Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 448 - 446 Insider

Yundu.

After working all morning, Jiayi stretched her limbs and went to the restaurant for lunch.

Having finished her lunch, she returned to the women’s clothing design department. Before she even stepped into the office, she heard the low, astonished murmurs of her colleagues in the design department—

"No way, do those two really have something..."

Otherwise, how do you think she single-handedly landed the UA case based on her own merits?"

"That makes sense. I’ve been wondering, too. She’s just like us, a newcomer who’s just arrived. Why is it only her who gets to pass the probation period ahead of time? Why is she the only one who gets to take on a design case independently? Turns out there really is an inside story. And this inside story... tsk tsk, it’s so juicy!"

...

Waves of gossip recklessly floated into Jiayi’s ears.

Although they didn’t name names, judging by the content of the conversation, even a fool could tell they were talking about her.

Her heart skipped a beat, and her first reaction was, could it be that her colleagues in the design department knew about her relationship with that man? Knew that she was recommended by him?

But as she listened further, something didn’t seem right.

It couldn’t be possible. That man’s office wasn’t even in the Yundu Building.

In the company, she had absolutely no contact with him. She had not even asked an extra question about him.

Listening further validated her suspicion. Sarcastic tsk tsks from a colleague continued to drift her way:

"What’s the big deal about hooking up with a male supervisor for a promotion? Hooking up with a female supervisor, that’s the real high-level trick!"

"Right! It’s just too bad we don’t have that ’talent.’ We don’t know how to charm a woman, sigh." A young female designer assistant lamented.

"Forget it, who wants that kind of ’talent’? A woman seducing another woman, isn’t that disgusting? I’m not short of men!" Another assistant flicked her glamorous, wavy long hair dismissively.

Finally, Jiayi couldn’t bear it anymore and she understood who they were implying she had an affair with!

What happened in just one morning?

How could such ridiculous rumors spread?

She was seducing Director Fang?

Help, please! Two women, how could they even lure each other!

She even had a son! Fang Yao had also dated men! Both were normal women. Just because they were a bit closer, had a better relationship, does it mean they were involved?

Then every pair of best friends in the world would be suspicious!

Crazy!

Muttering to herself, she walked into the office.

Inside the office, the group of colleagues who had been gathered broke up in silence as soon as they saw her return from lunch, then scattered like birds and beasts.

She looked around the office and couldn’t figure out where such baseless rumors had started.

At that moment, the internal line on her desk rang.

Jiayi picked up and heard Fang Yao’s voice, "Have you finished the initial draft of the design I gave you this morning? If you have, bring it in for me to see."

She replied, "Okay, Director Fang."

Hearing Fang Yao asking her into the office, the nearby colleagues once again looked at Jiayi with suggestive glances, their gazes ineffably flirtatious, with disdain, envy, jealousy, and more so, the curiosity of looking at a new spectacle.

Jiayi frowned, picked up the design draft, and stood up. With the burning stares of scrutiny on her back, she walked to the director’s office door and knocked twice, "Director Fang."

"Come in." It was Fang Yao’s usual calm voice at work.

Jiayi walked in and placed the preliminary design draft on the table.

Fang Yao glanced at it, then refocused on the computer screen used for drawing: "Mm, good, you can go out now."

Jiayi, still carrying the incident from outside in her heart, hesitated and didn’t leave.

Even if people talked nonsense about her quick promotion, that was fine, but Fang Yao had been so good to her, both professionally and personally. She couldn’t let Fang Yao be maligned behind her back as well.

Seeing that she hadn’t left, Fang Yao finally lifted her head, puzzled: "Is there something else?"

Jiayi took a deep breath and nodded: "Yes."

"What is it? Sit down and talk." Seeing that her expression was serious, Fang Yao gestured to the sofa chair opposite her.

"Just now, colleagues were gossiping behind my back, saying that I could pass the probation period and get promoted ahead of time, all because I am involved with Director Fang..." She was somewhat embarrassed to say it out loud.

Indeed, these days the atmosphere for both male and female homosexuality was strong, and there were many fans of such romances. In TV dramas, any two men who got close could be shipped by audiences into a couple, but when it happened to her, it was somewhat awkward.

Fang Yao’s face tightened slightly, then she inexplicably smiled, finishing Jiayi’s sentence: "They say you could pass the probation period and get promoted ahead of time because you and I—are having an affair?"

Jiayi was surprised: "Director Fang has also heard these rumors?"

"I’ve heard bits and pieces lately," Fang Yao said nonchalantly, shrugging her shoulders.

It turned out she was too insensitive and the last to know. Jiayi inhaled sharply.

Indeed, she was either busy with company matters or busy with Disheng’s affairs. Recently, she had just been promoted and didn’t dare to be negligent, investing herself fully in work and having no time to pay attention to the idle gossip of her colleagues.

She felt somewhat guilty: "I’m really sorry, Director Fang. It’s all because of me that you’re being talked about behind your back. I’ll find an opportunity to explain to the colleagues."

But Fang Yao simply smiled, light as a breeze: "What is there to explain? Forget it."

Jiayi insisted: "Gossip is fearsome. I don’t mind, but for you—a single, unmarried young woman—to be talked about like this, I fear it might affect your reputation—and then, even if good men come along, they wouldn’t dare approach you. That can’t happen; I don’t want to be the eternal sinner."

Before she could finish, Fang Yao reiterated: "I said, there’s no need to explain."

This time, her tone was decisive, and her eyes blazed as she looked at Jiayi.

Jiayi was taken aback, sensing that the Director Fang before her seemed different from usual.

Fang Yao also felt she had behaved somewhat out of character, but clearly did not regret it much; since everyone was talking, she did not want to hide anymore.

Good, then it was time to make her stance clear.

After pausing, she lifted her chin: "Do you think it’s strange to like women? Or do you think liking women is shameful and must be hidden? Please, which century are we in now!"

Jiayi’s pupils widened slightly.

What this message implied...

Fang Yao—she was admitting she really liked women?

So that’s why such an outstanding woman had not been in a relationship for so many years?

Then, Fang Yao’s previous kindness towards her, and her candidness right now... could it be that she really had feelings for her?!

Jiayi wanted to laugh and cry at the same time, feeling as if a million wild horses were thundering through her chest. God, why play such tricks?

This couldn’t be just described as bad luck in romance anymore.

"Boom," Jiayi stood up from the chair, somewhat at a loss: "I, I have something else to do, Director Fang. I’ll step out first..."