Chapter 31

Chu Muchao returned to his workstation with a cup of lemon tea in his hand and a straw in his mouth.

On the table were six cups of milk tea from different shops, along with cookies, cakes, and fried chicken.

Chu Muchao glanced at the food, pulled out a chair and sat down, asking Shen Jia next to him.

"Sister Shen Jia, who brought these milk teas?"

Shen Jiazhen was busy making a PPT. When she heard Chu Muchao's voice, she took a moment to look up and shook her head in response.

"I don't know. I came back after dinner and saw a few cups of milk tea here."

Chu Muchao smiled and said, "Okay, thank you."

Chu Muchao: System, system.

【^-^System here, good afternoon, Miss Mu Mu.】

Chu Muchao: I want to know who sent it.

[Does Miss Mu Mu want to thank them? I don't think it's necessary.]

Chu Muchao: No, let's go back the way we came.

Okay, I'll organize it and match the recipients with the photos of the milk tea packaging so it's easier for you to see.

Less than a minute later, Chu Muchao heard a "ding" system notification.

Immediately, a semi-transparent panel popped up automatically, displaying a screen similar to an Excel spreadsheet. The left column contained photos of people, and the right column showed the corresponding food items.

Jiang Lan also sent over a box of cookies.

Chu Muchao put down the lemon tea he had brought, picked up the box of cookies, and went to Jiang Lan's workstation first.

"Sister Jiang Lan, I received a box of cookies. Please have some."

“Uh…” Jiang Lan paused for a moment, then took the box of cookies. “Thank you.”

Chu Muchao returned the milk tea and snacks before going back to his workstation.

Before last Friday, she was assigned some small, troublesome tasks to do.

Now I'm free.

She's really a lazy bum.

Chu Muchao typed a private message to the team leader: Team leader, are there any tasks assigned to me this week?

Team leader replied: No, Chuchu. It's a pity we haven't received any new projects recently. Everyone has their own long-term projects. Why don't you ask who needs help?

Chu Muchao: (Cute) Okay.

Sigh, this is a bit boring.

The team leader used to call her Xiao Chu, just like everyone else.

It's not surprising that their attitude changed so drastically; it's mainly because Miss Mu Mu's actions today had a much bigger impact on them.

Chu Muchao: ?

[When you and Chu Wen went to take the private elevator at the back, many people saw you. From their perspective, Chu Wen looked like your little follower ^-^.]

Chu Muchao: It can't be that bad...

[Messages don't offer the same direct experience as visuals.]

It might still be quite serious.

Less than half an hour after she sat down, she felt eyes on her from all directions.

Only Shen Jia beside him seemed genuinely overwhelmed with work, her eyes never leaving the computer screen, her mind highly focused.

Chu Muchao couldn't help but feel puzzled again.

Why do other people not seem this busy, but Shen Jia is so busy?

The system's voice sounded.

[Miss Mu Mu, what do you think is the reason why Shen Jia is so busy?]

Chu Muchao thought for a moment: She is conscientious and capable, so she is given a lot of work.

Chu Muchao: Or is her current job too tedious and trivial?

Chu Muchao: During the new employee training, she helped me answer a few questions. Judging from her description, her logic was clear and concise, so her ability shouldn't be a problem.

Let me first show you how she got her current job.

As the system's voice faded, the semi-transparent panel popped up automatically again.

A proportionally reduced, opaque white frame appears in the center. After a few seconds, an image of an office appears within the white opaque frame.

"Hey, Shen Jia, what are you doing? You're not responding when I talk to you."

Shen Jia looked at her phone screen without looking up: "What is it? Tell me."

"Nothing happened. I asked you out on the weekend and you ignored me. You're so aloof."

Shen Jia frowned slightly, but her expression remained patient. She put down her phone, looked at the other person, and asked, "Where did you guys go this weekend? Sorry, I went back to my hometown this weekend, so I might have missed your messages."

"Who knows if it's true or not? Maybe they don't want to go out with us?"

"Yeah, you always ignore me when I ask you to come out. Shen Jia, you're so hard to get along with."

Shen Jia was a little annoyed: "Working is so tiring, and you still have to do team building with me on the weekend? I can't even refuse? It's not like I haven't been before. We have to drink while eating, and then we have to drink at KTV and bars. I can't refuse. You call it a department dinner or a gathering with friends, but to put it bluntly, I'm like a hostess."

"You see everything as dirty because of your heart. We just wanted to help you go out and have some fun."

"Hey, what's the point of arguing? If you don't want to go, then don't go. We're not even in the same group anyway, we're competitors, so it's normal that they don't like us."

"Hey, Shen Jia, you don't seem too busy right now. I need someone to help me organize the data for this project. We're all pretty busy here. Could you lend a hand? Thanks for your help."

Shen Jia immediately wanted to refuse, but was interrupted by someone with more seniority.

"I remember you did this kind of data before, and it was so detailed and visually appealing. You're really amazing. Well done, Jiajia."

Shen Jia is in a difficult situation.

So the job naturally fell to her.

Chu Muchao shook his head.

Shen Jia's downfall lies in her straightforwardness and honesty, but she is actually clumsy with words, soft-hearted, and kind.

They were completely outmaneuvered by the other party.

Chu Muchao propped his head up and touched Shen Jia's hand with his finger.

"Sister Shen Jia, I see you're overwhelmed with work. Is there anything I can help you with?"

"ah?"

Shen Jia hurriedly came to her senses, paused for a moment, and seemed to be processing the words she had just heard in her mind.

After a long pause, he said, "It's okay, it's okay, I'll be quick."

Shen Jia's reply wasn't loud, but Chu Muchao suddenly raised his voice and said, "What should I do? It's almost time to get off work, Sister Shen Jia, could you please help me take a look at this? It's urgent!!"

The last word was spoken especially loudly.

Shen Jia was taken aback again: "Huh? Okay, okay, what is it? Let me see?"

As she spoke, she moved her chair closer to Chu Muchao's computer.

But there wasn't anything open on the computer in front of her.

Shen Jia was wondering when several people suddenly appeared behind her.

It was those people in the system's feed who pushed the work onto Shen Jia.

"Busy?"

The man in the lead had a smile on his face and first looked at Chu Muchao.

After making eye contact, he turned his gaze to Shen Jia's face.

Shen Jia nodded: "Is there anything else?"

"No, I just saw you were too busy and wanted to ask if you needed any help."

Shen Jia said irritably, "You're already doing a huge favor by doing your own jobs well!"

The men looked displeased, but they couldn't show it, so they just nodded and smiled.

"That's right, I just came to tell you that you can send us the Excel file, and we can continue to do it according to your format."

Shen Jia rolled her eyes: "Why didn't you do this earlier? Okay, wait a minute, I'll send it over."

He may be sharp-tongued, but he's already done half the work of helping others.

Sigh, I really don't know what to say about this woman.

-

Marketing Department.

Ah Dong sent Shi Xiyu his first email, which contained the first batch of more urgent work arrangements.

This included a discussion of a joint proposal for an event to be completed in ten days.

This event is a collaboration with a well-known national chain of dessert shops.

This collaboration was arranged by Ah Dong personally.

Dream Unlimited is backed by the MZ Group, so theoretically it should have good resources and several well-known brand lines.

However, this collaboration was initiated by Dream Unlimited. The event plan had to be reviewed and approved by the dessert shop before it could proceed, and the contract clearly stipulated that Dream Unlimited would bear all the event costs, with the event revenue split 40/60.

Shi Xiyu felt this was unreasonable, but since it had already become a fact, she could only take over and do it for the time being.

She took the contract to Ah Dong.

Ah Dong had his legs propped up on the table, leaning back in his chair playing a mobile game.

Seeing Shi Xiyu approaching, he glanced up but ignored her.

Shi Xiyu slammed the contract on the table and asked, "What's the current status of this event? I saw you noted at the end of the document that this event is very urgent, and I need to communicate with you in person to understand the specific situation."

Ah Dong curled his lip, his face showing disdain: "I'm leaving soon, what's there for you to talk to me about? I've written it all in the handover documents, can't you read it yourself?"

Shi Xiyu flipped through the emails containing the handover documents and said, "I didn't see any progress in the emails."

Ah Dong scoffed: "So that means there's no progress."

Shi Xiyu crossed her arms, took a few deep breaths, and asked, "Manager Dong, are you deliberately refusing to cooperate with the handover of your work? Before leaving, you should have properly handed over all the work you have on hand."

"Whatever, if you're unhappy, just call the police and have them arrest me."

When confronted with questions, Ah Dong was clearly impatient, and his tone became even worse.

"You think you're so capable? You figure it out yourself. Oh, I just don't know if my men will obey you anymore, haha."

Shi Xiyu looked at her colleagues from other departments.

When they met her gaze, her colleagues returned her smiles one by one.

It's said that this is someone the eldest daughter of the Chu family personally asked Chu Wen for, so they definitely have to treat her with utmost respect.

Who would dare offend the person the CEO wants?

Someone spoke up to remind Ah Dong: "Brother Dong, Mr. Shi is someone Miss Chu asked Mr. Chu to ask. You should be careful."

Ah Dong snorted coldly: "Oh, so you got in through the back door. Shi Xiyu, if you don't have the ability, then keep it to yourself. Don't embarrass yourself by showing up. Listen to this, everyone knows you got in through President Chu's back door. I'm ashamed for you."

Shi Xiyu's cheeks immediately flushed red.

But he quickly recovered and chuckled.

"When others recognize your abilities and want you to do things for them, do you feel guilty or ashamed? It seems you really need to improve yourself."

"you!"

Ah Dong was so shocked by the retort that he jumped up from his chair, glared at Shi Xiyu, and after a while said, "Go ahead and argue with me. Anyway, I'm doing things according to procedure. Let's see what you can do about it."

Shi Xiyu was too lazy to continue arguing with A Dong.

There's no point in talking to such a scoundrel; it's better to look up some past records first.

-

When it was time to leave work, Chu Muchao walked out with Shen Jia, carrying a bag on his back.

Just then, I saw Shi Xiyu walking towards me.

Chu Mu smiled at her and called out sweetly.

"Sister~"