I am not a literary giant

Prince Xu secretly observed Mei Rucheng.

He was wearing an executive jacket, looked to be around fifty years old, with gray hair and skin on his face that had sagged with age, revealing deep, hard lines.

He seemed furious about something, radiating a lion-like aura. Prince Xu felt suffocated just sitting there.

"He said the location needed to be changed to Qingsong Road. Can you believe it?"

Mei Rucheng's voice was like a booming bell, resounding loudly and very authoritative.

Section Chief Liu looked like he'd just had a heart attack: "Changing the site now? Won't that mess up all the wiring?"

"What else?"

"Good heavens, does that mean the entire order of the speeches needs to be changed?"

"What else?"

Mei Rucheng took out a cigarette, and Section Chief Liu lit it for him with practiced ease. Mei Rucheng took a puff and said:

"You'll come with me to scout out the routes. We'll go on-site, produce drafts on the spot, send them back for Xiao Fang to polish, and once they're revised, bring the drafts to the conference immediately. Where's Xiao Fang?"

Section Chief Liu said, "I thought there was nothing else to do today, so I didn't ask him to come."

"Have him come quickly."

He exhaled a puff of smoke and sighed, "A single word from the leader can make the subordinates run themselves ragged."

After speaking, Mei Rucheng finally noticed Wang Zixu and pointed at him, asking, "Who is this?"

Section Chief Liu immediately said, "This is the Prince Xu I told you about, the one who got Lin Feng drunk."

Mei Rucheng nodded: "Okay, Wang Zixu, okay. But you've come at a bad time, we're in a hurry. Do you have anything to do? If not, wait a bit; if you do, go back first. Never mind, you can go back now."

Wang Zixu usually writes scripts at night, and on weekends he'll probably be building a Stegosaurus downstairs during the day. When he gets home, he has to face his wife who is determined to have a child. That stupid thing will go crazy if her ambitions aren't fulfilled, so he doesn't really want to go back.

Moreover, these important figures are fickle; if he's sent back today, they might not want to see him again in two hours. If it's an opportunity, Wang Zixu doesn't want to let it slip away easily.

He said, "I'm fine, I can wait."

"Alright. You wait here. Liu, take my bag and tell the secretariat that we'll take car number 7."

Mei Rucheng strode away. Section Chief Liu packed his things, and before leaving, whispered to him:

"Please sit down for a while. I have some tea in my drawer, make yourself some. My computer is on, you can use it, just don't touch the files. It's Saturday, so there shouldn't be many people coming over. Keep the door closed and don't wander around, it wouldn't look good if other leaders saw you. We'll be back in about two hours."

Before leaving, he patted Wang Zixu on the shoulder.

I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but Wang Zixu always felt that he was a little friendly to me.

After the two left, Wang Zixu obediently closed the door, and the entire office fell into a familiar silence.

Silence represents loneliness. But it's not the office that's lonely; it's the prince inside that's lonely.

He crossed his arms and began to survey the office.

Compared to his own room, this place was much more impressive. There was a tempered glass coffee table, a genuine leather upholstered sofa, and mahogany bookshelves on the surrounding walls filled with all kinds of documents and books.

Wang Zixu examined the books on the bookshelf. The books were of various kinds, including "Xihe City Annals," "2015-2020: A Five-Year Economic Development Survey Report of Xihe," "Official Document Writing Paradigms," "One Hundred Excellent Survey Reports," and a pile of "Xihe Literature and Art." Apart from "Xihe Literature and Art," the literature content on the bookshelf was zero.

Therefore, he was even more confused as to why Mei Rucheng had come to find him.

Just then, the office landline rang.

"Ring ring ring—"

Wang Zixu was somewhat at a loss. The phone call broke the silence in the office and shattered the peace he had just established.

"Ring ring ring—"

He walked over and glanced at the caller ID; it was a phone number, but it contained no useful information to him.

"Ring ring ring—"

He glanced at the half-open door, afraid that the ringing bell would attract some curious person to come in and take a look.

"Ring ring ring—"

The ringing continued tirelessly, monotonous and tedious, yet steadily creating anxiety.

After a long while, the phone finally stopped ringing. Prince breathed a sigh of relief.

Before he could even relax, the phone rang again.

"Ring ring ring—"

Wang Zixu simply sat down in front of the phone, pinched his chin with his fingers, and stared at the red telephone.

Although he didn't know who was calling, he could sense the caller's anxiety from the ringtone.

That person must be in a real hurry, otherwise he wouldn't have made two calls in a row.

Landlines are different from mobile phones. If a landline doesn't go through, most people won't call again. Besides, today is a rest day, and normally there shouldn't be anyone at the office; everyone should know that.

But his decision to keep calling suggests he harbors a faint hope that the office isn't empty, but rather that his first call came at just the wrong time and the person in the office simply didn't hear it... It's almost laughable, like a prisoner futilely throwing a punch at fate.

Or the person making the call is very familiar with the layout of the office and has solid evidence that someone is currently in the office.

Thinking of this, Wang Zixu answered the phone.

"Feed?"

"Thank goodness, they finally answered the phone. Hello, is this Xiao Zhu? Can you do me a favor and turn on my computer..."

Wang Zixu said, "I am not Xiao Zhu."

The person on the other end was taken aback: "Who are you?"

Wang Zixu said, "Director Mei and Section Chief Liu just went out to check on the site; they plan to write the speech on the spot. If I'm not mistaken, you must be Xiao Fang, right?"

The person on the other end said, "Yes, yes, I'm Xiao Fang. Damn, I'm in Donghai right now, it'll take me at least two hours to drive back."

Wang Zixu said, "By the time you come back, the daylily will be cold."

Xiao Fang said, "Yes. I'm sorry, I can't hear you well, I didn't recognize you. Who are you?"

Prince Xu said, "I am Prince Xu."

There was a brief commotion in the small room; he was probably in shock, wondering who Prince Xu really was. Prince Xu knew this, but he didn't know how to introduce himself.

Is he going to say, "I am Wang Zixu from XX unit"? Then the other party will wonder, what business does Wang Zixu from XX unit have with us, and why is he in our unit?

Therefore, he decided that saying nothing at all was the best course of action.

Xiao Fang said, "Never mind, it's not important. Can you help me turn on my computer? There's a document on the desktop called 'Speech at the On-site Meeting Celebrating the Completion of the New Dream Project and Optimizing the Business Environment'."

Following his instructions, Prince Xu found the document and asked, "Shall I send it to you?"

After hesitating for a moment, the person on the other end said, "It's too late; I don't have the facilities to work here. How about this: after they send me the document, I'll send it to you, and then you can modify it based on that document. Just change whatever I tell you over the phone. Is that okay?"

The prince thought for a moment and then said, "Alright."

Xiao Fang was overjoyed and said, "Thank you so much! You're Wang Zixu, right? I'll treat you to dinner later. You've really been a great help. Please don't move around too much and just sit in your office, okay? As soon as the documents arrive, the secretariat will send someone to pick them up. The response time must be fast."

Prince Xu said, "Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Zixu sat in the small room and waited.

Not long after, the office door was pushed open.

A middle-aged man walked in, paused for a moment when he saw Wang Zixu, then glanced around the office and asked, "Where is Director Mei?"

Prince Xu said, "He's gone out."

The middle-aged man turned around and said naturally, "Come in."

As Prince Xu was thinking how perfectly the couplets were arranged, the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in his life gracefully walked in.