Chapter 53 is very likely a trap set by Huo Zhizhou.

Chapter 53 is very likely a trap set by Huo Zhizhou.

Jiang Ruan froze.

She followed the manager's gaze.

Huo Zhizhou was sitting casually on the sofa by the window, holding a financial magazine in his hand. As if noticing her gaze, he looked up at her.

"Mr. Huo, do you still have Jiang Ruan's contract?" the manager asked proactively.

Huo Zhizhou slightly raised his eyes.

The manager, feeling somewhat overwhelmed by his gaze, didn't dare ask any more questions and turned to Jiang Ruan directly, asking, "What do you need the contract for?"

"I'd like to take another look at the details." In front of the manager, Jiang Ruan didn't speak too bluntly, "If it hasn't been stamped yet, could I add one more request?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than someone walked in from outside.

The man held a contract in his hand and handed it to Huo Zhizhou, saying, "Mr. Huo, the contract has been stamped."

"Just give it to Jiang Ruan." Huo Zhizhou looked at Jiang Ruan and said calmly, "That's her."

The legal assistant gave it to her as he requested.

The moment the contract was in her hands, Jiang Ruan felt it was worth a thousand pieces of gold.

She felt that Huo Zhizhou must have done this on purpose, so she adjusted her mindset and opened the contract. The company seal and the name of the original legal representative of Yi Games were all signed.

This contract has officially come into effect.

Resigning would incur a ten million yuan penalty.

“Tell me what you need.” The manager didn’t notice her emotions. “As long as it’s reasonable, I can make the decision. You don’t need to write it in the contract.”

"It's alright." Jiang Ruan's hands and feet were ice-cold, but she forced a smile and nodded slightly. "I'll go and get back to work."

He left after saying that, without lingering.

The manager watched her leave, a growing sense of unease creeping into his heart.

“Mr. Huo…” he tried to ask.

Huo Zhizhou slightly raised his dark eyes: "What is it?"

manager:"……"

The manager immediately chickened out, swallowing back all the words he was about to say: "It's nothing."

Huo Zhizhou didn't speak again, his gaze returning to the magazine, but a full ten minutes passed without him turning a single page.

"To welcome you to the company, General Manager Song has prepared dinner at the Jingda Hotel," the manager relayed this crucial information. "When would you be available to go?"

Huo Zhizhou: "Welcome to me?"

Manager: "Yes."

Huo Zhizhou: "I'm not the only newcomer today."

"You mean you want Jiang Ruan to go too?" The manager quickly came to this conclusion.

"Whether you let her go or not is your business, it has nothing to do with me." Huo Zhizhou glanced at his watch, put down the magazine in his hand, and stood up. "I have something to do, so I'll be leaving first."

The manager didn't stop them.

He immediately told the company's senior management about it, since Jiang Ruan was someone that their CEO Song had asked him to find a way to keep. It wouldn't be good if she were some kind of friend of CEO Song.

He was overthinking it. After he explained the situation, President Song told him to listen to President Huo and bring Jiang Ruan along.

He also said that during this period, whether it was company matters or company personnel, President Huo had the final say.

Things have come to this.

The manager had no choice but to go to Jiang Ruan. He didn't explain things to her clearly, but simply told her that the company was holding a dinner to welcome the new member.

"I have some things to take care of at home," Jiang Ruan said, wanting to decline. "Can I not go?"

"Isn't it a bit inappropriate to refuse the company dinner on your first day here?" the manager said to her gently. "It's just a meal, it won't take up too much of your time."

After saying that, he turned and left without waiting for Jiang Ruantong's agreement.

Jiang Ruan felt a tightness in her chest.

She really wanted to leave, but she also knew that she couldn't be as willful as before here. If she left without giving anyone face today, she might be targeted in many places in the future.

She was just a newcomer, and because of the breach of contract clause, she couldn't resign voluntarily.

"What did the manager say to you?" Bai Jian walked over and asked when she saw her worried expression.

"Let me go get some food later." Jiang Ruan composed herself, not wanting to bring her bad mood to others. "They said it's to welcome the new member."

Bai Jian's brow furrowed slightly.

Jiang Ruan sensed something was wrong: "Is there a problem?"

"It's probably to let you meet with the company's leaders, maybe they're thinking of grooming you for future leadership positions," Bai Jian analyzed rationally. "Remember to offer a toast to each of the leaders during the meal."

Jiang Ruan looked troubled.

This is simply putting her in a difficult position.

"Will they make things difficult for me if I don't go?" she asked again.

Perhaps it was Bai Jian's temperament that made her feel at ease, or perhaps she felt like the girl next door, which made her feel more relaxed when she was with her.

Bai Jian looked at her and gave her a definite answer: "Yes."

Jiang Ruan's mood instantly soured.

"Don't worry too much, the company's leaders are all human beings." Bai Jian looked at her like a younger sister, so much so that she talked to her a bit more. "They won't deliberately make things difficult for you, nor will they take advantage of you. At most, they'll just talk a lot."

After hearing this, Jiang Ruan knew that there was no turning back.

She sent Ye Yanzhi a message in advance asking him to help pick up Sui Sui, and then went to the hotel for the banquet according to the time.

Although the team leader told her so much, she was very wary of these things. In the past, when she attended dinner parties with Huo Zhizhou, she had accidentally seen some dirty things happening in the next private room.

She sent the address to Ye Yanzhi.

It's good that nothing's wrong, but if something really happens, he'll still be there.

"Manager." Before getting out of the car, she suddenly remembered something extremely important.

The manager glanced sideways: "What's wrong?"

Jiang Ruan thought for a moment and then asked without beating around the bush, "Will President Huo be going too?"

The manager blatantly lied: "No."

Before he arrived, he received a message from Jiang, Huo's special assistant, which roughly meant that if Jiang Ruan asked Huo whether he was going or not, he must firmly say no.

I don't know why, but I'll just do it.

Jiang Ruan tried to read something from his face, but the manager had been in the workplace for so many years that he was already very good at hiding his true emotions.

When the car arrived at the hotel where she was to eat, she hadn't even gone inside when she received a call from Ye Yanzhi. She found a relatively quiet phone to answer it, and as soon as the call connected, Ye Yanzhi asked, "You're having dinner at the Jingda Hotel on your first day of work?"

Jiang Ruan truthfully replied, "They said it was to welcome new employees."

Ye Yanzhi had a slight doubt.

Why would you need to choose a place like the Jingda Hotel, which hosts large business banquets, to welcome new employees?

"There's something else I forgot to tell you." After a moment's consideration, Jiang Ruan decided to tell him about what happened today.

Ye Yanzhi: "What?"

"The president of Yuan Yi is Huo Zhizhou," Jiang Ruan said after glancing around.

Ye Yanzhi: "???"

Ye Yanzhi: "!!!"

Ye Yanzhi felt his head buzzing, afraid he had misheard, so he asked again, "Are you sure it's Huo Zhizhou?"

Jiang Ruan: "Yes, I saw him. The manager even introduced him to us."

"Don't go to dinner. I'm 100% sure this dinner is a trap he deliberately set for you." A bad feeling suddenly welled up in Ye Yanzhi's heart.