Ruan Cunyun picked up a slice of fat beef and put it into the boiling red soup. Ten seconds later, he took it out and dipped it in the sesame sauce, then stuffed it into his mouth and chewed.
He was eating quietly, trying hard to reduce his sense of presence.
However, his colleagues didn’t give Ruan Cunyun such opportunity. Sister Rain, with lips that had turned red, loudly called out, “Classmate Ruan, don’t just focus on eating ya. You can ask us any questions you have, or you can also talk about yourself.”
It felt like he had gone back to his dark high school life, when his homeroom teacher randomly chose someone to go to the front and do some exercises. Ruan Cunyun could feel the gaze of the whole table focussing on him, giving him goosebumps.
Ruan Cunyun didn’t want to talk about himself, he also couldn’t think of any interesting topics for the moment. As a result, he blurted out the question he had been thinking for half a day, “Is Mr. Qin so busy tonight that he couldn’t come?”
The colleagues were all taken aback, not expecting this baby-faced new recruit to ask about the big boss’ whereabouts, truly slightly a bit out of the line.
Ruan Cunyun also immediately regretted his question. He had just been long confused about whether Qin Fanglu and Pyramid Head were the same person that he had a slip of his tongue.
Sister Rain’s expression didn’t change, she explained with a smile, “Mr. Qin is very busy. He is wholeheartedly dedicated to work and never attended his subordinates’ gatherings. It’s normal for him to not come today——Xiao Ruan, do you want to know more about the boss?”
The topic had been shifted to Qin Fanglu. This kind of idle talk about bosses in private has always been popular among the masses. Soon, they began to share about Qin Fanglu’s usual stories.
“After all, he built it from scratch, so Zhufang was like a son to Mr. Qin. He might be worried a lot about leaving it too much.”
“Yes, yes. I have once worked overtime until 10 p.m, and Mr. Qin still sat at his workstation without leaving. He sure attends to everything personally.
“But don’t be fooled by Mr. Qin’s usually solemn appearance. The last time I accompanied him to meet a big client, Mr. Qin’s skill in golf is really awesome. He effortlessly hit a hole in one shot. He even chatted about red wine and sports cars with them. The client was so happy he signed an extra 3000 orders.”
“Ai, they just signed more orders? There are also a lot of big clients who offered their daughters to Mr. Qin, but at the time Mr. Qin might already have a partner. In any case, he refused them all.”
After listening for a while, Qin Fanglu’s image in Ruan Cunyun’s mind had become more solid.
A young entrepreneur, hardworking and wealthy, has upper class hobbies, is mature and reserved. It seems like he is the kind of successful figure glittering in gold, the type of male protagonist from Domineering CEO literatures. He is simply unrelated to an otaku who would cosplay and go to comic convention.
Ruan Cunyun was relieved, at least he hasn’t been exposed.
Everyone chatted idly for a while, but someone turned the topic to be Ruan Cunyun again, “Xiao Ruan, what about you? What sport do you usually do?”
They still remembered what Ruan Cunyun said this afternoon. He likes sports.
“…..Ru-, running.” Ruan Cunyun chose the safest option.
Sister Rain’s phone suddenly rang, surprise filled her eyes as she looked at the called ID.
“Hello, Mr. Qin… Yes, we’re at the hot pot restaurant, yes yes… okay.”
She hung up the phone and said strangely, “Mr. Qin said he will come to eat with us, he will arrive in five minutes.”
The people erupted noisily, and everyone exclaimed all at once “Oh my goodness,” “What’s wrong with Mr. Qin today,” “Ai ya, quickly arrange another seat,” and “order some more dishes.”.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Ruan Cunyun snuck a peek at his phone.
A few minutes ago, Xu Feifei sent him a message: “The lottery is about to start!!!!”
Ruan Cunyun’s heart beat like a drum, the noise around him seemed to fade away like the tide, and he could hear his own heart thumping sounds.
He sincerely wished hard, Please ah, let Xu Feifei help him draw Teacher Balls’ signed art!
Ruan Cunyun kept refreshing the interface. Suddenly his phone vibrated, and Xu Feifei sent strings of exclamation marks.
[Oh my God!! My golden hand, so so lucky!!! I won, I won!!!]
His heart jumped to his throat, Ruan Cunyun didn’t even notice someone pushing open the door to the private room.
At this critical moment, Xu Feifei finally revealed——
[Guess what I drew? Badum Badum1As in drum rolls, Secret Base’s half-price coupon, valid for six months oh, Lucky~]
……
Ruan Cunyun wants to beat someone up, very very much.
He looked up with anger and regret, just in time to meet with Qin Fanglu’s calm gaze.
…….Fuc-
Qin Fanglu arrived at the hot pot restaurant neither fast nor slow. He pushed open the door to the private room, only to see this scene.
Everyone sat gracefully and reservedly, except for the new child. He was obviously as beautiful as a doll with a small pointed chin, but he seemed to be clenching his jaw, his lips pursing slightly, his big eyes contained ice-cold fury looking straight at him, seemingly like a seething little seal.
Qin Fanglu was speechless.
Has his management really been so terrible? Even the newcomer is already dissatisfied with him.
As Qin Fanglu arrived, the atmosphere on the table became more reserved.
“You guys can just chat, no need to care about me.” Qin Fanglu didn’t mind the hot pot that was already half eaten, and put some meat in the pot with his chopsticks.
Where was their chat again…..
There was a colleague who smiled and asked, “Does Classmate Ruan like hiking?”
Ruan Cunyun silently put down his chopsticks and said, “Sometimes, the air on the mountain is very fresh.”
The colleagues enthusiastically agreed and asked Ruan Cunyun what mountains he had been to, and Ruan Cunyun listed them one by one.
The topic naturally extended to travel destinations for summer outings. Because Ruan Cunyun mentioned that he likes to travel, he has no choice but to participate in the conversation and chatted with them back and forth.
Ruan Cunyun doesn’t dislike travelling, he just prefers to hole himself up at home.
After discussing travel, everyone started talking about the new dishes of a certain Western restaurant, NBA matches, and the newly opened shopping center, all of which were interesting topics for normal youngsters.
Ruan Cunyun tried hard to join in the conversation, occasionally agreeing and even making everyone laugh.
In fact, few people could perceive Ruan Cunyun’s socially anxious nature.
His college classmates said he has a “frosty and childlike appearance.” Looks cute, but doesn’t really like to interact with people, and gives off a sense of coldness and aloofness. Ruan Cunyun feels really wronged. He just couldn’t show his shyness and panic on his face, this is a skill he developed since childhood.
No matter how much he wanted to escape the crowd and be alone, outwardly he could maintain social etiquette and continue the conversation.
“I heard a new bowling alley has opened near the river. Do you guys want to try it out?”
The person who just spoke just now is called Zhu Han, and he is in the same group with Ruan Cunyun. He is a lively and enthusiastic young man wearing glasses, very much in line with the people’s stereotype of programmers. However, he has a wide range of interests and is very enthusiastic on exploring all kinds of new sports venues in the city.
Some people raised their hands and said, “I can go next weekend.” Zhu Han was quite happy and turned to Ruan Cunyun, “Will Xiao Ruan come along? It’s fine if you don’t know how to, I can take you to fly2Have the same meaning as “carrying someone” in games, basically dependent on that person..”
‘Try not to escape group activities as much as possible’, even Ruan Cunyun understood this simple workplace rule.
He is a newcomer, the seniors invited him with good intention. Ruan Cunyun had to force himself to nod and showed an appearance of looking forward to it.
Qin Fanglu saw Ruan Cunyun smile, exposing two small tiger teeth and stars in his eyes.
Qin Fanglu was a bit stunned. It seems like this is the first time he has seen this new child’s smile.
It seems like Ruan Cunyun really loves sports, his expectation was all written on his face.
Another normal young man who loves life, Qin Fanglu thought.
Immediately afterwards, a strange and rare sense of loneliness surged in his heart.
——Such a large company, yet he couldn’t find a second Otaku.
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