“What are you looking at?
This was all caused by you lousy security guards!
Ziqiu, I think it’s time you straightened out these useless guards in your company!”
The pretty boy in the tailored suit was completely condescending.
He looked down on Lin Jian with a gaze that was not only fierce but also full of contempt.
It seemed that in his eyes, security guards were the lowest, most despicable sort of people.
“Punk, you’re asking for a beating, aren’t you?”
Lin Jian flared up instantly.
He could tolerate the great beauty acting condescendingly toward him.
For one, she was truly stunning—just looking at her put him in a good mood.
For another, she was his boss, and wasn’t it completely normal for a superior to keep a straight face around a subordinate?
But where did this massive prick of a pretty boy come from?
Lin Jian strode right toward him!
The pretty boy had never expected this security guard to curse back at him, much less actually raise a hand against him.
“Ziqiu, look at this!
Look at the quality of the security guards in your company!
Just look at him!”
The pretty boy was trembling with rage.
A lowly guard dared to lay a hand on him?
This was completely outrageous!
Although Ye Ziqiu found the pretty boy repulsive, Lin Jian was genuinely about to strike him.
She quickly stepped in front of the pretty boy, glaring at Lin Jian as she snapped, “Lin Jian, what are you doing?”
Lin Jian stopped.
Looking Ye Ziqiu straight in the eye, he said, “President Ye, I need him to apologize to me.”
His voice was calm and collected.
He had a good impression of the great beauty, but that was as far as it went.
If she chose to side with the pretty boy today, then this woman simply wouldn’t be worth his high regard.
However, right as he stared at her, Ye Ziqiu turned around without any hesitation.
Keeping a straight face, she said, “Su Zhiwei, the quality of our company’s security guards is not for you to judge.
Now, please leave immediately.”
“Ziqiu, you’re actually taking his side…” Su Zhiwei’s face turned pale with anger.
He pointed at Lin Jian, completely speechless.
Ye Ziqiu didn’t seem to want to waste another breath on Su Zhiwei.
As for making him apologize, that was obviously impossible.
She wasn’t anyone special to him, and he wouldn’t lower his head to apologize to a small-time security guard just because she told him to.
So, she didn’t bother pursuing such an unrealistic outcome and instead shifted the subject entirely.
“Lin Jian, let’s go.”
Her rebuke toward Su Zhiwei had already made her stance clear.
By taking Lin Jian away with her, she also wanted to keep Su Zhiwei as far from him as possible.
Lin Jian flipped Su Zhiwei off, then eagerly trotted after the great beauty toward the elevators.
The great beauty was quite a stand-up person, and she stuck to her principles.
Moreover, her words had been tough—no outsider had the right to run their mouths about her employees.
Hearing it was incredibly satisfying, and his impression of her went up another notch.
Su Zhiwei didn’t follow them.
Instead, he stood rooted to the spot, his expression shifting unpredictably, his thoughts unknown.
Lin Jian followed behind the great beauty, catching a faint, elegant fragrance wafting from her.
But while he was still trailing behind her in intoxication, she had already stepped into the elevator.
He was just about to follow her inside.
However, the great beauty suddenly put on a stern face and snapped, “Why are you still following me?”
“PFFT!”
Lin Jian nearly spat blood.
Hadn’t she just told him to follow her?
He stared at her, completely speechless.
The great beauty didn’t even look at him.
“Please step away from the elevator doors.
I need to go downstairs.”
Gritting his teeth, Lin Jian stepped straight into the elevator and let the doors close.
Now it was the great beauty’s turn to be caught off guard.
Her tried-and-true ‘Poker Face Divine Technique’ worked perfectly every time in the company; anyone who saw it wouldn’t even dare to breathe too loudly.
Who would dare disobey her?
Yet, in front of this brazen hoodlum, it had completely lost its effect!
“I need to go downstairs too.
What’s wrong with that?
Does the boss not allow employees to take the elevator?” Lin Jian challenged.
The great beauty suddenly felt a headache coming on.
She was infuriated, but at the same time, Lin Jian made a valid point that left her powerless to refute!
It wasn’t as if she could ban employees from using the elevator, right?
And she couldn’t exactly forbid them from sharing an elevator with her, either.
So, she found herself completely silenced by his retort.
Inside the elevator, Lin Jian stared at her provocatively.
Strangely enough, the great beauty actually began to feel nervous.
For some reason, in front of this hooligan, all her usual workplace tactics were utterly useless!
Furthermore, what was even more surprising was that she didn’t actually seem…
genuinely angry?
Still, being challenged by an employee was intolerable.
She glared back at him.
“What are you looking at?”
“Looking at how pretty you are,” Lin Jian blurted out.
Ye Ziqiu’s face instantly flushed red all the way to the base of her neck.
From childhood until now, she had never encountered such an audacious and flirtatious man.
For a moment, she was at a complete loss for words.
Fortunately, the elevator arrived at the first floor.
The moment the doors opened, she hurried out in a fluster.
She couldn’t handle this.
She had just realized that she couldn’t manipulate this lowly security guard at all.
Lin Jian didn’t follow her this time.
Instead, he stood by the elevator doors, watching her retreating back and chuckling to himself.
A short time later, Ye Ziqiu returned to her office.
She chugged a large glass of water in one breath, but even sitting at her desk, she couldn’t calm down.
The thought that a mere security guard could make her so flustered caused her to grit her teeth.
She grabbed her desk phone and dialed the HR department.
“This is Ye Ziqiu.”
“Hello, President Ye,” the staff member on the line replied immediately.
“I want the HR department to immediately take the secur—” Right as she was about to finish the sentence, a sudden wave of reluctance washed over her.
“Forget it.
It’s nothing.”
She hung up the phone.
She had initially planned to fire him.
But if she simply fired the little security guard, wouldn’t that just prove her own incompetence?
A lowly guard provoked her, and the only way she knew how to handle it was to fire him?
That was far too pathetic.
“Fine.
In that case, I’ll let you experience how petty a woman can be.”
A new idea suddenly popped into her head.
With a sinister smile, she dialed the Head of Security, Zhang Qiang.
As soon as the call connected, Zhang Qiang answered excitedly, “Hello, President Ye.”
“Zhang Qiang, transfer Lin Jian from the security department to the hotel’s above-ground parking lot.
Have him direct the vehicles coming in and out!” Ye Ziqiu said flatly.
On the other end of the line, Zhang Qiang was utterly bewildered.
Hadn’t Lin Jian just made a massive contribution?
He was the one who subdued Zhang Erjun and saved two hostages.
Why was he being banished to the hotel’s parking lot?
Besides, the hotel’s above-ground parking lot never had guards directing traffic.
There were automatic barrier gates; they didn’t even need security personnel, did they?
But it was obvious that President Ye was…
seemingly…
probably…
most definitely…
trying to punish Lin Jian!
Zhang Qiang was completely confused.
Why on earth would President Ye want to mess with a lowly security guard?
It made no sense!
“Hmm?
Is there a problem?” Ye Ziqiu asked coldly.
“No, no, President Ye.
It’s just that the above-ground parking lot over at the hotel doesn’t currently have a security post,” Zhang Qiang replied, wanting to double-check just to be sure he hadn’t misheard.
“Then set one up and send Lin Jian there.
Make sure he’s scheduled entirely for day shifts!”
“Yes, ma’am!”
Now Zhang Qiang understood perfectly.
President Ye was absolutely punishing Lin Jian.
But to earn the personal grudge of the big boss…
just what kind of wicked thing had Lin Jian done?