"Pfft."
Everyone burst into light laughter when they heard Mu Jinyu's self-introduction, finding him quite witty and humorous.
Then, they all focused their attention on Mu Jinyu, eagerly anticipating his next words.
The director stood by, watching Mu Jinyu with encouraging eyes, signaling him to continue.
Feeling their expectant gazes, Mu Jinyu cleared his throat softly and said somewhat embarrassedly, "That's it."
"Huh? That's all?"
Upon hearing this, the public relations department collectively sighed in disappointment, then turned back in their chairs and returned to their work.
Seeing this, the director chuckled, shook his head, and patted Mu Jinyu on the shoulder encouragingly, "Keep up the good work, and if there's anything you don't understand, feel free to ask them. I'll be heading back now."
"Okay," Mu Jinyu nodded.
The director gave Mu Jinyu one more encouraging look before turning back to his office.
Mu Jinyu watched him leave, then turned around to find that no one else was paying him any attention. He chuckled ruefully and found a corner seat to sit down.
He couldn't bother to seek out the leaders to ask what he should be doing or to seize an opportunity to make himself noticed.
Nonsense, he had entered the company incognito—not to work, but just to play...to investigate if anyone was harming the company's interests!
If there was such a person, he would catch them and then decide whether to have them locked up for a few years.
At that moment.
A fair arm holding some documents stretched over from the next desk, the voice gentle, "Um... please take a look at this."
Upon hearing this, Mu Jinyu glanced at the items being handed over—all company regulations and corporate culture materials.
Seeing this, Mu Jinyu reached out to take them.
Then, he turned his head to look.
At the neighboring desk sat a girl in a professional suit, slender and frail. Her dense black hair fell thickly, her bangs untrimmed, and she wore a pair of large black glasses, looking down at her work; her face was indistinct.
Sensing Mu Jinyu's gaze, the girl looked up at him.
Instantly, Mu Jinyu saw half of her face—a delicate nose, rosy lips, a fine chin, and very fair skin, free of acne or spots, or any scars left from adolescence.
At first glance, she was a girl with delicate and beautiful features, and the large black glasses made her eyes misty and dreamy, giving her an overall look of fragile purity that elicited a protective instinct.
Noticing Mu Jinyu's steady gaze, the girl's pretty face flushed slightly, then she lowered her voice, "I'm Lin Qiaoxia. If you need any help, feel free to ask me, though... I also only just joined the company."
"Okay," Mu Jinyu nodded, a fleeting look of admiration in his eyes, then he averted his gaze and casually flipped through the corporate culture materials that Lin Qiaoxia had just handed over.
But inside, he was still thinking non-stop. When he first entered the office and casually glanced around, he thought the public relations department was just a bunch of ordinary, superficial people with internet-celebrity or "Snake Spirit Face" looks. He didn't expect to find such a beautiful girl tucked away in the corner.
Lin Qiaoxia, due to her lack of dressing up, might seem plain and simple at first glance, but on closer inspection, she could definitely rival beauties like Gu Xiyan and Xu Qingya if she dressed up properly.
And she seemed quite kind-hearted…
As Mu Jinyu was lost in his thoughts, a stylishly dressed woman with a perfect figure but a "Snake Spirit Face" strode towards them in her high heels with assertive steps.
"Bang!"
The woman tossed a document onto Lin Qiaoxia's desk and instructed, "Qiaoxia, the five hundred thousand balance owed by Hongmao Pharmaceuticals still hasn't been collected. Why don't you go and give it a try today?"
"This…" Upon hearing this, Lin Qiaoxia's pretty face instantly turned pale, and she quickly shook her head, "I can't do it, Manager. Please find someone else..."
"How do you know if you can't do it without trying?" the manager retorted irritably, glaring at Lin Qiaoxia with a hint of jealousy, then turned her head to look at Mu Jinyu, who sat in the farthest corner. After pondering for a moment, she added, "If you're too scared to go alone, let the newcomer Mu Jinyu accompany you."
"This… Manager…" Lin Qiaoxia tried to say something else.
But the manager cut her off abruptly, "Alright, that's settled. Hurry up and get ready, and go."
After speaking, she walked away in her high heels.
Mu Jinyu watched the manager leave, frowning slightly but saying nothing.
Seeing that the manager had made her decision final, and that she had even dragged the new coworker into this, Lin Qiaoxia couldn't help but press her lips together. She turned to Mu Jinyu, her eyes brimming with tears as she said, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault, and now you're involved too..."
"It's okay, no need to cry," Mu Jinyu responded, pulling a tissue from the office box and handing it to Lin Qiaoxia, then curiously asked, "By the way, what's the deal with the balance the manager asked us to collect? Is there a problem with it?"
"Yeah." Lin Qiaoxia nodded, about to explain to Mu Jinyu,
"Aren't you guys leaving yet?!"
From the other side, the hot-tempered manager, seeing that they were still dawdling, yelled at them loudly.
"Let's go first, I'll explain it on the way," Lin Qiaoxia quickly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, stood up to take the document that the manager had just thrown at her, and said to Mu Jinyu.
Mu Jinyu's brows furrowed deeply.
Although Lin Qiaoxia hadn't yet clearly explained how terrifying the task was, the fact that it had immediately reduced her to tears indicated it was no simple matter. This manager had clearly passed on the trouble to them, likely because she couldn't handle it herself and wanted to shift the responsibility.
"Let's go," Lin Qiaoxia said, picking up the document. Seeing that Mu Jinyu was still in a daze, she called out again.
Actually, if it had been any other task, she probably would have gone by herself.
But the manager had tasked her with collecting a five hundred thousand balance owed by Hongmao Pharmaceuticals, which made her tremble with fear, afraid to go alone.
Therefore, despite feeling terribly guilty towards Mu Jinyu, she could only ask him to accompany her.
"Okay," Mu Jinyu said upon hearing that, nodding his head solemnly as he stood up.
Then, Lin Qiaoxia, holding the document and looking down, hurried towards the office door.
Mu Jinyu quickly followed suit.
At that moment, knowing that the two were headed to Hongmao Pharmaceuticals to collect the long-overdue balance, the public relations department staff looked at them with a mix of pity and mockery, murmuring among themselves:
"They're going to collect the balance from Hongmao Pharmaceuticals, eh? How long do you guys think these newcomers will end up in the hospital?"
"At least three weeks, right?"
"Well, they're definitely not in for anything good!"
"I heard that it was General Gu, who had just come in, ordered Manager Chen to collect the balance due from other companies. Manager Chen had no choice but to find newcomers as scapegoats."
"…"