Half an hour after Luo Qi sent Jiang Shenghe the message, the secretary knocked on the door of her office again and delivered two more bouquets of flowers.

The signature this time said: 10.6

This set of numbers also appeared in Jiang Shenghe’s circle of friends. She vaguely understood what it meant. It was their first day of living together, wasn’t it?

[Why did you send me flowers again?]

Jiang Shenghe: [On your first day of promotion, two bouquets are not enough.]

If it wasn’t for the fact that it would put her under great pressure, he would give her one every day. Those seven years, he wanted to give her flowers but couldn’t, and even if he gave them to her, she wouldn’t accept them—they were all accumulated in those few bouquets.

When she was interning at Yuanwei Capital, he once sent her flowers. Along with the bouquet was a card in an envelope signed with his English name.

There were also movie tickets in the envelope. He wanted to tell her that he was pursuing her not as a subordinate and he the boss. He had met her before she even came to Yuanwei Capital.

That day, Pei Shixiao flew over from another state to see her and picked her up when she got off work.

She refused the bouquet of flowers without even looking at the envelope.

That was the first time he met Pei Shixiao. It turned out that she already had someone she liked.

“Chief Jiang,” the driver’s voice brought him back from his thoughts.

Jiang Shenghe looked around and saw that the car was parked in the basement of the office building where Ruipu Medical was located.

The driver loosened his seat belt and made an excuse, “Chief Jiang, I’m going to buy a pack of cigarettes.”

There were no convenience stores within a two-kilometer radius.

The driver sighed in his heart. It seemed that the boss still hasn’t given up and was chasing Luo Qi even after she transferred to Ruipu.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

Jiang Shenghe sent a message to Luo Qi: [I’m downstairs, are you free?]

“?”

[Are you downstairs at Ruipu?]

Luo Qi couldn’t believe it.

[Please wait for me for two minutes.]

She hurriedly touched up her makeup.

When she went out, several people were whispering at the front desk, and she was the target of the gossip.

She received four bouquets of flowers on her first day here, and they were gifts from different people. They were signed with dates instead of names. Based on their experience, those who didn’t use their real names or even their surnames usually have stories behind them.

Seeing Luo Qi come out, they stopped talking and immediately put on warm smiles, “Ms. Luo.”

Luo Qi nodded slightly and went straight to the elevator.

Jiang Shenghe came here in a different car today. Luo Qi didn’t know the license plate number of the car, so she had to look around when she came out of the elevator.

There was a black car on the right with its window slightly rolled down, “Luo Qi.”

Luo Qi followed the sound, and the car window slowly slid down completely until she could see his face clearly.

He had correctly understood the meaning of her message and came over immediately.

He would not let her miss him even a little bit.

“Why are you free to come here?” she sat in the back seat with him.

“I had an appointment this morning, and I didn’t go to the company.”

Jiang Shenghe looked at her, “How am I considered a member of the President’s Office?”

Luo Qi did not explain and only said, “Thank you for the flowers.”

Jiang Shenghe was not reassured and asked insistently, “You really miss the President’s Office? Or did you just say it casually?”

“No,” Luo Qi raised her head, wanting to tell him that she was not used to not seeing him.

Before the words were spoken, Jiang Shenghe took out a file folder and handed it to her, “Then help me deal with these.”

This was to review work of the President’s Office.

Luo Qi did not open it in a hurry, “Is it appropriate for me to read it this?”

Jiang Shenghe opened his laptop. He didn’t have time to deal with the morning emails, so he had to work overtime at noon.

He said, “You are my wife, what is inappropriate for you to see?”

The word ‘wife’ grazed across Luo Qi’s heart like a feather, the touch light but leaving an indelible mark.

Luo Qi opened the file folder and glanced at the man beside her. His slender fingers was sliding across the trackpad. The cuff of the black suit was pressed against the cuff of his white shirt. There was a sense of power in the overlapping black and white colors, making his wrists appear more attractive, very sexy.

She dragged her gaze away and looked down at the document.

He was actually very busy and still pretended to have just stopped by.

The document in her hand was a letter of intent for cooperation from Xu Xiangyi’s company. She had no authority to make the decision—she couldn’t possibly handle this.

Luo Qi turned her face sideways, “Ch—“. He came so far to see her only for her to call him ‘Chief Jiang’. He would be so disappointed. 

She swallowed the ’Chief’ on her lips and said again, “Jiang Shenghe.”

It was almost as difficult as calling him ‘husband’.

Jiang Shenghe had just opened an email; his hand slipped and he accidentally deleted it.

Since moving in together, he has celebrated anniversaries every day.

Today was the first time she called him by his name in person, and she finally stopped treating him as her boss.

“What’s wrong?” he said, seemingly calm.

“This is a collaboration between Xu Xiangyi and Yuanwei.”

“I know.”

“It’s not within my authority.” Even if she was still his assistant, this would not have been within her authority.

Jiang Shenghe found a pen from the armrest box and gave it to her, “If you have any recommendations, write them down in the blank space.”

Alright, it was completely fine to give recommendations.

Luo Qi stopped modestly declining and started writing.

After handling the emails, Jiang Shenghe looked at his watch. The lunch break was about to end.

Luo Qi also finished writing her comments, put the letter of intent back in the file folder and handed it to him, “You can read it when you get back.”

More than half an hour had passed all too quickly.

Jiang Shenghe took the file folder and asked, “What do you want to eat tonight?”

“Your new assistant has just joined the team. Wouldn’t there be a welcome party tonight as usual? Aren’t you going?”

“Not going. Except for your welcome dinner, I have never been to anyone else’s, whether they were newly hired or promoted.”

She had always been an exception.

She would always be the exception.

Jiang Shenghe told her more, “Starting today, I won’t make any more coffee either.” He took her in his arms and hugged her gently, “And I won’t stay back to work overtime at night.”

He let her go, not wanting to delay her going back upstairs.

But Luo Qi put her arms around his neck and did not leave his arms. Suddenly, she wanted to hug him too.

Jiang Shenghe put his arms back around her and tenderly kissed her cheek.

Seventh Year of My Secret Love for You translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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T/N: I think one of the things that Jiang Shenge regretted the most was that he didn’t act fast enough when he first saw Luo Qi. She wasn’t with Pei Shixiao then. But looking at it from his point of view, he ran off to the US to escape his family’s matchmaking; he was only 23 and wasn’t interested in a relationship. How was he to know his inaction would lead to 7 years of yearning?

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