Chapter 18 – Said the wrong things! (1/2)
As usual, Dong Xuebing practiced on familiarizing his power Back yesterday.
Wednesday morning, after Dong Xuebing woke up, he received a call from Qu Yunxuan over for breakfast.
Someone famous will be visiting Aunt Xuan’s workplace, and she was wearing formal office wear today. She was beautiful with her fair complexion and hourglass figure. Tan Limei and Changjuan were too far away compared to her. Even the prettiest girl in Dong Xuebing’s university could not be compared to Qu Yunxuan’s beauty.
“Aunt Xuan.” During breakfast, Dong Xuebing could not help but praise her. “You are so pretty today.”
But after saying that, he immediately regrets. Why did I mention that?
Qu Yunxuan blushed. She stared at Dong Xuebing and pretended like she was going to hit him: “You want me to hit you?”
Dong Xuebing kept quiet and quickly continued with his breakfast.
“Eat slowly. No one will eat your food.” Qu Yunxuan rolled her eyes and wipe the corner of his lips with a paper napkin. She asked gently: “How was your first day of work yesterday? Aunt Xuan has a piece of advice for you. Watch what you say at work. There are a lot of unspoken rules in the workplace. If you offended any leaders unconsciously, it would be hard for you to carry on working there. So, talk less work more. If you need to bootlick your superiors, then you bootlick them. Do you remember what I said?”
Dong Xuebing replied: “Yes.”
After breakfast, Dong Xuebing bid Qu Yunxuan farewell and left for work.
At the foot of the apartment building, Dong Xuebing met Mrs. Xu and her son. She seemed to be bringing her son out and was flagging for a taxi. When Mrs. Xu saw Dong Xuebing, she battered her eyelid and smiles. “Xiao Bing, are you going to work? How is your work?” Mrs. Xu’s attitude towards Dong Xuebing changed a lot after the latter became a Civil Servant. She was no longer arrogant like before.
Dong Xuebing replied: “It’s fine. Things were slightly busier in the morning, and I have not much work in the afternoon.”
Xiao Dong looked at him with a black face and entered the taxi.
Mrs. Xu also opened the door of the taxi and said: “We will make a move first. Xiao Dong wants to visit the antique market.”
“Bye.” Haha, things change when I entered the government service. I am still not even an official.
With a relaxed mood, Dong Xuebing boarded a public bus to the Western District Branch Bureau. He smiled to the old guard at the guardhouse and entered the compound with some other staff members he did not know. He walked to the grey building and entered the office. After putting his things at his desk, he picked up a broom and start sweeping the office.
In the past, cleaning up the office was Guo Panwei’s duties. He did that was to show how “hardworking” he was to the leaders. But after Deputy Chief Zhou was hospitalized last week, Guo Panwei no longer cleans up the office. Why? Because the leader was not around to see him working. Why should he do it?
“Oh, Xiao Dong? Why are you so early today?” Guo Shunjie walked in with his bag.
Dong Xuebing smiled: “There are no traffic jams this morning, so I arrived early.”
Soon, Guo Panwei and Changjuan entered the office together, chatting.
Tan Limei was the fifth person to arrive, and Zhuang Zhi was the sixth. Old Yan was the last to reach the office.
The workload on Wednesday was much lower than Monday and Tuesday. Dong Xuebing saw that Tan Limei does not need his help, he took a mop and clean the toilet outside the corridor. He also mopped the hallway outside the office. Someone had dirtied the area with spit and melon seeds shells.
While Dong Xuebing was cleaning up, he heard footsteps at the end of the corridor.
He looked up and saw a man in his 50s, walking slowly towards his direction. That man was walking with a slight limp. His left leg could take a bigger step than his right. He looked like he had a mild stroke before. Dong Xuebing knew that this person should be the Deputy Chief Zhou Changchun, who was hospitalized last week. He was the head of this General Affairs office.