The Design Director Has Skipped Work Again

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The motto of genius design director Wu Zheng is: A chair doesn't just restrain your rear end! It restrains your soul, too!

There's a legend at the Ninth Research Institute: every day, as soon as quitting time arrives, a mysterious blur rushes out the door. Not even the security cameras can capture their true form.

Wu Zheng: Ah! My Didi is almost here! I can't leave them waiting outside!

There's another legend at the Ninth Institute: a ghost in a suit goes into every men's restroom in the compound during the day, knocking on every stall door in turn. They say he's searching for his lover, who drowned in a toilet.

Jiang, the exhibition department head: Wu Zheng, get out here! I know you're in there! Skipping work like this won't get you anywhere!

There's also a rule at the Ninth Institute: employees on business trips have set reimbursement limits for meals and lodging, but two employees can combine their allowances and use them together.

Wu Zheng: Chief! Look at this five-star hotel! The discounted suite is only a thousand yuan a night, and it comes with breakfast for two! We can split the room!

Jiang Heng: ...You said it yourself.

Wu Zheng: ??? I feel like something's not quite right here???

Wu Zheng, Wu Zheng, wants no part in worldly strife. ← Wu Zheng's perfectly reasonable excuse for skipping work.

A design genius director gong who thinks up ways to skip work every day x a secretive chief shou who spends every day trying to drag the design director out of the office compound.

A silly, lighthearted workplace story set in the design department of the exhibition center at the Ninth Research Institute.

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A few things to know before reading:

1. A lighthearted daily-life story, as silly as possible, with the sweetness of first love and a happy ending. No real-life inspiration.

2. [Important note:] The whole story is fictional and does not depict a real workplace. Please don't treat it as one.

Theme: Keep striving for improvement.