Tap tap tap!
The clock on the attendance machine started ticking, and after ticking a dozen more times, it rang to announce the time – it's time to clock out. Employees who are working overtime do not need to clock out.
People at their workstations walked excitedly toward the company's glass doors in twos and threes, and in no time, the office area, which was full of seats, was left with only one person.
After everyone had left, Cheng Shuang emerged from the tea room around the corner. She walked to the glass door and, unsurprisingly, saw that it was locked from the outside.
The little girl puffed out her cheeks. She had considered leaving with the departing employees, but unfortunately, she was caught by the administrative staff as soon as she arrived. They scolded her for barging into the company premises and ordered her to leave immediately.
As a result, she would push open the glass door, take a step, and return to the office area behind her. After several such incidents, the administrative staff member's expression changed drastically.
It really is changing.
The pretty young woman's face immediately lengthened, becoming longer than a horse's face. It was visibly like a wax figure melting in high temperature, transforming in front of Cheng Shuang.
Her eyeballs seemed to have been swallowed and then spat out of the swamp, half of them squeezing out from the eye sockets filled with rotting flesh. Her eyes were crooked and her mouth was distorted. Puddle of blood and flesh dripped onto the floor, corroding small wormholes. She stretched out her rotten, foul-smelling hand to grab Cheng Shuang.
The young girl dared not let her touch her. Taking advantage of the office environment, she squeezed into the gap under the workstation, brushing past the beautiful legs of countless young ladies. Exclamations broke the orderly office environment.
Fortunately, they only made a couple of noises and didn't get up to help the administrators chase after Cheng Shuang. Instead, they put down their work and quietly turned around to watch the farce, occasionally whispering among themselves.
Cheng Shuang was trying to figure out his route while fleeing, his ears instinctively gathering information.
Some employees suspected that the child had sneaked from the Wanda Shopping Center in Zone B to the office building in Zone A. Some employees took advantage of the chaos to invite the people at the next table to watch a movie at the Wanda Cinema next door after get off work. Others discussed which restaurant on the fifth floor of Wanda to have dinner at. None of them were serious... No, there were some. At least the girl knew that the office building where the company was located was connected to the shopping center, and she had a 'movie gift card' with the name Wanda at the beginning.
It seems I should take a good look at the cards when I get back to the convenience store; the locations and people on the cards are very likely real.
Later, the little girl crawled into an empty office with the door open and hid under the desk. Just as she was hesitating whether to let the bear come out and help her, a pretty older sister carrying a coffee cup came to the office door and stopped the administrative staff, criticizing her for running around in the office area.
The administrative staff member was speechless for a moment, and tried to explain timidly, but was stopped forcefully by this older woman. She had the domineering attitude of "I don't care what you think, I care what I think," which made the administrative staff member's expression change quickly again. With a normal, delicate face, she hesitated and left the office door with a wronged look on her face.
What made Cheng Shuang happy was that she didn't have a chance to tell the shrewd and beautiful older sister about the 'outsider' who had come to the company, so the young girl was able to stay quietly until after get off work.
She peered through the glass door, observing the large lock on the outside.
This lock is multifunctional, with a numeric keypad for adjusting the combination, a keyhole, and a fingerprint sensor.
The key can basically be ruled out. Generally speaking, besides the boss, the keys are usually kept by the earliest administrative receptionist. There are three unlocking methods; if one breaks, the remaining two can be used. Whether there's a spare key, or whether it's kept at the company, is another matter.
As for passwords, administrative staff might have them stored on their computers, but they would never be easily accessible to just any employee, since it's impractical to change passwords every time an employee leaves.
Cheng Shuang went straight back to the office area. She was originally worried that the administrative staff would rather work overtime than miss her, but now, hehe... For the first time, the young lady was happy for her own overthinking. The best ladies are the ones who leave work on time!
Of course, the other party did do something; she turned off the power, pulled the switch, and unfortunately, the switch was on the outside wall of the glass door.
Cheng Shuang took out her all-purpose flashlight, but didn't dare to turn the light up to the brightest. When she was frantically watching horror movies at the convenience store, she learned that in these office building horror movies, security guards would come to patrol from time to time.
If security guards can also change their expressions, it would be too troublesome to be targeted.
The other party might change their form and enter the office area, and she can't turn into a paper doll to slip out, so she should avoid them if possible.
The company is not large, but it occupies a large area. The administrative staff's workstations are not at the front desk. The original front desk location was a storage rack for express delivery and takeout orders, and there was a call bell there.
Cheng Shuang noticed that since the company did not have a receptionist, many of the receptionist's tasks must have been taken over by administrative staff. Wasn't the existence of this call bell a bit too strange?
It's not that there's no space for a receptionist; all the equipment the company uses is brand-name, which shows that the boss isn't poor. The image of the receptionist represents the image of the company. Otherwise, why would the local government not hire a receptionist and instead make administrative staff run around to two different places?
It's not mealtime for the waiters, so there are many of them. Although they can get very busy, the nature of their job means that the call bell will reduce the noise level in the restaurant and also make things easier for the waiters, ensuring that they don't miss which table needs service.
What about companies with only one administrative staff member?
I always felt that the boss wasn't very friendly to that administrative assistant. Could that be the reason why she could change her attitude so easily?
Cheng Shuang was idly pondering. Holding her teddy bear, she finally found the administrative assistant's workstation in the corner. The desk was piled high with many documents, some of which were on the verge of collapse. Only one photo frame stood next to the computer, away from the clutter. The pretty woman in the photo had a sweet smile, a Tini bracelet on her left wrist and a Chanel bag on her right. Her attire was much more flamboyant than when she was at work.
She's a young lady who's not short of money.
The young woman first checked her work notes. The last page contained data such as the company's Wi-Fi account password, WeChat official account password, and OL system account password, but not the door lock password or computer password.
The drawer was basically full of miscellaneous work items, piled up haphazardly. No wonder the administrative staff were so good at changing their expressions! Being overwhelmed with work is just as despairing as having too much homework to finish! One is the breakdown of an adult, the other is the breakdown of a child. Yes, we're in the same boat!
Cheng Shuang considerately refrained from rummaging through everything, only checking notebooks and sticky notes where she could make notes. Finding nothing, she turned her gaze to the photo frame, fixing it on the Tini bracelet.
Her sister also has a bracelet from the same brand, but in a different style. It was a gift from Cheng's parents and the girl to her on her eighteenth birthday.
They specially engraved the initials of the four family members' names in pinyin on the outside of the bracelet.
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