Chapter 52: I Really Want to Go to Work

"Shen Rou, wake up, it's almost seven o'clock. If you don't get up, you're going to be late for work."

Zhang Lan got up and discovered that Shen Rou, who usually got up early for work, hadn't risen yet today.

Worried that Shen Rou would be late for work, she hurried to Shen Rou's bedside to wake her up.

"Mm, Zhang Lan, you're up."

Shen Rou opened her eyes groggily and murmured as she looked at Zhang Lan by the bed.

"Whether I get up or not isn't important. Look at what time it is. If you don't get up now, you're going to be late."

Zhang Lan forcibly pulled Shen Rou from the bed and held her phone up in front of her.

"Seven o'clock!"

Shen Rou looked at the time on the phone and said.

"You know it's seven o'clock! Don't you know you're going to be late?"

"Oh, I'm off today. I don't have to go to work."

Shen Rou suddenly realized. She remembered that because she had worked overtime at her part-time job last night, Zhang Lan was already asleep when she returned, so she didn't know about her day off.

"You're off? Are you not feeling well? Should we go to the hospital?"

Hearing this, Zhang Lan was startled and hurriedly reached out to touch Shen Rou's forehead. In her impression, Shen Rou was a workaholic. She would never take a day off unless she wasn't feeling well.

"You don't have a fever!"

"No, it's not that. The company gave us the day off. I'm not sick."

Shen Rou moved Zhang Lan's hand away from her forehead, feeling a mix of touched and amused.

"Oh? Your boss showed mercy and gave you a day off?"

"No, the whole company is off."

"I have to say, your boss is actually pretty good. I've heard that it's very hard to get time off at factories."

Zhang Lan couldn't help but praise him. Through Shen Rou, she had learned a bit about Chen Mo—whether it was the pay raise, today's time off, or the early salary payment and various benefits.

Everything pointed to the fact that Chen Mo was a very conscientious boss.

"General Manager Chen has always been very good to his employees!"

Shen Rou nodded and said matter-of-factly.

"Oh my, you've already started defending the company? You haven't fallen for him, have you!"

"You're asking for it!"

Shen Rou's pretty face flushed slightly, and she couldn't help but swat at Zhang Lan.

"You're blushing!"

Zhang Lan looked at Shen Rou's flushed cheeks, the fire of gossip burning brightly within her.

Finally, she pinned Shen Rou down on the bed and began to interrogate her.

Shen Rou resisted.

The two of them started wrestling on the bed.

After a while, they both lay on the bed, their clothes in disarray.

Zhang Lan tilted her head, looked at Shen Rou while panting, and said with a smile.

"Shen Rou, have you noticed that since you started at that company, you've become much more cheerful? You wouldn't have wrestled with me like this before."

"Have I?"

Shen Rou thought about it carefully. It seemed like there had been some changes.

Perhaps it was because her salary had increased, reducing her psychological pressure.

After all, for the sake of the orphanage, she used to work up to three jobs a day, resting only two or three hours a day.

How could she have been like today, able to sleep in?

Yet, all of this was brought to her by Chen Mo!

"Of course you have. Since you're rarely off, how about we go shopping?"

Zhang Lan sat up from the bed, looking excited.

"Aren't you going to work?"

"Don't I only have one day off? I can swap my Saturday or Sunday off. I'll just choose to take today off and not take tomorrow off."

Shen Rou thought for a moment and finally nodded.

"Then let's go. I'm planning to visit the orphanage tomorrow, so I can buy some gifts for Grandma Wu and the children."

This time when she got paid, she transferred ten thousand to Grandma Wu, but Grandma Wu transferred five thousand back.

No matter how she tried to persuade her, she would only take five thousand.

Since that was the case, she could use this day off to buy some gifts for the children at the orphanage.

"You're off tomorrow, too?"

Zhang Lan looked at Shen Rou in confusion.

"Yes, yesterday General Manager Chen changed the company policy. From now on, the company will have a two-day weekend."

"Ah!"

Zhang Lan opened her mouth in shock.

A two-day weekend? Even her current job only had a single day off. Had a workshop factory actually started implementing a two-day weekend policy?

"Is your General Manager Chen a bodhisattva reincarnated? How is he so good?"

Shen Rou smiled slightly, looking proud.

"Why don't you ask your boss to come out and have a meal with us today? I'm so curious about your boss."

"Better not. General Manager Chen is very busy with his work."

Shen Rou hesitated. She knew that company bosses were all very busy and had no time to go out and have fun.

"Just give him a call and ask. Maybe he's not busy."

Zhang Lan hugged Shen Rou's arm and asked curiously.

Shen Rou hesitated for a moment, then finally took out her phone.

She didn't have the same thoughts as Zhang Lan when inviting General Manager Chen; she just wanted to thank him. After all, when she needed money the most, it was General Manager Chen who helped her.

…

Old City Community, Chen Mo was lying on the bed, bored.

He discovered that giving the employees the day off was a very wrong decision.

Otherwise, he would be sitting in a comfortable gaming chair right now, playing on a high-performance computer.

When he was thirsty, his assistant would make him coffee, and even the air conditioning temperature would be set perfectly for him.

But at home? No air conditioning, no one to make coffee, and not even Wi-Fi.

Compared to office life, it was like heaven and earth.

What should he do?

He couldn't just lie at home all day, and there was still tomorrow.

Ring!

Just as Chen Mo was wondering what to do, his phone suddenly rang.

He glanced at the caller ID. Shen Rou.

Why was she calling? Could something be wrong at the company?

He answered the phone, feeling puzzled.

"General Manager Chen, I hope I'm not disturbing you."

Shen Rou's voice came from the phone, though she sounded a bit nervous.

"No disturbance. What's the matter?"

Chen Mo asked.

"Th-that… are you free today? I… I'd like to treat you to a meal."

"A meal? When?"

"Is noon okay? Or evening works too."

"Let's do noon. Send me the location later, and I'll navigate there."

Chen Mo agreed without much thought, as he just happened to feel that staying at home was boring.

Just as he was about to hang up, Shen Rou called out to stop him.

"Um, General Manager Chen, I have a classmate with me. That's okay, right?"

"That's fine, but it's agreed, you're treating."

"Yes, I'm treating."

"That's fine then."

Chen Mo felt relieved after getting confirmation.

He didn't really care about a classmate being there; he was truly afraid that after he went over, he would end up having to pay the bill.

He knew that these private life expenses were paid out of his personal assets.

His two or three thousand in personal assets wouldn't be enough to spend freely; he still needed to save some for emergencies.

"Then it's settled. I'll send you the location in a bit."

Shen Rou's excited voice came through the phone.