Morning.
Work hours had begun.
Inside the County Party Committee Compound, several late clerks hurriedly ran toward the Office Building.
Yao Cui was one of them. She had overslept today. Before going to bed last night, she had taken quite a bit of cold medicine, but it had been too sleep-inducing. When she opened her eyes in the morning, there were only twenty minutes left before work. She hurriedly scrambled out of bed, combed her hair, grabbed some clothes at random, and rode out on her bicycle. By the time she reached the office, she was already five minutes late.
This is bad.
I'm going to get chewed out again.
Feeling depressed, Yao Cui pedaled her bicycle to a stop beneath the county government Office Building. She casually kicked down the stand, locked the bike, and jogged inside.
County government office.
Secretary Section One office area.
When Yao Cui came in, she found that everyone else had arrived. She was the only one late.
"Little Yao! Why are you only getting here now?" A deputy section chief from Section One put on a stern face.
Yao Cui hurriedly said, "I caught a cold yesterday. I took some medicine and ended up oversleeping."
The deputy section chief said impatiently, "You sure have plenty of excuses. This isn't your first time being late!"
Yao Cui said bitterly, "I'm sorry, Section Chief Chen. I'll definitely be more careful next time."
"Enough, enough. Hurry up and print those documents. Oh, and pour me a glass of water too," Deputy Section Chief Chen ordered.
Most of the people in the Secretarial Section were veterans, with over five years on the job. Yao Cui, on the other hand, was a Civil Servant who had only been there for two or three years, so her status