When Lu Gang's sarcastic voice came from behind once again, Chu Ge sat at his desk without moving, not even turning his head.

Ever since Chu Ge entered this office, he had been giving enough face to Lu Gang. But there's always a second time for everything, not a third and fourth. If Lu Gang continued to push his luck, Chu Ge wasn't going to indulge his fussing like some drag queen.

"Chu Ge, I'm talking to you, are you deaf? As a newcomer, are you ignoring me?"

Seeing that Chu Ge completely ignored him, Lu Gang became even more furious, slamming the table and shouting in a sharp voice.

Chu Ge still didn't bother with Lu Gang, but several girls, led by Feifei, couldn't stand it anymore.

"Lu Gang, enough already! You keep calling him a newcomer, but how many days before Chu Ge did you start here?"

"Exactly, you can't bully people like that!"

"You just ate a meal he treated you to, don't you have the decency of knowing not to bite the hand that feeds you? Even a dog knows to wag its tail!"

"You think you're Minister Ji? Even Minister Ji hasn't bossed anyone around like this, right?"

As the girls angrily condemned him, Lu Gang's face turned blue and then white. He stood up suddenly, pointing at Chu Ge, and said, "What's this? What are you all doing? I just asked him to clean, how does that bother you? We've been colleagues for half a month, and you all gang up to bully me for a newcomer?"

Before the girls could speak, Lu Gang continued rattling on, "Look at him, other than hiding behind you all, what else can he do? Is this your idea of a manly man? What a joke!"

"Lu Gang, how come I never noticed you were this shameless before? It's just that Chu Ge doesn't want to bother with you, but he's a hundred times more of a man than you!"

Originally, Chu Ge really didn't want to deal with Lu Gang, but seeing the angry faces of Feifei and the girls warmed his heart. He also realized that if he didn't do something, this wouldn't end.

"Feifei, colleagues, let's all calm down. We all work in the same office, let's not hurt the harmony."

Chu Ge stood up, smiled at the girls, and then walked towards Lu Gang. Under Lu Gang's smug gaze, he bent down to pick up the trash bag from the wastebasket.

Seeing Chu Ge actually picking up Lu Gang's trash bag, Feifei was fuming, stomping her foot in frustration, showing an 'you're hopeless' expression.

"Chu Ge! How could you..."

But just halfway through her words, her already big eyes widened even more, her expression first turning to shock, then bursting into a hearty laugh.

Chu Ge picked up the trash bag but didn't leave as Lu Gang had hoped. Instead, he directly raised the trash bag above Lu Gang's head and, before Lu Gang could react, dropped the bag right onto his head.

The trash bag was quite full, containing snack wrappers with residue, tissues used for blowing noses, banana peels, and various other garbage. As Chu Ge dropped it, some landed on Lu Gang's head, while others fell all at once, covering his collar, legs, and computer.

"Oops, sorry, senior, my grip slipped."

Chu Ge said with a tone of "apology," pulled a tissue from Lu Gang's table, and started wiping the soup off Lu Gang's face, which was dripping down his temple.

"I... damn you!"

After Chu Ge "kindly" finished wiping Lu Gang's face and turned to walk back to his desk, Lu Gang snapped out of his shock, his eyes twitching fiercely, and cursed furiously as he charged at Chu Ge.

"Chu Ge, watch out!"

Even though Chu Ge had dumped trash all over Lu Gang's face, none of the girls felt he had gone too far. Instead, they found it incredibly satisfying. When Lu Gang raised a fist behind Chu Ge, Feifei immediately shouted a tense warning.

In fact, Feifei's warning was completely unnecessary. With Chu Ge's skills, even if Lu Gang attacked from behind, it would take him another hundred years to land a hit on Chu Ge.

As if he had eyes on the back of his head, Chu Ge suddenly sidestepped without any warning, causing Lu Gang's punch to hit nothing but air. Because of the excessive force, he leaned forward at an angle of thirty degrees, nearly toppling to the ground.

Chu Ge turned around, looked at the obviously unsteady Lu Gang, and "kindly" reached out to grab his arm, saying with "surprise" and "concern," "Hey? Senior, what's this stunt you're performing? By the way, what did you just say?"

"Damn you!"

The more Chu Ge acted so casually, the more humiliated Lu Gang felt. His eyes turned bloodshot red, and he cursed again.

"Hey? Senior, why are you cursing? And isn't this a bit too vulgar?"

Chu Ge showed a disgusted expression, subtly pressed down with his right hand, then let go of Lu Gang's arm.

Lu Gang didn't have a chance to speak again before he felt himself suddenly getting heavier and, with a loud "thud," fell to the ground, his head striking a partition. The severe pain combined with overwhelming anger caused his vision to darken, almost passing out.

Looking down at Lu Gang, sprawled on the floor, Chu Ge once again "kindly" asked, "Senior, are you okay? What's this act you're pulling?"

"I... I..."

Struggling to shake off his dizzy head, Lu Gang looked up, seeing Chu Ge in double vision. After "I"-ing for a while without finishing a sentence, he embarrassingly started crying like a woman, with snot, tears, and vegetable soup all mixed together, creating quite a pitiful sight.

"Hahaha..."

While Lu Gang was crying his eyes out, Feifei gave Chu Ge a thumbs up and laughed heartily. Though not as loudly as her, the other girls couldn't hold back their laughter either, even the usually tranquil Mo Xiaoran was no exception.

"Chu Ge, I... I... I won't let you get away with this!"

"Senior, please don't. I don't swing that way."

Chu Ge paused for a moment, then said, "If you're really into this, how about I introduce you to someone? Just afraid they might not like you."

The girls laughed even louder, with Feifei clutching her belly, laughing to the point of tears.

Hearing the laughter around him, Lu Gang's face fell even more, and he sobbed harder. After a resentful threat towards Chu Ge, he suddenly started crying out loud.

Amidst the laughter and crying, the office door was suddenly pushed open, and Ji Songtao walked in. As the minister entered, the girls' tinkling laughter abruptly stopped, leaving only Lu Gang's effeminate sobs in the room.

Ji Songtao was startled at first, then frowned, "What's going on?"

Chu Ge was about to explain, but Feifei quickly jumped in, "Minister Ji, here's what happened: Lu Gang accidentally tripped just now and his head fell into the trash can. Chu Ge kindly helped wipe his face. Lu Gang insisted Chu Ge was mocking him and wanted to fight him. Chu Ge dodged a few times, and then he tripped again."

Ji Songtao gave Feifei a peculiar look, then glanced at Chu Ge, "Is that so?"

Since Feifei had said so, Chu Ge had no choice but to nod earnestly, "Yes, that's how it went."

Hearing Feifei and Chu Ge say this, Lu Gang on the floor nearly died of frustration. He struggled to get up but, still dizzy, failed several times. Not caring about his image anymore, he grabbed one of Ji Songtao's legs and wailed tearfully.

"Minister Ji, don't listen to Feifei's nonsense. You have to stand up for me! Boohoo... I... I..."

Seeing Lu Gang about to speak, Feifei immediately got anxious and quickly interrupted again, "Lu Gang, don't accuse us falsely. We all saw it with our eyes. Can you stop being disgusting?"

Ji Songtao indeed felt quite disgusting, seeing Lu Gang covered in trash, crying with snot bubbles. He was really afraid Lu Gang might smudge something on his leg.

"Xiaoran, you tell me, what's going on?"

Suppressing his inner disgust and the urge to kick Lu Gang away, Ji Songtao turned his gaze to Mo Xiaoran, the most honest one in the Operation Management Department.

"J-just like Sister Feifei said."

Although Mo Xiaoran's eyes were somewhat evasive as she spoke, and her face a bit red, everyone knew she was always like this. Plus, Ji Songtao found Lu Gang's appearance too gross to dwell on it further. He pulled his leg out forcefully.

With a look of disdain at Lu Gang, Ji Songtao dusted his pant leg and said, "Alright, Lu Gang, stop crying. Be more careful in the future. I'll give you half a day off today. Go home, take a good shower, and come back tomorrow in clean clothes!"

Having said that, Ji Songtao strode back to his minister's office.

After the minister's office door made a closing sound, Feifei and the other girls' serious expressions transformed into secret smiles. They all found what had just happened incredibly amusing, like reliving the school days of playing pranks on the class pest.

Through this incident, the relationship between Chu Ge and the girls in the office unknowingly grew much closer.

"Chu Ge, just you wait, you'll see!"

Lu Gang, the only one who couldn't laugh, finally got up from the ground, sniffed, wiped his tears, and pointed at Chu Ge like a wronged little wife before rushing out the door.

"Pathetic!"

With a look of disdain at Lu Gang's retreating figure, Feifei leaned next to Chu Ge and laughed, "Chu Ge, I didn't expect this from you at first. I thought you could endure that kind of frustration, but in the end, you're not someone to be messed with, huh?"

Chu Ge rubbed his nose, somewhat helplessly saying, "Actually, I didn't want to do this either. After all, with so many pretty girls in our office, I have to mind my image."

"Oh, don't worry about your image. If you hadn't done anything just now, then we would have looked down on you!"

Chu Ge chuckled but said nothing.

"However, Chu Ge, don't underestimate Lu Gang. Although he acts like a sissy, I heard he has a pretty powerful brother. Be a bit careful in the next few days."

Feifei kindly reminded him, a look of concern on her face.

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