Chapter 1523: New Task, New Challenges

But someone asked, "Xiao Wang, your spirits aren't very high, are they?"

"Mm, it feels a bit noisy."

With a single sentence, Wang Sinian left the other person speechless.

The atmosphere was also awkward.

Fortunately, someone stepped in to mediate: "We've been chatting for a while, everyone should get back to work."

Hearing this, the people in the office went back to their own tasks.

Xu Xiaoxiao tilted her head and sized up Wang Sinian.

Suddenly, Wang Sinian looked up at Xu Xiaoxiao.

The two people's gazes met just like that.

This startled Xu Xiaoxiao, who lowered her head and pretended to be busy.

When she looked over again, Wang Sinian was already slumped there sleeping.

Hmm... something is not right!

But what does that have to do with her?

Xu Xiaoxiao suppressed her curiosity and began to get busy.

And in the gaps of her busyness, Xu Xiaoxiao would also flip through a cookbook.

Her level of culinary skill... was like a low-lying basin; even with effort, there wasn't much progress.

So she prepared to learn some essence from the cookbook, hoping it could help her.

And just as Xu Xiaoxiao was multitasking, the director walked in and patted her on the shoulder: "Xiao Xu, come here for a moment."

Xu Xiaoxiao didn't think much of it, stood up, and walked over.

But Wang Sinian... suddenly became very tense.

He hesitated for a moment, then quietly followed behind.

The director called Xu Xiaoxiao to the corner of the stairs and then went straight to the point: "You know Jiang Chenghao is preparing to publish a book, right?"

"Mm, I know."

"Our school has its own publishing house, and the leadership hopes to secure a collaboration between Jiang Chenghao and our own publishing house."

Xu Xiaoxiao felt this was a matter of just going with the flow, so she said: "As long as there aren't too many red tape restrictions, Jiang Chenghao should agree."

"The leadership thinks so too, and they are also planning for you to be in charge of the"

liaison work after the collaboration begins.

This... was something Xu Xiaoxiao hadn't expected.

She asked in confusion: "Doesn't the editorial department have editors? They have deep qualifications and are more professional than me; it would be more appropriate for them to handle the liaison."

"That's true, but... you might not know, Jiang Chenghao has many demands, and ordinary editors can't handle him."

The director spoke quite tactfully.

In reality, the news he received was that this person was nitpicky about work.

Editors had already communicated with him before.

But no matter how careful or cautious they were, Jiang Chenghao could always find faults.

Because of Jiang Chenghao's near-perverted strict requirements, the editors all wanted to add him to a blacklist for refusing collaboration!

The leadership was very troubled by this.

But fortunately, Jiang Chenghao had inadvertently mentioned that he had communicated with Xu Xiaoxiao.

And that they had communicated very pleasantly.

Once the leadership heard this, they knew what to do.

That was why there was this conversation between Xu Xiaoxiao and the director at this moment.

Actually, Xu Xiaoxiao also really wanted to collaborate with Jiang Chenghao.

It's just that...

How was the Jiang Chenghao described by the director not quite the same as the one Xu Xiaoxiao knew?

Xu Xiaoxiao didn't understand.

And Xu Xiaoxiao's silence made the director mistakenly think she didn't want to accept this job.

This made the director anxious, and he hurriedly lobbied: "This work is indeed quite tedious, but it is also good for you! I remember you also want to organize your own research theories into a book, so this is a very good learning opportunity!"

The director was being earnest and sincere.

And the example he gave made Xu Xiaoxiao smile embarrassedly: "Me publishing a book... that's still a long way off."

"You are so young and have the ability; it's only a matter of time. I believe in you!"

As the director said this, he patted Xu Xiaoxiao's shoulder hard.

This pat had a lot of

force, and Xu Xiaoxiao's body swayed along with it.

"Uh, sorry about that." The director apologized for his rudeness.

Xu Xiaoxiao shook her head with a smile, then voiced her concerns: "Every trade has its master; what I can help with is very limited."

"No, not limited at all; this is something only you can do!"

The director was giving Xu Xiaoxiao a reassurance, and added: "Besides, you are only the liaison; the specific matters will be done by senior editors."

"This..."

"Oh, just agree to it. You can just go ahead and do it boldly; I'll back you up!!"

The director's tone gradually became impatient, and the look in his eyes as he watched Xu Xiaoxiao was also full of expectation.

In the end...

Xu Xiaoxiao was persuaded.

She pursed her lips and smiled, responding, "Then I will give it a try."

Finally hearing the answer he wanted, the Director hurriedly breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled and said, "At critical moments, I still have to rely on you, Xiao Xu!"

After speaking, the Director wanted to pat Xu Xiaoxiao on the shoulder.

But thinking of his rudeness just now, the Director awkwardly retracted his hand.

Xu Xiaoxiao did not mind, responding, "Please don't say that; I am also just crossing the river by feeling for Shitou, as it is my first time here."

"Then I also believe you can do it well! Now, I will go tell the leadership about this matter first!"

The Director was about to leave as he spoke, but just at this moment...

"Xiao Wang, what are you standing there for?"

Not far from the two, someone was passing by.

This person did not see Xu Xiaoxiao and the Director, but instead saw Wang Sinian, so he naturally greeted him.

Yet this greeting made Wang Sinian very embarrassed.

Wang Sinian was just about to slip away, but the Director walked over and even called out to stop him.

Afterwards, the Director let Xu Xiaoxiao and the colleague who had called out to Wang Sinian leave first.

And he had words to speak with Wang

Sinian alone.

Hmm...

Hadn't these two just met? What else was there to say?

Xu Xiaoxiao could not help but feel curious.

Because of her curiosity, she deliberately walked very slowly and heard the conversation between the two:

"You already lectured me just now, why are you keeping me here?"

"For nothing, I just want to ask, why were you eavesdropping!"

"I wasn't eavesdropping, I really was just passing by."

"Wang Sinian, do you think I would believe that? Regarding the matter of pulling the power switch earlier..."

Before the Director could finish, Wang Sinian suddenly let out a cry.

That cry was quite miserable, giving the Director a start.

He tilted his head, frowned at Wang Sinian, and asked, "What is wrong with you?"

Wang Sinian said with a pained expression, "My stomach suddenly hurts so much! I can't even stand up!"

"Then... shall I take you to the school infirmary?"

"No need, no need, I'll just go back and rest for a bit."

Seeing that Wang Sinian was truly in pain and had even started breaking out in a cold sweat, the Director did not ask any more questions, reached out to support Wang Sinian, and walked in the direction of the office.

Xu Xiaoxiao had left a step before them.

However, she did not return to the office, but instead found a colleague she was familiar with and, in a roundabout way, inquired about the matter of pulling the power switch.

This colleague had gone to the meeting and told Xu Xiaoxiao that when the meeting first started, the leadership was quite furious, saying they would severely punish the true culprit.

As it turned out, not long after, they announced that the cause of the power outage had been found, claiming it was a technical malfunction.

As for the meeting, it just fizzled out.

Xu Xiaoxiao listened with a look of astonishment on her face and asked, "That's it?"

"Yeah, and then the meeting was dismissed."

"They made such a big fuss just to hear those few words?"

Xu Xiaoxiao felt that shouldn't be the case; there must be an inside story to this.

The colleague thought the same and added, "The truth behind

this must involve something, and it's something they can't let us guess, so there was no other way; the school administration could only make up a reason like that."