Chapter 1442 - Slip of the Tongue (1/2)

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In the end, even if He Yi was not willing to accept Deng Wenchang as his disciple, as long as Deng Wenchang could get this stack of doc.u.ments from He Yi, his earlier efforts would not be in vain then.

Although not acknowledging He Yi as his master was regrettable, the doc.u.ments could make up for a large part of his loss that resulted from the failure of not completing this mission.

Unfortunately, after working so hard for two to three years, Deng Wenchang did not become He Yi’s disciple. In addition, their relations.h.i.+p was not as close as before. In the end, he did not get a master, and even the stack of useful doc.u.ments mentioned by his father had been placed in front of Qiao Nan. Without lifting a finger, Qiao Nan was enjoying the fruits of other people’s labor. What a great life, really.

It seemed that Qiao Nan was basically heaven’s daughter. Otherwise, why did she and not other people get all the good stuff?

At the thought that He Yi personally came over to send the doc.u.ments to Qiao Nan, Deng Wenchang did not know how to vent out that deeply acc.u.mulated resentment in his heart. “Comrade Qiao Nan, it seems that your seat in the office will be changed in a few days’ time? That’s right. How can an ordinary old chair in the office be as comfortable as the ‘dragon chair’ in the minister’s office?”

At the rate that He Yi was nurturing Qiao Nan, besides moving her cubicle, Qiao Nan would have a private s.p.a.ce dedicated to her in less than three to five years’ time. Most agonizingly, He Yi would definitely find excuses to beautify Qiao Nan’s resume. He would give any progression opportunities available in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Qiao Nan without any reservation.

On what grounds!

He had not done less work than Qiao Nan, and the quality of his work was not worse than Qiao Nan’s. Both he and Qiao Nan were newbies. He had been performing quite well and never gotten the department into trouble. Before Qiao Nan joined the department, which of the miscellaneous tasks were not handed to him, and when did he ever fail to complete the task?

Since his performance was not poorer than Qiao Nan’s, on what basis did He Yi let out news of his intention to nurture Qiao Nan as his successor to take over everything in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs when Qiao Nan had only joined them for less than six months?

He had been in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs longer than Qiao Nan. Furthermore, he was a man. It was more at ease for him to carry out the work. Wasn’t the gender ratio of the diplomats in the department enough to prove this point?

Since that was the case, why did Qiao Nan have to join in the fun for no reason? Wasn’t He Yi afraid of giving Qiao Nan too high hopes and make her misunderstand him? Qiao Nan would feel even more disappointed in the end.

Until today, Deng Wenchang had not given up on the top role at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He wholeheartedly hoped that He Yi would be fairer to him and that he would not disregard the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or sacrifice the interest of the country for that of his own family to fulfill the selfish and deep desire in his heart.

During these few months, Qiao Nan had to face Deng Wenchang’s ridiculous animosity and hostile line of sight from time to time. As time pa.s.sed by, Qiao Nan was already used to them, especially such sarcastic and ‘flattering’ words form Deng Wenchang. Qiao Nan could already completely play dumb. “Is that so? Deng Wenchang, your news is so accurate. You already know something that even me, the party concerned, don’t know. However, I’m not sure if this is true or false. Since you have already said such positive things, I will wish you a happy marriage and an everlasting union.”