Chapter 130: Department Meeting

"An'an, is this your daughter? I've never heard of you having a daughter before."

"Look at this little guy, he's really handsome."

A woman dressed in elegant attire, holding a glass of champagne, slowly walked over.

Seeing Pei Yi'an over there, he came up to greet her.

Pei Yi'an was taken aback by these words, a strange feeling welling up inside her. She smiled and replied, "How did you come to the conclusion that this is my daughter?"

The woman chuckled softly: "Look at these eyes, aren't they just like yours?"

Upon hearing this, Pei Yi'an subconsciously looked at Xu Yihuan's eyes, and sure enough, they did look somewhat alike.

Pei Yi'an stroked Xu Yihuan's hair and said softly, "If this really is my child, then that would be wonderful."

Xu Yihuan was slightly stunned when she felt the touch on her head.

Before he could say anything, a servant ran up to Pei Yi'an and whispered, "Madam, they need you to come to the main hall."

Pei Yi'an looked at Xu Yihuan and instructed, "Then I'll go first, you can wander around for a bit."

"If anything happens, you can look for Pei Yuli first, the one in the white suit, he's my son."

Fearing that Xu Yihuan might not know, Pei Yi'an gave her a special instruction.

Upon hearing this, Xu Yihuan's lips twitched slightly.

He even helped her; it's a miracle Pei Yuli didn't take the opportunity to put her down.

Xu Yihuan simply replied with an "okay".

After Pei Yi'an left, Pei Yanzhi quickly came over and continued to keep Xu Yihuan company, mainly to prevent her from being alone.

During the latter half of the banquet, Xu Yihuan didn't see Pei Yi'an much.

Pei Yi'an was always surrounded by people.

There is no curfew on Saturdays.

But the time was almost up.

Pei Yanzhi still took the initiative to escort Xu Yihuan back to her dormitory.

Since the banquet, Xu Yihuan's world has been quiet for a while.

Pei Yuli did not appear, and Zhou Yanzhe did not cause any trouble.

She and Tan Zhixu went from being daily meal buddies to occasionally sharing a meal together.

It wasn't until mid-December, a few days before the CET-4 (College English Test Band 4).

The Foreign Languages ​​Association finally held its first departmental meeting.

Foreign language associations have many different sub-departments.

Even less commonly spoken languages.

Xu Yihuan and her colleagues joined the English translation department.

The recruitment drive was completed in November.

The general meeting of the entire Foreign Language Association was held as early as the end of November, with more than 100 members in total.

On Thursday evening during self-study time, a small meeting of the English department was held in Room 1102 of Building B.

It's highly likely that the meeting was started because there was finally a task to be done.

Tan Zhixu casually mentioned this incident during a meal.

Xu Yihuan then remembered.

The president still hasn't given her the department head's contact information, so she wasn't added to the department's group chat, which explains why she didn't receive the message.

After mentioning it to the president, she was finally added to the small group, but no one really noticed.

Even if you notice it, you won't think anything of it.

Except for Pei Yutang.

Pei Yutang looked at the message that Xu Yihuan had been added to the group chat with a gloomy expression.

What makes her qualified to get in? She didn't even have an interview.

At six o'clock sharp, Pei Yutang entered the evening self-study classroom.

There were already some people in the classroom.

Pei Yutang looked around but couldn't see Xu Yihuan, and couldn't help but frown.

Could there be a mistake? Xu Yihuan didn't actually come?

Pei Yutang found a seat and sat down.

Soon, the figure she wanted to see appeared in front of her.

Xu Yihuan met Tan Zhixu on the road.

Coincidentally, he also joined an English translation agency.

They just happened to arrive together.

"Shall we find a corner to sit?" Tan Zhixu asked.

Xu Yihuan nodded, looking around to see which corner was suitable.

Caught off guard, her gaze met Pei Yutang's.

After a moment of stunned silence, Xu Yihuan calmly looked away.

"Let's go."

Tan Zhixu didn't notice and sat down first.

Soon, the minister entered.

The minister was a woman, about 165 cm tall, with a baby face that made her look young, but she was wearing a black and white suit. She looked very capable.

As soon as the minister entered, he took a piece of chalk and wrote a few words on the blackboard.

English Translation Department Regular Meeting

I took a few photos.

Only then did he open the courseware and begin to talk about the main content of today's lesson.

The series of movements were very natural and swift.

"The CET-4 exam is in two days. Raise your hands if you've registered."

Almost half of the students raised their hands.

The minister nodded: "Very good. Our English translation department still needs to have English proficiency requirements, and I strongly support everyone registering for the CET-4."

"The reason I'm only calling this meeting now is because I've been very busy lately."

"I and several ministers have been busy with events recently and haven't had time to train you."

“Starting today, I will schedule two English translation training sessions every Wednesday and Friday.”

"Interpreting on Wednesdays, translation on Fridays."

"I will announce any events in the group chat."

Upon hearing these words, the group of people, as if old friends, began to discuss them.

The scene became somewhat chaotic for a moment.

The minister coughed twice and continued.

"Those who have registered for the CET-4, please contact me."

"If you're free around New Year's Day next month, please contact me."

Clearly, this means that they are giving him a chance.

The only possibility is that the opportunity will be around New Year's Day.

For a moment, some people were even unsure whether they should tell the truth.

It's true that I want the opportunity, and it's also true that I want to go home for New Year's Day.

The minister seemed to remember something.

Looking down, he asked, "Which of you is Xu Yihuan?"

Feeling unexpectedly called out, Xu Yihuan blinked and looked over.

She raised her hand: "Senior, it's me."

The minister's gaze fell on Xu Yihuan's face, and his previously serious expression suddenly softened considerably.

Are you going home for New Year's Day?

Xu Yihuan pursed her lips: "I'm not going back."

She really had no intention of going back.

This year, the Lunar New Year is especially early, so Peking University's holiday starts earlier as well.

The exam is in mid-January, and the holiday starts on the 20th.

There's no point in going back.

The minister nodded: "Okay, then stay behind for a bit, I need to talk to you about something."

Xu Yihuan nodded.

Pei Yutang heard this.

I felt a little uncomfortable.

"Minister, I have a question. I don't recall seeing Xu Yihuan during the interview. Why is she in our department?"

"Furthermore, did you keep Xu Yihuan here because there was an event during New Year's Day? So you just assigned the work to her privately like that."

"Don't we even have the right to know?"

This was said very seriously.

The group that was still discussing immediately fell silent and looked at each other in bewilderment.

How can she say anything like that...?

The minister's expression darkened upon hearing this.

"Are you implying that I'm abusing my power?"

Before they became ministers, they were specifically instructed by the deputy secretary above them that they must never abuse their power, as this is a major taboo.

If this gets out of hand, I'll definitely get a scolding, to say the least.

“Isn’t that right?” Pei Yutang retorted, not to be outdone.

The minister chuckled coldly and stuck his tongue against his cheek.

He didn't say anything more, but quickly opened a video.