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Please Be More Serious - Chapter 17

Published at 24th of September 2017 11:50:17 AM


Chapter 17

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Chapter 17: Golden Frog.Zhengqing did not block Yin Ting, at least not right in that moment; it would be impolite, he thought. He logged off his blog and went back to work.Today the atmosphere was good; it was Friday and there was a public holiday the next week. But Zhengqing remained sensitive for some reason, therefore, all day he was properly serious with his colleagues and even when his secretary smiled as she brought in reports.Around four, Zhengqing had done most of his work so he could relax. He got a cup of coffee and went on his blog. He hoped that Tingting Yuli 413 wasn’t gossiping on his comment section, or else he would block her.With that mind, he logged on. Other than a few comments from his industry colleagues, there were no new messages from Tingting Yuli 413.He decided to visit her blog and nearly choked on his coffee. She was not being followed by so many familiar IDs. Her latest post was a selfie in a restaurant. She was smiling and winking, the expression was very very cute. She wrote: A new riddle: To look at the world with one eye or two; what is the difference? The answer will be given tomorrow.There were lots of comments. He realised that she had a lot of fans, more than twenty thousand. There were lots of comments, about the riddle and some were derisive to her.Zhengqing tried to wink, but realised that his facial muscles were not attuned to such a feat. He could not think of the answer, so he would simply wait till tomorrow. He logged off and turned away to find Yin Ting at his office door.Zhengqing was surprised and subconsciously glanced at the computer screen. He had logged off. But another thought occurred to him, even though she couldn’t see his screen, she would have seen him trying to wink.She seemed to have seen nothing for she smiled and said, ‘Remember, Yingjie asked us to dinner?’‘Yes,’ he answered seriously. They had been invited to eat together with Gu Yingjie so they could help him sort things with Yufei.She continued to smile, ‘I will go and see Yufei in the meantime.’ She didn’t wait for him to reply and she went off to Yufei’s office.Just then, a chat window popped up. One of his colleagues was asking: Was that girl in your office Tingting Yuli?Zhengqing sent back three smiley faces and said: The points brought up in the meeting today, can your team complete it by next week? And your department’s leave schedule for the public holiday, when would I receive it? And when would the marketing plan for Christmas be changed?There was silence. Very good, Zhengqing thought.He went back to the blog and his face turned green with horror.What was this ghost? Someone wrote: Somebody asked what was the difference seeing the world with one eye and seeing the world with two? I tried it. I did not see any difference, ah.Some people concurred and some were on Yin Ting’s side.This woman was like a virus.He could not be bothered anymore; he logged off and went back to work. There was a board meeting on Monday; he needed to present the results for this year and their goals and targets for the next. He could not relax.He read and signed what needed to be signed, emailed relevant parties, sent his assistant out to find out the progress of the various departments on their projects.Manager Du, seeing Zhengqing’s assistant cried, ‘Qiu zong is too quick. Can’t you give him something else to keep him busy?’His assistant shook his head, ‘Can’t. He has signed everything. Therefore has sent me to urge you all to be quicker.’‘Doesn’t he have a visitor? Let the guest divert his attention.’ When the boss’ efficiency was too high, it put too much pressure on the underlings. The required data is large, the distributors are many, and the market analysis data was many. It was not a quick work.‘He doesn’t have a guest. Do you mean Miss Yin Ting? That is young Miss’ guest; she is with her right now.’‘Tingting Yuli 413?’ Manager Du’s face lit up at the potential for gossip.‘Yes,’ like Manager Du, they only just found out her blog handle that day, ‘She had come lots of times before; she is Young Miss’ friend.’‘She seems very cute,’ Manager Du said laughing.‘Yes ah, but some people are swans,’ Zhengqing’s assistant replied with a wide toothed grin.‘Yes well,’ Manager Du said with a sigh, ‘And like VP Qiu, some people are gold plated frogs,’There was a cough near them. Zhengqing’s manager looked up and jumped. Manager Du’s face paled as he turned to find the gold plated frog – no – VP Qiu holding a glass of water behind him. His face was impassive with a hint of annoyance.Zhengqing’s assistant immediately bailed on him, ‘Manager Du, didn’t you just call Qiu Zong a frog?’Manager Du’s expressioned was pained as he protested, ‘I also said golden. Golden! Can Qiu Zong not be angry?’‘If you hand the reports, plans and projections in quickly he would not be angry,’ Zhengqing’s assistant said in mock comfort.Zhengqing had not been angry. To be honest, a golden frog was better than phoenix male (Zuben: Whatever that means), it was more pleasant to hear, and Manager Du was only joking about with no malice intended. In the past, he had overheard people saying a lot of malicious thing about him, so he had become immune. He knew that if he remained strong, people would eventually shut up. And if they didn’t change, not only were their mouths cheap, their hearts were cheap and there was no cure for that, so no need to bother with them.Zhengqing, with his glass in hand, passed by Yufei’s office. Though the door was closed, he knew Yin Ting was in there with her. He stared at the door then turned away. As he did, he caught a colleague’s eye; they smiled at him, and passed by with a cup of tea.It seemed like a lot of people were having tea, ah. Zhengqing raised an eyebrow, people were surprising. Yin Ting had been by a lot of times, and now it was today everyone was curious. (Zuben: They are curious about the person that makes VP Qiu do the silly)Back in his office, he thought of what he had heard Manager Du say. Did they think there was something between him and Yin Ting? He laughed at the absurd thought, this scandal was too baffling. It was impossible between him and her. First, he was so much older than her, she did not understand him, and he was uninterested in her doings. One cannot talk to a duck every day. They had nothing in common.He thought of when Qin Wenyi wanted him and Yufei to date using Yongkai as a common factor, but even that did not come to anything. Though Yin Ting and Yufei had different personalities, they were of similar backgrounds.He preferred a woman who was independent, dedicated to her work, understands the way things work in business and had things in common with him.Therefore, how was it possible? He and Yin Ting would be top ten in the most unsuitable people to date each other.While in though, in the corner of his eye he saw a head poking through his office door. Smiling.Zhengqing looked at his desk, it was clear. He wasn’t as busy. He sighed inwardly and beckoned her in.Yin Ting jumped in, ‘Can we go?’Zhengqing froze, ‘Where?’‘Dinner with Gu Yingjie.’Oh, that’s right, ‘Not time to leave yet.’ He told her‘Only five more minutes,’‘It is still not time to leave.’‘But you can’t do anything in five minutes,’‘If you’re not here I can do a lot in five minutes.‘Really?’ She asked earnestly, blinking, ‘Then I won’t disturb you. I will sit and wait.’ She took herself to a couch to sit. Zhengqing stared at her, was she trying to test what he can do in five minutes? That would be awkward because he had nothing to do.(Zuben: Just give up and go, don’t torture us with a pointless stand-off)He watched her as she sat on the couch and drew out her phone to play. After a bit, she looked up to find him staring at her,‘Um, is my sitting here bothering you? I will go out.’ She said as she rose. Though Yufei had already left work, she could chat with the secretary, so she had no problem sitting outside.‘No, sit here.’She made no comment as she sat back down and continued to look at her phone.Zhengqing tapped his desk silently. He looked at the clock on the computer (Zuben: No watch, big man?) There was not really a problem leaving work early, it was just a question of setting a good example (Zuben: Pointless stand-off)Yin Ting was laughing hard at something on her phone. She suddenly stopped when she remembered she was in someone’s office. She glanced at Zhengqing, who quickly turned to his computer screen. She had a cheeky expression on her fcae and returned to the video she was watching.What was so funny? He would like to know.There was a knock on the door, and his secretary poked her head in, ‘Qiu zong, do you need anything else for this evening? If there is nothing else, I will be heading out.’Zhengqing blinked, two minutes had gone in the blink of an eye.‘Very good. You’ve worked hard, good night.’His secretary turned to Yin Ting and said, ‘Miss Yin, I’m off. See you later.’‘Bye,’ Yin Ting replied waving. When his secretary left, she turned to Zhengqing, and asked, ‘Are you done?’‘Hm.’ He replied and he began to pack up. He rarely had the chance to leave work early, but with this troublemaker around he won’t be able to concentrate on any extra work. They left his office and headed for the elevator, and Zhengqing came to regret this,Since it was the end of the day, every one was at the elevator. They saw Yin Ting and said hello, some even asked if she was Tingting Yuli, to which she replied yes. Zhengqing put on a serious face the entire time and said nothing. While they talked to Yin Ting, they stared at both of them with strange looks.He felt weird.In the elevator, everyone entered. He and Yin Ting were surrounded by everyone; who were watching them. Yin Ting did not care, she was playing on her phone, while Zhengqing’s face grew warm and he felt strange.




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