The woman in the car propped her hands on the window, gritting her teeth as she glanced back, "Are you satisfied now?"

The man behind her rustled as he put on his clothes, "What do you mean by satisfied? Don't talk nonsense, or I'll sue you for slander."

"Getting dressed, huh? Why are you still lying there? Want more?" The man slapped the woman's butt.

The woman remained unmoved, limply saying, "I'm out of strength; my legs are so weak that I can't move."

Goodness.

Sun Dasheng glanced downward.

Quite a mess.

He'll have to go to his own auto service store later for a thorough car wash.

He wrapped his arms around the woman, helping her get dressed.

A dozen minutes later.

As he watched her walk away, the woman swayed her slender waist as she slowly headed toward the elevator.

After finishing this unusual breakfast, Sun Dasheng drove to the auto service store.

Coincidentally, Zhong Liying was there.

Because the store's business hadn't improved lately, and sales were continuously declining.

She didn't feel like sitting in the company office, so she stationed herself at the front-line auto service store recently.

Leading by example, hoping to uplift the confidence below.

Unfortunately, confidence needs to be boosted by solid performance numbers; her actions were not entirely futile but merely better than nothing.

Feeling at a loss, she suddenly saw the familiar car driving up at the store entrance, checked the license plate, it was his.

She hurriedly went out.

Her close friend Pan Yanyan quickly chased after her to ask, "Liying, what's the hurry?"

Zhong Liying didn't have time to respond to her close friend; she just kept her head down and walked forward.

Pan Yanyan was at a loss and didn't follow her but just stood at the store entrance watching.

Soon, she understood why her friend's actions were unusual—because her man had arrived.

As she saw the man get out of the Rolls-Royce, her close friend threw herself into his arms.

She seemed to be pouring out her heart, almost to the point of tears by the end.

Sun Dasheng listened carefully to her outpouring, silently holding her, stroking her back, and when she'd finished, he softly said, "It's okay; the company's issues aren't your fault, it's the poor overall environment.

I've never blamed you; don't take it to heart.

I have plans for your matters and the company's issues; I won't let it keep losing money like this."

In his heart, he thought: you can't keep milking too much from a woman, especially one as capable as Zhong Liying, in whom I've placed high hopes.

Milking too often indicates more instances of company bankruptcy and failure, which could erode her confidence in the future.

Whether she can recover after a blow is also very uncertain.

"It's all my fault; I don't have the ability to successfully lead the company out of the mire, to make it bigger and stronger."

"I once boasted to you, and now thinking back, I feel a bit embarrassed."

"It's only when I truly manage a company myself that I realized how difficult it is to be a fully responsible leader."

"I overestimated myself before and underestimated you."

From her words, one could tell she'd been reflecting a lot lately.

Reflection, of course, is a good quality.

But over-reflection is not a good thing either.

It can erode her confidence.

"I won't allow you to think like this anymore, you still have to believe in yourself, perhaps this failure will be the mother of future success.

Right? In the future, you mustn't let your mind wander like this again.

If you don't even believe in yourself anymore, then I certainly won't trust you."

The last sentence snapped Zhong Liying out of it.

Yes!

If even she had lost confidence,

how could others possibly trust her?

"I understand now...." Zhong Liying lowered her head.

"Alright, hurry back inside, there are many people watching in the store.

If they saw their usually strong manager crying in a man's arms, wouldn't they laugh their heads off?"

Indeed, reverse psychology worked well, as Sun Dasheng said that, Zhong Liying immediately gathered her emotions, regaining her usual composure.

"Why did you come by today?" she asked.

"Oh, the car's dirty, I came over to wash it," Sun Dasheng said.

"Okay, I'll get someone to handle it." Brother Sun's matters naturally were her own.

She quickly found the most diligent and responsible employee at the store, "This is the boss's car, clean it carefully for me, so he sees our auto service store's professionalism; don't embarrass me."

This veteran employee stood at attention, "I'll complete the task!"

"Alright, go ahead, and if you complete the task, there will be a bonus."

The promise of a bonus delighted the veteran employee, who went to wash the car with a broad smile.

After greeting the auto service store's staff, Sun Dasheng went to the office with Zhong Liying.

Also joining them was her close friend Pan Yanyan.

"President Sun!" Pan Yanyan stood in front of him somewhat nervously.

Sun Dasheng smiled, "Why so tense? In public, you can call me President Sun, that's respect, but in private, you should avoid that, or Liying will complain that I'm harsh on her good friend."

"President Sun, Liying isn't like that." Pan Yanyan, her face flushing, wanted to explain.

Zhong Liying chuckled softly, "Alright, Yanyan, Brother Sun was just teasing you." She then turned to Sun Dasheng: "Stop teasing her, didn't you see her hands shaking with nerves?"

"Am I really that scary?" Sun Dasheng asked in surprise.

"I don't know, ask Yanyan."

"Yanyan, what do you think?"

"I... I'll go make tea for you two." Pan Yanyan, frightened, quickly fled to the door.

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