paper idol

Asking for leave from the leader turned out to be the easiest part of the decision.The leader didn't ask in detail what he was going to do, but just told Qu Lebai to return to work as soon as possible.

While waiting for the plane with the boss, Qu Lebai received a WeChat message from her good colleague, asking her why she didn't go to work and whether she was sick.

Qu Lebai replied: [I have some urgent matters here, so I asked for leave. 】

Colleague: [How long have you been here? 】

Qu Lebai: [Maybe about a week. 】

After sending this sentence, the remarks column showed "typing" for a long time, and it took a while to receive a message.

【Right now, everyone in the office is talking about you... you asked for leave and ran away just after such rumors came out?This week is not too busy, you still have a lot of work to do, and now the leadership has been handed over to Xiaoli, she doesn't seem very happy... Don't go to Beijing, come back to work. 】

Qu Lebai frowned.

She knew that her colleagues were well-meaning, but they were not well informed and advice was of little use.She will not inform the other party of her decision, but will only reply indifferently and alienated: [There is something that must be done. 】

After waiting for a while, the colleague replied: 【...Forget it, I don't care about you. Anyway, after you come back, pay attention to Xiaoli. 】

Qu Lebai stuffed her phone into her bag, and the boss looked at her and said, "What's wrong? You don't look very happy."

Qu Lebai said: "My colleagues told me not to go to Beijing, but to go back to work."

The boss said, "So you're bored, right?"

"……Eh?"

"Have you noticed that you are too close to yourself? Your expression looks like you dislike your colleagues for taking too much care of you. You always feel that no one understands you, but if you don't say it yourself, no one will understand." Big The old man spread his hands and said, "We can only rely on humans to complete the plan."

Qu Lebai paused, and after thinking about it carefully, this is really the case.She seldom shared her affairs with others. Whether it was with her parents, editors, readers, or Fu Qinfeng, she only talked about "what to do", and seldom talked about "why".

It has been like this since I was a child, and it may be counted as a character defect.But if she wants to change from now on, she feels that it is difficult and innocent.

No, maybe there is a person who knows what he thinks without explaining...

Soft sauce.

Qu Lebai was surprised that he hadn't been in contact with Rou Jiang for a long time, so he smiled at the boss, then lowered his head and took out his phone.

The boss sighed: Well, it's all in vain, but I'm still not frank, and I don't know who to chat with on the phone.

Here, Qu Lebai logged into QQ, but was surprised to find that Roujiang's signature had "Pigeon One Week" on it, but it was online.

I lost contact for a while again, this time Rou Jiang didn't send "Why ignore me" again, the communication was very clean and restrained.But Qu Lebai didn't have any psychological pressure, and asked directly: [How are you doing recently? 】

Rou Jiang replied in seconds: [It's okay, how about you? 】

Qu Lebai thought for a while, and said honestly: [It's average, I encountered a lot of things...]

Rouroujiang: [Then, come on~~~~ You can talk to me more~~~~]

There were so many tilde numbers that Qu Lebai even laughed.

But immediately, she knew why she was not afraid of Tong Rou Jiang's confession.Because Rou Jiang didn't ask what happened, nor did she ask if there was anything I could do to help, but just said lightly that she could talk to her more.

Don't be overly focused, don't be overly cherished, and don't give unilaterally speculative solutions.And when it is really needed, it will not be ignored.Easy.

Qu Lebai raised the corners of his mouth unconsciously, and asked again: [Why dove for a week? 】

Rouroujiang: [Business trip, there is still a little problem with the investment of the funder, go over and talk about it. 】

After a while, another voice came over: "I can't play games for a week, my hands are so itchy... I have a mentally handicapped mobile game these days, do you want to play together?"

Qu Lebai asked: [What game?Cooperate or fight?Simulation business or moba? 】

Rou Jiang said: "...Uh, I can't connect online, stand-alone."

Qu Lebai laughed and reprimanded: 【Then I won't play anymore. 】

Rou Jiang was very sorry and said, "Okay, let's play together after we're done."

Qu Lebai's heart moved, and he asked the question that had been in his heart just now: 【Where are you going on a business trip? 】

As soon as this question was sent out, Qu Lebai's heart beat a drum for a short time, cheering happily, with some kind of anticipation.Then, this expectation was shattered by Roujiang's "Wuxi".

It's a little regretful, but not too deep, it's just a handful of popping candy stuffed in my mouth.

Jumping Candy jumped up and down twice, and the boss asked her: "Lele, I found out that you really have a little secret now!"

Qu Lebai was caught off guard and raised his eyes to look at the boss.

The boss said: "You smile too obscenely! Could it be that you are in a relationship?"

"...What is wretched? Your family laughs wretchedly when they are in love?"

"Oh—that's admitting to being in love!"

"No!" Qu Lebai retorted, blushing.

The boss pushed the phone screen over and said, "Look at your ugly face for yourself! Is it obscene? Is it like falling in love!"

On the pitch-black screen, a huge smile was reflected, Qu Lebai was very embarrassed to see it.

"Are you in a relationship, aren't you?" The big guy rushed forward with a smile, like a gossip girl.

Qu Lebai and the big boss were laughing and making a fuss, in order not to be snatched by the big boss, he had no choice but to lock the screen and protect it behind his back.

Laughing and making noise, 10 minutes passed.After the two stopped arguing, Qu Lebai went to check the phone, only to find that Rou Jiang's profile picture had been blacked out, so he had to put it away regrettably.

……

After a long journey, we finally arrived at the hotel.

The boss explained: "I will have a meeting with them tomorrow morning, so I found a hotel close to their company. You can walk there tomorrow morning, otherwise the morning rush hour may be very uncomfortable."

Qu Lebai thought for a while, and asked the boss: "Boss, do you think the morning rush hour in Shanghai or Beijing is more difficult?"

The boss was stunned for a moment, and first said: "Beijing!" After a while, he was not sure, and said: "I haven't worked in Beijing, so I don't know."

Qu Lebai just smiled and said, "Anyway, we don't squeeze the morning peak, and I feel sorry for the people of Beijing."

The two girls brought a lot of clothes and skin care products.When the bottles and jars were finally tidied up, and the two of them were sitting on the bed, watching TV with masks on, the boss suddenly remembered something, and said to Qu Lebai: "By the way, you made such a hasty decision. Have you finished the manuscript? Tomorrow is the update day, and you are still wearing a mask? Do you feel a little nervous!"

But she didn't know that the article was not written in vain now.As for Fu Qinfeng's "work" attitude, Qu Lebai was very relieved.

Putting on the mask, Qu Lebai pretended to be calm and said, "It's already in the draft box, and I'm just waiting to send it out on time tomorrow. There's no rush now."

The boss nodded and said, "That's good."

But less than 5 minutes later, the obsessive-compulsive disorder occurred again, and he turned to Qu Lebai and said, "Speaking of JJ Literature City, it's really strange. Their servers are too old and smokey. I still don't know how authors and readers can bear it." It’s been so many years. I just heard that a friend’s manuscripts have been withdrawn, have you ever encountered it?”

Qu Lebai said: "Fortunately, I haven't encountered it very often."

The boss said: "No, no, I'm a little silly when I suddenly think of this. This website is so shocking, please show me your update, so I can feel at ease."

Pausing for a second, he added: "I won't be able to read the article for the first time tomorrow, so you should treat me as a spoiler for me today!"

Qu Lebai's heart trembled suddenly, she said that just because she believed in Fu Qinfeng.Fu Qinfeng will definitely update on time, but she doesn't know if she has the habit of putting updates in the manuscript box in advance.

What would the boss think if the backstage was empty?Will it be exposed?

Fortunately, she was applying a mask, and her stiff expression would not be seen at all.

Qu Lebai's brain was running at high speed, and he took out the best trick in his life to deceive people, thinking about which kind of statement would be easier to fool people.

"I really put it in, you can read it tomorrow. In front of me, I feel a little ashamed."

"I'm your editor. After all these years, haven't I seen enough in front of you? Hurry up, open the background, let me take a look."

But after all, she is not good at this, and in the end she could only cry without tears and was urged by the boss to take out the computer.

During the boot process, she kept secretly praying that Fu Qinfeng would put the update in.But the moment the backstage really opened, she knew that she believed in the wrong god.

"Ah! I just said that this website will smoke and save manuscripts! Fortunately, that friend told me about it!" The boss's tone had a kind of shock of escape from death: "Fortunately, I checked it again today. It’s okay, just pass it on again.”

Qu Lebai couldn't move, so he could only say: "My manuscript is in another notebook, this one is light, and I brought it out to take notes."

The boss froze for a moment, and said, "Then what should I do? It's too late to write now."

Qu Lebai said: "I'll call Feng'er and ask her to mail it over."

The boss nodded and said, "Okay."

Qu Lebai feels that she is a crappy liar now, and anyone who can deceive is someone who is not on her guard.Her heart was thumping, and she was worried, because she was trying to repay her debts for her previous reputation.

The phone was connected, and in order to prevent Fu Qinfeng from making any unreasonable remarks, Qu Lebai hurriedly spoke up and said, "Feng'er, are you at home now? The website confiscated all the manuscripts, and I didn't take them with me. Can you help me mail it? On the computer in the study, there is an 'update' folder on the E drive, numbered with the date..."

Fu Qinfeng was silent for a while, as if he didn't understand.Qu Lebai couldn't help thinking: It's over, if Fu Qinfeng doesn't react now, then it's really over...

The silence seemed to last for thousands of years, and the uneasiness was also suspended thousands of feet high.

After a while, Fu Qinfeng said: "...Oh, I found it, and I will send it to you now? Can I send it to QQ mailbox?"

It seems that he has understood it, and is willing to play this scene with himself.

Qu Lebai's heart went back to his chest again, but he couldn't help but feel: If it was really exposed, it would be fine.

Humans have the instinct to survive, but they also have the instinct to pursue destruction.Rather than hanging up and down, it might be easier to hit the head with a knife.

The call ended quickly, and the boss didn't notice anything unusual.After a while, Fu Qinfeng mailed the document with a new date name, and Qu Lebai was in a daze while filling in the updated chapters in the background, like a walking dead.

The boss sighed and said, "Hey, next time, we should make multiple backups, not just put them in one place. Have you forgotten about the loss of manuscripts a few times ago? Fortunately, Xiaofu is here this time, otherwise it will be true. It's over."