I looked around and found that there was no logo of the Hall Corporation anywhere, be it the box, the greeting card, or the small label inside. I heaved a sigh of relief, I guess it made sense. If Selina had found out that I was in the Hall Corporation, she would have come to find me.
Was it part of the Hall Corporation’s culture to send thank you letters to the family of employees who were promoted? Or did the administrative department deliberately do this to please me? Or did Andrew specifically instruct them to do so?
I had to get to the bottom of this. After I sent Selina a reply, I immediately went to the administrative department to ask about it. I had to ask around before I found Dixie’s office.
Dixie heard my question and replied with a smile, “It’s a new set of rules set by the President. This applies to everyone, not only you. Anyone else who is promoted will receive a gift from the company.”
“Did Andrew specially instruct you to send my mother a gift?”
“Yes, the President indeed instructed me to do that.”
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Hearing Dixie’s answer, my heart raced. While I was investigating him, he was also watching me and the people around me! He even found out what my mother liked!
This was too dangerous.
A notification popped up on my phone. Selina sent me another text. “Abraham mentioned that he was going to save up and buy me this dress. I finally have it now. Even if it wasn’t from him, I still feel that he’s right here with us.”
I had mixed feelings.
By the time I got back to my office, people were already coming to me with some preliminary proposals. I had to pull myself together and get back to work. I got Bessy to set up the projector so we could all work together on reviewing the feasibility and innovativeness of the proposals.
A few other people came to me with various proposals and by the time we finished discussing, it was already six in the morning.
To my surprise, Dixie came over with a group of colleagues and brought us breakfast.
Job was so surprised that he almost cried. “Since when did our company treat employees so well? We can go on the news.”
Dixie glared at him. “What are you talking about? The company treats everyone like family.”
Job hurriedly slapped himself on the lips. “Yes, yes, yes. I didn’t sleep for the whole night. I am feeling a little muddled.”
Dixie distributed breakfast to everyone and then told me, “Emma, you should take a break. We’ve prepared a room for you on the 19th floor.”
Bonnie nearly choked while drinking a mouthful of milk, coughing several times before she got better. She immediately asked, “The 19th floor? Aren’t the rooms there exclusively for VIPs, for them to rest?”
Dixie smiled. “Those who serve the company selflessly are VIPs.”
Bonnie and Job exchanged a few glances with each other, they weren’t convinced at all. They seemed to have understood each other’s intentions.
I could feel a headache coming on. I hope I wasn’t the reason behind this situation.
I picked up some cheese bread and was about to take a bite of it when I heard someone knock on the door. The door opened and someone was here with another proposal.
Fine, seems like I won’t be able to get any sleep. We won’t be able to get any sleep before we decide on a proposal.
We resumed our discussion after having breakfast.
We were supposed to go to the canteen for lunch, but Dixie sent us food for lunch and also afternoon tea later in the day.
Everyone was in high spirits. No one complained and they all worked efficiently.
We finally decided on a proposal when it was nearing the end of the day. Under everyone’s expectant gazes, I asked Andrew if he was in his office.
Andrew replied, “Waiting for you.”
I quickly went up to him with the proposal.
I explained our idea to Andrew in detail and he looked at me admiringly. “Very good. You’ve worked hard.”
“That’s it?”
“That’s all.”
I raised an eyebrow. This was probably the easiest update ever. He didn’t raise any issues at all.
I quickly sent a message to my colleagues, who were still waiting for me, telling them that the proposal had been approved. They were so happy that they were all sending stickers in the group chat.
“Everyone, please go and take a break. We can discuss how to implement it tomorrow morning,” I replied in the group.
“I can tell that you’re very happy.” Andre smiled faintly. His eyes were filled with the same warmth as yesterday. “I hope you’re always so happy.”
He sounded serious when he said that, with a somewhat affectionate expression. For a moment, I actually thought that he was genuine about it. I even felt a little touched.
However, I quickly regained my senses and said politely, “I hope that you’ll be happy everyday too. I’m going home now. Don’t worry, I’ll arrive at work early tomorrow.”
He quickly stood up. “Oh. I can give you a lift.”
“There’s no need for you to do that, I drove here.”
“I mean, you didn’t sleep all night. What if you fall asleep behind the wheels…”
“No, I’m good now.”
“No matter what, it’s still too dangerous. I’m going out anyway. It’s on the way.”
I was kind of annoyed. He would always take the initiative to do such things for me, and if I said no, it would seem like I didn’t know what’s good for me.
“I can head back by myself. I’m sure you’re busy, you shouldn’t waste so much time on me.” I made myself clear, but as soon as I said that, I regretted it. If I really pissed Andrew off and made him decide to kick me out of the company, all my previous efforts would be wasted.
His expression changed instantly. He was shocked at my words, subsequently showing an embarrassed and regretful expression, even somewhat annoyed. He seemed to agree with me.