Xiao Liu found it strange. Why would anyone bring such a young secretary?
She was still a child, wasn't she?
Did she need someone to take care of her?
Thinking that the task of looking after Su Xiaotian might fall on her, Xiao Liu felt a bit resentful.
However, she didn't show it too obviously.
Su Xiaotian was a very perceptive person and naturally sensed that the girl named Xiao Liu didn't like her.
But Su Xiaotian's thoughts were simple and direct. They were just on a shared journey.
Some people were destined not to become friends, so it was fine to keep a distance from the start.
After sizing up Su Xiaotian for a good while, Xiao Liu finally said nothing.
Su Xiaotian, on the other hand, quietly packed her luggage and put it away.
The two people below were unaware of the unspoken tensions above.
But Fan Shufang, as Su Xiaotian's second grandmother, doted on Su Xiaotian as if she were her own child.
As soon as she sat down on the bunk, she remembered something and jumped up.
"Xiaotian, be careful on the upper bunk. You won't roll off while sleeping at night, will you?" Fan Shufang said with concern. "Otherwise, you should sleep on the lower bunk, and I'll sleep up there."
Fan Shufang was fifty years old this year. With her aging bones, climbing to the upper bunk to sleep was indeed inconvenient.
Even Yang Liming was shocked.
He had known from the beginning that Fan Shufang genuinely doted on Su Xiaotian, but he had never imagined it would be to this extent.
"Old Fan, you're not young anymore!" Yang Liming had to remind Fan Shufang.
Xiao Liu looked at Fan Shufang and Su Xiaotian with a strange expression.
Had their roles reversed?
When did a leader worry so much about their subordinates?
She couldn't help but glance down again.
She followed Chairman Yang, but Chairman Yang had never taken care of her like this.
She couldn't help but envy and be jealous of Su Xiaotian.
She wished she could switch places with Su Xiaotian.
"Old Yang, we'll be sleeping on the train for a night, and this bed isn't as spacious as our beds at home. What if Xiaotian, this child, is restless in her sleep and falls off?"
Fan Shufang still felt that she should sleep on the upper bunk.
Xiao Liu found it even more incomprehensible. How could there be such a leader in the world?
"Second Grandmother, I'm fine. I sleep very restfully," Su Xiaotian said with a smile. "I always sleep on the upper bunk when I take the train, and I've never rolled off."
Su Xiaotian specifically emphasized this point to prevent her second grandmother from being uneasy all night.
When Xiao Liu heard Su Xiaotian call Fan Shufang "Second Grandmother," her eyes changed again.
So, she wasn't the leader's secretary. It was the leader using public resources to take her own child out for fun.
She was truly favored.
She heard that Chief Dong had the strictest requirements for himself and his family. How could he also engage in such favoritism?
She wondered if Chief Dong knew that Leader Fan would bring her juniors out on business trips.
Or was it that all crows are black, and the so-called strict self-discipline was just for show?
But no matter what, seeing Su Xiaotian so favored, it would be a lie to say Xiao Liu wasn't envious and jealous.
Her own family wasn't without resources, but most of the family's resources were tilted towards her younger brother and older brother; she was just an afterthought.
Since childhood, her elders had only paid superficial attention to her.
After graduating from high school, they had only arranged this job for her and then left her to fend for herself.
However, when it came to other people's affairs, no matter how much she envied or was jealous, she could only watch.
"Xiaotian, are you telling the truth?"
"Yes, Second Grandmother!" Su Xiaotian was about to raise her hand to guarantee it.
Only then did Fan Shufang believe her.
After Su Xiaotian finished packing her things, she climbed down from the upper bunk.
"Second Grandmother, this is the dinner my grandmother brought for us. It's almost time, shall we eat first?" Su Xiaotian asked.
Xiao Liu curled her lips in disdain. Bringing dinner? What kind of status did these leaders have?
How could they eat cold food like this?
"The train has hot dishes and hot meals prepared specifically for the leaders," Xiao Liu immediately said.
She thought the children of leaders would have more insight, but now it seemed not necessarily; they didn't even know such basic common sense.
Su Xiaotian ignored Xiao Liu.
Yang Liming frowned.
Xiao Liu seemed fine usually, but what was wrong with her today?
The train did prepare meals, but they were just ordinary meals. What was there to brag about?
"Hurry and take it out, let's eat early."
Fan Shufang didn't say the latter part.
If they ate too much, they could walk in the aisle to digest.
"Xiaotian, quickly set it out. Is all this dinner?"
Yang Liming had eaten Su family's cooking and deeply believed that even if Su family's food had cooled down, it would be much better than the train meals.
"Chairman, what if eating cold food upsets your stomach?" Xiao Liu quickly climbed down from the upper bunk and said to Yang Liming.
Although Fan Shufang was a high-ranking leader, she was not her leader, so she didn't need to say much. But Yang Liming was her direct leader, and she had to be more concerned.
"It's fine, the food made at home is fresh."
Yang Liming didn't know what Xiao Liu was thinking, his eyes fixed on the large bag in Su Xiaotian's hands.
She was already guessing what kind of food could be taken out of this bag.
At this moment, Yang Liming felt like he was opening a blind box in later generations.
Xiao Liu said ingratiatingly, "Chairman, I'll go buy you food. It's more comfortable to eat hot food and hot dishes prepared on the train."
Yang Liming was waiting to eat Su family's homemade delicacies and had no interest in the train's catering.
"No, no, I'll eat this."
Xiao Liu still insisted, "How can that be? Since I'm accompanying you, I must be responsible for you."
"Xiao Liu, since you're accompanying me, obedience is most important!" Yang Liming was finally a little annoyed.
This Xiao Liu seemed fine usually, but why was her performance so poor today?
Not as good as Su Xiaotian, a young girl.
Not clever at all!
"But, Chairman!" Xiao Liu dared not have an opinion about Yang Liming, but she had an opinion about Su Xiaotian.
Why was this girl named Xiaotian so annoying? Why bring so much food?
She was petty!
The Chairman must be indulging her because of her relationship with Leader Fan.
If the leaders got sick, she would be in trouble!
Thinking of this, Xiao Liu glared fiercely at Su Xiaotian.
Su Xiaotian didn't pay attention to Xiao Liu and naturally didn't know how resentful Xiao Liu was towards her.
She was still taking out the lunch boxes from the bag one by one.
The lunch boxes in the bag were all extra-large aluminum lunch boxes.
"Xiao Liu, help us get a pot of water," Yang Liming said to Xiao Liu, seeing her reluctant expression.
Although Xiao Liu was unwilling, since her leader had spoken, she had no choice but to fetch water reluctantly.
She figured she had to let the leader eat some hot food, hot dishes, and drink some hot soup.
She didn't believe that the hot dishes and hot food she bought back couldn't compare to the cold food this girl named Xiaotian brought.
With this thought, Xiao Liu felt reassured. She took the thermos and went directly to the end of the carriage.
She had taken this train before and knew that the dining car was two carriages behind their current one.
While fetching water, she would first go and get the food back. The Chairman would definitely eat it then.