Chapter 120 You Country Bumpkin


    "Help me, Mark. If anyone could find a way to make me an employee of the Gu Consortium, it would be


    you." Grabbing her elder brother''s hand, Tina begged with the "puppy eyes" look and with no intention


    of giving up before Mark agreed.


    And she saw her brother shake his head and heard him say inly "no".


    ''Jacob never had any interest in Tina, '' Mark thought, ''and even my family is nothingpared to his. It


    is impossible for Tina to have any position in the Gu Consortium.''


    "My dear brother," stamping her feet on the floor, Tina''s face turned red with anger. But after thinking


    for a while, she wrapped her arms around Mark''s neck and hanged on tightly. "You are the sweetest!


    And I''m sure you will help, I know! You are my best brother!".


    Tina said, looking at Mark. With eyes sparkling with great expectation, she waited for his reply.


    Stared by his sister in such a lovely manner, Mark finally gave up. After all, he had always indulged his


    little sister since childhood; even if Tina asked him for the stars, he would try his all and get them for


    her. And all in all, bing an employee of the Gu Consortium was nothingpared to picking the


    stars. It will be much easier. So he promised her,"Okay, I will figure it out how to get you in."


    "I knew it! I just can''t wait to hear the good news!" with a good mood again, Tina detached herself


    smoothly from her brother''s neck and walked off, while humming a tune


    Staring at the ce where she had been, Mark shook his head and sighed, covering again the strange


    affection in his eyes.


    As a man of his word, Mark would, of course, keep his promise. So without any dy he paid a visit to


    the Gu''s mansion. There, Mark tried hard to persuade old Mr. Gu and in the end softened his attitude


    and let Tina had a chance to get a job in the Gu Consortium for the sake of "creating more


    opportunities for Jacob and Tina to develop a romantic rtionship".


    After all, it was also the anticipation of Mr. Gu to unite the two powerful families by marriage. Mark''s


    proposal gave him a thinking that it was a great opportunity to start his agenda.


    The next morning, Tina woke up early with so much energy and registered in thepany as she was


    overjoyed that finally she got what she really wanted. Since she was arranged into thepany by old


    Mr. Gu himself, no one dared to give her cold shoulder.


    But as soon as she was finished with her registration, whispers were fast spread in thepany.


    "If I''m not mistaken, our new manager was the elder daughter of Tao family. What brings her here?"


    "You bet! She must havee here for Mr. Jacob. Don''t you know that sooner orter, she will marry


    him? By the way, I''ve heard that she was a bad-tempered girl. So we''d better watch out and be


    careful."


    "But...What about Mr. Jacob''s assistant Ms. Emily? She even shared an office with Mr. Jacob, right?."


    "I bet she was just one of Mr. Jacob''s lovers. All in all, no matter how much she was being spoiled by


    Mr. Jacob, she would definitely have no chance to marry him. To tell you the truth. I think Mr. Jacob and


    Ms. Tina looks like a perfect couple since their families are fairly well matched. Don''t you think?."


    The whispers suddenly stopped when Emily walked by; she saw the two girls standing there


    awkwardly, pretending like there was nothing wrong.


    After Emily passed through them, pretending not to hear them, she heard the whispers once again, in a


    caustic tone.


    "That''s right! She was just an assistant. It won''t take long before Mr. Jacob lose interest with her."


    Emily bit her lip in hearing the whispers, and walked into the office. She didn''t find Jacob there because


    he was out for business.


    The whispers, which still echoed in her mind, made her wonder if what the girls said about Tina was


    true. ''Will Tina marry Jacob?''


    then her thoughts were interrupted by a sudden knock on the door by someone.


    Emily stood up from her seat and walked to the door. As soon as she opened it, she was stunned to


    find a girl, for thest person she ever wanted to see, stood before her.


    And Tina, who also took Emily as thest person she wanted to meet, scowled at Emily when she


    opened the door, and asked sarcastically,"Why are you here?"


    She had heard of the rumors that Jacob was sharing an office with Emily. But she never expected that


    it was true! ''How long had they been working together in such a private room that no one else could


    disturbing them?''


    Just the thought of it made Tina extremely jealous of her.


    Emily looked directly into Tina''s eyes; with no emotion at all in her eyes she said,"Well. Because this is


    also my office."


    "You are not a match for him! Aren''t you ashamed of sharing his office? Where is Jacob?" Giving Emily


    a dirty look, Tina pushed her away, walked directly into the office and yelled,"Jacob, I..."


    But there was no one in the office.


    "Mr. Jacob is out doing some business. So you won''t find him here," Emily said politely, following Tina


    into the office. After all, Tina was the elder daughter of Tao family, a regr employee of thepany,This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    and more importantly, the future bride of Jacob—though it could be just a rumor and not yet confirmed.


    All in all, although Emily didn''t like Tina at all, she had to pretend to be polite in dealing with her.


    However, if Tina always found fault with her, she won''t just sit around and let her bully her.


    Disappointed and dejected, Tina threw herself into Jacob''s seat leisurely and murmured,"How long do I


    have to wait before hees back?".


    Emily lowered her head, saying nothing at Tina''s question.


    Tina, however, never gave up a chance to taunt Emily. With eyes sparkling full of contempt, Tina


    asked,"You look stupid and numb you know?. What else can you do besides designing a jewelry?


    There is nothing you can do to help Jacob at all. And I guess you could only make everything worse."


    Tina jeered at Emily,pletely forgetting that she was the one who actually had nothing to do in this


    company, nor with Jacob at all; since she was designated to be here by old Mr. Gu, the only thing she


    had to do was to punch her time-card twice a day. And that''s it. Nothing else.


    To her surprise, Emily didn''t contradict her and just listened to her tease, because Emily believed that


    she did make a lot of trouble for Jacob.


    ''Has the cat got her tongue?'' Tina was annoyed by Emily''s attitude and felt that she was offended by


    such gesture of not answering her, as silent protest.


    "Go and get me a cup of coffee, now."


    Before Emily could opened her mouth, Tina interrupted her all at once, as if she already knew what


    Emily would say. "As an assistant, you are very lucky and should feel honored to prepare me a cup of


    coffee!"


    "But I am Mr. Jacob''s assistant, not yours."


    "Even so, since Mr. Jacob is not in his office, as his assistant, should you not receive his guests for him


    and serve them? Well, I guess you have an unclear idea of what to do as an assistant. You country


    bumpkin!" By saying so, Tina finally felt that she gained the upper hand.


    Tina''s words shortened Emily''s patience to silence. She couldn''t do anything but leave and prepare the


    coffee for Tina. As to what Tina said about her, she could also do nothing but just ignore it.


    ''Anyway, a pampered girl like Tina couldn''t think of anything more terrible to curse me than


    "bitch","nothing","country bumpkin" or something alike. Compared to those days when I was hurled


    abuse by Rose, Tina''s words were nothing at all, '' Emily consoled herself.


    Pleased and satisfied, Tina watched Emily walking towards the coffee maker, followed her and was so


    fussy about the way Emily made coffee.


    However, in the end, Tina was disappointed because Emily made the coffee with great patience and


    seemed that she was not distracted at all by Tina.


    Tina rolled her eyes, and suddenly her face turned bright by a new idea.


    "Emily, do you know that my family and the Gu family will unite in marriage one day? That is to say, my


    marriage with Jacob is by destiny, whether he likes it or not."


    "Even if Jacob fancies you, you would never be married into his house in an open manner, let alone


    have any child with him. You are not a wife for him; as I say, he will only have one legal wife—me.


    Plus, how long will his love for you endure?"


    "Ms. Tina, your coffee is ready. What else can I do for you?" Emily suddenly raised her head and asked


    with chilly politeness, as if she didn''t heard even a single word from Tina. However, deep in her heart,


    with every word Tina said, thousands of thorns were piercing through her.


    She was hurt, struck dumb and knocked over, because she knew that what Tina said was all true..