"You should know Qin Zijun, right?"

Lin Wanwan was speechless. "Didn't she get a reprimand and be demoted before? And she still has the nerve to gossip about me?"

“You really do know him,” Li Zimu said excitedly.

"Mumu, don't listen to these unreliable gossips, they'll make you stupid."

"I haven't even said what it is yet, how can you say it's unreliable?"

“I’m not even familiar with her, how could she know any gossip about me?”

Lin Wanwan tidied the table and turned to look at her, "Let's just gossip a little."

"Why don't you ask me what I'm talking about? Didn't you see how strange everyone's eyes are on you today?"

"What can she say about me? She can say I had an affair with Director Cheng, that's all. It's not the first time she's said that."

Lin Wanwan noticed that everyone in the office was listening intently, and their eyes kept glancing in her direction.

"The investigation team has already investigated this. Is she out of her mind? Why is she still fixated on this?"

Li Zimu had a knowing look on his face. "It seems she really has a mental problem. She caused a scene in Director Cheng's office early this morning, demanding that Director Cheng marry her."

Lin Wanwan looked completely bewildered. "What did she want Director Cheng to do?"

Suspecting there was something wrong with her ears, Lin Wanwan looked at Li Zimu in disbelief.

"It's just like what you heard, she made Director Cheng marry her."

Lin Wanwan opened her mouth, but for a moment she didn't know what to say.

Where is she?

"Director Cheng told her to leave, but she wouldn't. She made a scene in Director Cheng's office, saying that you were shameless, seducing Director Cheng, and that you were still stringing him along even though you were already married. You're a shameless slut."

Li Zimu immediately distanced himself, saying, "This isn't what I said; these are her exact words."

"But don't worry, Director Cheng slapped her twice on the spot to teach her a lesson."

Lin Wanwan opened her mouth, "Where is she?"

"Director Cheng had someone take her to the hospital, saying she was mentally unstable."

Lin Wanwan took a sip of water, stood up, and walked towards Cheng Jinyan's office.

Seeing her come in, Cheng Jinyan continued working at his desk. "What are you doing here? Why aren't you working properly?"

"Have I caused you trouble again?"

Cheng Jinyan chuckled and looked up at her. "What do you mean? Didn't I cause you trouble? A lot of people in the office must be gossiping about this."

"I don't care about those things; I'm afraid you'll get blamed by your superiors."

"What's there to blame? I'm not the one who caused the trouble. Why are you so concerned about what's going on above? I know how to handle it."

Lin Wanwan frowned and stared at him for a long time without saying a word.

"What's wrong?" Cheng Jinyan asked, amused.

"If necessary, just sacrifice me; there's no need to fight for me."

Cheng Jinyan's face stiffened. "What did you say?"

"The literal meaning? Senior brother, you're going to pretend you don't understand this either?"

"If I can't even protect you, have I wasted all these years of my life?"

"Are you being targeted by those above? I don't need you to protect me; you should protect yourself."

Cheng Jinyan's face stiffened. "Your wings haven't even grown strong yet, and you think you don't need my help?"

"I'm telling you to protect yourself, and not to worry about me if necessary. Is that so hard to understand? Senior brother, why are you pretending to be stupid?"

Cheng Jinyan put down his pen, leaned back in his chair, and squinted at her.

Lin Wanwan had never seen him with such an expression before. Even though she knew him so well, his aura still made her stiffen slightly.

Are you teaching me how to do things?

Lin Wanwan looked at him for a while before saying, "If this matter causes any more trouble, I will resign myself."

After saying that, Lin Wanwan turned to leave.

"stop!!"

Cheng Jinyan's voice was a bit loud, which startled Lin Wanwan, causing her to tremble and let go of the doorknob.

She took a deep breath and turned to look at him. "If you yell at me again, I'm going to cry."

Cheng Jinyan couldn't hold back for a moment and chuckled, "Go back to work."

Lin Wanwan sniffed. "I want to eat hot pot."

"Let's eat, we'll go at noon."

Lin Wanwan then opened the door and went out.

As soon as he sat down, Li Zimu leaned over and asked, "Did Director Cheng scold you?"

Lin Wanwan looked helpless. "How come gossip spreads so fast in our workplace?"

"How could it not be fast? When has Director Cheng ever argued with you? That roar scared Anna so much that she hid in our office, afraid of being caught in the crossfire."

"Then stop gossiping about us. I'll get scolded by him just like you guys."

After Lin Wanwan finished speaking, she started doing her own thing.

Except for going to the toilet, Lin Wanwan did not leave her seat all morning.

It wasn't until Li Zimu called her at the end of the workday that she glanced at the time.

"get off work?"

"Yes, hero, why are you working so hard?"

"Am I trying hard? I'm just avoiding you guys. If you were working seriously, your gossipy eyes would drown me."

Lin Wanwan packed her things, grabbed her bag, and left the office with her.

"When I heard you on the phone back then, you said you weren't coming home for lunch?"

"Yeah, let's go eat spicy hot pot."

"Take me with you, take me with you, I want to go too."

Lin Wanwan glanced at her, "Sure," then leaned close to her ear and whispered, "I'm going to eat with my senior brother, do you want to come along?"

Li Zimu was so frightened that he ran away without saying a word.

Not many people in the company own cars, so Lin Wanwan stood in the parking lot waiting for Cheng Jinyan.

Let's go.

Lin Wanwan sat in the car and told Cheng Jinyan what had just happened, "Look at you, how scary you are, people ran away as soon as they heard you were having dinner with them."

"Then you should try to be afraid of me too, you're always so disrespectful."

"You yelled at me today, I'm going to be angry for a week."

Cheng Jinyan bent down and tapped her on the forehead.

"Are you still going to eat spicy hot pot?"

"Eat, eat, eat."

"It's your own business, why do you still love to eat so much?"

"I opened it because I love to eat."

She didn't ask how Cheng Jinyan resolved the matter in the end. Anyway, no one from above contacted her, and Cheng Jinyan wasn't affected. It seems that Qin Zijun was fired.

Lin Wanwan didn't deliberately inquire, but she couldn't underestimate how quickly gossip spread in the office.

When Lin Wanwan got home from get off work that day, she saw Bai Qi chatting with Lu Anyang in the living room.

"Brother Baiqi, what brings you here?"

Bai Qi didn't waste any words and looked at her with concern.

"I've come to ask for your help."

"What happened?"

Bai Ying is in a relationship.

Lin Wanwan's face lit up with joy. "Being in a relationship is a good thing. Why do you look so worried?"

Bai Qi sighed, "I've investigated that guy. He's a playboy with a history of affairs that could fill a book. He's currently having an affair with Ren Zijie's younger sister."

"Wang Jin?"

Lin Wanwan's eyes widened in shock.

You know?

“A few days ago, Yanyan was complaining to me that Ren Ziqi didn’t go back to her hometown and instead hooked up with a rich guy in Beijing, Wang Jin, a shameless dog of a man,” Lin Wanwan said somewhat awkwardly. “These are Yanyan’s exact words.”

Lin Wanwan gave a brief account of what Wang Jin and Ren Ziqi had done at Zheng Yan's house.