In the life of Mao Huizhu
Mao Huizhu returned to her work in
good spirits, even though when she stepped through the door there would endless
problems waiting for her. To be honest, this year has been a busy one.
But today she was happy about
Zhengqing, though there had been a brand name wearing attractive younger lady
declaring war with her, Zhengqing behaved in a manner that was respectful to her.
Even if he did not choose her in the end, she knew he respected her and
that was good for her and she knew she had made the right decision.
As she entered her office, Wu Fei
came up to her, ‘Zoe-jie, you’re back.’
‘How is it going?’ she asked.
Wu Fei was the general Manager, Cui
Yingwei’s (Zuben: Another bloody Y name) great personal assistant. His work
brought him into contact with her a lot and he sometimes came to her for
guidance. Though he was not her direct subordinate, but it sometimes was like
he was.
He quickly reported on the current
status to her. He also told her that Cui Yingwei was on his way, he had to meet
someone at the airport, so she must read the report first.
‘Why is he anxious?’ she asked, she
was extremely dissatisfied. The HQ’s surprise inspection does not require
manipulation or exaggeration. The work is fine, they have not done anything
that they needed to hide, they had nothing to fear (Zuben: How sure are you
about that?)
‘Does Zoe-jie have time to look
through the report first?’
‘Send it through,’ Huizhu entered
her office. He told her he’d sent the documents to her email. He also printed
out the report for her and handed it to her.
‘These are the work Peter was asked
to do first, there was something else I was doing first.’
‘Very well,’
Wu Fei went back to his work.
Huizhu called her own subordinates
to confirm the situation on her side of things, after she began to look at Wu
Fei’s reports.
The reports Wu Fei was dealing
with, she mostly knew about, but there were a few projects she was not familiar
with. She was unfamiliar with the content and unclear about the details. These
were projects Cui Yingwei was responsible for. They had a clear division of
labour between them. (Zuben: Why can’t we hear about this in a summary later
on?)
There were several reports that she
looked through quickly everything was fine except one; the data was a little
strange. She was running a similar project and the data was not the same. But
she thought the issue was not big, she read through the reports again. There
was some connection. She called for Wu Fei to bring the related materials.
She looked through them and
discovered the discrepancies.
She called Wi Fei again,
‘There is something off in these
three documents, but it has you and Peter’s signatures on it.’
Wu Fei looked like he was thinking
carefully, ‘He was especially busy, so he allowed me to sign the documents.’
‘And Molly?’ Huizhu asked. Molly
was Cui Yingwei’s other assistant, more than Wu Fei, Molly should have looked
through and signed this.
Wu Fei was puzzled, but wanted to
speak for himself, ‘Peter wanted to give me the opportunity for more
responsibility, so he allowed me to do this. I completed it.’
Huizhu nodded. Wu Fei was about to
leave but then the turned back and asked, ‘Zoe-jie, what is the problem here,’
Huizhu thought for a moment, then
shook her head. He left.
Huizhu read through the documents
again then made a decision. She could not help but fish for her cigarettes. She
lit it up and took a long drag, then blew the smoke back out. The smoke wafted
up into the air obscuring her vision.
As she finished her smoke, Yingwei
returned. She heard him call for Wu Fei to get him a file. Huizhu crushed her
cigarette butt in the ashtray. She grabbed the documents in question and left
her office. She intercepted Wu Fei, taking the requested file from him, ‘I will
take this to him, you are very busy,’
Wu Fe thanked her. He seemed to be
aware something was not quite right. He watched Huizhu head to Yingwei’s
office.
Huizhu entered Yingwei’s office
without alerting him, and placed the documents on his desk. He looked up and
his expression changed to surprise when he found her there. She did not wait
for him to speak before she took a seat.
He looked at the documents, then at
her, ‘Zoe. Are your team’s reports done?’
‘Almost,’
‘Very good, when I am going to the
airport to meet the investigators, we will go together.’
Huizhu did not want to beat around
the bush; she asked him directly, ‘What are your plans with this? The
investigators will certainly scrutinise this,’ she asked referring to the
documents.
There was a flash of surprise and
panic in his expression, but he quickly got himself back together, ‘What? What
did you find?’ he said in feigned confusion.
Huizhu looked at him directly for a
while before she smiled and said, ‘Everything is fine,’
Cui YIngwei also laughed, ‘Zoe, you
have always been very smart. You said before you wanted to return to domestic
development? I will give you the position to prove my vision is good. You have
done the right thing.’
Huizhu nodded and rose from her
seat, ‘I will return to my office. Call me when you’re ready to leave for the
airport.’
Yingwei nodded and watched closely
as Huizhu left his office. He followed and watched her return to her office.
Huizhu sat thinking for a while
before picking up her phone and texting Wu Fei. She informed him that the
figures on those documents were wrong, and may be an indication of fraud and a
violation of regulations (Zuben: China has regulations?). Since he signed the
contract and documents, he needed to gather all related emails, materials and
evidence, just in case he was discredited.
Wu Fei saw the text, and paled. He
did not dare look at Huizhu’s or Yingwei’s offices. He stared at his mobile
phone wondering what to do. He remembered the documents that Huizhu had been
looking at. He replied; they were mostly verbal instructions. I will check.
Huizhu read the text and lit another
cigarette. She had guessed so. He would be cautious and not leave behind
anything that could be directly traced back to his office. The board was
certainly aware of something going on, why else would there be a surprise
inspection. If she pretended not to know what was going on, she would not have
the slightest trouble. (Zuben: Are you sure about that?)
But did she really want to pretend
not to know?
As she smoked, she looked at Wu
Fei’s desk. It sat between her and Cui Yingwei’s offices. She could see him
diligently working through the glass. He was only twenty-six, hardworking,
earnest, polite and modest. The kind of person she appreciated. There were not
many people like him, who graduated from a good university and had a good
family, who were still willing to work hard. Most of them just liked to boast.
She text Wu Fei again: Find out the
costings, whether other projects are involved, background information about the
companies, email correspondence etc. She had always taught Wu Fei, to always do
background checks on companies they did business with. Huizhu guessed that all
the pre-contract cautionary measures would not have been taken because Cui
Yingwei arranged things.
Wu Fei was quick to reply: Yes.
Huizhu did not manage Wu Fei after
that. Before she left for the airport with Yingwei, she told him, ‘If anything
comes up, make sure you call me,’
Collecting the auditors was very
smooth. Yingwei behaved like he had no care in the world. He laughed and
chatted merrily with the auditors and coordinated well with Huizhu. If Yingwei
doesn’t know why they are here, she didn’t know why they were here. From the
auditor’s point of view, HQ truly believed something was going on. He asked to
be at the offices at 9AM, and requested Yingwei give him the reports that
evening.
Yingwei readily agreed, Huizhu
maintained her composure.
The auditor did not want them to
have time to adjust the reports. She knew, tomorrow was key.
After they ate, and got the auditor
settled in their hotel, and Yingwei and Huizhu returned to the company together,
‘Zoe. I have been in this company
for twenty years, to get to where I am now. The company trusts me. I have
lovingly led subordinates how are loyal to the company. If you coordinate well
with me, naturally, you will have boundless prospects in this company. The
headquarters also highly regard your ability, perhaps, when I retire, my
position would be yours.’
Huizhi smiled in reply and thanked
him.
Huizhu did not return to her
office, but got into her car and went directly home. On the way, she called Wu
Fei, ‘Peter returned. He asked me about a few things and to get everyone to be
at the office at 9AM tomorrow and then left,’
‘Oh,’ then she said, ‘With
everything you can find come to my house. We would look everything over and
come up with a plan of action. Tomorrow will be very important.’
When she got home, she poured
herself a glass of wine and gave her old boss in the US a call,
‘Zoe! To what do I owe the
pleasure?’
She took a sip of wine and told him
what was happening.
Jan was very surprised, ‘What do
you plan to do?’
‘Jan, what do you think I should do
if I lose all I have presently?’
Jan did not speak for a long time
then said, ‘ You know, I will support any decision you make. When you said you
were returning home, although I could not bear it, I did not argue and let you
go. You always know what you want to do. Though now you are back in that
environment, can you say you have no regrets?’
‘Yes,’
‘So do what you think you must.
Although, it has nothing to do with you and you won’t lose anything,’
Huizhu was silent this time, then
she said, ‘Jan, you know that I am diligent. My kind of diligence doesn’t allow
me to help an evildoer commit crimes. I will certainly lose something; that is
my conscience.’
‘But, you cannot go back from that,
Zoe’ Jan said.
Huizhu knew as well, that there was
no escape route.
‘I know,’ she replied
‘Good luck,’ Jan said.
(Zuben: Typical useless white
person in an Asian book/drama. Honestly, what a waste of time conversation.
It’s like a robot sounding board.)
Later that evening, Wu Fei arrived
and he and Huizhu went through the contenscious documents again. They tried to
predict how the auditor might find the discrepancies, Yingwei’s response, how
Wu Fei might be affected.
‘You have little experience, not
many qualifications and little to fear. It can’t be proven that you got any
benefits from these arrangements, that is what he is counting on. His best
excuse would be that he was too trusting of you, therefore did not pay
attention, he has given you an opportunity but you have misused it. He will say
he will bear responsibility as your boss. Despite you as a fall guy, he will be
hoping it is not discovered because a criminal investigation may be launched,
which eventually implicate him. So he will ask that you’re not reported to the
authorities, it will be detrimental to the company’s reputation and so on…’
Wu Fei was very anxious, but he
bore it well and nodded.
‘His personal accounts would have
already been cleaned of evidence, so I believe the worst case scenario is that
you will be fired.’
Anger burned in Wu Fei’s heart. It
was so unfair. This had been a very good job, of course, he did not want to
kick the black pot, their field was a small one; most people knew each other,
if he was fired because of this, how would he find a good job later?
‘But, he can’t prove he is
completely ignorant of this matter,’ she said to Wu Fei. If Cui was questioned
directly, it would be difficult for him to claim ignorance. ‘I have a lawyer
friend,’ Huizhu continued as she handed her friend's business card to Wu Fei,
‘call him and he will help you deal with this matter. Tomorrow speak to
Peter(Yingwei), tell him you’re aware of the situation and you have a lawyer,’
Wu Fei gratefully took the business
card, ‘But he will know someone in the company is behind me,’
‘He will know that it is I. Once
this matter is exposed, I will know whether he will open his eyes to talk
nonsense and throw dirty water about,’
Wu Fei could only say a heartfelt,
‘Thanks,’
Later that evening, Huisu could not
sleep. She did not know if she would regret her actions, but she hoped things
did not turn out too badly. She picked up her phone intending to call
Zhengqing, but she looked at the time and saw it was late. So she decided not
to bother him.
Zhengqing had not gone to bed. He
just finished bathing, and was checking his emails, no new mails. Zhengqin was
very confused.
The next day, many people were
suffering.
Zhengqing arrived at Yongkai, and
saw Yufei was on time to work. The sun must be rising in the west. But she had
a lot of makeup on, but all that bright makeup did not help her black
expression. Zhengqing decided it was not his concern as long as she did her
work properly, he did not care.
It really did seem as though Yufei
had eaten the wrong medicine, for she was going all out and working earnestly,
Zhengqing was quite puzzled.
Later, Yingjie called Zhengqing and
asked about Yufei. They were in a cold war, quarrelling. Yingjie decided to ask
Zhengqing for help.
Zhengqing got a headache, he did
not have any interest in dealing with other people’s personal matters, and
certainly had no skill in dealing with this kind of mother-in-law emotional
issues. This is why he thought he did not need love, as long as he got along
well with his partner, the marriage would be good. Yet, he didn’t know how he
was going to let Yingjie down, but he suddenly had a brainwave, ‘Why don’t you
ask Xiaoting, she is friends with Yufei, perhaps she knows how to coax her,’
‘Yes, I will call Xiaoting. She is
an angel, she will know what to do.’ Yingjie apologised for troubling him and
rang off.
Xiaoting is an angel? Zhengqing put
his phone away, then thought of Yin Ting saying Yingjie was like a prince on a
white horse.
Do these people appreciate each
other? Really should not.
He had a lot of emails, but none
from Yin Ting. He was really curious about what that girl wanted to send him.
At lunch time, he was eating when
Huizhu called him, she sounded tired.
There was an audit meeting, and
there had been trouble. She had been prepared for it but there was going to be
fall out. She knew no matter what the outcome was, she was not afraid.
She seemed very tired, but she
wanted to talk to someone.
She did not have much time, but
Zhengqing understood that her work had many twists and turns, though she was
obstinate and argumentative, she was really anxious.
Zhengqing was listening to her as
he looked at his mail. There was a mail from Tingting Yuli 413. Zhengqing
jumped, but he could not give it his attention because he was still speaking to
Huizhu.
‘Do you know why the moon has
phases?’ Zhengqing asked Huizhu when she finished speaking,
‘Beacause humans are always parting
and meeting?’ she asked back
Zhengqing smiled, that would be the
original answer,
‘Or should I give the scientific
answer?’
Zhengqing laughed,
Huizhu also laughed. Zhengqing was
helping her feel relaxed.
‘Because change is beautiful, don’t
be afraid of change.’ Zhengqing replied, ‘This is what a child told me
yesterday,’
Huizhu laughed, ‘Thank you,’ she
said.
Change was also beautiful. (Zuben:
If the change was from mansion to hovel, is it still beautiful…?)
Zuben: This chapter currently owns
the title of most boring chapter in Please Be More Serious. If I were reading
and not translating, this chapter would have been skipped once I read the first
paragraph. Actually, I would be surprised if anyone makes it to this point to
read my complaints.
Foreigners in Asian dramas are my
pet peeve, I never understand what they are going for when they shoehorn a
foreigner, it is so cringe! Nothing they are ever told to say makes any sense;
it is usually this weird generic collection of words that make little sense in
context. They are even worse that the ‘black best friend’ go-gurling her
heroine.
An E-mail, A Letter and Two Blogs:
Huizhu rang off and Zhengqing
opened Yin Ting’s email.
There were many attachments. He was
dumbfounded. He had worked for many years and never has he received a report
with this many attachments.
Yin Ting wrote, ‘Zhengqing ge, here
are all my careful collection of love cheats, love letter examples, moving love
stories, most romantic travel destinations, romantic restaurants, romantic
strategies and so on. I should help you understand love more (Zuben: How?), and
help you level up in love.
No need for thanks. We are allies! GOOD LUCK!
This girl and her ‘has no love,’
ally!
This email was annoying. He had
been so curious for so long, and this was it?! At this point he wanted to call
Yingjie and tell him not to bother calling her.
Should he forward Jingjie this
readymade email?
Hmm…maybe not. Zhengqing felt
uncomfortable, he was in no position to advice people. He felt uncomfortable
because this was Yin Ting’s sincerity.
He read the mail again. She was
like a child, really like a child. Her lack of success in pursuing those many
guys must be because they thing she is childish. When he saw her again, he
would tell her: A mature and charming woman; that is the kind of woman men
like. Collecting love cheats was the wrong direction.
Zhengqing decided his analysis was
correct, and as an ally, he should tell her, but as a graceful gentleman, he
didn’t want to fight with a girl. Then he remembered his own gods; he had lots
of work to do.
As he got into his work, his
secretary knocked on his door, he had a letter.
Someone sent a letter.
He did not know anyone in this day
and age who would send letters. Was Yin Ting being naughty?
When he got the letter from his
secretary, he looked it over. The writing was immature yet very correct. The
return address was the orphanage.
Zhengqing quickly opened the
envelope; it was a thank you letter.
Dear Zhengqing-shushu, it read,
Zhengqing began to smile, thank you for your kind donation to the mountain
orphanage. Thank you for driving us back to our orphanage. We will make sure
uncle’s kindness reaches the rural orphanage. Please be rest assured, shushu.
The letter was signed by; Shi
Liang, Han Xiadong and Liu Qin.
Three names with different
handwritings, they must have each signed it.
Such a simple letter, Zhengqing
thought as he read it over and over again. He was reluctant to put it away. It
was not the first time he was ever thanked, nor was it the first time he had
ever helped others, but he could not describe the happiness he felt.
His secretary came called him to
remind him of the meeting. He gently folded the letter and sighed; he had
planned to deal with some work before the meeting, now he could not.
He felt that Yin Ting was
responsible for this, as he grabbed his laptop and left for the conference
room.
Huizhu went to the conference room
before she met Cui Yingwei. She had arrived a little late, to keep her from
meeting Yingwei. Wu Fei sent a text to tell her that he has spoken to Yingwei
that morning on the advice of the lawyer. He had told Cui Yingwei that if there
were any problems found in the projects that had issues were solely blamed on
him, he will start legal proceedings.
Huizhu thought that Wu Fei handled
the situation very well. She did not regret helping him but she knew that it
was going to get her burned. (Zuben: Taking steps to protect yourself as well
would have been good, but hey…)
The meeting proved her hypothesis.
Wu Fei was smart and strong, and Yingwei knew who was behind him. So he was
looking at her, she knew his intentions. Wu Fei signed the documents so he was
centre-stage with the auditors.
Cui Yingwei’s original plan that no
one knew of the situation from the beginning was best, but if someone traced;
all the documents have Wu Fei’s signature, therefore was his responsibility. Wu
Fei was his junior, and he had a gentle personality, so he won’t fight back,
therefore, they can make him resign with the blame on his head. No one would
ever know.
In the end, the problems with the
contract was attributed to negligence which cause loss to the company rather
than fraud and bribery. Cui Yingwei was unable to shirk this responsibility.
When they came across each other,
he sneered at her and said mockingly, ‘You’re so great,’
‘Thanks,’ she sneered back.
In the afternoon, Yingwei took the
headquarter auditors out. He did not include Huizhu.
Huizhu was also prepared, and was
calm about it. The atmosphere in the company wasn’t good. We Fei was being low
key and they could not talk. Certainly, Yingwei could not speak to him either.
In her office, Huizhu lit a
cigarette. She did not know what the immediate future would bring. She had made
an enemy of her superior. She blew out the smoke as she recalled Yingwei’s
sneer.
Yingwei would certainly convince
the representatives, she guessed. He will win Wu Fei to his side and would
eventually begin plans to make Wu Fei his right hand man. There were so many
points to consider, but Wu Fei would not be blamed and put under investigation,
would not need to be dismissed. His work history would not have this mark.
Huizhu wanted to chat with
Zhengqing, even though she had spoken to him a few hours ago, she wanted to
know his opinion. Although she did not regret it, she really needed someone to
tell her she had done well.
The phone rang but was immediately
cut off. She received a short text: In a meeting, will call you back.
Huizhu sighed; this is where a busy
man is not good. When you need his time, he was busy. She suddenly felt
ridiculous; she was a woman if she didn’t have work she could always get
married. The thought made her scoff.
She hasn’t worked this hard all her
life to give it up getting married.
Near six, Zhengqing called her back
to ask her what was up. She said nothing (Zuben: ¬.¬), she had forgotten what
she wanted to ask him, so it must not be important. So he said politely,
‘Alright, if you remember or need
anything call me. I will hang up first, lots to do.’
Huizhu stared at her cellphone
after he hung up. She was okay, but she had been in her office all day in a
daze. She suddenly wondered does she and Zhengqing really fit? When she needed
him, he was in a meeting. When she was trying to be strong, he said he was
busy. (Zuben: If you want something, request it)
Huizhu was sad.
Yingwei, his secretary and the
auditors passed Huizhu’s office. He did not call Huizhu to come along. The boss
has left, so the rest of the office began to leave as well. Huizhu remained in
her office not moving. Wu Fei came to her office and asked,
‘Zoe-jie, can I ask you out for a
meal?’
Zoe turned to him and replied
quietly, ‘I have something on tonight,’
She picked up her things and walked
out. (Zuben: Was she waiting for him?)
Zhengqing was working overtime. He
asked his secretary to order some food for him. There were a lot of documents
before him. He has a habit of always finishing the work he had to do.
Althought, it would not be the end of the world if he left it till tomorrow, it
just made him uncomfortable.
Now that he was done, he settled
back to eat his food.
As he ate he went on his microblog,
some popular news was shared between others, and the biggest sharer turned out
to be Tingting Yuli413.
This ID was too eye-catching.
It was Yin Ting. (Zuben: We already
know it is Yin Ting!)
Her latest blog post was on her
bother Yin Shi cooking dinner. There was a selfie with her holding a plate
laughing. She wrote under the picture: Today my brother cooked. It is a rare
occasion. This is his cooking; I wanted to show it off. It is so delicious, I
cried in the toilet. I got diarrhea. It ended with an emoticon with its tongue
out.
Zhengqing found it funny, and wrote
a comment. She should not know it was him; he had no personal photos on his
blog. So he felt a sense of security writing a comment.
A little while after, there was a
sound that a private message had arrived. Zhengqing clicked on the message, it
was from Yin Ting.
Zhengqing nearly choked on his
food. His ID was a string of numbers; his mother’s birthday. He did not think
that she would recognise him.
At the same time, he got a
notification of a new follower. Her message said; It is me!
His phone rang, it was Yin Ting.
‘I am so sorry, I had to talk to
you or I would seem rude.’ She said
‘What happened?’
‘I looked at your blog; it was all
economic commentary, career experience, industry analysis, and such like. It is
all too deep for me and terribly boring. I don’t understand it. I am concerned
about you though. I was too hasty, can I un-follow you? You don’t mind do you?’
He did not mind! Miss ‘you have
made a mistake’, how rude!
‘We usually have no intersection;
you don’t have to see what I write.’
‘Can’t you write about your love
life, or gossip or something…?’
Zhengqing silently seethed, so
he said, ‘You can un-follow me,’
Tomfoolery:
‘Oh!’ she said
What was it now? Was she going to
un-follow or not?
‘Oh…’ she said again.
What did that mean?
‘It seems that there is a shielding
function that I have never used.’
Zhengqing was mollified. He was
being shielded by his follower. What was the difference? If she had said
nothing and un-followed him, he would have only felt awkward, but she called to
ask him made him very irritable.
‘Actually, I don’t need to do
anything. You don’t update often and I don’t need to read, like or share when
you do.’ She said finally. Zhengqing had nothing to say in reply. This angel,
he thought, your logic is too lofty for us mortals to understand.
‘I will leave you to it then, bye.’
She said and rang off. The mortal Zhengqing stared at his phone for quite a
while until he recovered. He finished the rest of his food, and threw the box
away. Was she deleted him or blocking him, which one?!
Before he left his office, he went
online to the blogging site again to look at Tingting Yuli’s blog. He decided
that Yin Ting blocked him probably.
For the next few days, Zhengqing was
busy so he did not think about the situation. He realised he had not heard from
Huizhu. He thought to give her a call but he still had a lot of work to do
(Zuben: Work is never done), so he forgot to call her.
Yingjie called him everyday to ask
him about Yufei. Yufei came to his office everyday to ask him not to talk to
Yingjie.
Honestly, he didn’t want to have
anything to do with their relationship. Could these two adults not understand?”
He went online and read an economic
analyst article, found it interesting and shared it on his blog with is work
colleagues.
He went off to the break room to
get some water and returned to his office. When he refreshed the page, he saw
that Tingting Yuli 413 had commented. She wrote only one word: Sofa!!!!! And a
dancing emoticon.
Zhengqing was shocked. It was the
first time he had ever encountered the “snatch the sofa game”. Well, it showed that she had not actually
blocked him.
Zhengqing did not want to pay
attention to her, but he found himself smiling as he imagined her raising her
hands high and shouting “Sofa!” She was such a little girl. He pulled a folder
and began working again.
There was a notification ping and
his hands itched to see.
It was Tingting Yuli 413, this time
she wrote: Hey, no one?! The bench is mine!!! With the dancing emoticon again.
He was speechless. He felt like he
should call this girl and ask her: Hello, did you dream of me?
He certainly would not. He closed
the blog and went through his work with single mindedness. In the afternoon, he
got a call from Yingjie again, ‘Yufei doesn’t pay attention to me, I really
need your help.’
Zhengqing frowned, he really could
not help. He was busy. Was it friendship to intervene in the relationships of
others? He didn’t feel it was appropriate.
‘Xiaoting has promised to help. The
both of you spoke to Yufei recently. I want to listen to your opinions.’
Yingjie said very humbly. Zhengqing’s heart softened. Besides, Yufei was
wandering about in a soulless state, and it was affecting her work. She might
as well not be there at all. It might be better to get this sorted out a bit
faster.
‘Very well,’
After agreeing to meet Yingjie, he
remembered the Yin Ting had sent him a PM on his blog. He hadn’t read it. On
his blog, Yin Ting continued to occupy the comments section, and there was a
reply to her: Hey, you are very interesting. I have followed you, ah. Let’s
have a private chat1,’
She replied: ‘No private chats.
Thank you.’
That was a good attitude. A girl
should not just private chat with anyone. Who knew what the person had in mind.
But the person did not get
discouraged: I read your blog, it’s very interesting. I also like travelling.
Let’s chat.’
Zhengqing was annoyed; why was it
on his blog that this person was harassing another. He checked the man’s
profile, he didn’t know him.
Tingting Yuli 413 replied: I am not
being polite. I have blocked you.
Zhengqing laughed. A decisive move!
Did she really block the offending fellow? He also blocked the profile.
Friday rolled in and Zhengqing was
early to work as usual. Many of his colleagues have to arrived yet. He turned
on his computer and suddenly had the urge to post something. There were new industry
policies published the night before that would be good. So he posted that. He
waited a while for comments, but nothing happened. So he went to the break room
to make himself coffee.
When he returned, he saw he had
three comments! It was so early in the morning; there should not have been so
quick a response.
Tingting Yuli 413: Sofa!!!! (Zuben:
Even understanding it now makes it dafter)
Zhengqing laughed.
Tingting Yuli 413: The sofa is
mine!!!!!
Tingting Yuli 413: Look out the
window!!!!!
He was confused, what was out the
window? Was there an angel flying? He looked out his windows, and saw nothing
but sky, so he asked: What is out there?
Half a day passed and there was no
reply. He was so curious he wanted to call her.
He checked his blog again when he
had a break, she had finally replied: The big beautiful sky! (Zuben: Shocking)
Zhengqing thumped his head on his
desk. This girl, was she teasing him? With five exclamation marks, she sent him
to the window.
She sent a message: Do you know why
the clouds come in many colours?
Zhengqing was still looking at his
blog, when his secretary came to call him,
‘Qiu Zong. Everyone has arrived for
the nine o’ clock meeting.’
Zhengqing remembered there was a
nine o’clock meeting every Friday! He looked at the clock, it really was time.
He nodded, ‘I’ll be there shortly,’
He replied: Because the cloud has
water droplets and ice crystals that change with atmospheric pressure,
temperature, humidity and wind. You need to read to understand specifics.
He looked at the time. He should
not be too late for the meeting.
After a little wait, she replied:
Wrong! It is because the sky is filled with all kinds of dreams. The sky can
accommodate all kinds.
He knew it. He knew she was going
to give him a silly answer.
With his curiosity satisfied, he
picked up his laptop and went to the conference room. Everyone was waiting for
him. He felt a little guilty because he was never late.
He sat and opened his laptop. He
pulled up the meeting notes and opened his blog.
‘Begin,’
The sales manager’s clear voice
began to read out the sales reports. He noted there was a message on his blog.
Tingting Yuli 413: Do you know why
the sky is blue?
She wasn’t finished?
Zhengqing looked at his colleagues.
No one noticed what he was doing, so he typed: In a meeting.
She replied: Oh.
Then she was gone.
Zhengqing went back to listening to
the meeting.
Zhengqing was happy; several of
their goals have been met. Everyone was satisfied. There was a relaxed atmosphere
in the conference room as they finished.
After the meeting, people remained
chatting to each other as they tidied up. Someone pointed out the window at a
cloud saying how long and strange it looked. Another person commented on how
blue the sky was.
As Zhengqing made his way out, he
pretended he wasn’t listening on the conversations. He suddenly flushed and his
heart sunk as he remembered that his conversation with Yin Ting on the blog was
a public forum, and some of his colleagues followed his blog, so they may have
seen his silliness.
But the topic must only be a
coincidence, he told himself at an attempt at comfort. He was a vice-president,
he should be dignified.
When he returned to his office, his
secretary handed him a document to sign because it needed to be sent off
immediately. It took a bit of time to read through and sign. He answered a
phone call from Yong Kai’s partners, then finally had time to go on his blog.
His face was green with dismay.
His blog had never been so lively.
There were comments under the
serious content he posted that morning.
Most of them were with TingTing
Yuli 413 chatting with other IDs that were his work colleagues.
Most people were asking her “Why
the sky was blue”
Yin Ting had answered: Because the
day is happy!
That joke was not funny, Zhengqing
thought. But a bunch of people replied with many ha ha ha has.
Some people replied: today’s naïve is very blue.
Shit! That sounds very familiar!
Zhengqing wondered if he would have
to block Miss Yin Ting.
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