"Alright! Should I only notify Zhao or everyone?" Meng Fan asked, nodding at Zhang Yang's words before making a call.
Zhang Yang was taken aback: "Is there a difference?"
Normally, when Zhang Yang said notify others in the company, it really meant the signed anglers from the fishing community like Wang Yan and the company's general manager, old Zhao, so Meng Fan never asked this kind of question before.
Meng Fan scratched his head and said with a grin: "There is a difference. Apart from President Zhao and Wang Yan, should we also notify the operations department? Last time I visited the company, your wife commented to me, you know!"
The word "wife" gave Zhang Yang a slight pause.
Lin Nianwei has been with the company for almost a year now, and the relationship with Zhang Yang has always been quite nuanced.
To onlookers, the two are just like young lovers: occasionally having dinner together after work, strolling and shopping on weekends, even catching a movie.
However, both parties involved know that their relationship is slightly distant from that of intimate lovers, always maintaining a subtle balance.
How can this relationship be described?
The simplest point is that apart from holding hands and linking arms, Zhang Yang and Lin Nianwei have never engaged in more intimate behaviors, no first base, second base, or anything further, Zhang Yang consciously keeps it restrained.
Someone might see this and wonder, damn, he has a bit of money after reincarnation and some capital, yet becomes a saint who's above worldly desires? Isn't this nonsense?
There's a saying, if you've got a girlfriend but don't date her, it's a major transgression. Does Zhang Yang have some unspeakable ailment?
No physical ailments here, Zhang Yang sleeps early, exercises appropriately, far healthier than others his age.
Though it's hard to say whether there is any psychological anomaly,
Perhaps the time-space displacement from reincarnation might have unknowingly affected his subconscious, as Zhang Yang exhibits a level of rationality far beyond ordinary people in matters of girlfriends.
Sometimes, he's attacked by primal urges wanting to just have Lin on the spot, but every time he's about to act, he cools down at the critical moment, keeping restraint.
Plus, Lin Nianwei was brought up strictly, lively in personality, yet traditionally ladylike in romantic relationships, and all these factors together led to the situation as it is now.
"Comments? What comments? At gatherings with the guys, everyone feels constrained if she joins!" Zhang Yang replied with a bit of masculine pride.
"Oh, she asked me to keep an eye on you, not let you sneak any snacks!" Meng Fan laughed mischievously.
"Damn! Talking nonsense! I'm such an upright person, in ancient times I'd be like Liuxia Hui!" Zhang Yang retorted confidently.
"Jokes aside, I do think she's been a bit emotional lately! Busy training us brothers, you guys barely have time for a date or dinner!
Why not, this time, I'll call a few people from the operations department along?" Meng Fan suggested tentatively.
Zhang Yang hesitated a bit and nodded: "Alright then, call them along! After dinner, we'll disperse, cut off the follow-up activities, it'll save me a lot! Wang Yan, that loudmouth, always has to go upstairs to sing!"
"Hehe, alright, I'll make the calls right away!"
Meng Fan notified the company's departments one by one, and Zhang Yang fiddled with his phone for a while longer, soon the awards ceremony started!
Meanwhile, Lin Nianwei was working at her office desk as usual, lately the growth of data from the public account and live broadcast backend has been slowing down, which had been stressing her out.
As the head of operations, Lin Nianwei had a very serious attitude toward work, checking the editing and post-production herself before uploading the final cut, also considering how to improve the numbers.
Just as she was stretching her neck, her desk phone rang, and after answering it, her calm expression finally showed a hint of eager anticipation.
"Hey, Xiaomi, if you're free after work, want to join in a team-building activity? Old Zhao just called me, dinner at First-class Lobster House tonight!"
"Team building? So suddenly? What's the occasion?" Xiaomi sitting opposite was surprised by the news.
"Zhang Yang and the others went to Li Yuan Competition Pond for the nationals, just got news they won the championship! Zhang Yang's treating us to dinner tonight!"
"Oh! A championship huh, alrighty, I'm free after work today! Your guy sure is amazing, wins the championship just like that!"
Upon hearing the news, Xiaomi practically jumped up from her seat, referring to Zhang Yang as "your guy" when speaking.
"Don't talk nonsense, we're just friends!"
The usually cheerful Lin Nianwei froze for a bit when she heard her colleague's reference to Zhang Yang, unusually shy. Everyone knew this fact, but in the company, everyone tried to shy away from mentioning it.
"Why avoid it? Every few days he's downstairs in a van to pick you up from work, no one's blind!
Besides, President Zhang is handsome and capable, matches you well!" Xiaomi said, gossiping more openly.
"Enough, keep it up and I'll tear that mouth of yours!" Lin Nianwei said in a playfully tough tone.
"Hehe! Alright, alright, I won't speak of it anymore! Anyway, today's work isn't too busy, why don't you take off early to get ready? We're okay, but you're special!" Xiaomi joked with a smile.