"In conclusion, you'd better not try to seduce other men when you're with President Gu."

Meng Luxiu flexed the muscles on his arms and threatened menacingly.

"If you dare betray President Gu, my fists are not to be trifled with."

Seeing Shen Beitang's stunned face, Meng Lu took the coffee and strode away with satisfaction.

"Hey, wait a minute!"

Shen Beitang shouted loudly, "You still haven't told me what the meeting at noon was about!"

Sigh, after all that talk, not a single key question has been answered.

...

By 3 p.m., the conference room was full of people.

Shen Beitang glanced around and saw that there were no empty seats, but everyone seemed not to notice, looking down at their notes.

She knew perfectly well that she was not popular and that this was a deliberate attempt to exclude her.

After all, there are limited positions in the Gu family. If someone parachutes in with their background, they might just replace someone else's position.

Shen Beitang wasn't angry. He went outside and got another chair.

"Xiao Tang, are there no seats left?"

Lin Xiaojun walked in with her laptop and saw Shen Beitang leaving.

"Please sit here."

Lin Xiaojun took a white chair for Shen Beitang on the right and placed it next to herself.

Upon hearing this, the surrounding colleagues looked up, staring at the chair in surprise, each hesitant to speak.

"Thank you, senior, but I'll go find a seat myself."

All the chairs were made of black wrought iron, except for this white one with a cushion.

Anyone with eyes can see that this must be someone's personal chair.

He then went outside, found a small plastic stool, and sat down.

Lin Xiaojun said "Oh," pushed the chair back, and her face remained expressionless.

"Let me give you this chair; it's inconvenient to sit like this."

Lin Xiaojun then took a black chair from the side and arranged a seat for her.

Shen Beitang sat down and watched Lin Xiaojun burying her head in front of the computer adjusting the PowerPoint presentation.

I realized I was overthinking things. Maybe the senior student wasn't thinking much of it and was just simply taking care of the junior student.

"snort."

A familiar humming sound came from the side.

Shen Beitang turned around and saw that the person sitting next to her was Meng Lu, whom she had met in the tea room.

She sat imposingly in the chair, like a powerful female fighter.

"You're quite clever," Meng Lu said, pointing to the white chair.

"That's the Devil's Chair, whoever sits on it dies!"

Is it really that scary?

Shen Beitang glanced at the white chair; there was nothing particularly special about it.

Lin Xiaojun also walked around that chair and took a black chair from the side and sat down.

The somber atmosphere of the conference room was shattered by a loud bang.

"Could you please not start the meeting so early next time? Don't you know I need to smoke after I wake up?"

Nanxi threw the cigarette butt out of her mouth on the ground, stubbed it out with her toe, and walked in impatiently.

Lin Xiaojun was so frightened that she jumped up from her chair, and her voice became insecure.

"Because we have new employees today, I want to start the meeting early so that everyone can get to know each other better."

The newcomer, isn't that referring to myself?

Shen Beitang clearly felt that there were many more piercing gazes around him, staring straight at him.

"Stop targeting me."

Meng Lu smiled with a hint of schadenfreude.

Fortunately, Nanxi didn't dwell on the matter; she glanced at it and walked over to the white chair.

But he remained standing and did not sit down.

"My chair has been touched?"

Nanxi disgustedly wiped the back of the chair with a piece of paper, the red lipstick standing out conspicuously on the back.

"Director Nan, it's because Shen Beitang didn't have a seat, that's why I..." Lin Xiaojun explained awkwardly.

"Shen Beitang!"

Nanxi roared. The two most important things in her life were cigarettes and this chair.

It seems that today is not a newcomer's meeting at all, but my day of suffering.

"Director Nan, is there anything I can help you with?"

If you haven't done something, you haven't done it. Shen Beitang has nothing to be afraid of.

Besides, I haven't even touched this chair, so who knows when that lipstick stain got there?

"Did you leave this mark?!"

Shen Beitang glanced at it and shook his head firmly.

"Director Nan, this orange color makes my skin look so dark, even my mom wouldn't wear it."

She took out a tissue and wiped her mouth.

"Besides, I painted it a dusty rose color, which doesn't look like the color on your chair at all."

Besides, I didn't even touch this chair, so how could I possibly touch the lipstick?

Fortunately, Nanxi wasn't an unreasonable person. After listening to Shen Beitang's analysis, she also felt that it made sense.

"Alright, I'll let it go this time. But if there's a next time, none of the people sitting here will escape."

As Shen Beitang went down, he took a special look at Lin Xiaojun's left hand, which had remained closed.

Noticing her gaze, Lin Xiaojun instinctively hid her hands behind her back.

...

Since it's Friday, each group needs to give a weekly report and summary.

With each group's report, Nanxi's brow furrowed more deeply, until finally she couldn't hold back any longer and slammed the report onto the table.

"What's going on! Since the beginning of autumn, the sales of major shopping malls have begun to decline sharply."

I asked you to submit a rectification report, not a reflection report!

Under Nanxi's oppressive power, no one dared to speak; they all kept their heads down.

At this point, daring to confront Nanxi head-on would be tantamount to suicide.

"Director Nan, I have a solution."

Shen Beitang stood up in the silence.

But Nanxi only glanced at her and did not call on her to express her opinion.

Shen Beitang did not give up and said loudly again, "Director Nan, I have a solution!"

Nanxi was so annoyed that she couldn't stand it anymore. This girl looked so refined, how come she had such a loud voice?

"Fine, stand up and tell me. If the solution doesn't work, you can go back to being your canary."

One sentence caused everyone to burst into laughter. They just didn't dare to say it, but that's what everyone was thinking.

Shen Beitang stood up calmly and projected the data analysis report he had prepared during the meeting onto the computer screen.

"This is the mall's monthly sales report. The report shows that spring and summer are the peak seasons for customer spending, while autumn and winter are the off-seasons. Why is that?"

It's too cold, and nobody wants to go out. So, as a shopping mall, our job is to provide customers with the ultimate warmth and service.

"stop."

Nanxi made a pause gesture and did not comment on Shen Beitang's remarks.

"As far as I know, Mr. Gu's photos haven't been updated in two years. If you can get his new selfie, I'll consider listening to your next ideas."

"no problem."

Shen Beitang readily agreed, saying it was just a selfie and Gu Zhun shouldn't be that petty.