Hidden moth

Chapter 245: The Undercurrent and the Raging Waves

When he returned to the office that afternoon, Deputy Director Huang came over to ask something when He Kao was called into the small room by Director Gao to report on his work. Seeing him come in, Gao Xue'e said with a stern face, "Close the door."

Gao Xue'e doesn't have a good temper, especially when there are problems in the department's work. She scolds people in a harsh tone and seems very domineering.

In fact, her temper is not too bad. She rarely makes things difficult for anyone in the department. She just likes to put on a stern face and act like she is not someone to be messed with, as if her requirements are very strict and her attitude is very serious.

When he first joined the company, He Kao thought that this supervisor was good in every way except that she was too fierce. Later, he gradually realized that the so-called strictness was just a protective color.

Gao Xue'e used to be under great pressure and very anxious.

Although middle-level managers in large companies like her usually have good treatment, they are under tremendous visible and invisible pressure. Sometimes, no matter how hard they work, the entire department may be laid off as long as there is a slight disturbance in the overall environment.

Gao Xue'e personally experienced the "Metaverse" development department, which was reduced from a large business unit to only two project teams. A large number of employees had to transfer or be laid off.

Gao Xue'e's original family is very ordinary and she has no background. She is also a student who does homework in a small town.

The family has a very promising and beautiful daughter. In the past few years, her parents and relatives have been wanting to ask her to go back home and introduce her to a rich and powerful man in the local area, in an attempt to achieve a class transition in the family.

Gao Xue'e was very disgusted with this, and later she simply tried not to go back, as she felt she couldn't go back.

Gao Xue'e joined the branch when it was first established. She is considered a veteran of the business unit and works very hard, so she still holds a position as a department head. However, it will probably be difficult for her to get promoted further, and it will be good if she doesn't get laid off in the future.

The uncertainty of the future is called risk expectation in the fields of investment and psychology, and is also the source of anxiety.

Why is it that even as life gets better and better and times progress faster and faster, many people are becoming increasingly anxious about this? Is this just pretentious? Of course not!
What people are really anxious about is not the speed of social development, but the uncertainty of personal destiny in this context and the feeling of powerlessness in the tide of the times.

The reason why many young people today refer to taking the civil service exam as "getting ashore" is because from the perspective of risk anticipation, it eliminates many uncertainties in the future.

He Kao was able to understand Gao Xue'e's original state of mind more and more, and over the past year or so, her temper had changed a lot, becoming softer and softer.

After experiencing such a great terror of life and death and being exposed to the mystery of magic, the daily anxieties in the workplace were nothing at all, even just a small adjustment to life. She felt like she had entered the deep world from the surface world.

When the two were together in private, her icy skin and bones seemed to have turned into cheese that could melt at any time, coated with silk and filled with honey.

On weekdays at work, Gao Xue'e and He Kao always spoke seriously and without any politeness. All the colleagues, including Huang Xiaopang, could not figure out the relationship between them.

Qian may be the only one in the entire unit who noticed some clues, but Qian's greatest advantage is that he keeps his mouth shut, as if he has the hidden title of "I would never tell even if I am beaten to death."

Gao Xue'e is quite good at acting, but He Kao's acting is even better. The personal relationship between the two is actually just an insignificant little secret, and they have a bigger secret.

Being serious and even aggressive in the workplace seemed to have become a fun little game between the two of them. It was very provocative and even aroused He Kao**'s desire to conquer.

Gao Xue'e asked, "The girl sitting across from you and Mr. Qian in the restaurant just now is Mei Guyu, the new employee from the next department. Who is she?"

He Kao replied casually, "He's a relative of Mr. Qian's. He just joined the company and the business he's in charge of happens to overlap with mine. Mr. Qian gave him a call and asked me to take care of him."

As he spoke, he made a gesture to silence and pointed at the mobile phone on the table.

Gao Xue'e and he had already developed a tacit understanding when acting opposite each other. She then said, "Oh, so, you have to take better care of her in the future." She then picked up her phone and clicked on the message He Kao had just sent.

"Don't ask about this person. Whether in public or private, try not to mention her name. Don't interact with her except for work-related matters. Just treat her as an ordinary colleague. Especially don't be curious! (Deleted after reading)"

Gao Xue'e was obviously stunned for a moment, then she calmly deleted the message and asked about He Kao's work situation during this period. He Kao also gave a brief report in a serious manner.

As soon as he left President E's office, Xiaopang pulled him aside. Huang Si lowered his voice and said, "The beautiful woman who had lunch with you this afternoon is Xiaomei, the new arrival next door. What's her background?"

He Kao: "Mr. Qian claims to be a relative of his, but I think he's a big shot, someone even Mr. Qian can't afford to offend. Don't ask around, and don't get yourself into trouble. Just listen to me!"

Huang Xiaopang muttered, "When did I not listen to you? I thought Lao Qian was going to introduce you to someone..."

Why was He Kao like this? Because he felt that Mei Guyu's arrival was a big trouble, the cause of a series of storms, and this person was like the eye of the storm.

The reason why He Kao didn't say anything to Gao Xue'e and didn't let her ask about it was not because of distrust, but the wisest attitude, which came from real-life experience.

When Pugang Town was changed to JB District, the first district chief was named Jiang, who was a distant relative of He Kao. Whenever He Kao saw him, he had to nod and call him "Third Uncle".

Later, District Chief Jiang was taken into custody for questioning after being caught in a crime. His wife and adult daughter were also questioned by the "Uncle in the Hat." His family members were completely clueless, not because they were trying to cover up or conceal anything; they genuinely knew nothing. For years, they had always considered District Chief Jiang a quintessential public servant.

Aunt San also cried to Uncle Hat, saying that this man was not a good guy. He had been hooking up with those vixens behind her back and never told her a word.

At first, He Kao was quite sympathetic, but later he figured it out. There are some things that Third Uncle should just say nothing about. Dangerous secrets will also bring danger to those who know them.

Look at Mother Chen again. Did she know that her husband and son were both nymphomaniacs for all these years?

According to the information He Kao learned, Mei Guyu encountered the same bottleneck in cultivation as Old Man Jiang did. He had been in seclusion in the Xianhu Cave for more than two years but had not been able to break through, so he left the cave to seek other opportunities.

The reason why she came to Qiyuan was explained clearly at noon.

Then she should also be going through tribulations, and her cultivation level is still at that level. For example, at noon, she sent a divine thought to He Kao, but she had lost all her magical powers and could not perform many spells.

I have no idea what the specific mystery is, but referring to the literary works I have read, I just assume that she has temporarily lost all her powers.

In this situation, if the news leaks out, it will definitely attract many people with ulterior motives. Given her status and position, those who come may have various purposes.

And according to Murphy's Law, the news will almost certainly leak out!
If He Kao could think of this, couldn't the higher-ups of the sect, or even Mei Guyu himself, think of it? If that was the case, this was most likely a setup, and Mei Guyu was the bait.

Regardless of whether Mei Guyu took the initiative to join the game or Shumen followed the trend, the bait was heavy enough and the fish to be caught was probably a big one. The target was not only Fabre and his ilk, but also the problematic senior members of Shumen.

In He Kao's opinion, the Danding Sect was the most likely to have problems among the top brass of the Seven Great Sects. The mastermind behind Zeng Hongye's case was Yu Pingzhou, the former deacon of the Danding Sect, and Qi Nansheng, the former sect leader and current Grand Elder, was also implicated.

Wan Zhongle, the other current and powerful deacon of Danding Sect, was no good in He Kao's eyes. The culprit behind last year's Qiyuan Rebellion and the abandoned amusement park was Wan Zhongle's direct disciple, Zhao Huanzhen.

It just so happens that Mei Guyu is the head of the Danding Sect and should bear the main leadership responsibility.

She was young and had just taken office, and had not yet truly taken control of the sect. She had been in seclusion for the past few years, cultivating, and the sect's affairs were managed by several deacons, while the second elder was responsible for voting in the sect's law hall.

Now he wants to reorganize the sect, but he came to Qiyuan instead... In fact, He Kao was somewhat disgusted with Mei Guyu's behavior, and even had some complaints.

Why do you think his appearance is fate? Even if that's the case, you can't just force it. What do you think he is, a wishing well? You can come whenever you want, take advantage of it whenever you want. Have you asked him if he agrees?
Mei Guyu seems to be ignorant of the world and has low emotional intelligence, but in fact she is very smart. She knows exactly what He Kao is thinking, and she speaks out as soon as they meet.

This made He Kao unable to complain. Mei Guyu just wanted to live a normal life as a normal person. She hadn't done anything wrong. Who could stop her?
He Kao cannot decide what she does, he can only decide what he himself does.

At 5:30 in the afternoon, the supervisor and deputy supervisor were still working, and other colleagues were too embarrassed to leave first, but He Kao said hello and left work on time. He felt a little regretful when he walked out of the office building because he saw Mei Guyu's back.

A new employee is so unenthusiastic about their work, did they leave on time on their first day? Mei Guyu was walking along the sidewalk towards Sesame Apartment. I heard she also rented an apartment there.

Since she lived in Sesame Apartment, He Kao had no plans to live there. The reason he walked there was to pick up his car, which he had parked downstairs of the apartment building today.

He was a bit tired during this period, so he decided to move back to his hometown in Jiangbei. It wasn't impossible to commute by car every day, but it would just take more time. Although he also had a house in Guanliu Community, He Kao still wanted to be farther away.

At this moment, three men suddenly came towards him, and He Kao could tell something was wrong at a glance.

Although they were still far away, He Kao, with his sharp perception, could sense that the three men smelled strongly of alcohol and their steps were staggering, as if they were drunk.

It wasn't even six in the afternoon yet, so who would be drunk at this hour? Had they been drinking since noon? Furthermore, these people were very steady, and their staggering steps were just fake.

He Kao couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "Is the sect's confidentiality really that bad? Mei Guyu ran into trouble on his first day at work! How long had it been since we'd seen the classic, old-fashioned plot of a hooligan molesting a girl on the street?"

Those three guys must have come to test our background, and I don’t know who ordered them to do so.

Mei Guyu might be in a state of losing his magical powers. This is just a guess, and no one dares to be really sure, so they found three street urchins to be cannon fodder?
He Kao really wanted to know how Mei Guyu would respond, and was also considering whether he should take action - it was his fault for running into such an unfortunate situation!

Mei Guyu had obviously noticed the situation, but she didn't stop and instead picked up a branch from the nearby green belt. She was destroying the flowers and trees by doing this, and if she was caught, she would be fined.

In January of the Gregorian calendar, some flowers and trees have lost all their leaves, but his movements seem very natural. He just reaches out and takes off a branch as thick as a walnut, as if the branch broke by itself.

Then she snapped off the thin branches and tips with a few more snaps, leaving only a stick less than a meter long in her hand.

The three men just happened to be approaching and suddenly separated. Two of them blocked the left and right sides, and the one in the middle reached out to touch Mei Guyu's face, and said teasingly in a foreign accent: "Hey, sister, you are quite pretty..."

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(End of this chapter)