As Shen Lei hung up the phone call with Xie Mei Lan, he was stopped by the department head.
This department head was a man wearing gold-rimmed glasses, who looked rather insidious.
The department head stared at Shen Lei with a gloomy face and said, "Shen Lei, this is the workplace, not your home.
It's not a place where you can shout and scream.
Your performance in the past few days has been terrible, you've been dazed and confused all day long, look at what you've become.
What exactly happened?"
Shen Lei knew that the department head was not a good person. If he told him about his divorce, the department head would only gloat, so he remained silent and didn't answer.
The department head asked again, "How's the archive restoration going?"
Shen Lei said calmly, "I told you, it's not my business."
The department head's face became even more gloomy as he said, "I don't understand, are you upset with your job, or are you upset with me?
If you're upset with me, just say it, there's no need to slack off like this.
Look at your performance these past two days, not only is your work attitude not correct, have you even forgotten about discipline?
This is not only irresponsible to yourself, you're being irresponsible to the entire team.
Since you took on the job, you should complete it properly.
You agreed to it, then you threw in the towel halfway through, what kind of man are you?"
The original Shen Lei had been slacking off recently, and indeed deserved criticism.
But the department head's sarcastic tone made the current Shen Lei very uncomfortable.
If he hadn't gotten the system, Shen Lei might still have chosen to be submissive.
But now, since he had gotten the "Free Will Life" system, he wanted to live freely, and he would no longer bow down to those in power and lose his happiness.
So, Shen Lei now sneered and said to the department head, "I haven't thrown in the towel yet, so don't say such nonsense.
Speaking of what kind of man I am, I think those who always bully the weak and flatter the strong, those who always spread false information and those who always act superior with borrowed power, those are more like eunuchs in the palace, not men at all!"
He was satirizing the department head, who always used the department head's authority to suppress him, really like a eunuch acting with borrowed power.
Hearing this, the department head's face turned extremely gloomy, and he glared at Shen Lei, shouting, "What are you talking about?"
"Ding Dong! Received 666 points of resentment from the department head!"
Shen Lei chuckled and said, "Department Head, you said I should just say it if I have something against you.
So, I just said it, and you can't take it?
You're a narrow-minded person, why pretend to be magnanimous!"
The department head listened, his heart almost gave out, he was furious, "Shen Lei, how dare you talk to me like that?
Are you going to do this job or not?"
"Ding Dong! Received 777 points of resentment from the department head!"
The Shen Lei from that timeline would have lost his temper and said, "I quit."
But in this timeline, Shen Lei decided to stay.
Because according to the system's prompt, there would be treasures inside the ancient archives he was about to restore.
So, Shen Lei now smiled at the department head and said, "Department Head, it's your attitude that's bad, you need to correct your attitude."
The department head was stunned, he couldn't help but ask, "Correct my attitude?
Whose attitude needs correction?"
Shen Lei chuckled, "Right now, this ancient archive is something only I can restore.
Department Head, you're eager to use this achievement to gain favor with the head of the department.
This matter, I'm doing it for free, you haven't given me any reward, any bonus.
So, you're begging me to do this for you.
Yet you're using this commanding tone, and you dare to say that your attitude is correct?
If I don't do this job, it won't make a big difference to me.
But you, you'll have no face in front of the department head.
Now, correct your attitude, apologize to me, and maybe I'll be lenient and help you out…"
The department head's face went from cloudy to sunny and back again, he was extremely depressed.
He had to admit that Shen Lei was right.
On the surface, it looked like he assigned Shen Lei the job.
Actually, it was not Shen Lei's job to begin with.
But he used this to curry favor with the head of the department, now only Shen Lei could do this, he really was begging Shen Lei to do it.
"Ding Dong! Received 777 points of resentment from the department head!
Ding Dong! Received 888 points of resentment from the department head!"
Although the department head was very depressed, he now had to say to Shen Lei, "I'm sorry, my attitude was not good just now, I hope you can forgive me.
I hope you can continue to do a good job restoring the ancient archives!"
He said this, and even reached out to pat Shen Lei's shoulder, pretending to be humble and courteous, and said, "Shen Lei, work hard, I've always been optimistic about you…"
But Shen Lei shrugged and said, "Can you please stay away from me?"
The department head was stunned and said, "Why?"
Shen Lei said expressionlessly, "I have trypophobia, I can't stand people with a lot of cunning in their eyes!"
The department head couldn't help but laugh and said, "Shen Lei, you really… If you didn't have this skill, I... I…"
"Ding Dong! Received 888 points of resentment from the department head…"
Shen Lei sneered, "You... what else do you want to do? Want to fire me?
I haven't done anything wrong, and you need my help now, you can't fire me, you can only be furious and unhappy, right? So just keep it to yourself…"
The department head was extremely depressed, he gritted his teeth but could do nothing.
"Ding Dong! Received 999 points of resentment from the department head…"
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