"Shen, you really saved us today."
"Yeah, without you, we’d have definitely stayed on for overtime again."
At the barbecue stall, a few guys sat around Shen Zhaozhao, one after another, treating her like their savior.
"Everyone worked hard today, this meal’s on me," Shen Zhaozhao said as she picked up a drink.
She was always straightforward, and in just a day, she’d already bonded with her colleagues from the data department.
The others immediately said, "How can that be right? We should be treating you, actually."
"Exactly, we agreed we’d treat you."
Everyone stop arguing," Shen Zhaozhao spoke up, "Let Mr. Sheng take care of it, we’re all working for him after all, this meal should be on him."
"Shen’s right, we should let the capitalist treat us," one of the male colleagues said with a laugh.
Immediately, a colleague pointed at him and said, "You’re done for, daring to call Mr. Sheng a capitalist."
"Exactly, talking bad about the boss in front of the boss’s wife, you’ve got some nerve?"
"My bad!" the colleague who spoke first quickly pleaded for mercy.
Shen Zhaozhao blinked, "Today, everyone sitting here is from the same team; there’s no boss’s wife here, I’m one of you."
"Cool!" The guy who earlier called her junior gave her a thumbs up.
The others also raised their glasses to toast Shen Zhaozhao.
Everyone was drinking beer, except for Shen Zhaozhao who was drinking a soft drink, knowing her own alcohol tolerance, she wouldn’t dare to challenge it outside, and of course, nobody dared to force her.
When the group was nearly done eating, Shen Zhaozhao called Sheng Chuyi to pick her up.
After Sheng Chuyi settled the bill, he looked at everyone and asked, "Has everyone eaten enough? Should I ask the boss to serve more?"
"No need, we’re full!"
"Right, right, right, we’ll head back first, goodbye Mr. Sheng, goodbye Shen."
"See you all tomorrow!" Shen Zhaozhao waved at everyone, then turned to Sheng Chuyi beside her, "Have you had dinner? Do you want me to join you for more?"
Sheng Chuyi looked at her and asked, "Are you happy?"
Without thinking, Shen Zhaozhao nodded, "Of course I’m happy with so many handsome guys dining with me."
As soon as she said it, she met Sheng Chuyi’s stern face and hurriedly corrected herself, "I was joking. I learned a lot today and I dined with everyone to close the distance between us, you’re not mad, are you?"
Sheng Chuyi looked down at her and said, "What if I said I am?"
When had he become so petty?
Shen Zhaozhao tugged at his sleeve, coaxing in a low voice, "I’m sorry, I know it was wrong of me to break our date, how about I join you for a bit more? Or, how about I cook you soup myself tomorrow?"
"Are you not going to the company tomorrow?" Sheng Chuyi raised an eyebrow at her.
Who was it that just said see you tomorrow to everyone else?
"I am! I mean after work." Her job had just gotten started; not going the next day would definitely be inexcusable.
But, she also had tutoring sessions the next day and would only be able to go to the company in the afternoon.
"If I keep being absent, won’t everyone mind?" Shen Zhaozhao was a bit worried, afraid that it might cause trouble for him and others.
"I’ll make things clear to everyone," Sheng Chuyi said.