Dirk Carter smiled slightly and said, "Chief Magnus, I don't have many hobbies, sometimes I like to go to the county's song and dance troupe to listen to opera. I remember you're also an opera fan?"

It seemed he hinted at something obscure.

Magnus Linden stopped speaking.

Dirk Carter continued, "I wonder if Chief Magnus knows, our county's song and dance troupe has an opera class, and there's a starlet named Shelly Holloway in that class..."

"Enough, don't say anymore."

Dirk Carter still wanted to continue nagging.

Magnus Linden cut him off.

Dirk Carter gave a knowing smile.

He asked, "Chief Magnus, when can I get the materials I need?"

Magnus Linden, looking distressed, said, "In an hour, I'll have someone deliver it."

"Great, then thank you in advance, Chief Magnus. You've worked hard."

Dirk Carter patted him on the shoulder and got up to leave.

Leaving Magnus Linden in disarray.

What exactly did Dirk Carter mean with what he said?

This Magnus Linden, graduated from university in his twenties, then married a childhood sweetheart from his village.

A year or two later.

Magnus Linden passed the civil service exam, smoothly aced the written and interview tests, and joined the County Committee office.

Because of his relatively outstanding talent, he climbed from a low-level employee to today's head of the documentation department.

Magnus Linden originally had little worldly experience.

But once he reached the county town, he was dazzled by this glamorous world.

With his career advancement, Shelly Holloway from the song and dance troupe threw herself into his arms.

Over time, the two maintained a clandestine "relationship," which is also why Magnus didn't bring his wife and children over.

Few people generally knew this secret, but how did Dirk Carter find out?

Thinking about it made Magnus feel fearful.

He decided to have a clear conversation with Shelly Holloway tonight—if it doesn't work out, breaking up is also an option.

As usual.

Dirk Carter busied himself from morning till evening.

He had hoped to get off work on time.

Unexpectedly, a last-minute meeting came up.

By the time he finished, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.

Being a secretary is tough.

After a long and tiring day, Dirk Carter returned to his office to rest for a while. When he opened his eyes, it was already almost eleven.

Startled, he quickly gathered his things to go home.

Just as he locked the door and was about to leave.

A faint sound of a woman crying sent shivers down his spine.

This late at night, with the dark corridor, why was there the sound of a woman crying? Was it haunted?

Dirk Carter as quietly as possible moved towards the direction of the crying and took a few steps forward, turned a corner, and exhaled in relief when he saw that the documentation department light was still on, and that the crying was coming from there.

Dirk Carter composed himself.

As soon as he got near the door, the crying stopped abruptly.

Clearly, the person inside must have also heard his footsteps.

Peering in, he saw the slightly chubby girl from earlier, Elaine Nolan, still sitting at her desk, with a thick stack of documents in front of her.

"Hello, Secretary General Carter."

Elaine Nolan also noticed Dirk Carter.

Wiping away her tears, she said.

"Haven't you finished your work yet?"

Dirk Carter asked.

Elaine Nolan, with a disheartened look at the nearby documents, said, "Chief Magnus said I can't leave until I finish processing these materials today."

"How much more do you have left?"

Dirk Carter approached and asked.

Elaine Nolan sniffled.

She said, "I don't know, I doubt I'll finish it today."

Dirk Carter handed her a tissue and asked, "Are you new here?"

Elaine Nolan took the tissue, nodded, and said, "I started a day before you."

Oh, no wonder you seemed unfamiliar to me.

He thought for a moment and said, "You're being punished today partly because of me. Leave this work for now. If Magnus gives you trouble tomorrow, tell him I told you not to do it, okay?"

Elaine Nolan shook her head repeatedly.

She said, "Secretary Carter, I appreciate your kindness, but I have to do this work. I'm new here, and I don't want any trouble."

Quite obedient.

Dirk paused, then pulled the pen from her hand and put it in the pen holder.

He grabbed her hand and said, "Come on, listen to me."

And just like that.

Elaine Nolan was dragged out by Dirk Carter.

As they walked onto the main road.

It was clear that Elaine Nolan was still in a bad mood.

With a distressed face, she seemed quite worried.

"How about I buy you a late-night snack?"

Dirk Carter asked.

Elaine Nolan pouted and said, "No, I'm not hungry."

"Then... how about I buy you a drink?"

"I'm not thirsty."

"Then... can I give you a ride home?"

"I don't want to go home either."

Elaine Nolan rejected Dirk Carter's invitations three times in a row.

Seeing how upset she was.

Dirk Carter leaned in to her ear and said softly, "Have you heard the article saying that if a woman stays angry for a long time, she'll get wrinkles? And once they appear, no cosmetics can remove them."

Hearing this.

Elaine Nolan suddenly panicked.

She asked, "Is that true?"

Dirk Carter nodded and said, "Of course it's true. Look at those female leaders. Even though they use the best cosmetics, they clearly look older, it's because they always have to be angry, so they appear older."

"Then I don't want to be a leader in the future."

Elaine Nolan muttered.

Dirk Carter almost laughed at her words.

Being a leader isn't something you can just become if you want to.

Seeing that his coaxing was working.

Dirk Carter continued with the sweet-talk mode and said, "Right, you should stay calm. Look, you're so beautiful, with a great figure like a princess, how can you take those ordinary folks like Magnus seriously?"

Elaine Nolan looked down at herself.

She said mournfully, "But they all say I'm fat."

"You're not fat at all, you're voluptuous, you're chubby, which is the most alluring shape for a man, unlike those who are thin as a rail, with no meat on their butt, they bump against you and it's uncomfortable."

Dirk Carter said.

Elaine Nolan paused for a moment.

She asked, "If it feels uncomfortable, then why bump into them?"

Three lines of black appeared on Dirk Carter's forehead, feeling a bit awkward, he quickly explained, "I mean, if you accidentally bump into them, it's uncomfortable."

Elaine Nolan nodded as if she understood and said, "Oh, so you're saying bumping into me wouldn't feel uncomfortable, right?"

"Yes, yes, bumping into you doesn't feel uncomfortable, and it's even quite elastic."

Dirk Carter realized she didn't understand what he meant, so he had to begrudgingly admit it.

Elaine Nolan suddenly seemed to think of something.

She asked, "Then I have another question, I heard the men in the office secretly saying that people like me who are chubby are 'full of water,' what does 'full of water' mean?"

"Uh..."

Dirk Carter was speechless.

The men in the documentation department really had nothing better to do, clearly bullying the newbie.

After thinking for a while.

He said, "Isn't there a saying, women are made of water? When they say you're 'full of water,' they mean you look fresh and appealing, with more femininity."

"Oh~ so that's what it means. I thought they were calling me fat, didn't realize they were actually complimenting me."

Dirk Carter had seen naive people before.

But never someone as naive as Elaine Nolan.

Basically a blank slate.

"And the third question."

Elaine Nolan continued.

Dirk Carter felt his head swell.

Another question?

He sighed and said, "This is the last question, after you've asked it, can I take you for a late-night snack?"

"Sure."

Elaine Nolan replied.

Dirk Carter said, "Go ahead and ask."

Elaine Nolan thought for a moment and said, "They also said my body type is a 'natural gun carriage,' what does that mean?"

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