"I can get that project without you even having to get involved."

Lu Zheng's words left Qiao Zhen feeling somewhat defeated, and she couldn't help but retort.

“I am an employee of the company, and it is my job to win the project. You are the big boss, busy with countless things. Don’t you think it’s a waste of your talents to spend so much time just to win this project?”

Hearing Qiao Zhen's words, Lu Zheng frowned, somewhat annoyed: "You're right about everything."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhen knew that she had said nothing of value.

It's like punching cotton.

Feeling utterly powerless, Qiao Zhen sighed and leaned back in her chair to look out the window at the scenery.

For a long time, the anger in her heart still hadn't subsided.

"Then you won't need to get involved in these projects next time; I can handle them all by myself."

Hearing Qiao Zhen's slightly defiant words, Lu Zheng laughed and said, "Fine, there's no bonus if you don't win."

Qiao Zhen raised her chin: "I can definitely do it."

She is confident in her work abilities.

The next day, Qiao Zhen took a day off. On the one hand, she had received her salary and wanted to use the money to buy some things for her mother and younger brother. On the other hand, her younger brother was about to go to university, and she wanted to prepare him for his university life.

To better spend time with his family, Qiao Luosheng chose a local university in addition to one based on his own interests.

Although Qiao Zhen also wanted her younger brother to develop his career outside, seeing how attached he was to his home, she ultimately sighed.

It's understandable that Qiao Luo, born into a family with a father who suffered an accident and whose life was full of hardships, relied more on his sister and mother.

Thinking of this, Qiao Zhen decided to buy Qiao Luosheng some clothes.

After all, you can't go back to school without a few new clothes.

Moreover, Qiao Zhen didn't want Qiao Duosheng to wear old clothes all the time, so she often bought him new ones, but he never wore them and even claimed that he felt more comfortable wearing old clothes.

Therefore, if Qiao Zhen drags him along this time, Qiao Luosheng definitely won't obediently go with him to buy clothes.

She could finally take advantage of this opportunity to go out alone and buy Qiao Luosheng a few more sets.

Upon entering the men's clothing store, Qiao Zhen gave the salesperson a general description of Qiao Luosheng's physique, and the salesperson immediately brought out several similar clothes.

Qiao Zhen selected a few outfits, which Qiao Luosheng seemed to like, and readily paid for them.

"Hey, Qiao Zhen, what are you doing buying clothes here?"

A voice came from not far away. Qiao Zhen looked over and saw Song Shiyi and Tang Yue shopping together.

"Buying clothes," Qiao Zhen replied briefly, then picked up the clothes and started to walk around them.

"Why would a woman like you buy men's clothes? Who are you buying them for?"

Looking at the men's clothes in the bag, Song Shiyi frowned, seemingly wondering if the object was Lu Zheng.

Qiao Zhen just snorted and said, "Who I buy it for is none of your business. Mind your own business."

After saying that, Qiao Zhen prepared to pick up the bag and leave.

Seeing that she couldn't get any information out of Qiao Zhen, Song Shiyi grabbed the bag from Qiao Zhen's hand and yanked it hard.

The bag was made of paper and wasn't very good quality. Since Song Shiyi was determined not to make things easy for Qiao Zhen, the clothes fell out of the broken bag.

What are you doing?

Qiao Zhen frowned, looking at Song Shiyi with a disappointed expression after her interview.

"Let me see your clothes. What's wrong? Are you afraid to let people see them? Are you worried there's something fishy going on?"

Song Shiyi was extremely pleased with Qiao Zhen's angry expression. She slowly squatted down, wanting to see what kind of clothes were on the ground.

Qiao Zhen neatly picked up all the clothes on the floor, thankfully without getting them dirty, and then glared at Song Shiyi.

"If you're sick, go get treatment right away. It's truly tragic to have poor upbringing; money can't solve everything."

She didn't want to ruin her good mood for the day over something trivial. For someone like Song Shiyi, the more time she wasted, the less respectable she became.

"You!" Song Shiyi probably didn't expect him to be so eloquent, and she was so angry that she couldn't speak for a moment.

"It's just a minor disagreement. We're all girls, so it's better to try to understand each other."

Just then, Tang Yue, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up.

Qiao is truly an eye-opener. He pushed everything aside, let his friends do the work so he could reap the benefits, and then pretended to be magnanimous.

"What? You didn't say anything when Song Shiyi was being sarcastic at the beginning, and you didn't say anything when she tore my bag. But as soon as I retorted, you immediately jumped out."

Upon hearing this, Tang Yue's expression turned somewhat unpleasant, but she still maintained basic politeness.

"Zhenzhen, what are you saying? You're definitely thinking about fairness for everyone."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhen simply snorted coldly, too lazy to waste words with such a person.

I still have so many things I haven't bought yet.

Thinking of this, he turned to leave, but Song Shiyi blocked his way.

"Stop right there! You haven't finished answering my questions. How can you think you can leave so easily?"

Seeing Song Shiyi's aggressive manner, Qiao Zhen also became a little impatient.

"If that's really what you're saying, why don't I tell Lu Zheng about this and see if he believes me or you?"

Qiao Zhen crossed her arms; if necessary, she could still use Lu Zheng as a shield.

After saying that, Qiao Zhen seemed to have thought of something and looked at Tang Yue beside her: "Or is it you?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Yue could no longer maintain her smile, and her tone turned cold: "Miss Qiao, there's no point in you talking like that. This is just something between us girls. Why are you telling a man?"

"You know perfectly well whether what happened between us is because of this man. I have to go now."

Qiao Zhen was too lazy to waste any more words on this kind of person, so she grabbed her clothes and left.

For a man to be so hostile towards a woman, Qiao Zhenzhen really couldn't be bothered to have any further interaction with them.

Afterwards, Song Shiyi seemed to be intimidated by Qiao Zhen's words and stood there, not daring to stop her anymore.

Without the constraints of those two people, Qiao Zhen's shopping pace quickened considerably.

Not only did they buy Qiao Luosheng a series of clothing tools, but they also bought some health products and massage devices for Qiao's mother.

By the time the professionals brought the machine home, Qiao Zhen was exhausted.

Seeing his older sister so exhausted, Qiao Luosheng immediately stepped forward to help her carry most of her things.

"Sis, how much did you buy? What are you buying all this for?"

Qiao Luosheng seemed to have never seen Qiao Qiao so generous before, and his tone was full of surprise.

“Your sister is working and earning money, so she’ll buy you some nice things. You’re going to university soon, so don’t always shortchange yourself.”

After saying that, Qiao Zhen took out two thousand yuan that she had saved in advance from her bag and stuffed it into Qiao Luosheng's hand.

"Sister, I can't accept it. You don't earn money easily."

Qiao Luosheng immediately declined, knowing how hard his older sister worked to earn money.

"Take it quickly, it's not much, but it's a token of my appreciation." Qiao Zhen was anxious when she saw that Qiao Luosheng wouldn't accept the money, and wished she could stuff the money into his pocket immediately.

Seeing the two of them like this, Qiao's mother was moved to tears and smiled as she echoed their sentiments.