In the past few days, Tian Xiang was busy with work and hadn’t seen ng Cheng’an.
Today, the two of them were managing reception duties, and she headed over to the Propaganda Departnt. She saw him as soon as she reached the corner.
It seed like he was looking for her too, his steps were sowhat hurried.
They stood apart, one at the corner and the other in the corridor, both smiling at each other.
ng Cheng’an walked over.
Tian Xiang scrutinized his face carefully.
Great, the dark circles under his eyes had mostly faded, his face looked a bit rounder, reverting to his usual elegant and handso self.
Tian Xiang: "How have you been resting these past few days?"
ng Cheng’an: "Not very well."
"Hmm?"
ng Cheng’an whispered, "I can’t help but think of you, making it hard to sleep at night."
Tian Xiang: "..."
She couldn’t help but roll her eyes.
Well, he was starting to speak sweet nothings too.
The two walked side by side towards the factory committee, and before they even arrived, they heard the old man’s hearty laughter.
Because this was a surprise inspection, everything was prepared at the last minute, so there wasn’t much of a program, just accompanying the old man for a stroll and taking a look around the factory and the office area.
The factory placed great importance on this, with key leaders accompanying, and heads of departnts gathered in the office, awaiting admonishnt.
The old man, having led troops before, didn’t speak in the political clichés typical of the officialdom, he directly told everyone to disperse, to go about their business, he was just there for a look without disturbing everyone’s work.
Seeing ng Cheng’an and Tian Xiang arrive, the factory committee leaders quickly made space to let them co to the front.
Seeing his beloved grandson and granddaughter-in-law, the old man’s eyes crinkled with a smile and he asked Tian Xiang if she missed him, the old man.
With so many eyes on her, Tian Xiang didn’t know how to respond.
ng Cheng’an said, "Let’s not stand here, let’s go over to the factory departnt and have a look."
The old man was displeased; the brat interrupted him, showing no respect.
However, in reality, Mr. ng still listened very much to his grandson; when ng Cheng’an said to go to the factory departnt, he led the group there.
The whole tour wasn’t long, walking and stopping with so conversations, taking less than an hour.
After leaving the factory departnt, the old man took a look around the cafeteria, and as he passed the auditorium, he suddenly stopped and asked Director Lin beside him, "With the New Year approaching, is the factory planning so programs, and the year-end comndation conference too?"
Director Lin nodded, "It’s a part of the routine every year."
Mr. ng: "Let take a look at the program list."
Director Lin looked at Jiang Qin behind him.
The union’s propaganda departnt handled these matters.
Jiang Qin: "Perhaps Mr. ng should sit in the office while I have soone bring it over."
Director Lin asked the old man what he preferred.
The old man: "No need, I’ll just go over myself to avoid interrupting the little clerks’ work."
Saying this, he headed directly to the union office.
Director Lin and Jiang Qin exchanged a glance, feeling that the old man seed a bit unhappy.
The entourage moved en masse towards the factory union, Jiang Qin leading the way and welcoming the old man into the propaganda departnt office.
Since Mr. ng was visiting today, everyone in the office was present, not venturing out.
Actually, there weren’t many people in the propaganda departnt, just four, and with ng Cheng’an attending to reception duties, there were only three left.
Previously, in the factory departnt, the old man was very happy, smilingly shaking hands and appearing amiable.
However, upon arriving here, his face turned stern.
A person who had battled on the battlefield for half a lifeti, when angry, exuded a strict, cold aura that was quite intimidating.
Many among the entourage already understood; the old man was there to support ng Cheng’an.
Although past events were already bygones, with many things helplessly beyond reproach, the old man wanted to remind everyone that not pursuing doesn’t an he had forgotten.
Lu Feng held his work notebook, which contained the event schedule he had recorded.
The previously graceful and composed person now couldn’t even lift his head, quietly stepped forward, and handed over the notebook.
The old man kept his hands clasped behind his back and didn’t take it, instead asking, "What is this?"
Lu Feng: "The year-end event schedule."
The old man responded with an "Oh" and said, "Read it to ."
Lu Feng’s heart tightened, glancing at the old man’s stern face, he quickly adjusted his mindset and began reading aloud from the side.
"Opening with a leadership speech, expected duration: half an hour. Following that, departnt heads will report this year’s production results..."
As Lu Feng read aloud, at the front of the crowd, Tian Xiang and ng Cheng’an exchanged a silent glance, feeling a mix of awkwardness and amusent.
The old man was warning those who once looked down on ng Cheng’an, and ironically, the one caught this ti was Lu Feng.
Serves him right, the one who used to look down on ng Cheng’an the most, wasn’t it him?
Seeing Lu Feng breaking into a nervous sweat, Tian Xiang was quite pleased.
This shaless guy, still pretending to be the male protagonist, just look at his pathetic state now, where’s his protagonist halo?
As Tian Xiang pondered, unexpectedly, the label of Lu Feng’s character on his forehead started to blur.
It was exactly at this mont that the old man raised his hand to interrupt him.
"What about the nominations and awards for outstanding employees and workers?"
The old man showed interest in this part and asked Director Lin beside him, "With the event less than ten days away, have you finalized the list of outstanding talents?"
Director Lin was unsure of the old man’s implication and truthfully responded, "It’s still under selection."
Mr. ng: "The nominations should have been confird, right?"
Director Lin: "Each departnt submitted theirs, so yes."
"Oh." The old man looked at Jiang Qin, "Who did the union nominate this year? Any little clerks from the Propaganda Departnt and Internal Affairs Departnt?"
Propaganda and Internal Affairs Departnt, you might as well directly say if your grandson and granddaughter-in-law are included.
Jiang Qin imdiately understood and nodded, "Yes, they are included."
Tian Xiang had already been re-nominated, and ng Cheng’an was urgently added on.
The old man nodded in satisfaction, "That’s good."
Then he looked at Tian Xiang, "I heard that although Comrade Tian Xiang has only worked for half a year, she was featured in the newspapers and received a banner. Such a rare talent, you must give her so honor and encouragent to young people, at least nominate for Outstanding Worker."
The old man’s self-talk was understood by everyone as an order.
Director Lin smiled and said, "The factory is indeed fostering young clerks significantly now; appropriate encouragent is definitely needed, I feel the sa way."
The old man nodded, acknowledging Xiao Lin as always very sensible.
Mr. ng exhaled as if recalling sothing sorrowful, sighed, and said, "Speaking of which, Cheng’an has been working for three years now, working so hard, yet hasn’t received a thing. He doesn’t mind, diligently contributing to his work unit, but as his grandfather, every ti I think back, it saddens greatly..."
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