43: Chapter 43 What kind of manners are you? Have you even met your roommate before calling him a big idiot?

At 9:00 sharp.

Qin Xun saw the chubby little general manager walk into the office, carrying a bag in her hand.

Her walking posture was a bit strange; she was limping as if she were injured.

He watched her walk from the corridor on the left side of the company toward the general manager's office, just as she was about to pass Qin Xun's row of workstations.

Qin Xun quickly turned his head away and lay on the desk, pretending to sleep.

He heard the footsteps gradually fade away.

Only then did he get up and turn to watch Niu Xiaojun limp toward the end of the corridor and enter the general manager's office.

Qin Xun silently cursed under his breath.

"Idiot."

He turned his head and looked at Xia Ning, whose eyes held a hint of a smile. He was a bit puzzled; her gaze was usually cold, and she rarely showed such joyful emotions.

Was there even a hint of mockery, like she was watching a joke unfold?

He asked.

"Are you happy?"

Xia Ning quickly shook her head.

Qin Xun asked again.

"Xiao Xia, do you know why Fatty Niu is limping?"

Xia Ning was a bit nervous.

Before she could answer, Qin Xun said to himself.

"She must have lacked the skill to ride that motorcycle but insisted on showing off, so she took a nasty fall."

Xia Ning: "..."

Niu Xiaojun was limping because she had trashed your rental house yesterday, and her kicks were a bit too fierce.

While kicking, she was cursing Qin Xun, calling him a "bastard."

It was as if there was a blood feud between them, like he had killed her father or stolen her husband.

She turned to look at the general manager's office, feeling a bit worried.

At today's Outstanding Employee Commendation Meeting, these two wouldn't start fighting, would they?

...

The Outstanding Employee Commendation Meeting began at 9:30.

Xia Ning went to the restroom at 9:10, and when she returned, she saw that Qin Xun's workstation was empty again.

Sensing something was wrong, she quickly walked over and saw a note left on her desk.

[Xiao Xia, President Zhao has something for me, it's urgent. I'm heading out on a field assignment first.]

[For today's commendation meeting, go ahead and collect those prizes for me.]

After reading it, she crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it into the trash can.

"This Qin Xun is truly lawless!"

She walked to the general manager's office, pushed open the door, and saw Niu Xiaojun lying on the sofa playing with her phone, her brow furrowed slightly.

She sat at one end of the sofa and said in a deep voice.

"Brother Niu, if you don't have anything important in the future, you don't need to come to the company every day."

"You've scared Qin Xun away again."

Niu Xiaojun suddenly sat up straight and looked at Xia Ning as if she were looking at a stranger.

"So it's my fault?"

She snorted coldly.

"If you're so reluctant to let him go, go pursue him, marry him!"

Xia Ning sighed, feeling a bit of a headache.

It's easier to invite a god than to see one off!

...

10:00 AM.

Qin Xun returned to the rental house and still didn't see that mysterious roommate. He walked into his room and lay on the bed playing with his phone.

Twenty minutes later, he suddenly saw a bunch of messages popping up in the company group.

[Cheng Wan: Congratulations to outstanding employee Qin Xun for winning a huge bonus of 300,000 yuan, which will be issued along with the salary at the end of the month.]

[Congratulations to Qin Xun for being promoted to Junior Supervisor; salary will be adjusted according to the level.]

[Congratulations to Supervisor Qin Xun for being approved for an independent office.]

Below were congratulations from colleagues.

[President Niu: Congratulations, congratulations!]

[Xia Ning: Congratulations, congratulations!]

[Sun Hai: Congratulations, congratulations!]

...

The queue was neat.

Seeing the "300,000" bonus, Qin Xun picked up the remote and turned the air conditioner to the lowest setting, being very extravagant.

Although this President Niu had low character, she wasn't stingy.

However, when she finds out that he was the tough guy who insulted her whole family, would she withhold his bonus?

Qin Xun looked at the messages in the group, debating whether to reply and thank everyone for their congratulations.

After thinking about it, he decided against it.

"I'll reply in an hour. I'm supposed to be busy with Liu Yiyi right now!"

Suddenly.

A message from Xia Ning popped up on WeChat.

[Where are you?]

Qin Xun didn't reply.

A minute passed.

Xia Ning sent another message.

[Don't play dead!]

Seeing this, Qin Xun replied.

[Discussing the follow-up matters of the cooperation with Liu Yiyi.]

Quickly.

Xia Ning replied.

[I just asked Liu Yiyi; she's already returned to Longyuan.]

Qin Xun: "..."

Another message from Xia Ning came through.

[I've left the company now, and there are no acquaintances around. I'm calling you right now, don't you dare not pick up.]

Then.

The ringtone sounded.

Qin Xun answered the phone.

Xia Ning's voice was a bit cold, firing off accusations like a machine gun.

"Why do you always like to run away?"

"Do you know how awkward today's commendation meeting was with the protagonist absent?"

"Cheng Wan wanted to tear you apart!"

"Originally, President Niu brought 300,000 in cash for you, but seeing that you, the big busy man, actually missed the meeting, she just had Cheng Wan deposit it back into the bank."

Qin Xun laughed awkwardly twice, feeling a bit helpless.

"It's not that I wanted to run, it's just that I insulted that Fatty Niu too harshly that day."

"If she recognizes me, I'll definitely be fired."

Xia Ning was silent for a moment.

"You can't hide from her forever. Why not just sit down and reconcile?"

Qin Xun shook his head hurriedly.

"I'm not taking that risk. Her character is very poor. For a girl, she has a really foul mouth!"

Xia Ning: "..."

Qin Xun continued.

"What I'm thinking now is to hide from her for a week, get the little rich girl's planning proposal done, do it well, and make it a nationwide sensation."

"Let her know my value."

"So that even if she wants to fire me, she'll have to weigh the consequences."

"Whether she can afford to fire me!"

Xia Ning on the other end of the phone was silent for a long time, then spoke in a very low, somewhat gentle voice.

"Why do you insist on staying at this company?"

Hearing this, Qin Xun sighed.

To outsiders, he could certainly change jobs at will and would definitely be in high demand.

But he didn't dare take that risk.

Since he started his internship, he had joined three companies in total.

The boss of the first company went to prison.

The boss of the second company got into a car accident.

Now this Niu Xiaojun, on her first day of work, was insulted all the way and had her motorcycle impounded by the traffic police.

On the second day of work, she was limping again.

Some things about fate, you have to believe.

He was worried that if he left this company, he would never find another tough-lived boss.

Then, where would he go to slack off?

He couldn't rely on the snail-paced growth of 10 slacking-off points per hour from delivering takeout, could he?

...

Hearing that Qin Xun hadn't spoken for a long time, Xia Ning changed the subject.

"Where are you now?"

Qin Xun: "At the rental house."

Xia Ning: "I'll go find you."

Qin Xun hurriedly said: "Don't, my previous rental house was trashed by a bunch of massive idiots who deserve to have no descendants."

"The landlord moved me to a different place, you don't know where it is."

There was silence for a moment before Xia Ning's voice sounded.

"Give me the address of your new place. I'll come find you, and this afternoon we'll go find that little rich girl client you like."

Qin Xun knew she was referring to that little singer who wanted to break into the mainstream.

"I'm sharing my new place with a massive idiot; it's not convenient for you to come here."

"Give me the little rich girl's contact information and the meeting place for this afternoon. We'll meet there."

Xia Ning's voice seemed even colder.

"Have you met your roommate?"

Qin Xun was a bit surprised: "No!"

"I don't even know if they're male or female yet."

Xia Ning said coldly: "Then why are you calling them an idiot?"

Qin Xun smiled.

"What kind of person shares a rental with a stranger if not a total idiot?"

Xia Ning: "..."

The call disconnected.

Qin Xun frowned as he heard the beeping from the receiver.

"This little assistant is getting more and more ahead of herself; she doesn't have any manners at all."

Soon.

A message from Xia Ning arrived on WeChat, but it was just a location.

[3:00 PM, Red Forest Art Photography, Studio 6. We'll meet there.]