Chapter 746: Chapter 495 Entrustment
The first watch of the night had passed.
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“What made you so mad just by fetching a pot of water?” Seeing someone puff up her cheeks in anger, Wang Jing actually found it endearing. She couldn’t recall ever seeing her this angry before.
Chuxia rolled her eyes at Wang Jing, “My mouth is almost torn to my ears, do you find my anger funny or something to be happy about?”
“No, no…” Wang Jing hastened to hide her smile, “I just realized that a beauty, even when she’s angry, is still a beauty.”
“Right?” Chuxia raised her eyebrows proudly, “You also said I’m a beauty. A beauty, of course, should always look beautiful, no matter the situation.”
Wang Jing was at a loss for words, completely astounded by the thickness of her skin. “Anyway, why are you angry?”
Chuxia recounted the recent incident, clenching her fists in fury, “That jerk, if it weren’t for fear of hurting the baby inside her, I definitely wouldn’t have let her have her way!”
“You said it yourself, she has a baby in her belly, what other choice do you have but to endure?” Wang Jing leaned in close to Chuxia, whispering words of comfort, “Think of it this way, if she weren’t jealous and feeling unfair, why would she be so shameless?”
“If that doesn’t calm you down, then think a step further. You have loving parents, loving in-laws, and a loving husband. What does she have?”
“Her parents also love her very much, other than that, probably nothing else.” Chuxia pondered and felt she was being very fair in her judgement.
“Her parents love her?” Wang Jing curled her lip, “If they really loved her, they wouldn’t have raised her to be so shameless.”
“Uh…” Chuxia didn’t know how to respond, although it’s said that the child’s faults fall upon the parents, sometimes it wasn’t always absolutely so, right? For example, her… predecessor.
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A flock of crows flew over Chuxia’s head, she never would have expected Ye Meiru to be so shameless! It was clearly Ye Meiru who was making trouble out of nothing, yet she had the nerve to present herself as the damsel in distress to Director Xu.
Whether he believed it or not, Director Xu had to investigate the matter. So, when he asked her why she didn’t help the pregnant comrade, she was infuriated by Ye Meiru’s shamelessness and almost knelt in anger.
Seeing her pouting without a word, Director Xu was both amused and annoyed, tapping on the table, “Lin Chuxia, I’m asking you a question. Please answer.”
“Reporting to the Director, if a normal pregnant woman is in trouble, I will certainly help. But if someone is using her pregnancy as an excuse to cause trouble, then I’m sorry, I do not oblige!”
This stubbornness! Luo Xiaoqiong was anxiously scratching her cheek on the side. Although she knew that with Chuxia’s status, nothing much would happen, she was still worried sick about Chuxia’s adamant attitude.
No matter whether she was a daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, or whether the Director was friends with Lin Yanqiu, if Chuxia’s impression turned bad, it could be a significant loss.
Alright, concern causes chaos. At this moment, she forgot that the Director was no fool.
“Oh, quite a hot temper…” The Director chuckled as he looked at Luo Xiaoqiong, “Xiao Luo, pour our Comrade Xiao Lin a cup of tea to cool her down, otherwise, I’m afraid she might beat me up shortly.”
“Yes.” Being able to joke meant he wasn’t angry, so Luo Xiaoqiong let out a quiet sigh of relief and went to pour the tea.
Chuxia blinked her large eyes and smiled apologetically, “Director, it’s not that I’m challenging you. I’m just angry with Ye Meiru. If she competed fairly, I’d have nothing to say. But she insists on using underhanded tactics, which is utterly disgusting.”
“Director, I have to give you a heads-up, if you let her go on like this, trouble is bound to happen sooner or later. Of course, whether she gets in trouble or I do, I can’t say.”
“Sigh!” Director Xu sighed heavily, looking at Chuxia steadily, “Xiao Lin, if I didn’t understand your character, and I were just the director of 401, have you considered what the consequences of your words would be?”
After a moment of silence, Chuxia also spoke seriously, “If you didn’t understand me and were speaking to me just as the Director, you’d probably be very dissatisfied with me. Out of respect for my position, you might let me off, but I believe I’d be deprived of certain opportunities in the future, both openly and behind the scenes.”
“So you’re saying it’s because you trust me that you spoke to me that way, right?”
“Yes.”
“Now, pretend you don’t know me, and I am just the Director.” Director Xu pointed towards the door, “Go out and come in again. Let’s see how you perform.”
Although Chuxia didn’t understand why Director Xu wanted to do this, she obediently exited, knocked twice on the door, and only stepped in after hearing a “Come in.”
Stopping about a meter from the office desk, she stood at attention and saluted, “Good day, Director. Cadet Lin Chuxia reporting!”
“Do you know why I called you here?”
“Please instruct me, leader!”
“Why didn’t you help the pregnant woman?”
“Reporting to the Director, I did help.”
“You helped?” Director Xu looked at her impassively, “How did you help?”
“To avoid exhausting the pregnant comrade, I refused to fetch her water.”
Director Xu’s mouth twitched as he continued to ask, “Then why didn’t you just fill the water and help her carry it to the office?”
“Report to the director, if I had helped her, the people in her office would still make her fetch water. To nip all potential dangers in the bud, I chose not to help!”
“You are just making excuses!”
“Report to the director, no, I’m not!”
“I think you are!”
“Lin Chuxia takes instruction from the director!”
“What will you do next time you encounter this?”
“Report to the director, I will report the situation to her direct superior, and let her leader decide what to do.”
Director Xu then sighed, “Alright, alright, come and sit down.”
The seriousness on Chuxia’s face quickly vanished, and she sat down across from Director Xu with a giggly smile, “Director, are you satisfied with my performance?”
“Lin Chuxia, you’ve never really faced any setbacks since childhood, right?”
Director Xu’s serious expression caused the smile on Chuxia’s face to fade bit by bit; she became solemn, “Director, please tell me if something has happened, don’t scare me like this.”
“First, answer my question.”
Chuxia thought seriously…, it seemed that she had indeed never faced any serious setbacks. Although she didn’t like practicing piano, she was talented; her family was financially well-off, and in school, she was a favorite of the teachers… And after arriving in this era, though food wasn’t great at first, it was not really a setback… that’s right, transmigration, transmigrating to this era, that was the biggest setback!
Upon realizing this, she nodded vigorously, “I have faced setbacks!”
“Were they serious?”
“Serious!”
“How serious?”
“A matter of life and death!”
Director Xu furrowed his brow, “What happened, can you tell me?”
Ah? Chuxia was somewhat dumbfounded. How could she explain? Say that she had transmigrated from an era of material abundance and open-mindedness to this materially scarce and mentally closed one, with her relatives changed and her friends gone, everything so foreign that it made her want to commit suicide to return?
“Director, the setback that Chuxia faced was… it was my fault, I lied to her…” Chuxia’s silence led Luo Xiaoqiong to misunderstand, thinking that she was embarrassed to say it herself, so she hurriedly revealed the incident about the name change, continuously criticizing herself, “It was my fault for breaking my promise; Chuxia values honesty, and since I’m her only good friend, she took it even more seriously, and it really upset her.”
Chuxia listened with a dark expression. How was this a setback? It was plainly childish, wasn’t it?
Indeed, after Luo Xiaoqiong finished, Director Xu’s expression became even more solemn, “Chuxia, that’s not a setback, it’s merely a child throwing a tantrum!
Plus, this incident shows that your parents spoil you too much. It was wrong of you to run away from home, and afterwards, they didn’t dare to scold you, and tried to please you in every possible way. How could that be acceptable?”
“I didn’t say that, I really didn’t say that.” Luo Xiaoqiong explained frantically to Chuxia.
Director Xu couldn’t help but laugh, “Do you even need to say it? I can tell from your tone of voice. And considering her parents’ attitude towards her, and putting two and two together, doesn’t it all become clear?
Luo Xiaoqiong, I have to say this about you: I know you and Chuxia are close friends, but you must keep your personal and professional lives separate. If it were someone else talking right now, with the way you’ve explained things, do you think the leadership would still like you?”
Chuxia’s mind suddenly lit up, and she looked up sharply at Director Xu, “Director, are you leaving?”
“No… not really, right?” Luo Xiaoqiong looked at Director Xu somewhat frantically, “If you leave, what will we do?”
Director Xu let out a deep sigh, “Lin Chuxia, you are indeed a very smart kid, which is why I am even more concerned about you. Intelligent children are often arrogant.
However, intelligent and arrogant children are the easiest to attract resentment. At work, what people respect are those with strength, not pampered daughters protected by their forebears. Or else, someday, you might not be able to handle the environment around you and end up retreating in defeat.
Because of your intelligence, your talent, your uniqueness, the last thing I want to see is you being cut down halfway. Child, remember, too much rigidity can lead to breakage.
Sometimes, taking a step back doesn’t mean you’re weak, but rather, it gives you time to think things through clearly and eliminates any chance your opponent might have to harm you. When your own strength becomes great enough, such jealousy will naturally cease to exist.”
“By the sound of it, you are really leaving the hospital, aren’t you?” Chuxia’s voice trembled slightly, not out of fear, but rather a complex emotion mingled with reluctance and perplexity.
Having been in this era for so long, she was of course aware that unlike in later times, people wouldn’t respect or make way for you just because you had a powerful background. Strength was the primary factor that everyone valued.
But today, the fact that Director Xu brought this up so earnestly meant that she probably won’t be able to shield her from the storms anymore. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at Qidian () and cast your monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at .)