"What did you win...?" Shao Bowen's face twitched, and he asked, "Who were those two?"

Xu Yuexin replied, "Those two are Xiang'er's kindergarten classmates."

"Let's have less contact in the future."

“They are my friends.” Shao Xiang looked up. “I had a lot of fun with Chu Jin and Chu Zhi.”

Shao Bowen gave his son a deep look, remained silent, and strode forward.

Xu Yuexin squatted down and said softly, "Xiang'er, you can't disobey your father."

“You are not the only successor to your father. You have older brothers and sisters who are strong competitors for your succession. What you need to do is to please your father and make him happy so that you can get a larger share of the assets in the future, and so that my son and I can have a secure future.”

"Xiang'er, Mom hopes you can understand."

Shao Xiang pouted, his little face showing disappointment.

"What are you all standing there for? Get in the car!" Shao Bowen shouted.

Xu Yuexin and Shao Xiang came and went in a hurry.

... ...

Chu's mother, Chu Jin, and Chu Zhiye remained seated, leisurely eating ice cream.

The three of them didn't take what had just happened to heart at all.

Today seemed to be a special day. Chu Jin spotted Zhong Rou handing out flyers not far away.

Chu Jin's eyes lit up, and she ran over excitedly, nestling into Zhong Rou's arms like a fledgling pigeon, tilting her head back and calling out, "Auntie~~~"

"Call me Dad!" Zhong Rou caught her niece, also very happy.

“Mom said I shouldn’t shout like that.” Chu Jin clung to her side. “Auntie, what are you doing here?”

"Work," Zhong Rou replied.

Ever since she angered Manager Shi, she has been tormented by him, not only being assigned a lot of work, but also having to handle trivial matters such as distributing flyers and promotions.

Zhong Rou put down her work and then sat down with the three of them, watching people come and go.

"That person is too insidious!" Chu's mother said angrily after hearing Zhong Rou's story.

“Exactly, exactly, petty.” Chu Jin nodded.

Chu Zhi also stroked his chin: "Actually, nothing happened after you drank a glass of wine back then."

Zhong Rou glared at Chu Zhiye: "I don't want to drink, so what? You're still taking Manager Shi's side, aren't you?"

Chu Zhi also sensed the danger and smiled, forcing a smile: "Auntie, you're right, you're always right."

"Hmph!" Zhong Rou tilted her chin up to the sky.

The four men sat and chatted, mostly hurling insults at Manager Shi.

"Zhong Rou, I told you to hand out flyers, and you're just sitting here." Suddenly, Manager Shi's voice came from behind.

The four turned around and saw Manager Shi standing behind them, his face full of anger.

Zhong Rou stood up, her face serious: "Can't I even rest for a while?"

"You receive a salary from the company, so you should work hard and be grateful for the company's kindness."

"So, if your wife is having an affair, shouldn't you thank the person she's having the affair with?"

"Does that matter?" Manager Shi asked.

“No!” Zhong Rou replied directly, “I just wanted to curse you out, you bastard.”

Upon hearing this, Manager Shi pointed at Zhong Rou and said, "Do you believe I'll fire you?"

"Tch~~~" Zhong Rou scoffed disdainfully, "If you could fire me, you would have done it long ago. Why would you wait until today?"

Zhong Rou and her cohort of interns were personally interviewed and recruited by Mr. Li, the vice president of Qifu Venture Capital. Although Zhong Rou scored low in interpersonal skills, she was highly skilled in her field, scoring exceptionally high in that area. She is a genius in quantitative investment.

At that time, it was General Manager Li who made an exception and admitted Zhong Rou.

Manager Shi didn't dare fire Zhong Rou.

"You..." Manager Shi pointed at her, speechless.

"I'll call you Manager Shi out of respect, otherwise you're just trash." Zhong Rou rolled her eyes. "Get lost!"

"You just wait!" Noticing the strange looks he was getting, Manager Shi had no choice but to utter these harsh words before leaving.

Seeing Manager Shi leave in anger, Zhong Rou shrugged: "He got anxious."

Chu Jin's eyes were full of admiration: "Auntie, you're so amazing."

Chu's mother also admired her: "Rou Rou, you have such courage."

"Hey, it's nothing," Zhong Rou said dismissively.

"Auntie, aren't you afraid of the manager's retaliation?" Chu Zhiye asked.

"When soldiers come, we'll block them; when water comes, we'll dam it. I've got plenty of tricks up my sleeve."

After chatting with the three of them for a while, Zhong Rou threw a pile of flyers into the trash can and muttered, "What a waste of time."

Qifu Ventures is a quantitative investment firm that caters to high-net-worth clients and generally does not use on-the-ground sales methods.

Manager Shi made her distribute flyers and do on-the-ground promotion simply to annoy her.

Zhong Rou put her hands in her pockets and slowly walked towards Qifu Venture Capital.

Back at the company, Jiang Jiaqi grabbed her and asked, "Rou Rou, did you offend Manager Shi again? He just came back to the company and reprimanded you in front of everyone."

Hearing this, Zhong Rou met Manager Shi's gaze and shouted, "You bastard, you don't dare to curse to my face, but you curse behind my back. Are you even a man? Or are you a eunuch?"

Her voice was loud enough for all her colleagues in the department to hear, and a mocking expression appeared on everyone's face.

Qifu Venture Capital is an excellent company, and all the interns want to stay. Manager Shi is the department manager, and the interns dare not provoke him because of their work. Only Zhong Rou dares to provoke him and shows him no respect whatsoever.

Manager Shi's face turned ashen.

He realized that Zhong Rou was a hothead and not someone to be trifled with.

Manager Shi was able to sense the contempt and ridicule from his many subordinates.

"No, I can't let this go on. Zhong Rou is going to ruin my authority. I have to kick Zhong Rou out of the company."

"But Zhong Rou was hired by General Manager Li, I don't have the authority to fire her. How can I get her fired?"

Manager Shi pondered in silence, and suddenly an idea popped into his head, which seemed more and more suitable the more he thought about it.

Gradually, a smile appeared on Manager Shi's lips.

Are you laughing at yourself?!

Zhong Rou's voice pulled him out of his fantasy world. Manager Shi gave Zhong Rou a cold look and said, "I'll make you regret this."

After saying that, Manager Shi left the department, went to General Manager Li's door, knocked on the door, and went in after hearing "come in".

"Is there something you need, Manager Shi?"

Mr. Li was a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing black-rimmed glasses, and was shrewd and capable.

"Tonight we have a client engagement, and I think Zhong Rou should come with us. She's not very good at social skills, so she should practice more."

Mr. Li didn't even hesitate for a second before replying: "Okay."

The sun is setting.

When it was time to leave work, Zhong Rou was the first to jump out of the car, ready to run out of the company, but Manager Shi stopped her: "Zhong Rou, wait a minute, General Manager Li and I have a business dinner today, you can come with me."

Zhong Rou looked at the other person and said, "I'm off work now, it's my free time."

She keeps her work and life separate; she works when she's working and lives when she's living.

"Overtime pay is provided."

"That's all."

As long as the money is right, even glass will shatter.

Afterwards, Zhong Rou followed Manager Shi and General Manager Li to a hotel to receive clients. General Manager Li and Manager Shi mainly received the clients, while Zhong Rou sat on the side watching and occasionally said a few words.

But just then, Zhong Rou felt someone kicking her foot under the table, and she looked in the direction of the kick.

It was the customer kicking her. When he saw her gaze, a wicked smile appeared on his face.

“This little girl is very pretty…” the customer said softly.

Bang!

Before he could finish speaking, the customer was sent flying and crashed to the ground.

"Mr. Huang, are you alright?"

"Zhong Rou, come over here and apologize right now."

General Manager Li and Manager Shi went to help the client.

Zhong Rou put her hands in her pockets, ignored the group, and slowly left the hotel.

She knew that tonight's social engagement was a trap, a scheme set up for her by Manager Shi.

This scheme was insidious and cunning; she had no way to escape.

She didn't want to explain further.

That's settled then.