As soon as the morning meeting ended, the more than ten people who had already left saw Qiu Xi and Xiao Xiao enter Sister Tong's office with their things.
"..."
"Comparing people is enough to make people angry!"
Just two days ago, they were gloating over others. Now, the tables had turned, and today they were being laughed at.
"Alright, do you still have time to sigh? Have you finished your work?"
Recently, everyone had been preparing for the New Year's holiday, so there was naturally a lot more work at the company.
Although everyone was happy about the upcoming holiday, the workload in their hands was truly overwhelming!
"No..." She shook her head weakly.
Let alone completing it, they hadn't even started much of it yet...
"Then why are you still watching here?"
"I'm just curious..."
"..."
"Alright, I'll start working now..."
There was no point in envying others; she might as well go and work.
After everyone left, the remaining people also glanced at the office with its now-closed door.
They were envious too~
...
Inside the office at this time—
"You two are quite fast."
Tong Mei looked at the items the two had just brought over, nodding in affirmation before even looking at them.
Putting aside everything else, she was very satisfied with their speed alone.
After saying that, Tong Mei began to examine them carefully.
With the daily reports from the two over the past few days, it was quite simple for her to review them now.
It took about ten minutes for her to go through them from beginning to end.
"Mm... have you two contacted the other party?"
Qiu Xi shook her head, "Not yet. We'll wait for your approval, Sister Tong, before we proceed."
Tong Mei smiled with satisfaction.
"Alright!"
"There are no issues with this. As for the contact, don't worry about it. Let the higher-ups handle it themselves."
The logistics department was easy enough to understand.
Qiu Xin and Xiao Xiao, understanding this, didn't say anything more and simply nodded.
They would still get paid, so whether they did this task or not didn't really matter to them.
"Okay, you two can go back now. If there are any other issues, I'll call you again."
"Okay."
As she watched the two leave, Tong Mei smiled and forwarded the file she had just received.
As for the remaining matters, if they wanted to handle them, they could. She herself was too busy to bother with others.
...
Thus, this temporary task had temporarily concluded for Qiu Xi and the two of them.
The two then returned to their previous routine of leaving work early.
Qiu Xi left early as usual, and with Qiu Xi's help, Xiao Xiao also started leaving early.
This situation continued until the week before the holiday.
Qiu Xi and Xiao Xiao were called to the office by Tong Mei.
"Sister Tong, did you call us because of the previous temporary task?"
As soon as Qiu Xi entered, she spoke directly.
Besides this matter, she couldn't think of any other reason why Sister Tong would urgently call the two of them to the office.
"Since you've already guessed, I won't say more. I did call you in a hurry because of this matter."
"Mm..."
The two exchanged glances, sensing that something bad was about to happen...
What they thought was about to end had resurfaced, and it seemed like the issue was not small.
After watching the two sit down, Tong Mei rubbed her eyes and said,
"There were no problems with the drafts you two submitted earlier, and the higher-ups had already approved them."
"Mm, then why?" Qiu Xi asked, confused.
Since the submitted drafts were fine, why were they being called over now?
"Yes, if there were no problems, why did you call us here again?" Xiao Xiao was even more perplexed.
"I need to explain this to you slowly. After you two submitted the final results to me last time, I..."
"The current situation is the result of their mutual discussions. The higher-ups' intention is to refine it further according to their requirements, so this task has returned to us."
Tong Mei said, looking at the two, "So, ultimately, this task still needs to be done by you, do you understand?"
"Mm..."
Since it was explained so clearly, how could they not understand...
"Since you both understand, take a look at this first. This is what they just came up with. You can take a look first."
"Okay."
With that, the two casually took the papers and began to read.
"..."
After reading, both of their expressions were not good. Xiao Xiao, in particular, had her mouth opening and closing, ready to start scolding.
"Sister Tong, are we to follow all the new requirements as stated here?" Qiu Xi asked, her hands tightening on the papers.
"Mm, anything they require must be followed."
"..." The two were speechless.
"I know this is very difficult, but if the higher-ups have requirements, we have to comply, right? So, this task still needs to be done." Tong Mei was also very helpless, but there was no other way. What needed to be done still had to be done.
"Sister Tong, please don't worry, we understand that."
"It's just that we feel a bit speechless..." Xiao Xiao's final murmur was extremely quiet.
"......Then that's settled."
Tong Mei could understand, but there was no other option.
"Alright, you two can go back and work on it. Try to finish it within these two days."
"Also, during this period, you can set aside your daily tasks for now. I will arrange them."
There were priorities. The immediate task needed to be resolved first.
"Okay, thank you, Sister Tong." The two nodded.
There was no other choice. They had to finish this task first, otherwise, the holiday might not be pleasant.
"It's no trouble, it's just that you two will have to work hard. After you're done, I'll give you a day off."
If this matter could be resolved, an extra day off was not impossible.
"Mm." The two said, and with glum faces, they walked out of Sister Tong's office.
"Xiao Xi, how should we handle this?" Xiao Xiao was still a bit dazed.
"If we had known this would happen, we shouldn't have handed it over so easily in the first place."
Handing it over actually led to problems...
Xiao Xiao mumbled, still feeling very unhappy.
"Xiao Xiao, let's each go back and take a look. There's quite a lot of content. Once we've reviewed it, we can discuss it in the conference room this afternoon. What do you think?" Qiu Xi proposed to Xiao Xiao.
There were quite a few new requirements, and she needed to spend more time reviewing them before she could determine how to proceed.
"Okay, I'll listen to you then."
"I'll go back and study it first, and we'll talk again this afternoon."
"Mm."
After speaking, the two returned to their respective seats.
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