Chapter 191 I'm sorry to him.
Song Lubai had been feeling uneasy ever since Minister Zhou called out Vice Minister Lou's name.
Her heart was pounding faster and faster, and she had a feeling that something bad was going to happen. After listening for a while, she clutched her stomach and said to Dai Shuhua with a pained expression, "Sister Shuhua, my stomach hurts and I need to go to the toilet. I don't think you need me here."
Before Dai Shuhua could answer, Song Lubai pretended to be extremely anxious, clutched her stomach, and ran away.
She had barely run off when Lou Yuchun called her name.
The coincidence was so striking that Dai Shuhua couldn't believe it was a coincidence, yet she also felt that Song Lubai hadn't been faking it.
Song Lubai's heart skipped a beat as she squatted in the toilet.
She didn't run away because she needed to pee; she just sensed something was seriously wrong.
When she leisurely returned, Lou Yuchun had already left the headquarters.
Song Lubai rubbed her stomach as she entered the secretary's office.
The three people in the secretary's office looked at her with complicated expressions.
"Sister Shuhua, was there anything I could do for you at the meeting just now?"
Dai Shuhua's expression was complicated.
As Song Lubai approached, Dai Shuhua smelled a toilet odor on her and thought that either Song was really lucky today, or she was cunning.
After she finished recounting what happened at the meeting, Song Lubai clutched her chest and said, "Oh no, oh no, am I going to get a lecture from the boss when I go over there later?"
She was secretly relieved that she had run fast.
Otherwise, if Lou Yuchun forces him to criticize the finance department at the meeting, he will not only offend the people in the finance department, but also be remembered by Minister Zhou.
If Vice Minister Lou becomes more capable than Minister Zhou in the future, that's fine. But if Vice Minister Lou continues to be suppressed by Director Zhou, she's finished. She was originally just a temporary secretary replacing Yuan Lin, and it's unwise for her to offend people for Vice Minister Lou's sake.
If she hadn't run away, she would have been considered a definite member of Vice Minister Lou's faction in everyone's eyes from now on.
Once Yuan Lin returns, where will she find a place next to Vice Minister Lou?
She didn't want to take sides; she just wanted to go to work peacefully.
Dai Shuhua and the other two looked at her and asked, "How are you doing working for Vice Minister Lou?"
Song Lubai blinked and said, "It's just running errands, writing reports, and sending instructions and documents to various departments. That's about it."
Guo Bo asked, "After Yuan Lin comes back, do you still want to come back?"
Song Lubai nodded, "Of course. I have to run back and forth over there, but I'm not that good at running errands here. With you guys around, I don't have much to do."
"Sister Shuhua, how did Vice Minister Lou look when he came out of his office?"
Dai Shuhua shook her head: "I can't tell anything, it's about the same as usual."
Vice Minister Lou is indeed the kind of person who doesn't wear his emotions on his sleeve.
She then asked, "Did the meeting reach any conclusions? Will the finance department approve the storage and transportation department's request? If they don't, the department store will run out of stock, and I'll have to run around like crazy again."
Dai Shuhua felt sorry for her and wanted to give her some information: "The head of the finance department was criticized in the meeting. I don't know if he will give her a written approval."
Song Lubai understood.
Regardless, it seems that Vice Minister Lou has gained the upper hand today.
"Hey, I can't talk to you guys anymore, I have to hurry over there, I don't know what the boss will say about me."
She left, and the three people in the office exchanged glances.
Guo Bo stroked his chin and said, "Comrade Song is really lucky today; he just happened to have a stomachache at that moment."
Dai Shuhua nodded in deep agreement: "She's still young and doesn't think much."
Given the current situation, they have to be very careful in everything they do.
Su Youwei said, "Why bother worrying about her? I don't think she's stupid. If she were stupid, she wouldn't be capable of staying in the ministry."
Song Lubai jogged back to the supply depot, her forehead covered in sweat.
She deliberately didn't wipe it, and then, panting, knocked on Vice Minister Lou's door.
Lou Yuchun's face darkened when he saw her.
Since Song Lubai dared to run away today, she wasn't afraid of him getting angry now. At most, he would scold her, but he couldn't fire her anyway. If he transferred her to another position, she would be happy to do so.
"Boss, you walked so fast, I chased after you the whole way."
Unfortunately, the toilet smell on him had dissipated, so I couldn't bother him with it.
Lou Yuchun sat at the table, arms crossed, looking at her. "Song Lubai, you went to the restroom during the meeting. Is this your work ethic?"
Song Lubai pinched the flesh on her leg until her eyes turned red. With red eyes, she said, "I was wrong, leader, but I can't hold it in."
Deputy Minister Lou looked at her, unable to tell whether she was doing this on purpose.
He didn't take Song Lubai seriously yet. If she honestly expressed her stance at today's meeting, he would keep Song Lubai here to do some odd jobs when Yuan Lin returned. To be fair, this little Song is quite efficient.
But I don't know if today's event was a coincidence or intentional on her part...
Lou Yuchun was too lazy to waste his energy on her, but he didn't want her to have an easy time either. He snorted, "What are you crying for? What's there to cry about? What did I say to you? Go and deliver this document to the Grain Bureau. Tomorrow morning, watch the people from the Grain Bureau load it onto the truck. When you come back, don't forget to take the form from the Transportation Department to the Finance Department and have them stamp it for reimbursement."
Song Lubai knew that Vice Minister Lou was preparing to take a hard line against Minister Zhou.
Whether the finance department approves the expense report or not is no longer important. If the storage and transportation department can't use the vehicles, they'll borrow the transportation department's vehicles. The finance department will reimburse them even if they don't want to.
Although the transportation department is not a large unit, it is a very important one, and the supply and marketing department dares not withhold payment.
Song Lubai sniffled as she left the office, and by the time she reached the street, her tears had long since dried.
Running errands is a small matter, but she won't do anything that might offend people.
She needs to get Yuan Lin back as soon as possible.
She didn't go to the grain bureau immediately, but squatted around the corner for a while. When she saw Cheng Xiaolong come out of an office, she quickly went to greet him.
"Comrade Cheng, where are you headed?"
Yuan Lin's office was in the Group Guidance Department, and Cheng Xiaolong worked there. Having shared the same office for several days, Song Lubai had already figured out that Cheng Xiaolong was the person Yuan Lin was closest to.
Cheng Xiaolong said, "I need to go to the department store. What are you doing outside?"
Song Lubai clutched her chest and said, "Comrade Cheng, something has been weighing on my mind for many days. I feel really sorry for Yuan Lin and I feel guilty, which is why I wanted to talk to you."
Upon hearing that it was related to Yuan Lin, Cheng Xiaolong perked up.
"How did you let Yuan Lin down?"
She's not related to him at all, and she's not Yuan Lin's wife. It has nothing to do with Yuan Lin if she cheats on him.
Song Lubai lowered her voice and said, "Vice Minister Lou values me too much now. He makes me do everything. He even said at the dinner party that he would keep me here to do things for him. I just asked him, what about Brother Yuan Lin?"
Cheng Xiaolong stared intently at her.
"What did the vice minister say?"
Song Lubai clutched her chest, shaking her head in anguish. "I can't say, but I really feel sorry for Comrade Yuan Lin. Maybe it's because I've been too clever lately that the leaders value me more now, but... but... what will happen to Comrade Yuan Lin? I've let him down..."
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