Xu Xinchen sneered, wondering what Chen Baifei had gone through to make his face so big: "Who's joking with you? You can try it, I definitely won't be polite to you."
Xu Xinchen's words were so resolute that Chen Baifei was unsure whether she was joking or not, so he stopped walking.
Seizing the opportunity, Xu Xinchen took off running and disappeared from Chen Baifei's sight in just a few seconds.
Panting, Xu Xinchen ran into a small alley. She looked back and saw that Chen Baifei was no longer chasing her, so she stopped, still panting heavily. "It's been years since I've run this fast since I left school and stopped having to run to those damn tests."
Muttering to herself, Xu Xinchen slowly moved her aching legs toward the outside. Chen Baifei's annoyance had made her quite irritable. She needed to find a place to calm herself down quickly, otherwise she wouldn't be able to find a job in the afternoon.
In addition to the noodles she had just ordered, which she had only eaten a couple of bites of, and after running such a long distance, her stomach was now growling loudly with hunger.
Xu Xinchen looked around the street and finally spotted a wonton shop. Before going in, she looked around cautiously again to make sure that Chen Baifei hadn't caught up with her before daring to enter the shop.
This time, Xu Xinchen finished her meal peacefully. When she got up to pay the bill, the plump, auspicious-looking proprietress gave her a tea egg.
"Little girl, come and try some freshly boiled tea eggs. I've noticed you've been looking miserable since you came in. Is something bothering you? Let me tell you, there's a way to solve everything in this world. You have to cheer up."
"Wow, thank you, boss lady. Then I won't be polite."
Xu Xinchen accepted the tea egg with a sense of surprise and gratitude. Feeling the kindness of the world, Xu Xinchen regained her confidence. She took her wallet and started walking outside. No matter what happened next, she had to try her best to face it.
In the afternoon, she visited two or three more companies, but their attitudes were all very clear: given that Xu Xinchen was at an age where her parents were urging her to get married, no one was willing to hire her.
They were all worried that Xu Xinchen would ask to resign and go home to get married after working for a while, which would slow down their work progress. No matter what Xu Xinchen said, it was no use.
Xu Xinchen dragged her tired feet and slowly walked home. When she passed a fork in the road, she saw that one end of the road led to Chen Ningsheng's company and the other end led to her home. Xu Xinchen hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to go and visit Chen Ningsheng.
Chen Ningsheng was currently at the company dealing with the batch of machines that Gu Yan had returned. Although those machines were no longer in use, they couldn't just be left to languish.
Chen Ningsheng kept thinking, wondering if there was any way to make those machines work without harming anyone.
After getting busy, Chen Ningsheng rarely smiled anymore. He always had a serious face at the company, which made everyone in the company tremble with fear, afraid that they would make a mistake and be scolded by the boss.
When Xu Xinchen arrived at the company, she saw everyone else there, all with faces beaming with joy.
"Boss lady, you've finally arrived." A female colleague who used to be on good terms with Xu Xinchen surrounded her.
"You should go to the office and see the boss right away. The boss's face is so dark today that it scares us. Everyone is on edge, afraid that they might do something wrong and get scolded by the boss. You should go and ask the boss what's wrong so that we can avoid getting into trouble."
Xu Xinchen looked at the female colleague with a puzzled expression: "Did you do something to make him angry again?" Chen Ningsheng usually doesn't lose his temper with people in the company unless there is something particularly serious at work.
The female colleague said with a mournful face, "The boss usually has this serious face, but today it's especially bad. Nobody knows what's wrong with him."
As she spoke, the female colleague told Xu Xinchen about how the finance manager and sales manager had both been beaming with joy when they went in to report to Chen Ningsheng that day, but had come out looking pale and sickly.
In conclusion, she added, "The boss used to be just as strict, but today he seems a bit too strict. Even though the company has weathered the last crisis and its performance has improved significantly, the boss doesn't seem happy at all."
As Xu Xinchen listened to her female colleague's description, she couldn't help but feel worried. She wondered if Chen Ningsheng had encountered something serious, as it sounded like even the manager had been scolded.
Thinking of all this, Xu Xinchen could no longer stand still and rushed to Chen Ningsheng's office. When she arrived at the door of Chen Ningsheng's office, Xu Xinchen gently reached out and knocked on the door.
"Knock knock".
Two crisp, small clicks echoed in the otherwise silent corridor. Xu Xinchen looked around, and...
She was now all alone in the corridor.
Meanwhile, the others were hiding nearby, watching her and making pleading faces. Xu Xinchen became even more nervous. It seemed that the situation was really serious, otherwise, why would they be so frightened?
Chen Ningsheng was busy in his office when he suddenly heard a knock on the door. He looked up with some displeasure and said coldly, "Come in."
Xu Xinchen took a deep breath, turned the office doorknob, and stepped inside: "Ning Sheng."
Chen Ningsheng paused in his actions, quickly looked up, and saw that the person in front of him was indeed Xu Xinchen. He immediately smiled happily.
Chen Ningsheng put his pen on the table, pushed back his chair, and walked to Xu Xinchen's side: "Why did you suddenly come here? Why didn't you tell me you were coming? I could have sent someone to pick you up."
Xu Xinchen smiled gently: "It's not that far from here, why did you have to call someone to pick me up? Okay, let's not talk about that now. Tell me, what's wrong? When I came into the company just now, I heard people there say that you seemed very troubled."
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