E-Ladies: Navigating the Wired World
Chapter 144: Episode 144: Watching the Vice General Manager’s Various Shenanigans

Chapter 144: Episode 144: Watching the Vice General Manager’s Various Shenanigans

Liu Feifei opened her own Mac laptop, and a familiar startup sound rang out, which nearly made Zhou Xueyin burst into laughter.

Really impressive! A perfectly good Mac, yet she installed a Win7 system on it? Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! That style, it’s got to earn full marks!

Next came the sound of opening a bag of potato chips, followed by the "crunch, crunch" of chewing chips, plus the noise of smacking lips.

Peeking through the gap between the screen and the desktop, Zhou Xueyin noticed the person opposite her presenting an unseemly sight and making unbearable noises, so she took out her headphones from the drawer, put them on, and continued to work while listening to music.

[Jixiang, Jixiang, did you forget to turn off your speakers?] Yao Shanshan asked in the small group chat of just four people.

[Let me check...] Li Jinong bent down to look at her computer case, [Bullshit! I didn’t even plug in the speakers!]

[Oh... I wonder whose little lion is snoring. I thought it was yours.] Shanshan chuckled foolishly.

[Even though I quite like that little lion, during work hours, I wouldn’t activate it.] Li Jinong said helplessly.

After listening for a while, it seemed that the snoring was coming from Zhou Xueyin’s office.

[It seems like the sister across from me has fallen asleep...] Zhou Xueyin replied in the group.

Pretending to get some water, she stood up with her cup in hand.

Sure enough, Liu Feifei was holding a bag of potato chips with one hand, dipping into it with the other, her head tilted back, mouth wide open, sleeping soundly and snoring—the snoring sound coming from her mouth.

Zhou Xueyin tiptoed out of the office and gently closed the door: "I’m really at a loss for words... How is this a vice president? She’s a complete lord! Feifei... is really more like a baboon!"

"You have to share the room with her, isn’t it annoying..." Li Jinong looked at Zhou Xueyin sympathetically.

"Annoying! What can I do about it? She’s sent by the corporation, do you think I dare to mess with her..." Zhou Xueyin sipped water from her cup helplessly, "As for you guys, sitting outside, out of sight, out of mind, eh? Don’t slack off now!"

Zhou Xueyin jokingly reminded everyone to keep up the good work.

"Oh, Yinyin, Kou Lan, Gu Qi, and Di Nuo’s sales director contacted me about placing an ad, they want you to come up with a plan for them," Li Jinong dropped her casual demeanor and switched to her professional tone, "I’ve organized their requirements and sent them to your email."

"Awesome! I was just wondering when to go back and fight it out, and now it’s come right to our doorstep? These snobbish jerks, no sooner have we climbed the ranks than they come to curry favor!" Zhou Xueyin scoffed, then turned and went back to her office.

There was no noise when the office door closed, but for some reason, when it opened, it made a "creaking" sound.

Liu Feifei, startled by the noise, spilled the entire bag of potato chips on the floor: "Fuck!"

She frowned at the mess on the ground: "Forget it, I’ll call the janitor to clean it up later."

Zhou Xueyin sat at her desk, gave her a glance, but still didn’t feel like engaging, and continued to put on her headphones and look at the requests sent by Li Jinong.

Liu Feifei, seeing Zhou Xueyin ignore her, wanted to complain about being woken up at first. But then she thought that sleeping on the job wasn’t really right, so she kept quiet.

She stood up, shaking off the potato chip crumbs that had fallen on her, only to crush the crumbs on the floor even more.

"Tsk, Xiaochu! Xiaochu!" She sat in the office, calling out loudly.

"Coming!" Pei Chu ran in, "Sister Feifei, what’s up?"

"Go find the janitor, I accidentally knocked over my chips. Oh, and while you’re at it, get me a cup of yogurt, remember to get a receipt!" Liu Feifei once again had Pei Chu running her errands.

"Oh, okay." Pei Chu looked into her own wallet and saw only 10 yuan left. If she bought the yogurt, she would have to go hungry tonight. "Feifei, could you give me the money for the yogurt first? And which flavor would you like?"

"Anything is fine. Are you out of money?" Liu Feifei glanced at Pei Chu.

"I only have 10 yuan left, tonight I..."

"You still have 10 yuan, right? That’s enough, enough!" Liu Feifei didn’t let Pei Chu finish her sentence, interrupting her, but she made no move to give her the money.

"Here, take this..." Zhou Xueyin took out 50 yuan from her wallet and handed it to Pei Chu, "Get me a bottle of cola, keep the change, you don’t have to pay me back."

"Director Zhou, you only want one bottle of cola?" Pei Chu asked, holding the money.

"Yes, the 450ml one! Just one bottle." Zhou Xueyin confirmed.

"Alright!" Pei Chu took the money, a faint smile on her face as she ran out of the office.

"Xiaozhou, what do you mean by this? If you do this, you will spoil them! Next time you ask them to buy something, they won’t return the change to you!" Liu Feifei said anxiously.

But by then, Zhou Xueyin had already put on her headphones, tuning out Liu Feifei’s words, thinking she could say whatever she wanted; there was no way she would bully such adorable employees!

Soon, the cleaning lady came to clean up the mess Liu Feifei had made on the floor. She acted as if she didn’t see anyone working, brazenly sitting at her station, causing the cleaning lady to bend over and struggle to pick up pieces from under her chair.

"Be careful! What if you scare my baby inside?" Every time the broomstick hit the chair and made a sound, Liu Feifei would startle and scold the cleaning lady, "Be lighter with your hands and feet, making all that noise, isn’t it annoying?"

"Get up!" Zhou Xueyin couldn’t stand it any longer, took off her headphones, stood up, and looked down on Liu Feifei with contempt.

"What? What’s with that look? I’m just sitting here! She’s a cleaner, it’s her job! She has to clean properly, and not disturbing me is also a must!" Liu Feifei said unreasonably.

"Auntie, let me do it..." Zhou Xueyin took the broom and roughly swept towards Liu Feifei’s legs, ensuring that if she didn’t stand up, the dust would settle on her feet.

"Xiaozhou, what are you doing! Stop sweeping, stop it." Liu Feifei quickly stood up and dodged to the side.

Taking advantage of her move, Zhou Xueyin swiftly pulled her chair aside and cleaned up the rest of the potato chip fragments.

"Thank you, thank you so much..." The cleaning lady looked at Zhou Xueyin with gratitude.

"It’s nothing, carry on with your work..." Zhou Xueyin smiled and watched the cleaning lady leave.

Turning back, she dropped the smile on her face: "Wow, I can’t believe you’re so ill-mannered! You knock over chips and don’t clean up after yourself, mess up what others are cleaning, and cause trouble? I really wonder what kind of family you grew up in!"

"Mind your own business! I am pregnant! You dare to bully me? I... I’ll show you!" Liu Feifei was only good at using her status to threaten people.

"I am still your superior... Sit down!" Zhou Xueyin couldn’t care less anymore. If she didn’t deal with this irrational person right in front of her, she might become even more arrogant in the future. "Since you are seconded to my company, you have to follow my company’s rules. First, no sleeping during work hours; second, no snacks except during tea time! And third... well, this third one..."

Zhou Xueyin thought for a moment and scratched her upper lip: "Third is, you are not allowed to let others pay upfront for your purchases! Did you hear that?"

The sound was so loud that even the people outside the office heard it, everyone looked over in unison.

They had never seen Zhou Xueyin with such an ugly expression. Although they all knew her fiery temper, they had never actually seen her lose her temper with anyone.

It seemed Liu Feifei had really struck a nerve with Zhou Xueyin...