Chapter 302: Slightly Tipsy
After the meeting concluded, Su He went to the office of Yu Guodong, the director of the food factory’s logistics office.
Although she was the secretary to the factory director, she spent her days “scurrying” around everywhere. Because of this, she hadn’t been assigned a private office and instead shared a workspace with Yu Guodong.
Seeing her walk in, Yu Guodong hurriedly greeted her with a smile.
Su He exchanged a few pleasantries with him, then picked up the telephone receiver, only to put it back down.
“Old Yu, I noticed that some of the slogans in our factory compound are a bit damaged. Why don’t you go take a look at them?”
Yu Guodong: “…Alright.”
If you want me to avoid the room, just say so directly!
Once Yu Guodong headed out, Su He dialed the number for the Gu residence in the capital.
At this moment, inside the study of the Gu residence, Old Master Gu was pressing his fingers against his temples, his brow furrowed deeply.
His old ailment of headaches was acting up again.
The sheer pain left him feeling rather irritable.
Suddenly remembering an official document, he opened his drawer, and his eyes fell upon the two packs of instant noodles Gu Chiyan had given him previously.
Old Master Gu’s brow furrowed even tighter!
That slippery customer Su He hadn’t called even once since the Canton Fair slots were finalized.
It wasn’t that he was eagerly awaiting her calls; the core of the issue was that this behavior of using someone when they’re needed and discarding them when they aren’t was truly displeasing!
Right then, the study door was lightly knocked twice.
Old Master Gu shut the drawer. “Come in!”
Liu Aihua spoke with a slight stammer, “Old Chief, Su—Su He is on the phone looking for you.”
Old Master Gu looked thoroughly impatient. “Didn’t she just call a few days ago? Why is she calling again?”
Even as he grumbled, he kept his fingers pressed against his temples as he walked into the living room and picked up the receiver.
“Hello, why are you looking for me?”
Su He’s deeply concerned voice traveled from the receiver: “Grandpa, how come your voice sounds a bit hoarse? Did you not rest well last night, or are you feeling unwell?”
Old Master Gu’s tightly furrowed brow relaxed slightly, though his tone remained impatient: “If there’s something, spit it out quickly. Don’t prattle on about useless things. Why are you looking for me?”
“Grandpa, our An County’s booths for the Canton Fair have been finalized!
“Although we got word a few days ago, I only received the detailed booth information today, so I’m calling to report it to you…”
Old Master Gu thought to himself that this slippery customer actually possessed quite a steady character. If it were anyone else receiving such good news, they would bound to have eagerly shown it off right away!
He completely forgot that a mere moment ago, he had been grumbling in his heart about Su He using someone when they’re needed and discarding them when they aren’t!
In reality, Su He had simply been too busy and forgotten.
During these past two days, she had been entirely engrossed in browsing and sorting through data, long since tossing Old Master Gu to the back of her mind.
Su He explained things in great detail over the phone, even including the precise location of the booth.
Old Master Gu’s mind stirred. What did this girl mean by this phone call? Could she be hoping he would help her adjust the booth’s location?
If that were the case, she truly lacked a sense of boundaries!
As for their marginalized booth, it was actually entirely thanks to him reminding Gu Jinting back then to arrange an excellent overall position for An County, leaving room for a last-minute addition.
Otherwise, they would have been squeezed out of the list long ago.
As these thoughts crossed his mind, he spoke aloud, “Are you dissatisfied with this booth?”
Su He said with a smile, “Grandpa, if I were dissatisfied with the booth, then I would be far too insatiable!
“If it weren’t for you and Old Master Gu giving us a leg up, we wouldn’t even be able to touch the fringes of the Canton Fair, let alone secure a booth.
“Therefore, we are already extremely satisfied just to obtain a booth!
“Besides, although the booth’s location isn’t very good, human effort can achieve anything. As long as we fully exert our subjective initiative, we can certainly turn this disadvantage into an advantage.
“I’m calling you today to share the good news, and also to declare my resolution.
“On this trip to the Canton Fair, I will definitely exert my absolute everything to deliver a brilliant report card and live up to your high expectations of me…”
Old Master Gu felt immensely comforted in his heart, and even the pain in his temples didn’t seem as sharp anymore.
Credit where credit was due, this girl’s ideological principles still held a certain degree of height!
After finishing with work matters, Su He began asking after his health and warmth. Even though Old Master Gu wore a face full of impatience, the receiver in his hand remained held firmly the entire time, and he barely even shifted his physical posture.
It took a full twenty minutes before Old Master Gu finally said impatiently, “Alright, I have matters to attend to and have no spare time to listen to your random chatter. I’m hanging up!”
The exact moment Old Master Gu hung up the phone, the telephone rang once more.
“Didn’t we finish talking just now? What else do you want?”
Gu Chiyan’s voice traveled from the receiver: “Grandpa, it’s me.”
Old Master Gu felt a tiny wave of disappointment in his heart. “Is something the matter?”
“Grandpa, has your headache eased up a bit?”
“It’s fine, a bit better than this morning.”
Only then did Gu Chiyan let out a sigh of relief, asking further, “I tried calling you just now but kept failing to get through. Who was on the phone?”
Old Master Gu curled his lip. “Who else could it be?! It was none other than that girl Su He. Like a slippery customer, she calls me whenever she has nothing better to do.
“Calling is one thing, but she spouts nothing but absolute nonsense, stretching it to twenty-odd minutes every single time. I’m this busy during the day, when do I have the spare time to listen to her random chatter?!
“I only refrained from hanging up because I was mindful of her being a young girl and rather thin-skinned, otherwise I would have slammed the phone down long ago…”
Gu Chiyan’s heart instantly turned quite sour; Little He hadn’t called him for several days now.
But on second thought, the reason Little He called his grandfather so frequently was bound to be to leave a better impression on him, which was ultimately to better integrate into the Gu family.
When all was said and done, it was still for him.
The sourness in his heart instantaneously fermented into pure sweetness, leaving him feeling a little bit tipsy…
