Chapter 34: Secretary Shen, This Is Bondage!
By the time Assistant Zhou came to deliver the agreement, it was already almost eleven.
Shen Chi slept on time at ten every day. Originally, he had still been sitting stiffly on the sofa across from Lu Chenzhou. But as time passed little by little, his head grew heavier and heavier, and his eyelids became more and more tired. In the end, he only remembered wanting to blink, and then he fell asleep.
“Secretary Shen, wake up.”
A low voice sounded beside his ear. Shen Chi opened his eyes blankly. He seemed to be looking at Lu Chenzhou in front of him, but in reality, his gaze was scattered and unable to focus.
Lu Chenzhou curved his lips and helped him sit up.
His movements were intimate, and his tone no longer held its usual coldness. It was as if he were coaxing a child, carrying a hint of indulgence. “Secretary Shen, sign your name first, then sleep.”
Assistant Zhou stood to the side, his eyes widening.
What was he seeing!
A pure, harmless little puppy had just entered society, only to be lured by a vicious dog, and now he was foolishly picking up the pen.
Assistant Zhou had printed the agreement himself, so of course he knew its contents. As the Lu Group’s executive assistant, he had also signed a confidentiality agreement, but compared with this one, his could not be said to be completely different—it could only be said to be worlds apart.
On the surface, this was merely a confidentiality agreement. But the word games inside were all deep pits. Any single clause could make Shen Chi lose everything. Not only that, the most sinister clause stated that once he resigned, he could not continue working in any industry related to the Lu Group for twenty years.
The Lu Group’s related industries ranged from daily necessities and home appliances to cars and aviation. Even tourism, hotels, and many other industries were involved. Under these circumstances, if Shen Chi resigned, he would be walking into a dead end. He would not be able to find a second job at all.
This was clearly meant to tie him to the Lu Group for the rest of his life!
Yet Shen Chi knew nothing. Holding the fountain pen, his eyes were still drowsy.
“Where do I sign?”
Lu Chenzhou curved his lips. Looking at the little secretary whose eyes were slightly red at the corners and who had not yet fully woken up, he pointed at several blank spaces.
“Here, here, and here…”
Shen Chi never suspected him. He did not even look at the contract and followed where Lu Chenzhou pointed, about to sign his name.
Lu Chenzhou said, “Secretary Shen isn’t going to read the contents? What if I set some traps?”
Shen Chi gave an “ah,” his voice soft and drowsy. “No need. President Lu isn’t that kind of person.”
Assistant Zhou, standing to the side, could not bear to look anymore. He deeply closed his eyes.
Secretary Shen, please grow some awareness. President Lu is exactly that kind of person!
Right now, Shen Chi’s mind was full of only one thought: sign quickly, then go home and sleep. However, he did not expect that after he finished signing, Lu Chenzhou would suddenly ask him to stay.
“It’s so late already. Secretary Shen should sleep here.”
Those words scared away quite a bit of Shen Chi’s sleepiness.
He opened his eyes wide, his beautiful face full of resistance.
“That’s not very appropriate. And it isn’t too late. It’s only ten at night. I can take a taxi.”
Lu Chenzhou said, “This is a mountainside villa. Secretary Shen probably won’t be able to call a taxi, unless I send you.” At this point, he sighed again. “It isn’t impossible for me to send you, but Secretary Shen only just sent me home. Are you sure you want me to send you home again?”
When he put it that way, Shen Chi felt rather embarrassed too. He scratched his hair.
At this moment, the butler appeared again.
“Mr. Shen, the guest room is already prepared. It’s still the same room as before.” The refined butler wore a gentle smile and made a gesture toward Shen Chi. “Mr. Shen, this way please.”
Shen Chi felt as if he were being roasted over a fire. The words of refusal were already at his lips, yet he simply could not say them.
“Um… I don’t have clothes…”
The butler said, “The clothes Mr. Shen stayed over in yesterday have all been dried. Would Mr. Shen like them now? I’ll go bring them over for you.”
Shen Chi choked. It was no longer easy to refuse, so he could only brace himself and say, “Alright. Sorry to trouble you, Butler.”
The butler chuckled softly. “It’s no trouble. Mr. Shen, please follow me.”
Soon, only Lu Chenzhou and Assistant Zhou were left in the living room.
Assistant Zhou looked at Shen Chi walking away and thought about their earlier conversation. So… no one cared whether he lived or died, right?
“Assistant Zhou.”
A chill ran down Assistant Zhou’s back. “President Lu.”
Lu Chenzhou looked at him expressionlessly. “Do you still have something to do?”
Assistant Zhou said, “No. I’ll go home right away. Goodbye, President Lu.”
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After several days of high-intensity life as a personal secretary, Shen Chi gradually adapted.
The first cup of black coffee in the morning had to be brewed with water at eighty-five degrees. Fruits had to avoid strong-smelling ones, such as durian. And for three meals, troublesome foods like crab and shrimp all had to be peeled for him, otherwise he would not touch them.
Many times, Shen Chi felt that he was not serving a boss at all. He was clearly serving a delicate little wife.
Otherwise, how could an S-rank Alpha be so troublesome!
“Secretary Shen!”
Shen Chi had just snuck a moment of free time. Seeing that it was almost time to get off work, he secretly ate a grape. Not far away, Lu Chenzhou’s voice rang out again.
He sighed, quickly swallowed the grape, then resigned himself and lifted his legs.
“President Lu, I’m here.”
The moment he approached, Lu Chenzhou smelled a sweet grape fragrance. The scent was very faint, spilling out from Secretary Shen’s mouth.
Lu Chenzhou had never particularly favored fruit before, but ever since he temporarily marked that Omega in the alley, everything had changed.
The astonishing scent from the alley—now, when he smelled Ye Suxi’s strawberry scent again, he always felt something was missing. It was as if they were not the same person. Yet during their two encounters, beneath the rich strawberry pheromones, he could occasionally smell that one wisp of fruit fragrance that left him unable to stop himself.
Without that initial shock, Lu Chenzhou now strongly resisted Ye Suxi’s pheromones.
Admittedly, if Shen Chi had not appeared, then even if he disliked Ye Suxi, Lu Chenzhou would still have cooperated with him because of their pheromone compatibility.
But now…
The fact that he had not killed him was already good enough!
“Secretary Shen just ate grapes?” Lu Chenzhou asked.
Shen Chi was not as afraid of him now. Although this man was troublesome and looked sharp and oppressive, he was not as difficult to get along with as the rumors said. On the contrary, if Shen Chi handled the work he threw over properly, he could occasionally even receive a few appreciative looks from him.
“Yes. Would President Lu like some?”
Lu Chenzhou said, “I can eat a few.”
Shen Chi obediently handed over the washed fruit. In the small fruit basket, besides grapes, there were other fruits too, but Lu Chenzhou ignored them all and only picked up a few tempting grapes.
The grape juice was very sweet. With one gentle bite, the fragrant, sweet flesh burst out.
Lu Chenzhou ate the grapes, but his gaze fell on Shen Chi’s rosy lips.
Compared with grapes, he felt Secretary Shen was sweeter and more fragrant.
“How is Secretary Shen going home today?”
Shen Chi said, “By bus.”
Lu Chenzhou glanced at the watch on his wrist. There were still ten minutes until the end of the workday. “Leave early today. I’ll send you.”
An extremely invasive aura came straight at him. Although Shen Chi did not raise his head, he knew how to avoid danger.
After all… he would not be stupid enough to get carried away just because of a few approving looks from Lu Chenzhou.
“No need. I still need to buy some things. I won’t trouble President Lu.”
