This was the first time Ruochu came to the editor's office. He stood at the door and took a deep breath. He mustered up the courage to knock on the door. After hearing Xiaochuan's voice, he opened the door.
"Dad...oh, Editor Pei is here too." Ruochu swallowed the "daddy" he had spoken when he saw Pei Hua sitting in front of Xiaochuan's desk. It seemed that this title had to be changed.
I've betrayed her twice this afternoon.
"Is something wrong?" Xiaochuan looked at her calmly and asked. Pei Hua also turned his head to look at her, his eyes full of hostility.
"Well, then, you guys talk first, I'll come back later." Ruochu nodded to Pei Hua and hurriedly led the door carefully. He sighed softly and leaned against the wall outside the door, preparing to wait here.
Yes, I don’t want to go back to the office area anyway. Everyone must be discussing her matter heatedly now. If I go back, it will delay everyone’s interest in spreading rumors about her.
But the voices in Daddy's office were getting louder and louder. Ruochu couldn't help but frown. She had already heard words like "qualifications", "frivolousness", and "influence". Moreover, it was a female voice. After several contacts, she
She was very sensitive to Pei Hua's signature feminine tone and could hear it more and more clearly. Ruochu left quickly, not wanting others to think she was spying or eavesdropping on other people's speech.
She had no place to go, so she had to go back to the office area. But what surprised her was that everyone was in their respective seats, and there was no concentrated discussion like before. She didn't receive any sideways glances after she came back. Fortunately, she still
good.
As soon as she sat down on her seat, Xiaochuan's secretary, Xiao Li, came over to look for her.
"Sabina, Humbert told me that I will be your secretary when he is away. Your office is ready and can be moved in at any time. Do you need any other office supplies? I will prepare it right away." Xiao Like
To put it politely, this was the second time she came to see Ruochu. Instead of calling the inside line, she came over in person.
"Oh, no, no, I'm fine here, no need to be busy. Thank you." Ruochu stood up and replied.
"Yes, you should move over there, just call me on the inside if anything happens." Xiao Li's voice was friendly, but also very formulaic.
Ruochu said nothing more.
As soon as Xiao Li left, Xiao Fan ran over again.
"Sabina, you are so awesome. I am really curious about your relationship with the editor-in-chief. Tell me about it and I promise not to tell anyone else." Xiao Fan looked mysterious and looked like he was hunting for treasure.
, which could only make Ruochu sigh helplessly, and of course she could only return without success.
I finally wanted to calm down and do something, so Sister Zhang sent her a message on MSN to apologize. Ruochu replied that it was nothing, but she couldn't help but lament that the world is so cold. It's only been less than a day, and people's attitudes can be like this.
Big change.
Fan Sen's email made her feel warm. Although it was just a few words of congratulations and encouragement, it could be seen that it was sincere.
The internal line rang, startling Ruochu who was in a daze.
"Ruoruo, come here." It was Daddy's voice.
"Daddy, what are you doing?" Ruochu just closed the door of Xiaochuan's office and said to Xiaochuan who was sorting things on the desktop. After saying this, he sat down on the sofa angrily with a sad look on his face.
He looked at Xiaochuan's movements.
Xiaochuan put down what he was doing, walked around from behind the desk, opened the refrigerator next to the bookcase, took out two popsicles, walked up to Ruochu, and handed it to her with a smile. Ruochu didn't intend to take it, but glanced at it.
When I reached the red bean popsicle, my arms stretched out without my control.
"Why do you have this here?" Ruochu asked while peeling the popsicle and holding it up, not as angry as before.
"Don't you like to eat this since you were a child? It made me addicted. I eat this when I get the craving for cigarettes. I heard that you are forcing your dad to quit smoking? He is so happy." Xiaochuan pulled up a chair and put it on
If Ruo was sitting on the opposite side of the sofa, he sat down and concentrated on peeling the popsicles.
"Daddy, do you still remember that I like to eat this?" Ruochu peeled off the popsicle and did not eat it, but looked at Xiaochuan in disbelief.
"Eat it quickly, or it will melt away. One time when I returned to China and took you to the amusement park, you ate five of them and snatched Ruoqi's away. It seems that you don't remember. You are younger than me.
The old man is still forgetful." Xiaochuan bent down, put his arms on his knees, took a bite of the popsicle, and sighed.
"Who said you are old? Daddy is not." Ruochu blurted out. After saying that, he found himself a little excited, so he lowered his head and ate a popsicle.
Xiaochuan smiled softly, "What's going on with the postgraduate entrance examination?" He had a hunch about this, and now he just wanted to confirm it.
"Oh, Daddy, if I tell you, can you keep it a secret for me?" Ruochu sighed, he couldn't even eat the popsicles when he mentioned this, and he might not be able to hide this from Daddy.
"Haha, when have I told you about the things you asked me to keep secret? Just like that time you fucked you up..."
"Daddy, didn't you promise not to mention that matter again?" Ruochu quickly interrupted him, his face suddenly turning red.
"Okay, don't mention it, don't mention it, just tell me, I'll keep it a secret." Xiaochuan thought of some past events that only they knew, and suddenly felt warm in his heart, and hurriedly agreed to Ruochu, thinking that he could know things that Qin Bei didn't know,
A sense of superiority arose spontaneously. Although he had long understood that he could not shake the status of Qin Bei's biological father, in front of this "daughter", he could not help but compete with his biological father. He just couldn't help it.
"I didn't take the exam..." Ruochu said lightly and continued eating.
This time it was Xiaochuan who stared at her in surprise, not even noticing the water from the melted popsicle dripping onto the carpet.
"Daddy, if you don't eat, you will melt." Ruochu kindly reminded me.
"Oh, then why didn't you tell them honestly?" Xiaochuan asked and then hurriedly destroyed the remaining half of the popsicle.
"If I tell them that I didn't take the exam, my mother will drag me to work in the company. I don't want to rely on them, so I want to wait until I find a job and achieve some results. Then they have no reason to stop me, right?" Ruo?
Chu Laodao answered honestly, observing Xiaochuan's expression as he spoke, and found that he didn't show any surprise at all, which actually surprised her.
"It's quite thoughtful. That's just right. You can work with peace of mind here." Xiaochuan was happy to get such a bargain.
"I'm sorry, Daddy, I can't stay here any longer." Ruochu also destroyed her popsicle and sat up straight. This was what she wanted to talk to Xiaochuan today.
"Oh, tell me why?" Xiaochuan asked calmly with a normal expression.
"You know, I don't want to rely on my family, I don't want to rely on connections, I just want to rely on my own abilities..."
"So you also rely on my relationship here, right?" Xiaochuan continued what Ruochu said, and Ruochu nodded.
"Ruoruo, you have always been very confident. Where did your self-confidence go?" Xiaochuan suddenly said seriously. Ruochu frowned and looked at him, not understanding what he wanted to express. What does this have to do with her self-confidence?
.
"Don't forget, your interview was finalized on the spot by three interviewers. I didn't ask you to come in, right?"
If Ruochu thought about it, although it seemed to be the case, it could not be ruled out that her father had seen her file in advance and arranged to keep her, so she did not express any opinion on Xiaochuan's question. Xiaochuan also
Without waiting for her answer.
"Even if I ask you to come in, don't you have confidence in yourself? Your father, I am a businessman. Do you think I will let someone who is incompetent and whom I cannot trust to write this magazine? Can't you still eat it?
Want to eat popsicles?" Xiaochuan asked, Ruochu shook his head.
"Your appointment is entirely due to official considerations and has nothing to do with our personal relationship. Do you believe this?"
When Xiaochuan said this, he subconsciously reached for the cigarette in the cigarette case, but Ruochu snatched it away. He got up and went to the refrigerator, took another popsicle, peeled it and handed it to Xiaochuan. Xiaochuan smiled and shook his head, but Ruochu
Xiaochuan refused to take back his hand, so he had no choice but to take it. It was obvious that the girl in front of him was treating him like a child, but he suddenly felt very happy. The treatment was at least not worse than Qin Bei's, and he also had a daughter who cared about him, hehe.
"But even if I believe it, what about others? Will others believe it? Daddy, you don't know, everyone thinks I got to this position because of my connections..."
"Then prove it to them. Use your strength. Why don't you have confidence in yourself?" Xiaochuan used the provocation method.
"But..." Ruochu was a little tempted by what Xiaochuan said, but she still felt a little worried. She felt that this matter was still unreliable, like a dream. Until now, she still can't believe that her father is the editor-in-chief.
And she is already the deputy editor.
"Ruoruo, have you forgotten? You are here because you love this magazine, and so do I. Now it is encountering great difficulties. We must save it. We cannot just watch it decline or even disappear. We must at least
We try our best, and even if we don’t succeed, at least we tried hard, right?”
"You come here and be my deputy editor. This position is not given to you. I am asking you to help me and help me complete this matter. When it really regains its glory one day, you can leave again.
.”
"Ruoruo..."
Ruochu listened carefully to Xiaochuan's words, remembering the ecstasy she felt when she successfully applied for the job, the revelation Meryl gave her, and her reluctance to leave this place, "Daddy, I promise you, I will work hard."
After a long while, "Then, just call me Humbert here from now on..." Xiaochuan thought for a long time and only came up with this sentence. Apparently he was a little excited.
"Yes, dad... Humbert." After Ruochu stuck out his tongue, Xiaochuan burst out laughing.
"Dad, um, Humbert, can I ask you something?" Although I'm not used to calling him by his first name, I really have to change my attitude. It would be terrible if others knew about their relationship.
"Let me convince your parents, right?" Xiaochuan responded quickly.
"Well, I'm worried..."
"There's nothing to worry about. You're underestimating your parents. Trust me, just tell yourself. If it doesn't work, dad will take action again, okay?"
"Then...that's all we can do..." Ruochu said reluctantly, hoping it would go well. If not, we still have this backer. However, this hurdle in front of us requires careful planning.
Passed, because, soon, the preliminary examination results for graduate students will be announced.