Chapter 998 - 971: Qian Made It Big Early in Life
Before Xiaoqiang left the room, he gave Qian a look that conveyed a message: go ahead and handle things, he absolutely would not intervene or favor his subordinates.
To reciprocate his trust, Qian maintained an attitude of neither humility nor arrogance. While discussing professional issues with the group in the morning, she fully cooperated without deliberately showing off, and when faced with Apiao’s occasional questions, she gave her opinions and insights.
Just after a morning, two out of four people in the group were already won over by her performance, another remained neutral, only Apiao retained his initial impression of dislike towards Qian, maintaining an attitude of annoyance.
However, since Qian hadn’t stirred up any trouble, Apiao couldn’t find an excuse to make trouble. As Yu Minglang said, Apiao wasn’t targeting Qian personally, but rather was unhappy about the situation of outsiders parachuting in.
Due to busyness researching this suspect’s past, the other group members didn’t go to the cafeteria and planned to send someone to fetch lunch. Before they could even send someone, there was a knock on the door and the food was delivered.
"Some people just have it differently. I’ve never experienced such prestigious privileges since I joined the military," Apiao said sourly.
Obviously, it was One who sent someone to deliver the food.
Qian was handing out meals to everyone. Upon hearing this, she withdrew the hand intended to give Apiao his lunchbox and instead opened Apiao’s box with perfect grace, then elegantly spat twice inside.
Everyone’s eyes widened in shock.
"If you have the guts, don’t eat the meals of the privileged class!"
Qian’s actions were the epitome of elegance; if not seen firsthand by others, one would have a hard time believing someone could perform such an ungraceful act with such grace. Her spitting was extremely fluid, without the slightest hint of vulgarity.
Apiao was dumbfounded.
The room was silent for a few seconds before bursting into laughter.
The two cheerful members who were the first to accept Qian laughed the hardest, even the neutral one was laughing.
"You, you, you’re vulgar!" Apiao pointed at Qian, unsure of what to say.
"You, you, you’re a miser!" Qian retorted, imitating his tone.
This Apiao, if placed in the past, would have a typical bookish, pedantic, stingy character.
One of the cheerful members quickly picked up the untouched lunchbox on Qian’s desk and placed it in front of the team leader.
"Boss, our task is heavy, don’t let personal emotions delay work progress."
In a fit of anger, Apiao stormed off, "I’m going to the bathroom!"
"Going to the bathroom to fill up before coming back?" Qian chimed in.
Apiao’s face turned even redder with anger, he furiously pointed at Qian, while the cheerful duo laughed joyfully.
Oh my, seeing the boss and Mr Chen bickering is truly entertaining.
"Your face tells me your adrenaline is spiking right now, young man, aren’t you afraid of having a stroke?" Qian epitomized the perfect image of maintaining composure while others are angry, leaving Apiao flustered while she remained elegant and calm.
Apiao slammed the door and left, with one of the cheerful members advising.
"Mr Chen, our boss isn’t a bad person, it’s just his temperament."
"Yes, he speaks too harshly, offended a lot of people in the old unit, finally got this opportunity here, it wasn’t easy for him, if anything he’s said is wrong, please be more forgiving."
"Do I look like I’m here for personal vendettas, or do you think my man is petty?"
Qian joked, saying it very bluntly, and the two responded bluntly as well, her man was only here to help out of friendship, he had his own big business to manage, where would he find the time for these calculations.
"We’re actually worried you might whisper into One’s ear, the boss’s temper wouldn’t be welcomed anywhere else, but I see Mr Chen is magnanimous, not like someone who would do such a thing."
"Exactly!"
The duo sang in harmony, and Qian smiled without saying anything.
These two seemed to be joking with her, but they were still concerned about Apiao’s foul temper, this was a perfectly executed soft and deliberate move.
After a morning of interaction, Qian also realized, although Apiao was a bit pedantic, he was indeed competent, it was just that he had been studying all the way to a Ph.D. and lacked an understanding of human relationships, not knowing how to be smooth, speaking bluntly.
Normally, if people knew Qian was Yu Minglang’s wife, even if they were dissatisfied, they wouldn’t express it so bluntly.
Apiao was just what is commonly known as someone who studied to the point of stupidity.
Qian didn’t dislike such people, intellectuals and scholars should have a bit of this kind of spirit, for Yu Minglang to have such subordinates was actually a good thing.
If tech people don’t focus on researching their field professionally and keep pondering the interpersonal relationships, sucking up to bosses, scheming and currying favor, that is truly a lamentable state.
"Aren’t you afraid that our leader will become incompatible with you in the future, hindering the progress of the project?" The person who had always remained neutral spoke up.
He neither showed welcome nor annoyance towards Qian’s arrival, always maintaining the stance of an outsider in observing Qian.
Qian glanced at him, remembering this person’s code name as Mo Di, second in technical prowess in the group after Apiao, he didn’t speak much but Qian could feel this person’s importance in the team, sometimes when Apiao put forward a viewpoint, he would first look at Mo Di for approval, feeling this person was the true soul of the team.
"No, Apiao’s character belongs to the Type 6 suspicion personality in the enneagram. In his worldview, he preemptively imagines everyone to be harmful. His caution against me, an outsider, is a completely normal reaction. When I continuously show him my bottom line and capabilities, he will gradually change his view of me. As long as I demonstrate competence, he will look at me in a new light."
Eventually, he’ll listen to her out of guilt, haha...
Qian’s remarks made the other three people in the room stop their laughing expressions, as no one had expected Mr Chen had analyzed Apiao’s personality without showing it.
"Can you discern Apiao’s personality just from a morning’s interaction?" Mo Di asked Qian with interest.
"A morning can reveal many things. From his cautious attitude in doing things, I can sense this person’s responsibility. Although his views are somewhat conservative, he is absolutely loyal. He is good at actively imagining, amplifying the negative impacts my arrival may cause, yet he isn’t a stubborn leader. During the meeting, he often considers everyone’s opinion. Based on this, I believe he truly deserves his position."
After Qian finished speaking, she saw the expressions of the people in the room and felt an inner victory signal.
Little did they know, when outside, Qian from the society dazzles people while they were still memorizing theories somewhere.