Chapter 22 - Crown Queen Of Lame Excuses (2/2)

”You just take the car. Don't argue with me.” Saying that Nora straight ahead slammed the door at Xiu's face.

Xiu dragged her body towards the lift and greeted the elevator attendant. 'Ugh! I really don't feel worky today, I just want to be comfy today. Why can't I just poof out on my bed?' Xiu w_h_i_n_ed in her head on her ride to the company where she met with her colleagues.

”Bai Xiu, you brought a car?” Manager Li asked Xiu the dumbest question, in Xiu's opinion. After all, her car was right there for everyone to see.

”Yes, I did,” Xiu answered heavily with a premonition creeping up in her heart.

”That's good. Let your interns accompany you. It'd be a good bonding time for you all.” Manager Li's words made Xiu grit her teeth.

'After ruining my perfect Saturday morning, you want to ruin my moment of personal space?' Xiu thought bitterly but still had to maintain a composed look as she said, ”Sure.”

But her words were like a thunderstorm that struck on the new interns. All their faces paled.

”Manager Li, let Ms. Bai go alone. I prefer the bus rides.” One of the interns spoke up and ran towards the bus.

”I also love the bus rides.” Another one followed along, leaving only Bo Jiu behind.

Manager Li was having a headache seeing how those interns ran. It was like she didn't offer them to ride with Bai Xiu but instead gave them to the Grim Reaper himself.

”You also want to join your friends, Ms. Bo?” Manager Li asked as she rubbed her forehead.

”No. I'll ride with Ms. Bai. She should have some company as well.” Bo Jiu stated as she made her way to Xiu's car and settled in. Xiu was left frowning. She had treated Bo Jiu in the worst way by making her an errand runner for the whole week but still, she chose to ride with Xiu? That didn't settle well.

But Xiu didn't comment on it and alighted the car before saying goodbye to Manager Li; temporarily.

As the ride was long and they could see a long stretched black river of tarmac ahead, both Xiu and Bo Jiu were getting bored. But none bother to break the silence.

At least, not until Xiu's curiosity got the best of her. ”Shouldn't you be avoiding me like a plague?”

Bo Jiu was a bit startled to know that Xiu initiated the conversation. But soon, she managed to shake her head in negation. ”Why would I be?”

”If my memory serves me right, you are a top graduate from Harvard and yet you chose to come back to your city and start as an intern. But I treated you like an errand girl. You must have stabbed me to death by now in your dreams.” There was nothing wrong with Xiu's statement. But it still surprised Bo Jiu that Xiu was this straightforward with words.

”It's not that I don't want to hate you. Trust me, I wanted to. But I couldn't do so.” This time, Xiu was surprised. ”At first, I really wanted to yell and scream at you for wasting my talent like that. But when my rationality came back to me, I couldn't bring myself to hate you.”

”Oh, really? I wonder why is that?” Xiu gave a brittle smile.

”You gave me the lowest rank in our department. But it took me a whole day of blisters to realize that being at that rank allowed me to know how the Planning Department operated. In this week, I not only learned about the coffee preferences of my superiors and peers. I also learned about their working habits. And most importantly, I learned how important our Planning Department is to the whole Company.” Bo Jiu's words made Xiu feel amused.

”So, I really didn't judge you wrong. You do have a passion for learning.”

Bo Jiu gave a start. ”It wasn't my punishment?”

”If you'd spent the whole week whining about how I treated you unfairly, then yeah! It would be your punishment.” Xiu shrugged her shoulders nonchalantly. ”But you're not one of those who blame others for their own downfall. You're a fighter who learned how to survive in that downfall. Honestly, I would say that you just learned the most important lesson of your career.”

Bo Jiu couldn't find words to describe her feelings. In the end, her persistence wasn't all for naught. It was all worth it. Now, she completely believed in her cousin's words. Bai Xiu always had a motive behind her poisonous tongue. Bo Jiu's eyes sparkled with admiration as she gazed at Xiu. The woman before her was really unlike any other she had met.