"You're getting better and better at it lately, that's great!"
Xia Xiaobing praised Lu Zhe's work achievements in recent days.
It was a little after 3 p.m. in the president's office of Ji Chunqiu's company, and the two were alone.
Although it was supposed to be a private meeting between the two, if any employees passed by the office door, they would only see a very formal scene—Lu Zhe was sitting upright on the sofa, while Xia Xiaobing was sitting behind her desk, leaning back in her chair.
Moreover, the two of them weren't being inappropriate at all.
Lu Zhe: "I mainly want to thank President Xia for his guidance."
Xia Xiaobing: "No matter how much you help me, it's useless if I don't work hard myself. Judging from the completion of this project, you've pretty much got the hang of Python."
Lu Zhe: "I haven't had enough time to learn on my own. I can only understand what my colleagues are saying. I'm still far from that level."
"So, are we going to have to work overtime tonight?"
As she said this, Xia Xiaobing's expression remained calm and composed, but a fleeting glance in her eyes seemed to reveal something unusual.
Lu Zhe thought for a moment and shook his head: "I think we should forget it. There's too much overtime, and my body can't handle it."
Xia Xiaobing: "You're so young, and you're already afraid of working overtime?"
Lu Zhe: "You can't be too reckless when you're young..."
If anyone else had overheard this conversation, they would probably have thought it was just another case of an unscrupulous capitalist trying to force an employee to become a human battery. However, compared to other unscrupulous capitalists, this Mr. Xia's attitude was much gentler, while this employee stood up for himself remarkably hard.
But only the two people involved knew that if they really had to 'work overtime' tonight, it wouldn't be enough to just have a stiff back; they would also need to be flexible and strong, requiring the use of a lot of muscles and expending a lot of energy.
Of course, Lu Zhe's muscles and energy were perfectly capable of handling it. But only he knew that Miss Tang was treating everyone to dinner tonight. And after dinner, she might have some special plans...
The way to achieve balance lies within one's own mind; only through careful consideration can one achieve it.
After careful consideration, Lu Zhe decided that he could stand Xia Zong up tonight, but he couldn't stand Tang Qi up.
So at this point he said, "And to be honest, life can't just be about work and overtime. Epic is giving away free games again recently. I haven't played Control yet, the one I got last time. I want to give it a try."
Xia Xiaobing asked with a smile, "Is playing games more important than working overtime?"
Logically speaking, when the boss asks such a question, one should answer carefully for the sake of their career prospects. But for Lu Zhe, the reason for being careful goes even further.
So he replied, "It's not that it's more important, I just want to rest..."
Xia Xiaobing waved her hand: "Alright, then I won't make you work overtime tonight. Have a good rest."
Lu Zhe: "Can I only rest for one day?"
Xia Xiaobing glared at her with her phoenix eyes, feigning anger, and said, "You still want to rest for a few more days? How can you be so unambitious at such a young age!"
Lu Zhe: "...Okay, I'm motivated. I'll report for work tomorrow night."
As he spoke, he secretly grumbled to himself – how did this turn out, just like the legendary grain tax?
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At four o'clock in the afternoon, Tang Qi sat on the sofa in the living room, but did not play games as usual.
Not only were the game consoles off, but even the large TV screen was off. The huge room was completely silent.
Tang Qi sat there quietly, lost in thought.
Her plan at noon was to go home normally after dinner, play games as usual, but instead of going to sleep immediately after the game ended, she would raid Lu Zhe's bedroom at night.
This achieved their goal.
Of course, living under the same roof as Xue Xiaodie meant there was a risk of being sabotaged. But Tang Qi felt that since Sister Xiaodie had already given up, there shouldn't be any problems... right?
But Xue Xiaodie's behavior at noon today gave her a slight chill.
Sister Xiaodie was unusually quiet at noon today. Although she couldn't understand it, Tang Qi couldn't help but think of the calm before the storm. Thus, the seemingly simple and feasible plan suddenly seemed to have become much more dangerous.
What if Sister Xiaodie suddenly knocks on the door when I'm heading straight for home plate?
"No, no, I still need to avoid her a bit more..." Tang Qi muttered to herself, "Or, should I book a room?"
Without hesitation, the young lady picked up her phone and started looking for nearby accommodations on a review app. This is when the importance of her mother's transfer that morning became apparent. If it weren't for that hefty 100,000 yuan "support fund" for wooing men, Miss Tang would have only dared to book a budget hotel.
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It's afternoon tea time at Ji Chunqiu's company.
Today's afternoon tea was a pleasant surprise, as it consisted of drinks and snacks. The drinks were milk tea, filling half the table in the large conference room, enough for everyone to have a cup, which goes without saying.
The key is the food, barbecue.
Beef, pork belly, squid, and various vegetables were skewered and packed in lunchboxes. The lunchboxes filled with skewers filled half of the table, even stacked two layers high.
"This is enough to eat..." Mao Kai was shocked as he walked into the conference room, and muttered to himself.
Lu Zhe, who was standing next to him, laughed and said, "That's definitely enough!"
Mao Kai: "What I mean is, with so much, we don't even need to eat dinner."
Lu Zhe remained silent for two seconds.
Dinner is definitely on, and I'll be having it with Miss Tang. So, I'll need to control my portion sizes for this afternoon tea.
While the other colleagues went to get milk tea and barbecue skewers, Lu Zhe made way for them, standing by the meeting room door, watching his colleagues come and go, chatting and laughing.
"The company is really getting more and more generous!"
"Sure, it would be even better if you could get a raise."
"Actually... well, never mind."
"What do you mean, 'let it go'? What are you trying to say? You're not expecting a raise, are you?"
"Stop joking, we're not allowed to talk about salary amounts in the company."
"I didn't ask you to tell me specific numbers, I just asked if it went up?"
"Uh, yeah..."
"Depend on!"
Several colleagues were eating heartily not far away, while Lu Zhe just listened silently.
HR Sister Yang came over, clapping her hands and loudly reminding everyone, "Everyone, please pay attention to cleanliness! Cleaning isn't easy, so please don't leave things lying around!"
Xue Xiaodie also took a cup of milk tea, but she only took three or four skewers of grilled meat.
Seeing Lu Zhe still standing there, the girl couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you going to eat?"
Lu Zhe: "I'll wait until everyone else has taken theirs. There'll definitely be enough. You can go back to your seat first."
Xue Xiaodie nodded and walked towards her workstation.
Lu Zhe finally found what he was looking for, and without hesitation, he reached out and grabbed several strings of them.
Because he had to eat dinner later that night and his appetite was limited, he didn't take any meat skewers or other filling foods like potatoes.
He chose grilled chives.
"Let's plan ahead..."
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