An Inner Life of a Cold Beauty Omega Secretary - Chapter 5

That was a good question.

But Ye Baiwei was never going to answer it for Mu Zheng.

“Secretary Mu, I decline to answer your question.”

Ye Baiwei continued, “But rest assured, I’m not up to anything bad. Even if I were, I wouldn’t let it involve you or your Alpha. If you’re still worried, let’s follow the rules: I’ll write you a letter of guarantee and stamp it with my seal. That should put your mind at ease, right?”

Mu Zheng looked at her with utter disbelief. It wasn’t that she didn’t trust Ye Baiwei; it was that she had been by Ye Baiwei’s side for five years, from her internship until now, and she had almost never left her side.

Not even by a distance of one meter.

Because of this, Mu Zheng could confidently say she knew Ye Baiwei better than anyone else.

On the surface, Ye Baiwei was dissolute, promiscuous, and had a lifestyle so poor it made Mu Zheng want to peel her skull open every time. In reality, it was much the same; Ye Baiwei was indeed a “terrible-as-can-be” Alpha. However, because of these stereotypes, many people overlooked Ye Baiwei’s other side: she was calculating, meticulous, and decisive. The number of “old foxes” in the business world who had fallen at her hands was countless.

Therefore, without some profit to be gained, Ye Baiwei would never engage in a losing deal.

But Mu Zheng truly couldn’t figure out what Ye Baiwei was aiming for this time.

There had been no major moves at the company lately, nor from the Chairman, Ye Feng. It couldn’t be that Ye Baiwei had set her sights on some new handsome Alpha, Beta, or Omega and was preparing a surprise to coax them?

It wasn’t impossible.

After all, Ye Baiwei did that sort of thing often.

Once, to make a certain little Omega happy, Ye Baiwei specifically traveled to the Alps and spent a fortune to have a temporary ice palace built, presenting it as a gift for the Omega’s birthday.

At the time, many people thought that since Ye Baiwei was so willing to spend money on this Omega, she must be head-over-heels in love. They assumed she would finally settle down with them and turn over a new leaf.

Even the Omega believed it.

As it turned out, without fail, Ye Baiwei grew tired of the Omega three days later and dumped them without a single word of explanation.

Mu Zheng had nearly rolled her eyes to the back of her head back then. She had never seen an Alpha so thoroughly scummy; she treated dating like picking out clothes—wearing them for a few days if she liked them, and tossing them aside if she didn’t, never caring if there was any actual emotion involved.

If this was Ye Baiwei’s plan again, it was plausible.

The question was: why did she insist on following her?

Even if she wanted to surprise a new person, she could just prepare it secretly. Why did she insist on being brought along?

Mu Zheng still didn’t believe Ye Baiwei would do a deal with no profit. “President Ye, we are adults. If there’s something you want to say, say it directly. There’s no need for these indirect games; it’s quite tiresome.”

It seemed this girl still didn’t trust her.

Ye Baiwei felt a bit helpless. “Then what should I do to make you believe I don’t have ulterior motives, Secretary Mu? If you continue to press the previous question, I’m very sorry, but I refuse to answer it.”

Afterward, Ye Baiwei added, “If you don’t believe me, then there’s nothing I can do. I’ll just have to use my status as your superior to deny your dating trip with your Alpha.”

“You…!”

“Secretary Mu, you can’t blame me this time. I’ve offered the best possible option, and you were the one who refused. Also, do you really have the heart to let your Alpha wait in vain, only to be disappointed because they couldn’t see you?”

Mu Zheng’s teeth were clenched. She felt Ye Baiwei was a despicable and shameless boss, but as a worker, she had no way to resist other than resigning.

And this was a critical period; if she didn’t agree, her relationship with Fang Ran might come to an end. She truly cherished their bond. But if she agreed, she worried Ye Baiwei would play some tricks behind her back. It was fine if it was targeted at her, but she was mainly afraid it would involve Fang Ran.

“Does President Ye keep her word?”

“Is there ever a time I don’t?”

In the original novel, although Ye Baiwei’s reputation was poor and her scandals were like “rats crossing the street” that everyone wanted to hit, there was one thing everyone liked about her: she was a woman of her word.

As long as Ye Baiwei promised something, she never went back on it. This was why many people in the book knew she was a scumbag Alpha yet still tried every way possible to befriend her.

Mu Zheng couldn’t deny this.

“Fine.” Mu Zheng turned to rummage through her briefcase, then pulled out a clean sheet of paper and a pen, handing them to Ye Baiwei. “Since President Ye has said so, please write a guarantee and stamp it later.”

Ye Baiwei glanced down at her watch and said after a moment of hesitation, “Secretary Mu, didn’t you say just now… that there were only five minutes left? If we don’t leave now, we’ll be late for the company meeting.”

Mu Zheng replied, “President Ye has been late so many times already; one more time won’t hurt. Or is it that you never intended to write the guarantee in the first place?”

Uh…

True. The original Ye Baiwei was indeed that reckless.

Ye Baiwei could only pick up the pen, write her guarantee on the paper, and hand it to Mu Zheng. “Now you’re satisfied, Secretary Mu?”

Mu Zheng looked it over carefully and noticed the date was missing, so she handed it back. “President Ye, the time must be written clearly. Otherwise, if you go back on your word later, I, as a secretary, will have nowhere to file a complaint.”

Ye Baiwei looked at the returned document, picked up the pen again to add the date, and asked, “Now we just need the seal, right?”

Only then did Mu Zheng take the guarantee back with satisfaction. The seal was at the company, so she could only have Ye Baiwei stamp it once they arrived. “Then I thank President Ye in advance.”

Judging by her tone, she still didn’t quite trust her.

However, Ye Baiwei could understand. If she were in Mu Zheng’s shoes, if a boss who only ever cared about profit suddenly started acting without profit in mind, there would be a 100% chance something fishy was going on.

“Can we depart now, Secretary Mu?”

Mu Zheng stowed away the guarantee, composed herself slightly, and asked, “Are you sure you don’t want to change into another pair, President Ye?”

At this, Ye Baiwei looked at the shoes Mu Zheng had just brought over. Personally, she didn’t like overly bright colors, but the original Ye Baiwei loved them—the brighter, the better. Having read the whole novel, Ye Baiwei had a very direct impression of the original character: this woman was exceptionally flashy.

But now that she had become the original Ye Baiwei, there was no need to keep following the author’s script. She was a living person, not a puppet. If she followed everything step-by-step, she’d be no different from a marionette.

“Let’s change them.” Ye Baiwei pointed to another light blue pair. “Those ones.”

In the car.

Ye Baiwei was constantly browsing her phone. She urgently needed to understand everything about the original Ye Baiwei, including company affairs, the business sectors she was involved in, who she was currently doing business with, and what she was planning at the moment, so she could prepare in advance.

Normally, this wouldn’t be simple. Setting aside that as a company boss, she would need to know much more than others, Ye Baiwei simply wasn’t “business material.” If she knew how to run a business, she wouldn’t have been working for a boss for nearly ten years.

But miraculously, when Ye Baiwei opened those messy, dense documents that looked like gibberish, the original character’s memories flooded back like a tide. Things she didn’t understand before suddenly felt as if her “meridians had been cleared,” bringing instant enlightenment.

Could it be that even though she had transmigrated and occupied the original Ye Baiwei’s body, because the “Female CEO” setting couldn’t be broken, she retained all of the original’s memories and traits despite not being her?

If that were the case, would she still have to find lovers to vent her frustrations in the future?

No, no, no!

That was absolutely out of the question!

She had to save her loyalty for her future partner!

The original Ye Baiwei was a textbook scumbag Alpha, but she, Ye Baiwei, was a “Pure Love Warrior.” How could she do such scummy things!

No, absolutely not!

She wouldn’t allow that to happen!

She had to clear her own name!

Sitting next to her, Mu Zheng noticed her expression was off. Thinking the company was pressing for her arrival and that Ye Baiwei was angry because she hated being rushed, she asked, “Does Chairman Ye and the others have a problem with the delay?”

Hearing this, Ye Baiwei paused. After realizing what Mu Zheng meant, her expression immediately returned to normal. “No. You don’t need to worry about me, Secretary Mu.”

[Who’s worrying about you? You’re really shameless. Don’t you have a clue what I’m actually worried about?]

[To be conceited to this degree is a sickness; you need treatment!]

[I really want to pull out a mirror so you can see how narcissistic you are—it’s not like you can just say anything.]

“Cough, cough, cough—”

Ye Baiwei had forgotten. With the original Ye Baiwei’s temper and personality, no one would ever worry about her life or death—worrying that they wouldn’t get paid if something happened to her was the only real concern.

“Your health doesn’t look like nothing’s wrong, President Ye. Are you sure you don’t need to see a doctor?”

The words were kind, but the tone… why did it sound so strange?

Translated, wasn’t she basically saying she was “sick” (crazy)?!

Ye Baiwei felt embarrassed and quickly changed the subject. “I’m fine, no need. There’s something I’m curious about. You’ve been my secretary since graduation, right? When did you get a partner? I didn’t notice at all.”

There was nothing to hide about this, so Mu Zheng answered truthfully, “A year ago. She was my university classmate.”

A year ago…

Then why didn’t the author write about it!

Could it be that she had transmigrated into a pirated version of the book?!!!

Ye Baiwei felt like ten thousand horses were galloping through her mind, cursing whatever unscrupulous pirate had rewritten the original plot. It was absolutely ridiculous!

“A university classmate, that’s nice,” Ye Baiwei said. “Then why haven’t I heard you mention it before?”

It wasn’t that Mu Zheng intentionally hid it, but she felt there was no need to mention such things to her boss—especially an Alpha like Ye Baiwei, as it might carry certain suggestive connotations. Since she had no interest in Ye Baiwei and already had an Omega girlfriend, there was even less of a reason.

“You are busy with official business, President Ye. There’s no need to disturb you with such small personal matters.”

“It wouldn’t be a disturbance. If you had said something earlier, things might have been different.”

To prevent Mu Zheng from overthinking, Ye Baiwei added, “You would have had many more holidays to spend with your Alpha.”

[Is that so?]

[You talk a big game. Why don’t you just go on stage and perform in an opera?]

[Oh, so if I have a girlfriend, I get a holiday, and if I don’t, I get worked to death. President Ye really is shamelessly self-righteous. Why don’t you just cough yourself to death!]

Ye Baiwei’s heart was stabbed by a knife again. If her inner thoughts could be visualized, her chest would be spraying blood non-stop right now.

“President Ye is quite the joker.”

“You don’t believe me, Secretary Mu?”

The original Ye Baiwei truly had no credibility in this regard.

Mu Zheng said nothing; the answer was self-evident.