Chapter 98: Adult Empire (4)
Ji Ning drew on her university experience of presenting group projects to introduce the marketing PowerPoint to a room full of heavyweights, each more formidable than the last.
Fortunately, the backstory inside the instance seemed tailored to each person's habits, and the structure of the PowerPoint was not unfamiliar to her. As long as she didn't do anything beyond her role, it wouldn't count as OOC.
Judging by the Director and Department Head's reactions, there was nothing out of the ordinary. Ji Ning grew more relaxed as she spoke.
Sheng Churan and Jiang Ting sat in their seats, their gazes dark and heavy as they watched her. Ji Ning's earnest face and mellow voice turned the dull meeting into a kind of enjoyment.
Ji Ning's presentation was only the opening of the meeting. Next came the various bigwigs discussing and finalizing the details. After she finished, she returned to her seat and silently typed up the meeting minutes.
In between tasks, Ji Ning used her laptop screen as cover to steal glances at Jiang Ting, observing how he acted as CEO.
After watching for a while, Ji Ning realized Jiang Ting was truly at ease, as if he was a born decision-making leader.
She couldn't help but wonder: could Jiang Ting have been a high-level executive at some company before his death?
In the previous high school instance, she had assumed he was some kind of lecturer or professor in life. She never expected him to be a CEO.
Ji Ning mused that this instance was also quite realistic and true to life.
If this were real life, she would definitely be just another corporate drone struggling to climb the ladder, only able to sneak a glance at the company's young and promising President Jiang during meetings, just like now.
Then Ji Ning shifted her gaze to the right and mentally added: and the nation's heartthrob under the spotlight.
After this train of thought, Ji Ning suddenly felt a surge of fighting spirit. Although she had no status in life, in the Survival Game, she was determined to stand on her own two feet! She absolutely would not drag down these teammates with such impressive backgrounds or become a burden to them.
Ji Ning's typing speed became crisper, and her sitting posture straightened considerably.
Jiang Ting's gaze drifted to Ji Ning. Seeing her suddenly become so diligently motivated, his heart felt as if it had been scratched.
In his previous life, even with a company policy that made office romance a red line, people still secretly engaged in workplace affairs. Not even high-level staff were immune.
Back then, Jiang Ting couldn't understand it, and of course, no one had ever caught his attention or interest. Now, however, he had gained some insight.
This state of developing affection through frequent work contact, yet being unable to be intimate at all times, made one's heart itch unbearably.
And because of the constraints of company regulations, there was also the thrill of breaking a taboo.
Not to mention, when their eyes met in public, the turbulent undercurrent beneath both sides' calm gazes was more arousing than anything else.
Just like now.
Ji Ning noticed he was looking at her. After a brief meeting of eyes, she hurriedly averted her gaze and typed a string of characters in a flurry. Judging by the position of her hand, she was pressing the delete key and clearing the content one by one.
It seemed that their eye contact had flustered her.
Jiang Ting imperceptibly curved his lips. His index finger tapped the table silently, and he even nodded in approval at a slightly flawed proposal from the Department Head.
Ji Ning's eyes were fixed on the computer screen, but nothing registered in her brain.
The reason was simple: Jiang Ting, having resumed his CEO identity, was radiating full authority. His refined and restrained aura was simply too intoxicating.
And his dense, ink-black pupils were so oppressively intense, as if they wanted to suck her entire being in.
After finally mustering her focus to get through the meeting, Ji Ning let out a soft sigh of relief and closed her laptop, ready to slip away.
A hand with long, well-defined fingers and prominent knuckles entered her view, tapping on the table in front of her.
"Come to my office for a moment."
Ji Ning instinctively looked at the two direct superiors across from her and found that both the Director and Department Head were looking at her with sympathetic eyes, as if they saw no problem with the CEO bypassing multiple levels to summon a lowly staff member like her.
She then looked at Sheng Churan.
Sheng Churan, knowing Jiang Ting's intentions were impure, was clearly displeased, his expression somewhat stiff.
Ji Ning shifted her gaze back to Jiang Ting and realized he had already stood up and left. Only after the CEO departed did the others begin to rise from their seats one after another.
A minor employee certainly couldn't defy the CEO. Ji Ning quickly gathered her things, left the meeting room, and hurried to catch up with Jiang Ting's stride.
After exiting the floor's main door, Ji Ning stood beside Jiang Ting as they waited for the elevator together.
The elevator's mirrored doors acted like a mirror, reflecting their two figures.
Jiang Ting had an upright posture, broad shoulders, and long legs. Ji Ning looked very petite standing next to him, the top of her head only reaching his shoulder.
She watched in the mirror as Jiang Ting turned his head and lowered his gaze to look at her. She bit her lip, held her breath to stay calm, and desperately tried not to blush.
"Ding—" The elevator reached the 27th floor. The doors slid open to both sides, revealing an empty interior.
Ji Ning followed behind Jiang Ting into the elevator and stood at the very edge.
Almost at the exact moment the elevator doors closed, Jiang Ting walked up to Ji Ning.
He advanced, she retreated. Ji Ning was quickly cornered by Jiang Ting.
All four sides of this elevator were like mirrors. In Ji Ning's peripheral vision, both sides clearly reflected Jiang Ting's figure leaning in close.
A flowery five-character phrase from romance novels a decade ago looped in Ji Ning's head—The CEO's Pampered Little Wife.
The moment before Jiang Ting's lips pressed forward, Ji Ning couldn't help but remind him, "There are cameras in the elevator…"
"Only the property management can see them." Jiang Ting's advance did not falter. He pressed directly onto the tender lips he had been fantasizing about for so long.
Livestream comments:
"Damn, a romance-genre instance messing with our heads, huh?"
"So sweet!!!"
"Who could resist watching an office play between a CEO and a little employee?"
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