Chapter 41: The Five-Year Promise —— Begins!

  Ye Chen's hand paused while playing the computer, and on the screen, Mary was about to cross a hill when she was startled and fell straight down - game over!

  A pair of slightly bloodshot eyes poked out from behind the computer, and upon seeing the newcomer, let out a rather impolite yawn before flopping down on the desk as if to sleep.

  "Yè Chén! What's going on with you? Aren't you the general manager of a company? What are you doing at a time like this? People outside are busy running around, and as a manager, you're here playing games and sleeping! You... really are wasting space!"

  "Yes! I've wasted this position! I've polluted this space! Anyone is more suitable for this position than me! Do you think I want to be unable to do it? General Manager? Ha! Who doesn't know that this department is just a decoration? Whether I'm here or not makes no difference at all!"

  Mu Yu was furious, Ye Chen was even more furious than Mu Yu; Mu Yu was loud, Ye Chen was even louder than Mu Yu, but not because of being stubborn, it was the pent-up frustration from deep within.

  Mu Yu suddenly felt a little inexplicable, why was he meddling in other people's business? Just to be scolded by others!

  "How were the days you spent in the US recently? It seems like they should have been pretty good, or else you wouldn't be so happy that you're bothering to come find me." Ye Chen quickly calmed down and asked Mu You with a cold tone, his eyes fixed on her with an eerie gaze.

  "It's good that you still have some self-awareness, knowing that normally I would never see you. Originally, I was out of my mind to ask for your help, but now seeing your situation, I think it's better to rely on myself." Mu You also sneered, her tone sarcastic and without a hint of sentimentality.

  After hearing this, Ye Chen's eyes sank, and he stood up from his chair, walked to Yu You who was standing nearby, and said word by word: "Do you mean that I'm useless and can't help you?"

  "Isn't that so?" Mu You noticed the change in his expression, her tone still sharp. She didn't think Ye Chen would pose a threat if he continued to be down like this. From another perspective, although Ye Chen was her enemy, maintaining this state would be best for her future departure. However, what she hoped for more was to encounter a strong enough opponent, learn and grow from each battle, and ultimately defeat him!

  "Ye Chen, I'm telling you the truth, if you keep going like this, it won't take five years, even three years, and I'll have the confidence to stand above you."

  Yu's gaze met Ye Chen's eyes directly, without any evasion, wanting to convey her true emotions to him.

  "Ye Chen, I'm going to be honest with you again, I don't like you, and I even find you somewhat despicable. However, as someone who is connected to you in some way, I still hope that you can become stronger. To say something unpleasant, I don't want my opponent, Mu Yu, to be just a waste of time who's still playing Super Mario in the office at his age! What I want is the thrill of meeting a worthy opponent, what I want is an enemy who can make me grit my teeth, what I want is a magnificent five-year competition. I don't want the result of my five years of hard work to be a meaningless match!"

  "You..." Ye Chen gazed at those pitch-black starry eyes, listening to that resolute speech, his heart surging with waves.

  Never thought that one day, someone would stir up his fighting spirit, someone would speak the truth to him with all their heart, and someone would make him... really have a soft-hearted impulse.

  "What did you come to me for in the first place?" Ye Chen suppressed the surging emotions in her heart, recalling what she had just said about needing help.

  "This...". Mu Yu looked at Ye Chen with some annoyance and then shook his head in a bitter smile, "You're definitely no help now."

  Ye Chen was about to get angry when Mu You's next sentence shut him up.

  "I want to be the manager of Ye's HR department."

  "HR Manager?" Ye Chen clicked his tongue, astonished and said: "Do you know what position that is? If I, as a brand planning manager, am at the bottom of the entire Ye Corporation, then the HR Manager is at the very top of the company, sometimes with more power than the General Manager."

  "I know." Mu Yu replied quickly, but with a puzzled tone, "You're the lowest-level manager in the company? Aren't there still 19 floors below you?"

  "That's because the nineteenth floor below is under equipment maintenance..."

  Muyou: *silence*

  "Never mind, I'll just go talk to your father about this matter. As for the rest, Ye Chen, you're on your own!" Mu Yu didn't understand how a son of the chairman could end up as an empty-headed manager, but she had a lot of things to take care of herself and couldn't bother with other people's business for now.

  Ye Chen's face suddenly fell, and he angrily blocked the turning Shu You who was about to leave. "You're going to find Ye Feng? After I told you how important that position is, you still want to go find him? Don't you believe me?"

  "Ye Chen! I'm not clear what happened between you and your father that made you enemies, but I want to say that if you continue down this path of self-destruction, you'll always be an empty-headed manager!" Pausing for a moment, looking at Ye Chen's iron-like face, Mu Yu softened her tone, "I went to find him because I know when to humble myself, and I will hold my head higher after I succeed. Ye Chen, you used to say that I was destined to be your fiancée, so now, I'm working hard to remove this title, but what about you?"

  After finishing a long speech, Mu You no longer hesitated and walked out past him.

  "Ye Chen, it's destined that we'll have a connection of five years between us, but I really dislike this connection. I will try my best to shorten this time as much as possible. The promise of the five-year agreement starts now!"

  She doesn't consider herself a saint, and can help her opponents become stronger, but she also can't just watch as someone wastes their life away. So, all she can do is give him the occasional reminder; whether or not it's effective depends on the person themselves.

  But as for the position of HR manager, she must get it, based on her current shares, not to mention the small manager of this subsidiary, even if she asks to be the general manager of the parent company, it's not excessive!

  Just Ye Feng... how can he be made to agree to this request?

  "Good."

  A simple word, directly stunned Mu You in place, imagining all sorts of refusals did not happen at all.

  "But Miss Mu, due to your age and lack of experience, I can only temporarily arrange for you to be the deputy manager of the personnel department. I hope you won't mind." Ye Feng looked at Mu You with a hint of mockery in his eyes, but his tone was very gentle. After Mu You left, Ye Feng finally dropped his disguise, his whole body's aura becoming low and oppressive.

  This little girl really thinks that holding shares can do whatever she wants? Not letting her suffer a bit, how would she know the difficulties of doing business?

  "Tell Zhao, from tomorrow on, the HR department can give a little more leeway."

  "Yes."