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Chapter 153: Taking Leave from the Company

Chapter 153: Chapter 153: Taking Leave from the Company

Wang Chao just entered the office and immediately spotted Shen Siyuan sitting at his own desk, and quickly asked with a smile, "Shen Siyuan, are you back from Xiajing? Did you bring any gifts?"

"No."

"What a letdown."

"What’s there to expect? Could Shen Siyuan possibly bring back a Xiajing beauty for you?" Chen Hao, sitting back-to-back with him, immediately turned his head to retort.

"I meant local specialties from Xiajing."

"Roast duck, or those donkey rolls?"

"I ate a donkey roll last time, nearly choked to death."

Sitting beside him, Cai Weiqiang said, "Specialties should be eaten locally; once you leave the place, they lose their authentic taste."

"Right, you were in Xiajing when that incident happened the day before yesterday, weren’t you? Is it true? Did you see it?" Li Kang asked curiously.

After fermenting for a day and two nights, the internet is now muddy, with all kinds of speculations.

Some say it was a lighting effect, some say it was a fireworks show, and others say the country is testing new weapons—those are utterly brainless ideas. No new weapon testing would happen in the capital, but obviously, someone is setting the tone, trying to cover up the truth...

Shen Siyuan thought to himself, I not only saw it, I was involved in it too.

But he still said with a smile, "I don’t know, I was asleep in the hotel at the time, and didn’t learn about it until the next day."

Hearing this, everyone expressed regret.

Then they all started discussing the matter.

"Oh yeah, Shen Siyuan, remember to make up the leave request form you submitted yesterday," Zhou Chuan, sitting opposite, said as he poked his head over the partition.

"Okay."

When Shen Siyuan arrived at the company, he had already picked up the leave request form from the reception desk.

Now hearing the reminder, he took the opportunity to write it out and pass it to Zhou Chuan to sign.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chuan glanced at it and immediately exclaimed, "You’re asking for more leave?"

"Yes, taking three more days, but don’t worry, I will definitely get my work done first," Shen Siyuan said.

Today was Tuesday, and he would start his leave from Wednesday. This would give him a total of five days off, including Friday, which was enough time for him to do many things.

"I can sign yesterday’s leave request, but you’ll need to get the general manager’s signature for tomorrow’s leave," Zhou Chuan said.

The general manager Zhou Chuan referred to was Zheng Can, the general manager of the online gaming division. The company rule is that leave for three days or more must be signed by the general manager.

"Okay, got it."

Shen Siyuan knew he wasn’t in charge of this, so he promptly agreed, planning to see Zheng Can later.

"Taking so much time off, is something going on at home?" Zhou Chuan asked with concern as he handed back the signed leave request.

His boss was actually quite good, aside from being a bit soft, he was friendly with everyone on a daily basis.

"Nothing much, just planning to go back to my hometown."

Seeing that Shen Siyuan seemed reluctant to say more, Zhou Chuan didn’t press further.

Around noon, once Shen Siyuan had almost finished his work, he took the leave request form to President Zheng’s office.

He knocked on the door and Zheng Can’s voice immediately followed.

"Come in."

Shen Siyuan pushed the door open and saw Zheng Can sitting at his desk, playing a game.

Well, it’s a gaming company; there’s nothing strange about playing games.

Shen Siyuan handed over the leave request form and said, "President Zheng, I’d like to ask for three days off, please approve it."

Zheng Can shifted his gaze from the computer screen, paused the game upon seeing Shen Siyuan, and picked up the leave request. Noticing Zhou Chuan’s signature, he took a pen right away, signing while asking, "Something came up at home?"

"Right, there’s some family matter," Shen Siyuan followed his lead.

"Do you have enough time, or do you need a few more days off?" Zheng Can asked.

Shen Siyuan was somewhat surprised upon hearing this; in his memory, Zheng Can wasn’t so easy-going.

Still, he quickly replied, "It’s enough, thank you President Zheng."

"Mhm, if it’s not enough, just talk to Zhou Chuan, and you can make up for it later. Just make sure work arrangements are in place."

Zheng Can handed the leave request back to Shen Siyuan.

Shen Siyuan still needed to deliver this leave request to the finance department, as they needed it for monthly attendance tracking.

Shen Siyuan thanked him again and then left the general manager’s office.

Holding the signed leave request in his hand, Shen Siyuan suddenly recalled something.

That day Zheng Can saw him talking to Jiang Wenxin in the elevator, and later had Zhou Chuan inquire about their relationship.

Offhand, Shen Siyuan had mentioned they were relatives; perhaps that was the reason Zheng Can had a much better attitude.

What Shen Siyuan didn’t know was that Jiang Wenxin also hadn’t been coming to work these past few days, so Zheng Can naturally assumed there were issues at home, considering the two were relatives and would definitely both need to attend.

Shen Siyuan took the two leave requests to the finance office, glanced at Jiang Wenxin’s seat, and seeing she wasn’t there, figured she must be at home with Dou Dou.

So he walked straight to Mr. Fu, a slightly plump accountant with black-framed glasses.

The reimbursements and leave requests of the online gaming department were both managed by her.

"Mr. Fu, here’s the leave request, the leadership has already signed it."

Mr. Fu glanced at it, saw that the leadership had signed, and that there were no errors, then nodded and said, "Leave it here."

Shen Siyuan turned to leave but was called back by Mr. Fu.

"Take the reimbursement for your department back with you."

Mr. Fu took out a stack of money wrapped in paper from the drawer.

The money inside was a jumbled mix, even containing small denomination bills, and the paper detailed the reimbursement amounts for each person.

"Alright."

Shen Siyuan naturally wouldn’t refuse such a small matter.

So Mr. Fu had him sign for it, and then let him take the money.

"Wow, the reimbursement finally came through; I was counting on it for meals. I’ve been hungry for over a week now."

Seeing the money, everyone was happy, especially Wang Chao, who was quite dramatic.

This guy was broke every month, and not just that, he would splurge in the first half of the month and live modestly in the second half.

"Sister Manzhi, here’s your reimbursement money."

Shen Siyuan distributed the money to everyone according to the list.

Lin Manzhi reached out to take it, smiling as she said, "I saw your Moments, your girlfriend is indeed beautiful."

Shen Siyuan was surprised, had he not blocked Lin Manzhi from his social media Moments?

Shen Siyuan kept his work and personal life separate, so although he had added colleagues as WeChat friends, he had blocked all of them from seeing his Moments. He didn’t look at theirs, and didn’t let them look at his.

Seeming to detect Shen Siyuan’s confusion, Lin Manzhi said, "Ting Yu showed it to me, but you actually blocked me from your Moments?"

"I blocked all my colleagues, not just you," said Shen Siyuan somewhat awkwardly.

But inside, he was thinking Jiang Tingyu forgot to delete it, though such matters were better left unsaid, as speaking of them would be awkward.

And sitting next to Lin Manzhi, Li Wenjuan, upon hearing this, widened her eyes in disbelief and said, "Shen Siyuan, you got a girlfriend?"

Well, now everyone knew.

Only Zhou Chuan had a look of wisdom in his eyes, as if he saw through everything.

PS: There will be two more Chapters this afternoon, although they might be a bit late. Thank you all for your support.