No matter what some subordinates thought, Su Duan felt that he cooperated very well with Qin Zhi. When subordinates came, he would pretend to sit seriously at the desk, but when it was just the two of them, they would casually find something to do - in any case, he didn't have to look at documents anymore.

At first, many people came to the office, and it was a bit troublesome for the two of them to keep switching. However, after Qin Zhi helped him redistribute the responsibilities of each department, only the final decision-making documents would be sent to him at fixed times, which made things much simpler.

Although it was a bit boring to stay in the office all day, Qin Zhi would chat with him.

Chatting with Qin Zhi was a comfortable thing. Su Duan didn't talk much and usually listened quietly, occasionally responding slowly. Sometimes a whole morning would pass by like this without him realizing it. After taking a nap and eating something, the day would go by quickly.

After a few days, it was the beginning of the month. As usual, Su Duan didn't go to work that day, but went to visit Su Zheng, who was still in prison.

Thinking that his brother could be released from prison in about 20 days at the earliest, Su Duan showed a small smile for the first time while waiting in the visiting room.

Because the Su family had pulled some strings, although the prison had blocked Su Zheng's medical parole, they still gave the Su family some face. Su Zheng's treatment in prison was not bad, and he didn't suffer much.

But a life without freedom and full of restrictions always made it hard to feel happy, let alone for a wealthy family's son like Su Zheng who originally had some pride. After half a year, it was evident that he had lost weight and his eyes had become more gloomy.

This time, the staff were more relaxed than the previous few times. After bringing Su Zheng over, they directly went out, leaving the space to the two of them.

Su Duan quietly told Su Zheng about the changes that had happened in the past few days, including how Qin Zhi planned to rescue Su Zheng from prison, and how the company's affairs, which were initially in a mess, had started to become more organized with Qin Zhi's help.

Su Zheng cooperatively leaned forward and listened attentively to his narration.

Although Su Zheng was in prison, his trusted aides were still outside and his news channels were still quite smooth. He had already known a few days ago that Qin Zhi was preparing to get him out and had gone to work at Su's company with Su Duan.

Of course, hearing these things from Su Duan's mouth was undoubtedly more detailed and accurate.

Too many changes had happened during this period. Su Duan spoke for a full ten minutes before finishing his report to Su Zheng.

Finally, he summarized the central idea of this report with "Qin Zhi is a good person".

Su Zheng didn't respond, but pushed the refilled tea in front of him with an unchanged expression, and said softly, "Is your mouth dry? Have some water to moisten your throat."

Su Duan's eyes lit up, said a thank you to his brother, and then gulped down most of the cup.

Seeing the uncontrollable smile on his younger brother's face, Su Zheng also smiled, but this smile did not reach the bottom of his heart.

He never thought that the seed he had casually planted and watered with some nutrients back then would actually grow into a towering tree.

Even more unexpectedly, he had fallen to the point of relying on this tree to get out of his predicament.

Having one's status reversed with someone who could have been easily crushed in the past was always something that made one feel complicated. Su Duan was too carefree to have any self-awareness, but Su Zheng could not ignore the strong sense of frustration in his heart.

Moreover, based on his intuition, he always felt that Qin Zhi's actions were a bit strange.

It was reasonable for Qin Zhi to pull strings everywhere to get him out, after all, he had arranged for his mother's surgery back then, which solved Qin Zhi's urgent problem. It was normal for Qin Zhi to repay the favor.

However, Qin Zhi's actions afterwards made him become vigilant.

Qin Zhi left the newly acquired Qin company alone and immediately threw himself into the Su Group to help their family.

Su Zheng didn't think that Qin Zhi coveted the Su Group—

It had shrunk in scale and could no longer be mentioned in the same breath as the Qin Group. There were also constant management problems. It was only able to remain in the top ten companies in City A by relying on the foundation accumulated in previous years. There was no reason for Qin Zhi to ignore the more lucrative Qin Group and rack his brains to infiltrate the Su Group instead.

It should be known that things on the Qin Group's side had not been sorted out yet. At this juncture, it was actually very unwise for Qin Zhi to divide his attention and take care of both sides, as it could easily lead to problems on the Qin Group's side due to insufficient focus.

Since Qin Zhi was able to reach this height in such a short time, he definitely would not do something that would lose the big picture for the sake of short-term gains.

Moreover, Qin Zhi was following Su Duan as his personal assistant and secretly handling affairs, without even a proper position. As a private assistant, even if he really wanted to get his hands on Su Group, it would not be an easy task.

In the end, the previous matter only amounted to a favor of a hundred thousand or so. Not to mention that to a certain extent, it was actually a transaction between him and Qin Zhi. Did Qin Zhi have to be so dedicated?

Even if Qin Zhi had a good nature, he really did not believe that after struggling in the profit-oriented business circle for a few years, Qin Zhi could still maintain his original pure heart.

—There was not a single good person among those who could climb so fast in this circle.

Although Qin Zhi had put on the appearance of doing charity, probably only his younger brother would believe that Qin Zhi was really doing charity. Su Zheng almost didn't need to think about it. Qin Zhi must have had some more important purpose for doing this, and this purpose—

Looking at his bright-eyed younger brother in front of him, the former President Su felt that the alarm in his mind was getting louder and louder!

He had not forgotten that Qin Zhi had hidden in the garden and peeped at his younger brother back then!

Heh, those eyes were really affectionate and melancholic. His foolish younger brother was also clueless and was reluctant to part with Qin Zhi, making him seem like a feudal patriarch who had beaten a pair of mandarin ducks.

—The former President Su could be said to be very resentful of this heart-wrenching past event.

Immersed in his memories and imagination, the more Su Zheng thought about it, the more he felt a strong sense of crisis. He wished he could immediately rush out of the prison gate and fire Qin Zhi like he did back then to feel at ease.

But he still had a four-and-a-half-year sentence on his back. Let alone rushing out of prison, as long as he dared to make a little movement, prison guards would rush up with batons.

Not only could he not drive the person away from his younger brother, he still had to rely on the person he wanted to drive away for the time being in order to have hope of getting out of this hellhole quickly.

Su Zheng: "..."

But it was obvious that Su Duan couldn't empathize with his brother. Seeing Su Zheng's brows furrowed as if he could pinch a nest of flies to death, he put down the teacup in his hand, and the smile on his face also faded, replaced by a confused and cautious expression. He asked, "Brother, did I... handle it incorrectly?"

He asked the system in his heart: "Does brother not trust Qin Zhi?"

The system replied: "Sorry, the system cannot analyze such specific psychological activities. It can only be done through the host's own efforts."

Su Duan said, "Okay."

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that was the case. When Qin Zhi was still a servant in the Su family, Su Zheng didn't like him. Now he definitely wouldn't think of him in a good light either.

Su Duan's mood couldn't help but slide down a bit. Qin Zhi was really very good. If it wasn't for Qin Zhi's help, he wouldn't know what to do about Su Zheng and the company's matters.

But he had no standing to blame Su Zheng for this. He himself believed Qin Zhi because he knew the plot and had interacted with Qin Zhi, while Su Zheng didn't know these things, so it was very reasonable for him to be suspicious.

Realizing that he had accidentally revealed his negative emotions in front of his younger brother, Su Zheng hurriedly hid the gloom on his face and said in a soothing tone, "No, Duan Duan handled it very well. Hiring Qin Zhi as a personal assistant will neither cause a backlash from the board of directors, nor create any... hidden dangers."

Su Duan lowered his eyes, not daring to make eye contact with Su Zheng, and drank a mouthful of water guiltily: "..." Fortunately, he didn't tell Su Zheng that this matter was actively proposed by Qin Zhi.

Su Zheng praised him a few more times before casually asking, "No need to handle documents anymore, so what does Duan Duan do in the office every day?"

Su Duan was already used to Su Zheng asking about his daily life in great detail like a nagging mother every time he visited, so he answered honestly without much thought, "Qin Zhi looks at documents, I sleep in the office, uh... and sometimes chat with Qin Zhi." When he mentioned sleeping, Su Duan's voice lowered a lot out of guilt.

Su Zheng's eyes moved slightly, and he asked softly, "Do you and Qin Zhi only chat? Doesn't he pull you to 'play'?"

Su Duan blinked, seemingly not understanding why he would ask such a strange question: "No, there's a lot of work, he doesn't have time to play with me."

He thought for a moment and added, "Qin Zhi also has to deal with Qin family matters, it's very tiring."

Su Zheng smiled with relief. It's good to be tired, it's best to be so tired that he has no energy to do anything, that's when he would be most at ease.

Although this was what he thought in his heart, under Su Duan's gaze, Su Zheng still hypocritically sighed a few times that Qin Zhi was simply too hardworking, truly a good kid who knows how to repay kindness. When he gets out, he will definitely thank Qin Zhi properly.

Su Duan: (⊙v⊙)

Su Duan secretly asked the system in his heart: "Is brother telling the truth?" He always felt that there was something indescribably, um, strange about the smile on Su Zheng's face.

"This," the system stalled for a moment, seeming a bit troubled by the host always asking it questions that it couldn't analyze: "The system doesn't know either."

After carefully inquiring and confirming that Qin Zhi hadn't done anything strange to his younger brother for the time being, the gloom in Su Zheng's heart only dissipated a little bit. However, he still earnestly advised him not to hold hands or hug anyone other than his brother and the butler. After getting Su Duan's promise, he was barely able to let him leave with peace of mind.

However, facts proved that he had put his mind at ease too early.

The next day, Su Duan, who had skipped work for a day, got up early to go to work, still taking Qin Zhi's car like the previous days.

Ever since Qin Zhi came to pick him up to go to the company on the first morning, it seemed as if he had taken sending and picking him up as part of his job, arriving at the Su residence on time every day.

Qin Zhi wouldn't come in either, just quietly waiting outside the inner door of the villa. As soon as Su Duan came out the door, he could get in the car.

Su Duan originally felt a bit uneasy about Qin Zhi coming to pick him up and drop him off. He had mentioned several times that he could let the butler send him, but they were all lightly blocked by Qin Zhi.

Moreover, after visiting Su Zheng yesterday and recalling that his brother seemed to have some not-so-positive views of Qin Zhi, Su Duan felt even more restless.

When the black sedan stopped at a red light, Su Duan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked at Qin Zhi's serious profile and couldn't help but mention it again in a low voice, "Qin Zhi, I'll still have the butler send me to the company in the future. It's really too much trouble for you to do this every day."

Actually, he was too embarrassed to tell Qin Zhi that because he was not at ease, the butler would drive behind them every day until they entered the company before leaving. He had tried to persuade him several times, but to no avail.

Qin Zhi turned his head, his brows and eyes relaxed, and his sharp features, carved by time, appeared exceptionally gentle in the morning light. "Didn't I say it before? The community I live in is not far from Duan Duan's home. It doesn't take time to pick you up along the way."

That was the community he had specifically chosen - good environment, strong privacy, and of course, most importantly, it was only a ten-minute walk from the Su residence, and even faster by car.

"Also," Qin Zhi paused for a moment, his voice also lowering a bit: "I am Duan Duan's personal assistant. If I don't go to the company with Duan Duan, people will definitely gossip."

Su Duan thought for a moment and had to admit that what Qin Zhi said made a lot of sense. He couldn't think of any reason to refute it at all.

The green light came on ahead, and Qin Zhi turned his head to focus on driving. Su Duan didn't dare to disturb him and make him lose focus, obediently sitting in the passenger seat.

So this time's suggestion, like the previous times, was skillfully blocked.

After arriving at the company, seeing Qin Zhi immersed in a stack of new documents, the more Su Duan thought about it, the more he felt embarrassed, and felt that everything he did was wrong.

After wandering around the spacious office for a while, he decided to do something within his power for Qin Zhi, such as making a cup of coffee.

This office was originally Su Zheng's. Because Su Zheng loved to drink coffee, there was a dedicated coffee-making area in the corner. The office had coffee powder ground by the butler at home, so he just needed to brew it with the coffee machine.

Su Duan had also brewed it himself a few times at home, so he was quite skilled. Rolling up his sleeves, in just a few minutes, a steaming cup of freshly brewed coffee was ready.

After adding the appropriate amount of milk and sugar cubes according to Qin Zhi's preference, Su Duan stretched out his fingertips to touch the coffee cup, immediately retracted his hand after being scalded, and blew on it twice. Then he turned his head and asked his diligent personal assistant, "Qin Zhi, do you want to add ice?"

However, Qin Zhi asked him, "Did you just scald your hand? Does it hurt?"

Su Duan waved his hand dismissively, "It doesn't hurt, I just bumped it a little." Then he asked, "Do you want ice?"

Qin Zhi, afraid that he would scald himself again, firmly replied, "Yes, add a lot." He still felt a bit worried and said, "Come here, let me take a look at your hand."

"It's really nothing, just wait a moment." Su Duan said softly. He opened the small refrigerator beside him, took out many ice cubes, and kept filling the coffee cup until it was full before stopping.

Qin Zhi put the documents in his hand aside and advised, "Okay, Duan Duan, be careful not to scald yourself."

In his impression, the young master was very delicate. Seeing Su Duan so lively, there should indeed be no problem.

Moreover... the person he liked was busy making coffee for him and personally bringing it over. This was a scene he didn't dare to imagine even in his dreams.

Who doesn't have a little selfishness?

So Qin Zhi obediently didn't move. He sat in the spacious seat, watching Su Duan carefully move towards him with the cup, a subtle light flashing in his eyes.

As a result, he never expected that it was because of this little bit of selfishness that led to an accident that he never imagined.

Worried that the coffee would spill out, when carrying the cup over, Su Duan stared intently at the constantly fluctuating liquid surface.

—But he ignored other places.

When he bent over to put the coffee in front of Qin Zhi, Su Duan accidentally bumped his elbow on the file rack beside him. His wrist shook, causing the cup to tilt. More than half of the coffee spilled on Qin Zhi without any waste.

The dark brown coffee quickly soaked the white shirt and waistband, staining it with a conspicuous mark, vaguely outlining the firm muscle lines under the clothes. The ice cubes that had not completely melted also fell on Qin Zhi, and a few pieces bounced to the ground, making a crisp sound.

Su Duan held the cup with only a little coffee left and froze for a moment.

After reacting, he hurriedly reached out to wipe it for him. Feeling the warmth, he became even more flustered and apologized to Qin Zhi, "I'm sorry, did it scald you?"

Although he had just added a lot of ice cubes, could the coffee cool down so quickly?

Qin Zhi was not scalded by the coffee, but Su Duan's touch made him gasp. His chest heaved violently, and the abdominal muscles under the soaked shirt also twitched slightly. Finally, unable to bear it, he reached out and grasped Su Duan's slender wrist.

Author has something to say:

Qin Zhi: Heh, little black potato, you started the fire, put it out yourself.

Su Duan: (⊙v⊙)？

Su Zheng: ...You're really capable (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻