Chapter 8 - Really want to talk to you

The feeding of small cakes that had lasted for more than three weeks was finally over.

Zhuang Yanyu resumed a healthy eating life. He ate well in the morning to 70% full, ate just enough at noon, and less oil, salt in the evening.

What was different from the past was that he got up an hour earlier than usual every morning to go for a run.

How happy he was to eat the little cake before was how hard he ran in the morning.

After being a human for more than three months, number 011 had also experienced another great hardship of human beings —– one only took more than ten days to gain weight, but took several months to lose weight, and one might not even be able to lose weight.

Although the process was a bit hard, when he thought about it, at least he had passed the first stage of the running-in period.

He told the truth and rejected the good brother’s gift, but his good brother didn’t seem to mind, which showed that the initial running-in period was pretty good.

This also gave Zhuang Yanyu inspiration.

Good things should be shared among brothers!

His good brother found a delicious cake and wanted him to try it, so he gave it to him.

So then if he(ZYY) ate something delicious or found something interesting, couldn’t he(ZYY) also give it to him(WCX)?

However, in terms of food and lodging, Zhuang Yanyu was basically very self-disciplined. He insisted on a healthy diet and life, so he basically never ate outside, so the chance of finding treasure shops was relatively small.

Then he could only start from the bottom level.

A colleague said: “I am so tired from sitting, and my neck is also very uncomfortable. It seems that I will have to go to the physical therapy for my shoulder and neck again on Sunday.”

Other colleagues replied: “There is no other way. For office workers like us who spend a lot of time in front of the computer, 9 out of 10 people will suffer from cervical spondylosis¹. But you can buy a neck massager to relax, it is quite comfortable.”

Zhuang Yanyu’s ears moved, his brother also sat in the office every day, facing the computer.

Within two days, a neck massager was sent to the president’s office by the security.

Colleague: “Zhou Quan, what is this in your hand?”

Zhou Quan: “Hot compress² device, I have tenosynovitis³ in my hands, customer service like us often type, so my wrists and fingers can’t stand it, so I bought this one to slow it down.”

Colleague : “Is it helpful? I also have tenosynovitis.”

Zhou Quan: “It’s okay, it’s good to relax, so that it’s not so uncomfortable anymore.”

Zhuang Yanyu’s ears moved again. He didn’t know if his brother had often typed, but it was also good to prevent tenosynovitis.

Within two days, another heat compress device was sent to the president’s office by the security.

Colleague A: “This is the new keyboard wrist rest⁴ I bought. It is very soft and easy to use, even better than my previous one!”

Colleague B: “I have long wanted to replace my wooden wrist rest because I keep sweating. This one is airtight, can I get the link!”

Zhuang Yanyu also silently asked for the link to place an order.

Zhuang Yanyu listened to everyone’s recommendations, and sent a lot of things to the president’s office one after another. Even the security room who delivered the couriers began to wonder, “Recently, Mr. Wen has a lot of couriers…”

And Wen Chenxi was very impressed with what Zhuang Yanyu sent. Everything ordered was accepted, and he(WCX) even gave some small gifts to him(ZYY).

After accepting it, he was a little worried that the small employee only had such a small salary, would it not be enough to always buy things for him?

Then he could only raise his wage! Increase his bonus!

But he couldn’t just increase the salary of the service center on the 16th floor every time, could he?

That would be so weird.

As a result, the wages of all the staff in the headquarters was increased.

However, the finance department was a little worried. The boss had often raised wages recently. There were so many employees in the headquarters. If all of them were counted, the salary expenditure was quite a lot. If the expenditure here was large, the company’s net profit would decrease. They were afraid that the income at the end of the year would not meet the plan. If profit did not meet expectations, that was not a good thing.

However, after the end of the month, the financial department did the calculations, and the profit not only did not decrease, but even doubled!

After a careful study, it turned out that because of the wage increase, the enthusiasm of the employees were mobilized, and everyone worked more diligently. As a result, some products and new systems that were supposed to be launched next month were all launched ahead of schedule!

The timing of release was advanced, which meant that the cost was reduced, and the cost reduction meant that the benefit increased.

The finance department was shocked, and secretly said: “Mr. Wen is worthy of being Mr. Wen! We are short-sighted!”

So everyone felt that staying at Weilan Technology was the right choice, and they worked harder in their jobs.

The company had a completely new look, and to Special Assistant Lin, this feeling could not be ignored.

Because Special Assistant Lin found that even the cold president’s office suddenly became warm and down-to-earth.

There were flowers on the windowsill, cute hand-made ornaments were placed on the table, and there was even a delicate, soft and cute wrist rest in front of the computer.

Especially the massagers on the sofa, which made Special Assistant Lin feel closer to the president. It turned out that President Wen also had occupational diseases.

So Special Assistant Lin became more courageous. After reporting his work, Lin Lin couldn’t help but tell Wen Chenxi about the recent changes in the company.

Wen Chenxi raised his eyebrows, he never thought that he would get such an effect by giving Zhuang Yanyu a little more salary with just means.

This week, Zhuang Yanyu was seconded to the engineering department again. The work of the engineering department was different from the technical service. It was so busy here that there was little time to look at one’s mobile phone. It was not until lunch time that Zhuang Yanyu saw that Comrade Lao Zhuang sent him information.

Lao Zhuang said that many of the fruits he planted were ripe, and because there were too many, Lao Zhuang couldn’t finish eating, and had no time to sell, so he simply packed a big snakeskin bag for Zhuang Yanyu, took a driver from the countryside to the city, and asked Zhuang Yanyu to share and give them to his friends.

Zhuang Yanyu first sent a message to Wen Chenxi, asking him if he wanted some fruit.

[Zhuang Yanyu: My father planted them all. They are all delicious, fresh, and free of pesticides. ]

[Wen Chenxi: Okay. 】

Zhuang Yanyu was happy, 【Okay, then I’ll get it after get off work and bring it to you tomorrow. ]

[Wen Chenxi: Where will you get it? Not a courier? 】

【Zhuang Yanyu: It’s not a courier, it’s a driver driving to the city. 】

This involved Wen Chenxi’s knowledge blind spot.

[Wen Chenxi: A driver driving to the city? Not a courier? 】

【Zhuang Yanyu: Express delivery follows the route, picking and shipping from one warehouse to another warehouse, so the speed is slower, and the fruit tends to become stale. ]

[Wen Chenxi: Express delivery in the same city. 】

【Zhuang Yanyu: It’s relatively mountainous over there, and there are few couriers in the same city. Sometimes they only come once a few days. But there is a shuttle bus driving into the city every day, and the villagers prefer to take the shuttle bus into the city. There is also a fixed pick-up point, so I only need go there to pick up the goods. 】

Looking at Zhuang Yanyu’s words, Wen Chenxi raised his eyebrows slightly.

Zhuang Yanyu never shied away from talking about his hometown in front of him, talking about being a rural person, even though his family was very poor.

It made people feel that he was sincere.

Wen Chenxi tapped the table with his fingers, and first called Special Assistant Lin: “The dinner is canceled.”

Special Assistant Lin was a little uncertain: “It’s a dinner with the directors of the Xiao Group tonight, are you sure you want to cancel?”

Wen Chen Xi gave an ‘En’ and said: “Book another timeslot.”

After speaking, he hung up the phone and sent a message to a certain small employee: [I will go with you after work. 】

When Zhuang Yanyu saw this news, his eyes lit up with joy, and he couldn’t help typing, and even sent an exclamation mark: 【Okay! ]

[Zhuang Yanyu: I haven’t seen you for a long time! 】

Although the two were in the same company, they had hardly met each other in reality!

Zhuang Yanyu saw his brother last time, but the other just got into his car and left, so neither of them spoke!

It had been more than two months since the last time at the farmhouse when they went fishing together!

Wen Chen raised his lips and was about to type when Zhuang Yanyu sent another message.

【Zhuang Yanyu: I really want to talk to you, not just on WeChat. ]

He really wanted to chat with his good brother, to talk about life.

Especially during this period of time, he had gained too much insight in being a human being, and also had too many views on life, which he wanted to share with others!

Wen Chenxi paused for a moment, looked at Zhuang Yanyu’s words, and took a while to reply with “En”.

The author has something to say:

PS——

Wen Chenxi: I can still hold it! (If I am too easy to be caught, the other party will not cherish it. )

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¹- Cervical spondylosis is a general term for age-related wear and tear affecting the spinal disks in your neck. As the disks dehydrate and shrink, signs of osteoarthritis develop, including bony projections along the edges of bones (bone spurs). [Credit to Google~]

²- something like this.

³- Tenosynovitis is a broad term describing the inflammation of the fluid-filled synovium within the tendon sheath. It commonly manifests as pain, swelling, and contractures, depending on the etiology. [Courtesy to Google once again ><]

⁴- something like this.

HelenXD:

I want a keyboard wrist rest too, they look so comfortable (^o^)/

~Spoiler~

Xiao Yu will forget something important… Will Xiao Xi get angry? ^w^

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