Chapter 12
Moved
Do I get a gift too?
"Of course, I've been working on this for a long time. Open it up and see if you like it."
After realizing that he had fallen for Jiang Fengyi, Xu quickly took action. Before choosing a gift, he even consulted the dating guru Wan Juanshu.
Only after receiving a positive reply and blessings did she finally decide to send the gift that she had worked on for several nights in a row.
In the end, Xu hesitated, wanting to see Jiang Fengyi open the gift herself, yet also afraid that she wouldn't like it; these two conflicting emotions intertwined in his mind.
"I'm going to give the children gifts."
Xu, however, fled.
The more you are tempted, the more timid you become.
All the cardboard boxes had been unloaded from the truck. Xu, who had escaped, clapped his hands and called to the group of children who had exhausted themselves and were lying in their chairs: "Call everyone over, let's distribute the gifts."
"Yay! What gift!"
"Sister Xu Que, what good things have you brought us this time?"
"Sister Xu Que, can you come every day?"
"Yuanyuan, hurry up, or we'll be at the very back of the line!"
Dean Su Mei also came out. When she saw Xu Que, she advised, "Why are you buying so much for the children again? You should keep some for yourself after you get your salary."
Xu hurriedly said, "Dean Su Mei, I've kept it; it's an extra bonus."
Dean Su Mei turned her head and saw Jiang Fengyi standing to the side: "And who is this?"
"She is my boss."
Xu tried to escape but failed. Dean Su unintentionally brought the two, who had just separated, back together.
Jiang Fengyi walked in and extended her hand to her: "Hello, Dean Su, you can just call me Xiao Jiang."
Dean Su had gray hair and wore reading glasses. His cloudy eyes could no longer clearly see the person opposite him, but he could tell from the voice that Xu Que's boss was still very young.
She reached out and shook his hand in return.
Grandma Su began to praise Xu Que with the same enthusiasm that an ordinary old woman would use to praise her own child: "Boss Jiang, our Xu Que is an outstanding child. She has been smart since she was a child. Please give her more guidance in the company."
"She's clever, hardworking, and grateful. If you promote her and give her a raise, she'll remember your kindness for the rest of her life."
Xu, listening nearby, was so engrossed that he scratched his toes into the ground.
"Dean, please stop talking. Let's distribute the things to the children first. Look how impatient they are."
Jiang Fengyi looked into Dean Su's eyes and said earnestly, "Xu is very good. Don't worry, I will definitely not mistreat her."
"Yes, my boss treats me very well, so you don't need to worry about it, Dean."
After seeing Dean Su off, Xu opened the cardboard boxes one by one and distributed gifts to the children who were lined up.
Picture books, colored pencils, snacks, toys, shoes, new clothes...
Everyone gets a share.
The children who received the gifts all had beaming smiles on their faces. Yuanyuan rushed over to hug the pillow and offered her leg, her face radiant with a bright smile.
Xiaohua's missing tooth was visible when she opened her mouth. Ever since she started losing her baby teeth, she had been smiling with her lips pursed, but now she didn't care and laughed heartily.
Emotions are easily contagious, and the smiles on the children's faces were increasingly enthusiastic.
Jiang Fengyi sat to the side, holding an unopened gift in her hand, but her mood was just as joyful as that of the children who received gifts.
She looked down at her hand.
Will it be a gift made by Xu himself? What could it be?
The gift box was quite large; Jiang Fengyi needed both hands to hold it. Despite its size, it wasn't heavy.
Jiang Fengyi has received many expensive gifts since she was a child, but it seems that the only gift she has made by hand is this one.
As you run your fingertips over the not-so-neat bow, it's easy to see that the person who tied it wasn't very skilled; the ribbon at the bottom is uneven in length, as if they were wrapping a gift box for the first time.
But they put in extra effort.
The gift paper and ribbons used for wrapping were perfectly wrinkle-free; they weren't the standard packaging chosen by the staff, but rather a unique combination that I had carefully selected myself.
The off-white wrapping paper is tied with a bright orange ribbon, making it eye-catching and bright, as if you are holding a blazing sun.
Jiang Fengyi had even more expectations for the gift.
With her pale, cold fingers, she gently untied the bow and tore off the outermost wrapping paper, revealing the contents inside.
It's a hand-knitted bouquet of sunflowers!
No,
The bouquet unfolds, spreading out like a golden handmade blanket, as if sunlight were pouring onto it, radiating a warm and cozy feeling.
Jiang Fengyi touched the sunflower at the top of the blanket with great affection. The sunflowers, also knitted, surrounded the blanket, one after another.
Each stitch and thread represents countless hours of painstaking effort.
The most precious gift an adult can receive is time.
Jiang Fengyi folded the unfolded blanket back into the shape of a bouquet, holding it in her arms as if she were holding a bunch of sunflowers.
Xu saw this scene when she returned after distributing the items to the children.
Her light steps suddenly faltered, and she asked nervously, "Do you...do you like this gift?"
"Thank you, I really like it."
moment,
In Xu's heart, a thousand sunflowers bloomed at once, each one beaming a warm smile at her, and even she herself couldn't help but smile.
Jiang Fengyi, holding the flowers, looked at her and said, "It must have taken a lot of effort, right?"
"It's...it's alright."
"Do you work during the day and then stay up late at night to knit?"
Xu Quezhao said frankly, "I didn't stay up all night for a few nights. At first, I was knitting slowly, but I picked up the speed as I became more skilled."
Upon learning that Xu had stayed up all night knitting, Jiang Fengyi was overwhelmed with mixed emotions.
Before Jiang Fengyi could figure out what the emotion that had welled up in her heart was, the short weekend was over and Monday arrived.
The most hated days for office workers.
He Shuyi was listless and weak; she had arrived physically, but her mind was still at home. She had to gulp down coffee to barely keep herself awake.
Her lifeless demeanor contrasted sharply with the vibrant Xu next door.
He Shuyi asked, puzzled, "Did you win the lottery this morning? You're so energetic!"
Xu chuckled: "Don't you think going to work is fun? You feel your life is fulfilling, your life is complete, and you've gained happiness."
"You kid, you're not so stupid from working on Monday, are you?"
Xu Que's smile never faded; it was so bright that He Shuyi almost couldn't open her eyes.
"What good thing happened to you?" she guessed. "You didn't actually win the lottery, did you?"
"Sisters, if you become rich and powerful, don't forget us!"
"No, I just enjoy going to work."
Xu Que had just come out of Jiang Fengyi's office when he saw the blanket she had given him neatly draped over a corner of the sofa, instantly adding a touch of warmth to the cool-toned office.
The thought of Jiang Fengyi resting on the sofa covered with the knitted blanket she had given her filled her with joy.
bite----
The elevator went up to the 22nd floor.
However, Xu's pleasant mood came to an abrupt end.
As soon as Zhao Ruxuan got out of the elevator, she headed straight for Jiang Fengyi's office. Having worked there for a while, she still remembered the way clearly.
Having finally managed to evade the curfew and sneak up behind an acquaintance, she was determined to vent her anger today.
Zhao Ruxuan's former elegance was gone; the frizzy ends of her hair told a story of her recent struggles. She had no time to take care of it, overwhelmed by a pile of household problems.
The culprits were Jiang Fengyi and her new assistant, Xu Que.
"Jiang Fengyi! What have we, the Zhao family, ever done to wrong you that you would resort to such cruelty!"
Before arriving at Jiang Fengyi's office, you will pass through the president's office, which is the assistants' office area and her former workplace.
Zhao Ruxuan went berserk, transforming into a desktop cleaning master, throwing away and smashing the piles of files on the workers' desks, crying and destroying things wherever she went.
After smashing everything in sight, she headed straight for Xu Que's workstation.
"And you! You don't know what's good for you. Today I'll show you what I, Zhao Ruxuan, am capable of!"
She moved incredibly fast; the moment she finished speaking, a slap landed on Xu Que's face.
Fortunately, Xu was on guard the moment she saw her rushing over and dodged the slap.
But Zhao Ruxuan persisted, reaching out to grab his collar. Xu, however, wouldn't let her have her way, immediately shoving her away and retreating as well.
In his haste to dodge, Xu didn't notice the desk behind him and accidentally bumped his thigh on the corner of the desk, feeling a dull pain at the point of impact.
At this moment, the worker whose documents Zhao Ruxuan had thrown at her also caught up. She was even crazier than Zhao Ruxuan, shouting in a shrill voice, "Security! Security! There's a madwoman here!"
"I painstakingly organized these documents, you have to compensate me!"
After saying that, he was about to rush up and fight Zhao Ruxuan, but he was stopped by his relatively rational colleague the next second.
The security guards hired by Jingjiang were not old men, but strong young men who were very efficient. When Zhao Ruxuan tried to smash the second desk, two security guards had already subdued her and carried her to the elevator.
"I'm not leaving! Jiang Fengyi, you're a woman, so come out and see me!"
She clung to the edge of the table, to the money tree, and to everything within her reach, stubbornly refusing to leave.
The employee whose desk Zhao Ruxuan smashed grabbed her leg and wouldn't let go, shouting, "I don't want to let you go so easily!" She yelled at the security guard, "Don't let her off so easily, at least help me sort out the documents."
The two security guards, caught in a dilemma, looked miserable and said, "Please, ladies, stop messing with us. I'm going to go crazy if this happens on Monday, the first day of work."
When Jiang Fengyi returned from the Monday meeting, she found the president's office in complete chaos.
Documents were scattered all over the floor, the money tree was uprooted, and her company's employees were lying on the ground or clinging to each other's legs.
The conscientious security guard slowly dragged a group of people toward the elevator.
"What...what happened?"
"President Jiang," the newly hired security guard, Xiao Li, greeted him politely.
"It's a small matter, I can handle it."
"You go about your business, I'll take all the unrelated people away right away."
No matter how crazy Zhao Ruxuan was, she couldn't fight against four people. The two security guards, wanting to prove their abilities to Jiang Fengyi, worked even harder to carry her into the elevator.
Wu Qi briefly summarized what had just happened.
"Zhao Ruxuan sneaked into the company and started beating people up, but fortunately she has been subdued."
"Were any employees injured?"
Wu Qi paused for a moment, hesitating whether to tell the embarrassing story of Xu bumping into the table while dodging Zhao Ruxuan. Finally, she said vaguely, "Xu seems to be injured."
Jiang Fengyi, who had just been calm, suddenly felt a buzzing in her head, as if all sound had been sucked out of her ears.
"I...I'll go check on her."
Jiang Fengyi's body made the decision before her brain, and she couldn't wait to rush to Xu Que's workstation.
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