On the way to Yun Yanchang's house in the city, Yun Yanchang and Li Xiuyuan sat in the back seat chatting, while Li Boyang sat in the front passenger seat. Actually, Yun Yanchang hadn't planned to bring Li Boyang along when he went to his house for dinner that evening.
Although Li Boyang's secretary was decent and didn't make any mistakes, it would have been embarrassing for Li Boyang if he hadn't been allowed to go to dinner with Li Xiuyuan. Yun Yanchang wanted to be considerate of the secretary's feelings, so he brought Li Boyang along.
Li Boyang sat in the passenger seat and didn't say a word the whole way. When they arrived at Yun Yanchang's house, this feeling became even more obvious. He saw that Li Xiuyuan not only chatted and laughed intimately with Yun Yanchang, but also had a good conversation with Yun Yanchang's wife, Director Zhang. He naturally blended in. These were all secretaries, and he was the current secretary. As a result, he was an outsider in Yun Yanchang's eyes.
If outsiders didn't know, they would think Li Xiuyuan was Yun Yanchang's nephew.
Li Boyang felt very awkward and even restrained during the meal. He wanted to show off a lot, but he couldn't find a way to do so.
After leaving Yun Yanchang's house and getting into the car, Li Boyang finally breathed a long sigh of relief. Looking at Li Xiuyuan with some envy, he said, "Xiuyuan, how did you manage to do that? I've been working as a secretary in Yun County for several months now, and I always feel very constrained and can't let loose."
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said, "That's normal. When I was a secretary in Yun County, it was the same. Now that I'm no longer working in Yun County, I feel a bit better."
Song Yu, who was driving, had a slight smile on his face. He didn't participate in the conversation between the two, but he knew the actual situation. What Li Xiuyuan said made some sense, and this was the situation for most people.
Working under a superior inevitably involves feeling restrained. Things become much easier once you're no longer working under them, and once the superior retires, you can speak even more freely. This isn't just about the individual being influenced by the work relationship; the superior also consciously maintains a proper balance.
If you become too familiar with your subordinates and develop too close a relationship with them, you will lose your authority.
But when we no longer work together, we'll deliberately try to get closer to each other and act more friendly.
But this applies to ordinary people, like Li Boyang, who would definitely follow this path. Li Xiuyuan is different; he works as a driver. When Li Xiuyuan worked under Yun Yanchang, the two were very close, and Li Xiuyuan didn't have the usual sense of restraint.
It wasn't that Yun Yanchang deliberately tried to get closer, but rather that in many of their work interactions, Li Xiuyuan unconsciously broke through the professional boundaries and transformed their relationship into a closer one.
However, Li Xiuyuan's answer to Li Boyang's question was very insightful, because Li Xiuyuan's method was simply impossible to learn.
Just like himself, he had been driving for Yun Yanchang for so long and was considered a confidant. He knew a lot of things, but it was still impossible for him to have such a close relationship with Li Xiuyuan, allowing Yun Yanchang to admire him so openly.
The car returned to Huangyuan County at 10 p.m. Song Yu drove Li Xiuyuan directly to his doorstep. After Li Xiuyuan thanked him politely, he went home.
When they arrived home, the light in their parents' room was still on. Usually, the couple would have already gone to bed by this time, but today they knew that Li Xiuyuan had gone to the city and that his car was parked downstairs at home, so they were waiting for him.
"Have you been drinking?" Zhang Qiuhe handed her son a glass of warm water.
Li Xiuyuan nodded: "I drank a little less with the leader, it's okay. Tomorrow is a holiday, so I can have a good rest."
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