President, Our Egg Is Lost

Ji XiaoYu stepped into the HongSheng Building and saw Liu WeiRen sitting at the security desk, yawning with his mouth wide open.

It seemed that he really did run out of luck today, running into this nasty guy on duty.

Ji XiaoYu forced down the worries in his heart and went forward, trying to paste a bright smile on his face, “Liu Ge, good morning!”

Liu WeiRen glanced at him sidelong, then said darkly, “Delivering orders on this day, business is good.”

Ji XiaoYu replied, “Liu Ge, I"m not here for a delivery today, I"m here to report to your security department.”

“What, coming to report to our security department? What sort of joke is this!” Liu WeiRen made an expression of disgust, then swung his hand as if shooing a fly, “Go, go, go, don"t wander around here. What do you think HongSheng is, as if a guy like you could get in!”

Furious, Ji XiaoYu wanted to punch this guy up high onto the wall and turn him into a mural. However, fighting him would definitely have a bad effect on his job. So, forced to endure, he said, “Liu Ge, I"m not kidding. If you don"t believe me, ask the man in charge of the security department. He should know that I"m supposed to report. ”

“The man in charge of the security department?" Liu WeiRen snorted a few times, “So can you say our boss"s name? What"s the phone number?”

“Uh ……I don"t know that stuff.” Ji XiaoYu was suddenly tongue-tied. When the "secret agreement" was signed that day, Cheng YuTang didn"t mention it. He hadn"t thought to ask about it either. So, he had no choice but to put that guy"s name forward first, “It was arranged by your Cheng Zong.”

“Cheng Zong? You really know how to open your mouth, kid. Why didn"t you say Papa Xi1 personally promoted you? Knowing nothing and daring to bluff and lie, are you treating your Liu Ge like an idiot?!” Liu WeiRen mocked, then his face went cold and he patted the baton hanging from his waist, “Alright, get out of here, don"t force Laozi to get rough.”

Who could tolerate this? This pheasant spirit couldn"t tolerate it! Ji XiaoYu wasn"t in a good mood already, but now he was completely enraged. He rolled up his sleeves and said, “Come on, you can try taking on this little master!”

“What are you doing?!” As the two sides were rattling their sabers, some person suddenly strode over and cried out.

Ji XiaoYu took a look, it was Liang ShaoGang.

Liang ShaoGang stood between Liu WeiRen and Ji XiaoYu. He frowned and said, “What"s going on?”

Liu WeiRen put his fists on his hips and swore, “This kid said that he was to report to our security department. It"s so ridiculous you can"t laugh. Who knows if he"s trying to sneak in like a dog to get the chickens, I think this guy who was f.u.c.ked by a dog2 really deserves a spanking!”

“I"m telling the truth! I"m not a thief either!” Ji XiaoYu angrily said, “You were f.u.c.ked by a dog. You"re the kind who really has guts but who will beat who isn"t clear yet!"

Liu WeiRen"s face went black and he swung his fist to beat him, but Liang ShaoGang grabbed his arm. "Big Liu, the captain is going to punish you for this. Calm down first, let"s get the situation straight.”

Several employees in the lobby looked over. Liu WeiRen also didn"t dare to make things so big that he couldn"t make up for it. He spat on the ground, shaking off Liang ShaoGang"s hand, and said, “Fine, you figure it out, Laozi won"t do anything more!”

Liang ShaoGang stretched out a finger towards Ji XiaoYu, “You, come with me.”

Ji XiaoYu didn"t hold back his huff. Then, he followed Liang ShaoGang through the lobby and out the back door, into a quiet, uninhabited garden.

“Liu WeiRen"s skill is among the best on our security team. If it wasn"t for me happening to pa.s.s through the lobby, I"m afraid you"d be going to the hospital right now, kid.” Liang ShaoGang said with a stern face, “Be honest, what"s going on? If you dare to make something up, don"t blame me for serving you his share.”

Ji XiaoYu originally had fire in his belly, but he couldn"t help but laugh when he heard this sentence. “Liang Ge, Liu WeiRen can"t defeat me. Both of you added up couldn"t."

“What"d you say?”

Seeing that Liang ShaoGang"s face sank, he wanted to move on to the real issue. So Ji XiaoYu quickly made a gesture as if he were begging for mercy, saying, “Liang Ge, I really came here to report to you all, not to make trouble. You can call the person in charge of your security department. It"ll be clear when you ask.”

If the phone call didn"t work, he"d have to bring out his ultimate weapon.

Liang ShaoGang asked in doubt, “You know our boss?”

“I don"t know him, but he probably knows me.” Ji XiaoYu extended his hand, “Liang Ge, please just ask. If I"m lying, I"ll just stand here and you can beat me, I promise not to fight back!”

“f.u.c.k, this kid really thinks highly of himself3,” Liang ShaoGang swore, which was rare for him. But, he took out his phone from his trouser pocket and pulled up the number t.i.tled “Captain Yang” and dialed it in front of Ji XiaoYu.

After a few seconds, the call connected.

“Captain Yang, excuse me for disturbing you early on the morning of the big holiday…… It"s like this, just now a young man named Ji XiaoYu came over and said that he was reporting to our security department. Do you know about this?…….I don"t know. Ah, f.u.c.king little b.a.s.t.a.r.d actually dared to bluff Laozi……. Captain Yang, I"m not cursing at you, don"t get mad…… What? There is such a person?……. Ok, I got it."

Ji XiaoYu"s mood oscillated with Liang ShaoGang"s tone of voice and he was sweating buckets.

Finally, Liang ShaoGang hung up the phone and put it back in his pants pocket. He turned his head toward Ji XiaoYu, “Let"s go.”

“Where to?” Ji XiaoYu asked with an alert look.

“Go to report in.”

“Wow, really?!”

Three minutes later, Ji XiaoYu followed Liang ShaoGang into an office with the sign “Safety and Security Department” on the ground floor of Block A. The area was quite large and hung on the wall were many security uniforms, while on the shelf were batons, explosion-proof shields, and other security equipment. But, there was no one in the office at the moment.

“Have a seat.” Liang ShaoGang pointed to a chair and said, “Captain Yang will come over later to give you the entry procedure.”

Ji XiaoYu cheered, “Great!”

Liang ShaoGang still looked at him with suspicion, “You just said that you don"t know our Captain Yang, so how did you get this job?"

Ji XiaoYu replied cheerfully, "I accidentally showed my skill in front of your Cheng Zong when I came on a delivery last week. He said there was a staffing shortage in the building security department and asked me if I want to change jobs. I just said yes.”

Liang ShaoGang: “…….”

This was really the most ridiculous sentence he"d heard all year. If the captain hadn"t given him a positive answer on the phone just now, he was afraid that he would have thought this boy was tricking them like Liu WeiRen had.

How can Cheng Zong suddenly care about the personnel situation of our security department and personally recruit someone? It"s just too unreasonable.

Liang ShaoGang wasn"t willing to randomly speculate about Cheng Zong"s intentions, so he instead asked, “Do you really know GongFu? Looking at your appearance, you haven"t been a soldier before, right?”

Ji XiaoYu said, “No, I"ve practiced my own ancestral GongFu at home. Liang Ge, are all the people in the security department military veterans? How can you tell that I"ve never been a soldier?”

“Oh yes, high-level or special forces veterans. Everyone has similar experience and strong discipline and therefore are easy to manage." Liang ShaoGang answered naturally, “A person who came out of the army, how can there be one with such tender flesh and fair skin as you?”

Ji XiaoYu: “……..”

Alright, seems Liang Ge"s manner of speaking is really honest.

Liang ShaoGang also asked, “What is the origin of your family"s ancestral GongFu, is it from the Southern school or the Northern?”

Ji XiaoYu didn"t know what the Southern and Northern schools were, so he said shamelessly: It"s made up of both, the founder gathered both together into one."

"…….." Liang ShaoGang"s mouth twitched in anger, "So powerful, can Liang Ge ask you for advice someday?"

No wonder Liu WeiRen was so angry that he wanted to hit him. This kid is so arrogant, he deserves a bit of a beating.

Ji XiaoYu didn"t recognize the sarcasm in Liang ShaoGang"s tone, so he simply replied, “Okay, no problem!”

“Where"s the newcomer?”

There was suddenly a voice from outside, followed by a man in his 30s or 40s. He was tall and burly, with a square-jawed face. He was wearing a black T-shirt and camouflage pants, with a cigarette in his mouth; he looked a bit like a ruffian.

Liang ShaoGang immediately got up and snapped his heels together. He saluted cleanly and said, “h.e.l.lo, Captain!”

Yang YiPeng waved his hand, then took a drag of the cigarette and breathed the smoke out. He shifted his eyes to the side and his casual gaze showed a bit sharpness and inquiry, “You are Ji XiaoYu?”

Ji XiaoYu, with his little white teeth flashing, revealed his trademark sweet smile: “Yes, h.e.l.lo, Captain.”

Yang YiPeng suddenly sucked in air like he had a toothache and said in disbelief, “You"ve been a security guard before?”

Ji Xiao Yu replied very honestly, “No, I used to make deliveries at a little restaurant on Screw Street.”

“…….” Yang YiPeng looked at Ji XiaoYu with his brow furrowed, as if he suspected he was joking, “I say, Ji ShaoYe4, can you take a job in a different department? Our security department is full of a bunch of rough men. The work is also the most exhausting and difficult. If you"re out of shape, you"ll get into an accident and get hurt. The money you"d earn here isn"t more than any of the rest of the company. I"m afraid this isn"t suitable for you.”

A week ago, Cheng YuTang did say that there would be a new person reporting to the security department, but he didn"t say when he would come, so Yang YiPeng put the matter aside for the time being.

But today, Yang YiPeng had just got off a shift and, when Liang ShaoGang called just now, he was still asleep. He couldn"t react at first. But after he sorted it out mentally, he immediately rushed over from home.

However, the newcomer was fair and tender, just like a greenhouse flower, completely inconsistent with the heroic, tough guy he previously pictured, so Captain Yang was very disillusioned.

Ji ShaoYe? This form of address is new. Ji XiaoYu was puzzled and helplessly replied in honesty, “I also want to make a lot of money easily, but I can"t do any other kind of work here. I have no other option than to be a security guard.”

Liang ShaoGang"s eyelids trembled and he sighed in his heart, this kid looks pretty clever, but sometimes a person can choke themselves on their own words. Yang YiPeng had always been proud of his work, so what he had said just now was only a self-deprecating remark. If anyone else belittled the security department, then they would be touching Captain Yang"s inverse scale5.

Sure enough, the veins in Yang YiPeng"s forehead throbbed. He wanted to get angry but he held himself back, smiling and saying, "It doesn"t matter what you can or can"t do. Don"t you know Cheng Zong? Just let him rearrange it."

Ji XiaoYu didn"t pick up anything from his tone. He really thought it over and, after a while, he shook his head with regret and said, "That doesn"t seem good. I agreed with him to be a security guard. It"s a little wrong to change jobs before you even do it. I"d like to be a security guard for a while. I"m not afraid of hard work or dangerous things. I want to do well so I can get a raise through a promotion."

Just like when Boss Li gave me a raise.

Yang YiPeng bit his cigarette b.u.t.t and smirked, ambiguously muttering, “It"s really rare for someone who came in through the back door to talk as if he has principles, ah.”

“Captain, what"d you say?” Ji XiaoYu didn"t hear it clearly.

“Nothing.” Yang YiPeng threw the cigarette b.u.t.t on the floor and stamped it out. “I wish you good fortune through an early promotion.”

Ji XiaoYu mimicked Liang ShaoGang"s previous posture and saluted crookedly, “Thank you, Captain, I"ll work hard!”

Yang YiPeng: “……..”

Liang ShaoGang: “……..”

Yang YiPeng was quite speechless. He didn"t know if Ji XiaoYu was really silly or pretending to be really stupid. He also didn"t understand how the upright Cheng Zong, who had always been clear between business and pleasure, could suddenly let someone in the back door. And now he was stuck with such an unreliable guy coming in.

Forget it, don"t guess at what"s on the president"s mind. I"m just the captain of the security department, not qualified to question and interfere with Cheng YuTang"s decisions

HongSheng was entirely the Cheng Family"s business. If it was Cheng Zong"s will to put a person into the security department to be a flower vase6, then he would just go along.

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Footnotes:
1. Papa Xi (习大大): probably obvious, but a nickname for Xi JiPing ↩
2. f.u.c.ked by a dog (狗日): slang for contemptible, lousy, literally f.u.c.ked/sp.a.w.ned by a dog ↩
3. 不知天高地厚: to not know the immensity of heaven and earth aka to think highly of themselves, to be ignorant, to think they know everything ↩
4. ShaoYe (少爷): young master, son of the boss, honorific for child ↩
5. Inverse scale (逆鳞): term for a special, crescent-shaped scale on a dragon"s neck; when touched, the dragon will go into an unstoppable rage; slang for the untouchable point for an individual ↩
6. flower vase (花瓶): figuratively just a pretty face ↩

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and so the new arc begins~~

Yang YiPeng shook his head. Then he went to his desk and sat down, opening the drawer and taking out a stack of doc.u.ments to put on the surface. He motioned Ji XiaoYu over. “Come and sign the contract.”

Ji XiaoYu immediately wagged his tail and ran over happily.

Liang ShaoGang saw what was happening and said, “Captain, if there"s nothing else, I"ll go back first.”

Yang YiPeng said, “Wait a little bit. Xiao Liang, doesn"t the suite you and Xiao Liu live in still have an empty room? Just let Ji XiaoYu live there. After he signs the contract in a minute, you can take him over.”

“Okay, then I"ll wait outside.” Liang ShaoGang left the office when he finished speaking.

Ji XiaoYu took the doc.u.ment that Yang YiPeng had handed over and looked at it. It was a thick stack of paper and the cover had the words “HongSheng Building Security Department Employment Agreement” written on it. He couldn"t help but ask, “Where do you need the signature?”

“Here, here, and also here.” Yang YiPeng turned to a few places and pointed them out to him.

Without speaking, Ji XiaoYu picked up the pen to sign his name.

Yang YiPeng: “…….aren"t you going to look at the contract first?”

This kid is so a.s.sured, he"s not afraid of sold out by others.

Ji XiaoYu: “No, I believe in the captain and Cheng Zong!”

Anyway, he can"t understand the complicated clauses. It would take a lot of looks just to read all the words in it.

“Your contract was written according to Cheng Zong"s instructions. It had nothing to do with me.” Yang YiPeng shrugged, clearing himself of responsibility, “In addition, the salaries of all our employees, including the security guards, are confidential. Don"t go out and shout about yours, or else you"ll be responsible for any problems.”

In fact, Cheng YuTang had offered Ji XiaoYu a pretty good deal. The average monthly salary of a new security guard for HongSheng was only 3000 yuan. There will be different levels of salary increases at the end of each year according to performance and merit. For example, Liang ShaoGang, who had been doing this for more than three years, had been performing well and had earned several merits. But this year, his salary had only just risen to 4500 yuan, while Ji XiaoYu had just arrived and was getting this same value. If this got out, it would definitely cause a huge psychological imbalance among many people; one could imagine that nothing good would come from it.

He had already reminded him of this stipulation according to the entry process. If this kid didn"t know to act properly and not get into trouble, then he couldn"t blame Yang YiPeng for it.

"Yes, I understand!” Ji XiaoYu answered.

He already understood this point. It had also been stipulated at the XinHao Hotel previously, to prevent unnecessary conflicts between employees through their comparisons.

Yang YiPeng looked Ji XiaoYu up and down again. He thought that this kid had good skin, a slender waist, and long legs, as if he had been blessed by heaven to look good in any clothes. It would be good to use him as a model to be the face of the company. It would definitely be a more promising future than being a security guard.

While thinking, he pulled two sets of security uniform out of the cupboard and threw them into Ji XiaoYu"s arms, saying, "You should go to the dormitory with Xiao Liang first. During this National Day holiday, study the rules and regulations of the company and our security department. Learn what the job is and what the process of building security is all about. Wait until after the holidays before your first official shift.”

"Okay, thank you captain!”

Ji XiaoYu held his uniform and smiled, And free new clothes to wear, how awesome!

He had come to Ning City with the few pieces of clothing he had bought at a Xing Cheng Night Market stall last year and they had seen a lot of wear after all this time. Previously, Zhang QiaoYan also urged him to buy a few new ones, feeling too sorry over his appearance, but he hadn"t been willing to buy anything. He had planned to take the new job and consider it again. So, this was good, he could save a lot of money and buy a can of milk powder for the chick.

Yang YiPeng couldn"t bear to watch him laughing like a sunflower, not like a security guard at all. He waved his hand like shooing a fly, “Alright, alright, go on.”

Ji XiaoYu left the office happily with his new clothes in-hand. He smiled at Liang ShaoGang, who had been crouching outside in the hallway, “Liang Ge, from now on, we"re colleagues. Please take care of me in the future!”

Infected by his bright smile, Liang ShaoGang, who always had a paralyzed face, couldn"t help the tilting of the corners of his mouth, but he didn"t reply. He just patted Ji XiaoYu"s shoulder and agreed. Then, he asked, “Xiao Yu, do you know HongLe Garden?”

Ji XiaoYu scratched his head, “Where"s that?”

He had been in Ning City for three months, but the scope of his activities was limited to the area surrounding Screw Street. There had been no time to go any further away.

"It"s a welfare housing community built by HongSheng for their employees. There"s a building in there that has been transformed into a special staff dormitory." Liang ShaoGang said, "If you don"t know, just come back with me. I"ll take you to learn the road. It"ll take about thirty to forty minutes, can you come?”

“No problem!” Ji XiaoYu thought in his heart that HongSheng was really rich, there"s a special staff dormitory, this really is the right place.

So Ji XiaoYu followed Liang ShaoGang and walked down the street. They walked down a few small streets and through a small park. After nearly forty minutes, they arrived at a community that was a little old but had a good environment. There were all kinds of shops outside and the road was tree-lined for shade.

Liang ShaoGang greeted the doorman and, while walking in, explained, “This is the HongLe Garden. I live in a three-bedroom suite with Liu WeiRen, so there"s an empty room for you to live in. The nature of our security guards is different from that of our general staff, usually we can go to the HongSheng Building staff canteen for three meals a day. If you"re not too lazy on rest days, you can go to the neighborhood outside for restaurants, order delivery, or buy your own ingredients to cook something simple in the dorm.”

“Got it!” Ji XiaoYu nodded over and over, thinking to himself, there are free meals in the canteen, why would I take care of it another way? Spending the money and effort, I"m not that stupid!

Liang ShaoGang added, “The company has shuttle buses to and from HongSheng Building and HongLe Garden every morning and evening. You can take an unlimited number of trips every month for 100 yuan. However, the route of the shuttle bus is a little roundabout, and it is easy to get caught in a traffic jam at the peak commute hours, so the people in our security department generally don"t ride. We just run back and forth as a workout."

Ji XiaoYu immediately stated, "I"ll also run in the future!"

He didn"t care about exercise or whatever; the key was saving 100 yuan on transportation by not riding. With that money, he could buy half a can of milk powder.

Then Liang ShaoGang led Ji XiaoYu to Unit 3 of Building 2. They took the stairs to the 4th floor and went to Room 405. He pulled out his key to open the door, “Come on in.”

Ji XiaoYu followed him in. He found a small living room with simple but clean furnishings, with a 21-inch TV set. There were three bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchenette with simple kitchenware, such as a microwave, and a small separate balcony outside the living room, with a few clothes hanging from a rack.

Liang ShaoGang pointed to the two adjacent bedrooms, “The one with the game poster on the door is Liu WeiRen"s. You"ll stay in the room next door. The room isn"t big, but it has the basic furniture. There"s also some company-issued bedding in the closet, but, before you use it, you better wash it. There"s a washing machine on the balcony…….”

Before he finished speaking, Ji XiaoYu has already rushed into the room like a runaway wild dog.

How very, very, very great! He would live alone in the room and, when he slept at night and closed the door, he can safely incubate the egg!

Cheng Zong, I love you so much!

……

At this time in a courtyard in the capital, Cheng YuTang was playing chess with his father under a grape rack and suddenly he sneezed twice in a row without warning.

Mother Cheng was washing her hands in the kitchen before making soup and, when she heard the sound, she immediately ran out and asked, “TangTang, are you catching a cold?”

“No, it was just a sudden itchy nose,” Cheng YuTang said, thinking there better not be someone talking about him behind his back. Then he rubbed his nose and said a little helplessly, “Ma, would you please stop calling me TangTang? I"m thirty-three.”

Mother Cheng angrily said, “Even if you are eighty-three, you"re my son. Besides, I don"t call you that in front of outsiders, what are you so shy about?"

Cheng YuTang didn"t know whether to laugh or cry.

Father Cheng took a sip of tea leisurely, then dropped a piece on the board, making a light noise.

Mother Cheng added, “TangTang, are you free this afternoon? Accompany your mama shopping, to buy a handbag and some match clothes.”

Cheng YuTang was immediately vigilant and he said tactfully, “You should ask a few friends to hang out with you. I don"t like to go shopping. I haven"t done any research on women"s handbags either. No, it"ll be bad for your mood."

"You"ve only come back once in the past six months. What"s wrong with going shopping with your mama?" Mother Cheng suddenly acted wronged. She lifted her hand and stroked the hair on the sides of her face. “Is it too embarra.s.sing to go out on the street with your mama who is this old?”

Cheng YuTang hadn"t yet replied when Father Cheng stood up and put his arm around his wife"s shoulders, softly coaxing, “How could that be? You"re exactly the same as you were twenty years ago, haven"t changed a bit. If our son doesn"t join you, I"ll accompany you, so just freely buy what you like.”

Although he had been fed this dog food by his parents since he was a child, he still felt a little nauseated seeing this image of a loving and beautiful couple. After a while, he felt a little melancholy. I don"t know if I"ll have this kind of luck in my life, to spend the rest of my life with another person.

A few thin crow"s feet appeared at the corners of Mother Cheng"s eyes, but she didn"t smile. She gave her husband"s shoulder a gentle punch, discontent, "Don"t come, you"re so old, I"ve already seen you enough. Our TangTang"s still so handsome, so I want our son to accompany me.”

This time, Father Cheng was the one mourning. He shot a hard look at Cheng YuTang.

Cheng YuTang had no choice but to say, “Okay, okay, I"ll accompany you, when do you want to go shopping? Whatever you want to buy, you can buy. Is that good?”

“Good!” Only then did Mother Cheng turn her sorrow into joy.

After lunch, Mother Cheng took a nap and then washed up. She changed into with a dark green cheongsam and put on a light makeup. She looked gentle and elegant, appearing as if she were in her early 40s.

“Ma, you"re beautiful,” Cheng YuTang sincerely praised her.

Mother Cheng laughed and said, “Thank you, son, you"re also very handsome.”

Cheng YuTang had dressed in a light-colored, casual linen suit with a pair of cloth shoes on his feet. He was about two parts less haughty and cold, which was his usual daily work style, and two parts more light. He looked casual and free.

Cheng YuTang personally drove, taking Mother Cheng to a high-end commercial pedestrian street. When the car was parked, the mother and son strolled around, talking with their arms linked.

After a while, Mother Cheng checked her wrist and looked at the table further down. Then she immediately said, “TangTang, I"m a little thirsty. Shall we find a place to sit down and have something to drink?”

Cheng YuTang was about to agree, but then he inadvertently glanced into the roadside cafe. His brow suddenly furrowed.

There was a mother-and-daughter pair sitting in the booth behind the floor-to-ceiling gla.s.s window of the cafe. Their appearance and clothes were very good. The young girl"s face was especially bright and beautiful, her smile elegant and delicate, and many pa.s.sers-by couldn"t help but look back as they walked by.

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TangTang!!!! Thank you for this nickname, Mama Cheng!