Chapter 40: A Gift to Reward You

"I, I'll get out of the car immediately."

Bai Shuruo opened the car door, but she hadn't unbuckled her seatbelt yet, so she turned back to unbuckle it; however, Han Yangting was also unbuckling it for her, and their hands touched, causing her to quickly pull her hand back.

In the end, he was the one who unbuckled the seatbelt.

"Thank you, Brother Han, I'm going to work now."

Bai Shuruo opened the car door and ran off as if fleeing.

After that day, Zhang Yuanyuan never openly looked for trouble with Bai Shuruo again, but ever since that day, she noticed that many people in the company looked at her strangely, as if she were some kind of weirdo.

Xiang Feifei told Bai Shuruo, "You're famous in the company now. Several people asked me if you married a rich old man. I asked around, and it must be a rumor started by Zhang Yuanyuan, but don't worry, I told them your husband is only in his 30s, not some old man."

Bai Shuruo: "..."

Not much of a difference.

Forget it, let them spread whatever they want; she just wants to focus on her work.

There was a new product review meeting this afternoon.

This kind of meeting is generally attended by Wei Zhuguan, the main designers, and people from the Engineering Department and the Export Department.

He Jian probably brought a few interns along to train them, but the interns could only listen from the sidelines.

At the meeting, they had a disagreement over an environmental issue regarding materials, because this new mobile phone was to be exported to Europe, and Europe is very strict about environmental safety issues; the phone's battery must meet a certain standard.

The salesperson did not have a deep understanding of this standard; his information usually came from the client.

Because of this, the salesperson would have to find the client to understand it again, but due to the time difference, the client might not be at work right now.

Wei Zhuguan was unhappy and complained, "We didn't even figure out such a critical question, yet you want us to hold a meeting; isn't this a waste of our time?"

The salesperson said, "Let's put this question aside for now and discuss the next one."

"Then won't we have to hold another meeting next time?"

"It's fine if we don't hold a meeting; I'll notify you directly."

"Then what if there's another question next time? If the standard doesn't work, wouldn't everything we discussed in today's meeting have to be vetoed?"

The salesperson was also annoyed: "I work hard running sales and bring back business for you; what's the harm in holding one more meeting? Besides, the client didn't explain it clearly, you can't blame the client, can you?"

"..." One word from you, one word from me, and they just started arguing like that.

The other interns looked at each other, while Bai Shuruo had been itching to act.

Damn it, at a critical moment, she was hesitating again!

If she spoke up rashly, would others think she was showing off?

But if she didn't speak up, wouldn't they just keep arguing?

After hesitating again and again, and thinking it over and over, she suddenly stood up, walked forward a few steps to behind Wei Zhuguan, gathered her courage, and tried to make her voice as loud as possible: "Wei Zhuguan, I know that European environmental standard!"

Wei Zhuguan turned his head and glanced at her, seemingly unable to believe it.

Everyone else was also looking at Bai Shuruo.

Bai Shuruo was nervous, but she expressed herself clearly: "Previously, Team Leader He Jian asked us to understand the parameters of this phone. I saw there were environmental requirements, but no specific standard, so I specifically went to check the standards in Europe on the external web..."

Bai Shuruo said the information she had seen; she remembered this standard clearly.

The salesperson from the Export Department heard this and immediately said, "That's right, that is the standard."

Wei Zhuguan also seemed satisfied and then said to the salesperson, "Look at that, even you, the business manager, didn't know, but our department's intern is clear about it; you need to reflect on yourself."

The salesperson said, "I'm mainly not sensitive to data; I'm not the one doing design and engineering."

In any case, the atmosphere was reconciled.

Bai Shuruo returned to her seat and saw Wei Zhuguan giving her a thumbs up.

This meant he was praising her, right?

That evening, Han Yangting "happened to be passing by" to pick up Bai Shuruo from work.

Seeing her in such a great mood, he couldn't help but ask, "What happy thing happened today?"

Bai Shuruo excitedly told him about the meeting and said proudly, "They didn't know this standard, only I knew it."

"Is that so..." Han Yangting paused, seemingly thinking about something, looking inscrutable.

"Brother Han, is there a problem?" Seeing him like this, Bai Shuruo became nervous, worried that she had committed some workplace taboo again.

Who knew he would change the subject: "You performed so well, I should reward you with a gift."

"Ah? Is that necessary?" Bai Shuruo was pleasantly surprised; she had just thought he was going to correct her.

"It is." He turned his head and smiled at her, his voice low and pleasant: "A problem the whole department didn't know, yet you knew; it shows you work very hard. If I were your leader, I would give you a raise directly, but since I'm not your leader, I can only reward you with a gift."

"Wh-what gift?" Bai Shuruo asked.

"A gift naturally cannot be told in advance; if I told you, there would be no surprise," Han Yangting said with a mysterious air.

Bai Shuruo was actually looking forward to it.

She was going to receive a gift again!

Returning home, Bai Shuruo went to take a shower as usual, while Han Yangting went to juice some fruit; tonight he was juicing pomelo and peach, which was the sweet and sour flavor she liked.

While juicing the fruit, he made a phone call to Ali.

Ali answered the phone and immediately rushed to the nearest mobile phone store.

At this hour, the clerk had already closed the shop door and was about to ride his electric scooter home; he didn't want to entertain Ali.

Ali was wearing a dirty work uniform tonight, smelling of barbecue, looking like he had just come from some construction site. As soon as he arrived, he said he wanted the latest model of fruit phone. The clerk wondered if he was a robber.

Seeing that he was actually being suspected, Ali immediately flashed his mobile payment code: "I'm really here to buy a phone for my boss's wife. If you don't believe me, take the money now. Whoever doesn't buy it is a coward!"

Seeing this, the clerk realized this person wasn't a robber, but a fool, and took the opportunity to raise the price: "The latest fruit phone, it's ten thousand yuan a unit."

"Isn't it 9859 yuan?"

"At this hour..."

"Forget it, you scan it."

The shop assistant scanned Ali's code with great enthusiasm, then went into the back to find the device.

Ali checked it over, saw that there were no issues with the phone, then had the shop assistant prepare the receipt and rushed to deliver it to Han Yangting's home.

"Thanks for your hard work." Han Yangting opened the door, took the phone, and with no intention of inviting Ali inside, closed the door directly.

Ali felt very aggrieved.

He was always doing these kinds of things, which didn't reflect his work capabilities at all; besides, there was roasted lamb chop at the construction site tonight, a whole lamb, and he had only eaten two bites before rushing over.

While taking the elevator down, his phone received a transfer notification from Han Yangting.

Aside from the 10,000 for the phone, there was an extra 666 yuan.

His mood improved instantly, so he quickly called his coworker, telling him to save a lamb leg for him, and that he would treat everyone to beer tonight.