Chapter 22

Because Lan Shuqing was coming to the company in the evening, Jiang Bai would occasionally get distracted while working that day. Thinking about what to do then, she scratched her hair and looked at the office again.

Whatever, there shouldn’t be anyone in the office by then, Jiang Bai thought despairingly.

Jiang Bai was a little anxious, but he was very busy on the 31st. He only had time to worry when he had some free time, and there was very little free time, so it was better than he had imagined.

Soon it was dinner time. Since all the teams had to work overtime, the company provided dinner. Jiang Bai didn't even have time to go downstairs. He just ate a few bites and it was already half past eight in the blink of an eye.

Jiang Bai finally had time to rest. She took out her cell phone and opened the chat box with Lan Shuqing. The conversation was still stuck on the morning: Remember to tell me in advance when you come, and I will go downstairs to pick you up.

The Q-version character replied with a well-behaved OK expression.

Jiang Bai looked at the time. It was still early. She leaned back in her chair and stared at her phone. Jiang Bai glanced at the work software. There was nothing to do for the time being, so she went downstairs to buy some food.

At nine fifty, Lan Shuqing arrived downstairs of Jiang Bai's company.

Q version of the little man: I'm here.

The moment Jiang Bai received the message, he locked the screen and went downstairs to pick someone up.

The Zhenghe Group Building has a total of 25 floors, and Jiang Bai's office occupies the 10th floor. It took only three minutes for her to leave her workstation and go downstairs. She saw Lan Shuqing standing in the lobby at a glance.

Wearing a light green shirt and a pure white cropped skirt, and a pair of slippers on her feet, Lan Shuqing stood in the hall, graceful and elegant. She smiled and greeted Jiang Bai, "Jiang Bai."

Jiang Bai walked over. The girl's soft hair was half tied up with a silk scarf, and the rest was draped over her shoulders. Her delicate face, which was the size of a palm, was filled with smiles, and there was light in her eyes, like an elf from the divine realm who had descended to earth and landed on Jiang Bai's heart. Jiang Bai seemed to hear his own uncontrollable heartbeat again.

It turned out that they hadn't seen each other for a long time.

It seems like a lifetime ago.

Jiang Bai felt her throat dry. She looked at Lan Shuqing and asked, "Have you been waiting for a long time?"

A bit dazed, Lan Shuqing handed the schoolbag in his hand to Jiang Bai, with a hint of coquettishness, "No way, it's only been a few minutes, please help me take down the schoolbag, it's so heavy."

Jiang Bai held the strap of his schoolbag in his right hand and half-slung it over his shoulder. He didn't dare to look Lan Shuqing in the eye again. "Then let's go up."

Lan Shuqing followed behind Jiang Bai, smiling very happily. Jiang Bai didn't tie her hair today, so she looked even better. She said that Jiang Bai was the type that looked more attractive the more you looked at her.

While waiting for the elevator, Lan Shu approached Jiang Bai and deliberately asked, "Jiang Bai, why don't you look at me?"

Jiang Bai looked up at her, then looked away and said calmly, "How could that be?"

Lan Shuqing took a step forward and took Jiang Bai's arm, half leaning on Jiang Bai, "Why do you look unhappy at all? Don't you welcome me?"

The girl's familiar floral scent instantly enveloped Jiang Bai. Jiang Bai froze and quickly denied, "No."

Lan Shu snorted softly, "I hope you really don't have any."

Jiang Bai led Lan Shuqing to the tenth floor. The main door required fingerprint or facial recognition to enter. The front desk was right after the door. On the wall behind the front desk were slogans of the entire department. On the left and right sides were cultural walls with department indicators, outstanding employees, and a learning culture wall.

The 10th floor is filled with workstations belonging to Jiang Bai's department. There are more than a hundred people on the entire floor, which is further divided into three subordinate departments. Departments 1 and 2 are on the left, and Jiang Bai belongs to Department 3, which is on the right side of the entrance. Department 3 has three groups with more than 40 people in total. In the more than 40 grids, in addition to the general manager, the department managers also sit at their workstations with them to facilitate communication and exchanges.

Jiang Bai sat in the middle seat by the window on the right. There was a colleague on her left who had already left, and there was a pillar on her right, so her seat was relatively quiet.

Jiang Bai put his schoolbag aside and pointed to the seat of his colleague next to him, "You sit here."

Lan Shuqing stood beside Jiang Bai and looked around the office. There were about ten people working overtime, scattered around. She adjusted her skirt, sat down, kicked off, and slid the chair to Jiang Bai's side.

Zhenghe Group equipped Jiang Bai's entire department with dual monitors, one on the left and one on the right. On one side of Jiang Bai's computer was the work software, and on the other was the process interface. Lan Shuqing asked curiously, "What are you guys working on during overtime?"

As she was talking, Jiang Bai's work app lit up and someone sent her a message.

Jiang Bai glanced at Lan Shuqing and said, "It's just to pay the bill." Jiang Bai took out a box of food from the drawer and placed it in front of Lan Shuqing. "Here you go."

A box of donuts, three of them.

Lan Shuqing lay on the table, looked up at Jiang Bai and smiled, "I will gain weight if you do this." Eating such sweet things so late at night.

Jiang Bai glanced at her and said, "You don't have to eat now." Then he turned around to deal with the news.

Before Jiang Bai could finish, a girl came to his workstation and said, "Team Leader, I have a piece of data that doesn't match. Can you help me take a look?"

While the girl was speaking, she glanced at Lan Shuqing. Lan Shuqing stepped back to her seat to make way for Jiang Bai. When Jiang Bai stood up, he patted Lan Shuqing's shoulder soothingly, and then followed the girl.

Lan Shu stretched her neck slightly to glance at Jiang Bai's back and smiled. She slid over to Jiang Bai's seat again, leaned over the table, and pointed at the box of donuts. Looking up, she saw someone else sending Jiang Bai a message. He really was that busy...

After waiting for a long time, Jiang Bai still didn't come back. Lan Shu propped himself up and took a sneak peek. He found that Jiang Bai was pointing at the screen and saying something to the little girl not far away. The little girl nodded repeatedly, looking a little embarrassed, but Jiang Bai's expression did not change. After he finished speaking, he stood up and let the little girl do it herself.

Lan Shuqing sat back down. Perhaps because he saw that Jiang Bai hadn't replied to his message, the person who had previously sent a message to Jiang Bai on the computer started making voice calls, and even Jiang Bai's phone started vibrating.

Jiang Bai happened to come back at this time. Lan Shuqing handed her the phone and made way, "Someone is looking for you."

Jiang Bai took the phone, answered it, and then walked over to his seat and sat down. "I saw it."

Jiang Bai laughed, "It's not that complicated. Just adjust the account. You can adjust it back tomorrow, the 1st."

As the other person continued to speak, Jiang Bai clicked on a second message from someone else, asking about the progress. Jiang Bai replied with a "yes" and then said to the person on the other end of the phone, "I know. Wait until I send you the subject."

Jiang Bai hung up the phone after saying that, issued the subjects and reviewed the procedures.

Lan Shuqing was right next to her, watching her series of orderly operations, his eyes moving slightly. People who are serious are really beautiful.

Jiang Bai remembered something and turned to look at Lan Shuqing. "Are you bored? Do you want to watch a movie or play games?"

Lan Shuqing glanced at the time. It was just past ten eleven. She shook her head and just lay on the table. Being with Jiang Bai, she didn't feel bored anymore.

Jiang Bai glanced at her and she stood up. "Then wait for a while." Then she left her workstation and went to look at other people who had not left yet. Some of them were from other groups. She asked about their work progress. They were almost done and should be done by half past ten.

Jiang Bai's team has reviewed all the orders, but because they need to prepare additional reports, there are still three people left.

Jiang Bai went over and asked about each person's situation. The problem with the little girl had been found. After checking and sending the report, he could leave. There were two more people who Jiang Bai helped to check. One person's report data was too complicated and he had not finished checking it yet, but he could handle it himself. Another one was already sending an email.

All in all, the outlook is good; if nothing unexpected happens, we can leave around 10:30.

There was a sudden noise in the other office. Lan Shuqing heard the sound, she straightened up and looked over. Jiang Bai was still at someone else's workstation. Lan Shuqing took out her cell phone. It was Lan Zhaozhao who sent her a message. Lan Zhaozhao was Lan Zhaoting's cousin, in her thirties. Lan Shuqing called her aunt.

Zhaoyang Wanli: I heard that you came to Zhenghe?

Q version character: Well, Aunt Zhao, how did you know?

Zhaoyang Wanli: Your mother told me.

Q version villain: Why is my mom still telling tales?!

Zhaoyang Wanli: The blue book is light and has no respect for seniority.

Q version villain: Aunt Zhao, you are not working overtime too, are you?

Zhaoyang Wanli: Really? So you really came to Zhenghe Group to work overtime with someone? Who is it? Do I know him?

Q version villain: How would I know if you know him or not...

Zhaoyang Wanli: I am not working overtime. The people who are working overtime at this time are from the Finance Department and the Finance Department of the headquarters. I am not from the Finance Department.

Q version villain: Aunt Zhao, which department are you from?

Zhaoyang Wanli: Business projects.

Q version character: General Manager?

Zhaoyang Wanli: Did your father tell you?

Q version of the little man: You said it yourself when you came to my house before.

Zhaoyang Wanli: Why don’t I remember?

Q version of the villain: I remember.

Q version villain: proud.jpg

Zhaoyang Wanli: Brat.

When Jiang Bai came back, Lan Shuqing was chatting with Lan Zhaozhao. Jiang Bai sat back down and said to Lan Shuqing, "Stay a little longer. We can leave around 10:30."

Lan Shuqing raised his head and looked at her doubtfully, "Didn't you say it would be twelve o'clock?"

Jiang Bai smiled and said, "It's faster than expected."

Lan Shu nodded slightly, "Okay." She thought of something, "Besides you guys, are other people working overtime?"

Jiang Bai nodded. "We have the least overtime. Departments 1 and 2 have settled their accounts and have more to do than us. Most of them are still here. If it's too late, they can sleep in the hotel."

"Hotel?"

Jiang Bai explained, "Well, there's a hotel next to the company. If you want to stay there, tell HR. They'll connect you with the hotel, and we don't have to pay for the room."

"However, we rarely work overtime beyond midnight. We can basically finish most of the company's work on the last day, unless there are special circumstances that require overtime."

Lan Shu understood and sighed, "It's really hard."

Jiang Bai smiled, "That's how finance works."

There is a popular saying outside: Finance is something that even dogs don’t care about.

Although she said so, Lan Shuqing looked at Jiang Bai and saw that she was quite content. She did not neglect any of the things she was supposed to do and was very serious. Lan Shuqing reached out and held Jiang Bai's arm, looking up at her, "Jiang Bai."

"Um?"

Lan Shuqing let go and continued to lie on the table, shaking his head, "It's okay."

Jiang Bai looked at her doubtfully, but couldn't figure out anything, so he turned around and went back to deal with the process.

In the next half hour, people from the three departments left one after another, and Jiang Bai's work software was not touched again, so Jiang Bai went to ask about the situation of the remaining people again.

When I came back, I told Lan Shuqing that I could leave.

Lan Shu stretched lightly. Jiang Bai stood beside her. Lan Shu leaned over and hugged Jiang Bai's waist, gently rubbing it, "Okay."

He said okay but didn't move. Jiang Bai lowered his head to look at Lan Shu's soft hair and gently smoothed it with his fingers.

Lan Shu held Jiang Bai for a long time before letting him go. She stood up, as if recharged with energy, and said with a smile, "Let's go."

Jiang Bai glanced at her helplessly, then quickly turned off the computer and took out his and Lan Shuqing's schoolbags. Lan Shuqing didn't eat the donut, so Jiang Bai shook it and said, "Shall I put it in for you?"

Lan Shu nodded slightly.

Jiang Bai unzipped Lan Shuqing's schoolbag and put the donut inside. However, after unzipping it, she saw a school uniform instead of a book. She glanced at Lan Shuqing, who was still lying on the table, looking up and smiling. "I changed my clothes. I can't come here in my school uniform."

The girl's smile was bright. Even if Jiang Bai was dumb, he could tell that Lan Shuqing was wearing makeup. The child was really delicate. Jiang Bai would not be so self-indulgent as to think that Lan Shuqing had put on makeup and dressed up just to see him.

There is just a hint and desire that lingers in my heart.