novelraw Chapter 1429: 1442
Chapter 1429: 1442
Capítulo 1429: Chapter 1442
“Alright, Lu, that’s all in the past. Now we need to look forward. But let me make one thing clear: you can treat me to a meal, but if Meng Jia is there, you definitely won’t find me. Since when did your taste become so bad, tsk tsk.”
An Ruoxi returned to her usual playful and cute self, shrugging off the large hand on her shoulder, that broad and warm hand that from today on would no longer belong to her, no longer offer her comfort.
Crossing her arms, she stuck out her tongue at Lu Fei, “Don’t forget to treat me to lunch, I want a big meal.”
With that, she left.
An Ruoxi felt a wave of relief wash over her, finally saying the things she had suppressed for so long. Surprisingly, she didn’t feel the slightest bit of sadness anymore.
“Ruoxi, the president wants to see you.” Secretary Li De Yi raised his chin as he announced. If President Wei continued to tolerate her, even if she said nothing, the company would surely think the president was completely infatuated with her.
Seeing Secretary Li De Yi’s posture, An Ruoxi wasn’t particularly bothered. With all that had happened before, if they tried to blame her again, she certainly wouldn’t let it go!
An Ruoxi made a cup of coffee and took it in.
The head of the research department and the planner were there as well, casting resentful glances at An Ruoxi. Her heart skipped a beat as she walked quietly to Wei Yu’s desk, “President Wei, your coffee.”
Wei Yu glanced at it coldly, thinking it looked like it would taste terrible, clearly having no intention to touch it. An Ruoxi had no choice but to step aside and listen quietly.
“An Ruoxi, did you compile this data summary?”
An Ruoxi hesitated for a moment. Wasn’t this issue already resolved? Why bring it up again?
“No.” She didn’t have the capability; with her level of experience, she couldn’t complete the final step.
“But there’s a mistake here; a zero is missing.” Secretary Li Hao kindly pointed out.
An Ruoxi quickly took the materials to have a look. In truth, she had forgotten what number she wrote there. With her 250-milliliter brain capacity, she couldn’t store so much information—it had long been formatted and automatically deleted.
“I… I forgot.” An Ruoxi’s heart pounded; judging by Wei Yu’s expression, she knew this time she was done for.
Seeing this, the head of the research department quickly explained, “President Wei, our research department also bears responsibility for that document. Fortunately, we discovered the error in time and corrected it, so it didn’t cause any significant loss.”
An Ruoxi cast a grateful look toward him, the middle-aged man, with his neatly cropped hair, appearing particularly sharp.
The head of the research department understood clearly that the project was already settled. Even though he didn’t know why the issue was brought up again on President Wei’s desk, the error stemmed from the research department. He was also aware of Secretary Li’s motives; being fair and honest, he didn’t want a young girl to take the fall for their mistake.
“There wasn’t a significant loss, but what if there’s a next time?” Secretary Li’s voice sounded as unpleasant as a crow’s caw.
An Ruoxi glared at her fiercely, this woman was truly a rotten apple!
“There won’t be a next time, An Ruoxi. From today, you don’t need to work in the secretary’s office anymore. Report to the staff as an orderly instead.”
Wei Yu turned his chair, facing away from them, and waved his hand for them to leave.
An orderly? An Ruoxi stared in disbelief at his back, “For what?!”
Just because of one wrong data entry? Missing a zero? The head of the research department said it didn’t cause significant loss to the company. An orderly! They actually want her to be an orderly!
How can she fulfill her mission?! An Ruoxi watched in frustration as wads of cash flew away from her. With each bill that flew away, her heart ached harder!
No, she cannot be an orderly!
“President Wei, how is it that for one mistake you banish someone to the Cold Palace?!” Her words left everyone in the room stunned.
Unaware of the surroundings, she continued, “I didn’t even get a chance to correct it before being sentenced to death. Isn’t that a bit excessive? Also, who can guarantee it was my mistake alone? After I finished, I handed it off to Secretary Li. Considering all sorts of incidents from the past, who knows if she set me up on purpose.”
“Set you up?” Wei Yu rubbed his lips with his index finger and turned his chair to face her, “Secretary Li has worked in this company for many years, tirelessly contributing to it, and you? I won’t question how you entered the company, but you should be clearly aware, even the company orderlies come from college backgrounds.”
“Secretary Li, notify the HR department that starting next month, we’ll conduct a strict personnel screening, and those not meeting the standards, directly pass them off.”
An Ruoxi felt choked up. By what means? Isn’t it mocking that she never attended college! It’s not like she didn’t want to!
Tears of grievance welled in her eyes, but her stubbornness made her raise her head to prevent them from falling. She left the office without saying a word, upset.
Watching her back, Wei Yu was slightly taken aback, his hand inadvertently touching the coffee still warm, taking a small sip, the silky taste like at the beginning. Was he being too harsh?
An Ruoxi packed her things alone; there wasn’t much to pack anyway. She had been here less than half a month, hadn’t even made a true friend, and now she had to leave.
She could vaguely hear the whispering of colleagues, words like “treated herself like the Empress, didn’t she.”
It was her own overestimation of her abilities.
An Ruoxi carried a small box, silently exiting the secretary’s office, not a single person stood up to see her off.
The secretary’s office was on the sixty-sixth floor, while the orderlies were at the underground level one.
She didn’t go to find Ji Da immediately; it would be useless to see him now. This wasn’t the worst decision. At least she remained in this company, still under the same building as him, although they wouldn’t meet as often as before. She could only comfort herself this way.
Orderly, in its elegant name, was still just a cleaner, working from dawn till dusk, cleaning the entire building before everyone arrived and then doing it again after work hours. An Ruoxi was not aware of this yet.
“What?!” An Ruoxi looked at the timetable, completely stunned. How could she ever get to see Wei Yu now?
Looking at the other orderlies, all young and none with the imagined appearances of elder aunties, no wonder Wei Yu said that even the orderlies were college graduates; the least qualified was still a polytechnic graduate. Now that she was here, the least qualified wasn’t a polytechnic graduate but a high school graduate.
“What am I supposed to do usually?” An Ruoxi miserably looked over the pile of tools assigned to her. She was tasked with cleaning the second floor, an entirely empty space filled with various-sized meeting rooms used for employee training, rarely visited, making it easy for hygiene to slack.