This remark wasn't that abrupt, because recently there's been talk in the department that He Kao, this little puppy, offended President E over something, and has been given all sorts of thankless errands.

It's understandable that President Qian shows some concern.

But Qian Guran is a master of the Qi Observation Skill, a Tier One Sorcerer of the Qi Observation Sect known as the "Peeping Tom," also nicknamed the "Adultery Catcher," not to mention Old Qian is now a Tier Four Government Official.

Others might not discern the relationship between He Kao and Gao Xue'e, but how could he not? No matter how well He Kao has cultivated his Stealth Skill, hiding himself deeply in daily life, Gao Xue'e is still an ordinary person.

Actually, there's no need for any Magical Techniques and Divine Techniques. Just the nickname "Xiao Kao" inadvertently reveals a lot. In the past, only Huang Xiaopang in the company would call him Xiao Kao, but then both Old Qian and President E coincidentally started calling him that as well.

Upon hearing this comment laden with probing intent, He Kao maintained his composure, not showing any reaction. His cultivation of the Stealth Skill had reached a level where he could control his breathing and heartbeat, and was most adept at talking nonsense in front of a lie detector.

He Kao said earnestly, "Thank you for the concern, leader! Recently, some people in the department have been saying that I offended President E, so she's giving me a hard time, but it's all a misunderstanding, nothing like that actually happened!

President E and I have a great relationship; she's always been very caring and considerate towards me. I just got a bit restless sitting in the office for too long, so I voluntarily asked to run more errands outside."

"That's good, that's good!" Qian Guran nodded with a smile, then asked another question, "Do you know why Gao Xue'e is called President E?"

This question truly stumped He Kao, because he didn't know. When he first joined the company, he just naturally started calling her that because everyone else did.

But suddenly being asked by Old Qian, he also found this title a bit strange.

In the Qi Yuan Branch or rather the entire Cloud Services Division, only three people can formally be called "President": President Fang, President Liu, and President Qian. That includes one president, P9 Level, and two vice presidents, P8 Level.

Additionally, there are two others often called president, but it seems less formal: the Executive Director and the Finance Director, both P7 Level.

Gao Xue'e is a project team manager, P6 Level, and should actually be called Manager Gao. That's how other heads of departments are referred to, so why in her case is it President E?

As a side note, Xiaopang's position is project manager, P4 Level, internally referred to as team leader, but externally one can call him Manager Huang, while He Kao is merely a P2 Level programmer with no title.

He Kao answered honestly, "I don't know."

Qian Guran seemed to want to laugh, or perhaps he was a bit puzzled, "You've been here longer than me, this is something everyone in the company knows, yet you don't?"

He Kao responded, "No one ever told me, can I find out online?"

"You can't look this kind of thing up online." Qian Guran finally laughed, as if confirming that He Kao really didn't know. Then he sighed and said,

"What is an information barrier? This is an information barrier. Things assumed to be well-known, yet no one told you, so only you don't know."

He Kao said, "What's the big deal, just tell me, right?"

Qian Guran said, "President E came earlier than President Fang. When President Fang was transferred as the Qi Yuan Branch President, President E happened to be promoted as the department manager.

At the first meeting hosted by Fang Qizhi after joining the company, he publicly called Gao Xue'e 'President E,' and then everyone just followed suit... The more people called her that, and the longer it lasted, Gao Xue'e couldn't do anything about it herself either.

Within the department, people also felt that 'President E' sounded much better than 'Manager Gao.'

From that time on, rumors spread throughout the company that the new President Fang was Gao Xue'e's old flame. This kind of thing can't be verified with the people involved, and they can't really look for someone to clarify it either..."

In many large companies, there are a lot of such gossips, both true and false, but nobody would openly discuss them.

Since joining the company, He Kao behaved very obediently and hardly offended anyone, but apart from his childhood friend Huang Xiaopang, he didn't form any cliques, so no one told him about these things.

As for Huang Xiaopang, he probably felt there was no need to tell He Kao about it either.

He Kao said calmly, "There's no need for me to know these baseless rumors. I always thought calling her President E sounded better than Manager Gao, more affectionate, and I still think so."

Qian Guran said with a half-smile, "It's not completely baseless though."

He Kao slightly frowned, didn't say anything, and just looked at Qian Guran as if asking — what do you mean?

Qian Guran quickly explained, "Actually, Fang Qizhi and Gao Xue'e were college mates. At that time, Gao Xue'e was still an undergraduate, and Fang Qizhi had just started his Ph.D.

It was President Fang who courted President E. They dated for a while, probably just had a few meals together, watched some movies... I'm just describing it this way; their relationship was probably just that, they likely didn't even hold hands.

Anyway, it lasted as short as a week, at most no more than a month, and they broke up, probably because Gao Xue'e wasn't interested in President Fang.

But because of this, saying President Fang was Gao Xue'e's former boyfriend isn't completely unreasonable, so some company rumors aren't entirely groundless."

He Kao said, "When did this happen! If they don't say it themselves, how would others in the company know?"

Qian Guran slapped his thigh, "You've finally hit the key point! Do you know what borrowing the Heaven-Reaching Ladder means?"

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