The moment Zhu Yu returned to the office, he hurriedly looked over this year's physical examination list. How should he arrange it? How could he make it seem less deliberate when he went to collect the examination reports later?
In the end, Zhu Yu decided to schedule Shen Jingmo and himself separately from everyone else. If there were other people, they might come along when he went to pick up the reports later. How was he supposed to look at them then?
Zhu Yu decided to arrange for the boss and himself to have their physical examinations this afternoon.
Tomorrow morning and afternoon, he would arrange examinations for different employees, with each department head leading their team.
After settling everything, Zhu Yu spun the pen in his hand and glanced toward the door.
Li Yichen limped back to his desk.
"What happened to you?" Shen Jingyan looked at Li Yichen, who had been perfectly fine before going to the restroom, his face full of confusion.
"Don't even mention it. I was on the phone when someone suddenly knocked on the door. Zhu Yu's voice appeared behind me like a haunting ghost. I lost my balance, dropped my phone, and fell too." Li Yichen's face was especially dark.
"You're seriously unlucky." Shen Jingyan thought about the scene and couldn't help shuddering. Too terrifying.
"What are you two talking about? These are today's documents for translation. I'll have to trouble you both." Zhu Yu appeared behind them again, like a lingering ghost.
"Ah! How do you walk without making any noise? And why are there so many documents? Didn't we translate them yesterday?" Shen Jingyan looked at the stack of documents, which was comparable to yesterday's, and deeply suspected that Zhu Yu was deliberately making things difficult for them because he disliked them.
"Where do you think this is? This is the number one company in H City. Our company has so many orders, and so many cooperation agreements with foreign companies. What's wrong with having more documents? Doesn't it give you more opportunities to improve?" Zhu Yu wore an expression that said, How could you ask such a stupid question?
Seeing that expression, Li Yichen angrily stood up, but he had overestimated his injured foot. He immediately lost his balance and sat back down.
"You're going too far!!!"
"How can you two say that? When have I ever bullied you? Your workload is the same as everyone else's. You can't just say I'm bullying you because you can't manage it."
"Why don't you think about this? Everyone has the same workload, and everyone else can finish it, so why can't you two? Are you missing something compared to others? Or are you simply dumber than everyone else?"
"It's really hard being a good person these days. I only wanted you to improve your abilities as soon as possible, yet somehow it became my fault. I should probably report this to my boss soon. Maybe I'm not suited to managing you after all. In the end, it's just that I'm not capable enough."
As Zhu Yu spoke, he covered his face and turned away.
"Assistant Zhu, are you okay?" Xiao Zhuang was the first to be unable to stand it. Everyone had the same workload, and Assistant Zhu treated every employee fairly. How could they say that about him?
"I'm fine. I'm just a little sad. The boss asked me to train them properly, but I may not be able to complete the task he gave me. Boohoo." Zhu Yu covered the corners of his upturned lips, his eyes filled with sorrow.
Shen Jingyan and Li Yichen stared dumbfoundedly at the "sad and heartbroken" Zhu Yu before them. Wasn't this the legendary green tea act?
Shen Jingmo walked over at that moment. Seeing Zhu Yu with tears in his eyes, he frowned. What was going on?
When Zhu Yu saw Shen Jingmo, he froze. Why had the boss come at this time? He had worked so hard to set the stage—should he keep acting or not?
"Brother! You finally came! Look at the tasks he assigned us. We translated so much yesterday, and there's still so much today." Shen Jingyan looked at Shen Jingmo as if he had seen his savior.
"Brother Shen." Li Yichen also stood up, limping.
Seeing the two of them complaining, Zhu Yu silently curled his lips.
"Boss, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have assigned the two young masters the same workload as the other colleagues." Zhu Yu emphasized the words "same" and "young masters."
Sure enough, the moment he said that, the other employees in the assistant office began whispering among themselves.
[Keep pretending. Who doesn't know how to pretend? And it wasn't my fault to begin with. Everyone has the same workload, yet you two just want to do less work. Where in the world is there such a good deal?]
Shen Jingmo carefully observed Zhu Yu after hearing that. Although there were tears in his eyes, if one looked closely, they could see that the corners of his lips were curling upward. Shen Jingmo's lips curved slightly. Wasn't this exactly what he had expected?
"Assistant Zhu, don't say that. I know your character. You can manage the two of them however you like and assign them whatever work you want." Shen Jingmo calmly nodded at Zhu Yu, then left the assistant office without looking back.
Shen Jingyan and Li Yichen stared in shock at their savior's departing figure. That was it?
Zhu Yu took out a tissue and quietly wiped the corners of his eyes. Then he turned to the two of them. "Since the boss trusts me so much, please get back to work."
"Today's friendly reminder: if you don't finish your work, you'll still have to work overtime. The power will still go out at eight. And if you leave late, you'll still have to climb the stairs." Zhu Yu returned to his office feeling thoroughly refreshed.
"Fuck!" Li Yichen plopped back down in his seat.
Shen Jingyan resigned himself to translating the documents.
This time, the other employees in the office truly did not offer the two of them any extra help. It was also the first time the two of them had worked until eight in the evening.
The two of them couldn't help but doubt their own abilities. Why was it that everyone else could finish the same workload shortly after five, while they dragged it out until eight?