"Alright, alright, Chairman, we'll complete this task immediately, right now." The head of the publicity department was practically bowing and scraping over the phone.
After he hung up, all the employees at the publicity department workstations stared intently at the head of the department.
"Go on, all of you, why so gossipy?"
The deputy minister chuckled, "Minister, this is the publicity department, what are you joking about? If people in publicity aren't gossipy, who is?"
"Exactly, exactly, Minister, you still haven't told us if the Chairman is angry. Will he punish our little junior sister?"
The little junior sister's name was Li Pei, a new hire in their department. She was cute and spoke in a soft, sweet voice.
On her very first day, they all found Li Pei very likable.
"M-Minister," the young woman who had raised her hand earlier, Li Pei, said with red eyes, "Am I going to be fired?"
The head of the publicity department looked at Li Pei with a smile, not saying a word.
Li Pei's heart grew colder. She sniffled, "I understand. Can I at least leave after work?"
Even the deputy minister, who had been watching the spectacle, couldn't help but be surprised. "Fired? Really?"
After all, their Wen Corporation was considered to have one of the most relaxed jobs in the industry: nine to five, two days off on weekends, and never delayed holidays. Even if overtime was required in the hotel, it was compensated with triple overtime pay.
Moreover, their chairman was very kind. As long as it wasn't a matter of principle, employees were given a chance to correct their mistakes. So why would he directly let a new intern leave after just one day?
It didn't make sense.
The head of the publicity department looked around, seeing the sad expressions on everyone's faces, and then shook his head with a laugh. "Why are you all so serious? It's fine. The chairman just wants you to pull up his account and set it to administrator status."
As for the last part, well, he decided not to say it, or their chairman's dignity would be completely ruined. He really hadn't realized their chairman was such a doting husband.
...
A gentle breeze blew, and the sun peeked through the clouds, casting its rays on the beach.
The children's energy was limited. The extensive search had already made them look tired, and their little buckets weren't holding much.
Suddenly, a clear voice, tinged with a hint of hesitation, called out.
"I found something."
The children looked towards the source of the voice and saw Ye Nan cautiously squatting by a hole.
"Will there be something inside?"
Wen Yan'an glanced at Fang Miaomiao, who was giving him an encouraging look in the distance, and then walked towards Ye Nan.
"There should be something in here. You can ask the fisherman uncle for some salt."
"I've got it," Cui Yongsi said, handing a small jar of salt to Ye Nan. "Nannan, you're amazing, finding it first."
"I'm not entirely sure," Ye Nan said, scratching her head shyly and looking down.
"It's okay, we need to dare to try," Wu Yueyuan encouraged. "It's fine if you're wrong, we can just keep looking."
Under the gaze of three pairs of eyes, Ye Nan twisted her shirt and took the salt from Cui Yongsi.
Ye Nan began pouring.
The other three children watched with keen interest.
Suddenly.
"It's spitting water, it's spitting water!" Wu Yueyuan exclaimed with surprise and delight. "This is the first time I've seen something spit water out of the sand in real life."
Encouraged, Ye Nan carefully poured a little more salt into the hole.
With the final spurt of water, a long, slender object appeared before the children.
"Nannan, take it out."
Ye Nan reached out and caught the long, slender object. A light, undeniable sparkle appeared in her beautiful eyes.
The fisherman uncle watched the four children run towards him gleefully. He smiled and put out the cigarette he was holding.
Because of the earlier encouragement, Ye Nan bravely asked again, "Uncle, is this okay?"
"Of course," the fisherman uncle chuckled heartily and began to explain to the children. "This is called a razor clam. It's a type of shellfish."
The fisherman uncle took the razor clam handed to him by Ye Nan. "Wow, look at this meat, so plump and juicy. Little Nannan, you're truly amazing. You see, razor clams are long and narrow, their shells are light yellow, and their meat is white. They are afraid of salt. If you put some salt at the entrance of their hole, they will jump out themselves."
"Did you children understand?"
"Understood."
"Yes, yes, we all understood."
"Good children, off you go," the fisherman uncle waved, signaling them to continue searching.
"Wow, I found one, a mantis shrimp!" Wu Yueyuan pointed at a spot.
"We can be a bit quieter," Ye Nan suggested, "otherwise it will run away."
"Nannan, you're so smart."
The two girls walked together, and for the next while, they were like they had a cheat code, finding quite a lot of seafood.
Meanwhile, Wen Yan'an and Cui Yongsi were like unfortunate companions, their little buckets containing only a few pathetic shells.
They exchanged a glance and then shrugged in unspoken understanding.
"You guys aren't doing so well, little An'an," Fang Miaomiao teased from a distance. "Do you want me to come down and help you?"
Don't ask why she offered to help; it was mainly because sitting for too long was getting a bit tiring.
"You can't come down," Wen Yan'an replied seriously again.
"Hahahaha..." Cui Mantong next to him burst out laughing. "You're being controlled, aren't you?"
"Alas, who knew he'd be like a little old man." Fang Miaomiao sighed helplessly, gazing longingly at the ocean and the beach. "I want to go down and play."
[Why is Fang Miaomiao being so fussy? It's just feeling cold, does she really need to drag Cui Mantong to keep her from going down? What's wrong with Mantong sister? If you're being kidnapped, blink your eyes.]
[Fang Miaomiao is both fussy and disgusting. Is she trying to shift the blame for her not working onto Wen Yan'an? It's a shame Wen Yan'an respects her so much. I'm speechless. The other two families, even Senior Zhou, are looking for seafood, but she, well, she's making Wen Yan'an announce that she's feeling cold in front of everyone, using it as an excuse to avoid work.]
[What's wrong with the comment above? Where did a hater come from? Did they come to Mantong sister's live stream because Fang Miaomiao's stream doesn't allow haters?]
[Exactly. I'm a Mantong fan. I think Miaomiao is great. Wishing our friendship eternal.]
[Do we have any administrators in our live stream? Kick out these haters, they're making the live stream so unpleasant. We're here to watch beautiful people chat.]
[Kicked.]
A sparkling golden bullet comment appeared.
[OMG, OMG, what did I just see? An administrator! Our Mantong's live stream has an administrator now, hahaha! Now let's see what those haters have to say.]