Chapter 139: Don’t be perfunctory with your leaders

Xu Xian, who was in a group chat, saw the message pop up on the screen and subconsciously felt guilty.

Sneezing has very little to do with being sick.

It turns out that you can't talk behind someone's back, or the real culprit will find you.

Guaibao: [Have you taken your temperature? ]

Boss: [I measured it, 36.5 degrees.]

Xu Xian stared at the normal body temperature value, not knowing how to respond for a moment.

She really doesn't miss any opportunity to act coquettishly and get close to others.

I was scolding him behind his back one moment, and then suddenly I started caring about him the next moment. It felt a bit disconnected for some reason.

Xu Xian was afraid of not being able to strike the right balance, so he chose to say less and make fewer mistakes.

Good boy: [……]

[Maybe you didn't get enough rest last night. Go to the lounge and take a nap.]

Her words were slightly perfunctory.

Xu Xian put down his phone and stopped chatting with Jiang Shibai, nor did he slack off and continue gossiping and spreading rumors with the other two in the group. He devoted his energy to work.

Part of today's workload has been allocated, but there is still a lot of work left. If I don't work hard, I might have to work overtime tonight.

Jiang Shibai pursed his thin lips with a light pink hue, and looked at the message on his mobile phone leisurely, dissatisfied with her attitude.

After lunch break, the sunny sky became unpredictable, with signs of dark clouds looming over the city. The dark clouds hovered above the mountain tops and condensed into clusters.

The fierce wind raged, stirring up the waves on the river surface, causing the water to ripple and form circles of ripples.

Time seemed to stand still. He sat quietly in the office chair for a moment, switched the interface of his mobile phone and dialed Wang Bai's number.

"Mr. Jiang." There was a bit of noise on the other end of the phone. After a few seconds, the whispering voices gradually faded away, and Wang Bai's voice came from the receiver.

Jiang Shibai's slender white fingers tapped rhythmically on the armrest of the office chair, very regularly. His thin eyelids covered the dark edge in his eyes, and his thin lips parted slightly.

"Please help me order milk tea and desserts according to the number of people on the top floor. For takeout, fill in Secretary Xu's name and phone number. Her milk tea should be sugar-free, and the dessert is not hers."

Since no one is bothered with him, he tries to find a sense of existence on his own.

Wang Bai was about to respond when he suddenly remembered something.

As General Manager Jiang's special assistant, he has extremely high emotional intelligence and EQ. Since General Manager Jiang and Secretary Xu got married, he has become more humane and no longer looks like an emotionless work machine.

At first, there was one thing that puzzled him the most. The wedding of the two seemed to be a big deal, and the sincerity shown by President Jiang said it all; he cared a lot about this marriage.

But after getting married, the two chose to keep their marriage secret. Secretary Xu didn't show any joy at marrying President Jiang, and President Jiang didn't follow up either.

Secret marriage seems to be something that everyone knows.

Although President Jiang did not tell him specifically about their secret marriage, he could more or less guess that President Jiang did not want to have a secret marriage, otherwise he would have worn a ring to end his single life and sent flowers and gifts to declare his sovereignty.

Judging from the situation, Mr. Jiang is the weaker party in the marriage and is being firmly controlled.

The action of ordering afternoon tea today forced him to ponder Mr. Jiang's thoughts a little more.

A teacher must always have a legitimate reason.

Always cautious, he dutifully asked, "Boss Jiang, what's the name of the afternoon tea?"

Jiang Shibai's narrow eyes held a barely perceptible smile, the corners of his lips curled slightly as he spoke slowly, "Under the name? Of course, Secretary Xu's husband is treating the office colleagues to afternoon tea."

"By the way, don't forget Mr. Jiang's part. He's your boss after all. You need to flatter him and not be perfunctory."

The man's voice was magnetic and low, sounding like the melodious sound of a cello, mellow and deep, but the calculation in his words was clear, and the purpose of his means was self-evident.

Wang Bai didn't look overly surprised when he heard this, but his mouth twitched slightly when he heard the second half of his sentence. The couple seemed to be quite addicted to role-playing games in the company.

His mind was spinning like crazy, but he instinctively said, "I understand."

He has been working beside President Jiang since he took charge of the group, and witnessed step by step how he used scheming and means to eliminate dissidents and reorganize the company with his ruthless tactics.

On the surface, he appears gentle and approachable, but in fact he is very cunning. Even afternoon tea is not something he has put much thought and effort into, it is just the most obvious trick.

But he had a premonition that what President Jiang did would not win favor with Secretary Xu, and he might end up kneeling on the washboard when he got home.

An hour later, the delivery man called Xu Xian without warning.

Immersed in data, she was startled by the ringing of her cell phone. She breathed a sigh of relief with lingering fear and answered the phone without even looking at it.

"Hello! Who is this?"

Xu Xian clamped the phone between his shoulder and ear, and casually tied his curly hair at the back of his head with a clip, letting a few unruly strands of hair fall down. His hands fell on the keyboard and he typed.

"Ms. Xu, your takeaway has arrived. Please come downstairs and sign for it now."

The voice of the unfamiliar delivery man drifted into Xu Xian's ears. Her delicate hands on the keyboard suddenly stopped, and her distinct white knuckles bent into a semicircle.

Her thin, dark brown eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and she looked puzzled. "Takeout? I didn't order takeout! Did I call the wrong number?"

There was a slight rustling of paper on the other end of the line, and the delivery man then called in, "The note says your husband ordered afternoon tea, which is milk tea and dessert. The quantity is a bit large, so you'd better bring a few more people downstairs to pick it up."

"I still have some orders to deliver, please be quick."

When Xu Xian heard the word "Mr.", he had a bad feeling and his eyebrows jumped violently.

She was endlessly involved with Jiang Shibai today.

Afraid of delaying the delivery man from continuing to deliver the food, she came back to her senses and said, "Okay, please wait a moment, I'll be down right away."

After she finished speaking, she hung up the phone and called Tu Xue and Huo Wen, the only two people left in the office, to go downstairs to get takeout.

When the three of them arrived at the first floor, they saw three large bags at the feet of the delivery man at the company gate, and Xu Xian felt a black screen in front of his eyes.

She didn't know what Jiang Shibai was up to, and she didn't even reply to his messages.

Xu Xian confirmed the information with the delivery man. After receiving the takeaway, the three of them each carried a bag and walked towards the elevator.

Tu Xue's eyes sparkled, "Xianxian, I was wondering why you called us down in such a hurry. Turns out you wanted to treat us to afternoon tea! You're so nice!"

In the past, the top departments had also ordered afternoon tea separately, and the quantity was about the same as what they had. It was obvious that they were being treated.

Someone else had brought the afternoon tea, and Xu Xian couldn't erase that person's contribution. He forced a smile and said, "My husband treated you."

She just glanced at the note, which didn't mention any names, only the word "Mr.", which really made her feel relieved.

Jiang Shibai's inexplicable and sudden gift-giving must have had other purposes, otherwise why didn't he inform her in advance?

There is a high probability that there is a trick waiting for her.

Xu Xian was so nervous that he could only take one step at a time, and it was impossible to predict his next move.

She could only pray that Jiang Shibai would behave himself. His occasional erratic behavior these days was really hard for her to handle.

If he continues on this blatant path, there's no need to wait until she settles down and resigns. Their relationship might become public, dropping a bombshell on the entire company.