If I were to agree immediately, it would be like mud dripping down my pants—either I'd be covered in shit or something.

I'm such a clever little thing, pushing all the work onto Director Wang. After all, I'm in logistics, which is under Li Huaide's jurisdiction. If you, Director Yang, really want me to work overtime to cook, fine, let Director Wang do it.

I was just a minor character; in the end, it was a struggle between Director Yang and Li Huaide.

Before I knew it, it was time to leave work. I was relieved that Director Wang hadn't told me I had to work overtime that night, so it seemed like the matter was over.

Ma Hua checked the kitchen and, finding nothing wrong, was about to leave for home when Liu Lan suddenly called out to him, "Ma Hua, come here for a second."

"Sister Lan, what's wrong? Are you really planning to work overtime?" Ma Hua teased Liu Lan.

"Go to hell." Liu Lan said happily. She had told Lao Li what Ma Hua had said that afternoon, and Lao Li was so happy that he gave her a lot of money and votes.

With this, wouldn't it be better to just go to the market and buy it yourself? Do you really think you'd be so eager to eat the boss's leftovers?

"Here you go." Liu Lan called Ma Hua aside, looked around to make sure no one was watching, and handed him a small stack of receipts.

"This is from Director Li." Liu Lan didn't bother to keep it a secret. Although she didn't know how Ma Hua found out about her relationship with Lao Li, she didn't bother to hide it now that she knew. She believed that Ma Hua was a tight-lipped person.

Ma Hua took the receipts from Liu Lan, glanced at them, and saw five meat coupons, five grain coupons, and five cloth coupons. Wow, that's quite a lot.

Ma Hua took out a few bills and handed them to Liu Lan.

Seeing Ma Hua's gesture, Liu Lan was somewhat surprised and quickly said, "This is for you."

"This is a tip for Sister Lan's hard work," Ma Hua said, not bothering to be polite with Liu Lan, and simply stuffed the ticket into her hand before heading straight to the bicycle shed to ride home for dinner.