"Then let's have lunch together. Don't forget this time. After all, we've known each other for so long, and it's a little hard to get used to being apart from you all suddenly."
Suti seemed to believe her and genuinely considered them friends.
“Okay, we’ll come find you at noon.” Except for Meng Yixuan, who remained silent, the others responded enthusiastically.
"Alright, I should go back now. Staying here will only interfere with your work." Suti said before getting up and leaving.
She didn't take the opened tea box, and openly said that she would come to see the director for tea in the future.
Since the package had already been opened, even if it contained good tea, it had nothing to do with gift-giving. The director, for some reason, didn't refuse.
Sure enough, at noon, as Su Ti deliberately did, she didn't sit with the people from the archives department, but instead sat in her original office seats with her colleagues.
Of course, Meng Yixuan was not among these people. Whenever Su Ti was around, everyone tacitly excluded Meng Yixuan.
"Su Ti, we thought you weren't going to hang out with us anymore after you got promoted to director." If it were yesterday, Zhu Qingling wouldn't have dared to say that.
Seeing that Suti hadn't changed, she felt that they were still the same as before.
She saw it firsthand; many people in the cafeteria looked on with envy when they saw Suti sitting with them.
She must think they have a good relationship, even though she got promoted and still sits with them.
"How could that be? Aren't we friends?" Suti replied with a smile, and the others on the other side also smiled.
"Suti, you don't know how much we miss you when you're not in the office," Zhu Qingling said, pleased with Suti's words.
She felt they were still the same; she didn't need to fawn over anyone, and others would only envy them.
Her family also felt it was a pity and kept urging her to find opportunities to continue interacting with Suti, but in her opinion, it was unnecessary at all.
"Don't even mention you guys, I'm not used to it either. This morning I was running to our office as usual, but I only realized something was wrong when I got close."
"Luckily we're still in the same department, otherwise I definitely wouldn't want to leave you all. We've worked together for so long, and we're all familiar with each other. It would be really hard to get used to leaving you all."
It's just about the romance, Suti is very familiar with this formula.
"Yes, I even called everyone by the wrong name yesterday when I was chatting with them." Zhu Qingling felt that the distance between them had grown considerably when she heard Su Ti say this.
"Then it's settled, we'll still be friends from now on." Suti looked at the looks on their faces and thought that old tricks always win people's hearts.
"Yes, we're still friends." The group smiled, realizing that Suti cared about them so much.
They can become friends with Suti, and there will be many benefits to that in the future.
"Let's eat. From now on, we'll all eat together at noon." Suti felt that was enough and didn't say anything more.
After all, if you start by saying random things, someone who's paying attention will notice something.
She wanted it to be revealed unintentionally, but today is only the first day, so it's clearly inappropriate.
After finishing her meal, Suti rushed back to breastfeed, and for several days she shuttled between her home and the Ministry of Reform.
Over the course of a few days, thanks to Suti's deliberate efforts, the relationships between the people in the office and Suti improved significantly.
"Suti, here you go." Zhu Qingling had gone out earlier and bought a few bottles of soda; the weather was getting hotter and hotter.
"I can't drink it. You all know I have to go back and breastfeed. I can't eat too much cold food."
Thanks to Suti's deliberate disclosures, everyone is now learning more and more about Suti's family situation.
For example, her husband is a driver in the transportation department, and they live outside the military compound now.
For example, they may seem good to outsiders, but their family members still have feelings for the first one, after all, they've raised him for so many years.
At first, I felt indebted to them, so I made a cruel decision and sent him back.
But now they are doing better and better, and their family members are slowly starting to miss the old one.
Half true, half false, the group felt they had gotten to know Suti thoroughly during this time.
"Oh? You can't even drink soda? That's so pitiful!" Zhu Qingling knew how hard Su Ti had been working these past few days.
I have to go back to breastfeed every day. I can't eat cold food, spicy food, or anything with a strong flavor. Life is really tasteless.
Zhu Qingling's family has been arranging blind dates for her lately, but seeing Su Ti's condition, she feels that marriage is not a good thing.
She had to give birth, breastfeed, and most importantly, couldn't eat anything. Zhu Qingling thought that even someone as capable as Su Ti couldn't do it, let alone someone as incapable as Su Ti.
"It's nothing, I've just been too tired lately." Suti sat down and ate a few bites of food, looking like she had no appetite.
"What's wrong?" Zhu Qingling looked over at her curiously.
"I feel so sorry for my man. You know, for so many years his identity was replaced, and the life he lived in the countryside was... I can't even mention it!"
"Now that we've finally gotten through the hard times, we haven't even had a few days to enjoy the good life before everything is going back to the way it was."
"I thought everything would get better after I gave birth, but who knew that after the baby was born, my family started to miss the old one again."
"How could we accept this? But who knew that man was so formidable? He actually came back, and I heard he even married a formidable wife."
“My family is already reluctant to let him go, and I estimate that they will recognize him soon. I’m extremely anxious.”
Suti spoke impatiently, only mentioning that they were family members from beginning to end. She never said that they were her grandfather and father. She wasn't afraid of being exposed later, as it was all just their imagination.
"Really? Qi Bowen is really back?" Zhu Qingling was stunned by Su Ti's words, and the others in the office also looked over.
“He changed his name. Now he’s called Wei Bowen. His family didn’t tell us. They only know he’s back. Maybe they’re afraid we’ll cause him trouble.” Su Ti’s face was full of resentment.
"Sutti, don't worry, even if he comes back, it won't change your status."
While Zhu Qingling was comforting him, she was secretly thinking that she never expected Qi Bowen to come back.
But thinking about it, it makes sense. After all, the child had been raised in the Li family for so many years. In the beginning, he was angry and had to be ruthless to give his biological son an explanation.
Now everything has stabilized. The elders, of course, think that harmony in the family is the foundation of everything, and the Li family doesn't have many children.
It would be best to keep both of them by your side: one biological child and one you raised yourself.
In the past, they would have fawned over Suti, but now Suti genuinely considers them friends.
He used to be such an arrogant person, unwilling to say a single word to them.
Now she talks more and likes to share household chores with them, so they're definitely going to side with her.
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