“Not bad.”
“By the way, what was discussed during the meeting just now?”
“You weren’t listening?”
Su Lingyu directly countered.
“No.”
“Actually, I also…”
“Huh? Wait, then why were you taking notes so seriously earlier?”
Su Lingyu thought of the random doodles in her notebook. There was no helping it—her previous supervisor’s meetings were long and tedious, so she’d gotten used to carrying a notebook as a superficial formality.
But could she say that? Obviously not! So she began changing the subject.
“…I suddenly feel like going to the restroom. Do you want to come?”
“I…”
Before Qiao Feifei could finish speaking, Fu Yuchen appeared in his custom-tailored high-end suit.
He spoke coldly: “Qiao Feifei, come here.”
Holy crap!
The Male Lead is actually here!
Was he watching from outside during the entire meeting just now?
Su Lingyu completely ignored Qiao Feifei’s pitiful, pleading look, quietly made herself less noticeable, and then slipped away.
“Group Leader Li.”
“General Manager Lu?”
Li An turned around and saw the person standing behind him, his heart immediately skipping a beat: “You were looking for me?”
“Yes, how have you been feeling about work lately?”
Lu Jiuyan asked very naturally and casually, with one hand in his pocket.
“Not bad, pretty good.”
“And how have those interns been performing recently?”
“They’re doing alright too.”
Li An noticed the documents on his desk: “Look, these were submitted today by Su Lingyu and Xia Bai. I think they did a fairly good job.”
“Oh?”
Lu Jiuyan took them and flipped through casually.
From an intern’s perspective, they were indeed well done.
It seems those two have been putting their minds to work after all.
As for Qiao Feifei, let Fu Yuchen deal with that headache!
“Here, complete this document.”
Su Lingyu had just returned from the restroom and sat down when a document was thrown in front of her.
She looked up and vaguely remembered this woman was called… Wu, Wu Meitong?
She’d heard office gossip before suggesting she had some connection with a company executive, which was why nobody dared to cross her.
“I need this by the end of the day after tomorrow at the latest, understand?”
Without waiting for a response, Wu Meitong click-clacked away in her high heels.
Not long after, she brought another document and similarly tossed it onto Xia Bai’s desk.
Su Lingyu thought about the work Li An had assigned last Friday, the intern-related discussion during the meeting, and now this direct document dumping.
It seemed the company was starting to formally assign tasks to them interns?
Sigh~
Was this leisurely, slacking-off life gone for good?
The resigned office worker Su Lingyu sighed and opened the document. Looking closely, it was a market research task.
However, the content was clearly crucial research related to the upcoming launch of a new game…
Handing this to interns was pretty bold.
“Hmph!”
Qiao Feifei returned to her workstation looking displeased.
“What’s wrong?”
Su Lingyu asked, tilting her head.
“Nothing.”
“Nothing? Then why do you look like that?”
After a few days together, Su Lingyu had pretty much figured out Qiao Feifei’s personality.
“President Fu scolded me.”
Qiao Feifei whispered quickly.
“Okay, and then?”
“What do you mean ‘and then’? What more ‘and then’ do you want? I got scolded…”
Realizing her own agitation, Qiao Feifei immediately glanced around and lowered her voice, “Haven’t I been scolded enough already?”
“Ah, sorry, that’s not what I meant.”
Su Lingyu rubbed the tip of her nose somewhat sheepishly.
Come to think of it, being reprimanded by someone you’ve always secretly admired and liked must be quite painful.
“By the way, earlier at the conference room door, I was signaling you with my eyes—why didn’t you come to my rescue?”
“Beautiful Qiao, think about it—I’m just a lowly intern. How could I possibly speak up to save you in front of a big boss like President Fu?”
She didn’t want to attract the Male Lead’s disdain before even earning the Female Lead’s favor—how would she ever get back home then?
So Su Lingyu continued reasoning with Qiao Feifei patiently:
“Actually, you’re cousins. Even if you made a mistake, he just gave you a lecture—it’s all for your own good. What ill intentions could an older cousin have when educating his younger cousin?”
“…That does make sense.”
Qiao Feifei thought it over—her cousin Fu had said the same thing earlier.
With her work attitude, anyone else would have been fired long ago. Only she could still keep working at the company.
Though Cousin Fu’s words were harsh today, her work performance really was… questionable.
“From now on, you should focus properly on work when it’s time to work.”
Seeing she seemed to understand, Su Lingyu patted her shoulder.
Putting more energy into work and less into scheming against Xia Bai would help her survive longer!
“Hey, what’s that?” Qiao Feifei noticed the documents in her hand.
“This is my current assignment. Xia Bai has some too—didn’t they give you any?”
“I’ll go ask Li An for some work.”
Qiao Feifei pushed herself up from the desk.
When the boss’s relative—who never worked and only spent her days shopping and gaming—came asking for assignments, Li An looked astonished.
But remembering how even General Manager Lu was paying attention to intern affairs, he figured they were probably cracking down on intern management, so he assigned Qiao Feifei some light tasks.
“My neck is so stiff—time for some coffee and a break.”
In the afternoon, Su Lingyu rubbed her stiff neck after working continuously on the computer.
Picking up her empty coffee cup, she asked Qiao Feifei who was battling with work beside her: “Coming?”
“No.”
Completely absorbed in work, Qiao Feifei answered without looking up.
“Alright then.”
Su Lingyu swayed her head as she walked toward the break room. Halfway there, she ran into Xia Bai who was also carrying a cup.
Their eyes met, and uncontrollably, Su Lingyu’s mind flashed back to that infamous scene from when she first transmigrated.
Given the circumstances, Xia Bai was probably remembering it too, right?
Ahem, better break the ice to ease this awkward atmosphere!
“Getting water?” Su Lingyu initiated.
“Mhm.”
“How’s work going?”
“Not bad.”
Xia Bai responded absently.
“Oh~”
Just as Su Lingyu was about to say more, they reached the break room door where faint discussion could be heard inside.
“Hey, is it really okay to dump all your work on the interns?”
Hearing this, both Su Lingyu and Xia Bai stopped walking and refrained from pushing the slightly ajar door open.
“What’s the problem?”
Was that Wu Meitong’s voice?
Su Lingyu and Xia Bai exchanged glances but remained silent.
“Aren’t you afraid they might do poorly and you’ll get scolded when it’s submitted?”
“Of course not! When they hand it to me, I’ll just review it and make some revisions, won’t that do?”