The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character Alpha Decides to Go On Strike (GL) - Chapter 25.2

In the office, Shen Mo smiled softly.

The assistant who came in to deliver documents glanced at the smile on her face and was taken aback: “President Shen…”

She placed a large stack of documents on the desk: “You seem to be in a very good mood today.”

“Mhm,” Shen Mo put away her phone. “Shengxiao, cancel the two o’clock meeting this afternoon. Find the heads of administration and HR and have them come over for a meeting.”

Yu Shengxiao nodded: “What will the meeting be about?”

“End of business hours,” Shen Mo said.

“Hmm.” Yu Shengxiao frowned, confused. “We don’t really have that, do we… so what is there to discuss?”

Shen Mo tapped the desk unconsciously with her fingers twice.

“We will have one from now on,” she sat down in her swivel chair. “I plan to try and leave at 6 p.m. from now on… is that the company’s current policy?”

“???!!!” Yu Shengxiao’s eyes widened.

Shen Mo looked up: “Is there a problem?”

“No problem!” Yu Shengxiao turned around and instantly straightened up. “I, I’ll go arrange it right away.”

With that, she left the CEO’s office in a daze.

Through the well-soundproofed door, Shen Mo vaguely heard a muffled sound, like a human scream.

She frowned slightly, ignored it, and picked up the nearby documents to review.

—

Su Li was unaware of the massive wave her agreement with Shen Mo had caused at S.G. At the moment, she was in a meeting with her team to discuss an important order.

“‘Green Field’ is a well-known chain of internet cafes in the country. Our new over-ear headphones, which will be launched soon, have a great advantage in both performance and price. I’m confident we can secure the ‘Green Field’ premium headphone order.”

Saying this, she looked at the head of the R&D department on her left: “Engineer Qian, are you confident in the R&D and production status of the headphones?”

Qian Youlin nodded: “President Su, don’t worry. Although the order quantity is quite large, with some overtime in the second half of the year, it will definitely not be a problem.”

“Very good.” Su Li nodded in satisfaction. “Then, according to the current production deployment, we need to clarify…”

“Dong dong dong—”

Before she could finish, a commotion came from outside the conference room.

Su Li frowned. Just as she was about to ask her new assistant next to her to check what was happening, the conference room door was pushed open from outside.

Qiao Mumu appeared at the doorway, her eyes immediately fixed on Su Li: “Su Li!”

Su Li secretly rolled her eyes.

“Su Li! They fired me, do you know that?” Qiao Mumu’s tears instantly spilled out. “Those bastards in HR fired me directly while you were away!”

She stepped forward, trying to hug Su Li’s arm, but Su Li dodged her.

“Miss Qiao, please be respectful.” Su Li’s voice was cold, subtly showing off the diamond ring on her ring finger.

“Su Li…” Qiao Mumu wiped her face. “Hurry and tell HR! You won’t fire me.”

Chen Yu, the HR manager, and her subordinate caught up, glaring at Qiao Mumu: “Are you crazy?!”

She looked at Su Li apologetically: “I’m sorry, President Su. I only swiped her card to let her in because she said she was here to pack her things today. I didn’t expect her to run straight here.”

“It’s alright.”

Su Li shot a look at the others in the conference room, signaling that they could leave—the meeting was already nearing its end anyway, and she could easily convey the remaining work arrangements in a group email later.

The crowd exchanged glances and sensibly left in an orderly fashion.

After everyone had gone, Su Li crossed her arms and looked at Qiao Mumu: “I approved your dismissal.”

“Wha, what?” Qiao Mumu’s eyes widened in shock.

Chen Yu was secretly pleased: “I told you, President Su asked to fire you. Are you unable to understand human language?”

“How is that possible?” Qiao Mumu was completely living in her own world. “You were on vacation; you couldn’t possibly know that they were bullying me…”

Su Li shook her head: “I was on vacation, but I wasn’t cut off from the company.”

She shrugged: “I received a message from Chen Yu during my vacation. Since you joined, your actions have caused various losses to the company, both big and small. Given the circumstances, we have no choice but to terminate your employment.”

“But, but…” Qiao Mumu cried. “Su Li, you weren’t like this before…”

“I’m sorry,” Su Li said coldly but politely. “I’m not quite sure what you mean.”

She was starting to get impatient: “Since you’re here to pack your things, please finish quickly and leave. Please don’t disrupt other people’s normal work.”

With that, she organized the documents used for the meeting on the table and left the conference room with her new assistant.

Qiao Mumu was wailing hysterically behind her, but luckily the two HR personnel restrained her.

“Qiao Mumu, I’m calling security if you keep this up!” Chen Yu frowned tightly. “How many times have you been dragged out? Do you want to embarrass yourself again?!”

“You, you…” Qiao Mumu cried pitifully. “How did you all bewitch Su Li? She, she would never treat me like this before…”

“I’d like to ask how you used to bewitch President Su!” Chen Yu sneered. “I should have known you deliberately delayed packing until today because you were aiming for President Su.”

She warned Qiao Mumu: “Let me tell you, President Su is married. Put away any secret intentions you have.

“Now, I’ll ‘accompany’ you to pack your things. You better behave yourself.”

Qiao Mumu gritted her teeth and was half-dragged, half-pulled to her desk.

Su Li was on her way to the pantry and stopped by to drop off a document. Before she even entered the office, she saw Qiao Mumu crying and stuffing things into a cardboard box.

The young woman was clearly crying so sadly, yet everyone around her looked relieved.

Su Li could hear them whispering.

“It’s so annoying, how long is she going to keep up this act?”

“Don’t talk about her, be careful she hears you! Just hurry up and let her finish and leave!”

“Thank goodness she’s really leaving this time. Our workload will be reduced by at least two times from now on!”

“…”

Su Li thought for a moment and walked in.

After delivering the document, she walked towards Qiao Mumu.

Qiao Mumu looked up, a glimmer of hope in her eyes: “Su Li…”

Su Li reminded her: “You were my special assistant, and a lot of confidential documents were in your possession. Be careful when you pack; don’t touch anything you shouldn’t take.”

Qiao Mumu: “…”

Chen Yu was beside them: “Don’t worry, President Su, I’m watching her.”

Su Li nodded.

She was about to turn and leave when she heard Qiao Mumu shout from behind: “Su Li, you will regret this! I will definitely make you regret firing me today!”

Su Li might have ignored anything else she said, but when it came to Qiao Mumu’s work ability, she couldn’t hold back.

So she turned around and asked: “How are you going to make me regret it?”

Qiao Mumu gritted her teeth.

“I am quite regretful, actually,” Su Li rubbed her tired brow. “I should have fired you the first moment, and then I wouldn’t have had so many messes to deal with later.”

“You…” Qiao Mumu’s expression was vicious. “Do you think I’m so eager to stay here? I’m highly sought after!”

She sniffled: “Someone offered me a high salary to poach me a long time ago. I only stayed because of our two years of acquaintance. If I had known you were such a heartless person, I would have left myself a long time ago!”

Su Li hadn’t reacted, but Chen Yu next to her couldn’t help but laugh.

“Hahaha, are you, are you serious, hahahaha.” She wiped away the tears of laughter from the corner of her eyes. “A person like you, other companies want you too?”

Qiao Mumu raised her voice: “Of course!”

“This is the funniest joke I’ve heard all year,” Chen Yu managed to stop laughing. “Ahem, if there is really such a blind company, I hope you can survive the first half of the probationary period.”

Qiao Mumu was furious: “Don’t be so snobbish!

“My abilities were restricted by a small company like Su’s! I deserve a broader stage.”

Chen Yu looked like she was watching a show: “I really admire your attitude.”

She was a little curious: “Can you tell me which company is going to hire you?” She spread her hands coolly: “We at Su’s will have to avoid them in the future.”

Qiao Mumu stomped her foot in anger.

Su Li looked at Chen Yu: “Forget it, don’t say anymore…”

“It’s our Fangyuan Technology,” a loud male voice suddenly interrupted her words.

Everyone looked towards the door and saw Fang Huo, the CEO of their rival company, Fangyuan Technology, appear at the doorway.

“Mumu, are you done? I’m here to pick you up.”

“Brother Fang.” Qiao Mumu excitedly ran over to her backer.

Su Li frowned: “How did you get in?”

Without an appointment, Fang Huo shouldn’t have been allowed into the Su’s building.

But soon, the security guard who followed him made everything clear to Su Li.

She sneered: “President Fang, isn’t trespassing into someone else’s company inappropriate?”

Fang Huo: “I said I’m here to pick up Mumu.”

He lovingly helped Qiao Mumu wipe away the tears on her cheek: “President Su, you don’t value a talent as good as Mumu. You will surely regret it in the future.”

“Is that so?” Su Li crossed her arms. “In that case, is President Fang planning to hire Qiao Mumu as an assistant?”

Fang Huo was silent for two seconds, then slowly said: “Mumu doesn’t need to work; I will naturally take good care of her.”

“Tsk.” Su Li scoffed coldly. “To put it bluntly, you also know that she is not capable.”

She looked at Qiao Mumu, deliberately saying: “Otherwise, why would you be willing to give up the opportunity to let her continue to shine in her work.”

Qiao Mumu was always foolish and immediately looked at Fang Huo anxiously: “Brother Fang… I, I want to work! I want to prove myself to these people.”

Fang Huo did not hesitate.

As the male lead in this novel, he would unconditionally grant all of the female lead Qiao Mumu’s wishes: “Since you want to, I will arrange it.”

Su Li’s plan succeeded, and she spoke with a smile: “Then I’ll congratulate President Fang on gaining a talented employee in advance.”

Fang Huo’s face darkened as he looked at her.

Suddenly, he caught sight of a document on a nearby desk from the corner of his eye and smiled: “President Su, are you also vying for the ‘Green Field’ order?”

“Why ask the obvious?” Su Li didn’t bother to play games with him. “Didn’t we just meet at the last bidding meeting?”

Fang Huo laughed: “I thought President Su would wisely choose to withdraw when you saw our company participating.

“Tsk tsk, I didn’t expect President Su to continue doing useless work.”

“Who is wasting effort, we’ll only know when the final results come out, won’t we?” Su Li smiled. “President Fang, instead of wasting time on talk, you should quickly work on improving the market competitiveness of your own products.”

“You…” Fang Huo was so angry he almost swore. He stretched his neck and laid down a harsh threat: “Fine, we’ll see.”

Su Li sneered and turned to leave without hesitation.

She returned to her office, standing in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window. About ten minutes later, Fang Huo and Qiao Mumu walked out of the Su’s building with his arm around her.

Su Li watched them leave, slightly narrowing her eyes.

Behind her, the bidding document for “Green Field” lay quietly on the desk.

This was destined to be her first direct confrontation with Fang Huo.

In the original plot, because of Qiao Mumu’s tip-off, Fangyuan Technology clearly knew Su’s quote and successfully won the “Green Field” order in the final bid.

But this time, many things have changed.

“We’ll see,” Su Li whispered with a smile.

Despite this small interlude, perhaps Fang Huo’s appearance motivated Su Li, as her work efficiency was very high today.

After dealing with the work at hand, Su Li looked up at her phone, and the time was only half-past five.

She thought for a moment, gave a few instructions to her assistant, and then left the company early, driving to the S.G building.

The time she had arranged with Shen Mo was 6:30 p.m., but she actually arrived about ten minutes before the normal end of business hours at six.

Su Li planned to go to Shen Mo’s office to pick her up and give her usually serious and reserved lover a little surprise.

But when she reached the front desk, and the administrative staff asked if she had an appointment, Su Li froze.

“No, I came on a whim.”

“I’m afraid that won’t be possible,” the administrative lady smiled very politely. “President Shen is very busy, and we cannot arrange a meeting for you without an appointment.”

Su Li rubbed her nose.

She stated her identity: “I’m her partner… still not possible?”

“Ah?” The lady blinked.

She confirmed: “You are the partner President Shen just married, right?”

Su Li nodded.

The next moment, she saw the administrative lady’s gaze undergo a dramatic change.

If she had only been politely treating Su Li as an ordinary guest at first, now, she looked at Su Li as if she were looking up at a certain savior.

“I, I’ll call Assistant Yu and ask,” the lady suppressed her internal excitement. “It should be possible.”

With that, she quickly made a call, and two minutes later, she smiled and bowed to Su Li: “It’s arranged. Please follow me.”

Su Li responded dumbfoundedly: “…Okay.”

Although it felt a little strange, she eventually took the exclusive elevator to the top floor where Shen Mo’s office was located.

The administrative lady directed her and then left, so Su Li walked towards the front alone.

The corridor was quiet; the entire top floor was Shen Mo’s office area.

Suddenly, the door at the end opened, and a large group of people walked out together.

As soon as the door closed, the elites in their expensive suits began to whisper.

“Holy cow, is it true? I can go home now?”

“First time leaving on time since being transferred to the headquarters. This, this is truly like a dream.”

“Me too… I’d rather give up the overtime pay to go home and spend time with my wife and kids!”

Su Li unintentionally overheard their conversation and touched her nose with a smile.

It was hard to imagine what these people were like under the workaholic Shen Mo before.

“Why did President Shen suddenly change so much? Does getting married really change a person?”

“Let me tell you, earlier when President Shen was discussing the cooperation proposal with Su’s with me, she inexplicably smiled several times. My spine was chilling then, but now I realize, isn’t President Shen’s new wife the CEO of Su’s?”

“Tsk tsk, looks like President Shen has fallen in love.”

Someone also raised an objection: “With President Shen like this, will we be at a disadvantage in our future cooperation with Su’s?”

“It’s possible, oh. After all, President Shen is willing to leave work on time for her new wife. If the other party pushes her a little more, maybe President Shen will even give her S.G.”

The group laughed and talked, passed Su Li, and took the elevator behind her to leave.

Su Li was in a good mood and knocked on the door.

Shen Mo’s cool voice came through: “Who is it?”

She checked her schedule and found that there were no more work discussions needed at this time, so no one should be knocking.

Su Li cleared her throat: “President Shen, it’s me.”

Her hand rested on the door, her voice filled with uncontrollable laughter: “Can I come in?”

There was no response. After the sound of footsteps, the door was opened from the inside.

“Su Li.” Shen Mo appeared behind the door.

Her eyes were bright, with thousands of stars igniting in them, but her face was very calm, as if she was accustomed to hiding her true emotions.

“You came early?”

“Yeah.” Su Li bent down, smiling as she leaned closer to her. “I missed you too much, so I rushed over as soon as I finished my work.”

She kissed the corner of Shen Mo’s lips: “Are you done, President Shen?”

“…I have a few more documents, half an hour.” Shen Mo stepped back two steps, making room for Su Li to enter the office.

Because they had agreed on six-thirty earlier, the extremely time-conscious Shen Mo had genuinely scheduled her work until that point.

Su Li felt she had figured out her little habit and found a sofa to sit down on with a smile: “Then you go ahead and be busy. After you finish, we’ll go have dinner with Lu Lu and the others.”

She added: “I sent you a message about it at noon, do you remember?”

“Mhm.” Shen Mo looked at her for a while, then turned back to her desk.

Not wanting to disturb Shen Mo, Su Li withdrew her gaze and lowered her head to play on her phone.

Suddenly, she felt a gaze on her, turned her head to look at Shen Mo, and saw Shen Mo hiding her face with the document in her hand.

Thinking it was an illusion, Su Li continued to scroll through her screen.

But two minutes later, the feeling of being watched returned. She pretended not to notice, cautiously confirming with the corner of her eye.

Soon, Su Li smiled softly.

She deliberately created the illusion for Shen Mo that she was concentrating on her phone, then unexpectedly turned her head and met Shen Mo’s gaze perfectly.

“President Shen…” Su Li leaned back lazily on the sofa, loosening her collar. “Why are you looking at me all the time?”

Shen Mo’s cheeks were slightly red, and she repeated the same trick, covering her face with the document.

Su Li walked up to her.

“At this rate, can we leave in half an hour?”

“We can leave now,” Shen Mo put down the A4 paper in her hand. “I can review these tomorrow morning.”

“It’s a bit early to leave now,” Su Li leaned over, her hands landing on her shoulders to massage/knead her. “How about I help President Shen relax with a massage?”

“Mmm,” Shen Mo let out a comfortable sigh.

Su Li watched her expression, constantly adjusting the pressure in her hands: “Is that comfortable?”

“Mhm,” Shen Mo nodded.

She looked up, gazing at Su Li with affection.

The office chair was too inconvenient, so the two moved to the sofa.

While massaging her shoulders, Su Li asked: “What do you usually do when you’re not working?”

“Not working?” Shen Mo leaned back against the sofa with her eyes closed, then thought for a moment and said, “Nothing much. Browsing industry news, or resting.”

Su Li: “…”

She twitched the corner of her mouth: “President Shen’s leisure life is so boring.”

Shen Mo suddenly opened her eyes.

She pursed her lips, and after a moment of hesitation, said: “I can change…”

“Huh?” Su Li didn’t understand.

“If you don’t like it, I can change,” Shen Mo said again.

Su Li was stunned. When she realized, the corners of her lips lifted uncontrollably.

She leaned down and hugged Shen Mo from behind: “President Shen, what am I supposed to do with you…”

Shen Mo was a little puzzled: “Why do you say that?”

She wrapped her arms around Su Li’s arm: “Did I say something wrong?”

“You said it too well.” Their faces were pressed together, and Su Li couldn’t help but ask with a laugh, “President Shen, how can you be so articulate?

“Say a few more words, and I’ll even dig my heart out for you.”

“Don’t,” Shen Mo refused with righteousness.

She reached up and touched Su Li’s chest: “Don’t dig it out.”

Su Li let out a small laugh.

She lowered her head, kissed Shen Mo’s lips, and swallowed all the other protests the other party had yet to voice.

Her lips seemed to be Shen Mo’s weak spot. Every time she was kissed, the person became very docile, leaning in Su Li’s arms and letting her do whatever she wanted.

Unknowingly, her arm had wrapped around Su Li’s neck, and she actively reached out her little tongue to tease and chase with Su Li.

“Mmm,” Su Li was losing control, hugging her as if she wanted to melt the person into her arms.

Yet, Shen Mo didn’t seem to realize the seriousness of the situation, slightly parting her lips to call her name: “Su Li…”

Her voice was lingering, mixed with the sound of their kissing, making the listener’s ears tingle.

“President Shen… ugh.” Yu Shengxiao, who suddenly pushed the door open, paused her steps, quickly turned around when she realized, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry! I, ah, I’ll go out first…”

She slammed the door shut and instantly disappeared from the room.

“We’re doomed,” Su Li scraped Shen Mo’s nose with her finger. “I didn’t ruin President Shen’s brilliant image, did I?”

Shen Mo chased after her and pecked her on the corner of her mouth.

She said: “It doesn’t matter.”

Compared to you, nothing is urgent.

Su Li took a deep breath.

She really couldn’t understand why she had ever doubted Shen Mo’s intentions when Shen Mo had clearly never concealed her passion/desire for her.

Shen Mo’s love was always direct and passionate.

“Alright, no more fooling around,” Su Li touched her cheek and began to calm down. “If we continue, I don’t know if we’ll be able to leave.”

She looked towards the door: “I’ll go call Assistant Yu in.”

Shen Mo frowned slightly, but ultimately didn’t refuse, nodding in agreement.

Half an hour later, Shen Mo, who had reluctantly finished her work, and Su Li left the S.G building.

The dinner was held at Chen Yue’s highly atmospheric restaurant bar. Fearing that Shen Mo might not feel comfortable, only Lu Lu and Chen Yue were present today.

“President Shen is truly beautiful,” Chen Yue raised her glass to her. “I didn’t get a chance to talk much at the wedding, but I finally have the opportunity today.”

Shen Mo: “Just call me Shen Mo.”

“Okay,” Chen Yue smiled mischievously.

Lu Lu couldn’t help but sigh: “You two are so much more compatible sitting together. When I think of…”

Before she could finish, Chen Yue stepped on her foot under the table.

Lu Lu yelped, and Chen Yue glared at her, silently mouthing: “Don’t say what shouldn’t be said!”

Seeing this, Lu Lu pouted in grievance and quietly pretended to be an obedient quail.

Su Li didn’t want to bring up past events either, so she added a piece of shrimp to Shen Mo’s bowl: “Try this. Chen Yue specially hired a Southern chef; these dishes are very authentic.”

Shen Mo put the shrimp in her mouth and commented: “It’s good, the taste is excellent.”

In the center of the bar, a band was preparing to take the stage.

Su Li was a little curious: “When did you add this new feature?”

“I set it up while you were busy with the wedding,” Chen Yue introduced. “I felt the bar was too quiet and lacked atmosphere. It’s much better with a band now, and we have a lot more customers in the evening.”

Lu Lu looked at Su Li and said something tactless again: “I remember you used to play the guitar in college. Every time you performed outdoors on the playground at night, you could pick up a bunch of Omegas.”

“Can’t you just eat your food?” Su Li’s face was a little red.

She cautiously glanced at Shen Mo and defended herself: “The guitar part is true, but I, I didn’t try to pick anyone up.”

Shen Mo seemed to be still out of the loop, responding with a knowing, yet ambiguous, “Oh,” and a faint smile.