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The moment Meng Shuyu slowly raised her head, Zhou Jun's gaze also slowly swept from the buzzing cell phone at her workstation to her face, which was vibrating even more than the cell phone.
The two lines of sight crossed in opposite directions through the flowing cold air, and a crackling fire exploded.
Meng Shuyu's remaining sleepiness disappeared in an instant, and he vaguely saw a hint of mocking smile in Zhou Jun's eyes.
It seems like an evaluation of her fishery management skills.
"… "
The phone stopped ringing and the only source of sound in the office also turned off its microphone.
Only the air outlet of the central air-conditioning above my head was still blowing out cold air as if nothing had happened, making people feel cold down their spines.
Meng Shuyu glanced at his colleagues who were waking up one after another, and stood up from the recliner with gritted teeth: "Boss Zhou, are you looking for me?"
Zhou Jun moved the phone from his ear and asked, "What do you think?"
… I said, you came here at a really bad time.
Meng Shuyu smiled dryly: "What do you want from me?"
"Check the email." Zhou Jun said these three words concisely, turned around and left the office.
Meng Shuyu subconsciously wanted to follow him and explain things to him. He took a step forward, but when he noticed the inquiring gazes beside him, he retracted his foot.
She turned around and smiled at Feng Yiming, who was confused the whole time, then brushed her hair off her forehead as if nothing had happened, turned on the tip of her shoes and walked back to her workstation.
Glancing down at the eye-catching note on the phone screen, Meng Shuyu closed his eyes and pressed the delete key heavily.
If I am guilty, please let the law punish me instead of letting my sister change a special note for my immediate boss as a spare tire, and then have my subordinates read it out in front of my boss.
Chen Xing, tell me the truth, have I offended you in any way
—Ten minutes later, Meng Shuyu, who had figured out the whole story, started typing away on the computer keyboard.
Then I received a screen full of “ha”s.
Chen Xing: You were so drunk that night, I saved the note in your phone because I was afraid you would lose it. But I didn’t know his name at the time, and I didn’t think about it later…
Meng Shuyu: Well, you didn’t remember that you were too busy following my melodramatic urban drama.
Chen Xing: Who said it wasn’t? You haven’t told me how he reacted. Was he mad to death
The printer not far away just stopped working at this moment.
Meng Shuyu minimized the WeChat interface, walked to the printer to take out the documents, confirmed the order while walking back, passed by Tang Xuanxuan's workstation, and picked up the stapler on her desk.
Tang Xuanxuan looked up at her and said in a low voice, "Sister Shuyu, is anyone doing something naughty again?"
"Um?"
"As soon as I woke up, I saw the same expression on Mr. Zhou's face as when he was stopped at the door this morning..."
Meng Shuyu paused in his binding action.
Her brain just froze for a moment, and she didn't quite catch Zhou Jun's expression. Now thinking back, maybe it was because she was always shocked when she met Zhou Jun, and every time she felt guilty, she spontaneously exaggerated his emotions.
But from the perspective of an outsider, Zhou Jun saw her in the same way as he saw the barrier pole in the morning—
It was like running into a low-level elementary school kid. It was quite funny and disgusting, but not to the point of getting angry. I just treated her as a joke and didn't take her seriously at all.
Fortunately, she didn't explain it just now, otherwise it would seem that she took herself too seriously...
Meng Shuyu frowned and glanced at the information in his hand, then handed it to Tang Xuanxuan: "Send the information that Mr. Zhou wants to him."
"good."
Tang Xuanxuan stood up and took it, and then heard Meng Shuyu add: "You can sit in the cubicle in Mr. Zhou's office this afternoon."
Zhou Jun's independent office comes with a cubicle.
Generally speaking, when Zhou Jun is in the office, there has to be someone sitting there.
Tang Xuanxuan saw Meng Shuyu buying office supplies there a few days ago and thought she planned to take charge of it herself.
Of course, Meng Shuyu is not always in the general manager's office, so it is normal for him to let the secretary take over when he is busy.
Tang Xuanxuan nodded and went to deliver the information.
Meng Shuyu sat back at his workstation and reopened the dialog box with Chen Xing: He doesn't seem to be angry when you ask this...
Chen Xing: Do you really want to be fired
Meng Shuyu:
Chen Xing: If he’s not angry, why do you look so regretful
Meng Shuyu: No, I was just thinking, wouldn’t a normal man be angry if he received such a comment
Chen Xing: Not all normal men should be angry, but all men who are interested in you should be angry.
Meng Shuyu: You are right.
Chen Xing: But what you said is not wrong, because a normal man will generally be interested in you after you throw yourself into his arms.
Chen Xing: So this man, well, is a little abnormal.
"… "
Meng Shuyu didn't think much about it at first, but after hearing what Chen Xing said, his mood became complicated.
Fortunately, Zhou Jun was quiet throughout the afternoon and did not come to see her again.
She was at her workstation preparing for tomorrow's business analysis meeting.
In the evening, as night falls, the sensor lights above the office automatically light up.
Meng Shuyu raised his head from a pile of data, blinked his sore eyes, picked up the cup and went to the tea room in the corridor.
When I was standing in front of the window of the tea room to stretch my cervical spine, I heard a familiar male voice behind me: "Shu Yu?"
Meng Shuyu turned around and saw Lin Shunzhi.
"Do you still remember this cervical spine exercise?" Lin Shunzhi walked in from outside with a smile.
Meng Shuyu's cervical spine, which had just been activated, stiffened.
Lin Shunzhi was the HR who recruited her into Moridao, the one she had a crush on but was eliminated because he ate a chicken leg.
However, when she first entered the workplace, considering the troubles of office romance, the ambiguity between her and Lin Shunzhi was a bit fake, and both of them were in a wait-and-see state of "retreat at any time if the situation is not right."
Later, Lin Shunzhi noticed her estrangement and naturally reduced his private contact with her.
They had never broken the window paper, so of course there was no rift between them. Three years had passed and the past was long gone. So when Meng Shuyu returned to Sendai this time and met him a few times, he didn't feel that there was any grudge between them.
Until this moment, Lin Shunzhi mentioned, "Do you still remember this cervical spine exercise?"
Meng Shuyu vaguely remembered that he seemed to have taught her this cervical spine exercise in private.
She just thought it was useful, so she kept using it. It had nothing to do with nostalgia.
Meng Shuyu concealed his stiffness and said with a smile, "I'm used to it. This exercise is also very popular in the headquarters."
Lin Shunzhi nodded and shook the file bag in his hand: "It's stamped. I'll send it to you."
"Thank you for coming here in person." Meng Shuyu put down his cup and took it.
"I'd like to confirm Mr. Zhou's schedule for next week. Does he have any other plans after the meeting tomorrow?"
Lin Shunzhi is the current human resources manager. Since the position of HR director is temporarily vacant, he is considered the top person in charge of HR and should attend tomorrow's high-level meeting.
However, the schedule for the September campus recruitment has already been finalized, and Lin Shunzhi has to go out on a field trip tomorrow, so he can only report to Zhou Jun at another time.
"Not yet. You can just come over at this time tomorrow. If there are any changes, I'll let you know in advance."
"Okay." Lin Shunzhi nodded, then he remembered something and waved at her, "By the way, let me remind you—"
Meng Shuyu took a step closer hesitantly: "What?"
"I don't think the meeting tomorrow will be peaceful," Lin Shunzhi lowered his head and whispered in her ear, "No one will smooth things over if I am not here as a neutral party. I don't think CEO Zhou is likely to step in directly, so you should just talk less and observe more. Don't confront those people in the supply chain, or you will be used as a punching bag."
"I know."
Meng Shuyu nodded, and suddenly heard footsteps outside the door. Turning back, he saw Zhou Jun passing by the corridor and glancing over here.
She had clearly done nothing wrong, but when she saw him look, the skin on the back of her neck tightened again.
After thanking Lin Shunzhi, Meng Shuyu immediately took the file bag and returned to the office.
Without waiting for her to sit down, Tang Xuanxuan hurried over and said, "Sister Shuyu, is Manager Lin off work?"
"I just came downstairs, it should be still here, what's wrong?"
"Boss Zhou asked me to ask Manager Lin to bring the report forward to tonight if it's convenient." Tang Xuanxuan walked to her workstation. "Then I'll call Manager Lin right away."
"Xuanxuan," Meng Shuyu thought for a moment and called her, "Mr. Zhou didn't mention me?"
"What?"
"I mean, he didn't ask me to stay and listen to the report?"
"Oh." Tang Xuanxuan showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.
Meng Shuyu waited for a long second.
"No."
"."
This report is also part of tomorrow's business analysis meeting and is completely within Meng Shuyu's job scope.
Meng Shuyu sat down silently, wondering what Zhou Jun meant by not calling her.
Does it mean that she must attend, or does it imply that she doesn't have to attend
Meng Shuyu felt a little regretful. He hadn't figured out his boss's working routine yet, but he had been in a "cold war" with Zhou Jun for a whole afternoon just because of a little embarrassment.
After Tang Xuanxuan confirmed Lin Shunzhi's time, Meng Shuyu hesitated for a while, but still walked to the door of Zhou Jun's office and rang the bell.
Two seconds later, the frosted double doors slowly moved open to both sides.
Behind the dark and shiny glass desk, Zhou Jun took off his suit jacket, wearing only a white shirt with the collar unbuttoned, and was looking down at a stack of documents.
It was the first time Meng Shuyu saw Zhou Jun, who was not so gloomy and serious. He was a little dazed at first sight.
An inappropriate sigh rang in her mind: How could every part of this man fit her aesthetic point perfectly like a mortise and tenon
Thinking about this, Meng Shuyu smiled and called out, "Boss Zhou."
Zhou Jun said "hmm" without even raising his head.
Looks very cold.
Meng Shuyu encouraged himself—
It's just that she made the scumbag woman more stable in front of Zhou Jun. This at least shows that she is a consistent person. Being consistent is always an advantage, right
Besides, she at least praised his long legs and how handsome he was. Shouldn't he be happy to be praised
Meng Shuyu stepped forward and said, "Manager Lin has no problem with the time. Do you think I can also listen to the HR situation later?"
"Listen if you want."
Meng Shuyu tried hard to ignore Zhou Jun's implicit meaning of "it doesn't matter whether you listen or not" and shamelessly wanted to say yes, but he raised his head and continued the second half of the sentence: "But-"
"Um?"
"I hope Assistant Meng can remain professional and not treat the workplace as your hunting ground."
"… "
Meng Shuyu followed Zhou Jun out of the office with a lot of anger in his heart.
Having worked in the workplace for more than three years, she has taken blame before, but she has never felt so speechless.
The moment she realized that Zhou Jun had misunderstood something, Meng Shuyu felt that if she wasn't so healthy, she would have a heart attack in front of him.
She thought about it over and over but couldn't figure out who was wrong about what happened in the tea room.
As a senior, Lin Shunzhi gave her some advice on survival tips in the workplace. What's the problem
As a junior, she saw a senior waving at her and took a step closer. What's the problem
Zhou Jun just saw her whispering to Lin Shunzhi close to each other, so he put on tinted glasses and concluded that she was "fishing". Is there something wrong with that
There's something wrong with him!
Moreover, Meng Shuyu suspected that Zhou Jun's warning was a double entendre, and was meant to remind her not to harbor any fantasies of hunting him as her superior.
Meng Shuyu followed Zhou Jun expressionlessly, staring at his back all the way from the office building to the cafeteria, as if he wanted to gouge a hole in his flawless white shirt.
Because it was time for lunch, Zhou Jun wanted to ask Lin Shunzhi to have a quick meal together and then make a report after that.
When the two of them arrived at the private room on the third floor of the cafeteria, Lin Shunzhi was already waiting inside. When he saw Zhou Jun, he immediately stood up and pulled open the main seat: "Mr. Zhou, please come this way."
Zhou Jun nodded and walked forward.
Lin Shunzhi came over again to pull the chair for Meng Shuyu.
Meng Shuyu quietly dodged, pulled out the chair, turned around and gestured to Lin Shunzhi, "Manager Lin, please sit down too."
"Okay." Lin Shunzhi withdrew his hand that was suspended in the air and went to the opposite side of Meng Shuyu.
Zhou Jun sat down in the main seat, picked up the hot towel at hand, and wiped his hands slowly.
"The cafeteria didn't have time to prepare many dishes. These are just ordinary employee meals. You can just eat them, Mr. Zhou." Meng Shuyu gestured to Zhou Jun at the eight dishes on the round table.
Zhou Jun nodded and picked up his chopsticks. He glanced at the plate of braised chicken legs in front of him, which had a strong staff meal flavor. A female voice that had been in the air for some time sounded faintly in his ears.
There is also the HR in our company, who is knowledgeable and has a broad vision. He was especially gentle to me during the interview, and also took good care of me after I joined the company. Every time he talked to me, my heart started beating fast. It seemed that the deal was about to be concluded, so one day after the meeting at noon, he treated me to a simple meal. When I saw him gnawing on a chicken leg, my girlish heart died again!
Meng Shuyu didn't know what Zhou Jun was thinking about, so he went to greet Lin Shunzhi: "Manager Lin, I apologize for the poor hospitality."
"Assistant Meng is very polite and thoughtful." Lin Shunzhi picked up the empty bowl beside him and asked Zhou Jun, "Mr. Zhou, would you like some soup? I'll serve you a bowl."
Zhou Jun raised his hand to block it: "No need, Manager Lin, just do as you please."
Lin Shunzhi nodded, scooped up the soup, filled a bowl and handed it to Meng Shuyu sitting opposite him.
Meng Shuyu's chopsticks, which were picking up bamboo shoots, stopped at the edge of the plate.
With a crazy storm in his mind, Meng Shuyu also raised his hand to block it like Zhou Jun, and said with a smile: "There is no gender in the workplace. Manager Lin, please don't treat me specially. Just drink it yourself."
After saying that, he looked at Zhou Jun seriously.
Zhou Jun looked back at her and raised his eyebrows lightly.
Lin Shunzhi looked at the two of them and withdrew his hand again.
Finally, he could eat his meal in peace. Meng Shuyu picked up some bamboo shoots with the serving chopsticks and put them into the bowl. He lowered his head and took a few bites. Then he noticed a thin and long hand in his peripheral vision.
When she looked up, she saw Zhou Jun skipping over two plates of food and picking up the plate of bamboo shoots in front of her.
Meng Shuyu was used to seeing this, so even though he was angry, he instinctively turned the turntable and placed the plate of bamboo shoots in front of Zhou Jun.
"What did you ask Manager Lin to eat?" Zhou Jun said to Meng Shuyu.
Meng Shuyu was stunned and looked towards Lin Shunzhi, and found that there was a plate of braised chicken legs in front of him.
For a moment, the heartbreaking scene of Lin Shunzhi gnawing on the chicken leg reappeared in her mind.
Lin Shunzhi, who was caught off guard, tried to smooth things over: "It's okay, I just happen to like eating chicken legs."
Zhou Jun glanced at Lin Shunzhi and said, "That's right. Then you should eat more."