So It Turns Out You’re a Fox Spirit (GL) - Chapter 16

A weekend had passed, and the employees in the design department were once again in a state of high tension. The day of the bid was getting closer and closer, but they still hadn’t been able to come up with a satisfactory proposal.

It seemed that Yang Qigang’s words about considering it were just that, consideration. Le Xiaoyao really felt foolish for pinning her hopes on this, actually thinking she was a savior!

“Xiao Yao!” Zhou Yi rushed into the office like a whirlwind, without knocking. Le Xiaoyao looked up and surprisingly, it wasn’t a face of misery that met her eyes. Seeing Zhou Yi look overjoyed, she lowered her head and continued revising the proposal, asking weakly, “Did your blind date succeed?”

“What nonsense are you talking about? Our design department is in dire straits right now. Where do I have the time for personal grudges?”

“How did that become a personal grudge? Isn’t it a major life event!” Le Xiaoyao let out a cold laugh, put down the draft in her hand, covered her face with both hands, and wailed, “I have a headache~”

“We got the Donghai project! No need for bidding!”

What?! Le Xiaoyao excitedly stood up. Donghai really gave this opportunity to Leader? Was it just because she went to talk to Chairman Yang that night? But Chairman Yang’s attitude at the time was very perfunctory, with almost no hope…

Le Xiaoyao was a little skeptical, humming and asking, “You’re not teasing me, are you!”

“Am I so bored as to tease you? President Xu is holding an all-staff meeting this afternoon to formally explain this matter!” Zhou Yi held Le Xiaoyao’s shoulders and shook them hard twice, trying to wake up the dazed Le Xiaoyao.

Zhou Yi said that Donghai had originally planned to use a bidding process to decide the design rights, but due to some “personal reasons,” the other party suddenly changed their mind and agreed to cooperate with Leader.

“What exactly is the reason?” Le Xiaoyao urgently asked. Personal reasons? Could he be talking about her? Did she really accidentally salvage a major deal worth tens of millions for the company?

“President Xu will explain the specific reason this afternoon. In short, our design department finally has a chance to shine! And I, too, finally have time to resolve my lifelong major event!”

Hey, hey, hey! The second half of the sentence was the key, right? Le Xiaoyao really didn’t understand why a grown man was constantly worried about not being able to find a wife! What the heck!

After lunch, Le Xiaoyao thought and thought, because of some personal reasons! She unconsciously inserted herself into the picture. The company’s all-staff meeting was this afternoon! She wondered if President Xu would publicly praise her? All Leader employees knew that there was a person named Le Xiaoyao in the design department whose work efficiency was extremely high, but they only heard her name and didn’t see her in person. So this time, she would inevitably become the company’s rising star!

Everyone had a little bit of this petty citizen mentality, didn’t they? Although Le Xiaoyao was usually quite low-key, not competing for attention, how could she not feel a little self-satisfied when it was truly a time to show off~

Waiting and waiting~ Waiting and waiting~ She was finally about to wait for the commendation meeting at three o’clock this afternoon. Just as Le Xiaoyao was full of anticipation, President Xu suddenly issued a notice: the meeting was postponed to tomorrow afternoon…

Le Xiaoyao had been preparing her “acceptance speech” in her mind for nothing. But it was fine if it was held tomorrow too. She could take this opportunity to dress up properly and shine brilliantly~

When she opened the door to go home after work, Le Xiaoyao happened to run into her next-door neighbor taking her dog out for a walk. She was a young girl who looked quite delicate. Le Xiaoyao was in a good mood today, so she greeted her. Normally, she wouldn’t even spare her a glance.

“Taking your dog out for a walk~”

The girl was momentarily stunned, then smiled and said, “Yes, hello, I just moved in today.”

Only then did Le Xiaoyao realize that the apartment next door had been vacant before, and now a new tenant had moved in. The two exchanged a few more pleasantries. The girl, named Xiao Li, had just graduated from university and was a kindergarten teacher. No wonder she looked so gentle and well-behaved~

That evening, Le Xiaoyao wanted to ask Huang Chenchen out for dinner. Unexpectedly, as soon as the phone call connected, a barrage of fierce words came through, “Le Xiaoyao! I want to hit someone, I want to hit someone, I want to hit someone! Come out and let me beat you up! Fast!”

Big Sister Huang was throwing a tantrum again…

The whole thing had to start from the rear-end collision accident that night… On the day the interview ended, Huang Chenchen excitedly ran to the deputy director with a tape, saying she had dug up a major news story! As a result, when the deputy director saw the video… Wasn’t this President Xu from Leader…

“How much?”

“Whatever the compensation, I’ll pay!”

Huang Chenchen was watching and complaining at the same time, “Look! Look! She’s simply a nouveau riche! No manners, why bother pretending outside~ So what if you have money! Don’t you think this is a big news story…” She was also avenging the humiliation of Xu Xuan calling her a “big pineapple”…

Deputy Director: “…”

When Huang Chenchen was cursing, she naturally didn’t notice that the deputy director’s face had turned green. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been suspended…

“I never expected that your President Xu’s background is so solid! She actually has connections within the station, and now she’s even suspended your sister from her job!” Huang Chenchen treated the peanuts on the plate in front of her as Xu Xuan, popping them into her mouth one by one, chewing, and digesting!

Listening to Huang Chenchen’s description, it sounded like Xu Xuan was a boorish nouveau riche, a wicked and insidious villain! She was completely different from the intellectual, mature, beautiful, and generous President Xu in her mind! “Is there some misunderstanding here? Although President Xu can be a bit aloof, she wouldn’t treat a small reporter like you like this, right?”

As soon as she heard Le Xiaoyao speaking up for Xu Xuan, Huang Chenchen was about to explode! “You didn’t see her expression at the time, it was all ‘I have money, so what’s it to you?’! She even threatened me… even threatened me…” Huang Chenchen suddenly recalled that Xu Xuan had said not to speak carelessly if she didn’t want to lose her job…

Damn it! She actually meant what she said and did what she promised! “She told me not to speak carelessly, or she would make me lose my job… I thought she was just trying to scare me…”

Le Xiaoyao was speechless. President Xu had already warned you like that, wasn’t this asking for trouble! “Sister! I surrender to you! President Xu is a woman of her word! Who charges into the firing line like you!”

Bullying the weak and fearing the strong, a typical trait of Huang Chenchen. Now that she had suffered the consequences, even if you gave her eight times the courage, she wouldn’t dare to cross Xu Xuan again! “Little sister… can you help me?” Huang Chenchen tightly held Le Xiaoyao’s hand, with faint tears glistening in her eyes, “Please plead with your President Xu for me! Ask her to be magnanimous and overlook my foolishness. I was just being a loudmouth, please don’t take it to heart… please~”

Le Xiaoyao got goosebumps. What was the use of backing down now? “I’m just a small team leader, how can I hook up with the big boss? Sister, take care of yourself, ha!”

“Le Xiaoyao! Do you know? I lost my job today because of you! If you didn’t work at Leader, I wouldn’t have targeted your boss! I wouldn’t have argued with her! I wouldn’t have been suspended! I lost my job today, and you are responsible! Either plead for me, or… support me for the rest of my life!”

Pfft! Was there anyone in this world who was more unjustly caught in the crossfire than her? However, Le Xiaoyao knew Huang Chenchen’s personality. Besides, President Xu probably just wanted to scare her. She wouldn’t really make her unemployed. “Get a grip! I’ll talk to her, okay!”

“Little sister! China’s best girlfriend!”

“…”

After enduring Huang Chenchen’s three-hour barrage of complaints, Le Xiaoyao finally got home. Just as she was about to enter the door, she caught a glimpse of someone opening the door next door. It should be the new neighbor she met this afternoon. She was about to go up and say hello, but something seemed wrong? Black jacket, slicked-back hair, it was a man! This was a single-occupancy apartment. The more Le Xiaoyao looked, the more something felt amiss. Was he picking the lock? Public safety has been a bit of a problem recently…

“Ahem… Didn’t bring your key?” Le Xiaoyao pretended to casually strike up a conversation. The person glanced at Le Xiaoyao, and his expression was quite calm, he must be a repeat offender.

Click~ The door opened, and Xiao Li popped her head out from inside, “You’re here! Come in~”

Depressing. It turned out to be her boyfriend! Bringing men home at such a young age. Le Xiaoyao couldn’t help but sigh in her heart, thinking about how innocent she was when she was that age! Sure enough, she was too old and couldn’t keep up with the trend…

“I brought you late-night snacks.” The black jacket handed the plastic bag in his hand to Xiao Li. Le Xiaoyao was stunned. Judging by the voice, wasn’t that a girl?! She couldn’t help but sigh in her heart again, why do young people now like to make themselves look so non-mainstream! Sure enough, she was too old and couldn’t keep up with the trend…

That night, after showering, Le Xiaoyao curled up in bed, fiddling with her phone. She scrolled through her Moments three times and was just about to go to sleep when she suddenly remembered: Should I call Fu Jin to thank her? After all, it was thanks to her that she was able to meet Chairman Yang and secure this big business deal! As she thought this, her hand unconsciously tapped open the contact list. Looking at the call history, she noticed that she had been contacting Fu Jin a bit too often recently… Should I wait a bit longer? Wait until President Xu confirms it at the meeting tomorrow before thanking her. It would probably be better to invite her out for a meal, right? Hmm, that’s what I’ll do!

Le Xiaoyao put down her phone, but she couldn’t fall asleep no matter what. Her mind was full of thoughts about when to invite her for dinner? What to eat? I wonder what she likes to eat? The more she thought, the less sleepy she became, so she simply picked up her phone again and started scrolling through Weibo. As soon as she opened Weibo, she was completely flooded by Huang Chenchen’s posts. All sorts of delicious food, more than a dozen Weibo posts, all posted late at night! Le Xiaoyao was shocked. She didn’t seem to eat any less at dinner. Was she trying to stuff herself to death with so much late-night food? One Weibo post even tagged her:

Little sister, if you can’t contact me tomorrow, call 120 directly! Your sister has already been stuffed to death… Xiao Yao Xiaoyao (Attached picture: three or four empty bowls and plates that had been completely cleaned.)

Le Xiaoyao replied below: Eating so much and still daring to show it off, if you can’t get married, should I be blamed?

She continued scrolling. She scrolled through dozens of trending topics and finally felt a little sleepy… Suddenly, she caught sight of a topic, and she was instantly wide awake! Le Xiaoyao softly read it out, word by word: “…According to survey research, women with higher education are more likely to have lesbian tendencies…” Hmph, who knows which experts are so bored as to study this? If you’re so capable, tell me how you did the survey and research~ Pfft. Although she couldn’t help but complain, Le Xiaoyao immediately filtered in her mind, who has a high education…?

Actually, she didn’t need to choose! Fu Jin immediately popped up. A female doctor and professor, could she really be gay…?

That’s why Weibo really wasn’t a good thing; the more she scrolled, the more awake she became! Le Xiaoyao scrolled to a related topic—Sexuality Test, accurate to tears ==. “What’s the point of testing such a thing, it’s child’s play…” Le Xiaoyao scoffed, threw her phone aside, covered her head, and tried to sleep.

One minute…

Two minutes…

Three minutes…

Finally, she flipped over and sat up in bed, picked up her phone, “I can’t sleep anyway, let’s see what this thing is all about…”