“Because if I said yes, your next line would undoubtedly be that I’m interested in that woman.”
Lu Jiuyan casually adjusted the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose bridge, looking completely sure of himself.
“Of course!”
Jiang Yanhua continued excitedly:
“When a man is interested in a woman, he’ll do things he normally wouldn’t do, or behave unusually.”
“That’s clearly not the case with me.”
Lu Jiuyan didn’t think he liked Xia Bai. Although he didn’t have much romantic experience, he wasn’t completely clueless about relationships. He roughly knew what it felt like to like someone.
As for Su Lingyu, that young girl – that seemed even less likely.
“How could that be?!”
How could such a juicy piece of gossip just disappear like that?
Jiang Yanhua and the others in the office clearly couldn’t accept this.
“Of course! Your speculation is wrong! I’m going back to work!”
Lu Jiuyan shrugged and walked into his office without looking back.
Fu Yuchen, who had been quietly listening to everything, fell into deep thought. He began connecting what was just said to his own situation.
Sometimes, even he couldn’t quite understand some of his own actions toward Xia Bai afterward.
Could it really be as Jiang Yanhua said…
That he might like that woman?!
No, no, impossible!
How could he possibly like Xia Bai? Absolutely impossible!
In a business hotel not far from Kappa Technology.
Supervisor Qian, who was sitting on the bed playing with his phone, heard movement at the door.
“So, have you found a job yet?”
“Not that fast!”
Wu Meitong threw her bag onto the sofa while glaring at Supervisor Qian.
It was all because he had been in such a hurry to fire her – where could she find a company with better benefits than Kappa Technology in such a short time?
“Don’t worry, I’ll recommend you to a few HR managers later.”
Supervisor Qian grabbed her hand and pulled her into his embrace.
“Really?”
Wu Meitong looked up at him.
“Really, when have I ever lied to you?”
“Then I want a company with good benefits, not much worse than Kappa’s.”
After job hunting for several days, Wu Meitong knew very well that in this city and industry, there probably wasn’t any company with better benefits than her former employer.
“No problem.”
“That’s more like it.”
“Don’t you trust me to handle this? As long as you behave.”
As he spoke, Supervisor Qian cupped her face and moved to kiss her lips.
“Speaking of which, I still don’t understand why you suddenly fired me recently?”
Wu Meitong smelled the man’s cigarette breath and gently pushed him away, hidden disgust in her eyes.
“Isn’t it because you went too far? Normally having Xia Bai do your work is one thing, but why did you involve that Su Lingyu this time? You know she’s a rich second generation!”
“So what if she’s a rich second generation? Isn’t she just an intern at our company?”
Wu Meitong bit her lip unwillingly, only realizing after she spoke that it was no longer her company.
“Ordinary rich second generations aren’t a big deal, but you know what Su Lingyu’s temper is like – causing trouble every other day at the company? The moment you assigned work to her and Xia Bai, she could tamper with the documents you submitted and expose your behavior right in front of me.”
Having worked in the corporate world for so many years, Supervisor Qian could easily see through Su Lingyu’s little scheme at the time, but he chose not to expose her on the spot.
“What’s the big deal? You’re the supervisor, you can protect me!”
“This time, I can’t protect you!”
“Why not?”
“After she finished talking to me, she immediately went and told General Manager Lu. What do you expect me to do?”
Supervisor Qian lit a cigarette, recalling the day he saw Su Lingyu and Lu Jiuyan talking inside.
Given the position he had worked so hard to attain in the company, along with his improper relationship with Wu Meitong, he truly couldn’t afford to take the risk.
That’s why he decided to strike first and sacrifice Wu Meitong!
“Is it really necessary to take such a small matter all the way to General Manager Lu?”
Wu Meitong grumbled indignantly, feeling both resentful and a bit fearful.
If she had managed to get involved with either President Fu or General Manager Lu back then, wouldn’t that have been much better than this man in his thirties or forties? Then this wouldn’t have happened!
“That’s why I say you’re still young. There’s no benefit in opposing or making things difficult for these rich second generations! If things escalate, regardless of who’s right or wrong, we could easily lose our jobs. And them? They’d just go home unscathed! Who would you complain to?”
“Well, they’re just lucky with their fate and their birth!”
“Now you understand. You used to bully those interns because you had me backing you up, but this time you’ve kicked an iron plate, haven’t you?”
“Who bullied them!”
“Do you think I don’t know how much of your work was actually done by that intern named Xia Bai?”
Supervisor Qian tapped her forehead.
“Hmph~”
Wu Meitong pretended to be angry and turned her head away.
“Alright, learn from this experience. Be more careful in the future.”
“I know.”
Wu Meitong’s voice was muffled.
Not to mention she hadn’t found a better company yet, even if she did, without any connections in other companies, she would have to keep a low profile.
“Good that you understand.”
Supervisor Qian pulled her into his embrace.
“Those interns are so annoying!”
This time Wu Meitong didn’t resist, just leaned against him obediently.
“Don’t worry, I’ll get back at them for you.”
“Really?”
“Have I ever lied to you?”
Supervisor Qian directly pressed Wu Meitong down onto the soft bed.
Amidst playful laughter and teasing, gradually came indescribable sounds.
“Where’s Xia Bai?”
One afternoon, Li An noticed that Xia Bai hadn’t been at her workstation for quite some time.
“Don’t know.”
“Maybe she’s in the break room.”
“Who knows where she’s hiding to slack off.”
The responses from several female colleagues around were quite sharp.
Looking at the phone on the desk and thinking about Xia Bai’s usual work attitude, Li An ultimately didn’t say anything.
Since Fu Yuchen caught Xia Bai when she almost fell recently, she had clearly become the enemy of all female employees in the company.
Su Lingyu couldn’t help but sigh – this was indeed the inevitable path of every female lead.
The greater her future achievements, the more slander she must endure now.
But where exactly did she go?
Hasn’t she been gone for almost half an hour?
“Could something have happened to her?”
“In broad daylight, and in the company, what could possibly happen?”
Beside them, Qiao Feifei remarked with a sarcastic tone, “I think someone just wants to slack off, never putting their heart into work, and is solely focused on seducing men.”
Su Lingyu: “…”
Clearly, this was the woman with the most hostility toward Xia Bai, bar none.