After leaving the meeting room, Xia Wenxi felt embarrassed because many of the public relations staff had been working overtime that night because of this incident.
She has no right to concern herself with other matters, such as company policies like time off in lieu or overtime benefits.
All she could do was send over a little food and drink.
About an hour later, Xia Wensheng returned to his office.
"Is there anything I can do for you?"
"Didn't you order takeout? What else do you need to do? You've practically emptied out all the shops around here, haven't you?"
"You don't need to worry about anything else; the media company will handle it. Just stay out of the spotlight. We'll have someone take you home later."
Xia Wenxi was speechless. So this was the only way she could make amends. After thinking for a moment, she tried to make conversation by asking:
"Xia Wensheng, do company employees receive overtime pay for working overtime?"
Xia Wensheng was in a bad mood, but still answered in a deep voice: "There is overtime pay, and overtime exceeding two hours can be counted as time off in lieu."
"Oh! That's not bad."
As Xia Wenxi spoke, she was chatting with Minghuan and her roommates on her phone.
Hearing Xia Wensheng's phone ring, Xia Wenxi stood up on her own. "I'm going to the restroom!"
Because she knew who was calling, Minghuan had just asked her how things were going, and she casually mentioned to Minghuan that Xia Wensheng was feeling down and asked her to comfort him.
Xia Wenxi said she was going to the toilet, but she was actually just loitering around the door and chatting with her roommates. After seeing the news, her roommates in room 319 have been "fighting" on Weibo to defend her against those who were criticizing her.
Jin Wenyao: [Mengmeng never used Weibo before, but she specially registered an account today and has been staring at her phone all night.]
Jin Wenyao: [Jiayi's face turned red with anger too.]
Zhang Jiayi: [Wen Yao, why don't you talk about yourself? You've been cursing all night in the dorm.]
Li Mengting: [1]
Xia Wenxi: [After everything's over, I'll treat my sisters to a big meal!!]
Xia Wenxi replied with a smile. When she heard the elevator doors open, she subconsciously looked up, but froze when she saw the person coming out of the elevator.
"Dad, Mom, what brings you here?"
Xia Hengyuan deliberately put on a stern face and said, "Well, Dad is the chairman, of course he has to come."
Ke Shurong didn't say anything, she just hugged her daughter.
Xia Hengyuan also came over and patted the mother and daughter on the shoulder, "Alright, we're a family together, what can't we solve? The company has faced even bigger problems before, but we've all been fine until now, haven't we?"
Xia Wensheng, who was in the office, probably heard the noise outside and opened the door to come out.
"Mom and Dad, why are you still at the company so late? You've been traveling for so long, you should go home and rest."
"Tsk! Your dad is much healthier than you, sitting in an office all day! Besides, we can't sleep when we get home, so we're just killing time anyway."
"That's right, we're already here."
Ke Shurong seemed to be in high spirits and didn't look like she had anything on her mind, which made Xia Wensheng feel a little ashamed.
In the end, the whole family of four sat in Xia Wensheng's office. Xia Wensheng sighed and said, "You all make me feel like I'm a bit of a failure as general manager."
Even for something as simple as this, my parents and sister have to be in the office together to oversee things.
The rest can be left to the company. He had someone edit a video, which will be released using the company's official account.
Just find some marketing accounts and steer the narrative towards a story of close sibling affection and malicious speculation from outsiders. Since there's no evidence, they can say whatever they want.
"Go back, Mom and Dad, you and Wenxi should go home and rest. I'm used to staying up all night and can't sleep."
“At this hour, all the sleepiness has worn off, how can I fall asleep?” Ke Shurong said, then looked at her daughter, thinking that if she wanted to go back, they could go back together.
Xia Wenxi smacked her lips and sat up from the sofa.
"I want to eat hot pot! Let's go eat hot pot!"
"Are you sure, Xia Wenxi? It's 3 a.m. and you're telling me you want to eat hot pot?"
Is there anything wrong with that?
Xia opened her phone upon hearing this, "Going out to eat is too much trouble, let's order takeout!"
"I agree." Ke Shurong agreed with the decision, and then the three of them looked at Xia Hengyuan together.
"Of course I agree!"
After ordering, Xia Wensheng suggested to everyone, "Let's eat in Dad's office. Anyway, he doesn't use his office much. I need to see my employees later, and the smell of hot pot wouldn't be good."
"Hey! You little brat, you think I'm not going to have any repercussions, huh?"
Of course, Xia Hengyuan's protest was ultimately ineffective, and he still ate the hot pot in his office.
While his parents and Xia Wenxi were cooking hot pot, Xia Wensheng took a picture with his phone and posted it on a social media app he rarely used, with the caption: "[My family]".
By the time we finished eating hot pot, it was already dawn.
"Dad, your office is great! You can even watch the sunrise from here."
"Not bad, right? How about you come work at the company? The office next door is empty, you can use it."
Xia Wenxi shook her head frantically, "Forget it, forget it."
You can watch the sunrise from home! Watching the sunrise at the office at five or six in the morning always feels like a really miserable thing.
Xia Wensheng shooed them away from behind, "Alright, you've eaten hotpot, go home and get some sleep, don't stay at the company."
This time, the three of them didn't insist on staying at the company anymore. After all, there was nothing to do there, so they decided to go home and wait.
Before leaving the company, Xia Hengyuan instructed, "Wen Sheng, please pass on the word to Dad that there will be a board meeting at 3 PM today."
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