pig liver anymore, okay?
Okay, okay! Understood.
You three beautiful ladies are having so much fun, what are you talking about?
General Manager Yan!
Sit down, sit down! No need to stand up. When will you ever stop doing that?
- I'm sorry, I have to go to the restroom. - Okay, I'll come with you.
- Are you okay? - Slowly, slowly.
How's everything, Shan Shan? Is your foot getting better?
It's a lot better. As long as I don't bounce around on it, it doesn't hurt anymore.
Feng Yue just told me the good news about the two of you. Congratulations!
The one that has to suffer is my wife. She's been saying that she wants to go to Europe.
She really likes to visit Europe, we went there for our honeymoon.
But then, she couldn't travel while pregnant with our first child, so we had to postpone our travel plans.
That was two years ago.
Two years?
That's right.
I've already told Ms. Feng not to send me lunch anymore.
I really can't eat anymore!
As they say, "You are what you eat."
You see my complexion is rosy red now.
If I continue eating like this, I'm really going to turn into a pig!
What she does is out of my control. You tell her yourself.
Then how can I contact Ms. Feng?
She has gone to Europe, she'll be back in a month's time.
You two, what are you so happily talking about?
We're talking about how much you wish to visit Europe.
Let's all go together after my second baby turns one month old.
Sure, sure.
- Let's go. - Okay, we've got to go.
- Bye! - Bye! - Let yourself recover properly.
Could it be that Boss lied to me?
But then why would Boss want to lie?
It can't possibly be because he wanted to keep sending me lunch, right?
Or... Boss likes me?
(Text:) When I return, be in the Grand Hall to welcome me.
What?!
When are you coming back?
It can't be tomorrow, right?
Didn't you say that you'll gone for a week?
I'm doomed, I'm doomed.
Please don't tell me that he wants to cut my year-end bonus!
Why doesn't he ever play by the rules?
It seems like it's all better.
Xiao Zhang!
The thing is ...
What time is the Big Boss coming back today?
Boss is coming back today? I didn't receive any news about that.
Then maybe I heard it wrongly.
Never mind, never mind, I'm just asking random questions.
Thank goodness, it's not today!
It seems there's a bit of humanity left in Boss.
My foot is a lot better, but I'm still limping a little.
"Be in the Grand Hall to welcome me"?
Welcome him? It sounds strange, no matter how I think about it.
He'd better not make me do a catwalk in the Great Hall just to save himself 57 yuan (year-end bonus).
- Here you go. - Thanks.
Will you be okay like this? If not, I can get the wheelchair for you.
No need, no need, it's been days! It's almost healed.
Qi Shuai!
Xiao Zhang, Xiao Zhang! Didn't you say that Boss isn't coming back today?
Then why is Qi Shuai here?
You're right, Director Zheng must have come back first.
I can't underestimate the people around Boss.
Boss might already be in the Grand Hall waiting for me to go inside.
Just now, he even wanted me to sit in a wheelchair.
That wasn't to use it as proof that I cannot stand, was it?
I really can't trust anyone.
Anyway, I definitely have to walk into the building.
Everyone! Everyone!
There's something urgent we need to do.
Before leaving work today,
we have to reassess and consolidate the assets and cash-flow of our two subsidiary companies.
Sorry to bother all of you.
What does this mean? Tax Investigation Department is auditing our company?
Probably.
The instructions came from the top management, I was told it is urgent.
- Why do they choose to do it now? We're all busy to death! - We're exhausted!
A spot-check is supposed to come when it is least expected!
Okay, get moving, get moving!
Tax Investigation Department is auditing the entire Group?
Such a big operation! Even a lowly Finance Assistant like me knows that it's not a simple matter.
Especially while Boss is away...
Oh ya! Why is Boss not around at a time like this?
- Shan Shan, make a copy of these documents. - Okay, okay.
Sorry about that.
No problem, I can do it, I'm just moving a little slower than usual.
Then be careful.
Zhou Xiao Wei is new here, so she still doesn't know that Shan Shan has the Boss' support.
Look at the way she behaves, as if she's the manager...
Didn't she say that the company headhunted her?
But we don't know who exactly from the company wanted her. Maybe it's someone from the top management.
No more talking, let's get back to work.
- I'll let you use the machine first. - Thanks.
No problem.
The KM acquisition has been declared a failure. And the Boss suddenly disappeared at the airport.
I heard about that as well.
Right before boarding the plane, the Boss suddenly asked Zheng Qi to come back alone first.
Since then, there has been no word of him.
I also don't know what is going on.
Is he taking a break? That's not according to the Boss's personality!
If that's not the case, then what is he doing?
I heard, this is the acquisition that Boss cared about the most.
All of a sudden, he seems to have lost his direction, and now the company is facing an audit.
This is a very strange situation.
Even Zheng Qi doesn't know where the Boss has gone. And General Manager Yan looks quite worried.
Do you think that the Group has been caught doing something illegal?
I don't think it's anything as bad as that. The way I see it, it's probably just a coincidence.
As you can see, Zheng Qi is back, isn't he? General Manager Yan also comes to work as usual.
Besides, Feng family is one of the most reputable and long-standing in this business.
It's unlikely to collapse this easily.
- I hope so. - Me too.
Boss has lost his direction? Gone missing? What is going on?
Last night, didn't he say that he wants me to welcome him back when he returns?
Shan Shan, how come you're here so late today? You got off work only now?
Yes, today was especially hectic.
I saw it on the news today that the Group is under audit, is that true?
It's already in the news?!
It's such a big corporation. Of course, its every move attracts media attention.
But Tax Investigation Department performs audits on the company every 3 or 4 years, it's pretty normal.
- You want something to drink? Shall I get you coffee? - No need, no need. Xiao Zhang is waiting for me outside.
I... I'm here because I wanted to ask you something.
Go ahead and ask.
Judging from how relaxed Li Shu looks, Boss must be fine.
Where is Boss now?
Feng Teng? Isn't he in Korea?
You don't know... about...
Pardon?
It's probably nothing.
It's just that I heard something at work...
Some people were saying that he has already left Korea.
But he's not back yet.
- He has his own itinerary. - His own itinerary?
Yes, a personal itinerary.
Shan Shan, if you are this concerned about Feng Teng, why don't you just send him a text yourself?
I'm just a lowly employee.
How would I dare to ask about the Big Boss's personal itinerary?
You like Feng Teng, don't you?
Ever since you asked me the other time whether Feng Teng and I were a couple,
I've been wanting to ask you.
Do you have feelings for Feng Teng?
No, no! How could I?
Even if you filled me with extra 100 pounds of confidence, I still wouldn't even dare dream of liking the Big Boss.
Okay, okay, I'm just...
Just take me as a nosy little employee.
It's just that today at work, I heard some people say that Boss has gone missing.
There were also rumours that he has lost his direction, so I just wanted to find out what you know.
Such rumours are really ridiculous.
Yes, you're right.
Can you please not mention this to Feng Yue?
I don't want her to worry.
Of course.
That's right. Why do I need to be this concerned?
I'm just a low-level salaried employee.
In such a big corporation, even if there's a change in management, day-to-day operations should still continue.
If there's any problem, the executives should be the ones worrying about it, not me.
I'm really just worrying over nothing.
Qi Shuai!
Shan Shan, how's your foot?
I'm sorry, I've been so busy these days that I haven't been able to visit you.
Never mind, it's much better, much better.
Qi Shuai, may I ask you something?
Go ahead and ask.
You really don't know where Boss is?
You've heard?
What happened this time is really a huge blow to him.
Originally, we were fully confident that the acquisition of KM Korea would be a success.
We were not expecting such an interference from the US company Essel, so our entire project fell through.
I'm sure he's having a difficult time right now.
Then... where is he?
I wish I knew.
But don't worry.
What a wounded lion hates the most is being seen by others.
Surely, he's just hiding somewhere to give himself time to recover.
Once he has picked himself up, he'll definitely come back to you all as resilient as ever.
Now that Feng Teng is not here, we need to be even more united than usual, right?
Come on, it'll be alright.
I've got to go back to work.
It's really hard to imagine him as a wounded lion.
Before this, I thought I would be squabbling with Boss over 57 yuan.
But in fact, the damage done to him turned out to be so severe, costing him hundreds of millions of yuan
and affecting the salaries and year-end bonuses of so many employees.
But the damage done to Boss is so huge that it's not something lowly employees like us can help him with.
In this ledger, each item of expenditure and income is clearly stated, so why are there inconsistencies?
You've checked through them several times, and they still don't tally!
Why don't you recalculate them yourself?
Qi Shuai and Manager Yan are struggling day and night to hold the fort.
Boss still hasn't turned up.
Qi Shuai was right...
We, as employees, should share the responsibility, right?
♫ Love --- it's a complicated game ♫
♫ Once invested, you're afraid to lose ♫
♫ Afraid to be hurt, afraid of facing your anxieties ♫
♫ So you pretend to be another person ♫
- But when people associate with one another, there are always emotions involved. ♫ If the purpose from the start was to eventually separate ♫
- Even for a man as cold as Boss, getting some sympathy from a lowly employee can still give him some happiness. ♫ It's destined to be an ending without a conclusion ♫
♫ Knowing full well that with you, there is no winner or loser ♫
♫ But I think of you, I can't help it ♫
(Text:) "I am all fine now. How are you?"
♫ I heart-achingly tell myself ♫
♫ I should forget about such a relationship ♫
♫ I still think of you, always involuntarily ♫
(Text:) "I will be in the Grand Hall to welcome you back." ♫ Fully aware that I'm lying to myself ♫ ♫ But I still can't summon up the courage ♫
♫ To say I love you ♫
♫ Love you ♫
Shan Shan, what's wrong with you?
You can't compare the food from the staff canteen with the food from the Boss's household.
You still have to eat something.
It's not that. I'm probably just tired from work, I feel dizzy.
"All employees are to gather in the Grand Hall at 1:00 pm." What is going on?
- Is someone from the Tax Investigation Department coming? - Can't be!
If so, they would've gathered only the Finance Department personnel, right?
But I feel as if the overall atmosphere in the Group has been strange lately.
Everyone seems to be always in a state of panic.
Could it be that something major is about to happen?
Everyone, your attention please!
I have good news to share with all of you.
We have successfully acquired the KM Group!
For the past few days, our Boss has been in America specifically to handle this case.
And our sincere apologies...
While the project was ongoing, to maintain confidentiality and to divert the attention of the outside world,
we had to spread some rumours, causing all of you to worry.
And now, let's welcome our Boss's triumphant return.
♫ I plucked up my courage ♫
♫ To find the right words for these lyrics ♫
♫ I'm a cloud ♫
♫ And you're the wave that I accidentally casted a shadow on ♫
♫ One night, we met over the ocean ♫
♫ Each of us going in a different direction ♫
♫ Perhaps it is accidental that we met and sparks flew ♫
What's the matter?
- I'm just glad. ♫ It's all accidental ♫
I'm just very glad that our year-end bonuses are safe.
What's the matter with Shan Shan?
It's just part of my little plan...
Isn't it human nature? We suddenly realize how important a person is to us only when that person is no longer around.
Use this opportunity well, my friend. Take Xue Shan Shan's teardrops as spoils of war.
(Photo:) "January 11 :)" (Text:) "I'm all fine now. How are you?" (Text:) "I will be in the Grand Hall to welcome you back."
For the past two years, KM Korea has been actively pursuing a partnership with an American smartphone company.
It has also maintained a cooperative relationship with Feng Teng Group for many years.
But this time, Feng Teng Group has become its largest shareholder.
Feng Teng Group has successfully secured an undoubtedly mutually beneficial acquisition of Korea KM.
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I'm sick during such a crucial time, there's no way I can take leave at year-end.
It's just a cold.
With or without medication, I'll be okay within a week.
If I drink plenty of water, I should be fine.
Oh no, oh no, I ate too much just now, all my energy is being used to digest food.
Now my brain has stopped working, and I'm so dizzy!
Boss is not looking at me.
He seems to be fully focussed on his work.
So it should be okay if I secretly take a short nap.
Xue Shan Shan!
Shan Shan
What's wrong?
Shan Shan
Linda
- Doctor, how is she? - Nothing serious, just a little fever.
- Do we need to put her on a drip? - No need for now.
With some medication and a bit of rest, she should be fine.
Okay, thank you.
Are you awake?
Big Boss!
I... How did I fall asleep?
Why didn't you tell me that you weren't feeling well?
Isn't he going to scold me for falling asleep at work?
Boss, are you not mad at me?
Why should I be mad?
You don't need to go back to work today.
I've already asked your Chief on your behalf to excuse you for the day.
What did you say to my Chief?
From this point on, you don't need to think about anything. Rest well and take the medicine.
If you disobey, I will deduct your year-end bonus.
Lie back down.
Although Boss can be moody, his moods resemble the days in June.
When it's not raining, the sun shines brightly.
But sometimes, the sun is so bright that it can dazzle you.
Every time I come to this place, I am scared witless.
But if one day, I don't get to come here anymore, my heart would feel a bit lost.
What am I thinking? What a joke!
If such a day ever comes, I'll be celebrating with drums and gongs and firecrackers!
Did you hear? Yesterday afternoon, someone saw the new girl, Zhou Xiao Wei, getting into the Boss's car.
- Are you sure? - Of course, I'm sure! Someone must have seen it. Otherwise why would anyone make up such a rumour?
My God!
In broad daylight and in public ...
- Isn't that a highly inappropriate behaviour? - It sure is.
In any case, they should have a bit more self-control!
This really is like... a crow becoming a phoenix just by landing on the top branch of a tree.
These days, we all have to work overtime every day.
But look at Zhou Xiao Wei, Chief even gave her a day off today.
Shan Shan!
Shan Shan, please don't misunderstand.
Yesterday was actually the only time that Zhou Xiao Wei has ever got into the Boss's car.
And she surely had to get out very soon after that. Unlike you, who will always have a place in Boss's car, right?
But then, from what I heard, it seems that Zhou Xiao Wei also has the AB-Rh Negative blood-type.
Yesterday, the Boss' sister had a severe haemorrhage.
- So Boss must have been bringing Zhou Xiao Wei to the hospital for Feng Yue's blood transfusion. - What exactly happened?
I heard she had a miscarriage.
Why am I telling you all these things?
You being by the Boss' side every day has been the centrepiece of all the gossips!
You must've already known all these things without me telling you.
I knew. Of course, I already knew.
- Shan Shan, ... - Then what about ... ?
What's going on?
According to Ms. Feng's usual routine, she'll probably be sending pig liver lunch to Zhou Xiao Wei tomorrow.
And then, she will eat and eat until she ends up having lunch at the Boss's office.
And then, she will start picking vegetables for Boss.
Then, there's no need for me to report to Boss anymore.
And then, I will be free!
Heavens really must have heard my prayers. At the right moment, I caught a cold.
My long-awaited dream has finally come true.
Who would have thought that Shan Shan catching a cold is a blessing in disguise?
The Group headhunted Zhou Xiao Wei, it must also be because of her special blood-type.
Even if we're equal in terms of being "blood cows", Zhou Xiao Wei is a step above me in both IQ and looks.
Between Zhou Xiao Wei and Xue Shan Shan...
If I were Boss, I would choose to leave Xue Shan Shan too.
Leave me? Why did I use the word "leave"?
Shan Shan!
- Li Shu! - I'm so sorry.
I'm really busy today, my head is spinning!
Thanks to the publicity from Jiang Lian's visit, my bookstore is now doing so well that
it cannot even provide a peaceful and quiet environment that every bookstore should provide.
All in all, if the business is doing well, then it is good, right?
By the way, I heard Feng Yue had a miscarriage.
How is she doing?
I just went to see her yesterday, she's physically fine but emotionally fragile.
She doesn't really want to see anyone.
- Then when can I visit her? - Not for a while yet.
She doesn't want to see anyone right now, and you shouldn't be worrying about her either.
What about you? Are you feeling better?
Me? A lot better!
I asked for a half-day leave yesterday afternoon, and then went home to rest the whole evening.
Now I'm almost fully recovered!
Then let me take you out for a bite, something nourishing to help your recovery.
I'm also getting hungry anyway.
- Okay, okay. - Let's go.
Let's go.
In Li Shu's opinion, someone else donating blood for Feng Yue is nothing out of the ordinary.
Not to mention Boss's opinion.
From Boss's point of view, I'm nothing more than a "blood cow".
What are you doing? Why are you so lost in thought?
Shuang Yi
I'm just speaking metaphorically, okay?
Let's say... If there is a pig that has been captured and raised by a wolf, ...
And the wolf says, "I'm only raising you so that I can eat you later."
The pig is both unwilling and scared.
But because there's no way the pig can defeat the wolf, it can only eat whatever food the wolf provides.
This goes on for some time, and the pig gets fatter and fatter.
And then, the wolf sets the pig free and captures another pig to eat.
The freed pig, to its own surprise, is really upset.
What do you think the freed pig should do then?
Does such a pig really exist in this world?
It really shouldn't be a pig.
You are not at all getting the point I'm trying to make!
The point is: The pig should be very happy that it wasn't going to be eaten, right?
But instead, that pig is very upset, why is it so?
It's definitely because that pig has fallen in love with the wolf.
This is a story of love transcending racial differences!
How romantic!
Is this the story you came up with while you were lost in thought just now? Is it a fable or something?
You have quite a talent!
If I were to write about it, I would write...
Lu Shuang Yi, you really are a moron!
Why?! I'll share the royalties with you, okay? So stingy!
Love transcending racial differences? How romantic!
Xue Shan Shan, what are you depressed about?
You've finally managed to get yourself out of vegetable-picking duties, you should be happy right now!
This is such a happy turn of events.
It should make you a very happy girl!
- Let's eat. - Let's eat!
Shan Shan
Why aren't you going for lunch? You still haven't recovered from your cold?
Why haven't you gone to Boss's office for lunch today?
My cold is gone. But today, I don't need to go there, I'm still on vacation.
- Is there anything good at the canteen? Let's go eat together. - Okay, let's go, let's go!
Hello?
Xue Shan Shan
You dare to go on strike?
Ah Jia, Boss needs me upstairs to do something. I've got to go, let's eat together some other time.
Boss, is Ms. Feng okay?
She's fine.
That's good.
Then how do you and Ms. Feng intend to thank Miss Zhou?
♫ Love --- it's a complicated game ♫
♫ Once invested, you're afraid to lose ♫
♫ If the purpose from the start was to eventually separate ♫
♫ It's destined to be an ending without a conclusion ♫
♫ Knowing full well that with you, there is no winner or loser ♫
♫ But I think of you, I can't help it ♫
♫ I heart-achingly tell myself ♫
♫ I should forget about such a relationship ♫
♫ I still think of you, always involuntarily ♫
♫ Fully aware that I'm lying to myself ♫
♫ But I still can't summon up the courage ♫
♫ To say I love you ♫
♫ Love you ♫