Chapter 179: Chapter 179: Wanting to Please the CEO
Ganting Castle is the largest rural villa complex in the Capital Suburb, with an elegant environment nestled among the mountains and near water, boasting a unique landscape and a vast, verdant forest and grassland behind the European-style villas.
Ye Xian and Pang Kai had wandered here without realizing it.
Other than business trips, Pang Kai spent most of his time sitting in a dull office, so he rarely saw such beautiful natural scenery. Today, he fully embraced it, spreading his arms wide to enjoy the caress of the breeze and the baptism of sunshine.
Seeing him so relaxed made Ye Xian start scheming, “Pang Kai, how long have you been working alongside the CEO?”
“Almost four years I guess.”
“Four years? That’s quite a while. I thought someone as difficult to serve… as impressive and capable as the CEO would change assistants frequently. I never expected you’ve been at it for so long—that’s quite incredible! It proves not only that you are exceptionally educated and skilled, but also that your character and virtues far exceed the average person!”
Ye Xian gave a thumbs up, thinking to herself that one must have a will far stronger than ordinary people to survive so long beside such a daunting figure, or else how could they endure the ordeal?
Pang Kai felt a bit embarrassed being praised so highly, “Actually, it’s nothing much, just graduated top of my class from London Business School and earning an annual salary at BSH that’s higher than most department heads.”
Ye Xian covered her mouth in disbelief, eyes filled with shock, “First in your class from London Business School, what an extraordinary place! I dare not even dream about it. I can assure you, you’re the smartest person I’ve ever met!”
“Oh, not at all~ You’ve just met too few people!”
Pang Kai waved his hand modestly while his smile reached for the sky.
At work, he always met outstanding people, but he’d never been praised so directly and heartily before.
Ye Xian asked, “Since you’ve been with the CEO for so long, you must know him quite well, right?”
“Absolutely, no one understands the CEO better than I do!”
“What are his likes?”
Pang Kai began to say, but suddenly stopped and looked at her warily, “Why are you asking this? You’re trying to gather information about the CEO to curry favor with him?”
Ye Xian: “…” Turns out the people close to the CEO were indeed not easy to fool.
“Don’t even think about it!”
Ye Xian smiled, “Look where your mind has gone, I’m just making normal conversation.”
“Normal conversation is fine, but if you’re trying to dig into the CEO’s private life, forget about it.”
Ye Xian scratched her ear, “Then I won’t ask about his likes. Can I at least ask about what he dislikes?”
If she couldn’t win him over, she had at least to avoid some landmines. It wasn’t wise to repeatedly annoy him, as it would only backfire on her in the end.
Pang Kai: “That’s not okay either!”
As the CEO’s most loyal supporter, he would never betray the CEO in any way, whether in public or private. Especially with someone like Ye Xian, who clearly harbored ulterior motives against the CEO, he had to be extra cautious!
“Don’t be ~” Ye Xian nudged his shoulder in a friendly manner, “Brother, Brother Kai! You’re the best. Just tell me, don’t be so stingy~”
Pang Kai staggered a bit when she bumped him, “Don’t try that flattery stuff on me, I’m immune!”
“…” Ye Xian fell silent upon seeing his resolute distance, as if he had made up his mind.
After a moment, she dusted off her arm and looked towards the beautiful scenery in the distance, as if casually remarking, “I think you’re not unwilling to tell, but rather that you simply don’t know anything at all.”
Her tone carried a barely perceptible ridiculing edge.