Chapter 47: The Spy in the Personnel Department

"Fools think themselves wise, but wise men know themselves to be fools." — Shakespeare

"Love is merely a madness." — Shakespeare

Zhou Xiaoru thought herself very clever, but what she encountered was someone even cleverer than her.

In the end, not only did she capsize her own boat in the gutter, but she also suffered the misfortune of being pinned down by a ghost!

Yet she felt that her love was not a madness, but a breeze...

This breeze was light, faint, and quiet; she didn't even know exactly when it had blown.

It was only when she noticed it that the breeze had already blown past, flown away, and vanished...

And the scene where the breeze had blown was left barren, without a single trace, leaving only a disheveled her!

Zhou Xiaoru felt that she was truly miserable!

This thrilling, danger-free "car-shaking" drama made one thing even clearer to her...

That is, Gu Liyan had absolutely no interest in her!

She had known that guy couldn't possibly have really done anything to her...

That day in the rainstorm, she had given that guy such a huge opportunity, yet he hadn't taken advantage of it!

What does this mean! Either Gu Liyan is truly impotent, or...

He couldn't get it up for the woman at that time!

To put it bluntly, he just wasn't interested in her, Zhou Xiaoru!

As for everything he had done before, Zhou Xiaoru automatically interpreted it all as that man trying to prove his male hormones were fine.

Life had to go on in a daze, and Zhou Xiaoru did not tell Jiang Bufan and the others about what happened that night.

If she let them know, they would probably buy firecrackers to celebrate.

Such pain and injury, she would rather bear it all alone!

(Author's internal OS: What kind of injury is this! Plenty of people are lining up waiting for the handsome Gu to favor them! Just be secretly happy, Miss Zhou!)

A new week soon began again.

Starting from this week, Zhou Xiaoru was punctual for work and leaving; with her thesis defense approaching, she had to spend more time preparing.

The thesis she had written sloppily before was returned to her untouched less than twenty-four hours after she handed it to her advisor.

The review comment on it was: Unqualified!

For this reason, she specifically made a phone call to her thesis advisor.

Which part was unqualified! If it was unqualified, she could revise it!

But this kind of ambiguous answer made her, whose IQ was already in a pinch, even more anxious.

In the end, the advisor said directly that the whole thesis was pieced together, the beginning and end didn't connect, and the entire thing was unqualified.

It meant that she had to rewrite it.

Zhou Xiaoru was somewhat broken; she hadn't expected that the thesis she had written by working overtime every day would only earn these few words from her advisor.

Heaven is unfair!

But shouting is shouting, and complaining is complaining; the graduation thesis still had to be rewritten.

For the sake of this graduation thesis, Miss Zhou spent every day in a daze.

This week, she didn't even go to the cafeteria for lunch; she spent her lunch breaks in the office typing and looking up information.

Every morning, she would bring the dry rations she had prepared the day before to the company.

When she was hungry at noon, she would eat a little; anyway, the office tea and water were enough for her to drink until she vomited.

Besides, eating in the office also avoided running into those two in the cafeteria.

Only, she forgot that she could control her own legs, but she couldn't control others'.

And so, it was that time again, the happiest time for the whole company!

Lunchtime...

As Zhang Yao was leaving, seeing that Zhou Xiaoru wasn't going to eat again today, she kindly said.

"Xiaoru, how about I pack a portion from the cafeteria and bring it back for you?"

She had seen Zhou Xiaoru eating only small snacks every day for several days in a row to rush her thesis.

Hearing her say this, Zhou Xiaoru said gratefully, "Thanks, but really, no need. I have enough of the things I brought to eat. You go ahead and eat, don't worry about me."

Seeing her refuse, Zhang Yao had no choice but to go to the cafeteria with the other colleagues.

And after everyone had left, a certain Xiaoru first stretched her somewhat sore arms, then took a deep breath.

She cheered herself on; just two more days of persistence, and it would be the weekend again.

If she used this weekend's time, this second draft of the thesis should be finished.

From the desk drawer, she took out the professional textbooks she had brought and the notes she usually took, and she read and wrote earnestly...

At the same time, a figure quietly appeared outside the office.

It was a middle-aged little old man with glasses, not very tall, and somewhat bald.

He looked shifty, first peering into the office for a while, and after seeing the person in the office...

He left quietly and cautiously...

And Zhou Xiaoru, looking up inadvertently, happened to see a black back disappearing.

She put down the textbook in her hand in confusion, left her desk, and intended to go out to see who it was.

That back looked somewhat familiar, like... their department Supervisor!

Why so sneaky...

There's a conspiracy!

When she reached the office door, half of her body remained in the office, while the other half was leaning against the door, sticking out.

Because at this moment, she clearly heard the sound of someone talking...

She hid by the door, revealing half an eye, staring at the person in front like an owl.

At this time, the person in front was on the phone, speaking with a deliberately lowered voice.

"I just checked for you, she hasn't gone anywhere, she's right in the office... Yes, yes... just her alone... she's not doing anything, seems like she's writing something... yes... mhm... alright, alright..."

Hearing this, Zhou Xiaoru's brows furrowed deeper and deeper...

Just her alone... not doing anything... seems like she's writing something...

Is this talking about her?! No wonder she had been feeling a chill down her back lately!

She always felt like there was a pair of invisible eyes hiding somewhere, secretly monitoring her!

Her brain was rapidly making connections...

Just as she had made the connection, before she even had time to think, a voice came from behind her, from the other direction of the corridor.

"Xiaoru?"

Zhou Xiaoru, "!!!???"

Have you ever seen an owl's eyes? At this moment, Zhou Xiaoru's eyes were just like the big eyes of an owl!

She was practically stunned!

Because of this shout, the upper half of her body hadn't even retracted back into the office;

And this shout also successfully attracted the attention of the middle-aged little old man in front!

Three points in a line, it was a straight line...

At this moment, the people standing on the three points were all shocked, one more than the other!

And that bald little old man was none other than the Supervisor of the Personnel Department, Wen Guangmao, known as Mao Mao.

Right now, he was holding the phone he hadn't had time to hang up yet, turning his head to stare at Zhou Xiaoru, who was at the middle point.

And the person behind Zhou Xiaoru was Du Feng, who had come to see her with a boxed meal he had bought!

The slow-to-react Du Feng first looked at the certain Xiaoru who had already frozen into a line, then looked past her to see Wen Guangmao at the very front.

Although he didn't know what had happened, someone had to break the awkwardness first.

He walked over and directly greeted Wen Guangmao, "Hello, Supervisor Wen, have you eaten yet?"

Wen Guangmao chuckled and replied, "I was just about to go eat, hehe, aren't you the President's assistant? How do you have time to come to the Personnel Department?"

"Oh, I came to bring food to a friend."

Wen Guangmao first glanced at the person who had already quietly shrunk back into the office, and asked feignedly.

"Bringing food to a friend? I think it's bringing food to a girlfriend, right?"

The Personnel Department was basically all female colleagues; this delivery of food was suspicious!

Du Feng didn't refute it either, just replied with a cheerful laugh, "If the Supervisor says so, then it is. I won't say more, I'm going in first, let's chat when you're free."

Hearing this, Wen Guangmao felt as if he had discovered a new continent!

It seemed he had new information to report to the President...

After Du Feng entered the office, he closed the door behind him.

At this moment, Zhou Xiaoru no longer had the heart to type; if there were a hole, she would really want to crawl right into it.

She wondered if there were turtle shells for sale online; if not, she could buy one online later to wear on her back.

Day after day, there were enough awkward, stupid things to eat as meals.

She didn't expect that after dodging Gu Liyan, she hadn't managed to dodge this Du Feng.

Heavens!

Du Feng placed the things in his hand on the table and saw the person with a livid face.

He asked, "What's wrong?" Thinking of the scene just now, he wanted to laugh.

What shameful thing was this girl doing again? She was nervous all day long.

Zhou Xiaoru looked with a mournful face at the person who wanted to laugh but was holding it in; why did he have to come at this time, neither early nor late...

One could only say that when a person is unlucky, the whole world is against you!

But she had been having such outrageous bad luck lately!

Du Feng couldn't help but ask again, "What exactly is wrong? What were you eavesdropping on while hiding behind your Supervisor just now?"

Zhou Xiaoru said crossly, "You knew I was eavesdropping, why did you call out so loudly?"

Was this guy doing it on purpose?!

Du Feng said with a smile, "I'm really sorry, I didn't notice at first that your Supervisor was right in front."

He had only noticed she hadn't gone down to eat for a few days, and after asking Zhang Yao, he learned that she had been staying in the office eating snacks to rush her thesis.

So he had packed the meal and come over ten minutes early today.

Only then did Zhou Xiaoru glance at the things placed in front of her.

She asked, "What are you doing?"

"Coming to find you to eat. You wouldn't go out when I asked you, so I had no choice but to pack it up and come find you."

Facing Du Feng's good intentions, she couldn't complain about what happened just now anymore.

It was just as well; she was indeed a bit hungry now. Having been scared just now, everything in her stomach had digested instantly.

"Forget it, for the sake of you kindly buying food to see me, I won't hold it against you."

"Yes, yes, yes, Miss Zhou is magnanimous, I am ashamed of my inferiority."

In the office, the two were laughing and chatting; to outsiders, they looked like a sweet little couple.

The oblivious Zhou Xiaoru didn't think too much about it. She didn't have many friends at Tengyuan; Zhang Yao was one, there were a few others in the Personnel Department, and then there was Du Feng.

But just because she didn't let her imagination run wild didn't mean others didn't have ideas.

Du Feng's goal was very clear; he wanted to pursue her!

As for the person who had yet to discover his intentions, she was currently untying the ribbon on the takeout box, and upon seeing the delicacies inside, her saliva was about to flow out...

Just as she was untying it, she suddenly and subconsciously glanced again at the office door that was left ajar...

Was it her imagination, or why did she feel that a pair of eyes was peeking at them through the tiny crack in the door...