The Bullet Comments were utterly stunned.
【You city folks call this a signature? I can’t handle this!】
【What? Developing such an AI that harms the physical and mental health of teenagers—where is the moral bottom line? And where is the download link?】
【Too good! I thought “workplace advancement outfits” were already the peak, but there’s more?】
【Such magnificent pectoral muscles.】
【Speaking of big—】
【The Female Supporting Character eats so well! Can I swap in and act a few episodes?】
The Bullet Comments were full of greedy girls.
But there were still a few discordant Bullet Comments.
【The Female Supporting Character is shameless! Flirting with an AI!】
【It’s fine! The Female Supporting Character doesn’t know how to cherish him, but our Little Sister Treasure will comfort the Male Lead with her body! Once the Male Lead tastes the sweetness, he won’t even remember who the Female Supporting Character is!】
Ruan Li: “…”
Can this Bullet Comments feature set up blocked words? She couldn’t even look directly at the words “Little Sister Treasure” anymore.
Early the next morning, Ruan Li arrived at the Fu Corporation to start her new job.
“Hello, I’m Wang Ying, Assistant Fu’s assistant.”
“I saw that you previously submitted a resume to our company, with a second major in optical engineering. We also sent you an offer, but you chose the Jiang Group instead.”
“May I ask why you didn’t choose our company back then?”
The moment Ruan Li saw Wang Ying, she recognized him as the pimp she had seen at the Cloud Palace club that day.
Times are indeed tough these days.
Even company executives are moonlighting as pimps.
Ruan Li replied seriously:
“Back then, because my boyfriend was at the Jiang Group, my parents hoped I would follow his lead. But I thought that was wrong, and I also plan to break up, so I wanted to choose your company instead.”
Wang Ying’s eyes lit up.
Break up? A breakup is great!
The young master can move up in line, no longer having to follow her without a title or status.
He smiled, “Good, welcome to the Cloudview development team’s optical research and development group. Later, I’ll have a colleague show you the ropes of lens development work, but before that, there’s one thing I need you to do.”
“Please go ahead.”
Wang Ying took out a document:
“Assistant Fu has no intention of cooperating with the Jiang Group, but due to public opinion pressure, we’re stuck between a rock and a hard place.”
“Therefore, I plan to appoint you as the client representative to negotiate cooperation with the Jiang Group. You only need to focus on finding faults.”
“Assistant Fu has already sent someone to the traffic police department to request yesterday’s surveillance footage, which will clear your name. However, you’ll have to wait a bit. Once we cancel cooperation with the Jiang Group and they try to use public opinion to ‘repay kindness with demands,’ we’ll immediately reveal the truth.”
“So, for now, you’ll have to bear with it.”
Ruan Li’s heart stirred.
Did Shi Yu actually predict this wish-fulfillment plot correctly?
At the same time, she secretly marveled.
This Fu Family Crown Prince is too good at calculating people’s hearts.
In the future, she’ll have to steer clear of this Crown Prince.
Otherwise, she’ll be played until not even her bones remain.
Throughout the morning, Ruan Li familiarized herself with her new job and colleagues, and also resumed using her real name.
By the afternoon, Wang Ying arranged a car to take her to the Jiang Group.
Ruan Li opened the car door and found the “driver” was someone she knew.
Shi Yu had one hand on the steering wheel, glancing sideways at her. The misty purple suit he wore seemed tailor-made for him, his skin pale and cool, his demeanor imposing.
“What a coincidence, are you out on business too?”
“Not a coincidence,” Shi Yu said flatly. “I’m here to watch the show, afraid you’d die from being too spineless again.”
Ruan Li: “…”
The car drove all the way to the Jiang Group building.
Ruan Li was a bit puzzled when she saw no one coming to greet them.
She muttered, “Given Manager Chen’s personality, he would definitely make a big fuss. Why is it so quiet?”
“I informed them that the client representative would arrive at three p.m.,” Shi Yu said.
And it was now two-thirty.
Ruan Li understood. “You did that on purpose, didn’t you?”
Shi Yu smiled lazily. “I’ll go park the car.”
Ruan Li got out first and walked into the familiar office building.
—”Lily? It really is you. Didn’t you resign?”
Ruan Li turned around and saw that the speaker was Sister Sun from HR, who had processed her resignation just yesterday.
“I’m here to work.”
“Are you regretting it now?” Sister Sun wore an “I told you so” expression.
Then she complained:
“Today, Young Master Jiang came to the company, waiting for you to submit your self-criticism, only to find out you hadn’t shown up. He learned from me that you had resigned and threw a huge tantrum, even getting me scolded along the way. If you had told me earlier that Young Master Jiang wanted you to write a self-criticism, I wouldn’t have stamped your resignation form.”
In the past, Ruan Li would have endured such baseless accusations.
But now, she was Niohuru·Ruan Li.
She spoke clearly, “Sister Sun, according to company policy, an intern’s resignation only requires signatures from their direct supervisor and HR. If you got reprimanded, you should blame Young Master Jiang for abusing his authority, not me.”
Sister Sun was left speechless.
Just then, the elevator doors opened.
Jiang Siyan strode out with his long legs, followed by An Shengnan, Manager Chen, and others.
“Young Master Jiang, you’ve come at just the right time!” Sister Sun stepped forward to tattle. “Lily says she regrets resigning and wants to come back to work.”
Ruan Li: ?
When had she said she regretted resigning?
Before she could refute, Jiang Siyan had already walked up to her, his gloomy eyes fixed on her.
“Regret? Do you think this is some place where you can come and go as you please? Since you’ve resigned, don’t even think about setting foot in Jiang Corporation again!”
Ruan Li: “Are you sure?”
She nodded. “Then I’ll leave and won’t come back in the future.”
Jiang Siyan gritted his teeth. “Stop right there!”
Instantly, everyone in the lobby turned to look in their direction.
The atmosphere grew tense.
—”A Si, let me handle this.”
An Shengnan stepped forward, still dressed in her signature tweed suit.
“Senior, I know you must regret resigning and resent me taking over your work. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have left behind a pile of reports with data errors. I spent a long time trying to sort them out and still couldn’t fix them. But the company has its rules. If we make an exception for you, what will the other employees think?”
Ruan Li shook her head. “That’s not true. The data is all correct. I just deleted the formulas I summarized myself. You could summarize them yourself too—it’s very simple. How could it have taken you so long?”
An Shengnan was left speechless, looking somewhat aggrieved.
Jiang Siyan shielded her behind him and glared at Ruan Li. “I never thought you could be so malicious!”
“A Si, don’t say that about Senior,” An Shengnan gently advised. “Actually, I also hope Senior can come back to work.”
Ruan Li nodded. “If you want me to continue working, that’s fine. Has my private office been prepared?”
The atmosphere fell silent for a moment before Manager Chen burst into a scornful laugh.
“Private office?”
“You must be out of your mind. At Jiang Corporation, only clients and department managers or above are entitled to private offices.”
“Are you dreaming? Let me tell you, I’ve already reported all your usual tardiness, early departures, and irresponsible work behavior to Assistant Manager Jiang.”
An Shengnan glanced at the time. “Senior, we still need to greet the client representative from Fu Corporation. If you continue making unreasonable trouble, I’ll have no choice but to call the police.”
Ruan Li looked toward the entrance.
She saw a misty purple figure entering through the revolving door.
She spoke, “I am the person you’re here to meet.”