As the new day dawned, the morning sunlight, tinged with a faint yellow hue, illuminated the area from the other side of the road. Li Haojun gave Siena a ride to work as usual, but on the way, he mentioned that he wouldn’t be able to drop her off after work today because he needed to get home on time. Siena understood.
Sitting at his desk, he opened his work computer and looked out the window at the morning light. Li Haojun couldn't help but think of Tan Wenjing—was she also getting up early to work, while he couldn't be by her side? This job was taking away more and more of his freedom.
As his gaze and thoughts returned to the room, the computer screen displayed a large red warning: KPI not met.
He hadn’t even followed up on yesterday’s SM whip incident. He had spent the entire afternoon diligently serving clients, yet this fish-farming company was now emphasizing KPIs to him. Li Haojun felt a surge of anger, but he forced himself to click on the KPI failure notification to check.
The screen displayed, “Employee work error punishment: spanking not completed.”
Li Haojun couldn't help but laugh at himself. He wondered, “Is this a legitimate company operation or just kids playing house?”
However, since he was employed here and receiving a salary, he had to fulfill his duties. But Li Haojun used a derogatory tone when communicating with his direct manager,
“My screen shows that there is an uncompleted spanking KPI. May I ask if the punishment is carried out using the whip left by my predecessor?”
“Yes,”
"Alright, the whip was left by my predecessor. Then may I ask where the company policy on corporal punishment of employees comes from? Which law does it comply with?"
“Corporal punishment is the employee's personal choice,”
Upon seeing this evasion, Li Haojun directly confronted,
“Even if it's the employee's personal choice, you're the legal representative. Everything that happens here must be legal, right?”
“There's no law here,” Li Haojun didn't expect such an answer, leaving him with no basis to argue back,
“Alright, then let's leave it at that,”
After ending the conversation, Li Haojun immediately searched online to verify the information. Searching for “Calisper Police Department,” nothing came up. Searching for “Calisper City Government,” nothing came up. There were no governing bodies, no violent institutions maintaining order, and no government public services. How was this town even functioning? Oh, right, do people just go home and sleep? Or are they all sufficiently honest and kind?
While he was speculating, the spare parts procurement list jointly drafted by Delilah Flynn and Emeline Rogers arrived at Li Haojun’s desk awaiting approval. They were mechanical engineers and electrical engineers, respectively. In fact, Li Haojun could have approved it directly, as it was just a formality. Li Haojun himself was not from the same field as them, so technically he didn’t need to get involved. He was only responsible for approving funds and operating the company.
However, after the incident with Siena, he wanted to learn more about the place by interacting with others, so he called the two of them to his office for a meeting. Delilah and Emeline were both beautiful women, and Li Haojun initially thought, with so many beautiful women around, they would have to invest a lot of effort into themselves—how would their work turn out? Later, he let go of that fixation. After all, it was just a fish farming company—how bad could it be? Plus, it was a company that was encroaching on the time he shared with Tan Wenjing.
Delilah explained her understanding of the gas and liquid pipelines in the production and laboratory sections of the company, drafting a list of spare parts based on the company’s maintenance manual and historical experience.
“Thank you for your contributions to the company. It seems you’ve grasped the situation here quickly. Do you have prior experience in a similar role?” Li Haojun used a polite opening line while shifting the topic,
“No, this is my first job. The company’s job description guidelines are very detailed, and I can always ask Paul if I have any questions,”
“Huh? Who is Paul?”
“It's the robot in the lobby. It seems to know everything about the company.”
“Oh, really? I'll try asking it too,” Li Haojun replied, thinking to himself that he must ask it about the matters concerning the piano bench.
“So, how did you end up at this company after graduation? Was it through a friend's recommendation or some other channel?”
“Campus recruitment. I came straight here. After all, it’s not easy to find a job in this small town, and I didn’t have much room to be picky,” Delilah shrugged and shook her head.
“Have you ever thought about going out to see the world? Like the big cities on the West Coast?”
Delilah hesitated for a moment, as if deep in thought,
“No,”
“Alright, thank you for working here. To be honest, is mechanical engineering your passion?”
Delilah smiled,
“That’s a tough question to answer,” she lowered her head as if pondering, then looked up at Li Haojun and said,
“My supervisor asked me if I love my field. Should I give a definitive yes?” Delilah lowered her head again, looking at her crossed hands, then looked up and said,
“What do you think the probability is that a girl likes mechanical engineering?” She finished speaking with a smile, looking at Li Haojun,
“It’s okay, you’re doing great now. This is just casual conversation. So, what are your hobbies in your free time?”
“Hmm,” Delilah thought for a moment, as if she couldn't think of anything.
Although Li Haojun suspected that she might be like Sienna, who went home and slept, he didn't want to ask directly, so he ended the conversation with polite small talk.
Later, Li Haojun called Emeline into the office, asked her opinion on the current work at hand, and then got straight to the point,
“Among this batch of new employees, you're the only one with prior work experience at another company. Could you compare the similarities and differences between the two companies?”
“Hm, well, I've only been here for a short time,”
“That's okay, just talk about the previous company,”
“The previous company was in the food industry, also a local one. There are many food companies in the area, including main and side dishes or beverages. The company I worked for was a beverage company, and I was responsible for equipment maintenance.”
“Oh, I see. How many employees were there at the time?”
“Not many. It was actually quite tiring. I was okay, but the other workers had to work from morning to night.”
“Was it forced labor? Didn’t they have a union?”
“No, there’s no union here. It’s not exactly forced labor, but some people have to work a certain number of hours within a year to qualify for basic living assistance.”
“Is that the basic living allowance provided by the municipal government?”
“No, there's no government here. It's essential goods allocated by the social management system. In a way, they're also working for themselves.”
“So does that mean the compensation for the time they work isn't enough to cover their annual essential goods purchases?”
“It seems that way. The work is pretty tiring, but at least it doesn't take too long—just one month. Actually, there are others waiting in line.”
“Ah, you know more about the situation here. I asked other colleagues, but they're fresh graduates and don't have much to say,” Li Haojun asked again,
“So do the workers who are very tired ever get angry, have mood swings, or go on strike on the spot? What happens in such situations?”
“It's easy—replace them. Wait until they're in a better mood to come back. Anyway, they have to work for a full month,”
Li Haojun had intended to ask next if there were ever cases of using whips to force compliance, but after Emeline said that, he couldn’t bring up the topic anymore.
The work discussion ended, and it was almost noon. Siena came to Li Haojun’s office as usual to ask about his meal preferences. This time, Li Haojun casually closed the door, pulled up the red warning bar for unmet KPIs, and asked,
“Did you input this into the system?”
“Yes, when would be a good time?”
Seeing Xiyena's timid response, Li Haojun was both annoyed and amused. He hurriedly explained,
“No, no, that's not important. I just have a bit of OCD, and seeing it there bothers me. Just input it into your system as if it had been done. Is that okay?”
“Is that cheating? Isn’t that bad?” Xiyena asked.
“I think spanking your butt is worse. Didn’t I already explain that to you?” Seeing Xiyena’s hesitant expression, Li Haojun wondered if he had put too much pressure on her and quickly changed the subject,
“Let’s just let this matter go. Why keep bringing up unpleasant things? It’s not important anyway,”
After saying that, he looked at her, still with a serious expression, and thought, maybe I handled it too harshly? Should I discuss it in more detail? While thinking this, Li Haojun spoke in a softer tone,
“Please sit down. Can you tell me? I'm just curious. What options did the company give you at the time?”
“One was a fine and public criticism, and the other was a spanking,”
“Why didn't you choose the first option?” " As he asked, Li Haojun thought to himself that the first option was relatively normal, though perhaps a bit over the top,
“Well, I didn't want so many people to know I made a mistake,”
Seeing Siena's awkward expression, Li Haojun hurried to reassure her,
“No, no, that little mistake—anyone could make it. I don't know why the company's procedures are so over the top. Don't take it to heart,”
“Hmm, okay,”
“It’s just that your assessment of these two options might differ from how most people would understand them. Would you like me to analyze it for you?”
“Sure, what exactly are the differences?” " Xie Na seemed more interested in this aspect,
“Generally speaking, girls might place more importance on personal privacy regarding their bodies, but you don't. You place more importance on how other group members perceive your appearance. Is this related to your life experiences? From middle school to university, you should have had many male suitors, which might have led you to assess your own value. Is that correct?”
“Oh, but I don't remember,”
“Oh, well,” Li Haojun answered while assessing whether she had truly forgotten or was unwilling to discuss her past. However, considering that she had been sleeping inexplicably since returning home, it might be true. Thinking of this, Li Haojun took out paper and pen, wrote a simple quadratic equation, handed it to her, and said,
“This is what you learned in middle school, right?”
Siena took it, looked at it, and gave the solution. Li Haojun took it back, looked at it, and said happily,
“See, you still remember.”
“No, I just know how to solve it.”
Li Haojun's smile froze on her face, and she swallowed the words she was about to say. She could only write another trigonometric integral and hand it to her.
Xiyena also gave the answer and handed it back to Li Haojun.
Li Haojun looked at it while smiling and said,
“You're a promising child. I almost forgot,”
Hearing the praise, Xie Na's face lit up with a smile...
After finishing a day's work, he finally returned to the side of Tan Wenjing, whom he had been longing for, on time.
The two had a simple dinner and, as usual, took a walk in the backyard. They inevitably talked about the day's work, but the spring weather was damp, and clouds obscured the stars in the night sky. Finding it boring, they returned indoors.
Tan Wenjing walked ahead and turned back to say,
“Ethan, why don't you come meet my family?” " She deliberately adopted a coy tone, then began undressing as she walked, tossing each item onto the floor as she made her way toward the bathroom.
Li Haojun knew she was teasing him again, so he followed silently with a smile.
Upon reaching the bathroom door, Tan Wenjing casually locked Li Haojun out, turned on the shower, and asked while rinsing off,
“Is this how you see things at her place?” ”
Li Haojun nodded from outside the bathroom glass door and said,
“Yes,” then quickly shook his head and said,
“No, no, I was sitting on the sofa, far away, and couldn’t see anything clearly,”
Tan Wenjing deliberately elongated her voice, using an exaggerated, seductive tone,
“Oh, you didn’t see clearly yesterday? Does that mean you need to see clearly now?”
“Yeah, what’s the matter?” Li Haojun responded in an exaggeratedly rude tone,
“Oh my gosh, I forgot. Ethan still has an unfinished KPI, right? Does he need to make it up from me too?”
“Yeah, I'm going to spank you,” Li Haojun deliberately raised his voice like a broken gong, pretending to be rude, then opened the door and entered the bathroom.
Tan Wenjing saw him come in, turned around, and screamed, “Ah!” as if she was afraid and wanted to run away, but the person who was jumping around just stayed put...
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