The Secretary

阿蛮Jul 2025

3.0

Word count: 243K words
Chapters: 48

Report an error Find this book

Summary

Gentle, scheming Director Xie Ning vs. beautiful, clever secretary Wei Wan

Xie Ning is a born politician who can always turn things around at critical moments. Wei Wan is clever and quick-witted, highly capable at work, and skilled at reading her superior's mind. The two unexpectedly get a chance to go on a business trip together...

Xie Ning: How could I not like you? I love you.

Editor's review

Secretary places its story in the workplace relationship between Director Xie Ning and secretary Wei Wan, using a shared business trip to gradually break down the restrained distance between superior and subordinate. Xie Ning is portrayed as a "born politician" skilled at turning situations around at critical moments; Wei Wan is clever, quick-witted, highly capable, and adept at reading her superior's mind. One is gentle yet scheming, the other beautiful and intelligent, and the character setup itself carries tension. The appeal lies not in a grand panorama of office politics but in the subtle push and pull between power relations and emotional closeness: who is testing, who is yielding, and who is first to say "I love you." The narration is light and dialogue-driven, suited to reading in installments on the commute or before bed. Readers who enjoy emotional stories with a workplace backdrop and the psychological games between characters will read smoothly; those expecting serious realist bureaucracy or a full workplace ecosystem should adjust their expectations.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers who enjoy workplace-set emotional stories and value character tension
Romance readers interested in the testing and approach between superior and subordinate
Readers who prefer light narration suited to reading in installments on the commute
Readers who like clever, quick-witted heroines and scheming heroes

Not a good fit for

Readers expecting serious realist bureaucracy and a full workplace ecosystem
Readers who do not accept superior-subordinate romance setups
Those who prefer slow-burn literary narration and dislike light dialogue-driven prose

Reading tips

Note the subtext in every exchange between Xie Ning and Wei Wan, marking who is testing and who is yielding.
Read the relationship's changes before and after the business trip in stages, observing how the distance shortens step by step.
Pause at the key confession and recall which earlier details laid the groundwork for that line.
Read in sections during the commute, one or two chapters at a time, to keep the psychological games fresh.

版权信息
第一章
第二章
第三章
第四章
第五章
第六章
第七章
第八章
第九章
第十章
第十一章
第十二章
第十三章
第十四章
第十五章
第十六章
第十七章
第十八章
第十九章
第二十章
第二十一章
第二十二章
第二十三章
第二十四章
第二十五章
第二十六章
第二十七章
第二十八章
第二十九章
第三十章
第三十一章
第三十二章
第三十三章
第三十四章
第三十五章
第三十六章
第三十七章
第三十八章
第三十九章
第四十章
第四十一章
第四十二章
第四十三章
第四十四章
第四十五章
第四十六章
第四十七章

FAQ

I've never read workplace romance. Can I start with this one?

Yes. The story revolves around the relationship between Xie Ning and Wei Wan, with the core being their testing and approach within workplace distance; it does not depend on complex background knowledge. As long as you accept the superior-subordinate setup, you can follow the dialogue and plot into the story.

Does the relationship between Xie Ning and Wei Wan develop suddenly?

From the available material, a shared business trip creates the opportunity for their relationship to change, and there is already groundwork from their prior work as superior and subordinate. While reading, note the sense of propriety in their exchanges before the trip; those details are the foundation for their later closeness.

What setting is this book suitable for reading in?

The narration is light and dialogue-driven, suited to reading in installments on the commute, during lunch breaks, or before bed. One or two chapters at a time lets you keep up with the rhythm of the psychological games without losing the thread when you stop.

Comments

Find this book

This site is an index: you start “Search all sources” in your browser, and the entries it lists all point to third-party sites; please judge their availability yourself.

About the author

阿蛮 Author

A Man is an author about whom little public information is available; four of this author's works are currently held in the collection, namely Secretary, Ten Volumes of Jialing, Mr. Waterloo, and When Will You Return. Judging from these titles, A Man's writing spans modern romance and prose miscellany, and the subject matter is by no means uniform: Secretary points toward urban workplace life and emotional relationships, Ten Volumes of Jialing carries a flavor of regional scenery and familiar essays, while Mr. Waterloo and When Will You Return suggest, from their titles alone, an orientation toward storytelling and character portrayal. Though the number of works is modest, the author moves with ease among different genres, showing attention to everyday experience and emotional detail. Because dates of birth and death, nationality, education, and writing career are not clearly recorded, this introduction makes no speculation and merely sketches the author's writing profile on the basis of the existing bibliography.