"Ma Qiu?" A woman's voice suddenly sounded from beside him.
The round-faced man looked over and saw a young woman walking toward him.
His expression immediately turned respectful. "Manager Tang Na."
"Mm." The woman responded, casually taking the paper from his hand. Her eyes narrowed. "Ma Qiu Philip? 165021? Atlantis University, first level, Dormitory 6, Room 502, bed 1... Hmm, it does seem to be him..."
The woman recalled some past events and stared blankly for a moment. Then she handed the paper back to the round-faced man. "This Ma Qiu was one of my seniors. Our relationship... was fairly good, I suppose. He looked after me before. Then give this father and son some simple special treatment and assign them somewhere decent."
"Manager, how about sending the child to..." The round-faced man considered it and quietly suggested, but he was interrupted before he could finish.
Tang Na waved a hand. "Don't bother me with such trivial matters. Decide it yourself. I trust you'll handle it well."
With that, she turned and left.
The round-faced man watched her retreating back and could not help giving a bitter smile, but there was nothing he could do.
He knew that the woman's status was far from ordinary. He had heard that she had connections with Shalin's upper ranks and had been developing her career in Shalin all this time. The reason she had come to the minor department that was the Red Stone City Labor Department was to understand conditions at the lower levels and gain experience, preparing herself to become the independent manager of some department.
He absolutely could not afford to offend someone like her.
Then...
"Whew—"
The round-faced man took a deep breath, looked up at Philip and his son, and decided, "All right, you two..."
A month