"Huh?"
Before saying anything else, everyone voiced the same bewildered question.
"I just heard him introduce himself as Xiao Zhou from the Legal Department, right?"
"That's what I heard too."
"He said, 'I have work to do, so I'll head out first,' and Assistant Pei said, 'Then let me walk you out'? Huh? What kind of upside-down situation is this? I'm a little lost."
Everyone wore the same look of confusion and bewilderment.
Soon, though, someone offered a guess:
"Could he possibly not be from our company? Otherwise, Assistant Pei wouldn't treat him like that!"
"Or has some big shot's son been parachuted into our company?"
"Stop guessing. I have connections in this company. Hang on, I'll ask my contact."
The speaker was a young woman, who waved her phone with a slightly proud expression.
Just as she was about to make a call, one came in.
"What's up?"
"Manager Wen did come up to see the boss. As for what they're talking about, I have no idea."
She heard her friend complain on the other end, "Then what good are you to me in the executive office?"
The young woman answering the phone laughed in exasperation.
"I'm just a low-level employee in the executive office, not a security camera in the boss's office. How would I know? Am I supposed to eavesdrop? Have I lost my mind, or have you?"
"Hahahaha, I've lost my mind."
Her friend on the other end was amused by the absurd idea too.
"Do you need anything else? I still need to ask HR about someone," the young woman urged helplessly.
"Who? Ask me! What company gossip don't I know? Who in this company don't I know?"
The person on the other end grew even more excited. Sure enough, nobody could resist gossip.
"Has