Becoming a Confidence Coach to an Arrogant Director - Chapter 25

Chapter 25: Director Gu Ate the Little White Rabbit

Yuan Yishan, before the person in her arms could fully react, reprimanded the little fairy for acting on its own.

Sorry, Host, I was trying to get more points for you.

“How dare you! Who told you to do that?”

Before Yuan Yishan’s words even faded, the system disappeared. She vaguely felt that something was wrong with this upgrade. Previously, besides her emergency response, the little fairy never overstepped its code instructions. This time, it executed some commands based on its program memory without her orders, which was too bizarre.

Given her user’s current physical condition, Yuan Yishan didn’t dwell on the matter and used her work phone to order takeout for Sister Gu.

The Double Eleven holiday was already over, and Director Gu was supposed to go to work today. But due to the A.I.’s upgrade and staying up for two consecutive days and nights, she could barely stand.

After the takeout arrived, Morale Booster Yuan served Sister Gu and waited for her to lie down before entering the system check mechanism.

Based on the last warning issued during the system upgrade, this situation should be due to the rapid increase in points causing a quick update, leading to a compatibility issue between the old and new versions. However, she wasn’t sure which code segment was at fault and could only start checking from the core code.

Next to her, Gu Jin was sleeping restlessly. She would occasionally wake up with a start, open her eyes to make sure the A.I. was okay, and then, unable to fight off her exhaustion, fall back into a doze.

Yuan Yishan was distracted while taking care of her user and searching for bugs in the program. The system had just recovered and couldn’t handle a large-scale search. At this moment, she felt that even as a machine, she was powerless.

But the system bug had to be fixed as soon as possible. It was very dangerous for the program to execute commands automatically based on memory. This time, the system imitated the roaming of her body. She wasn’t sure if it would imitate the motorcycle incident from last time. She couldn’t feel at ease without finding the root cause.

Time passed second by second. Soon it was lunchtime. Sister Gu was drowsy on the sofa. Meanwhile, Boss Pei, who had returned from his business trip, didn’t see the technical director and called.

Yuan Yishan answered.

When Pei He heard that Gu Jin was not feeling well, he wondered why his senior was always sick after they started living together. She used to be a workaholic with a body of steel, invincible. Nothing could affect her work.

Boss Pei didn’t say much. He had planned to gather everyone in the afternoon to go over the requirements, but now that the core person wasn’t available, he had no choice but to wait until she felt better before discussing the development.

The so-called top leader was, after all, very limited. He felt that the technical department should find a backup person.

When the call ended, Gu Jin was actually awake. She propped her eyes open and looked at her.

“Was that Pei He?”

“Mhm.”

Yuan Yishan nodded, blinking her beautiful eyes.

“Sister isn’t feeling well. I’ve already asked for leave for you. Sister can rest easy now!”

Director Gu also thought that he must have a bunch of requirements to confirm after returning from his business trip. Double Twelve was approaching, and the easy days were few. As the head of the technical department, she couldn’t let go at any time.

She forced herself to sit up from the sofa. Morale Booster Yuan quickly went over to help her.

“Easy, Sister!”

With Yuan Yishan’s support, Director Gu re-acclimated to her painful body.

“Let’s go to the company!”

“But, Sister is not feeling well…”

Morale Booster Yuan pouted and whined without trying to persuade her otherwise.

Sister Gu’s current condition made it inconvenient for her to be at the company. The system bug hadn’t been checked yet. She was afraid that her consciousness wouldn’t be able to suppress the mischievous program and that she might accidentally cause a scene or expose her identity.

“He doesn’t like to hold things off. He usually goes over the requirements on the same day.”

Director Gu had always been a self-willed person. At this moment, she explained a little more to Little Yuan.

Yuan Yishan didn’t argue anymore. She just blinked her A.I. pupils a few times, her eyes filled with little stars.

“Then let’s take a taxi to the company, Sister. My system just got upgraded, and I can’t call on internal programs on a large scale. I don’t feel comfortable letting you drive when you’re not feeling well!”

The little fairy’s program was uncontrollable. She couldn’t make it do dangerous things.

Director Gu nodded in agreement.

She covered her fatigue with exquisite makeup, her phoenix eyes were cold, and in her professional attire, she went downstairs with her little A.I.

Yuan Yishan was like a beautiful secretary attending a high-end business event with her boss, not daring to be neglectful.

The two took a taxi to Yuan Sheng Electronics. The employees in the R&D office, who heard that Director Gu wasn’t coming in the afternoon, were sitting lazily and didn’t want to work. When they heard the familiar sound of high heels in the hallway, they all panicked. They looked at the code in their editor with renewed spirit, and the keyboards started clattering.

In the end, it was Morale Booster Yuan who came over. Director Gu had gone to Pei He’s office. The employees were relieved.

…

Outside Boss Pei’s office, Liao Shu had just come out with a confident smile and ran into Gu Jin head-on.

“Director, Director Gu!”

“Mhm.”

She was expressionless, just giving a faint response.

The two of them passed each other.

Gu Jin knocked and entered. Pei He must have just finished a call with a client. He was quite surprised to see her.

“Didn’t you say you weren’t feeling well, Senior? Why did you come? Are you feeling better?”

Director Gu skipped his concern and went straight to the point.

“How did the talk go? Did you communicate with Ji Xiu about the requirements? Can we go straight into the development phase?”

She didn’t know that Ji Xiu had been temporarily suspended.

Boss Pei looked at the sofa and said in a joking tone, “Senior, please have a seat. I’ll report it to you slowly!”

She sat down gracefully, and Boss Pei began to explain.

“It’s like this, Senior. Xiao Xiu said she’s busy with a lot of things lately and can’t handle it. I’m thinking of finding an outsourcing company to do this project. What do you think?”

Gu Jin paused and responded calmly, “Mhm. You can decide.”

She thought this was probably the last decision she would make. But this was also good. Too much entanglement at work would be awkward for both of them.

The two of them talked briefly about the project’s progress, and then the employees received a meeting notification that Boss Pei had sent to the group.

Liao Shu immediately replied with “received,” and the others followed with “+1.” Li Cheng looked at his desk mate who was pretending to work and said in a half-dead voice,

“We’re about to get busy, Gua Ge!”

On the other side, Yuan Yishan, detecting the programmer’s laziness and unwillingness to work, ran over very enthusiastically.

“Brother Li Cheng sounds unhappy! Do you need me to give you a massage to help you relax?”

“No, don’t. I love coding, I love my job. My mood is very, very good right now!”

Thinking of Director Gu’s piercing gaze, Brother Li Cheng was flustered.

Yuan Yishan was originally just trying to tease him, but the little fairy subconsciously executed another programmer morale booster command and jumped up happily.

“Yay, yay, yay, labor makes me glorious! Brother is the best! You can do it, you can do it!”

Yuan Yishan: ?

That’s a bit exaggerated!

The employees: …

Director Gu came over with her laptop from the office. When Yuan Yishan saw her, she scurried after her and quietly asked from behind her.

“Is the meeting going to be very long, Sister?”

Director Gu’s phoenix eyes slightly lowered, and she didn’t answer.

Morale Booster Yuan continued to whisper.

“Can I sit next to you later, Sister?”

Director Gu gave the little girl a cold look and tacitly agreed.

Morale Booster Yuan pursed her lips, looking happy. She activated an internal program.

“Chirp, chirp, chirp, transform!”

Then, a little white rabbit milk candy actually appeared in her palm.

She carefully spread her hand out in front of the cold-looking Director Gu, with a sweet smile on her face.

“Here’s some energy for Sister!”

At that moment, all of Director Gu’s fatigue seemed to melt away.

She wondered how this little girl could create candy out of thin air after the upgrade.

In the next second, the truth unexpectedly came out of the little cutie’s mouth.

“I just took it from Brother Li Cheng’s desk!”

Director Gu: “Take it away!”

“Oh!”

Morale Booster Yuan pouted, following her with a wronged expression. This was the first time she had ever stolen something since she came to this world, but the other party didn’t appreciate it. She had completely messed up.

She clutched the candy tightly in her hand, unable to bring herself to throw it away.

In the meeting room, the requirements review was exceptionally long.

Director Gu sat upright in her professional attire. She started taking notes the moment Boss Pei began to speak. The clattering of her keyboard didn’t stop. At this moment, beads of sweat were constantly seeping from her forehead.

The A.I. Yuan next to her clearly sensed that her physical condition was rapidly deteriorating, but in the reflection on her control panel, her Sister Gu was still sitting there meticulously.

She moved her A.I. body an inch closer and lowered her voice to speak quietly.

“Sister, are you doing okay?”

Gu Jin glanced at her without responding, continuing to work.

Morale Booster Yuan thought for half a second, then timidly poked the little white rabbit candy from under the table.

Gu Jin’s hand, which was typing on the keyboard, paused.

The little A.I. Yuan moved the hand with the candy inch by inch to Gu Jin’s right side.

“Sister~”

Gu Jin gave her a cold stare.

Yuan Yishan pouted, her voice full of grievance.

“Sister isn’t feeling well. Your forehead is sweating.”

“And you won’t eat the candy I gave you…”

She observed that the other person didn’t seem too angry, so she quietly tested her.

“It’s very sweet!”

Finally, Gu Jin hesitantly took the candy from her hand, slowly peeled off the wrapper, and put it in her mouth, licking it with her tongue.

It was very sweet. Truly sweet. It was sweet to her heart…

Morale Booster Yuan looked satisfied, and even her machine heart felt a little sweet.

Gua Ge, who wasn’t paying attention, pinched his desk mate’s thigh.

Li Cheng, who was also zoning out, immediately sat up straight.

“Hey, look at Director Gu’s desk. Isn’t that your little white rabbit?”

Li Cheng: Huh? My little white rabbit?

He followed Gua Ge’s gaze.

How did my little white rabbit end up on Director Gu’s desk? And, there’s only a wrapper left?

So, Director Gu ate my little white rabbit?

Why did Director Gu eat my little white rabbit?

He then looked at Yuan Yishan.

Oh, I see!