Chapter 824: 824 Secretary
Xie Fenglan turned and left without any extra words, which made Yuanyuan quite satisfied.
An hour later, Xie Fenglan returned, reported briefly, and then went out.
She had never encountered such busy work in logistics before. Now, as she is to be the minister’s secretary, she must seize the time to learn from the seniors.
Although she believed she would definitely do well, she knew that without effort, she wouldn’t hold her ground. She wasn’t smart, so she could only work twice as hard.
Secretary Zhang was quite puzzled, thinking Minister Su would choose a secretary from within the department, as it would quickly allow for adaptation. He never expected her to choose a female comrade from logistics.
However, for this new colleague, he was willing to be completely forthcoming and help her adapt quickly, as this would significantly reduce his workload.
By the time Su Yuanyuan finished organizing the files, it was already noon. Xie Fenglan knocked and came in, "Minister Su, should I get lunch?"
Su Yuanyuan shook her head, "No need, I’ll go eat by myself. It will be like this in the future. If I need you to get lunch, I will inform you in advance."
"Yes."
Just as Su Yuanyuan was about to stand up, the phone on the table rang.
"Hello. Yuanyuan speaking."
"Xiao Su. It’s me, come over and have lunch together."
"Yes, Leader." She anticipated such a situation. Yesterday she planned to meet Xu Guozhi but ended up not going. In fact, she didn’t like spending too much time with Xu Guozhi.
She left the office with Xie Fenglan following behind her.
"No need to follow me. You go eat."
They were within the same compound, so there was no issue. She just went over directly.
"Minister Su, the leader is waiting for you. I’ll arrange lunch immediately."
"Thank you, Secretary Li."
Xu Guozhi looked at Su Yuanyuan as she entered, "Welcome, our Minister Su."
"Thank you, Leader."
"Xiao Su, you’ve finally thought it through."
"Yes, I have thought it through."
In no time, Secretary Li had arranged the lunch.
The two sat down to eat. Su Yuanyuan was quite curious about Xu Guozhi’s lunch. Now that she saw it, it just appeared to be cafeteria food. However, it was surely specially made, and tasted quite good.
"Xiao Su, how’s the taste?"
"The taste is alright. I like the multisweet porridge from the cafeteria; the rest is just average."
"Young girls should eat more. I see you’re pickier than an old guy like me."
"I just don’t like coarse grains."
"Hehe. In the future, let the cafeteria prepare fine grains for you."
"Leader, let’s not. I’m fine with whatever’s available. You know I don’t like special treatment."
Xu Guozhi laughed as he ate. "Your letter of appointment will be sent to you this afternoon. Xiao Su, the External Liaison Department will be relying on you from now."
"Leader, Minister Lu is very capable."
Xu Guozhi nodded, "Yes, he’s capable, but he can’t do it alone. That’s why when he knew I wanted you in Finance, he lured you over. You’ve reviewed some documents and know our challenges. Internal troubles and external threats, Xiao Su, we owe you."
"I understand, Leader. I’m just one person with limited abilities, but I will do my best."
Xu Guozhi nodded. He believed this. Su Yuanyuan was someone who either didn’t do it or did it well.
After lunch, Su Yuanyuan returned to her office, which had a resting room. This arrangement was quite humane.
Throughout the afternoon, Su Yuanyuan organized all the files.
It had been a long time since she had worked in such a structured office setting, and it truly felt somewhat unfamiliar.
The end-of-day bell rang. Su Yuanyuan put down the files in her hand and tidied up her belongings.
Leaving the office, Xie Fenglan immediately stood up. Her work position was in the secretary’s office, but she was conveniently positioned to face the minister’s office door.
"Minister Su."
"I’m off work now; you should also get off early."
All the secretaries looked up and glanced at this Minister Su who insisted on leaving on time.
How could Su Yuanyuan not understand their thoughts? But she truly didn’t want to be this way. As long as she completed her work during work hours, that should suffice.
"Yes."
Su Yuanyuan rode her bike away, unaware that after she left, the other secretaries envied Xie Fenglan.
"Secretary Xie, you can also get off work now." Secretary Chen jokingly teased her.
"All seniors, I still have many unclear areas. I need to learn from you all after work."
Xie Fenglan’s attitude pleased many, and they would inform her when she inquired.
Su Yuanyuan went to buy liangfen and meat buns to visit Zeng Hongling.
Now both of them were at the hospital every day. From Su Yuanyuan’s perspective, their relationship had taken a further step. It’s clear that it’s time that people need the most.
"Yuanyuan, you’re off work?"
"Yes, off work. I came to see you. But seeing you so spirited is reassuring."
"I told you I’m fine. You’re so busy with work; no need to visit me. I’ll come to find you if anything arises."
"Alright, I’ll be going abroad soon. You just stay home and have your baby, have a good postpartum recovery, and wait for me to bring some delicious food back for you."
"That sounds great, but what’s delicious there?"
Su Yuanyuan smiled and shook her head, "I’m not sure either, we’ll know when we get there. But I’ll definitely bring you back a leather coat."
"Alright, I’ll be waiting for you."
Yang Liulang listened to the two chat from a side. After a while, he talked to Su Yuanyuan about the cultivation of medicinal herbs.
"Next time, Yixin doesn’t need to go back. We’ll send someone from home."
"I have no objections. I will be paying much less attention in the future."
It wasn’t an excuse, just that there really wasn’t much time in the future, and also to avoid suspicion, now even the 20% shares felt a bit burdensome.
Lu Chengmin laughed upon hearing that Su Yuanyuan got off work on time. "That’s because your Minister Su is quite leisurely."
Now, there was nothing unclear. Clearly, tomorrow there should be more work given to Minister Su.
The next day when Su Yuanyuan arrived at work, the office was already tidied up. Besides, there were lots of documents placed on the desk.
Secretary Xie reported on these documents.
"Alright, I understand."
She settled down to work, marking out some problematic areas. Secretary Xie notified that a meeting needed to be held.
This meeting’s content was about discussing the foreign embassies.
Su Yuanyuan had never dealt with these before, so she didn’t say anything; just sat there listening, noting down things she didn’t understand directly.
"Minister Su, you’ll take charge of this issue."
Su Yuanyuan nodded, "I can do that." This was quite simple; she wouldn’t indulge their bad habits, providing space as agreed, and if further demands were made, they could leave. She wouldn’t allow them to take advantage.
Lu Chengmin was very curious about how exactly Su Yuanyuan would resolve this.