Three days later, Gu Xiyan officially started her working career.

  Gu Xiyan now works for Hua Teng Enterprise, one of the top companies in Beijing, mainly engaged in software development. Gu Xiyan was hired by the technical department of Hua Teng.

  With Gu Xian's ability, it wouldn't be difficult to secure a spot in the technical department. What was unexpected for her was that her direct supervisor turned out to be...

  "It's you, Miss Gu." Zhao Yanlan's eyes flashed with surprise when she saw Gu Xiyuan being led into the minister's office.

  "Hello Minister Zhao." No one addressed Zhao Yanlan as Ms. Zhao. Being in the workplace, it's natural to understand workplace etiquette.

  "Hmm, since you've been assigned to me, I'll call you Xiyan then. Xiyan, although we have met before, I won't give you special treatment just because of that one encounter. As a newcomer here, whether or not you can achieve results depends on your own abilities." Zhao Yanlan tapped her pen on the desk, quietly observing Xiyan's reaction.

  "That's natural, Minister. I will work hard." Gu Xiyan wore a professional attire today, and her beautiful small face revealed a generous and elegant smile.

  "Xian, from now on we're all in the same department. You can just call me Sister Lan like everyone else. If there's anything you don't understand, ask your colleagues for guidance." Zhao Yanlan added after a moment of thought.

  "Okay, sis Lan. I will. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Gu Xiyan's nickname is really fitting."

  "Alright, Xiao Wu, take Xiyan to her workstation and brief her on the situation." Zhao Yanlan called out to a man standing not far behind Xiyan.

  "Received." A young man called Little Wu responded to Zhao Yanlan and walked over to Gu Xiyuan, gesturing for her to follow him.

  Gu Xiyan couldn't help but gasp as she walked into the technical department's office. It was really... messy.

  "Xian, may I call you that?" Suddenly, the little Wu in front of Gu Xian turned around and spoke to her.

  "Uh-huh, okay." Gu Xiyan was observing her surroundings with great interest when she was suddenly called out. She felt a bit awkward and smiled embarrassingly. To ease the atmosphere, Gu Xiyan added, "This place is really different from what I imagined."

  "Ah, don't be nervous. Everyone here is like brothers and sisters. This place... uh, has become a bit more relaxed. But the people in our department are all very easy to get along with." Little Wu rubbed his temples, looking rather headache-prone.

  "Uh-huh. I understand." Gu Xiyan quickly made her stance clear.

  "Alright, I'll introduce you to the people around here first. There are quite a few weirdos in our department, so you'd better get used to it quickly. Also, strong individuals are highly respected in our department, so you should work hard too." Little Wu seems like an outgoing person.

  "Thank you, Little Wu." Gu Xiyan said sincerely.

  "Save the pleasantries," said Little Wu, leading Siyan to a girl with glasses and a bobbed haircut. "You'll see how well we get along in our department later."

  "Dongdong. This is our new colleague. Take good care of her in the future." Little Wu knocked on the desk of the girl with the explosive hairstyle.

  The girl with a explosive hairstyle didn't even lift her head. "Got it, got it. Don't disturb sister while she's programming."

  Xiao Wu smiled at Gu Xiyan with a hint of profundity, but just for a few seconds. Suddenly, the explosive-headed girl popped up from her chair and grabbed Xiao Wu's collar. She shouted loudly: "What did you say? What did you say? Are there new ones coming? Male or female? Is the male handsome? Is the female pretty?"

  Gu Xiyan's eyes widened in shock. This guy changed too quickly, didn't he? She caught a glimpse of Little Wu being stunned into confusion. Only then did she realize that the problem was probably with herself. "Uh, hi... I'm new here." Gu Xiyan introduced herself somewhat awkwardly: "My name is Gu Xiyan."

  The girl with the explosive hair suddenly shifted her target. Squinting her eyes, she scanned through Gu Xiyan's height, appearance and measurements before saying calmly: "She has potential."

  She was swept by his fiery gaze and couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine.

  "Alright, from now on, just call me Dongdong." The girl with the explosive hair hooked her hand around Gu Xiyan's neck and shook her own explosive hair.

  "Okay, Dongdong. Can you... let go of me a bit?" Dongdong was slightly shorter than Gu Xiyan, who had to lower her head as she was being pulled by the other girl. This posture made Gu Xiyan feel uncomfortable.

  "Okay, Xiaoxi. Remember to come and play with me often." Dongdong moved his hand away and picked up a package of opened Sheritz cotton candy from the table and handed it to Gu Xixian. "Xiaoxi, I have three favorite things: handsome guys and beautiful girls, computer programming, and cotton candy. As a beauty, you are qualified to enjoy my cotton candy."

  Gu Xiyan wanted to refuse, but Xiao Wu beside him hurriedly spoke up: "Xiyan, just accept Dongdong's kind intentions."

  "Oh." Gu Xiyan thought that Xiao Wu must have had some reason for saying so, and she also took the sugar over. In the end, she even handed it to Dongdong with a grateful smile.

  After leaving Dongdong's table, Xiao Wu explained to Gu Xiyen: "Dongdong is very popular in the department, but she has a characteristic that if she wants to be good to someone, the other person cannot refuse. Otherwise, she will keep bothering you until you accept her kindness. If you hadn't accepted her candy just now, she would have gone on and on talking about how you would feel like you owe her your life."

  "It's that serious." Gu Xiyan looked at the candy in her hand. She really couldn't connect the person in Xiao Wu's mouth with Dongdong.

  "Of course. I'm a good example." Little Wu said with a deliberate fright, which brought a burst of playful laughter from Gu Xiyan.

  "Here, have this candy." Gu Xiyan wanted to give the candy to Little Wu.

  Xiao Wu Yan refused. "Xiyan, you eat it yourself. I'm a big man eating cotton candy, what's the point? If not, take it back home and give it to your little friends at home. By the way, I'll take you to meet our department's most powerful programming master." Xiao Wu said as he led Gu Xiyan around the corner and continued walking.

  "Shao Yuan, new colleague." Standing in front of an office desk with three computers on it, Xiao Wu spoke up.

  "Mm." He typed out the last bit of code on his keyboard. The man named Shao Yuan's lips curled up adorably. Hopefully, this time it wouldn't go wrong again.

  "Xiao Yuan is our department's deputy minister. Those older than him call him Xiao Yuan, while those younger or of the same age as him call him Shao Yuan. That's his rule," explained Little Wu.

  Gu Xiyan looked at Shao Yuan with a glance. Shao Yuan was a baby-faced man, and his actual age couldn't be discerned. As a result, Gu Xiyan was in a dilemma about how to address him.

  From start to finish, Shao Yuan didn't take a glance at Gu Xiyan. Coincidentally, someone called Xiao Wu over for help. Gu Xiyan was left alone and didn't know what to do, so she went around to stand behind Shao Yuan.

  At this moment, Shao Yuan is staring at the computer screen displaying "Error occurred..." with wide eyes. He clearly doesn't believe that his program, which he has been testing for a whole day and another morning, could go wrong. In his opinion, it's a perfect program, how could there be an error?

  "Hey, can I take a look?" Gu Xiyan saw that he was ignoring her and tried to initiate a conversation with him.

  Shao Yuan only then glanced at Gu Xiyan with a slanted gaze. "No mood." After lazily spitting out the three words, he leaned his head back and collapsed onto the comfortable office chair.

  The office chair has wheels underneath it. Shao Yuan scratched his head and irritably pushed the office chair to one side, as if looking at the computer for another second would kill him.

  Gu Xiyan moved the mouse on Shao Yuan's desk, carefully reviewed all the program codes he wrote, and soon realized where the problem lay. With swift hands, she manipulated the computer for a while. Gu Xiyan picked out and corrected several subtle errors in Shao Yuan's code.

  Shaoyuan finally regained some vitality, looking at the computer and seeing that his program had successfully run. Excitedly jumping out of his chair, he rushed to the computer. "It's running! Ah, it's finally moving! I've been working on this for so long, you were playing hard to get with me. Now that someone else is here, you're surrendering obediently, huh?"

  Although he was very happy, Shao Yuan's mouth was full of vicious words. Gu Xiyan saw the situation and burst out laughing.

  "Hey, what's your name?" shouted at Gu Xiyan with a bit of an attitude. Shao Yuan's doll-like face was full of discomfort.

  "Gu Xiyan."

  "Gu Xiyan." Sounds familiar.

  "I heard you're one of the best programming technicians here." Gu Xiyan didn't mean to mock him, she just wanted to find a topic to talk about.

  "Cut the crap, programming is nothing. What's truly impressive about me is that I won't tell you." Shao Yuan turned his head with a swagger.

  "Hmm, okay then. Can you tell me what I should call you?" Gu Xiyan smiled awkwardly.

  "This is it. Call me grandpa." Shao Yuan said with a complacent smile to Gu Xiyan after saving the program on his computer.

  "Shao Ye or Yuan Ye." Gu Xiyan suddenly felt that this guy was very childish, so she pretended to think for a moment.

  "Cut it out. Stop yelling at me. And stop messing around with that annoying Shaoyuan stuff." Shaoyuan said unwillingly.

  The two of them couldn't compromise. Shao Yuan insisted on calling Gu Xiyan "Little Xiyan". Gu Xiyan, on the other hand, called Shao Yuan "Little Yuanzi". From a phonetic perspective, these two terms are quite similar.

  After two people chatted nonsense for a long time, Gu Xiyan suddenly realized that she seemed to be slacking off. Hurriedly saying goodbye to Shao Yuan, she went to find Xiao Wu to take her to her workstation. Just as Gu Xiyan took a few steps away, Shao Yuan grabbed her hair. "Little Xiyan, where are you running?"

  "Ow, it hurts. Let go quickly." Gu Xiyan was forced to stop in her tracks.

  "You can just stay here and work with me from now on." Shao Yuan said, as if he was showing great compassion.

  "Although you are very capable, don't look down on the department's rules." Gu Xiyan felt that this kid was really used to being arbitrary and reckless.

  "Wu Mingliang. I've taken care of that new one who just arrived." Suddenly, Shao Yuan took out his phone and dialed a number, also turning on the speakerphone.

  "Alright, I'll let the minister know." The voice came from the other end of the phone, it was Xiao Wu.

  "Got it? From now on, you're my follower, subordinate, and hitman. Little Yanzu." Shao Yuan sneered with a hooked lip. The doll-like face was full of mischievous colors.

  "Got it. Little Yuanzi." Gu Xiyan didn't understand what was going on, but she did understand that she had been assigned to Shao Yuan.

  Author's Notes