The next day, I realized that hiding the fact that I was going to Japan was impossible because the administration department was handling my passport and flight booking. Consequently, the news that I would be accompanying Vice President Xiao Lin on a seven-day business trip spread through the CES building at the speed of geometric and algebraic series combined.
Suddenly, the medical room was flooded with a group of "good colleagues," many of whom usually ignored me. Some were jealous that I had won the favor of the two Vice Presidents Lin with my slender willow-like demeanor, and some despised me for playing both ends against the middle and having a loose private life. But once they learned that I was going to Japan the next day, they all became friendly towards me.