Chapter 72 Because I wanted you to know, I've always...

Lin Xi knew she had spoken out of turn, but she wasn't exaggerating; the current design was indeed going to cause trouble.

She wanted to continue explaining to Kong Weijun, but her wrist was grabbed tightly by someone else.

Liu Hanzhi frowned, her voice low and filled with ruthlessness and impatience: "Team Leader Lin, Director Kong has already said so, so don't disturb his work. Whatever it is, let's talk about it after the ribbon-cutting ceremony."

"Director Kong, we'll be leaving now."

After saying that, she used her strength to pull Lin Xi away from the scene.

Because of the force, Liu Hanzhi's sharp fingernails dug into Lin Xi's flesh, causing her excruciating pain.

Lin Xi couldn't overcome her strength and didn't want to clash with her in public, so in the end she could only let her drag her away from the ribbon-cutting stage.

The panda followed closely behind, and finally managed to reach a less crowded corner where it could unleash its abilities.

After a sprint, it slammed straight into Liu Hanzhi's knee from behind.

After Liu Hanzhi cried out in pain, his knees could not bear the pain and he knelt down. He could no longer hold on to Lin Xi and loosened his grip.

Taking this opportunity, Lin Xi used her wrist to break free from her restraints.

"So the change in my plan is related to you?"

This is easy to connect the dots. Since yesterday, Liu Hanzhi has been overly concerned about her movements, constantly appearing in public, which is clearly something she is guarding against.

Liu Hanzhi squatted on the ground, rubbing the back of her knee, her expression somewhat ferocious, clearly indicating that she was really hurt from the impact.

Hearing this, she still managed a forced smile: "Team Leader Lin, what are you talking about? What? Your design was changed? I didn't know! I just saw that Director Kong was angry, so I pulled you away out of kindness. You can't wrong me!"

"Really? Then why did you say those things to me yesterday?" Lin Xi looked at the red nail marks still on her hands, but she didn't believe her. Liu Hanzhi's behavior had been strange since yesterday. If she just wanted to impress Kong Weijun, she shouldn't have acted like that.

"What did you say?" Liu Hanzhi thought for a moment, then pretended to realize something. "You don't mean what I said yesterday about how even if you found out there was a problem, it would be too late to change it, do you?"

Lin Xi stared at her coldly, without saying a word.

"Ugh, what you're saying is just me saying things in anger, it doesn't count. You don't know, we've been working tirelessly every day for this project, we barely have time to do our own work, we've put everything aside and just stay here to oversee things. I'm just resentful that you, as the lead planner, only have to stay in Haicheng and don't have to work as hard as us overseeing the site, and then as soon as you come back, you start finding fault with us. Anyone would be unhappy in that situation!"

"Is that so?" Lin Xi curled her lips into a cold smile, not believing her words.

Liu Hanzhi naturally sensed it too, and gave an awkward laugh, nodding with a forced smile: "Yes, that's exactly it."

"Okay." Lin Xi nodded expressionlessly. "I hope it's really as you say, otherwise I won't let this go."

The pain in her knee finally subsided, and Liu Hanzhi managed to stand up, smiling innocently as she watched Lin Xi leave.

As Lin Xi's figure disappeared around the corner, Liu Hanzhi's innocent smile gradually turned into mockery. She scoffed disdainfully, "That's how design is supposed to be. You're not going to let it go like that? I'd like to see how you're going to do it!"

After parting ways with Liu Hanzhi, Lin Xi was wondering what to do next when Fu Qingli called.

As soon as the call connected, Fu Qingli's anxious voice could be heard: "Xiaoxi, are you hurt?"

Lin Xi was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized that it was Gun Gun who had told Fu Qingli the news, so she stopped hiding it: "No, she didn't do anything to me."

Fu Qingli breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. Here's what we'll do: find a safe place to stay now, and I'll come find you soon."

"good."

Lin Xi didn't think much of it, assuming that Fu Qingli had come from the company.

She didn't want to refuse, because she really needed someone to help her come up with some ideas.

Just as he was thinking that he could use the time that Fu Qingli was coming over to sort out the current situation, Fu Qingli appeared in his sight less than five minutes after he sent his location.

He was panting heavily; it was obvious he had run from the parking lot.

"You didn't leave?" Lin Xi asked in surprise.

"Mmm." Fu Qingli's chest heaved, and after a while, she calmed her breathing before explaining, "I was worried about leaving you alone, so I waited for your news in the car."

Actually, when they parted, Fu Qingli offered to accompany her to see the exhibition.

But this isn't Haicheng. Beicheng has many people Fu Qingli knows and people who know Fu Qingli. There are too many people and too many eyes, especially on such an important occasion.

Although they had gone public with their relationship, Lin Xi always felt that their relationship didn't need public approval. Considering some uncontrollable factors, although she really wanted Fu Qingli to be with her, she still refused the offer.

I never expected that he would wait for me in the car because he was worried about me.

Two hours have already passed.

Overwhelmed with emotion, I momentarily overwhelmed reason.

Ignoring the fact that they were in a public place, Lin Xi stepped forward and wrapped her arms around Fu Qingli's slender waist: "Fu Qingli, how can you be so good to me?"

"Because I want you to know that I've always been here."

Since you feel insecure, I will try my best to be there for you whenever you need me.

A warm embrace makes you forget everything around you, allowing you to enjoy the love that belongs only to the two of you amidst the noise.

However, this harmony was soon shattered by Zou Song's phone call.

"Holy crap, Brother Fu, it really is as you said, the design has really been changed," Zou Song cursed repeatedly. "I'll have someone send the master design drawings to my office right now. Or you and your wife can come back with me and see if there's any way to fix it?"

"Okay, we'll be right there."

But within the short half hour they were back at the company, several unexpected things happened.

Lin Xi and Fu Qingli rushed to the office door and heard Zou Song yelling inside: "Is Ye Baichuan out of his mind?! Why did he have to buy trending topics in such a short time?! Now the whole anniversary celebration has become a joke!"

"Investigate this! Who wrote this plan?! How could it turn out like this?!"

"Lin Xi?! Don't tell me it's Lin Xi! How could it be Lin Xi?! This is completely different from what she showed me!"

Fu Qingli frowned and pushed the door open to enter: "What happened?"

Upon seeing them, Zou Song slumped back into his chair, waved for his assistant to leave, and then handed them the planning proposal: "Take a look, this is the overall design for the anniversary celebration. It's completely different from what my sister-in-law designed."

What joke are you telling?

"I left as soon as the ribbon-cutting ceremony was over, but I didn't expect they had more to do! They arranged for Su Yi'an to be the representative of Yaoshi's emerging designers to announce the official opening of Exhibition Area 12. You can probably guess what they were showing; it was mainly jewelry designed by her. I don't know what Ye Baichuan was thinking, but he arranged for people to buy the Yaoshi anniversary celebration to be the number one trending topic. As a result, some people in the know saw that there were big problems with the design. They said that Yaoshi actually put Su Yi'an, a newcomer, in such a prominent position. Was it to curry favor with the Su family, or was Su Yi'an ambitious and wanted to replace Ms. Fang Wenqian?"

"In just a short while, the internet was flooded with posts criticizing Su Yi'an for overestimating herself and Yao Shi for forgetting his roots. The entire anniversary celebration became a joke."

Lin Xi flipped through the proposal in her hand, completely unable to believe that her design had been changed like this.

In her original design, Venue 0 would officially open in 24 hours, symbolizing the passage of time.

That's why she wasn't in a hurry earlier, thinking she would have time to correct the mistakes.

Unexpectedly, in the new design, exhibition area 12 was opened immediately after the ribbon-cutting ceremony, giving them no time to react.

Zou Song shared the same thought, which is why he left as soon as the ribbon-cutting ceremony ended. Little did he know that there would be such unpleasant activities and arrangements to follow.

"What should we do?" Lin Xi looked at Fu Qingli helplessly, almost crying with anxiety.

"It's okay, I'm here." Fu Qingli put his arm around her shoulder and let her lean on him.

Turning to Zou Song, he asked, "Has Yaoshi initiated crisis public relations?"

"It's started. They've already suppressed the trending topics and hired online trolls to flood the comments, but it's not working. After all, what they said is reasonable and well-founded. Su Yi'an has just usurped the position!" Zou Song scratched his head in frustration. "I'm so annoyed. Why is Ye Baichuan in such a hurry? And Kong Weijun! How could he make such a big mistake for me!"

Soon, Kong Weijun arrived at Zou Song's office. When he saw Lin Xi sitting on the sofa, he frowned but didn't say anything. He walked to the desk and greeted her, "President Zou, President Fu."

Zou Song threw the documents in his hand in front of him: "Explain yourself, what's going on here?"

Kong Weijun took it and flipped through it a few times. After discovering that it was the anniversary celebration plan, his tense nerves relaxed a bit: "This is Lin's design. The site was arranged exactly according to this plan, without any changes."

"No changes whatsoever?!" Zou Song roared in fury. "This plan is completely different from what I originally saw! You still dare to say there haven't been any changes? Exhibition Area Zero and Exhibition Area Twelve were swapped, don't tell me you didn't know?!"

Kong Weijun flipped through the contents of the two exhibition areas again in surprise, and it was indeed the same as what he had seen before: "President Zou, I don't understand what you mean. I'm sure that what I've seen all this time is this design. What do you say, Team Leader Lin?" He turned to Lin Xi, "Didn't you keep saying that the actual site is different from your design? Can you tell me exactly where the difference is?"

His question gave the impression that Lin Xi had come to Zou Song to complain first.

Just as Lin Xi was about to explain, Fu Qingli tapped the table with her knuckles, drawing Kong Weijun's attention back: "Director Kong, Team Leader Lin is just stating the facts, because this was her original design!"

As he spoke, he pushed the documents beside him over, "You can take a look and see if you're sure you haven't seen this design before?"

Kong Weijun quickly flipped through the document, then shook his head in confusion: "I'm sure I haven't seen this design."

"That's strange. We've already confirmed that the design that Lin sent to your work email is indeed this one."