Novel Bin Chapter 44.2 A Visit to the Workplace Part 2
Names mentioned in this chapter :
-苏芮 (sù ruì) – Su Rui, our female protagonist
-顾煜城 (gù yù chéng)- Gu Yu Cheng, the male lead
-顾董(gù dǒng)- Chairman Gu
-唐笑(táng xiào) – Tang Xiao, Su Rui’s friend and daughter of the chairman of Tang Jing Group
-刘玲(Liú líng)- Liu Ling, Su Rui’s university roommate
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“Yu Cheng.”
“Hm?”
“In the future, we’d better hire an auntie.” During dinner, Su Rui pondered about it and said earnestly.
To be fair, the food she cooks is just okay, definitely not as good as those auntie’s cooking.
Although it is edible, it’s okay if they do it for two people once in a while, the rest of the time…
Why must she torture herself with her three meals?
Hearing Su Rui’s words, Gu Yu Cheng couldn’t help but laugh softly twice.
“Sure.” This was something that Gu Yu Cheng agreed with.
Even though eating his girlfriend’s food was completely different from the usual meal, he didn’t want Su Rui to waste too much energy and time on cooking.
After eating, the two of them cleaned up the lunch box on the table together, and while Su Rui was putting the lunch box away, Gu Yu Cheng pulled Su Rui into his embrace from behind.
“Thank you, wife.”
Su Rui: !
Hearing Gu Yu Cheng’s words in her ear, Su Rui was stunned, and her heart tightened and immediately widened her eyes.
They hadn’t even gotten married yet! What is he calling her so inappropriately?!
Su Rui retorted righteously in her head, knowing that someone was probably expressing an opinion from the heart, but still, she couldn’t help feel her face heating up.
Actually, Gu Yu Cheng also knew that it was inappropriate to call that now, but this thought just could not help but pop up in his heart at a certain moment.
Today, Su Rui came over, the two of them ate food that was cooked by his lover’s hands together. It really gave Gu Yu Cheng a feeling of marriage and family.
If it wasn’t for the fact that Su Rui had two more years before she graduates from university, he would really want to bring Su Rui to the Civil Affairs Bureau tomorrow.
After finally calming down the surprise and strange emotions in her heart, Su Rui turned around, tried her best to be calm and feigned a glare at Gu Yu Cheng and said, “Don’t call me so inappropriately.”
“My task is completed.” Looking at Gu Yu Cheng, Su Rui said again, “Then, you can continue doing your work. I’m leaving.”
Hearing that, Gu Yu Cheng tightened his grip on Su Rui’s waist.
“Are you busy this afternoon?” Gu Yu Cheng asked.
Su Rui: I don’t think so?
Without waiting for Su Rui to reply, she heard Gu Yu Cheng said, “Leave later if you do not have any plans.”
Su Rui was a little amused and blinked at Gu Yu Cheng.
“There should be a lot of work to deal with, right?” Su Rui asked.
A contract that can make Gu Yu Cheng work overtime on weekends to handle should be pretty urgent.
“Not a lot.”
After saying that, the corner of Gu Yu Cheng’s mouth quirked and pulled Su Rui over to the desk over there again.
“Come over here and look at these contracts.”
“Can I look at them?”
“There are no trade secrets involved.” Gu Yu Cheng smiled and handed the contract to Su Rui.
Since Gu Yu Cheng has said so, Su Rui did not act in pretence. She was originally quite curious about the Gu Company’s dynamics and Chairman Gu’s decision making.
After receiving the contract handed Gu Yu Cheng, Su Rui quickly skimmed through it, and a thought flickered in her eyes.
“What do you think it is about?”
“Environmental developmental project?” Su Rui asked as she blinked and looked at Gu Yu Cheng.
As Su Rui pondered for a while, she added, “So the direction of Gu Company in the future would be an eco-friendly development?”
“Yes, but is not just Gu Company…”
Gu Yu Cheng explained to Su Rui.
As Su Rui listened to Gu Yu Cheng’s explanation, her eyes glistened slightly, and suddenly she felt like someone was highlighting the key points in an exam.
“When will you apply to start your internship?” Pulling Su Rui closer to him, Gu Yu Cheng asked.
Su Rui’s ears were a little warm after she had heard Gu Yu Cheng’s question. After thinking about it, she said rather seriously, “The week after next on the 1st of next month?”
After next week, all the make-up exams she had applied for would be over, leaving her with a few classes that she would need to take throughout the semester, so it shouldn’t be a problem to explain this to her teacher.
It just so happened that at that time, Liu Ling would also be interning.
“Sure.” Gu Yu Cheng responded after hearing Su Rui’s reply.
“Then, I would like to go to the planning department, is that okay?” Su Rui raised her eyebrows and asked with a smile.
Gu Yu Cheng first responded, “Yes.”
Then, he asked, “You don’t want to be the chairman’s assistant?”
Even though Gu Yu Cheng also thought that Su Rui’s choice was good, currently, he hopes that Su Rui would work as his assistant in the next period of time.
“I don’t want to.”
“Why?”
Because there is a saying that absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Su Rui said inwardly.
“Because I compared it to the planning department and the planning department is now a little more relevant for my current course.” Su Rui said truthfully.
“And,” After a pause, Su Rui subconsciously straightened Gu Yu Cheng’s tie and said half-jokingly, “As your assistant, it seems like it would be a little too busy.”
Hearing Su Rui’s words, Gu Yu Cheng couldn’t control and chuckled softly.
“Alright, I will make arrangements for you.”
“Gu Company also provides accomodation, you…”
Gu Yu Cheng looked at Su Rui and was about to say something, but was interrupted by the sound of two message alerts on Su Rui’s phone.
It was a message from Tang Xiao.
Two pictures.
A picture of a dove.
There was also a sticker that states ‘Your friendship ran out of credits.’
Looking at the two stickers, the corner of Su Rui’s mouth twitched.
What does this dove mean? When do they have a scheduled appointment?[1]
Su Rui was complaining in her heart, and Tang Xiao Niu had already called.
“It is Tang Xiao.”
Su Rui said to Gu Yu Cheng and answered Tang Xiao’s call.
“Did you see my WeChat message? I’m just informing you again that your plastic[2] friendship is out of credit. Do you want to renew it?” Tang Xiao’s bold and confident voice sounded from the other end of the phone.
“What do you mean by out of credit? Didn’t I just top up last week?” Su Rui replied jokingly.
“That was last week. You already owe for this week. “
“Fine. Fine. So I’ll just top up, okay?”
“Okay, so now you have to come out and go shopping with me!”
“Now?
“Mhm, right now. Let me tell you, they called to tell me that the bag I pre-ordered earlier has arrived!” Speaking of this, Tang Xiao was a little excited.
“Alright, where do we meet?”
“No need. My car door is fixed. I’ll pick you up right now in my little car.” Tang Xiao said and asked again, “You are at home now?”
“No, I’m at Gu Company.”
“Huh?” Hearing Su Rui’s words, Tang Xiao exclaimed, “Gu Company? You are with Gu Yu Cheng?”
“Mhm.”
“You are on a date? Then, I…”
“It’s fine. Come over.” Su Rui smiled and finished Tang Xiao’s sentence.
This friendship might be a little plastic. It is still okay even though it ran out of credit.
After hanging up Tang Xiao’s phone call, Su Rui blinked her eyes when she saw a small hint of dissatisfaction in Gu Yu Cheng’s eyes in front of her.
“I’ll go shopping with Tang Xiao later. Then, we will go straight to school.” Su Rui raised her arm and wrapped it around Gu Yu Cheng’s neck. She tilted her head and said.
Su Rui had agreed to go shopping with Tang Xiao. Other than to renew her plastic best friend and to have a ride back to school with Tang Xiao’s car, she had other considerations as well.
For her to stay here is actually somewhat holding Gu Yu Cheng up.
He had to work overtime on the weekends, and she didn’t want to accompany Chairman Gu on another extended overtime shift.
“En.” Although he was a little dissatisfied, he nodded his head.
“When will Tang Xiao be here?”
“It should be pretty soon.”
She heard from Tang Xiao that the place she collected her car seemed to be pretty close to this place.
“I’ll walk you down.”
“No need. I can go down by myself,” said Su Rui. She stood on tiptoe again and planted a kiss on the corner of Gu Yu Cheng’s mouth. She said, “Work hard.”
“Don’t hang around too late. Get back to school early and tell me when you get there, okay?”
“Alright.”
When Su Rui went down and walked out of Gu Company’s building, Tang Xiao hadn’t arrived yet.
Unexpectedly, she met a strangely dressed woman instead.
[1] Tang Xiao is implying that Su Rui stood her up/failed to show up for a meeting or a date. This originates from the phrase 放鸽子(fànggēzi), where the literal meaning would be to release dove. Thus, that’s why Tang Xiao had sent the picture of a dove and stating that their friendship has no credits left.
[2] 塑料(sù liào)- It means plastic but it is also an internet slang which describes something that is very fase, can’t stand scrutiny, different from what really happened. For example an imitation that looks similar to the real thing on the surface, but it is totally different in quality. In this context, it means fake friends.