At seven o’clock in the morning, Ding Yinan woke up on time. He pressed the button of the electric curtain beside the bed, and the morning sun gradually illuminated the whole room through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows.
At this time, the hourly fountain in the atrium of the community had begun its first eruption of the new day. The sunlight shining into the community from the east direction interacted with the water mist of the fountain, forming a colorful rainbow.
The first time Ding Yinan saw this rainbow was when the building was not yet completed. As the main designer of the project, Huo Zhixiao ingeniously designed a fountain in the atrium of the community. As long as the weather was good, the owners who got up early can see the rainbow.
When listening to Huo Zhixiao explaining the design concept to the client, Ding Yinan thought in his heart, what kind of whimsical person is it that can come up with the idea of letting people go out and see the rainbow every day?
It turned out that Huo Zhixiao was not whimsical. After the fountain was completed, Ding Yinan followed Huo Zhixiao to the construction site to watch the operation of the fountain. When the morning sun penetrated the mist of the fountain and colorful arches appeared little by little, Ding Yinan was shocked from the bottom of his heart.
At first, Ding Yinan came to Jiushan Architects to apply for this job, it was not because of his professional counterparts, nor because he was personally interested in architectural design.
It was because just when graduation was approaching, the dean of the department reposted the conversation between Huo Xun and him in the WeChat group, saying that he needed a personal assistant, and the monthly salary could reach more than 20,000 yuan after becoming a regular.
The reason why students from prestigious schools did not have to worry about finding jobs was largely because seniors from all walks of life are always used to returning to their alma mater to recruit people. Ding Yinan saw that the salary was good, so he submitted his resume with the mentality of giving it a try, and then entered Jiushan Office like this.
But it wasn’t until he saw the rainbow created by Huo Zhixiao that he really fell in love with this industry.
Later, Huo Zhixiao bought a house in this community, Ding Yinan stared at the whole round of renovations, and gained a deeper understanding of this industry.
This community was also sought after due to its unique rainbow design, and housing prices have always been on top of the ceiling.
Ding Yinan went to the living room and played classical music. After that, he went to the kitchen to put on an apron. Ding Yinan officially started a new day’s work.
In the past, Ding Yinan always had his breakfast at a steamed stuffed bun shop near the community, but today’s situation was special, he had to make his own.
In the early years, Huo Zhixiao studied abroad and got used to Western-style breakfast, and Ding Yinan also learned a lot of Western-style breakfast. However, he himself was more traditional and liked to have porridge or noodles for breakfast, so while frying eggs, he cooked a bowl of noodles with scallion sauce on another stove.
The taste of the noodles depended entirely on whether the heat was properly mastered. Ding Yinan focused his attention on the transparency of the noodles. Just when he was about to add cold water, he was distracted when he heard the classical music stop abruptly and was replaced by Huo Zhi Xiao’s footsteps.
Huo Zhixiao was used to drinking water first after waking up. He also had a problem, he didn’t like to drink room temperature water.
Usually, after he unplugged the record player, he went straight to the double-door fridge and pulled out the pre-chilled mineral water. Therefore, Ding Yinan didn’t pay much attention to him, but just concentrated on looking at the noodles in the pot.
However, just when Ding Yinan was about to scoop up the noodles, his back suddenly suffered tremendous pressure, and two arms were wrapped around his waist for no reason.
“What are you making?”
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Huo Zhixiao quickly let go of Ding Yinan, and stepped back, with a suppressed smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he had succeeded in a prank.
Ding Yinan suddenly thought of the kind of person who was too idle to panic. The water in the pond was obviously calm, but he insisted on throwing a pebble into it, only to be satisfied when there are waves.
Huo Zhixiao propped one hand on the marble countertop, looked Ding Yinan up and down and said, “Why didn’t I realize that you look so good in an apron before?”
Ding Yinan took a deep breath, picked up the colander in the water with chopsticks, and quickly scooped up the noodles: “I’ve been wearing this apron for three years.”
Subtext: How blind are you?
“Really?” Huo Zhixiao touched his chin and said, “Then I’ll buy you a new one another day.”
Ding Yinan didn’t take it seriously at all. He exhaled with a headache, simply stopped talking to Huo Zhixiao, and concentrated on making the breakfast in his hand.
When Huo Zhixiao came back from washing, Ding Yinan happened to put the prepared breakfast on the dining table.
There was only a bowl and a pair of chopsticks in front of him, while Huo Zhixiao had baked toast, butter, jam, fried eggs, sausages, fruit salad, etc. in front of Huo Zhixiao. Anyone who looks at it will be attracted by this rich Western breakfast.
But after Huo Zhixiao sat down, he glanced at the scallion sauce noodles in front of Ding Yinan, and suddenly said: “I want to try yours.”
Ding Yinan froze his hand while mixing noodles, he rolled up a small lump and put it on Huo Zhixiao’s plate, and when he was about to start, Huo Zhixiao said again after tasting: “I’ll change it with yours.”
Ding Yinan thought that if you want to eat noodles, can’t you say so earlier? It’s really uncomfortable that the delicious food must disappear like this. But because Huo Zhixiao was his boss, he still suppressed his reluctance on the surface, and put the bowl in front of Huo Zhixiao.
“Do you usually cook for your boyfriend?” Huo Zhixiao asked.
“Yes.” Ding Yinan spread butter on the toast expressionlessly.
“I see.” Huo Zhixiao said.
“But I won’t allow him to take my food right in front of me.”
Huo Zhixiao smiled when he heard this, and didn’t answer any more.
This business trip to Sanyang Village would take at least three to five days. Ding Yinan went to the cloakroom and took out a 26-inch suitcase, then arranged Huo Zhixiao’s change of clothes for these days. He also put some articles that he thought would be necessary for going to the countryside.
When he finished all this, Huo Zhixiao had already tidied up, except for the tie around his neck.
Ding Yinan really didn’t want to tie Huo Zhixiao anymore, or to be precise, he wanted to avoid all close contact with Huo Zhixiao.
However, Huo Zhixiao should have seen through his thoughts, and said lazily: “Secretary Ding, are you trying to passively sabotage my work?”
“No.” Ding Yinan decided to have a good discussion to resolve this matter thoroughly, “Master Huo, can you tie your own tie in the future?”
“Why?” Huo Zhixiao asked back.
Yeah, why.
Ding Yinan felt extremely irritable in his heart, as if a cat’s paw was scratching him, why did Huo Zhixiao have so many?
“Don’t you know how to wear a tie?” Ding Yinan asked patiently and kindly.
“You tied better.” Huo Zhixiao said.
“Actually, it’s not that different…”
“I want you to tie it for me.” Huo Zhixiao interrupted Ding Yinan.
Ding Yinan let out a sigh, walked up to Huo Zhixiao resignedly, and tied his tie roughly.
For the last time, Ding Yinan tightened the bow tie so hard that the beautiful triangle was almost close to Huo Zhixiao’s Adam’s apple.
Huo Zhixiao had to tilt his head back and adjust the tightness of the tie by himself. He frowned slightly, looked at Ding Yinan and asked, “Secretary Ding, do you think I won’t deduct your salary?”
Ding Yinan thought that he himself was a man with a lot of backbone, but his character is to be soft but not hard with Huo Zhixiao.
So he pursed his lips, and said in a soft tone: “Sorry, I will pay attention to it in the future.” He comforted himself, there was no need to make trouble with money.
It took at least three or four hours to get to Sanyang Village from the urban area, because there was no road in the village, and there were basically dilapidated provincial roads after leaving the urban area.
When these provincial roads were completed, they were actually not as difficult to walk as they are now. It was just that there were too many large trucks coming and going, many of whom were illegal and overweight.
Fortunately, Huo Zhixiao’s car was an off-road vehicle with a high enough chassis, so it would not be a problem at all to drive on such a road.
As the car gradually left the urban area, at first there were booming farmhouses on both sides of the road, but later there were only rows of poplar trees, and behind the poplar trees was endless farmland.
Ding Yinan could feel that Huo Zhixiao’s interest had been declining all the way. When a bullock cart appeared by the roadside, he frowned and looked at it for a while, as if he didn’t believe that such a thing existed in this era.
In fact, it was not Huo Zhixiao’s fault. He grew up pampered, and after work, he took on some high-profile projects. Ding Yinan dared to bet that he had never even been to the countryside.
After leaving the provincial road, the car turned into a mountain road, and the disgust on Huo Zhixiao’s face became more and more undisguised: “What kind of shit is this?”
Ding Yinan was not surprised, after all, every time he returned to his hometown, he had to walk such a bad road. Steady on the steering wheel, he said, “We haven’t reached the county yet.”
“How long will it take?” Huo Zhixiao asked.
Ding Yinan looked at his watch and said, “About an hour.”
However, as soon as Ding Yinan finished speaking, something happened to the car. There was a loud explosion-like sound from behind, and then the steering wheel in his hand was a little out of control.
Huo Zhixiao sat up straight, looked behind and said, “What’s going on?”
After Ding Yinan stabilized the steering wheel, he slowly stepped on the brakes and said, “It should be a flat tire.”
Now that the two of them had to be delayed on the road again, Huo Zhixiao exhaled irritably, took out his mobile phone and said, “I don’t know how long it will take for road rescue to arrive here.”
Normally, if you encounter an emergency on the expressway, you can dial 12122 for roadside assistance. But this rescue service was limited to highways or expressways. There was no road rescue in such a remote place, so you could only find the nearest car repair shop for help.
Huo Zhixiao obviously had never been to this kind of place, so he didn’t know how to deal with it. But Ding Yinan didn’t bother to explain, he rolled up his shirt cuffs to his elbows, and then said to Huo Zhixiao, “No road rescue.”
After speaking, he went to the trunk and took out a portable jack, and then removed the spare tire on the tailgate.
Huo Zhixiao followed to the rear of the car. When he realized Ding Yinan’s intentions, he looked at Ding Yinan in surprise and asked, “Are you going to change tires yourself?”
In fact, changing tires was very simple, and ordinary people could do it at a glance. It was just that for those who have never been in contact with it, the concept of auto repair was somewhat strange.
Ding Yinan didn’t waste any more time answering Huo Zhixiao’s question, and concentrated on turning the screw on the axle of the tire.
Q: Is there anything Secretary Ding does not know?
A: Acting like a baby.
Ay, me encantan!😆
Thanks for the update
Thanks for the chapter!
i’d hand in my resignation if i had to swap handmade scallion noodles for toast and jam. and hypercompetent superhuman secretary x charming yet useless outside of business ceo will never get old
Perfect man
Thank you for your translation 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗
Love it!!!
Secretary Ding – jack of all trades! 😎
Thanks for the chapter 💞
The backhug made me smile because I am a sucker for backhugs, but I would’ve never gave my noodles, boss or not 😂