"This way, this way I can..."
The man sitting at the computer grew increasingly agitated, his expression crazed.
A sudden, loud ringtone interrupted his dark, self-indulgent excitement.
The man frowned in irritation and swore, "Fuck, how annoying."
He picked up his phone and glanced at the caller's name. His expression shifted slightly as he answered and held it to his ear. "Manager."
"Jiang Zhengze, do you even want this job anymore? Do you know what time it is?" an irate voice berated him over the phone.
"Manager, I took leave today."
Jiang Zhengze swallowed nervously and answered with care.
"I've let your usual slacking slide, but now the whole department is rushing to finish this project. You really know how to pick your timing for leave. Get back to the office and get to work right now."
"Manager, I really have something to deal with at home. I..."
Jiang Zhengze looked at his computer screen, at the video already uploaded to his Weibo drafts, and hesitated, wanting to refuse to go back to work.
He really did have something very important to do right now.
"Do the job or get out!" The manager neither waited for Jiang Zhengze to finish nor wasted any more words on him, hanging up as soon as he finished speaking.
After the call ended, Jiang Zhengze glanced down at his phone screen, then raised his head to stare darkly at the computer screen.
Jiang Zhengze clicked the mouse twice. Once he saw the confirmation that the post had been published, he shut down the computer.
The computer screen went dark in an instant, reflecting Jiang Zhengze's current expression beneath his thick black-framed glasses: gloomy and twisted.
Jiang Zhengze picked up his phone, grabbed the briefcase he had carelessly tossed onto the sofa, and hurried out.