Chapter 294: Chapter 267: Lucky Guardian Angel
Qiao Yuxian had lunch in the office with a few others.
Lunch was a bit late, and they chatted while eating.
Once finished, Qiao Yuxian went back to work.
Liu Zhou came over in secret, and left in secret.
Chu Zhengran and Lin Huai Shu stayed in the office discussing some work matters with Gu Yanjing.
Qiao Yuxian in the translation department, the afternoon was just like the morning.
There was nothing to do, leaving her restless.
Apart from Zhao Meng talking to her all day, only the new deputy group leader Meng Yuchuan exchanged a few words with her.
During afternoon tea, Meng Yuchuan made a cup of coffee for her.
The coffee even had a carefully crafted latte art.
Then Qiao Yuxian watched him deliver the coffee to her, and then to Qian Huai.
She hadn’t paid much attention before.
Now thinking about it.
It seemed he delivered coffee to Director Qian every afternoon.
Qiao Yuxian suddenly felt life was difficult, and Meng Yuchuan seemed so exhausted.
Even when drinking coffee, it tasted exceptionally bitter.
After work in the afternoon, Gu Yanjing was having a meeting.
He told Qiao Yuxian to go upstairs and wait for him.
So Qiao Yuxian went upstairs first.
Gu Yanjing’s meeting lasted twenty minutes longer than expected.
When he returned to his office, Qiao Yuxian was lying on the desk, nearly asleep.
Hearing the door open, Qiao Yuxian glanced up at the door, saw it was him, and then lowered her gaze again, continuing to lie down listlessly.
Gu Yanjing noticed her gloominess, walked to her side, touched her face, and said, "What’s wrong?"
Qiao Yuxian glanced at him again and murmured, "Boring."
"Hmm?"
Qiao Yuxian complained, "I sat at my desk all day doing nothing. No one gave me tasks to do."
This kind of not being assigned work was entirely different from the times when An Zhiyi didn’t assign her work.
Gu Yanjing looked at her.
Qiao Yuxian sat up straight, tilted her head up, and said, "This is all because of you. Ever since you visited, no one dares to pay attention to me anymore; no one plays with me."
Gu Yanjing said nothing.
Qiao Yuxian snorted.
Gu Yanjing said, "It will be better in a few days."
Qiao Yuxian sulked, with her little face wanting to turn into a bitter melon.
Gu Yanjing touched her face again and said, "Let’s have dinner at Jingxian Building tonight. After that, we can go shopping."
The little bitter melon instantly turned into a little sun, and Qiao Yuxian’s eyes lit up: "Really? Really? I heard Jingxian Building has a new dish that’s really delicious."
Gu Yanjing looked at her bright eyes, and his eyes followed with a hint of smile.
"Go now?" Qiao Yuxian asked again.
"Hmm."
"Let’s go." Qiao Yuxian got up and headed to the bathroom, "Let me tidy up myself a bit, it’ll be quick, three minutes."
Gu Yanjing responded, and as she entered the bathroom, he sat down to handle work.
Then... twenty minutes later, Qiao Yuxian came out: "I’m ready."
Gu Yanjing capped his pen, stood up, buttoned his suit, walked to her side, and took her hand to leave.
The series of actions and Gu Yanjing’s calm demeanor made it seem like a routine.
...
Regarding the fact that Qiao Yuxian had no work to do and no one dared to pay attention to her.
Gu Yanjing said "It will get better in a few days", but the very next morning, Director Qian was summoned to the top-floor office.
Qian Huai had never been to the top floor before.
As he stepped out of the elevator into the top-floor area, he started having difficulty breathing, his heart raced, his legs grew weak, his face turned pale, and he broke out in a sweat.
By the time he arrived at Gu Yanjing’s office door, sweat beads on his forehead were like tiny crystals.
Su Qi saw him in this state and teased, "Director Qian is about to make a fortune with all those crystal clear drops on his face."
Qian Huai laughed and responded, but internally thought: Fortune? Is it the severance pay?
He had been suffering from severe insomnia for the past two days, contemplating how Gu Group would deal with him.
He had cursed Mr. Gu’s wife and no longer hoped for anything else; he just wished to be spared his life.
Qian Huai entered the office, ready to face the consequences.
But ten minutes later, he emerged unscathed.
Only, he appeared a lot weaker than when he went in.
The excessive sweating and the relief following extreme tension left him drained.
He descended from the top floor by elevator, still incredulous that he walked out alive.
He could still sit in the director’s office chair.
Qian Huai returned to his office, collapsed on his chair, staring at the cardboard box in the corner.
It was prepared by his wife.
In case he got fired, it would be used to bring things home.
No longer needed now.
He sprawled in his chair like he had no bones, thinking about Gu Yanjing’s words to him.
Gu Yanjing first thanked him for his guidance to Qiao Yuxian.
Then he expressed hope that he could teach Qiao Yuxian more things, and help her learn more.
He wished for Qiao Yuxian to have a fulfilling internship experience.
He also mentioned he could use his own methods.
And subtly expressed the hope that the translation department would treat Qiao Yuxian as before, without any special treatment.
But after saying all this, Gu Yanjing added one more thing.
Which, according to Qian Huai’s understanding, meant: he could use his methods to guide Qiao Yuxian, but if he truly made her cry, Gu Yanjing would kill him.
Thinking of this, Qian Huai took a deep breath, followed by a long exhale.
He slumped in the chair for a while, waiting until he regained some strength.
He called his wife first to report that he managed to keep his job.
Then he called He Xin in.
He conveyed Gu Yanjing’s intentions to her.
He asked her to assign work to Qiao Yuxian.
And to inform everyone to interact more with Qiao Yuxian, just like before.
So that afternoon, Qiao Yuxian noticed a change around her.
People began talking to her.
Though everyone’s behavior seemed stiff, as if forced to come over and talk.
This sensation was most noticeable with Lin You and Xu Qingqing.
Qiao Yuxian almost suspected they had turned into robots.
But thankfully, someone was talking to her.
And He Xin even assigned her work.
Qiao Yuxian looked at the work on her hands.
Thinking of Gu Yanjing’s words.
He said "It’ll be better in a few days,"
But before the day even ended, things had changed so much.
There was only one possibility...
Qiao Yuxian pondered, and couldn’t help but smile.
Then she picked up her phone and messaged Gu Yanjing: [Today is another day blessed by the god of luck.]
Attached with a sticker of a warm little fox basking in the sun.
And then she sent another message: [Do you think the god of luck will watch over me forever?]
Within half a minute, Gu Yanjing replied with one word: [Yes.]
Qiao Yuxian looked at this blunt word, her smile deepening...