Zhang Te placed the fresh flowers aside and took an exquisite crystal vase to the restroom.
He turned on the faucet, creating the illusion of washing the vase, then quickly pulled out his phone and began typing messages.
Three minutes later, Zhang Te came out of the restroom carrying the vase filled two-thirds with water. He was about to unwrap the flower package and place the flowers in the vase when his phone suddenly rang from his pocket.
After replying to Lin Chen's message, Xia Wan'an, witnessing the scene, thought to help since she was idle anyway, "Zhang Te, you go ahead and take the call, I can handle this."
"Thank you, Miss Xia Wanwan," Zhang Te said as he wiped the water drops from his hands with a tissue, took out his phone, and answered, "What's wrong? Secretary Sun?"
"What? The Shanghai Branch has run into a sudden issue? Is it serious? Okay, I got it..."
