Chapter 247: Chapter 221: What... Syndrome?!
On the second day of the internship, early in the morning, Qiao Yuxian was still groggy as she got out of bed to wash up.
Gu Yanjing came back from his run, and she was already finished getting ready and preparing to go downstairs for breakfast.
"Need a ride?" Gu Yanjing was curious about where her internship was.
But she said it was confidential, so he didn’t ask more, nor did he investigate.
He just probed a bit each day.
Of course, he also genuinely wanted to give her a ride.
Qiao Yuxian said, "The driver who brought me last night is an uncle, and I’ve arranged with him. He’ll be taking me to work every morning and night from now on."
Gu Yanjing looked at her without speaking.
Qiao Yuxian continued, "The driver’s wife is sick and hospitalized in Capital City. The medical expenses are very high, so he wants to drive for Didi Chuxing to earn some money. I can solve my commuting problem and help him a bit too. I deserve some praise."
Gu Yanjing patted her head, "Hmm. Very good."
Qiao Yuxian smiled, "You go take a shower, I’m going to eat breakfast."
"Okay."
By the time Gu Yanjing finished his shower and came downstairs, Qiao Yuxian had already finished eating.
She was waiting for him in the living room, hugged him, let him kiss her twice, and then hurried off to work.
Gu Yanjing watched her rush off and thought that he should get up earlier in the future to have breakfast with her.
Qiao Yuxian was very enthusiastic about going to work.
She had her own company but had never clocked in before.
For her, it was a very new experience, and possibly a one-time experience.
So she took this very seriously.
But her enthusiasm was dampened for four days in a row.
The team leader with the surname An definitely had an issue with her. Besides the weekend, for three consecutive weekdays, he kept her stationed by the printer and copier.
Zhao Meng was given simple translation tasks.
She was still stationed by the printer.
What’s more, on the third day, some of the documents were actually from the year before last. How could a company like the Gu Group sit on documents for so long before organizing them? Do they not want to work anymore? Or are they looking to go bankrupt?
Printing them out was a waste of paper, electricity, and the machine.
That night, Qiao Yuxian finished organizing the last of the materials.
Thinking to herself, if the team leader gives her such tasks again tomorrow, she’ll tear the originals he wants copied and throw them in his face.
Yet, on the fourth morning, she was not tasked with copying.
Instead, she was assigned to clean the gym and snack room.
In her whole life, Qiao Yuxian had never washed her own clothes. Clean things?! She had only cleaned her own beloved car.
Sitting at her cubicle, she looked at An Zhiyi who came to assign her work and said, "Team leader, pay me the cleaner’s salary and I’ll do it."
An Zhiyi did not expect her to refuse. His impatient expression froze, then he furrowed his brows, "What did you say?"
"I said, pay me the cleaner’s salary and I’ll clean." Qiao Yuxian smiled and repeated.
An Zhiyi’s impatience shifted to a look of disdain, "You need to follow the leader’s orders."
"Of course, I will follow reasonable orders," Qiao Yuxian replied.
"Are you saying my orders are unreasonable?" An Zhiyi’s voice turned colder.
Everyone around them turned to watch.
Zhao Meng, with a candy in her mouth, watched Qiao Yuxian unleash her sass.
Qiao Yuxian nodded, "Yes. I hope you keep working hard, strive for progress, and come up with reasonable tasks soon."
A girl somewhere couldn’t hold back a giggle but quickly stifled it.
Hearing the laughter, Qiao Yuxian curled her lips into a smile.
Zhao Meng saw An Zhiyi become visibly furious, as if his breath didn’t flow well, and she also cracked a slight smile.
An Zhiyi glared at Qiao Yuxian, then, a few seconds later, said, "Ignorant!"
Spouting those words, he spun on his heel and marched off.
Watching his retreating back, Qiao Yuxian gave a slight smile, tapped her foot, spun around in her chair, and raised an eyebrow at Zhao Meng.
Feeling quite satisfied.
The tension had finally dissipated.
Zhao Meng gave her a thumbs up.
Qiao Yuxian returned the gesture with a fist.
After their little exchange, Qiao Yuxian looked straight ahead and found the guy who sat in the cubicle across from hers watching her.
When she caught his eye, he gave her a thumbs-up as well.
Qiao Yuxian smiled at him.
She had really angered An Zhiyi away.
Qiao Yuxian spent the whole morning without work, playing cards instead.
She went to the canteen for lunch.
As soon as Qiao Yuxian and Zhao Meng found a seat, two of their teammates joined them.
The woman sat across from Zhao Meng, her name was Xu Qingqing, and she’d been with the company for three years.
The man sat across from Qiao Yuxian, his name was Lin You, 27 years old, chubby and fair. They called him Gu’s Bai Xiaosheng.
No one knew where he regularly got his gossip from.
Some of it true, some false.
Once they sat down, Qiao Yuxian and Zhao Meng greeted them, "Sister Qing, Brother Lin."
"Come on, ladies, have some milk tea," Lin You had bought drinks for the three of them, "I saw you guys from afar."
Qiao Yuxian thanked him, "Thanks, Brother Lin."
She then looked over at Xu Qingqing and asked, "Sister Qing, how come you’re just having milk tea for lunch?"
"No appetite," Xu Qingqing sighed.
"Are you not feeling well?" Zhao Meng asked.
Xu Qingqing sighed again, "Pregnant."
Both Qiao Yuxian and Zhao Meng were taken aback and instinctively glanced at her belly.
Seeing their reaction, Xu Qingqing chuckled, "I might be a bit slim, so it’s not showing yet."
"Congratulations," Qiao Yuxian and Zhao Meng replied.
"Thank you," said Xu Qingqing.
"Didn’t know you were married," Qiao Yuxian remarked.
"I got married right after I graduated from college," Xu Qingqing replied, looking at the ring on her ring finger, "How about you?"
As she asked, Lin You immediately turned to look at Qiao Yuxian.
His expression was as if waiting for major news, eyes wide open.
"Me?" Qiao Yuxian glanced at the simple band on her own ring finger and smiled, "I got married before graduation."
"I thought so! With such a beautiful woman wearing a ring, she had to be married!" Lin You exclaimed excitedly, "Some people were saying you wear it just for fun."
"They... people?" Qiao Yuxian asked.
"The work stress is too intense," said Xu Qingqing, "Gossip is the only way our team, even our department, relieves stress."
"Mm-hm." Zhao Meng nodded.
Qiao Yuxian turned to her, "You knew too?"
"Mm-hm." Zhao Meng nodded again.
Qiao Yuxian glanced at them.
Lin You remarked, "Sister, you’ve been stationed with the printer for three days straight, missing all the news."
Qiao Yuxian turned again to Zhao Meng.
Zhao Meng explained, "Lunchtime and afternoon tea are when our department exchanges gossip."
Since the start of her internship, Qiao Yuxian had spent lunch and afternoon tea with her second brother, third sister, and fourth brother.
She had entirely missed all this.
Qiao Yuxian looked at them with a face saying she had missed out big time.
Lin You chuckled, "Sister, just ignore Team Leader An. But don’t antagonize him either, he has to sign off on your final internship evaluation."
Qiao Yuxian sighed, "I haven’t antagonized him, it just feels like he doesn’t like me."
Lin You and Xu Qingqing exchanged a glance, watching Qiao Yuxian calmly eat her meal.
Everything about her actions was slow and methodical, with a noble bearing that showed she was raised with education. Graceful and a delight to watch.
They observed her, appreciating her for a moment, then Lin You commented, "Our Team Leader An... he has a phobia of new things, a misogyny that magnifies when it comes to pretty women. You!"
Lin You looked at her, "You’re the whole package!"
Hearing this, Qiao Yuxian and Zhao Meng exchanged a glance. She felt her understanding was being updated: "Phobia of... what?!"