Chapter 95 Zhang Yang [VIP]
Chapter Summary: "Mr. Gu, it's a pleasure doing business with you."
Fu Xianyin left almost as if she were fleeing.
She didn't take the elevator, but instead took the less crowded stairs.
The lights in the stairwell were dim. Fu Xianyin leaned against the wall, taking deep breaths.
Let's give her some more time.
She comforted herself with this thought.
The meeting was so sudden; she was completely unprepared.
She was just flustered and felt guilty.
That's all.
...
When Fu Xianyin climbed the stairs to the third floor, she regretted it.
She has always been physically inactive. For many years, she spent every day in the library when she was a student, and now that she is pursuing a PhD, she either spends all her time in the office or in the lab, and she has no intention of exercising at all.
She walked out of the stairwell on the third floor, pressed the elevator button, and went up to the sixth floor.
The lunch break wasn't over yet. As Fu Xianyin stepped out of the elevator, she could see that everyone was resting.
She walked quietly back to her office, turned off the lights and drew the curtains, hoping to relax herself. However, once she closed her eyes, she couldn't fall asleep.
Those memories kept replaying in my mind.
The more you try not to think about it, the more vividly you recall it.
Fu Xianyin sighed, turned on her computer, and prepared to do something to distract herself. However, the moment the screen lit up, a message popped up on WeChat.
It is Fu Yeyang.
Fu Xianyin clicked on it, but the WeChat on her computer hadn't synced her chat history from a long time ago; the empty chat box contained only one sentence.
[Sister, you're back?]
Fu Xianyin typed and deleted in the chat box, then typed and deleted again, finally replying with only a faint: "[Hmm.]"
Since she went to the United States, she and Fu Yeyang have hardly spoken to each other except during holidays.
She knew nothing about Fu Yeyang's current situation, or even about everything that had happened to him over the years.
About twenty minutes later, another message came back: "[Sis, want to make a call?]"
Fu Xianyin stared at those words for a few seconds, then immediately dialed the number back to Fu Yeyang.
The other side responded very quickly.
When the call connected, Fu Yeyang first called out "Sister" softly, then paused for a moment before asking, "Sister, have you gone back to Beichuan?"
Fu Xianyin said, "No, I'm in Beijing."
Fu Yeyang asked, "Why...did you suddenly decide to come back?"
Several strange noises came from his side, along with the beeping sounds of instruments.
Fu Xianyin said, "I came here to be a technical consultant when the project was being sent on a business trip."
Fu Yeyang asked, "How long will you stay?"
Fu Xianyin said, "I'm not sure, maybe two months."
Fu Yeyang asked, "Which company is it?"
Fu Xianyin paused, exhaled softly, and then said, "Star Sail Technology."
This time, it was Fu Yeyang who remained silent.
He paused for a full minute, so long that Fu Xianyin was starting to wonder if he had hung up on her, before she heard Fu Yeyang ask, with a hint of probing:
"Gu Linzhao's Xingfan Technology?"
Beichuan and Beijing are not close, but considering that at this time, Fu Yeyang may have already joined Fu Dongyuan's company. A businessman's vision cannot be limited to one place, so Fu Xuanyin was not too surprised that Fu Yeyang knew about Xingfan Technology.
She saw no need to deny it, so she readily agreed: "Yes."
This time, Fu Yeyang remained silent for even longer.
Fu Xianyin put her phone on speakerphone and placed it on the table to look at the project data. Just when she had almost forgotten that she was still on the phone with Fu Yeyang, he spoke.
He said, "He...didn't give you any trouble, did he?"
Before Fu Xianyin could speak, he anxiously added, "If he makes things difficult for you, if you can't stay at Xingfan, sis, you should go back..."
Back?
Go back to what? Go back to where?
Fu Xianyin stopped talking and waited quietly for Fu Yeyang to finish his sentence.
She was genuinely curious about where Fu Yeyang would send her back to.
The air seemed to freeze for a moment, then resumed its normal flow.
Fu Xianyin heard Fu Yeyang's voice echoing in the empty office.
He said, "If I can't stand it here, I'll go back to America."
After lunch break, Fu Xianyin went to the tea room to get some water.
The tea room is not only a place to get tea, but also a place to rest and relax during work breaks.
Unlike at the workstation, you don't have to worry about disturbing others when you speak here.
Fu Xianyin was holding a cup when she heard several voices from some distance in the tea room.
Strangely enough, when Fu Xianyin entered the tea room, there was no further movement.
She held her teacup and nodded and greeted several familiar-looking people.
The other person nodded politely to her.
Only Gao Ning frowned the moment she put the cup down to fill the water dispenser, and spoke in a very strange tone.
She said, "Teacher Fu, this cup of yours..."
She hesitated, then exchanged glances with those around her.
Fu Xianyin watched as the boiling water simmered in the cup, rolling over the tea bag at the bottom and turning brownish with the color of the tea leaves.
Fu Xianyin raised her hand and turned off the water dispenser. She looked up at Gao Ning with a good-natured expression and asked, "What's wrong?"
Gao Ning frowned, looking speechless, and said, "This cup of yours, is it from President Gu's set?"
Fu Xianyin paused, her hand holding the cup still.
Gao Ning then said, "And your tea, could it be... also from President Gu?"
She looked at Fu Xianyin, her tone laced with sarcasm: "I should also remind you that President Gu doesn't like others touching his things."
Fu Xianyin paused for a moment, holding the cup by the handle.
She was about to speak when she saw Gao Ning leave with a smile.
As he left, his eyes lingered on her again and again.
Fu Xianyin watched Gao Ning's retreating figure, then turned her gaze back to the water dispenser.
She pressed the water dispenser button again, letting the scalding hot water fill the entire cup.
After getting the water, Fu Xianyin didn't go straight back to her office. Instead, she carried the cup to Gao Ning and the others' workstations.
The hot water in the cup was still steaming, and Fu Xianyin stood down next to Gao Ning's workstation.
She glanced at the project team members and said casually, "Gao Ning, and those of you who need to report to me, come here for a moment."
She couldn't remember the names, so she simply didn't and started talking.
As soon as he finished speaking, no one stood up.
Gao Ning glanced at her and said sarcastically, "Teacher Fu, just say what you have to say here. You know from the meeting this morning that we are very busy and don't have time to run around."
The cup stopped above Gao Ning's head.
Gao Ning could even feel a shadow blocking the light, falling over her head.
For some inexplicable reason, she felt a chill run down her spine.
Fu Xianyin tapped the rim of the cup with her fingertips and said, "That works too."
She looked down at Gao Ning, her head held high, her gaze fixed on her as if she were an object.
She said, "Can you introduce me to the four people who are reporting on the project to me?"
Gao Ning muttered under her breath, "I already introduced it this morning, you wouldn't..."
Before she could finish speaking, a contemptuous sneer reached her ears.
The next second, she heard Fu Xianyin say, "What?"
Gao Ning was taken aback.
The next second, an even colder voice came.
Fu Xianyin tapped the side of the cup with her fingertip and raised her voice a few decibels: "Gao Ning, repeat what you just said."
The air froze.
Everyone kept their eyes down, not daring to lift their heads, but all their attention was focused on this side.
Gao Ning's shoulders trembled.
She didn't expect Fu Xianyin to call her out directly.
Gao Ning felt both ashamed and angry that something they had discussed in private had been brought up in public. She was just about to stand up and confront Fu Xianyin when she heard Fu Xianyin say, "If Gao Ning isn't going to introduce herself, then you can come out and introduce yourselves to me."
There was still complete silence.
Fu Xianyin wasn't in a hurry; she just waited it out with this group of people.
Fu Xianyin wasn't stupid; after a whole morning, she couldn't possibly fail to see it.
She was not welcome on this project team.
They not only didn't welcome her, but also planned to give her a hard time.
Gao Ning was the first to be affected.
But it's definitely not just about Gao Ning.
Gao Ning was just a lowly team member, while Xingfan had specially hired her as a technical consultant. If Gao Ning had any complaints about her, even if she had the guts of a bear and the gall of a leopard, she wouldn't show it so obviously.
There's only one possibility: Gao Ning is the one who sticks her neck out.
But the nail that sticks out gets hammered down.
Fu Xianyin neither cares nor cares why the project team doesn't welcome her.
She doesn't trace the root cause, she only looks for the result.
Gao Ning was the first result she found.
With a playful gaze sweeping over the project team, about two or three minutes later, some of them couldn't take it anymore.
The first person to stand up was a boy wearing glasses. He introduced himself: "Teacher Fu, my name is Li Yiran. I am in charge of the technical aspects and will be reporting the work progress to you later."
Fu Xianyin looked at him and asked, "What's your WeChat ID?"
Li Yiran was about to speak when Fu Xianyin interrupted her.
She said, "Add me on WeChat so it'll be easier to report progress later."
Li Yiran nodded hurriedly and said okay.
Once one person started, others followed suit and stood up one after another.
After Li Yiran came a boy named Wang Yue, and then a girl named Song Jiaqi.
Fu Xianyin wrote down all the names and then asked them to add her on WeChat before turning her gaze back to Gao Ning.
This time, however, she didn't say anything to Gao Ning alone, but instead addressed the entire project team.
She spoke calmly and deliberately: "I'm not blind, nor am I stupid. I can see through your thoughts."
These words shocked everyone for a moment.
They had considered that Fu Xianyin would be put to a bad start, but they also considered that she would resolve everything quietly and subtly, leaving the rest to time.
But no one expected that Fu Xianyin would bring everything to the forefront.
Fu Xianyin said, "I don't want to know, and I'm not interested in knowing why you're doing these shady things. But there's one thing I feel I need to make clear beforehand."
"I don't want my work progress to be disrupted by your underhanded methods, and I don't want to have my workload increased by uncooperative people."
"Gentlemen, feel free to share your thoughts, but keep them to yourselves. If they come out and interfere with the work progress, things won't be as simple as they are today."
Fu Xianyin glanced around and spoke:
"If you think I speak harshly or have a bad temper, then I'm sorry."
"Because today will be the day I'm in the best mood during this entire project."
After she finished speaking, she tilted her head with interest and asked, "Is there anything else you want to say?"
No one dared to utter a sound.
Amidst the silence, Gao Ning was especially terrified.
Fu Xianyin's cup of hot water remained suspended above her head the entire time, and she didn't even try to move it aside to make way for her when she was about to get up.
The moment Fu Xianyin uttered those unkind words, Gao Ning even felt that Fu Xianyin would simply pour that cup of hot water over her head without batting an eye.
However, she did not.
She was so steady that not a single drop of hot water spilled.
The cup remained perfectly still, hovering straight above her head the entire time, without shifting at all.
Having said what she needed to say, Fu Xianyin prepared to get up and return to her office.
However, as soon as she turned around, she saw a figure that shouldn't be there at this moment.
Gu Linzhao stood not far away, his gaze seemingly falling on her for a second.
Meanwhile, Hu Chengcheng was holding a document and talking to Gu Linzhao.
The distance between them was neither too far nor too close.
It is a distance close enough to see and hear everything that just happened.
It is also a valid reason to cover up or ignore everything that just happened.
Normally, everyone would choose the latter.
The entire project team shared this view.
Everyone saw Gu Linzhao and Hu Chengcheng as soon as they arrived.
However, the two of them stood still, neither moving closer nor backing away.
This is a signal, at least for the entire project team. It's a signal that Gu Linzhao and Hu Chengcheng don't want to get involved and want to let everything just fade away naturally.
This is a normal reaction.
But the key issue is that Fu Xianyin cannot be considered a normal person.
She walked towards Gu Linzhao and Hu Chengcheng. Hu Chengcheng saw her and nodded slightly with a smile as a greeting.
However, the smile froze on her face the next second.
Because Fu Xianyin stood in front of the two of them.
Fu Xianyin was still holding the cup of hot water in her right hand. Without even switching hands, she extended her left hand and said:
"It's a pleasure to work with you."
Hu Chengcheng only hesitated for a second before reaching out to shake hands.
However, Fu Xianyin avoided it.
She avoided Hu Chengcheng's hand, leaving it standing there, and her fingertips slightly curved, pointing directly at Gu Linzhao.
Fu Xianyin raised the corners of her lips, her voice neither too loud nor too soft, but her tone still carried a hint of arrogance.
She said:
"President Gu."
"It's a pleasure to work with you."
[Author's Note]
Our Yinyin is truly someone who would never allow herself to be wronged.
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