So It Turns Out You’re a Fox Spirit (GL) - Chapter 17
In the end, Le Xiaoyao couldn’t resist. She picked up her phone and started what she called “quasi-crying” sexual orientation tests. She took one test and saw the result—You are an absolute homosexual… Le Xiaoyao didn’t believe it. I just chose a fruit, and it’s that certain? Absolutely inaccurate, let’s try another test…
And so, after more than a dozen rounds of testing! She tested for a full two hours! Le Xiaoyao was completely defeated. She had been straight for over twenty years, and a few tests turned her gay? She told herself these were all misleading nonsense, yet she was so bored as to indulge in them. Looking at the time, it was exactly midnight. She had to get up early for work tomorrow! No, she had to get up early to go to work in glory~
It was completely silent. Le Xiaoyao was just about to have a sweet dream.
“…hmm… ah…”
What was that sound? Why were there moans and heavy breathing? Le Xiaoyao had been engrossed in scrolling through Weibo and taking tests earlier, so she hadn’t noticed. But as soon as the lights went out, the room felt so quiet that even a pin drop could be heard. Now, a faint, mysterious seductive moan was drifting over…
Le Xiaoyao covered her head with the quilt. The soundproofing of this apartment was truly terrible! The sound wasn’t loud at first, but later it seemed to get more and more unrestrained. Perhaps it was the heat of the moment, unable to control themselves ==. She then threw off the quilt, turned over, and carefully identified the source of the sound. It seemed to be coming from the headboard side. Wait a minute, isn’t that Little Li who just moved in? The apartment next door had been vacant before, so Le Xiaoyao hadn’t noticed the poor soundproofing.
It was only her first day moving in, and she was already doing this. She looked like such a delicate and demure girl, but she was totally unexpected! Le Xiaoyao suddenly was alarmed, no way? Two girls? Little Li and that girl in the black jacket… Instant shame exploded. Why was she even imagining such meaningless scenes! She covered her head again to sleep. For the first time, she would forgive the two ignorant ones! After all, they were young, full of youthful exuberance…
Le Xiaoyao didn’t know when she finally fell asleep. Were those two next door really going at it seven times a night?! Le Xiaoyao felt tired just listening to them. No matter when she slept, she still had to wake up at seven in the morning! The alarm clock rang for a full five minutes. Le Xiaoyao grabbed it with one hand and smashed it directly! The seventh alarm clock, over…
However, Le Xiaoyao did eventually get up. After all, a powerful thought was supporting her—going to the company in glory to receive CEO Xu’s commendation.
Breakfast: egg and ham sandwich, plus a cup of milk and cereal~ Le Xiaoyao carefully got dressed, took out her phone for a selfie, posed with her beautiful breakfast, and captioned it: People who seriously eat breakfast won’t have too bad luck.
Weibo, sent. The replies immediately came in.
Huang’s Family Has a Daughter Named Morning: Vomiting emoji *50…
Le Xiaoyao: “…”
When good things happen, people feel energetic. As soon as Le Xiaoyao walked out, she instantly felt the sunshine, even as blasts of cold wind blew… Was it cold? No, this was the breath of winter…
When she walked into the company, Le Xiaoyao wore a long-lost smile on her face, which was so warm and gentle that it sent shivers down the spine of the security guard.
If Huang Chenchen had a neurotic personality, Le Xiaoyao wasn’t much better—a classic aloof jokester! Whenever the conversation touched upon work, she immediately adopted the demeanor of the “Design Queen.” Her thought process must never be interrupted, or her glare alone could kill… Everyone in the design department knew this, and even the director tolerated it, simply because her performance was excellent… If work wasn’t discussed, then everything was negotiable!
Therefore, the revolving door of the company was the turning point for Le Xiaoyao’s mood. But today, Le Xiaoyao seemed to have lost control, her face beaming with a smile even more enthusiastic than an intern’s all the way… Her entrance into the design department instantly made the atmosphere weird… Everyone just greeted her as usual:
“Good morning, Team Leader~”
Le Xiaoyao smiled and nodded, “A new day, work hard!”
Team One, complete silence. As soon as Le Xiaoyao entered her office, they exploded!
“What’s the situation! She even used a tone modifier… oh!”
“Holy cow, she’s more… amiable than my grandma…”
“Has no one noticed that Sister Xiaoyao is especially beautiful today! Is spring finally coming?”
Most of the design department were young people who liked to complain and joke around when they had nothing else to do—it was quite lively~
“Go, go, go! Winter hasn’t passed yet, what spring are you talking about! Get to work!” Qin An, as the Deputy Team Leader, naturally stepped in to maintain order.
Xiao Yuan poked Qin An’s arm with a ballpoint pen and asked, “Brother Qin, I’ve never seen Sister Xiaoyao like this before!”
“You’ve only been here for over a month. I’ve been here for almost three years, and I haven’t seen the boss like this either!”
“Is it because of the Donghai project?”
Qin An scoffed, “Do you think the boss is the same as us? She’s calm. A tens-of-millions project is just a small matter. The boss definitely wouldn’t be like this! Could it be that she really got married?”
This is how rumors are generated.
Once upon a time, Miss Le was a flesh-and-bl00d person too! However, after being “deified” by the design department, Le Xiaoyao had no choice but to pretend to be serious and calm. Over time, she got used to it!
Therefore, anyone in the design department could panic, but only she couldn’t. She had to constantly maintain a state of “watching the flowers bloom and fall in the courtyard” with indifference. Only then could she live up to her title of “Design Queen”~
This is how repressed enthusiasm is cultivated.
In the afternoon.
Le Xiaoyao’s makeup was still exquisite. Heaven knows she didn’t dare to eat much during lunch, and she secretly went to the restroom three times in the afternoon to touch up her makeup! Damn it, when will the commendation meeting start? Why is every minute passing so slowly?
Tick… Tock… Tick… The second hand finally pointed to three o’clock! Le Xiaoyao was about to head out to the main conference hall but saw that the design department employees were all sitting there, unmoving!
After all, it was a meeting. Only someone with water in their brain would be so eager…
Le Xiaoyao thought for a moment, better wait, otherwise she would look too anxious, how embarrassing… She sat down and casually took a document to read, but didn’t take in a single word. She was still contemplating how to deliver her speech when she became Leader’s great contributor?
“Ahem… everyone is too kind, this is what I should do.”
or
“This success is inseparable from the efforts of the entire design department…”
Just then, Qin An came over and knocked on the door, “Boss, the meeting is about to start.”
Le Xiaoyao was actually ecstatic inside, her mouth involuntarily wanting to stretch into a grin, but her reason told her, calm down, calm down~ She forcefully suppressed the smile, “Meeting? What meeting?”
Qin An thought, indeed, the boss is the boss. The tens-of-millions Donghai project is nothing to her. Impressive! “Yesterday’s meeting was postponed to today! It’s about the Donghai project~”
“Oh, let’s go then.”
Le Xiaoyao fully thought she had played it off perfectly, but she didn’t know that constantly suppressing her smile caused her mouth to twitch uncontrollably =_=…
“Boss, are you… having facial spasms?”
“…”
The company rarely held all-hands meetings. After all, the scale was quite large and difficult to organize. It seemed that something very, very important was about to be announced this time.
Employees took their seats by department. The design department was always the leader, so they were assigned to the far right section. Le Xiaoyao always wondered why the most important people weren’t seated in the very center?
Fortunately, she was in the second row on the far side. Le Xiaoyao felt a bit more balanced; at least it was a front row! The first row was occupied by supervisors, managers, directors, and the like~
The three o’clock meeting officially started at three twenty. Naturally, it began with a speech from CEO Xu, aiming to enhance company cohesion.
“I apologize, I just got out of class and I’m late.” Fu Jin had just pushed open the conference room door and, upon seeing that Xu Xuan had already started hosting the meeting, made that remark.
In unison, hundreds of eyes looked towards the door. It was an understatement to say Fu Jin wasn’t startled! She stared at Xu Xuan with a puzzled look, her inner monologue: “Sister, didn’t you say it was a small meeting?”
Xu Xuan nodded at her, signaling her to take a seat first.
Le Xiaoyao was also surprised to see Fu Jin walk in! How come she was everywhere? Why was she at Leader?
It seemed that some people in the conference hall recognized Fu Jin, especially her compatriots from the design department who were deeply impressed by her during the last lecture! Although she was dressed simply and casually today, a person’s temperament wouldn’t change~ In any time or place, such a beauty always catches the eye!
What small meeting? It was completely packed! However, Fu Jin spotted Le Xiaoyao right away and calmly walked over to her. Le Xiaoyao moved inward one seat, making room for her.
“Why are you here!” Le Xiaoyao lowered her voice, leaning in to whisper-ask. This was an internal company meeting! Wasn’t Fu Jin teaching at A University?
Fu Jin didn’t look at her, her gaze fixed forward on the eloquent Xu Xuan, “You should ask your CEO Xu about that.”
Le Xiaoyao looked at Xu Xuan, then at Fu Jin, not knowing what she was hinting at. Another half an hour passed before CEO Xu finally finished her grand and official opening remarks and began to get to the main point.
Le Xiaoyao straightened her back, giving her undivided attention.
“…This time, we are able to take on the Donghai Resort Villa project, thanks to one person…”
“Haha… it’s me…” Le Xiaoyao felt smug inside as she saw Xu Xuan’s gaze sweep over. The boss was really something. If she was going to praise me, why do it in public? How embarrassing~
“Professor Fu Jin…”
Just as Le Xiaoyao’s butt was about to leave the chair, Xu Xuan suddenly said Fu Jin’s name?! Fortunately, she reacted quickly and immediately sat back down.
Next, Xu Xuan focused on introducing how Fu Jin was “a combination of beauty and wisdom” and emphasized that it was because of Fu Jin’s involvement that Leader secured the Donghai project. “Now, I am officially inviting Professor Fu to become Leader’s art consultant.”
Under Xu Xuan’s highly infectious introduction, almost all the company’s employees became blind followers of Fu Jin =_=.
Xiao Yuan couldn’t help but gasp in admiration. Le Xiaoyao rolled her eyes at her, “Didn’t you already know this from the last lecture?” This was the second time they heard it; was it necessary to be so dramatic!
Xiao Yuan smiled and didn’t speak…
Applause rang out~ Was that it? Le Xiaoyao was truly embarrassed this time. She had been indulging in wishful thinking for so long, but it had nothing to do with her at all…
“It is an honor to have the opportunity to work with everyone. I hope we have a pleasant collaboration. Actually, the reason this project was successfully negotiated…”