[The Past]

After hesitating for a while, Cole Wu finally summons up his courage and knocks at the door of the office of General Manager.

"...Cole Wu. There you are. What's the matter?" The secretary just called him. He has guessed why Cole Wu is here after thinking about it.

Toy Zhang smiles gently.

Cole Wu closes the door and comes straight to the point: "I heard from Chaz that you wanted me to be your assistant, right?"

"Yes. That's right. Secretary Fang didn't have the time to tell you yet, but I do want you to be my assistant." Toy Zhang waves his hand at Cole Wu, suggesting that he can take it easy and sit down freely.

But Cole Wu doesn't sit down. He says seriously: "I hope you can take back your decision."

"...Why?"

Toy Zhang cocks his head slightly to the side. He looks a little serious and says: "I've been keeping an eye on your competent and you've been doing well. Now that I'm lacking an assistant and there must be someone who can do the job as soon as possible, so I chose you and I believe you are qualified to do it well. Then why you are rejecting this position?"

To be honest, being the assistant of Toy Zhang is all that he can wish for. If Chaz didn't complain to him about this, he'll definitely cherish such a great opportunity.

By working by the side of Toy Zhang, he can definitely learn good experience and competent from him. That's just what he has been dreaming of.

But...the attitude of Chaz has made him change his mind.

"Because, I'm not qualified for this. I don't want to screw your things up." Cole Wu says with his head lowered.

"But I think you are competent." Toy Zhang stands up and says.

He walks over to Cole Wu. He keeps silent for a while, only staring at Cole Wu. This oppressive stare has put great pressure on Cole Wu.

"I'm not." Cole Wu continues.

"...Do you really know what it means to you if you reject this position?" Toy Zhang asks in a low voice. He stares at Cole Wu, not letting go of any expression on his face.

Cole Wu knows it well in his heart. Of course, he is aware of the difference between being an intern and being General Manager's assistant.

But...he has misgivings in his heart. He just cannot ignore the requirement of his younger brother.

He has grievances as well. He is also upset. He doesn't know why his brother has to harshly humiliate him on such things over and over again!

Everyone gets his attitude.

All things have to be done within a limit.

Once it crosses the line, the harm it causes would be unforgettable and unbearable.

"...Sorry. I cannot do it."

He tells himself in his mind that this would be the last time that he compromises for his young brother...But, there have been many "last times" prior to this. He doesn't know if it can be the "last time" for real.

Sometimes he tells himself that it is better off being more selfish as a human being, however...every time when he needs to make a decision, he is just unable to be indifferent to his brother and he cannot make the decision rationally.

"Ok. I hope you won't regret it in the future."

Toy Zhang sits back to his seat. He looks obviously angry.

"Yes. General Manager, I'm getting out."

After Cole Wu went out of the office, Toy Zhang signs heavily.

"...Is it because of Chaz Wu again? That's so annoying."

Toy Zhang frowns. He is being more and more fed up with Chaz Wu.

On seeing that Cole Wu is out of the office, Chaz Wu asks: "Brother, brother? Did you tell him!"

"Yes." Cole Wu nods his head, saying: "I won't be his assistant. Don't worry."

"Thank you, brother!" Chaz Wu is so happy that he covers his mouth with his hands in case he laughs out loud.

After thinking it over, he painstakingly constrains himself to recommend himself to Toy immediately. He waits until the lunch break to talk about it in detail with his brother.

"Brother, then did you...mention to Toy that he can have me as his assistant?"

Cole Wu frowns, saying: "Chaz...It's not easy to be General Manager's assistant as you imagined. The General Manager will have his own judgement and decision. Drop it."

He knows well what his brother is capable of.

Being an assistant or a secretary asks for more meticulous thoughts than doing ordinary jobs. Not a single mistake is tolerable.

With the competence that Chaz Wu has at the moment, if he really becomes Toy Zhang's assistant, he will definitely get into big trouble. It's actually not a good thing for him now.

"Brother, what do you mean! You are competent only because Toy chose you to be his assistant, is this what you mean? I cannot be his assistant because I'm not competent, right?" Chaz Wu just won't listen to Cole Wu's advice. Instead, he gets angry with him.

"Chaz...That's not what I meant. Besides, don't always call me "Toy" in the company. It's not good. Also...If it is heard by other people, they will look at you with biases." Cole Wu is telling the truth.

Originally, they got in to the head office through the back door. Compared with other interns who entered the company at the same time with them, they are special ones and easy to be looked down upon.

Chaz Wu always acts like he is well acquainted with Toy Zhang, which will cause others to dislike him and be jealous of him. This is easy to get him into trouble.

"Why cannot I call him Toy? Cole Wu, are you jealous of me? You are jealous of me because I can call him Toy but you cannot, aren't you? You want to take Toy away from me, right?"

"Chaz, keep your voice down...What would others think if they hear you?" Cole Wu says with his eyebrows frowned.

Chaz Wu is vexed. He is afraid that Toy Zhang is taken away by Cole Wu, so he is putting on a sharp attitude.

"What am I afraid of? I'm not the one who did something that is shameful!"

"...Chaz Wu, that's enough! You are so out of line!" Cole Wu is irritated.

Originally, he resents his brother for giving up the work that he wants for him. However, his brother is satirizing him with these harsh words now. He really can no longer put up with it.

"I'm out of the line? Is it me that is out of the line? No, it's you! Why are you here to lure Toy since you've got Tye Zhang already?" Chaz Wu's eyes turn red. After saying this, he feels wronged and angry.

"Bullshit!" Cole Wu's face blushes. He is resentful and anxious.

"I'm not bullshitting! You thought I didn't know that you have been messing around with Tye Zhang for all this time? Ah! Shame on you!" Chaz Wu laughs coldly. He even raises up his voice deliberately to draw the attention of other colleagues who are in the staff canteen. He continues to satirize Cole Wu:

"Brother, do you think just because you have both the female and male sex organs, you can screw around with both of them at the same time? Don't you think you are so gross?"

"You...you..." Cole Wu is so angry that his body shivers. He points at Chaz Wu and his eyes turn red immediately. He forces back his tears, only feeling that his heart has been cut into pieces.

"Chaz Wu, you are such a jerk."

After saying this sorrowfully, Cole Wu leaves and gets back to his work station.

He doesn't know what these colleagues have heard and what they would think, and he doesn't know whether Chaz Wu has said anything else after he left either. All he wants to do is to finish today's work diligently and earnestly.