Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

"What is that you have? What are you doing?"

The next day, A Yao went to buy a box of drinks early in the morning and took it to Director Zhao's office before work. He waited in the office for about ten minutes, and Director Zhao walked into his office. Seeing A Yao and the box of things on the table, he asked in confusion.

"No, no." A Yao first denied that he was playing tricks, and then said: "This is the soda we distributed last time. The whole box is new."

"Are you going to give me the leftover prizes from the event?" Director Zhao said casually.

Ah Yao leaned forward, bringing himself closer to Director Zhao. He whispered mysteriously, "What's the rest? Director, there are some things that only you and I need to know. Anyway, just think of it as a pity for me, who has been your subordinate for many years, and give me some face."

Director Zhao thought for a moment and said, "If you want to talk about that kind of thing, just take these boxes of things." He was halfway through his words and looked at A Yao with an unsatisfied look. A Yao immediately said flatteringly, "Director, just say a word, and I will buy whatever you need right away."

Director Zhao slammed the table and said angrily: "Ayao, what do you think of me? You want to bribe me? Use these things to bribe me?" It turned out that Director Zhao was just testing Ayao. He said angrily: "I thought you were a talent and was going to promote you."

"What? Promote me?" A Yao was stunned, thinking, isn't this just a demotion?
"Yes, I'm going to promote you to the position of office director, which is at the deputy director level." Director Zhao also heard that A Yao must have misunderstood. He waved his hand and said, "Did you hear some gossip? Do you think I'm going to transfer someone to replace you? You, you, you must have someone to take over the union affairs."

"Promote me to be office director?" A Yao jumped up suddenly. "Director, it's a misunderstanding, it's really a misunderstanding. I thought... I thought..." A Yao tried to persuade Director Zhao to calm down. The main reason was that he had worked with A Yao for many years and knew A Yao very well. He knew that he was not the kind of person who would embezzle and accept bribes.

As soon as the news of A Yao's promotion to office director was announced, Xiao Yun and Aunt Song, two of A Yao's old subordinates, came to visit the Kang family as soon as they got off work. A Yao and Xingzi had not returned home yet, and the others either did not return home or were busy, so Kang Qirui and Zhu Wanling had to come forward to receive them.

"Have a cup of tea." Zhu Wanling made tea for them and politely declined the gifts they brought, saying, "They haven't come back yet. You can give them these things when they come back. We don't dare to accept them for them."

"Oh, they are just ordinary gifts. Kang Ke was promoted to deputy director, and we are happy for him. You must accept these things." Xiao Yun and Aunt Song looked at each other, and Aunt Song insisted: "It would be embarrassing to come to a guest's house empty-handed, right?"

Kang Qirui waved his hand, "You gave it to Ah San, how can we collect it for you?" He raised his hand to look at his watch, and then said, "Ah San should be back soon, you guys wait a little longer, it's almost time for dinner, it's not too late to eat and leave later."

As soon as he finished speaking, A Yao walked into the Kang family with two boxes of takeout. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted, "Xiu Gu, come here. I bought roast goose as an extra dish tonight."

"Director Kang is back." Xiao Yun and Aunt Song took the initiative to greet him. A Yao then realized that they were here. He handed the roast goose in his hand to Xiu Gu who came out, sat next to them, and said, "Why are you here? What's the matter?"

"Here is a small gift from us to congratulate you on your promotion to director." Xiao Yun and Aunt Song pointed to the gifts they placed on the table. A Yao looked forward and frowned and said, "Wine, bird's nest and chicken essence, you still call this a small gift? I know how much you two guys are paid, if I accept it, wouldn't that be abusing my power for personal gain? Take it back."

"No, Director Kang," Aunt Song wanted to continue to persuade her, but A Yao waved his hand to interrupt her and said, "Don't say no, I appreciate your kindness. Anyway, I can't have this thing, please take it back!"

But A Yao doesn't want it, but there are many people who want it.

"Ah San, look at what you said, why can't I accept it?" Ah Zu came over with a smile and said, "My son, your nephew, have you ever given him wine to drink? No, right? These two bottles are mine, and here is a pack of milk powder."

When he took two bottles of wine and wanted to take a pack of milk powder, the big boss next to him got anxious. He snatched the milk powder away and said, "Wait, you took everything. Do you know how to read? This is adult milk powder. Are you an adult? I won't even look at it."

"You bastard?" A-Zu glanced at him and said speechlessly, "If you don't succeed, you will die. What do you mean by die?"

The boss ignored him, and he muttered to himself: "Wait, milk powder needs to be boiled with water, right?" He said water, but took a bottle of wine from A Zu's arms. Seeing this, A Zu took another bottle of wine from the pile of gifts, and the two of them went back to their room contentedly.

A Yao tried to stop them. He rolled his eyes and said to Xiao Yun and Aunt Song with an apologetic look: "I'm sorry, our family sometimes goes too far, but I will give you the money for the things they took, and you must take the rest, okay?" Xiao Yun and Aunt Song looked at each other. They also knew that A Yao would definitely not accept their gifts. Aunt Song thought about it and decided to say a few nice words since she couldn't give the gifts. She said: "Well, we also know that Director Kang is very honest, so you deserve to be promoted so quickly. In our unit, there is really no other young director-level leader like Director Kang."

"Aunt Song, please make it clear first. I am wearing pants and I am a deputy director." A Yao waved his hand modestly and made a pun.

"Director, you are the deputy director now. In two years, when Director Zhao retires, you will be promoted to the position of director. I am optimistic about you." Xiao Yun said with a smile.

"You two guys are really just trying to polish his shoes until you end up with a toe." Ah Yao was just like what he said, he became swelled by the flattery, "That's true, I now understand why the director is so fat. So many people polish his shoes, nourish him, and the more he is nourished, the fatter he becomes."

Kang Qirui shook his head when he heard this. He pretended to cough and said, "Ah San, dinner should be ready. Why don't you invite your two colleagues into the dining room so that we can eat and chat at the same time?"

Xiao Yun and Aunt Song listened carefully. They accurately heard from Kang Qirui's tone that he wanted to send the guests away, so they stood up and said to A Yao, "Director Kang, we won't stop you from having dinner. We'll leave first."

"Let's finish the meal before we leave?" A Yao asked. The two of them waved their hands, picked up the gifts they brought and walked out. At Kang Qirui's signal, Zhu Wanling escorted them out of the Kang family, "Come again next time, take care."

"So many things have been taken away? What a waste." The second sister-in-law came out and called everyone to eat. She happened to see Xiao Yun, Aunt Song and the others leaving, so she sighed.

"Greedy!" A Yao commented.

The second sister-in-law was not ashamed but proud, "I am just greedy. Let's eat!"

A Yao was about to get up, but Kang Qirui reached out to stop him and said, "Second sister-in-law, you guys eat first. I have something to talk to Asan about." Hearing this, the second sister-in-law didn't bother to care about them and walked straight in.

"What's the matter?" A Yao sat down again and asked puzzledly.

Kang Qirui thought about it for a while before saying, "I want to say that now that you have just been promoted, many people are watching you, so you should be careful with your words and actions, Third Brother."

Ah Yao thought Kang Qirui was going to say something, but that was all? He waved his hand and said, "Well, you don't know me well, do you? I have always been very careful and honest."

Kang Qirui didn't want to hear him continue to flatter himself, so he interrupted him directly: "Humph, are you still careful? If I hadn't changed the subject just now, who knows what you and your two colleagues would say. You become more and more exaggerated as people flatter you. What would the director do if he heard it?"

"The director is not here, how would he know?" A Yao still disagreed.

"Are you so sure that they won't spread it?" Kang Qirui stared at A Yao and asked. A Yao thought for a moment and shook his head. Kang Qirui continued, "You know your own situation. If you are really as good as they say, if you are really as confident as you say, you would not have thought of being demoted the first time your director came to you this time."

"The fact that you subconsciously think you've been demoted shows that you don't have confidence in your own performance. You don't approve of your own performance, so you subconsciously think you're going to be replaced."

A Yao was completely confused by Kang Qirui's words. After a while, he managed to calm down and shook his head, saying, "Yes, you have a point, but what do you want to express?"

"What I mean is that you should not be deceived by other people's sweet words. Once someone flatters you, you will lose your mind, become arrogant, and talk nonsense. I give you four words: be careful with your words and actions. Think about it carefully!" Kang Qirui stood up and walked towards the dining room. (End of this chapter)