For a moment, the entire floor fell silent.

Fairy Tale, who originally wanted to keep a low profile, successfully attracted the attention of every colleague in the office, including, of course, her leader, Manager Zhang.

"Tian Hua, I have something to tell you. Please come to my office."

Although the leader's tone was very calm, she sensed a hint of murderous intent from this calmness.

Is this an illusion?!

Well, I hope so!

Tonghua came to the leader's office under the gaze of all her colleagues.

"Manager Zhang, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Manager Zhang asked with a smile: "Tonghua, how long have you been in our company?"

Upon hearing this question, Tonghua secretly thought that it was not good. Based on Tonghua's experience in the workplace, if a leader asked this question, he would definitely set a trap for his subordinates.

Back when she was working at Tiansheng Head Office, she was tricked by manager Li Liyang with such questions and was forced to do thankless work.

Tonghua mumbled, "Almost three months."

"Three months. For a large company like ours with generous salaries, good benefits, and a stable workforce, three months is only enough to be considered a new employee. New employees are bound to respond negatively when encountering problems..."

Tonghua was a little confused by what he said and had no idea what Manager Zhang meant.

After Manager Zhang rambled on for a while, he finally got to the point: "...I understand that you young people feel a little nervous when you meet company executives, but today is different. The head office has sent someone to inspect our work. How can you hide under the table because your work is not completed? If the leaders of the head office see you, it will be a huge joke..."

The more Tonghua listened to his words, the more she felt something was amiss. She hadn't hidden under the table to avoid work! If the situation hadn't been urgent and she hadn't been relentlessly pursued, she wouldn't have panicked and done something like that.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt she needed to explain herself, otherwise she wouldn't be able to work in the company anymore. Tonghua tapped the table lightly and said to Manager Zhang, "Manager, there's a reason why I crawled under the table just now. Actually, I..."

"Okay, you don't need to say more. You've been in the company for so long..."

Tonghua lowered her voice and retorted quietly: "You just said I was a new employee."

"...The hotel project I assigned to you has been delayed for two months and there has been no progress at all..."

"It's clearly less than a month."

"...Today you have done something that tarnishes the image of the department and the company..."

"Isn't it just a little bit under the table? Is it necessary to make such a serious statement?"

Manager Zhang was lecturing at the table, while Tonghua was whispering back at the table, refuting each point one by one.

"Therefore, I've decided to give you another week. If you don't complete the hotel's contract within a week, I'll need to find someone else to take over the project."

This was a very vague statement. If it was just about taking over one project, it would be fine, but what if Manager Zhang meant to find someone to take over all of her projects? Isn't that a disguised threat of dismissal?

As soon as Tonghua left the manager's office, she attracted the attention of many colleagues. Their eyes were filled with curiosity, confusion, and inquiry. Some colleagues even looked at her silently while whispering something to the colleague next to them.

Tonghua suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart. When she returned to her workstation, her colleagues surrounded her.

A male colleague said, "No wonder we didn't see you when everyone went to the meeting room just now. It turns out you were so scared that you hid under the table..."

Before he could finish his words, he was glared at by several other colleagues, indicating that he should stop talking if he didn't know how to speak.

"Actually, I was also very nervous when I went through my first work inspection. I'll get better after a few more."

"If you encounter something similar next time and you feel nervous, you can tell us..."

Everyone was talking at once to comfort Tonghua. She knew her colleagues meant well, but seeing that the whole office was discussing this matter, she guessed that no one would believe her even if she explained.

Alas, she is so embarrassed now!

In the following time, Tonghua began to go to Hongyue Group to find Chen Chuzhi every day, hoping that he could sign this cooperation project as soon as possible. After all, this involved her career prospects. Although her immediate superior was not very good, her colleagues all had good personalities, and everyone got along well at work. She didn't want to resign for the time being.

After Tonghua finished her work meeting with Chen Chuzhi that day, Chen Chuzhi invited Tonghua to dinner at the restaurant as usual.

This time, Chen Chuzhi chose a chain restaurant in a shopping mall. The environment inside was warm and comfortable, quiet and peaceful, and the perfect lighting shone on each table, creating a full atmosphere.

After seeing the restaurant, Tonghua jokingly said, "Is this also a 'Sichuan restaurant'?"

It's no wonder Tonghua asked this question. No matter whether it was Chen Muzhi or Chen Chuzhi, every time Tonghua went out to eat with them, they would choose places with spicy and oily food. Tonghua had also seen the Chen family's food tastes.

"That's not the case. The cuisine in this restaurant is mostly light."

This answer was beyond Fairy Tale's expectations: "Do you want to change your taste today?"

Chen Chuzhi smiled mysteriously: "You'll know when you see their menu."

The waiter brought the menu as usual, and when Tonghua opened it, she was stunned.

The dishes on the menu are mainly seafood, which means this is a seafood restaurant.

"How about it? Is there any dish that suits your taste?"

"Did you choose this restaurant just for me?"

Although she and Chen Chuzhi had not been together for a long time, Tonghua had eaten with him several times and knew his taste very well. Today's restaurant, which mainly served seafood and light meals, was obviously not to his taste.

Therefore, he obviously chose such a restaurant today with himself in mind.

Chen Chuzhi smiled calmly, "I heard from my brother that you grew up in Hangcheng, and the people of Hangcheng prefer seafood. You've been in Rongcheng for so long, you must be missing the food there. I just heard there's a seafood restaurant here, so I thought of bringing you here to try it. Order whatever you want."

"Thank you!"