Yang Xuechang hesitated and said, "This isn't a good idea. Teacher Tang didn't call me. What if she really has something to discuss with you privately?"
Gu Zhiyun said, "We are a research team, so we should solve problems together. If it's a personal issue, she shouldn't have called me over so late at night. Besides, I don't have any personal relationship with her."
Gu Zhiyun spoke frankly, which greatly impressed Yang Xuechang.
He had long noticed that Tang Xiaoran had a somewhat ambiguous relationship with Gu Zhiyun.
However, Tang Xiaoran skillfully transformed this ambiguity into care between colleagues and superiors/subordinates, without crossing any lines.
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Therefore, Gu Zhiyun could only try to avoid it and could not bring this matter up in the open with Tang Xiaoran.
This also caused Gu Zhiyun a great deal of distress.
Although Yang Xuechang said he didn't want to go, he still left the lab that night and, being a good friend, accompanied Gu Zhiyun to knock on Tang Xiaoran's office door.
"Is this Xiao Gu? Come in, the door's been left open for you."
Tang Xiaoran's sweet voice came from inside the room.
Gu Zhiyun frowned at Yang Xuechang.
Yang Xuechang also felt that it was somewhat overstepping his bounds for a superior to speak to a subordinate in this tone.
However, when Tang Xiaoran saw Gu Zhiyun and Yang Xuechang come in together, her voice immediately returned to normal.
"You two came together? Perfect, I don't have to look for them one by one."
She skillfully concealed her disappointment that Gu Zhiyun hadn't come alone.
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"Teacher Tang, what can I do for you?"
Gu Zhiyun specifically emphasized "find us" instead of "find me".
Tang Xiaoran took two documents out of the drawer and handed them to him and Yang Xuechang.
"It's nothing major. This month's allowance has been issued. I just need you and Xiao Yang to sign to confirm. The allowance will be delivered to your families on time."
Gu Zhiyun and Yang Xuechang each receive a monthly allowance of 158 yuan.
After the two signed the confirmation, Tang Xiaoran chatted with them about some trivial topics, mainly to demonstrate the leader's concern for the subordinates' lives.
"Xiao Yang, I heard your wife works at the audit bureau? That's great, serving the people."
Yang Xuechang smiled politely and nodded in agreement.
"Xiao Gu, what does your wife do? I rarely hear you mention her."
Gu Zhiyun replied briefly, "My wife runs a farm."
Tang Xiaoran asked in surprise, "Isn't your wife a college graduate too? Why doesn't she have a proper job? Did the government not assign her one, or does she not want to work?"
Tang Xiaoran's question seemed to have no malicious intent, but Gu Zhiyun felt uncomfortable hearing it.
“Teacher Tang, when my wife was interning, she was assigned to the audit bureau, but she voluntarily gave up the position and chose to start her own business.”
Yang Xuechang quickly chimed in, "Yes, Jingya's farm has a bumper harvest every year, and it's thriving. The scale of the farm is getting bigger and bigger every year!"
Tang Xiaoran chuckled softly, her expression revealing a subtle, almost imperceptible contempt.
Born into a scholarly family, she believed that only intellectuals were the noblest, and that business people were vulgar people covered in the stench of money.
She couldn't imagine how a refined and unconventional intellectual like Gu Zhiyun could find common ground with a woman who only talked about business.
She concluded that the couple's relationship must be very cold.
Thinking about it this way, she felt that she had a glimmer of hope again.
Gu Zhiyun glanced at his watch; it was almost ten o'clock. So he and Yang Xuechang got up to say goodbye.
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Yang Xuechang walked ahead, and as soon as he stepped out, Tang Xiaoran called out to Gu Zhiyun.
"Xiao Gu, stay for a moment, I have something to tell you."
Her tone was very official.
Gu Zhiyun reluctantly stopped.
Tang Xiaoran closed the door and patted Gu Zhiyun on the shoulder warmly.
Gu Zhiyun almost reflexively took a big step back.
Aside from being quiet and reserved, he disliked having intimate physical contact with any woman.
Tang Xiaoran frowned when she saw that Gu Zhiyun was so resistant to physical contact with her.
"Look at you, what are you so nervous about? I'm not going to eat you."
Gu Zhiyun's face tightened, and he leaned against the door, as if he was ready to flee at any moment.
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Tang Xiaoran smiled awkwardly: "Why are you such a shy man? We're comrades, we're all in this together. You keep avoiding me, it makes me feel like I'm some kind of scary leader."
This woman is clearly using a fallacy of misrepresentation.
She harbored ambiguous personal feelings towards Gu Zhiyun's actions, yet she insisted on portraying Gu Zhiyun's resistance as fear of his superior.
Gu Zhiyun pursed his lips, remaining on guard and silent.
He hoped that his behavior would make Tang Xiaoran understand that he was very uncomfortable.
Tang Xiaoran had no choice but to give up physical contact with Gu Zhiyun.
She took a beautifully packaged box from the drawer and handed it to Gu Zhiyun.
Gu Zhiyun glanced at it but didn't take it.
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