Chapter 194: Too Naive
Translator: Henyee Editor: Henyee
Squatting outside the door and listening to the sounds in the office, the secretaries covered their mouths and secretly ran away. Linda smiled and said, “Mr. Xiao Jing is so cute. It’s funny he put on an act in front of us. Does he think we don’t know what kind of a person he really is?”
Katherine laughed. “But it’s so funny to see Mr. Xiao put on an act, isn’t it? How I wish Mr. Xiao Jing could remain so cute forever!”
The secretary that was scolded by Xiao Jing shrank her neck and looked at the crowd before taking a step back and quickly walking back towards their office, muttering as she walked, “You are so naïve.”
“Yueyue, I noticed that you haven’t been looking right recently. What happened?” Linda asked, walking over.
The corner of Yueyue’s mouth twitched. She glanced in the direction of Xiao Jing’s office nearby and answered, “Because I was unlucky enough to see President Xiao Jing’s true face. He’s not that cute and nice man you described, but a wolf in sheep’s clothing. You’d better not mess with President Xiao at this time, or else you’ll regret it.”
Thinking of how she was scolded that day, Yueyue swallowed her saliva and continued, “By the way, President Xiao asked you to check the documents before submitting them to President Qiao. Have you checked them carefully?”
A secretary said, “These documents weren’t submitted to President Qiao. Don’t worry. Besides, I’m sure Mr. Xiao Jing won’t be able to finish all those documents today. And… the documents have probably been checked before being submitted by the departments. We don’t have to take it so seriously. If their documents are approved, that’s because they’ve done a good job, and if they aren’t, that’s because they’re out of luck. Why should we bother to offend the departments?”
Yueyue sneered as she looked at the secretary and sighed helplessly. “We’re working in the president’s office. Even the department managers have to be respectful towards us. We’re like trusted imperial maids to an emperor of ancient times and everyone has to curry favor with us, so we can offend the subordinates but can’t annoy our superiors. We can make the subordinates lose their jobs with a word, but our superiors can make us lose our job with a word too!”
Linda remembered that Yueyue had been very serious in reviewing the documents in the past two days. She had asked her to drink coffee with her several times, but Yueyue refused and concentrated on her jobs. Was Mr. Xiao Jing really that horrible? Thinking of this, Linda doubtfully said, “Yueyue, I don’t think it’s as serious as you said. Mr. Xiao Jing is a nice person. I met him when I bought coffee outside the company last week, and he bought me a cup of coffee.”
The crowd made fun of her and Linda smiled as she added, “It was just a coincidence. Mr. Xiao Jing paid for me.”
Yueyue shrugged. “Soon you’ll know that Mr. Xiao Jing is indeed a very nice person—as long as you don’t provoke him. Otherwise, he can be very horrible.”
With that, she continued to examine the files on her desk. The secretaries looked at the files on her desk in surprise. “Didn’t you submit these files to Mr. Xiao Jing for approval?”
Yueyue shook her head and looked at the documents on her desk. “I haven’t finished reviewing these documents yet. I’ll take them to President Xiao for approval when I think they don’t have any problem.”
Linda pursed her lips. “I’ve submitted the unchecked documents to President Xiao to avoid delays, but no one knows whether he’ll come to work or not tomorrow…” She was wondering why Qiao’s International Group could operate so well. President Qiao only stayed in the company for five or six days a month. As for President Xiao… as an important decision-maker of the company, he also didn’t pay much attention on his job. As for the vice president… even the secretaries knew that the vice president didn’t stand on President Qiao’s side, yet Qiao’s International Group was still running very well… Wasn’t it strange?
Ten minutes later, the secretaries had finished their afternoon tea, but Yueyue was still absorbedly examining the documents on her desk and even making notes. The other secretaries aside from the secretary general all came to Yueyue’s desk and smiled. “Hey, Yueyue, you guessed wrong. President Xiao has been reading the documents for 20 minutes, but he probably hasn’t finished two documents yet. Since you haven’t finished these documents either, it seems that you and Mr. Xiao Jing have to work overtime together tonight… Good luck…”
Yueyue looked up and smiled at them. “I can’t help it. I don’t want to be scolded by President Xiao. He’s really horrible when he’s scolding someone. I’d rather work overtime than be scolded by him.”
Linda came up to Yueyue, folded her arms against her chest and looked at Yueyue with a smile. “Yueyue, you’re really wrong. President Xiao will read the documents carefully? I don’t believe it… Maybe now…” She glanced at the watch on her wrist and smiled. “Maybe President Xiao has finished signing the documents now.”
The others echoed her and some even mocked Yueyue, saying, “Yueyue, are you trying to attract President Xiao’s attention? Do you think you can attract his attention by working overtime?”
Yueyue didn’t say anything. Someone else asked, “Or did you do something annoying and offend President Xiao last time, which is why he scolded you?”
Yueyue’s face turned pale when she thought of what happened last time. She said, “I have to work. Don’t bother me.”
“Oh, she got angry…”
Just when the secretaries were going to attack Yueyue again, the door of Xiao Jing’s office suddenly opened. Xiao Jing appeared, leaning against the doorframe and looking over at their side. Yueyue coughed and the crowd turned around only to see Xiao Jing standing there and looking so handsome. Some of them were almost mesmerized by his charm. Xiao Jing smiled at them and the secretaries almost screamed in excitement. A secretary even glared at Yueyue and said in a low voice, “Look, like I said, Mr. Xiao Jing won’t care. You’re too sensitive, Yueyue.”
Linda also looked at Xiao Jing’s direction with sparkling eyes and said, “Yes, Yueyue, Mr. Xiao Jing is such a nice person. He can’t be as horrible as you said…”
When Xiao Jing saw their reactions, an icy gleam flickered across his eyes. He smiled as he reached out a hand and crooked his finger at them. Linda found that Xiao Jing was looking at her and blushed. She pointed at herself, but Xiao Jing shook his head with a smile, pointed at them and beckoned them all to come over. Yueyue also stood up in terror, but seeing her stand up, Xiao Jing frowned as he fell into brief thought before gesturing for Yueyue to sit down with a finger.
Yueyue pointed at herself in doubt. Did he mean she could just stay here? Xiao Jing nodded. Seeing that, Yueyue felt like she had come back to life again. She hurriedly lowered her head and continued to read the documents. It seemed that she had dodged a bullet.