Chapter 9: Office Rookie Goes Online (Part 2)

Withdrawing her thoughts from her memories, Zhou Xiaoru quickened her pace to find a car, and finally, after the ride-hailing app had been spinning for half the day, a "beep" sounded.

A taxi had accepted the order...

By the time she got in the car and arrived at Tengyuan Building, it was already past eight-twenty; with only a few minutes left before work, there was no time to print, so she had no choice but to report to the company first.

Rushing into the building in a frantic hurry, her originally fair and slightly chubby face was now flushed with a rosy glow.

Zhou Xiaoru panted as she rushed to the elevator bank, where people were standing in twos and threes; some, unable to wait, were climbing the stairs from the nearby emergency exit.

Zhou Xiaoru had also wanted to take the stairs...

But the Personnel Department was on the twelfth floor, and if she climbed twelve flights, her dog legs would be ruined...

At this moment, a chorus of greetings erupted all around...

"Good morning, President Su. Good morning, President Gu."

With her back turned, Zhou Xiaoru quickly absorbed the information coming from all directions...

President Su? President Gu?

Could it be Su Poyang and Gu Liyan?!

She quietly shifted her feet to move her body, looking just like she was doing the moonwalk...

In her heart, she kept chanting: just pretend I don't know, pretend I didn't see them!

Just as she was moving with gusto, an ill-timed voice rang out from behind her...

"Zhou Xiaoru, what's wrong with your feet?"

The voice, neither loud nor soft, echoed through the lobby, yet it was just enough for everyone to hear; everyone followed Su Poyang's gaze to look at the person who had frozen in place...

Zhou Xiaoru couldn't help but curse in her heart: Damn it!

She had no choice but to turn around stiffly, her smile somewhat sycophantic, and she reached out to greet them.

"Hi, big shots... oh, no... Good morning, President Su!" That dead jerk must have done it on purpose!

Su Poyang didn't forget to add a 'concerned' question, "What's wrong with your feet? Did you get hurt on the way here just now?"

As soon as he spoke, all the gazes directed at her changed!

Everyone had just been speculating about who this Zhou Xiaoru was—the Vice President had greeted her personally, and now he was even concerned about her feet, and mentioning the road just now...

This was a lot of information...

Zhou Xiaoru's face couldn't help but twitch at these words; with so many people watching, why did this jerk have to say these things on purpose...

At this time, Gu Liyan, who had been watching all of this, did not offer any opinion, just watching with calm, waveless eyes, as if he were watching a good show...

Zhou Xiaoru had always chosen to ignore that person; after thinking for a moment, she grinned, revealing a brilliant smile, a flash of cunning in her eyes.

"Thank you for your concern, President Su. My feet are fine. By the way, are you okay?"

This question caught Su Poyang off guard, "What's wrong with me?" The surrounding gazes immediately shifted back to him.

At this moment, Zhou Xiaoru took a few steps forward, feigning shyness with a brainless, lovestruck expression, and lowered her voice to say embarrassedly.

"I saw you peeing on the highway just now. I hope you didn't get caught and fined by the city inspectors."

Although she said this in an extremely low voice, seemingly out of respect for the master's face, if one listened closely, the people around could still hear it.

A few people standing nearby heard it and wore expressions of: So, President Su, you are that kind of person...

Su Poyang hadn't expected to be played by this little girl; he looked at her in disbelief—this was truly interesting.

Gu Liyan, who had been silent on the side, felt a trace of a smile flash in his eyes involuntarily, so fast that it was hard to catch...

Zhou Xiaoru spent her first morning on the job under the strange gazes of the crowd.

After arriving at the Personnel Department, it was fortunate that the assistant, Ada, was a very easygoing person and didn't blame her for not bringing all her documents.

She even kindly reminded her that she could use the company printer to copy her ID card and student ID.

Ada let her familiarize herself with her colleagues in the Personnel Department and the work she would be doing in the future; she could slowly get to know the other departments in the company later.

Ada also said that if she performed well during her internship, she could apply to become a permanent employee when the internship period ended.

These words instantly reignited confidence in Zhou Xiaoru's heart, and the slight unpleasantness of the morning was quickly thrown to the back of her mind.

She had only learned a short while ago that Gu Liyan was actually the Chief Executive Officer parachuted into Tengyuan!

She had thought that the one surnamed Su would be the Big Boss of Tengyuan; she never expected the mastermind behind it all to be that jerk Gu!

Zhou Xiaoru couldn't help but wail in her heart: Oh, Heavens! You are truly unfair! How could you let a scumbag control Tengyuan Company!

But wailing was just wailing; it still couldn't change the fact that Gu Liyan was her direct superior!

What was worth celebrating was that Gu Liyan's President's Office was on the 19th floor, while the Personnel Department was on the 12th.

This would avoid awkward encounters in the future! Haha, Heaven truly helps her, Zhou Xiaoru!

This 12th floor didn't just have the Personnel Department; the Administrative Department was right next door.

After one morning, Zhou Xiaoru had become a familiar face here; everyone was only a few years older than her, so getting along wasn't very difficult.

People from the Personnel Department kindly reminded her to prepare herself mentally, because since they were next to the Administrative Department, sometimes when things got busy and the Administrative Department was short-handed, they would need people from the Personnel Department to fill in.

At the time, Zhou Xiaoru didn't pay much attention to this, but she soon learned what it meant to have the Administrative Department be short-handed and have the Personnel Department fill in!

Tengyuan Company's meal time and lunch break were from 11:30 to 1:30; just as Zhou Xiaoru was preparing to go to the Employee Restaurant with her new colleagues to bond,

Ada found her, holding several folders...

"After you eat, take these files to the President's Office on the 19th floor and the Vice President's Office on the 22nd floor, respectively. It's a good chance to get to know the various departments of the company."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xiaoru's eyes widened; could she refuse!

That morning, she had been rejoicing in her heart that she wouldn't have to see that plague god again, but karma had come so quickly—the speed of this slap in the face was just too fast...

Little did she know that the bitter chore in Zhou Xiaoru's eyes was a big, beautiful opportunity in the eyes of others!

Several people in the office quickly gathered around, and everyone started talking at once.

Colleague A said lovestruck, "I heard the newly appointed CEO is super handsome."

Colleague B also had a lovestruck look, "Really? Is he as handsome as the Vice President?"

Colleague C was even more excited, "I heard he's even more handsome than the Vice President, looks like Huo Jianhua."

Colleague D immediately denied it, "No, no, I heard he looks like Wang Kai."

Zhou Xiaoru watched with black lines on her face as the female colleagues were already chirping away, gossiping together...

The Personnel Department and the Administrative Department have one biggest characteristic, and that is...

There are many women...

There will be fun to be had from now on; they say three women make a play...

Zhou Xiaoru made a visual estimate; there were at least twenty women on this floor, enough to enter the palace for a selection of imperial concubines.

She absolutely must not let these people know about her and that scum Gu Liyan, otherwise she would definitely be drowned in their spit.

Seeing that it was time to eat, Zhou Xiaoru suddenly lost all interest; she had been a bit hungry since she hadn't eaten breakfast to catch the bus this morning.

But now that she had to deliver documents to the two big bosses' offices, how could she still have an appetite?

Other colleagues were heading one after another to the Employee Restaurant located on the third floor to eat...

She looked at the few folders on her desk, then glanced at the clock hanging on the office wall; since everyone had gone to eat at this hour, wasn't this a good opportunity to deliver the documents?

Thinking this, a trace of excitement rose in Zhou Xiaoru's heart; after delivering the materials, she could go straight to the Employee Restaurant on the third floor to forage, how wonderful...

Action is better than thought; she hurriedly grabbed the materials that needed to be delivered...

Now was mealtime, which was also the peak time for using the elevator; looking at the numbers going up and down on the elevator, Zhou Xiaoru couldn't help but grit her teeth.

Gu Liyan's office was only seven floors away from the Personnel Department; her school dormitory was also six floors high; she hardened her heart, she would take the stairs.

While climbing the stairs with difficulty, she kept repeating in her heart, what should she do if she ran into that scum later?

Should she respectfully hand over the documents? Or should she dashingly throw the folder directly into his face?

Clearly, she really wanted to carry out the second option, but reality wouldn't allow it; she would just have to play it by ear.

By the time Zhou Xiaoru arduously climbed from the twelfth floor to the nineteenth floor, she almost couldn't catch her breath and was about to pass out...

Just then, she ran into a tall young man passing by the emergency exit...

He walked over and looked with concern at the person who was gasping for air, "Are you okay?"

Zhou Xiaoru just waved her hand, pressing against her little heart that was about to jump out of her chest; it might be because she didn't eat breakfast this morning, or perhaps because she had climbed too fast just now.

At this moment, not only was her heart beating extremely fast, but she was also breaking out in a cold sweat on her head.

Seeing this, the young man said, "Wait here for me for a moment."

After the young man finished speaking, he left the stairwell and appeared again shortly after; at this moment, he was holding a cup of milk tea in his hand, which he had just bought from the vending machine nearby.

The young man even gentlemanly unscrewed the lid of the milk tea and handed it to the person who was still panting and whose face was a bit pale.

"Just bought it, drinking a little will make you feel better."

Zhou Xiaoru looked gratefully at this tall and thin young man, took the milk tea, and thanked him.

"Thank you, big brother." Not everyone in this world is a scumbag; she thought this young man was pretty good.

Du Feng found himself wanting to laugh at being called "big brother," and after thinking about it, he said, "You didn't eat breakfast this morning, did you?" Seeing her various symptoms, it looked like hypoglycemia.

After Zhou Xiaoru drank a few sips of the milk tea, her chest immediately felt better, and she nodded, "En."

"Which department are you from? I haven't seen you before."

"I'm in the Personnel Department, I just came for an internship today... My name is Zhou Xiaoru, hello." This counted as her formal self-introduction.

"My name is Du Feng, President Assistant."

President Assistant?!

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xiaoru's face and eyes immediately lit up, and she asked to confirm again,

"You are the President Assistant?! Gu Liyan's assistant?"

"En."

Ha! She hadn't heard wrong; it was truly heaven's mercy!