The Bowl of Seven Emotions

Seeing her tacit agreement, Bai Mian covered her face with one hand. "If I had known, I should have encouraged you to date more. You wouldn't have been so easily tricked!"

"I haven't left yet…"

"Isn't it just a matter of time?" Bai Mian rolled her eyes at her and picked up her chopsticks to start eating. She didn't mention anything about losing weight anymore. Her carefully nurtured, delicate cabbage was about to be ravaged by a pig. Unhappy. No dieting today!

After they finished eating, Bai Mian took Tang Susu home. Before leaving, Bai Mian hesitated to speak, but in the end, she just sighed and didn't say anything.

Tang Susu watched her leave and smiled as she turned around. If there was still one person in this world who cared about her well-being, it had to be Bai Mian.

She knew what Bai Mian wanted to say, but she had to experience it herself. Whether Shi Chengxuan was suitable for her or not, whether she would be hurt in the future, she had to try first.

After only half a month at home, Tang Susu returned to the company to end her leave. When Secretary Wu saw her, he was almost overjoyed, barely stopping himself from setting off firecrackers at the main entrance.

"Ending your leave already? No more leave requests, then?"

"Yes."

"That's right. Alright, go back to work."

Seeing Tang Susu walking towards the office, Secretary Wu raised a hand. "Hey, wait. The secretarial department has recently taken on a new employee, and your desk has been taken. Well, Xiao Huang has been transferred, so you can go to her office."

Hearing Secretary Wu's arrangement, Tang Susu couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth. It was said that Xiao Huang was his right-hand assistant, and her office was less than ten meters from the CEO's office. So, was this considered a promotion?

Since it was Secretary Wu's order, Tang Susu naturally wouldn't refuse. She returned to the office, intending to pack up her things, only to find that her belongings had already been packed and placed on a table in the corner.

A strange woman with long hair was sitting in her original seat, her back to her.

Tang Susu's entrance immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the office.

"Oh, Xiao Tang is back." Sister Xu smiled immediately upon seeing Tang Susu. "Is everything alright at home?"

"It's alright now."

Presumably, Secretary Wu had announced that she had taken leave due to family matters. If people knew that she had been loafing around at home for half a month, who knew what they would say behind her back.

"Oh, right, this is Xiao Lü, the new employee." Sister Xu pointed to the young woman sitting in her former seat and introduced, "Xiao Lü, this is Xiao Tang. She used to sit here."

Only after Sister Xu called her name did the young woman turn her head and glance at Tang Susu, nodding indifferently.

Tang Susu could see that Sister Xu wasn't very friendly towards this Xiao Lü; otherwise, she wouldn't have deliberately pushed her forward. However, she wasn't interested in being anyone's pawn. It wasn't as if the other party had deliberately stolen her seat, so there was no need to be angry about it.

Seeing that neither of them reacted much, Sister Xu was a little disappointed and turned to ask, "Xiao Tang, where are you going to sit later? Why don't you come sit with me for a while, and I'll go ask Secretary Wu for you?"

"No need, Secretary Wu has already made arrangements. I'll just pack my things and go straight there."

"Ah? Where are you moving to?"

"Moving to Sister Huang's office."

After she finished speaking, the smile on Sister Xu's face faltered.

Although Sister Xu was a senior member of the secretarial department, she was still a step below Sister Huang. After all, Sister Huang had been personally promoted by Secretary Wu. The so-called transfer was actually a promotion to head a branch office. Countless people had their eyes on that position. During Tang Susu's absence, the secretarial department had been anything but peaceful.

No one expected that Tang Susu would just quietly take over the position, leaving them no hope at all.

"That's great. Xiao Tang, you go ahead and get busy. I still have some things to do." Saying this, Sister Xu turned and left, no longer as enthusiastic as before.

Tang Susu didn't mind, arranged her things properly in the box, and then left carrying it.

As soon as she left, the office immediately became restless.

Some sighed, others felt indignant.

"Some people have it easy. It's been less than half a year, and her promotion speed is like riding a rocket."

"Riding a rocket isn't this fast. Don't be envious. Maybe one day, she'll be directly promoted to CEO's wife."

"Come on, if the CEO is going to get married, he'll find someone of equal social standing. What's the use of a little assistant? Sister Xu, don't you agree?"

"Alright, that's enough. If someone hears you, they might give you trouble later." Sister Xu rolled her eyes at them.

Lü Yao listened to their discussion and couldn't help but curl her lip. Thinking of the Tang Susu she had just seen, she felt a little complicated.

Her father had a good relationship with Manager You from the HR department, so she had been smoothly assigned here after graduation. Originally, Manager You had intended to transfer her to the finance department for an internship, but for some unknown reason, Manager You was suddenly transferred, and she was assigned to the secretarial department for her internship.

Although the secretarial department sounded good, the work was very trivial, and promotion wasn't easy. This was a heavy blow to Lü Yao, who was eager to put her skills to good use.

As a newcomer who hadn't yet completed her internship, she was either printing documents for her seniors or delivering materials. Perhaps because her reluctance was too obvious, Sister Hong, her mentor, had privately told her about Tang Susu.

According to Sister Hong's description, Tang Susu was actually very similar to her. They both got in through connections and were both very young. The only difference was that, according to Sister Hong, Tang Susu had only graduated from a very ordinary local university. In terms of real talent and learning, she was far inferior to her.

The only thing Tang Susu could boast about was the CEO's special attention to her. Most people in the company even believed that the CEO was pursuing her.

Lü Yao scoffed at this claim. After meeting the CEO in person, she felt that a man like him was simply not someone a small employee could match. Those so-called rumors were just Tang Susu deliberately spreading them to elevate her own status.

Meeting Tang Susu in person today further solidified her thoughts and made her look down on the other party's petty tricks.

Tang Susu didn't know and wasn't interested in knowing what others were thinking.

Changing to a new office location instantly made things much quieter. Of course, the most gratifying thing was that the CEO wasn't in the company today.

Although returning to the company already represented her stance, she still hoped for a buffer period. The current situation was just right for her.

With the change in office location, the scope of her work also changed. Previously, she only handled documents and such, but now she was handling more things. Fortunately, Secretary Wu would come by from time to time, and with his guidance, she quickly got the hang of it.

Watching Tang Susu work diligently, Secretary Wu stood by and observed for a while, then cleared his throat. "Make a note, the CEO has something scheduled for tonight."

"The CEO is back?" Tang Susu's heart skipped a beat.

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