So It Turns Out You’re a Fox Spirit (GL) - Chapter 18

“…Actually, the reason this project was successful…” Fu Jin said, turning her gaze to Le Xiaoyao, “…is inseparable from the efforts of Team Leader Le from the design department…”

Le Xiaoyao could only smile awkwardly. She felt there was no need for Fu Jin to say that. After all, if Fu Jin hadn’t joined the project, Yang Qigang would never have easily handed over this large contract based solely on her own words.

But why did Fu Jin suddenly join Leader? Was it because…

In any case, being able to secure this project was something to celebrate. Although she said this, half of Le Xiaoyao’s inner passion had already died down, and she clapped with a sense of numbness…

The Donghai Resort Villa project was postponed to start after the New Year. After all, the end of the year was approaching, and time was not plentiful. It wouldn’t be easy to complete a large-scale project. The production cycle provided by Donghai was not short, and the proposal still needed on-site inspection before further discussion.

So, everyone had a lighter workload, and they were all beaming with joy. After the meeting, they each returned to their respective posts.

Almost everyone in the conference hall had left, leaving only Le Xiaoyao and Fu Jin.

Fu Jin had been silently observing Le Xiaoyao’s every move earlier. Judging by her demeanor, she didn’t seem as happy as she had imagined…

“Fu Jin…”

“Xiao Jin, come here for a moment.”

Xu Xuan waved to Fu Jin at the door, signaling her to come over. Fu Jin looked at Le Xiaoyao, who was about to speak but stopped herself, “Is there something? Let’s talk later, okay?”

Le Xiaoyao saw that it was President Xu calling her, so she naturally had to agree and dared not delay too long. She smiled and said, “It’s nothing much, I just wanted to thank you…”

“Sure~ Thanking me means you’ll treat me to a meal. I’ve made a note of that.”

Inviting her for a meal again! Le Xiaoyao hadn’t thought about it on that level~ However, calculating in her mind, her meals with Fu Jin recently had indeed been quite frequent. It was strange, why hadn’t she realized before that she was such a thick-skinned person? Also, she seemed very familiar with President Xu?

“Sit, what would you like to drink?”

Fu Jin sat down on the sofa and only requested a cup of plain water.

“You know Le Xiaoyao from the design department?”

“Yes, we were university classmates.”

Xu Xuan knew Fu Jin’s personality well. One could say she was somewhat indifferent to social matters, and didn’t have many friends she could truly talk to~ It wasn’t that Fu Jin was bad at socializing, but she was very reserved. Sometimes she would be quiet for the whole day. She didn’t seem to be like this before, and Xu Xuan didn’t know when she started to change…

Xu Xuan interlaced her fingers and placed them on her knees, asking with a slightly probing tone, “You were willing to join this project because of her too?” Having been in the business world for almost ten years, Xu Xuan’s ability to judge people was naturally not bad.

Fu Jin hesitated and didn’t answer.

“Do you like her?”

“Sis, what are you talking about!”

Just now in the conference hall, among hundreds of people, Fu Jin found Le Xiaoyao at first glance. After that, when she went on stage to speak, her eyes would occasionally drift to Le Xiaoyao… None of this escaped Xu Xuan’s eyes.

It was indeed a bit presumptive to say “like” based only on this, but Xu Xuan could tell: Fu Jin cared about this person very much, and the relationship between these two was definitely out of the ordinary.

“Whether you like her or not, you know best in your heart.”

The internal phone on the desk rang~

“President Xu, Team Leader Le from the design department would like to see you.”

“Mmm, let her come in.” Xu Xuan hung up the phone and then turned to Fu Jin, saying, “Speak of the devil and he appears.”

Le Xiaoyao was also helpless; she was truly forced by Huang Chenchen! She kept saying that as an older single woman who was unemployed and home, she was about to starve to death! She urged Le Xiaoyao to quickly plead with Boss Xu for mercy and give her a way out…

In less than half a day, there were dozens of calls and hundreds of text messages! Le Xiaoyao ignored them, and then Huang Chenchen sent a picture of a wrist being slit with a fruit knife from the internet. Le Xiaoyao only replied with one sentence: You want to slit your wrist and take a picture? Are two hands enough? Do you need my help…

Huang Chenchen saw it and wasn’t half-dead with anger. She directly used her killer move:

Little sister, I’ll come to your place to cook for you tonight, kiss kiss kiss~

The text message was sent.

Le Xiaoyao couldn’t stay calm this time. Huang Chenchen could go anywhere, but she couldn’t go into the kitchen. It would lead to casualties! Seriously! Just recently, the pressure cooker exploded! The oven blew up! Even the refrigerator stopped cooling! She truly transformed into a Terminator once she entered the kitchen, no exaggeration…

Helplessly, Le Xiaoyao had to reply:

The kitchen is a dangerous area, my imperial concubine, please be cautious when entering. Await good news.

Big Sister Huang: Good girl.

Le Xiaoyao pushed open President Xu’s office door with a heavy heart, and the first person she saw was actually Fu Jin. The office was very quiet…

After hearing what Xu Xuan said earlier, Fu Jin felt a subtle change in the atmosphere when she saw Le Xiaoyao again. “Sis, if there’s nothing, I’ll go out first.”

Xu Xuan nodded.

They were actually sisters. No wonder Fu Jin would cooperate with Leader. Le Xiaoyao realized she had overthought things again. How could she have thought that Fu Jin joined Leader to help her?

“Is there something?”

The boss had once said that private matters should not be discussed during work hours. Le Xiaoyao thought, wasn’t she openly committing a crime? But when she thought of Huang Chenchen’s busy figure in her kitchen, she seemed to see thick smoke rising…

“President Xu, someone asked me to ask you about something…”

“Speak.”

“I have a friend named Huang Chenchen, she’s a reporter, and she’s always wanted to interview you. She said she made a huge mistake and now wants to beg for your forgiveness.” Le Xiaoyao said it all in one breath. She felt utterly humiliated. Why didn’t that wretched woman come to apologize herself and make her a messenger? She even said to test Boss Xu’s anger level first and then make a long-term plan =_=.

Xu Xuan naturally remembered the “big pineapple” from that day, who was quite arrogant at the time! Le Xiaoyao kept a close eye on President Xu’s change of expression, but unexpectedly, President Xu showed no anger, but instead smiled: “It’s usually not appropriate to discuss private matters during work, but it seems there is some misunderstanding between your friend and me. How about this, you ask her to come and see me herself. You go back to work!”

How magnanimous! Le Xiaoyao genuinely admired her boss from the bottom of her heart. No wonder she could reach such heights. In comparison, Huang Chenchen was simply judging a gentleman by her own standards…

“Thank you, President Xu, I’m going back to work.”

Le Xiaoyao told Huang Chenchen about the situation with President Xu and asked her to go explain to President Xu herself. Huang Chenchen couldn’t believe that Xu Xuan’s attitude would be so good? There was absolutely none of the ruthlessness from that day! She was a little skeptical and deeply felt that Le Xiaoyao must have filtered and embellished these words.

Whether Huang Chenchen believed it or not, she had at least put two sharp words in her mouth this time. Le Xiaoyao felt that as a friend, she had done her utmost!

When she was going home after work, Le Xiaoyao ran into the two next door again, holding hands, looking very much in love. Thinking about the commotion those two made last night, Le Xiaoyao was not in the mood to greet them. She only hoped they would restrain themselves tonight…

Midnight.

“Mm… Ah… Mm…”

Le Xiaoyao: “…”