Ruan Cunyun’s recent work productivity has visibly improved.
During his first week in the company, although Ruan Cunyun had looked perfectly active and lively, one could still see that he was still a bit reserved.
But these past two days, Ruan Cunyun seemed to be more relaxed and more absorbed in work.
Even Sister Rain had praised Ruan Cunyun for completing his recent tasks better and faster than before, far exceeding her expectation for new recruits.
Ruan Cunyun was a bit embarrassed at that, it was just because he had managed to avoid socializing.
Zhu Yun looked at Ruan Cunyun who was habitually taking out his lunch box, and said with a little disappointment, “Xiao Ruan brought his own food again, you won’t be going out to eat with us again? Today we are going to eat pizza ey, it will be really lively!”
Ruan Cunyun smiled, “Hmm, I’m still more used to eating my own cooking.”
Xiao Mei said as she shoved Zhu Han out, “It’s healthier to bring homemade food ah! I also plan to bring homemade food next week. I will learn from Xiao Ruan and live a healthy life…..”
Seeing his colleagues gradually walking farther, Ruan Cunyun heaved out a long sigh.
Sure enough, he still haven’t gotten used to this kind of bustling and lively scene.
Being alone for a while feels good, being alone all the time feels great.
Today, Ruan Cunyun didn’t just cook some dishes, he also cut a small box of mango chunks for himself.
He stood up while holding two small boxes, then he noticed that Qin Fanglu was still sitting on his desk.
Shit, usually Mr. Qin wasn’t in the office at noon, why was he still here today!
Ruan Cunyun suddenly tensed.
There are two ways to go to that secluded lounge.
The first way is the closest, but he must go through Qin Fanglu’s desk.
The second way is to go around half of the office desks, moving in a big circle. The good thing is that he wouldn’t have to pass right under Qin Fanglu’s nose.
The last time he was called out when passing by Qin Fanglu’s desk was still vivid in his mind. Ruan Cunyun’s scalp felt numb when he recalled it.
So Ruan Cunyun resolutely chose to take the detour route.
But Ruan Cunyun didn’t want to make the detour look so blatant. Otherwise one would be able to tell that he wanted to avoid the big boss.
So Ruan Cunyun held his two small boxes, and then looked straight ahead and walked in the opposite direction. He took strides, seemingly nonchalant, going round and round, seemingly pondering as he paced, completely embodying a new recruit strolling aimlessly at his new workplace.
Ruan Cunyun stealthily spied at Qin Fanglu from the corner of his eyes. The good thing was that Mr. Qin was concentrating on looking at his computer, seemingly not noticing him at all.
After a minute of torment, Ruan Cunyun finally carried out his planned journey, fleeing to the other side of the wall. The big stone in his heart finally dropped, he then lay down on the lounge’s sofa.
Successfully bypassed the “Big Boss”! Ruan Cunyun cheered silently.
In the office, Qin Fanglu watched helplessly as Ruan Cunyun got up, glanced at him, then made a lot of seemingly subtle movements to go to the door leading to outside.
He won’t be going to the lounge today? Why was he going outside?
There weren’t a lot of people in the office. The empty seats in the office looked like the bald grain fields after being harvested. So Ruan Cunyun being alone by himself, moving in the stretch of bald fields, was exceptionally conspicuous.
He glanced left and right, looking like a cat who had just arrived at its new home, sniffing and smelling all around. Obviously very curious, yet was pretending to not care.
As he was dilly dallying and went around half of the floor in a big circle, Qin Fanglu watched as Ruan Cunyun quickened his pace on the last few steps. Nimble and agile, like playing Tom and Jerry, his small body fled and disappeared in the turn of the corridor.
Qin Fanglu certainly knew where this corridor leads to——his own personal lounge.
This indicates that Ruan Cunyun has a clear-cut goal, and combined with Ruan Cunyun taking such a detour….. Was he avoiding him?
Was he such a hot potato?
Qin Fanglu was puzzled and sceptical. He might be aloof and unapproachable in the employees mind, but were they so scared of him to such an extent?
He tap-taped his pen over, recalling Cheng Kai’s ridicule and flaunts he said about him, and once again felt that there was a pressing need to improve his management style.
*
Ruan Cunyun has a “BALLS Album” in his phone that is full of all of Teacher Balls’ artworks. He would sometimes flip through it, there were also images that he had looked at so many times as if he was hyper fixated.
Ruan Cunyun flipped through Teacher Balls’ half-year-ago Manga with gusto as he was eating. He still loves them no matter how many times he has looked at them, moreover he could always discover new small details.
This kind of lunch break is so wonderful, hopefully his lunch breaks would always be like this!
Suddenly knocking sounds were heard from the lounge door. Ruan Cunyun, taken aback, subconsciously locked his phone screen quickly.
Qin Fanglu stood by the door and casually lifted his hand that was holding a wrapped lunch box, and then flatly asked, “Can I enter?”
Qin Fanglu had never imagined before that there would be a day where he would need someone’s consent to enter his own lounge.
Ruan Cunyun put down his chopsticks. The elementary school student stood up at attention, resembling a meritorious student1Actually 三好学生 or “three good students” is a title given to outstanding students in school (stopped since 2012), the three criteria are good ideological and moral character, good at studies, and have good health. looking up at the flag-raising platform.
“Mr. Qin… of course, you can.”
Qin Fanglu strode in and sat beside Ruan Cunyun. The soft sofa was sunken due to the weight, between them was a distance of two or three people.
He lifted the lid of the takeout, the aroma and steam exuded out together in a white hot mist.
“Eating in the office feels better,” Qin Fanglu said, as if explaining his presence here.
Ruan Cunyun was still standing foolishly, his legs a bit stiff.
Qin Fanglu looked at him, lowering his gaze to sweep over the sofa, “Not going to sit?”
“I’ll sit.”
His voice was hollow. Ruan Cunyun then bent his knees and reservedly leaned on the sofa.
Doomed. He has already sat down. It’s too late to run.
Ruan Cunyun thought, the heavens probably saw that he was living to comfortably these past few days and thus decided to dispatched his boss to torture him.
Qin Fanglu’s voice were suddenly heard, “What do you think of this lounge?”
Ruan Cunyun blanked out, not expecting his boss to be concerned about the lounge.
“En… pretty good. I’ve been visiting here for a few days and feel very comfortable.”
Qin Fanglu continued to ask, “Do you think there is anything that can be improved?”
Ruan Cunyun thought carefully for a while, “Maybe that it is too remote, people usually don’t come here….. It’s kind of a waste.”
“Having no one around is also pretty good,” Qin Fanglu lowered his eyes as he took shelled shrimp out of celery with his chopsticks, “It’s quiet.”
Ruan Cunyun’s fingertips trembled, the small fork stabbed into the soft flesh of mangoes, causing the sour-sweet juice to flow out.
“En, it’s quieter when no one is around.”
Qin Fanglu asked again, “What do you think if we add two sleeping pods in the lounge?”
Ruan Cunyun’s heart quivered, thinking that he might have been seen sleeping here. He quickly nodded, “I think it’s great. There might be some colleagues who want to take a nap.”
Qin Fanglu’s expression was the same as usual, hiding nothing, “I plan to add two resting areas for the company, so I would like to ask for everyone’s opinion.”
Turns out it was like that. Ruan Cunyun was relieved.
“Speaking of colleagues, what do you think of them?” Qin Fanglu’s questions were all straight to the point, not being embellished the slightest bit.
Ruan Cunyun honestly spoke out his thoughts, “Everyone is nice. They would help me in work and also invite me to activities together.”
“But your eating habits are different?”
Qin Fanglu’s question was somewhat euphemistic, but what he implied was clear, that is, asking him why he didn’t go out to eat together with his colleagues.
Ruan Cunyun could actually find countless excuses to answer it, such as wanting a healthier lifestyle, being allergic to food sold outside, or even embarrassing himself by saying his girlfriend demanded him to eat her love bentos everyday.
But he could feel Qin Fanglu’s heavy gaze on him, which was really hard to ignore.
Ruan Cunyun suddenly didn’t want to make up some excuse for him.
“I don’t feel that familiar with everyone yet,” Ruan Cunyun pledged, “But I will eat with everyone starting next week.”
“With who or how you eat is your freedom,” Qin Fanglu quickly said, “Our company doesn’t have a rule that one has to eat together with their colleagues.”
Ruan Cunyun’s eyes slightly went wide, “…understood.”
Qin Fanglu shifted the topic, “But I believe it’s necessary for colleagues to mutually understand and adapt with each other.”
“En, that’s right,” Ruan Cunyun nodded hard and began to reflect on himself, “I have indeed just joined the company recently, there’s still a lot of colleagues I don’t know….”
“Many older colleagues also don’t necessarily know each other.” Qin Fanglu lightly interrupted him, “Our department has always lacked the opportunity to socialize internally——What kind of team building activities do you think young people like? Our department might give it a try.”
Ruan Cunyun internally screamed for help, Mr. Qin, aren’t you a young person yourself? Why are you asking me ah!
Ruan Cunyun braced himself, copying Xiao Mei’s answer and said, “going karaoke, playing board games, going to bars, shopping…..”
He likes none of them!
Qin Fanglu shook his head slightly, vetoing, “Too casual.”
Ruan Cunyun was just going to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard boss saying, “What do you think of a group tour? I remember you said you like travelling.”
Ruan Cunyun pulled his mouth corners into a slight smile, going along with his boss’ words, “Are you referring to team building activities? The result should be good2the result here refers to the effect of the group tour on teamworks and relationship between the employees.”
Qin Fanglu finally showed a somewhat satisfied smile, “Alright.”
Alright, what is alright ah! Ruan Cunyun was about to faint, it felt like he was digging his own grave.
Qin Fanglu didn’t continue to ask. And Ruan Cunyun racked his brains but couldn’t come up with any topic of conversation.
The two of them ate their meals in strange silence, they sat far from each other on the ends of the sofa. Like two unacquainted migrant workers.
Big Boss Qin was sitting next to him. Ruan Cunyun didn’t have the slightest bit of guts to look at Teacher Balls’ drawings.
Qin Fanglu is the kind of person with a very strong presence. Although today he was only wearing casual short sleeves with a little lingering scent of aftershave, Ruan Cunyun could still clearly feel his prestige and pressure that was borne from their difference in status and experience.
Ruan Cunyun was on pins and needles and thus ate his meal at the fastest speed he could.
Suddenly he heard Qin Fanglu saying, “Eat slower. Eating too fast may cause gastritis, gastric ulcer, and even gastric cancer.”
Ruan Cunyun’s chewing came to a halt, his cheeks were slightly bulging. He turned his head to look at Qin Fanglu with some surprise.
This manner of speaking…. Why does it feel like an old-fashioned and loving father?
Qin Fanglu warmly added, “There’s still an hour until work time, no need to rush.”
Ruan Cunyun nodded mechanically and then continued to eat slower.
Who knows why, but he suddenly felt less nervous, even actually wanting to laugh a little.
The two of them finished their meal at a speed that wouldn’t cause stomach problems, and then tidied up their own utensils.
Ruan Cunyun stood up like his butt was on fire, picked up his empty lunch box, and then respectfully said to Qin Fanglu, “Mr. Qin, I’ve finished my lunch, I’ll go back first.”
Qin Fanglu seemed a bit puzzled, “You won’t take a nap?”
Ruan Cunyun didn’t understand the underlying logic behind these words, only focused on escaping, “I’m still quite energetic now hahahaha.”
“See you in the afternoon, Mr. Qin.”
When Ruan Cunyun left the lounge, there were only five big words in his mind: Thank God for The Pardon.
As for Qin Fanglu, after Ruan Cunyun left, he lit up his phone screen and clicked on to view his memo, which was filled to the brim with a whole list of plans.
[Approachable and Friendly Leadership de3Actually there is a の (indicate possession (like english’s (‘s), those who learnt japanese or watch anime would def familiar with this), usually used in chinese to replace their 的 in titles. I was going to keep it as “no” (how の is pronounced) but decided to go with French (even though guy is explicitly otaku) because of the pronunciation. Fighting Plan]
- Have a chat with grassroot employees!
- Use the sentence “What do you think of…?” at least three times to demonstrate your openness to critics and suggestions!
- It’s important to care about employees’ health oh~ A healthy body is the capital for work ya~
- Should you go together on a trip with the employees once ne? It sounds wonderful yo~ ^_^
…….
Qin Fanglu added a tick mark on the first three numbers and then wrote “in progress” after the fourth.
Then at last, he typed a word for himself: Ganbatte4A word of encouragement in japanese, like 加油 in chinese.
En, as expected, it’s really necessary to write it down like this to make one full of enthusiasm!
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Information that can now be made public:
Ruan Cunyun:
Male,
21 years old,
Height 175 cm (4 years ago: 168 cm).
Qin Fanglu:
Male
27 years old
Height: 187 cm.
Translator’s note:
Teacher Big Balls fact list:
Big balls- Big boobs and killer body
- Shark lines
- Animal whisperer
- Is a caring
elderboss - Cuteeee, cold CEO with hello-kitty heart ( ´ ∀ `)ノ～ ♡
- Is a caring
elder bossfather
I want one Teacher Balls please
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