Donna walked to her desk at some point and said coldly, "Since you're here, you're cleaning the office area today."
Just as Gu Susu was about to agree, Zhuang Ying interjected, "Sister Susu isn't feeling well. Can someone else do the cleaning today?"
"No, look at how busy everyone is here. The people cleaning the office area are scheduled daily."
Zhuang Ying immediately said, "Then I'll switch with Sister Susu."
Donna snorted. Instead of addressing Zhuang Ying, she spoke directly to Gu Susu, "You new girl have quite an attitude. If you're not feeling well, you should take leave. Since you're here, why pretend to be sickly? Who are you trying to gain sympathy from, who are you trying to win affection from!"
Gu Susu stopped Zhuang Ying from intervening and said, "I'm fine, no need to switch with Zhuang Ying, I'll do the cleaning."
Saying that, Gu Susu quickly got up and asked, "Where are the cleaning tools?"
Zhuang Ying held her back and said, "Sister Susu, she's not talking about cleaning now, but after work. The rule here is that one person stays to clean the entire office area after work every day."
Donna sneered as she looked at them and said to Gu Susu, "That's great, you'll be the one cleaning after work then."
With that, she turned and left.
Gu Susu sat back down and said, "I understand. I'll stay and clean after work. We don't need to switch. Thank you for earlier."
Zhuang Ying was still angrily making punching motions at Donna's retreating back, "Sister Susu, I think she's deliberately making things difficult for you. Can you handle cleaning after work with your health?"
"I'm really fine, don't worry," Gu Susu smiled.
Zhuang Ying felt that her personality was too good and said, "This is why you're so good-natured and don't argue with her. Actually, when it's someone's turn to clean the office area, some people still do a perfunctory job. When everyone has left, they slip away too. In the morning, I still have to clean my own desk. You don't need to take it too seriously. When it's time to leave, wait until Donna leaves, then you leave too. Understand?"
"Okay, I understand," Gu Susu felt a warmth in her heart. It felt really good to have such a warm-hearted colleague.
Although she was late this morning because of Qin Tianyi, the day was destined to be busy, and it was time to get off work in the blink of an eye.
When Zhuang Ying was about to leave, she specifically asked Gu Susu again if she needed any help.
Gu Susu was grateful for her kindness, but she also knew that girls her age would always have many entertainment activities planned after work. She politely declined, letting her leave first.
When most of the colleagues in the office area had left, she was still engrossed in her design proposal, momentarily forgetting about the cleaning.
"Gu Susu, you're doing this on purpose, aren't you? You stay behind but don't clean, just because you think no one is watching and you can slip away anytime!"
Gu Susu looked up and realized that she and Donna were the only two people left in the vast office area.
"Oh, I just forgot. I'll start cleaning now." Gu Susu immediately clipped her proposal drafts into a folder, shut down her computer, and went to the utility room to get the cleaning tools.
Donna sat at her desk, staring at her like a supervisor.
Gu Susu thought to herself that she had intentionally stayed behind just to watch her clean the office area, thinking how petty this person was.
However, Gu Susu knew that this was a rule set by the design department, not something Donna had come up with personally, so she didn't argue with Donna about it.
She diligently cleaned one desk after another, doing her part. Even if Donna tried to make things difficult, she shouldn't be able to do anything to her.
Seeing that she was almost finished cleaning the office area, Donna imperiously said, "There are also the restrooms and the pantry. You have to clean all of them."
Gu Susu asked strangely, "Don't the cleaning ladies handle the cleaning in these areas? Why should I?"
"The cleaning ladies only clean once early in the morning. After they leave, many colleagues are still working overtime. Don't the people on daily cleaning duty have to clean them one last time?" Donna said righteously.
Gu Susu couldn't find a reason to refute her and felt that this person was simply pushing her luck.
She had no choice but to suppress her annoyance for the time being and went to the pantry and restrooms to see what needed cleaning.
As soon as Gu Susu left the office area, Donna finally got her chance. She immediately ran to Gu Susu's desk and quickly flipped through the drafts clipped in the folder.
Donna also tried to open her computer, but after several attempts, she couldn't enter the correct password and couldn't see the contents of her computer.
Donna was furious, thinking that she had already seen a copy of her ID card and the password she entered was her birthday.
As she was flustered and agitated, Donna suddenly noticed a date on the desk calendar on Gu Susu's desk, circled with a red marker.
She had a flash of inspiration and entered the month and date in the password field, but it still didn't work.
She then saw the words "six years old" written next to the date and thought it must be Gu Susu's child's birthday.
She had seen Gu Susu's onboarding information, and she was only twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, but her child was already six years old. This probably meant she had a child while in school.
This kind of woman was indeed a vixen, always seducing men from a young age. Otherwise, why would Chief Qin help her and favor her so much!
Based on the age of six, Donna worked backward and entered the year into the password, and it was correct. She opened her computer.
When Gu Susu came out after cleaning the restroom, as she passed by the elevator, the elevator suddenly dinged and opened.
She saw Qin Yaxuan walking out of the elevator and was very surprised.
Qin Yaxuan also looked very surprised to see her holding a broom in one hand and a rag in the other.
"It's you? What are you doing here? A cleaning lady?"
Gu Susu raised the rag in her hand, feeling that there was no need to explain anything to her, and retorted, "It's already after work, what are you doing here? Qin Tianyi isn't in the company."
"I know, I'm not here to find him."
"Then who are you looking for?" Gu Susu saw that she was wearing a cheap woolen coat, as well as boots and pants, and looked travel-worn.
She still had short hair, but it wasn't neatly styled. Her skin was dull, lacking its former fair and radiant glow, looking like she was doing a job that exposed her to the sun and wind all day.
"Looking for someone in the sales department." After a few years, Qin Yaxuan still harbored hostility towards her.
Gu Susu could feel that the hostility had only increased, and she said faintly, "You're in the wrong place, it's not on this floor. The sales department is on the third floor."
Qin Yaxuan stepped back into the elevator, but her hand remained on the door-open button, saying, "Are you still with Qin Tianyi? If so, please convey a message for me: don't push people to the brink of desperation. You have to leave them a way out."
"What do you mean?" Gu Susu asked, not understanding.
Qin Yaxuan found it amusing and said, "You don't know anything yet? Do you know why he brought you back?"
Gu Susu wanted to hear what she had to say and shook her head.