Chapter 41
Discuss something?
Although she had just considered this possibility, Su Guan was still stunned for a moment when the smiling Supervisor Huang said it herself.
Su Guan: “What do you want to discuss with me?”
Supervisor Huang’s smile didn’t change, her expression extremely amiable. “It’s a simple matter.”
She said it was simple, but from the look on her face, Su Guan didn’t think so.
“What is it?” Su Guan hesitated for a moment, then asked.
Supervisor Huang cleared her throat, and for once, her usual decisive work demeanor was gone. She coaxed Su Guan, “Our company has a precious opportunity recently. Each department has to send out one or two people.”
It was somewhat similar to what was circulating in the message group.
Su Guan, suspecting nothing, nodded and continued to ask, “Then what are your arrangements?”
Her question was a polite and humble one. Since the other person had specifically sought her out to discuss something, it was natural to consider her opinion.
Supervisor Huang: “After my observation these past few days, I feel that you, Little Su, are quite outstanding in our department…”
Su Guan twitched her lips. Alright, who knows?
As if to prove she wasn’t just talking nonsense, Supervisor Huang even took out her phone and swiped through some work reports. “I’ve looked at your usual work content. It’s done well. You have a lot of potential and room for development.”
Su Guan was at a loss.
Actually, in her original world, she had been happy to participate in this kind of social event—so when Gao Yuan had brought it up, Su Guan hadn’t been that resistant.
Even now that Supervisor Huang had personally come to her, she still didn’t have a real sense of it.
She could go, or she could not.
However, Su Guan still had one concern.
“Excuse me, Supervisor Huang, are there any assessment criteria for this selection?”
Just doing a decent job at work was probably not enough. And she knew her own level best.
There must be some other reason why Supervisor Huang had chosen her.
“Assessment criteria?” Supervisor Huang took up Su Guan’s question with a grin. “The assessment criteria are, of course, comprehensive.”
Huang Li was very familiar with this kind of thing. She quickly launched into a long speech, praising Su Guan from all aspects, from her personal experience, resume, age, and so on.
Su Guan was stunned by her praise.
It seemed Supervisor Huang had come fully prepared. She had actually done so much research on the original host!
“And,” Supervisor Huang paused for a breath, as if unintentionally, “you don’t have to worry when you go. Because it’s a venue, we’ll be sitting in the audience, and there will be people from other departments with us.”
In the audience? Su Guan keenly caught these four words. It seemed Supervisor Huang was taking her to some kind of performance?
She had originally thought it was a social engagement or something.
And there were people from other departments.
Su Guan had been about to ask what exactly they were going to do, but Supervisor Huang interrupted her thoughts again. “If we go, we might not even be able to sit in the front row. But our company has to send someone, so I’ll have to trouble you, Little Su.”
Su Guan raised an eyebrow, a hint of confusion in her eyes.
“You are, after all, the face of our department,” Supervisor Huang said with a grin, even stepping forward as if to take Su Guan’s hand.
Su Guan was quick. She subconsciously took a step back. “Hmm?”
Supervisor Huang stood there awkwardly, coughed twice, and said, “Anyway, I’ll contact you then, Little Su. This matter, after all, should be known by only a few people, and it’s related to your personal development…”
Su Guan understood her meaning and immediately said, “I understand. Thank you, Supervisor Huang.”
Supervisor Huang smiled. “You’re welcome.”
From the looks of it, Su Guan had agreed.
Good. Fortunately, since she had arrived, she hadn’t had any conflicts with Su Guan.
At this thought, Huang Li recalled when she had just arrived—at that time, she had also listened to Ji Ping and had wanted to “teach Su Guan a lesson.”
Unexpectedly, Su Guan hadn’t held a grudge.
“By the way, Little Su,” Supervisor Huang said again, “when I first arrived, I bothered you because I didn’t know the situation.”
Su Guan blinked, quickly realizing which incident she was referring to—the one where she had been asked to stay behind.
Although she had been angry at the time, after two days, Su Guan had let it go.
So Su Guan waved her hand magnanimously, indicating that it was nothing.
Supervisor Huang continued to smile and chatted with her about some work matters. In the end, Supervisor Huang couldn’t help but ask, “By the way, Little Su, where do you live? Do you want me to give you a ride home?”
Give her a ride home?
Seeing Su Guan’s hesitation, Supervisor Huang said again, “I happen to have driven here today. If it’s on the way, I’ll give you a ride back.”
Su Guan had already agreed. Even if it wasn’t on the way, it had to be.
Huang Li was determined to give Su Guan a ride home today.
Give her a ride home?
Su Guan subconsciously refused. “No, thank you for your kindness.”
However, Supervisor Huang was persistent. “It’s fine. I’m relatively free today.”
Su Guan: “It’s probably not on the way. I wouldn’t want to trouble you.”
Her commute was so troublesome now. It was impossible for it to be on the way!
“Little Su, how can you be so sure we’re not on the same way? Tell me. What if it is?”
Su Guan would never tell her about Huaxun, let alone her Su family’s address.
After some thought, Su Guan mentioned a neighborhood near Huaxun, not as high-end, but still decent.
“That’s my home. It’s very far. Is it on your way too?” Su Guan smiled.
Supervisor Huang was clearly stunned when Su Guan mentioned the neighborhood’s name. She had never heard of it.
But she had just said she would give her a ride, so she directly opened her navigation app and started searching for the address. Then she was clearly taken aback when she saw the number of kilometers.
Su Guan struck while the iron was hot. “It’s really far, so I’ll be on my way… I won’t trouble you for now.”
Supervisor Huang’s expression was a little off. Wasn’t this a slap in the face a little too quickly?
“Do you have to travel so far to work every day?” she asked, hesitating.
Su Guan nodded in agreement and even generously showed her her commute record. “Like this.”
The facts were in front of her. Huang Li had to believe that Su Guan did indeed live in this neighborhood.
But she had just said she would give Su Guan a ride home.
Su Guan put away her phone, appearing very understanding. “My way home is really far. If I take your car, it will definitely be a detour. Since you’ve already helped me, Supervisor Huang, I won’t trouble you with the matter of going home.”
Huang Li quickly took the opportunity to back down. After they exchanged a few pleasantries, Su Guan left.
The moment Su Guan left, Huang Li took out her phone again and started searching for the neighborhood Su Guan had just shown her.
When Ji Ping had recommended this candidate to her, her first thought had been to do a background check on Su Guan.
Su Guan’s resume was decent, but only decent. There was nothing particularly untouchable about her.
She had had some concerns before. This time, she had offered to give Su Guan a ride home because she wanted to ask about her family situation.
The search page on her phone popped up.
It was the location of Su Guan’s neighborhood.
The average house price had already popped up.
She clicked on a few more search pages, and an idea gradually formed in her mind.
A smile slowly bloomed on her lips.
Huang Li could almost see the path to her promotion.
Just then, a message from Ji Ping popped up.
[Boss, boss, how is it? Did Su Guan agree? How are things progressing?]
Huang Li contentedly closed the search interface she had just been looking at, opened the chat box with Ji Ping, and slowly typed the two letters “OK.”
Then, she replied with another message.
[I know.]
When Ji Ping later sent another message, [What do you know?], Huang Li was too lazy to reply.
Su Guan lived in this kind of neighborhood. She already had an assessment of her family’s wealth.
She still remembered the car Su Guan used to drive.
It wasn’t strange. It was just right. It was perfectly manageable.
She could report back.
…
After shaking off Supervisor Huang, Su Guan took a taxi home.
Although she had to cross several districts, she was really too lazy.
If she had followed the route she had just shown Huang Li, she would have had to catch the last subway tonight to get home!
Fortunately, she had been bored a few days ago and had taken that route to work once. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to give Huang Li an explanation.
She naturally couldn’t reveal her identity.
When Su Guan got back, she was still faced with the empty, large house and the squeaking Susu, which sounded like an alarm.
In the house Gu Yixi had left behind, they were dependent on each other.
Now, Susu was gradually growing fond of Su Guan.
When Su Guan changed its food and water, Susu would stand by and watch, occasionally coming over to rub against Su Guan’s leg. At times like these, Su Guan would squat down and stroke Susu’s fur first, changing its food while cursing its heartless Omega mom. “Susu, look…”
“Now it’s just me taking care of you. Your heartless O-mom is just having fun abroad, not caring about you at all.”
Susu squeaked.
Su Guan felt that it was agreeing with her.
“Right, you think so too…”
But before she could finish, her phone rang. Who’s calling her now?
Su Guan wondered as she stood up to get her phone.
Not just a call, but a video call.
When she saw the name of the caller, Su Guan’s hand holding the phone trembled.
Caller: G.
…Could it be that Gu Yixi had heard her cursing her for being heartless and had immediately called her?
It was very much in line with this person’s style of blocking her car right outside her company.
Su Guan answered the call.
Although the scum Omega had a bad temper, her looks were undeniably flawless.
Despite the camera distortion, Gu Yixi’s close-up beauty still made Su Guan’s breath catch.
Gu Yixi on the other end of the camera had a calm expression, looking as if she didn’t have a care in the world.
The background was luxurious and business-like, most likely some presidential suite.
Su Guan stared at the screen and said, trying to act calm, “What’s up?”
She omitted the form of address.
The woman on the other end of the camera didn’t seem to notice that Su Guan had omitted the form of address. Instead, she looked at Su Guan calmly, her cherry-red lips slowly parting. “Yes, there’s one thing.”
Su Guan: “What is it?”
One thing?
“Well, one thing,” Gu Yixi’s tone was gentle, as if she were completely unconcerned and unaware. “I was just missing my Susu. I wanted to see if it’s been a good girl today.”
Su Guan: …
“So, I could only call you,” Gu Yixi said, her tone righteous.
