Courtyard House: A Great Musician! Red Songs Resound Worldwide

Chapter Nine: The Broadcasting Station Takes the Initiative to Report for Duty.

"And she said she looked to be around twenty-seven or twenty-eight, almost thirty..."

The woman's completely astonished expression made Li Chaoyang very curious about what misunderstanding had occurred.

I don't look old at all.

How come you're almost 30?

And at 180cm tall, he's practically a giant these days...

They actually said I'm not tall?

How did you tell that Xiao Song isn't tall?

And they even said she's not good-looking... Are they blind?

Hmm... Xiao Song?

Li Chaoyang suddenly remembered that the young woman who greeted him at the personnel department yesterday seemed to be surnamed Song.

No way, is she making things up about herself?

No, that girl doesn't seem like the type to talk nonsense...

Li Chaoyang keenly sensed that there must be some misunderstanding involved.

After calming his breathing, he looked at the startled woman in front of him and asked her seriously.

"Big sister, there must be some misunderstanding here, right?"

"How did you ask Xiao Song that question?"

The older woman didn't answer his question. Instead, she looked embarrassed and asked in a low voice, "Young man..."

"You... are you really Li Chaoyang?"

"Yes, it's the real deal..." Li Chaoyang said, somewhat speechless, as he pulled out the work assignment document from his bag and handed it to her...

"These are the documents your personnel department processed for your onboarding yesterday."

"Look, this should prove who I am."

The older sister took it, looked at it for a moment, and then examined Li Chaoyang more closely...

After a moment, he muttered to himself, "This little Song..."

"How can you say such nonsense..."

Li Chaoyang was somewhat exasperated with this older woman, and asked with a wry smile, "Sister, how did you ask Xiao Song back then?"

"Why would she tell you that I'm short, ugly, and old...it's practically like she's saying I don't shower."

"Pfft..." These words immediately made the eldest sister burst out laughing again.

"You're quite the funny guy."

With that smile, the woman became confident and poised again... completely forgetting the embarrassment she felt when she realized she had mistaken someone for someone else.

"What else could I ask her? I just told her the truth."

“I told her that my daughter really loves the song you sang.”

"So when my daughter found out you were starting work at our company, she insisted I see what you look like..."

"I didn't expect that little rascal Song would have such ill intentions towards you, actually tricking you by saying you're short and ugly..."

The older sister wasn't embarrassed at all after hearing this.

This made Li Chaoyang, who was listening, feel somewhat awkward... Moreover, there was a lot of information in those words...

It sounds like Little Song was worried that this older sister's daughter would take a liking to her, so she was trying to fend off any unwanted suitors for her...

If that's really the case, then I'd be letting down Xiao Song's painstaking efforts.

Not only did they deliver themselves to my door this morning.

He even revealed his identity...

But what does Xiao Song mean by this...?

Li Chaoyang was a little puzzled...

But then I remembered the little girl from yesterday, her face flushed with excitement after just a few words.

Why would she do that?

After all this back-and-forth misunderstanding, the older sister wasn't as curious about Li Chaoyang as she had been before.

Because she discovered that Li Chaoyang didn't have the airs of a great musician she had imagined at all.

He's such a sunny and cheerful young man...

Seeing Li Chaoyang deep in thought, the older woman thought for a moment and asked, "By the way, Comrade Li Chaoyang, you came back to the office building to get the keys from the logistics department, right?"

"Huh? The key?" Li Chaoyang finally snapped out of his daze and said, "Oh, yes, I came here to pick up the key..."

"I almost forgot about the important matter..." He smiled somewhat awkwardly.

The older woman smiled and shook her head, saying, "Then wait a moment, I'll go to the office to get you the key."

As she spoke, she turned and went back to her office. A moment later, she returned to the lobby and handed a bunch of coins to Li Chaoyang.

"The keys were given to the personnel department after your appointment was approved. They should have been given to you yesterday along with the documents."

"However, I had something to do at home yesterday and didn't come to work. I forgot to leave the key with Xiao Song."

"I'm sorry to have made you come all this way today. It was my mistake, Comrade Li Chaoyang. Please forgive me."

This woman was quite assertive at this moment, readily admitting her mistake without making excuses.

This made Li Chaoyang, who had always felt that this older sister's thought process was abnormal, look at her with new respect.

He took the keys, smiled, and said, "It's alright, this is a good opportunity to set some standards for myself..."

"So that you won't actually believe what Xiao Song said and think I, Li Chaoyang, am some short, ugly old man..."

"Pfft..." The eldest sister was amused again by this, this time laughing so hard she couldn't straighten up. She waved her hands repeatedly and said, "Alright, alright, Comrade Li Chaoyang, please stop talking about this. Please forgive me..."

"If I keep laughing... I can't take it anymore..."

Li Chaoyang realized that the older woman's threshold for laughter was indeed a bit too low, so he stopped joking around.

After putting the keys in his pocket, he said goodbye to the woman and prepared to leave to visit the cultural center.

But just as he turned to leave, the woman called out to him, "Comrade Chaoyang, wait a minute..."

"What's wrong, big sister? Is there anything else?" Li Chaoyang turned around and asked seriously.

He's now terrified that this woman will burst into laughter again in the office building lobby...

Just a short while ago, people coming in and out of the building were giving them strange looks.

The woman composed herself and walked over, saying, "Well, you'll definitely need to clean up when you get to the cultural center. I happen to be free right now, so I'll go with you and help you clean your office."

“This… isn’t a good idea…” Li Chaoyang hesitated for a moment.

He seemed a little hesitant to continue spending time with this cheerful older woman....

"It's alright, I'm just killing time anyway. Oh right, I should also invite Xiao Song along."

“That girl not only lied to me, but also made up stories about you… We can’t let her get away with this.”

"Okay, you go first, I'll call her and come over together." The woman said, heading out to find Xiao Song.

Chapter 10 Hello, are you the new section chief?

At this moment, Li Chaoyang refused, saying, "Big sister, I'd better not trouble you."

After thinking for a moment, he added, "If you are free right now, could you please inform the staff in our publicity department? Tell them to come to the publicity department office and that I will be waiting for them there."

"It's our own office after all, so the publicity department should be responsible for cleaning it."

"What kind of nonsense is it to have two people from the HR department help us clean up...?"

"You're quite sensible..." The older woman nodded after hearing Li Chaoyang's words.

"Now that you say that..."

"Then I'll go and notify the publicity department to gather at the cultural center for you!"

This woman really has a very energetic and decisive manner; she set off before she had even finished speaking.

"Speaking of which... those people in the propaganda department are something else!"

"After your appointment was approved at the meeting a few days ago, they all knew that the new section chief was taking office today..."

"They seem completely unenthusiastic," the older woman muttered to herself as she walked out again.

Li Chaoyang was still in the lobby of the office building... his brows twitched slightly again.

The older sister's words just now seemed to be a reminder to me...

Those subordinates who haven't even met him yet seem to have a problem with him, the new section chief.

After thinking about it, Li Chaoyang realized that such a possibility really existed.

It's normal for the subordinates to have some complaints since I've just arrived and become the department head...