Quick Travel: Destiny for Thirty Lifetimes

Gu Quechen looked up at him, his eyes filled with genuine inquiry.

"With your boss, you might only chat about work. But with friends, you can share your daily life and communicate more!" Lian Qingyang finished his explanation, clicked on the friend request list, and tilted his head to look over. "Is this difficult to answer, Manager Gu?"

If it were half a month ago, Gu Quechen would not believe that he would take the initiative to add a boy as a friend, and he would not believe that he would hesitate because of such a simple question.

He withdrew his gaze from Lian Qingyang's face and turned his eyes to the computer screen. He pursed his thin lips slightly, his Adam's apple moving slightly as he spoke, "Friend, I want to be friends with you."

Lian Qingyang tapped the approval button, stood up, and walked to the desk. He smiled brightly for a moment before suddenly turning serious. "Manager Gu? What do you want to talk to me about?"

Gu Quechen was confused by his behavior. He blinked his eyes, and Lian Qingyang made a "tsk" sound and whispered, "Now in the company, we are superiors and subordinates. You called me to the office because you have something to talk to me about? Huh?" As he spoke, he winked, indicating that Gu Quechen should remember their current identities.

It felt a bit like role-playing, but Gu Quechen didn't think so. He simply thought that Lian Qingyang kept his work and personal lives separate and had a strong work ethic, so he couldn't help but admire him a little more. He reached out to push his glasses, flipped through the documents at hand, and pulled out two simple plans and handed them to Lian Qingyang. His voice was inevitably serious because of the work involved. "Take a good look at these two plans. If there are ways to optimize them, you can also readjust them. Just come to my office before get off work ends tomorrow and hand them to me. You don't have to go home to do them."

It’s not that he intentionally gave Lian Qingyang a loose deadline. There was really no rush to hand it in. After all, he didn’t call Lian Qingyang to the office for this.

Lian Qingyang tucked the document under his arm, nodded in understanding, and raised an eyebrow to ask, "Then Manager Gu, I'll be leaving first?"

"Okay." Gu Quechen turned his attention back to his work. After thinking for a while, he stopped Lian Qingyang with his hand on the door handle. He coughed lightly and said, "By the way, if you have any questions, you can always ask me."

Lian Qingyang's eyes lit up and he nodded hurriedly, "As you say! Good luck with your work, Manager Gu!"

*

"What kind of document is this? I'm told that Manager Gu treats you differently from others! Eight out of ten people who were called into the office by Manager Gu came out with sad faces, but you, on the other hand, are smiling like a flower." Xia Xunyang's tone was filled with envy as he stared at the documents that Lian Qingyang had placed on the table.

"When will Manager Gu treat me differently? Even though I know it's impossible, I just want to think about it."

Lian Qingyang patted his shoulder and said solemnly, "Mr. Lu Xun once said that as long as you have outstanding abilities, you will always succeed. I believe in my vision and support you in your efforts for a better tomorrow!"

Xia Xunyang instantly felt like he'd been injected with chicken blood. He clenched his fist and nodded, "That's right!" Immediately, he realized something was amiss and turned around to ask, puzzled, "When did Mr. Lu Xun ever say that? And why are you trying to PUA me from a capitalist's perspective? You bastard!!"

Lian Qingyang threw him a planning document and snapped his fingers at him: "Read it carefully. Submit a new planning report to me before lunch tomorrow. It must be concise and highlight the key points."

"Ah?" Xia Xunyang took it subconsciously, opened it and flipped through two pages. He wailed silently for a moment, and then saw that Lian Qingyang had already started the task. He quickly sat up straight, checked it carefully, and typed a few lines on the keyboard from time to time. This serious working look was very different from his usual appearance, which made people believe in his work ability.

*

The two of them sat absorbed in front of their computers for half the morning, even exchanging a few words in low voices during lunch. The person at the next table patted Xia Xunyang and joked, "Whose assignment did you and Qingyang take this morning? I didn't even see you come to us for any work documents."

Xia Xunyang was embarrassed to say anything, so he just smiled and comforted him: "Brother, although I only have this one document, it's a bit tricky. I'll come back to you later this afternoon. You must prepare the document!"

The man was just joking. Seeing Xia Xunyang say this, he waved his hand and asked Lian Qingyang, who was eating with his head down, "Qingyang, are you still taking errands today?"

Lian Qingyang was much more direct, shaking his head and declining with a smile: "I'm so sorry, brother, I might have to see Manager Gu this afternoon, so I might not be able to come out for a while."

Manager Gu usually doesn't talk much, but if he can catch someone at work, it's not impossible for that person to stay in the office for an hour or two. After all, there have been examples before. Just pointing out the mistakes and errors almost makes people collapse, and when the people come out, their voices are filled with tears, feeling that they are useless.

The person asking the question gave Lian Qingyang a look of admiration and sympathy. He heard someone say that Lian Qingyang was called into the office in the morning. He thought that he didn't look like he was scolded when he came out, and who knew he would have to go there again in the afternoon.

"Brother, everything's fine. Qingyang, you must be mentally prepared. Although Manager Gu doesn't curse, he's much scarier when he gets serious. He looks old-fashioned, but his work ideas are much more innovative. He doesn't look down on most people's work reports and plans. Alas, since he became manager, I haven't seen him give anyone a big thumbs-up. I heard that someone who was praised by Manager Gu a few months ago went straight to work at headquarters!"

Seeing that Lian Qingyang and Xia Xunyang were paying full attention to him, the man stopped eating, waved his chopsticks a few times and continued talking.

"You think I'm exaggerating? But that's the truth. We've all been discussing privately that Manager Gu must be someone extraordinary. His headquarters is the Gu Group in City A, a first-tier city. If he were the crown prince, he'd certainly have the right to speak."

"I just didn't expect him to come here. Although our company in City C is not bad, it is nothing compared to the headquarters in City A. It's not worth mentioning. I don't know why he came here. Sigh."

Lian Qingyang lowered his head and took a bite of food, and the angle of his head lowered allowed him to raise the corners of his mouth uncontrollably.

*

"I heard you never really acknowledge anyone? And you often scold people?"

The fingers that were typing on the keyboard paused, and Gu Quechen raised his eyes, his gaze passing over Lian Qingyang who was standing in front of the desk, and opened his thin lips slightly: "Who told you that?"

"The key is who said it, right?" Lian Qingyang rested his hands on the desk, leaned forward and craned his neck to look at the computer screen, then changed the subject, "What exactly is the meaning of this place, Manager Gu?"

The sound of typing on the keyboard did not stop, and it was surprisingly harmonious with Gu Quechen's low voice: "I'm writing notes for you. If you can't wait, sit there and read the following content."

Lian Qingyang curled his lips, sat back on the sofa with the plan, and focused his attention on the content of the document.