This isn't quite answering Zhu Xuan's question, but it seems to explain everything.
Zhu Xuan's eyes widened, unable to be surprised by the high salary as she quickly found the core issue: "So... does Mr. Zhou want to, like... keep me?"
Is that what it means?
Is she overthinking it?
But it really seems like it!
Annoying, she originally thought it was a legitimate guidance, didn't expect it to be about this!
...
Secretary Xu quickly shook his head: "Miss Zhu, don't get the wrong idea, it's the 21st century, how could we have such unethical contracts?"
"What we're discussing now is a legitimate business contract."
"Of course, during the execution, if Party A and Party B develop a romantic relationship due to long-term interaction, it would be only natural, wouldn't it?"
— Only natural, my foot!
Zhu Xuan's eyebrows shot up, wanting to simply grab her bag and leave.
However, Secretary Xu was quite skillful:
