Becoming a Confidence Coach to an Arrogant Director - Chapter 7
Chapter 7: A Stirred Heart
“Is Brother Xiao Shu leaving us? I’m so sad to see you go!”
In the hallway, Yuan Yishan looked at the bustling crowds and vehicles outside the glass window. Her long, slim mechanical legs kicked back and forth on the floor as she spoke insincere words into her phone with a sweet, electronic voice.
The person on the other end was complaining about who-knows-what, and she just hummed and hawed in agreement, her mechanical face frozen in a stiff smile.
“Brother Xiao Shu, I think you’ve misunderstood. My sister might be a bit strict at work, but she’s doing it for the good of the company!”
“That day after we worked overtime, everyone else had already gone home. I saw my sister in her office, coding all by herself. She was so tired she collapsed onto her desk, unable to get up, but she still kept going.”
“My sister is so dedicated, you know. Maybe her way of doing things is just a little strong. Brother Xiao Shu, you’re a big-hearted person, so can you be a bit more understanding of her?”
As an AI programmer morale booster, making all the programmers at the company feel happy could help her earn system points. However, Liao Shu’s actions in instigating a mass resignation were utterly despicable. She originally didn’t want to use this shortcut to get the other programmers to stay.
But then her boss messaged her privately, asking her to try calling him to convince him to stay. She had no choice but to agree.
She had first messaged him just to see what would happen, but she didn’t expect him to actually call her back and complain about so many things.
At first, he was just saying how bad the company was, and she just went along with it. But when he started talking about Gu Jin, his words became especially nasty.
Yuan Yishan couldn’t take it anymore and began to speak in a cutesy voice.
Not far behind her, Gu Jin had been standing there for a while.
The words coming from the person in front of her were spoken in a syrupy sweet voice, but they were filled with nothing but defense for her.
For some reason, her heart suddenly felt like it had been scalded.
…
“Brother Xiao Shu, can you please not leave?”
Hearing Yuan Yishan’s soft, electronic voice, the person on the phone feigned a sigh.
She didn’t press the matter, only feigning regret.
“Okay then, Brother Xiao Shu, what a shame to lose such a great asset!”
They chatted for a few more moments. A few seconds before hanging up, he asked if she had time to go out for a meal with him.
To complete her task for her boss, Yuan Yishan’s voice was filled with exaggerated happiness and surprise as she readily agreed.
“Brother Xiao Shu, you’re going to treat me to dinner? That’s great!”
He then said he’d come pick her up personally, but the little AI quickly waved her hand in refusal, her voice full of emotion.
“No, no, you don’t have to go out of your way to pick me up, Brother Xiao Shu. I’ll just follow the location and come on my own!”
“Mhm, okay, goodbye, Brother Xiao Shu!”
Finally, the insincere and boring call was over.
When Yuan Yishan turned around, Gu Jin was standing not far behind her, her face expressionless.
“Hehe, Sister.”
The little AI instinctively touched her mechanical nose, her smile a bit awkward.
“You’re not going!”
“Hehe, Sister, you heard everything?”
Yuan Yishan smiled broadly. Was it her imagination, or did she hear a sense of “we’re on the same team” in Gu Jin’s cold tone?
When she had run out to take the call, Gu Jin had been a little flustered at first.
From the initial act of shutting down the circuit breaker, to secretly entering her room and using her computer, and witnessing her skills firsthand, Gu Jin couldn’t help but suspect that this person was a high-level spy sent by another company.
No matter how strong she was on the surface, she couldn’t risk the company’s internal information being stolen. So she had to follow her to see what she was up to, only to stumble upon this scene.
For a moment, she was at a loss for words.
Seeing that the other person wasn’t speaking, Yuan Yishan thought she was angry. She immediately activated the little cute fairy’s “act cute” command.
“Sister, I’m sorry! I just didn’t want you to be so stressed all by yourself! Please don’t be mad at me, okay?”
Gu Jin: …
Seeing that the other person was still not angry, the little AI took a step forward and tentatively tugged on her sleeve.
“Sister!”
With a pouting mouth, she was adorable and sweet, a complete contrast to her assertive behavior in the office earlier.
Gu Jin couldn’t figure her out. She turned away coldly and went to her office.
Yuan Yishan followed her eagerly, wanting to go in too.
Gu Jin was quick. The door slammed shut with a bang, and the little AI’s mechanical body was propelled against the door by inertia, getting a dusty nose. Her control panel clearly detected the sound of the door being locked.
Sorry, host, you’ve been isolated by the user.
“You!”
Yuan Yishan’s electronic brain already had its fist raised. The little cute fairy quickly hid.
After several rounds of negotiation, Sister Shan’s core code had gained some control over the stupid fairy’s mechanical electronic brain, and their soul and body were getting along quite well.
The top priority was to solve the company’s staff shortage. She didn’t linger and went directly to the R&D office area.
At this time, it was not yet the afternoon work shift, and the sound of keyboards clattering in the office was even more urgent than before the Double Eleven pre-sale.
“Holy cow, I’ve updated all my interface documents. One person doing the work of ten. This is too much. Is this even human?”
“Can you not complain? Just hurry up and write. It’s all your fault!”
Li Chenggua, the front-end programmer, was grumbling while working, looking incredibly busy. Yuan Yishan saw the situation and said, “Wow, you guys are already competing so early? Don’t you want to rest?”
In her heart: Hmph, this is what you get, you little rookies. Let’s see if you dare teach Sister Shan how to code again!
Host, please don’t be so smug. Maintain a pious heart so you can quickly earn points.
Yuan Yishan: …
Li Chenggua over there.
“Little cutie, I’m busy right now. Go play by yourself for a bit. When I have time later, I’ll teach you how to code!”
Yuan Yishan: Sigh, guess I’ll just accept my fate. Being a happy programmer morale booster and quietly watching you poor little rookies work like dogs doesn’t sound too bad!
Host, that’s the spirit!
“You, nicely, go far away!”
The little cute fairy vanished. Sister Shan found her desk and started working.
Dealing with human relationships seemed even more complicated than coding.
But at the end of the day, what a worker wants is money. Regarding Liao Shu’s instigation of the back-end developers to resign, Yuan Yishan believed that this big shot must have promised them a great future.
So she decided it was very necessary to understand the actual situation of each of them.
Yuan Yishan pulled up a personnel information sheet for YuanSheng Electronic Technology and performed some data analysis. Then she checked the current development trends of the IT industry.
This virtual reality simulation was based on the real environment of 2018, when the cross-border e-commerce industry had already been developing for some time.
As a rising B2B2C platform, YuanSheng Electronic Technology started with pet food and became the first pet food base collection warehouse in the country. Although not as famous as large companies like Treehouse Supply Chain, its strength had already surpassed other competitors in the industry.
Liao Shu was able to instigate so many people to resign by promising to take them to a big company. Following this lead, she checked the recent search engine history of those people and indeed found historical records of Treehouse Technology.
It’s not wrong to long for a bigger environment, and it’s not wrong to work for more money. But to be slightly instigated and just walk away from a job isn’t a glorious thing to do. If it weren’t for the fact that she had to report back to her boss, she would have agreed with Gu Jin’s approach of one person doing the work of ten.
Yuan Yishan sent an anonymous email to each of the resigning employees, addressing their specific situations. The content was brief and to the point, leaving them an out, much like Pei He’s usual style of doing things.
After she was done, Yuan Yishan also called Liao Shu and said she might have to look for a place to live that evening and wouldn’t be able to have dinner with him. She told him to take care and that they might meet again someday.
She was determined not to give this person a way back.
After doing all this, she wanted to get a few more points and also see how that crazy woman was doing.
…
In the director’s office, Gu Jin was hunched over her desk, staring at a box of cold dumplings for over half an hour.
As an AI programmer morale booster, Yuan Yishan had been very diligent.
That morning when ordering lunch, she had specifically done a data analysis of everyone’s food preferences and then located the corresponding restaurants for each person’s favorite meal.
The lunch boxes everyone received were from restaurants they frequented, but carefully selected from many shops to be the best.
Gu Jin’s meal was no exception. Yuan Yishan had noticed she liked noodles, so she had carefully chosen this box of dumplings and even had the shop use nice packaging. She had gone to great lengths.
But what about the points…?
Knock knock knock~
Gu Jin was pulled back to reality by the rhythmic knocking. Her body was tired, but her voice was still undeniably strong.
“What do you want?”
“Sister, can you open the door for me?”
Yuan Yishan’s mechanical ear was pressed against the door frame, pretending she could hear the movements inside. The little cute fairy’s control panel showed a picture of the person inside with an expressionless face, ignoring her.
She thought for a moment and then started lying again.
“Sister, I have something very urgent to tell you. It’s super important! I promise!”
The control panel showed that the other person was still not moving.
The little AI hesitated for a moment, ready to leave.
Click~
The door opened just a tiny crack.
Director Gu stood to the side, her face cold and silent.
Yuan Yishan squeezed in sideways.
Director Gu gave the door a gentle push, and it quietly closed.
“Hehehe, Sister!”
The little AI’s face was full of fawning smiles.
Director Gu’s eyes looked down, her expression seemed to say, “Say what you have to say, and then get out.”
Yuan Yishan stood there shamelessly, pretending she didn’t see anything.
The two of them stood there in silence, one with a cold face and the other with a goofy smile.
Director Gu finally couldn’t help but speak.
“What is it? Tell me!”
Lying is easy, but covering it up is hard.
Yuan Yishan casually activated the little cute fairy’s internal program, and a sweet, electronic voice started talking.
“Sister, do you need a massage? I can help you!”
“Get out!”
A minute later, the door slammed with a bang.
Sorry, host, I think we’ve been kicked out.
Yuan Yishan: “Get out!”