Chapter 431: Qiuqiu Joins the Job, Sorry Xiao Jing

September 7, 2023, Thursday, cloudy, 19～29°C.

Zhuxi Residential Quarter.

Cheng Qiuqiu woke up early from her sleep, lying on her side on the bed, watching the pitch-black sky outside the window gradually brighten.

For her, today was a very special day.

Joining Songmei Apparel Trading Co., Ltd.

Because her personality was relatively cold, she rarely chatted with her senior about the other party's work.

She didn't know much about this company, only knowing that the headquarters was in Yunxi Building and currently had over 80 employees.

The popular streamer was He Yiyi, who became famous because of Bei Yuwei.

The company's brand department had just been created, and she was the first designer to join.

Overall, this was a live-streaming sales company with good development prospects, but it wasn't suitable for designers who wanted to achieve something in design.

For personal career development, it was far inferior to industry-renowned enterprises like Linggan Design.

However, she still jumped ship without any hesitation.

Checking the time, Cheng Qiuqiu turned over and got out of bed, changed into a yoga outfit, and came to the living room to start practicing.

After a while.

"Creak—" The master bedroom door was opened.

Gao Mengting, wearing pajamas, walked out, waving her hand with a smile: "Morning, Qiuqiu."

"Good morning, Senior." Cheng Qiuqiu quickly stood up, sizing up her radiant senior.

Ever since the senior kissed Tang Song in the car that day, she had been in a happy and excited state, glowing with health.

Gao Mengting walked into the living room with light steps, looking at the sexy and beautiful junior in front of her, and teased: "If you joined our company, you would definitely give the male colleagues an excitement buff, and maybe even improve their work efficiency."

"Ah..." Cheng Qiuqiu's expression was somewhat unnatural, and she whispered: "Senior is joking, it's not that exaggerated."

After teasing her junior a bit, Gao Mengting smiled: "By the way, are you going to the company with me later?"

Cheng Qiuqiu shook her head quickly, "No need, I can go myself later."

"I knew you would say that. Keep it up, our company definitely won't let you down. Alright, I'm going to cook, you continue."

Gao Mengting patted her shoulder, twisting her waist and humming a song as she walked toward the kitchen.

Breakfast was very simple.

Egg pancake, kimchi, oatmeal porridge.

While eating, Gao Mengting chatted with her about the company's specific needs for design.

Hearing "Chairman Tang" jump out of her mouth, Cheng Qiuqiu remained calm on the surface, but her heartbeat accelerated involuntarily.

Until now, she hadn't told her senior that she knew Tang Song.

She was just that kind of personality; there were many things she didn't know how to bring up, so she would keep them bottled up inside.

But next, it seemed it would be exposed no matter what.

"Ring-a-ling—" The phone rang suddenly.

Glancing at the caller info, Cheng Qiuqiu whispered: "It's Brother Junfeng."

"Oh, oh, then you answer first." Gao Mengting nodded with a smile, picking up a chopstick of kimchi.

Answering the phone.

Cheng Qiuqiu said softly: "Hello, Brother Junfeng, is something the matter?"

"Yes, I resigned from Linggan Design the day before yesterday."

"Thank you, no need, I've already agreed with Senior Mengting, I'll be working at their company next."

"Really no need, I'll be joining today."

"Okay, then that's it, bye-bye."

Hanging up the phone, noticing Gao Mengting's inquiring gaze, Cheng Qiuqiu explained: "Brother Junfeng heard I resigned and wanted to help introduce me to a job, the design department of Zhongcheng Group."

"Wow, this kid Gao Junfeng is capable!" Gao Mengting shook her head and smiled, "I heard from classmates that he was spotted by the Vice President of Zhongcheng Group during campus recruitment and became the other party's assistant directly. I have to say, looking good is still a huge advantage."

She and Cheng Qiuqiu were three years apart, and they were from different colleges.

The reason they could know each other was because of Gao Junfeng.

This former "school hunk" of Yancheng University was the child of Cheng Qiuqiu's neighbor in Rongcheng; his mother and Cheng Qiuqiu's mother had a very good relationship.

At the same time, Gao Junfeng and Gao Mengting were students of the same year at Yancheng University, both having been in the college student union, and their relationship was quite good. After graduating with his bachelor's, Gao Junfeng went directly to study for his master's at the same school, and like Cheng Qiuqiu, both had just graduated this June.

During college, Gao Junfeng took good care of Cheng Qiuqiu, often helping her introduce part-time jobs.

Gao Mengting's "Meiting Discount Pavilion" was one of them.

Cheng Qiuqiu took a sip of porridge, "Yes, Brother Junfeng is indeed doing very well now, with a salary of over ten thousand, and he helps the Group Vice President manage part of the work for the Group's food and beverage sector."

"Very good, very good, remembering you as a friend after making it big. You two seem to have had very little contact after graduation; I thought you had fallen out before."

"No, it's just that he is particularly busy with work, often accompanying that Vice President on business trips."

Hearing this, a strange thought popped into Gao Mengting's mind.

It was said that the Vice President was a middle-aged woman; finding such a handsome male assistant and often going on business trips together, could it be playing with hidden rules?

Gao Junfeng, because he was wary of this Vice President's views, didn't dare to contact other pretty girls anymore.

Of course, this thought only flashed by; it was purely a "despicable" thought she subconsciously generated after playing too much office ambiguity with Tang Song.

Pondering for a moment, Gao Mengting looked at her and said seriously: "Qiuqiu, if you really want to go to Zhongcheng Group, don't worry about my thoughts, it's fine."

Zhongcheng Group, with a valuation of nearly 3 billion, was a well-known industrial company in the province, with three major business sectors: food and beverage, textiles, and real estate.

Compared to such a large enterprise, the current Songmei Apparel was still far behind.

Cheng Qiuqiu shook her head silently, "I don't want to go."

She knew her own personality.

In daily interaction, she seemed somewhat cold even to friends, let alone those colleagues.

During the few months at Linggan Design, she seemed to have a bad relationship with everyone.

At work, she would also always feel lonely and down.

Let alone a large enterprise like Zhongcheng Group; it would definitely be even more uncomfortable inside.

"That's good." Gao Mengting smiled: "To be honest, I really can't bear to part with talent like you; our brand department is very important, and with you joining, I will also feel much more at ease."

"Thank you for your trust, Senior, I will work hard."

9:00 AM.

Cheng Qiuqiu, having finished her makeup, changed into new clothes and sized herself up in the mirror for a long while before putting on her backpack and leaving home.

Getting on the bus at the entrance, swaying for over 30 minutes, she finally arrived outside Yunxi Building.

Checking the time.

9:41.

The agreed-upon joining time was 10:00 AM.

Cheng Qiuqiu didn't go up directly, just standing in the office building lobby, waiting quietly.

Waiting until 9:55, she then registered at the front desk and walked into the elevator lobby.

Feeling the lifting force from the soles of her feet, the floor was rising rapidly.

"Ding—" The elevator stopped slowly at the 30th floor.

In a conspicuous position directly opposite, a nameplate for "Songmei Apparel Trading Co., Ltd." was posted.

Walking out of the elevator, Cheng Qiuqiu's heart began to accelerate involuntarily.

This feeling was sudden but exceptionally intense.

Taking a deep breath, she suppressed her restless heart.

Cheng Qiuqiu tightened her face and walked toward the direction of the main door.

The first thing that came into view was the spacious, bright, simple, and atmospheric front desk area.

On the background wall with a metallic texture, the company logo in lemon yellow was embedded.

Seeing that familiar "logo icon," Cheng Qiuqiu's gaze was slightly dazed.

At the time, she was taking a nap in the dormitory when she suddenly received a requirement file sent by Gao Mengting.

At that time, she was nearing graduation and was urgently looking for a rental house.

Because of fear, she didn't dare to rent a house alone and didn't know who to find to share a rental.

So when she received this private job, she was particularly attentive, hoping to use this opportunity to get closer to Senior Mengting and ask if she could share a rental with her.

That was how the series of stories followed.

The front desk girl stood up and smiled: "Hello, is there anything you need help with?"

Cheng Qiuqiu quickly came back to her senses and said politely: "I'm here to process my joining, my name is Cheng Qiuqiu."

"Okay, just a moment!" The front desk girl quickly lowered her head to flip through documents, took out a piece of personal information from the reception desk, walked out, and said enthusiastically: "Let's go, Qiuqiu, I'll take you over."

"Thank you."

Stepping on the thick silent carpet, passing through the spacious and bright aisle.

Cheng Qiuqiu curiously sized up her surroundings, her eyes full of astonishment.

This office environment was better than she had imagined, totally lacking the cramped and simple nature common to startups.

Compared to the Linggan Design she once worked at, this was simply a dimensionality reduction strike.

As the two turned two corners in the office area, Cheng Qiuqiu realized belatedly that this entire floor was Songmei Apparel's office space.

"Creak—" The front desk girl pushed open the door of a small conference room, "You wait here for a moment, I'll go call HR over."

"Okay."

Waiting for less than two minutes.

A girl wearing professional attire walked in, full of smiles: "Hello Qiuqiu, I am Zhang Ying from the Human Resources Department, welcome to the Songmei family."

"Hello, thank you." Cheng Qiuqiu quickly bent her waist politely.

"Alright, sit down quickly, I've already prepared your joining documents, just sign your name, I'll tell you about our company's situation first, as well as your work content."

After all, she was a person personally arranged by President Gao, so Zhang Ying was very enthusiastic.

Very quickly, amidst Zhang Ying's crisp voice, Cheng Qiuqiu completed her basic understanding of the company and the department she was in.

The brand department had just been established, with 4 groups in total.

They were: Strategy Group, Brand Visual Group, Live-streaming Visual Group, and Content Center. She was the first employee of the Brand Visual Group, responsible for the VI system and packaging design.

After she joined, they would recruit another designer to cooperate with her to complete design tasks together.

In other words, she was the small team leader of this group.

At the same time, the company would also sign an art director from a 4A company (Xingyun International) as a flying consultant to help them complete their work better.

Immediately, she received her labor contract.

The position was indeed the team leader of the Brand Visual Group, with a monthly salary of 10,000, plus additional performance bonuses, six insurances and one fund, paid sick leave, annual leave, overtime compensation, etc.; the welfare benefits were very complete.

Compared to Linggan Design, this was more like a formal large company.

The salary given to her was also unusually high, even high enough to make her somewhat anxious.

Dizzily finishing the joining process and receiving her work badge and labor contract, Cheng Qiuqiu was brought to the office area where the brand department was located.

Zhang Ying said with a giggle: "Hello, handsome guys and beautiful ladies, let's warmly welcome our department's new classmate, beautiful designer... Cheng Qiuqiu!"

Immediately after, other colleagues in the brand department stood up one after another, warmly applauding to welcome her.

【No errors, all content is here!】

"Our department finally has a beauty representative!"

"Hello Qiuqiu, I am Sun Yixuan, a copywriter in the Content Center."

Everyone's face was filled with a relaxed smile, occasionally accompanied by mutual teasing and playing.

Spacious and bright office area, energetic employees, exquisite office desks and chairs, fresh green plants, brightly colored throw pillows...

This was an energetic enterprise, full of a comfortable and warm atmosphere.

Cheng Qiuqiu finally understood why every time her senior chatted about Songmei Apparel, her eyes would shine.

Even for her, being in the midst of it would be deeply infected.

After greeting her colleagues with an unnatural expression, Cheng Qiuqiu sat upright at her workstation, opened the computer, and began to install necessary software, only her gaze would occasionally drift toward the corridor, as if waiting for something.

11:20 AM.

A colleague beside her, Sun Yixuan, leaned over and whispered: "Qiuqiu, do you want to order takeout with us at noon? Our company has an ordering group, the price is very favorable."

Cheng Qiuqiu nodded quickly: "Okay, then together."

"OK, I'll pull you into the WeChat group, there is a menu inside, you just follow the chain at the back."

"Thank you."

"Hey, why be so polite, we are all colleagues."

Just at this moment, a girl at the workstation behind her let out a low scream: "Ah! The male god has come out of seclusion, he is walking toward this side from the direction of the office!"

Immediately after, several girls popped their heads out one after another, looking toward the corner of the corridor.

Sun Yixuan looked at the dazed Cheng Qiuqiu and explained with a chuckle: "Weiwei is talking about our company's president; you'll know when you see him later, he's super handsome, especially when he smiles. Ever since I came to our company and saw our president's smile, my bowel movements have become particularly smooth!"

Hearing her words, Cheng Qiuqiu's hand holding the mouse exerted force suddenly.

From today on, she would be working in the same company as Tang Song and would often be able to run into him.

"Good noon, Chairman Tang!" In the office area, someone shouted.

Cheng Qiuqiu subconsciously glanced in that direction, then immediately lowered her head again, pretending to work seriously.

In a fleeting glance, that tall and straight figure seemed even clearer.

"Chairman Tang." "Good noon, Chairman Tang." The sound of people taking the initiative to greet him came from her ears from time to time, getting closer and closer.

Gradually, in the periphery of her vision, his figure appeared vaguely.

Her heartbeat suddenly began to accelerate uncontrollably.

Will he recognize me? What will he say? What should I say? What should I do?

The intense psychological struggle made time become very slow.

"Qiuqiu?"

A surprised voice came, Cheng Qiuqiu's hand trembled suddenly, and she slowly stood up from her seat.

Turning around, she looked at Tang Song, who was only two or three meters away from her.

Dressed in a crisp suit, with handsome features, under the high bridge of his nose, his lip lines were distinct.

He was truly outstanding, like a young and promising company president who had walked out of a workplace drama.

Cheng Qiuqiu kept her face calm and cold, whispering: "Hello, Chairman Tang."

Tang Song raised his eyebrows, looking at the sexy and beautiful Qiuqiu in front of him, surprised: "Are you a newly joined employee?"

"Yes." Cheng Qiuqiu nodded, her lips pressed tightly, expressionless, too nervous to speak.

However, in the eyes of others, she appeared very cold and arrogant.

Tang Song scanned the people in the brand department, his gaze flickering.

New employee of the brand department, designer, Gao Mengting's junior, designer of the company logo.

Before, he had heard Gao Mengting say that her junior had a somewhat cold personality and was relatively resistant to contact with strange men, so for a long time, she hadn't invited him to be a guest at Zhuyuan Residential Quarter.

So it was you!

It had to be said that they were truly quite fated.

Looking at Cheng Qiuqiu's exquisite "imperial sister" face, Tang Song showed a brilliant smile on his face, taking the initiative to reach out: "Welcome to Songmei Apparel! Your joining is truly a surprise to me."

Cheng Qiuqiu was stunned, quickly extending her right hand.

Her fingers touched his warm and delicate palm, and a current passed between her skin, tingling and numb.

Their gazes met, a faint blush appeared on Cheng Qiuqiu's face, and she averted her gaze unnaturally.

Releasing her hand, Tang Song said softly: "You familiarize yourself with the environment first, come to my office this afternoon, let's talk about the design of the visual identification system."

"Okay." Cheng Qiuqiu nodded.

Watching Tang Song's figure disappear, her heartbeat became faster and faster.

Imperial Capital, Smile Holdings Headquarters Building.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz—"

【Qingqing: "Was he really very forceful when he hit you? How forceful?"】

Sorry Xiao Jing replied with a giggle: "Of course, my butt is swollen, I only dare to lie on my stomach when sleeping; not just my butt, he also hits other places, like the top."

【Qingqing: "(w)! That's too much, right?"】

Sorry Xiao Jing: "But it's really comfortable, I plan to try using a belt next time, there should be more new experiences, I'll definitely share them with Big Boss Qingqing then."

【Qingqing: "Ah! Sorry Xiao Jing, you can't do that! If he develops strange hobbies later, aren't you afraid of being beaten into the hospital?"】

Sorry Xiao Jing's eyes rolled, and she typed with sparkling eyes: "Now that you mention it, it's really possible, but I found that my boyfriend seems to have other girlfriends, so I'll just let him find others to help me share the burden. I heard there are many people in the coser circle with this hobby, I don't know if there are such girls among my boyfriend's other girlfriends, maybe I can even teach the other party a lesson with him then."

The message was sent, but Qingqing didn't reply for a long time.

Sorry Xiao Jing leaned back in her chair, chuckling "hehe" in a low voice.

This morning, Qingqing suddenly contacted her on WeChat.

After asking a bunch of random things, she started asking about her being spanked.

She was a clever person, and she managed to get some useful information in just a few words.

Qingqing was going to be spanked! She was very scared now!

This discovery made her a bit jealous, and she couldn't help but start teasing her.

Actually, Tang Song was still very gentle and never could bear to be truly forceful, which was also her biggest trouble at the moment.

However, seeing her boyfriend become a bit "perverted" under her "training," she still felt a sense of accomplishment.

She should be able to return to Yancheng next week and play small games with Brother Tang Song again.

Thinking of those strange scenes, Sorry Xiao Jing felt her whole body heating up, her legs wrapped in silk stockings rubbing gently.

Just at this moment, the sound of "da-da-da" footsteps suddenly came from behind.

Sorry Xiao Jing quickly sat up straight, turned around and said: "Assistant Shangguan, you're here."

Shangguan Qiuya nodded gently, "It's almost noon, let's go eat together."

"Okay!" Sorry Xiao Jing stood up quickly, standing obediently beside her.

The two walked out of the office area, took the elevator to the company cafeteria on the 5th floor, and Shangguan Qiuya took her directly into a private room.

The table was already filled with delicious food.

"Thank you, Sister Shangguan, I'm taking advantage of you again." Sorry Xiao Jing smiled embarrassedly.

The cafeteria private rooms of Smile Holdings were generally only enjoyed by senior executives.

That she, a middle-level manager of the holding company, could come in was entirely due to Shangguan Qiuya's special care.

Shangguan Qiuya smiled and gestured, "You're welcome, sit down and eat."

"Mm-hmm."

The two sat down in their seats, chatting while eating the delicious food.

When the topic of Tang Song came up, Shangguan Qiuya suddenly asked: "Sorry Xiao Jing, you've been away from Yancheng for so long, have you ever worried about your boyfriend cheating?"

Sorry Xiao Jing said with an innocent face: "No? Why worry about this?"

"According to your description, your boyfriend is very outstanding and handsome, and very popular with girls, so isn't this something you should worry about?"

Sorry Xiao Jing put down her chopsticks and whispered: "Sister Shangguan, actually my boyfriend has other women besides me; I've always known this."

"Oh?" Shangguan Qiuya looked at her with deep eyes, smiling but not smiling: "Then what are your thoughts about the other women around him?"

Although the contact time wasn't long, she was very clear that Tian Jing only looked simple on the surface, but actually understood everything.

"This..." Sorry Xiao Jing blinked, "It feels very interesting, like a plot in an anime, I'm looking forward to how it will develop next."

"Uh..." Shangguan Qiuya was stunned, somewhat unable to keep up with her train of thought.

Looking at Shangguan Qiuya opposite, Sorry Xiao Jing lowered her head and continued to eat.

She had discovered from the beginning that this Sister Shangguan was unusually good to her.

This had far exceeded the relationship between ordinary colleagues, let alone the other party's status being so noble, and their status within the company was completely unequal; she couldn't provide any benefits to the other party either.

Her biggest reliance, that dad with a net worth of nearly 1 billion, was actually just so-so in front of the other party.

And this Sister Shangguan wasn't a lesbian.

All kinds of abnormal manifestations aroused Sorry Xiao Jing's vigilance; there was definitely something on her that the other party wanted.

This confusion wasn't resolved until they talked about Tang Song.

Although there was no direct evidence, she had a strong intuition that Shangguan Qiuya was so good to her because of Tang Song!

Looking at the elegant and dignified Shangguan Qiuya opposite, Sorry Xiao Jing's eyes flashed with imperceptible excitement.

As far as she knew, Tang Song had worked at Meigou Technology for 3 years, and Shangguan Qiuya had represented Chairman Jin on the Meigou Technology Board of Directors.

Could it be that there was something fishy between them?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 432 =====