Early on Wednesday morning, Xu Xinghe rejected Ling Changfeng's proposal to send him to work, changed into his royal blue Phantom S-86 after a long absence, and drove to Fangzhou to work in person.
When he landed in the parking lot, he deliberately chose an inconspicuous corner to park, then got out of the car wearing a black sun hat, and walked quickly into the office building without turning his eyes.
Even though he had tried his best to keep a low profile and didn't want to draw attention, from the moment he entered the elevator, he could still feel all kinds of eyes around him, falling on him one after another.
When stepping into the lobby of the Ministry of Science and Technology on the 36th floor, the hall was quiet for a moment.
As Xu Xinghe went straight across the hall and walked into his office, people started whispering again.
"Why is Team Leader Xu here?"
"Didn't I tell you that he was not pregnant? Of course he came to work if he was not pregnant."
"Then why did you ask for leave yesterday? He was full attendance last year, and he never took a day off!"
"Sick leave, how normal is it for someone to be sick?"
"But... looking at the way Team Leader Xu walked with the wind just now, it doesn't look like he's sick."
As soon as Xu Xinghe entered the office, before he had time to take off his coat, there was a bluffing sound from behind——
"Team leader!"
"Leader, you are here!"
Ajia and Ryan rushed into the office scrambling.
Xu Xinghe jumped up at the temples, put his coat on the hanger, then pointed at the door, and said without turning his head: "Go out."
"I don't!" Ajia leaned closer, looking at Xu Xinghe with her big eyes without blinking, "How do you feel now? Are you feeling better?"
"I..." Xu Xinghe originally wanted to say "I'm fine", but after thinking about it, yesterday's sick leave is unjustifiable, so he said vaguely: "It's much better."
Ryan on the side asked: "What's wrong with you, team leader? Wasn't your body always strong? Why did you suddenly get sick?"
Xu Xinghe didn't know how to explain for a while to shut their mouths of curious questions, so he pretended to be irritated and said, "What's wrong with being sick? Have you never seen anyone get sick? What are you going to do now!"
Then, as if he suddenly thought of something, his black eyes slanted: "How did your investigation work go yesterday?"
"..."
"..."
"Let's do it!!"
The two left in despair, and Xu Xinghe's office finally became quiet. He sat down on the large office chair, poured a cup of coffee, and began to deal with the accumulated work from yesterday.
At ten fifteen in the morning, the pre-set alarm rang.
Only then did Xu Xinghe realize that it was time to report to Boss Liang.
Liang Shilei, the person in charge of Ark's technology department, is 67 years old this year. He has a Ph.D. in the Department of Computer Science of Capital University. People in their department jokingly call him Mr. Liang and Mr. Liang.
Since Xu Xinghe entered the ark, he has received a lot of care and appreciation from Liang Shilei.
At the beginning of this year, Liang Shilei tried his best to overcome all opinions and promoted Xu Xinghe to be the leader of the sixth team. Therefore, Xu Xinghe also had gratitude and respect for him.
Because of this, when he thought of Ling Changfeng hanging up the phone yesterday morning, he felt bad.
After struggling for a long time, he finally had to get up from his seat and walked to Mr. Liang's office with the documents in his arms.
Taking a deep breath, he knocked on the door.
"Please come in." Boss Liang's voice came from inside.
Although he is nearly seventy years old, Mr. Liang still looks energetic, but at this moment, he is sitting behind the desk, looking at Xu Xinghe with a complicated expression.
"Are you feeling better?" Liang Shilei asked.
Xu Xinghe touched his nose, nodded and said, "I'm fine."
Mr. Liang was silent for a while, and said, "I have no intention of inquiring into your personal affairs, but from the perspective of personnel transfer and work arrangements, I still want to ask... Xinghe, do you plan to get pregnant in the near future?"
Xu Xinghe was stunned: "Huh?"
He froze for a long time before stammering: "No, no, of course not! Why do you think so?"
Mr. Liang said kindly, "First of all, I don't mean to object to your pregnancy by asking this question. On the contrary, if you..."
"No if!" It was a rare time for Xu Xinghe to directly think about what his boss said, and under Mr. Liang's astonished gaze, he repeated it with a slightly red ear tip: "There is no if, there is no way I could have conceived."
He and Ling Changfeng have never been husband and wife at all, it is a ghost to be able to conceive!
But it's not easy for him to say something that clearly violates the mastermind's regulations. He can only express his position in front of Mr. Liang: "At present, I focus on work and have no other plans for the time being."
Mr. Liang looked at Xu Xinghe earnestly, and said softly: "Young people, you can't just think about work. And this matter... This kind of thing is usually out of your control..."
Xu Xinghe: "..."
He never expected that Mr. Liang, who has always been concise and quick in his actions, would have such a nagging day.
Pulling him to chat, chatting for a long time before finally getting to the point, and started the work report.
When he finally came out of Mr. Liang's office, it was already half past eleven noon, half an hour later than expected.
After a busy morning, it was time for lunch.
Xu Xinghe returned to his office, took out the bento he brought with him, spread out the tablecloth, and started today's lunch.
Halfway through the meal, there was a knock on the office door.
Xu Xinghe was slightly taken aback, then raised his head as if feeling something: "Please come in."
The door was pushed open, and it was indeed Gu Nai who came in.
"Good afternoon." The young man in a light blue plaid shirt entered with a smile on his face. His dark brown eyes behind the glasses quietly looked at Xu Xinghe, and then he said softly: "Xu Xinghe Why did the team leader eat so late today? How about I come back later and not disturb you for lunch. "
"No, I'm almost finished eating." Xu Xinghe said so, but the chopsticks didn't stop, and continued to clean up the mess, while raising his hand to Gu Nai: "Sit down, why are you here?"
Gu Nai sat down opposite him and asked, "How is Team Leader Xu?"
Countless people have already asked Xu Xinghe this question this morning, and he replied while eating: "It's okay."
Gu Nai smiled lightly and said, "I heard that Team Leader Xu is on sick leave, so I stopped by to have a look. What kind of illness did Team Leader Xu suddenly get sick?"
Xu Xinghe: "..."
He was at a loss for words for a while, and then he made up a nonsense: "I have a fever, it's not a big deal, I've come to work now."
Gu Nai nodded: "That's good, have you taken any medicine?"
"No, I usually don't take medicine for minor illnesses, and I'll be fine after a night of sleep."
"Well, when you catch a cold, drink plenty of water and rest more." Gu Nai said, and glanced at Xu Xinghe's lunch box, "Don't eat too greasy, it's easy to indigestion."
Xu Xinghe: "..."
Hearing Gu Nai's care, he always felt a little awkward.
This kind of behavior of Gu Nai may not be enough to say that he is asking for warmth, but if he only talks about caring among colleagues, it is a bit too enthusiastic.
The two hadn't known each other for long, so they asked him to drink more water and rest more... It's weird.
Xu Xinghe was silent for a moment, put down the chopsticks in his hand, and wiped his mouth.
But before he could say anything, Gu Nai, who had been watching him all the time, suddenly smiled, and stood up first: "Okay, I just stopped by to see Team Leader Xu. Recently, the three groups have a lot of work, so I'll start I'm going back, see you next time."
Xu Xinghe was stunned for a moment, he couldn't say anything more, so he stood up and sent him off: "Go slowly."
"By the way." Walking to the door, Gu Nai suddenly turned around and said, "Leader Conrad mentioned this morning that the three groups may need the assistance of six groups for the latest Thunder engine development project, and he should go to Mr. Liang in the afternoon of."
"Oh, have you encountered any problems in the development of the Thunderbolt engine?" Xu Xinghe had also heard a little about the big project that the third team was in charge of recently.
Gu Nai shrugged: "There are no major problems, but there are many small problems. The main reason is that the Langton Star government plans to update their city brain system before the end of the year, so the development of a new generation of Thunder engine is imminent. Recently, the three groups have been working overtime. Working on this, but still too busy. However, Mr. Liang said that as long as the operation can be completed before the deadline, we will be granted a special three-day vacation."
Xu Xinghe nodded: "That's not a loss, I'll wait for Mr. Liang's official notice."
In the afternoon, the sixth team was indeed notified to assist the third team to complete the development of the Thunder engine.
A large number of new jobs were dropped at once, which made Xu Xinghe feel excited because of hard work for a long time while he was busy. He worked overtime in one breath until after 11 o'clock in the evening before returning home.
It happened that Ling Changfeng also had something to do today, so he sent an email in advance and said he would not come back.
So after Xu Xinghe returned home, he took a shower and fell asleep, and the day passed like this.
In the early morning of the next day, when he stepped into the office building again, he inadvertently made eye contact with several colleagues, and felt that the way some people looked at him had changed again.
It has become a little indescribably subtle.
Xu Xinghe walked into his office with a puzzled expression on his face.
While pouring the coffee, Ajia walked in slowly, seeing Xu Xinghe, hesitated to speak.
Xu Xinghe poured the coffee, leaned back on the seat, looked at Ajia and asked, "What's the matter?"
Ajia struggled again and again, but still whispered: "Leader, there is a trivial and ridiculous incident. I don't know if I should let you know... I'm afraid it will affect your mood if I say it. If I don't say it, I'm afraid things will rot go down."
Xu Xinghe took a sip of his coffee, raised his head and said, "Tell me."
Ajia thought about it and said, "On our internal boating forum, a post suddenly popped up last night, saying that you and the new intern from the three groups... are quite close."
Xingzhou Forum is an anonymous forum for employees within Ark. It was originally made anonymous so that everyone can speak freely and freely give feedback on unreasonable phenomena in the department or problems in work. However, over time, it is inevitable that some unscrupulous Here comes the gossip post.
Team leader Xu was at a loss after hearing this: "What? The intern in the third group? Just kidding, I haven't even seen him before."
"Uh..." Ajia's expression was a bit perplexed when he heard him say this, "Leader, although I know there must be no problem between you, it's the 24K pure SB poster who spread rumors... But you should have seen him."
Xu Xinghe frowned: "Why do you say that?"
Ajia opened the boating forum, clicked on the post floating on the front page, and said bravely, "There are photos."
Click on the photo, and it is a picture of two big heads coming together.
The two were at the desk, they didn't know what they were discussing, their heads were almost pressed together, and at first glance, they seemed intimate.
Xu Xinghe was stunned, staring in disbelief at another young man in a plaid shirt in the photo.
The voice was a little dry: "He—"
Pointing to Gu Nai in the photo, "Three groups of new interns?"
"That's right." Ajia nodded, "His name is Gu Nai, and he is that legendary relationship."
Xu Xinghe: "..."
He put down his coffee and said with a blank expression: "This is a photo of me going to the three groups yesterday afternoon, and I was discussing I/O acceleration with them at the time."
It's ridiculous to say that even in a small meeting between colleagues, there are always moments of whispering, let alone discussing issues with concentration, and getting closer is called "intimate contact"
Xu Xinghe glanced at the content of the poster's speech, and grabbed such a scene to go online. The words clearly implied that he was cuckolding Ling Changfeng.
He scrolled down, and there were not only photos of his conversation with Gu Nai yesterday afternoon in the post, but also a photo of the time the two met in a convenience store. In the photo, the two were walking side by side. The so-called "intimate relationship" was It is well described.
"Who took this picture? He pays so much attention to his father and me." Xu Xinghe clicked his tongue, scrolled down and replied—
Floor 3: [What can you tell from just these two pictures? The landlord is really afraid that the world will not be chaotic]
Floor 4: [Improbable, who dares to pry the Marshal's corner? Even if that intern is a related household, the relationship is no bigger than Marshal Ling]
Floor 6: [That's right, didn't you say that Marshal Ling and Team Leader Xu have a good relationship? I personally helped ask for leave yesterday]
7th Floor: [But I heard that the intern applied to be transferred to the sixth group, but then he didn’t change again for some reason]
Floor 13: [Fuck, is it true? Don't go to a big group like three groups, go to six groups? ? ]
Floor 15: [Speaking of which, I seem to have seen Gu Nai come out of Team Leader Xu's office that day... ]
Floor 18: [Eat melons and eat melons]
Seeing this, Xu Xinghe paused with his fingertips. Gu Nai had applied for a team change
Floor 27: [It seems that our team leader Xu is not only capable of technology, but also of mental means]
Floor 35: [Although but... No one found out that the poster was secretly filming? ? ]
Floor 36: [Yes, the host is really scary, I hope I don’t have such colleagues around me]
Floor 50: [It's all gone, what is there to discuss about this kind of speculation? ]
Floor 58: [Please, what's wrong with colleagues getting together to discuss a problem? ? This was photographed and framed on the forum? Does the owner have any mental illness? Or just plain bored? In addition, have you forgotten that it is not allowed to take pictures inside the ark! I reported this post! Do it yourself! ]
Xu Xinghe took a cursory look at the posts. Some of the posts defended him and scolded the poster for being uneasy and kind, while others took the opportunity to sneer and sneer and fear that the world would not be chaotic.
Xu Xinghe chuckled, raised his head and asked Ajia, "Is this the 58th floor you?"
Ajia leaned over to take a look: "This should be Ryan, and the one below scolding the host for reading pictures and writing is me!"
Xu Xinghe: "..."
He glanced at Ajia's posting time, and raised his eyebrows: "It's twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, you don't sleep, why are you arguing with people on the forum?"
Ajia said angrily: "Because some people are really hateful! I'm sure P wouldn't dare to put one in front of you, so I just know how to rant on the anonymous forum."
As he spoke, he raised his head and glanced at the calm Xu Xinghe: "Team leader, aren't you angry?"
"What's the use of being angry." Xu Xinghe rubbed his chin, looked at the picture in the post thoughtfully, then raised his hand to pat Ajia's head, got up and said, "Go to work obediently, I'll go look for it Mr. Liang."
It's not the official time for work yet, but Mr. Liang always comes early. When Xu Xinghe went to knock on the door, he was sitting at the desk, frowning and looking at his smartphone.
Seeing that Xu Xinghe came to him at this time, he couldn't help being surprised, turned off the screen and said, "Xinghe, what's the matter?"
Xu Xinghe stood still in front of Mr. Liang's desk, and asked straight to the point: "Mr. Liang, isn't the research and development of Thunder Engine this time an S-level confidential project?"
Liang Shilei nodded: "Of course, you just signed the non-disclosure agreement yesterday, what's wrong?"
Team leader Xu went straight to the topic: "I was secretly photographed yesterday afternoon when I was discussing the core performance of IOPS in the three groups. At that time, the table was covered with confidential information. The person who secretly photographed was suspected of first-level leaking." After a pause, he said calmly. : "It is recommended to investigate the relevant responsibilities."