Chapter 21 Duties of the Secretary
The man stared at me unkindly for several times, and then said to Gu Ruoyan in a sarcastic tone: "I was wondering why you didn't answer your phone when I called you last night. It turns out that you had a little lover at home. Now I finally know what kind of woman you are. You used to pretend to be a pure and innocent girl, accusing me of having women outside all day long, making me unable to raise my head in front of you and feeling sorry for you. Who knew that you are the same kind of person as me, no! Even more shameless than me, at least I admitted it, but you said one thing to my face, but did another behind my back. How do you say it? Humph! Being a whore, you still want to build a chastity archway..."
As I listened to him speaking more and more viciously, I stood up immediately and said angrily: "What gives you the right to say that? Manager Gu is the most decent woman I have ever met. I and her..." I was halfway through my words when Gu Ruoyan reached out and pulled my arm. I turned around and saw that her face was pale and she slowly shook her head at me.
The man was still speaking harshly: "Look! Tsk tsk! Your lover is still protecting you. Not bad, he is quite affectionate and loyal."
I just felt extremely angry. I was being accused of something that clearly didn't happen. What I can't stand the most is being wronged. How can I not be furious when this man attacks us like this? I wanted to step forward to prove my innocence and seek justice.
Seeing me rushing over angrily, Gu Ruoyan was afraid that the two men would fight. She rushed in front of me, pushed me back with one hand, and said to the man, "Lu Junfan, you came to me just to get a divorce, right? I've already agreed, and we'll go sign the contract right away. I can meet all your conditions, but please don't insult me and my colleagues. Okay, wait for me outside, I'll go with you right away."
The man whistled and laughed contemptuously: "What a love story! Well, I'll wait for you in the car. I hope you don't spend too much time being affectionate with each other. I'm very busy." After saying that, he turned around and left.
When I saw him leaving, I tried to hold him back, shouting, "Stop! How can you leave when you haven't figured out the whole thing?" Gu Ruoyan tried desperately to stop me, shouting, "Tang Qian, please!"
I watched the man walk out the door, puzzled, "Why? We clearly haven't done anything shameful, why should we be wrongly accused? Why don't you explain it clearly to your husband?"
Gu Ruoyan said: "Do you think he will believe our explanation? Even if he believes it, do you think he won't want to divorce me? It's useless! Tang Qian, I don't want you to get involved in our divorce. Just pretend you didn't hear anything he said just now, okay?"
I was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Don't you care if you are wronged by others?"
Gu Ruoyan looked at me pitifully and said, "I know you are very upset and annoyed, but I beg you, just forget it, okay?"
I looked at her, sighed for a long time, and said, "You love him so much, but can't you win his heart back at all?"
Gu Ruoyan's eyes dimmed, and she sighed, saying, "Love is mutual. If one party no longer loves, then it's useless for the other party to try. Besides, I've had enough... Maybe divorce is the best way out."
I know that Gu Ruoyan didn't want to get a divorce at all. Her drunken behavior last night proved that she still had a deep attachment to her husband. It was just that her husband was determined to get a divorce, which made her feel hopeless. Finally, after a long period of disappointment, she had no choice but to accept the choice of divorce .
Gu Ruoyan sighed again and said, "You should go to work first. He and I need to go through the divorce procedures."
I looked at her and said, "Are you really going to sign this? Don't you regret it?"
Gu Ruoyan smiled bitterly: "Regret? Do I have a choice? I just accept it helplessly."
I felt bad, and felt very unfair for her, but I couldn't help her. She and I walked out of the house silently, and not far away, her husband was sitting in a Mercedes-Benz.
Gu Ruoyan turned to face me and said, "Promise me that you won't be unhappy about this. I also want to thank you for sending me home last night. But you should forget all these things and pretend that they never happened, okay?"
I didn't know what her intention was, but considering that she was my old leader and someone who had done me a favor, I nodded and agreed, even though I felt aggrieved and didn't understand.
Gu Ruoyan thanked me softly again, "Thank you, Tang Qian, really! Thank you! You are a good person." As she said that, she turned around and walked towards the Mercedes-Benz and got on lightly.
I stared blankly at the Mercedes-Benz passing by me and disappearing from my sight in the blink of an eye. I was filled with emotion: when a woman falls in love with a man wholeheartedly, no matter how bad the man is or how low his character is, she will love him without regrets. Even if the man no longer loves you and even wants to break up with you.
She endured it silently, and finally divorced him, just to fulfill the man and let him do whatever he wanted freely. This kind of love is really blind and deep! I thought to myself that I could never be so great. Some things must be argued out.
I looked at my watch. What! Only ten minutes left. I'm going to be late!
When I got to the company by taxi, it was already seven minutes past the working hour. I could even imagine Hua Jingjing's smug smile as she caught my weak spot.
But there was nothing I could do. I rushed to the twelfth floor, only to find that Hua Jingjing had not arrived yet. The door of the deputy general manager's office was closed and I couldn't get in.
I sighed and sat down at my secretary's desk. I wanted to smoke a cigarette, but I saw the no smoking sign on the wall and resisted.
The leader didn't come, and I didn't know what to do, so I just picked up a copy of today's newspaper and read it out of boredom. It was almost nine o'clock, but Hua Jingjing still hadn't shown up. I suddenly had a thought: Hua Jingjing didn't drive too fast this morning and hit someone again, did she?
While I was daydreaming, I saw Hua Jingjing coming out of the elevator with a tired face and yawning. I sneered in my heart. She was the vice president of the company, but she was late for work and looked like she was still sleepy. She was too free and undisciplined. Fortunately, she was the real boss of the company, and no one dared to punish her. But if she caught me being late in the future, there would be something to say. At this point, I no longer had to be afraid of her.
When she approached, I had completely forgotten that I was also late. Out of hostility towards her, I couldn't help but mock her: "Good morning, President Hua, do you still have to come to work in person?"
Upon hearing this, Hua Jingjing glared at me, took out her key, opened the door, and said to me, "Tang Qian, come to my office for a moment." I sneered, put down the newspaper, and followed her in.
Suddenly, I was stunned by the scene in front of me!
The office that was in a mess yesterday is now bright and clean. The blue folders are neatly arranged in the filing cabinet, and the relevant documents and materials in the bookcase are arranged in order from high to low. It seems that it has been carefully sorted.
Hua Jingjing pointed at the filing cabinet and said to me with a serious face: "Last night, I sorted and filed all the work documents, files and plans of the Planning Department from 1999 to 2001. This filing cabinet is divided into three layers. The bottom one is from 1999, the middle one is from 2000, and the top one is from this year. I put new classification labels on all the folders. When I ask you to find a certain file in the future, don't tell me you can't find it."
I was surprised and said, "You did all this by yourself?"
Hua Jingjing said again: "I must make it clear to you that you have a personal opinion about me and we have conflicts in private, that doesn't matter, you can be disrespectful to me. But these conflicts cannot be brought to work and cannot affect the development of work. As your direct supervisor, I have the right to ask you to work overtime, which is also the most basic job requirement for . The secretary's duty is to reduce the leader's workload, facilitate the leader's grasp of the details of the work, remind the leader of the priorities in the work, etc. In short, a good secretary is equivalent to the leader's left and right arms, and plays a huge auxiliary role in the work. And last night because of your refusal, I worked until four in the morning. This is absolutely not allowed. I am a person who rewards and punishes clearly. Considering that you have never worked as a secretary, you don't understand the secretary's job responsibilities, and there are reasons for refusing to work. I decided to punish you lightly and deduct 200 yuan from your monthly bonus to see the effect. If you behave like this again next time, I will deal with you seriously according to company regulations. Okay, you can get out."
I was stunned by what she said, and finally understood only one thing: I was fined 200 yuan by her, and I couldn't find a reason to refute. Hearing her say that, it seemed that I was really wrong, but I asked myself if I had done anything wrong, and I was short of 200 yuan without knowing it. This... isn't this injustice?
I protested, "This is unfair. I didn't volunteer for this secretary job. You can't expect me to really play the role of a secretary. I don't accept the 200 yuan!"
Hua Jingjing said, "You agreed to this job yourself. A real man should keep his word. Since you agreed to do it, you must do it well. Otherwise, what's the difference between you and a scoundrel?"
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. If I continued, I would become a scoundrel.
But I also agree with her words that a real man should keep his word and do well what he promised. Although I didn't volunteer to do the secretary job, since I did it, I must do it well and leave no one to complain.
I made a secret resolution in my heart, thinking to myself, just wait and see, if I really work on it seriously, I might be able to do an outstanding job, and you will be surprised then!
