If You Could Hear My Heart

Chapter 595: Chapter 595: Kicked Your Husband, Huh?
 

Xu Chaomu was still zoning out when she heard Shen Chi’s voice. She looked up and saw Shen Group’s building not far away.

“Oh.” She gathered her belongings and opened the passenger door.

“Don’t get overly familiar with other men.”

As she was stepping out of the car, Shen Chi’s icy, deep voice rang out from behind her.

A chill ran down her spine, and she clenched her teeth in irritation.

She hadn’t even gotten to the company yet, the petty tyrant!

Just as she was putting down her second foot, she turned and snapped at him, “Don’t pull any sneaky moves with the female staff!”

Shen Chi rubbed his chin with his fingers, looking at her with deep meaning, and the corners of his lips curled slightly.

With a “bang,” Xu Chaomu shut the Maybach’s door!

She carried her bag towards Shen Group’s building. She followed the process, first reported to HR, got her work card, signed the probation period contract, and then went to the design department.

When she first entered the design department, she thought she was seeing things and rubbed her eyes. No, they weren’t deceiving her.

But, could someone tell her why the design department was all women?

Driven by curiosity, she quietly asked a female colleague next to her, “Why is everyone in the office female?”

“The men are in the office next door.”

“Hmm?” Xu Chaomu suddenly had an epiphany.

She remembered the special instruction “Don’t get overly familiar with other men” when she got out of the car.

Dammit, he had planned it all along, having transferred all the male colleagues to another office.

Life without handsome guys, how dull that would be.

Soon, someone came to assign her work.

Since she was a newcomer, the workload wasn’t much, nor was it difficult. Xu Chaomu suspected that this was also Shen Chi’s doing.

While she was working, she chatted with the other girls around her.

“You’re Xu Chaomu, right?”

“Yes, I am Xu Chaomu.”

“Amazing, I heard you knocked off the Business Bureau Director’s daughter.”

The Business Bureau Director? Was that the very imposing woman from the interview?

What she remembered most was her small camisole, quite stretchy.

“Just lucky, just lucky,” Xu Chaomu said with an awkward smile.

After all, it was all about the powerful backing… Xu Chaomu felt ashamed.

“Does your family really have no background?” A few girls gathered around Xu Chaomu.

Xu Chaomu shook her head: “Really, none at all…”

“Are you married?”

“Married, the kid’s almost four months now.” Xu Chaomu pointed at her belly.

“Wow, pregnant and still got into the company? Let me tell you, normally companies don’t hire pregnant employees… did you hide the fact that you’re pregnant?” a younger girl said with concern.

“Yeah, let alone pregnant employees, they don’t really want unmarried and childless women either. You’re really very lucky.”

Xu Chaomu felt embarrassed: “It’s the advantage of our group, I suppose, valuing capability more, capability.”

At this moment, Xu Chaomu truly felt nervous; her backing was indeed strong.

Whatever she wanted, Shen Chi would give…

Sometimes, she probably wasn’t even as good to herself as he was.

“Did you get married just this year?” another girl inquired.

Sweating, Xu Chaomu recalled how at eighteen, she had been tricked into marriage, could she admit that?

She smiled: “Yeah, this spring.”

“What does your husband do?” Several older ladies asked with a keen curiosity.

“Yeah, you’re pregnant, does your husband let you work?”

“My husband works as a secretary at a small company, just helping his boss with odds and ends, hehe,” Xu Chaomu fabricated easily.

“Is being a secretary well paid?”

Before Xu Chaomu could answer, a somewhat harsh-looking woman spoke first, “I guess not much, otherwise he wouldn’t let his wife come out to earn milk money.”

A straightforward senior lady hastily added, “Young people just out of university certainly start with low incomes. Take it slow, take it slow. Chaomu, getting into Shen’s shows you’re very capable, even more so than your husband.”

“I’m indeed better than he is,” Xu Chaomu sniffed.

“Then work extra overtime, the overtime pay at Shen’s is quite decent,” one woman said with a tinge of acidity.

“Don’t listen to her, you’re pregnant and it’s better to rest more. Your husband too, letting you look for a job at this critical moment,” said another.

Xu Chaomu glanced at the dense crowd, smiled and said, “It’s stressful, we need to rent a place, eat, and the baby is due soon. My husband only makes three or four thousand a month, definitely not enough.”

“Three or four thousand? That’s certainly not enough. Once the baby is born, you’ll need three or four thousand just for milk formula every month.”

Xu Chaomu sighed, “If it weren’t for the pregnancy, I would’ve thought of divorcing him. No ambition… He’s also very prideful, petty, temperamental, scheming, and gets jealous easily…”

After venting, Xu Chaomu suddenly felt quite relieved!

Badmouthing him in his own company, that thrilling sensation… just unstoppable!

“You’re keeping that kind of man for New Year’s?” an already-married woman exclaimed, “If it were me, I would’ve divorced him long ago. My husband is not only good at his job, but he’s also very caring, gentle and generous, and treats me so well.”

“That sounds wonderful.” Xu Chaomu smiled at her.

The department’s people were quite enthusiastic. As it was probably quiet that morning, everyone, seeing a new colleague, was quite caring.

“Do you know if it’s a boy or a girl in your belly?” someone asked.

Xu Chaomu shook her head, “I don’t know yet.”

“You could sneak a peek; if it’s a boy, the pressure on you and your husband will be even greater.”

Xu Chaomu was noncommittal, “My husband actually wants to have a few more.”

“Can you afford to have that many?” the married woman said while munching on plum candies.

Xu Chaomu shook her head, “I won’t give him any more; childbirth is too painful.”

Despite saying this, she was genuinely looking forward to the child in her belly; she wondered if the baby would look more like her or Shen Chi.

“So who does the household chores in your family?”

“I do,” Xu Chaomu said shamelessly.

Household chores in their home? No need, there were plenty of servants. And even if there was not a single servant, she wouldn’t be the one doing them.

“You really have it tough. But if you do well at Shen’s, a monthly salary of over ten thousand is no problem. Then you can ditch your husband,” a woman advised.

“Your husband sounds like a complete loser. What exactly did you see in him?” another woman wondered.

Xu Chaomu chuckled, “Handsome.”

“Young girls these days really care about looks, but you can’t eat handsomeness,” a married woman remarked.

Several unmarried girls excitedly crowded around, “Chaomu, do you have a photo? Do you have a photo? Show us, please.”

Xu Chaomu shook her head, “He doesn’t like taking photos.”

“Besides being handsome, does he have a house or car?”

“Relying on renting for a house, relying on legs for travel,” Xu Chaomu said.