"I didn't want to either, Song Xia, you forced me to do this." Xie Yuan muttered to himself, looking at the object in his hand.

"No matter how hard I try, there will always be people who say that I have everything because of you, and there will always be people who laugh at me for being a gigolo. Apart from being born into wealth, who am I worse than? You are just lucky to have been born into a good family."

He became increasingly jealous, thinking about how Song Xia's parents had arranged everything for her long ago, even including making a will in case of an accident.

His parents are only vain, only force him to work hard, and only use him to brag. That's bad enough, but they even hold him back when he is working hard. He has a really tough time.

He'd had enough of this life. He wanted to be in charge, to let his son enjoy things he'd never experienced. As for Lingling…

A hint of pity flashed in his eyes: "Lingling, Dad had no choice. Blame your mother. If she hadn't insisted on going back to the company, Dad wouldn't have done this. Once everything is settled, Dad swears he will make it up to you. You'll also have an older brother who will love you. Just bear with it for now."

After comforting himself and preparing himself mentally, he went to Lingling's early childhood education school.

Song Xia watched him go downstairs and to the parking lot, understanding what he was going to do. But by now, Lingling should be in G City!

She glanced at her watch; Xie Yuan should call in less than half an hour.

She sighed softly. Zhang Yuefang had really disappointed her! Despite all the commotion with Zhang Yuefen, it hadn't even reached the company.

But it doesn't matter, it's already good enough that Yu Ting was rescued. And according to Yu Ting, her affair with Chi Jie has spread to all their relatives over there, and all the relatives know that it was Zhang Yuefen who stirred things up.

These people won't say anything now, but when Zhang Yuefen and Xie Yuan fall on hard times, will these relatives still lend a helping hand?

They were just people who only wanted to take advantage of others, and after learning how ruthless Zhang Yuefen was, why would they be willing to sacrifice their own interests to help her? After all, Zhang Yuefen was someone who could even scheme against her daughter-in-law who provided her with a comfortable life, so what were their relatives compared to her?

Besides, who knows if Xie Yuan can get back up? After all, it's hard to find a woman as foolish as Song Xia in this world, and these people wouldn't dare to gamble.

After a moment of scoffing, I saw Xie Yuan's call coming in.

After three rings, she answered calmly, "Hello? What's up?"

"Where's Lingling?" Xie Yuan asked anxiously. "Where did you hide Lingling?"

“Lingling is my daughter, why would I hide her? Xie Yuan, what’s wrong with you?” She pretended not to know. “You’ve been absent-minded these past two days. I signed Lingling up for a summer camp and had Liu Qian go with her.”

“She’s so young, why send her to summer camp? You know Lingling has always been timid, what if she gets scared? Liu Qian just graduated from university, how can she take good care of Lingling? Tell Liu Qian to bring the child back right away.”

“I saw the videos posted by the summer camp. Lingling seemed to be having a lot of fun. I’ll send them to you.”

“If you’re not going to call her back, then I’ll go pick up Lingling myself. Give me the phone number of the summer camp coordinator.”

"Xie Yuan, what exactly are you trying to do? There are so many documents piling up at the company these past two days that you haven't dealt with, but suddenly you're showing concern for Lingling, whom you've never taken care of before. Do you know that people in the company are in a state of panic right now?"

"Is everyone's panic because of me? Song Xia, before you came back, the company was running perfectly well. Did you really listen carefully to everyone's discussions?"

"Why should I care about the gossip of a lowly employee?" Song Xia said indifferently.

Sure enough, Xie Yuan mocked, "Haven't you realized you're out of touch with the company since you came back? The new product plan I gave you last time was developed by us, but the company next door beat us to it. Do you know how much people are complaining about that? Song Xia, you're no longer suitable to come back to work. Taking care of Lingling at home is the most important thing."

He tried to force Song Xia to back down by putting her down again: "You're making things difficult for me. Everyone's already talking about me, saying I'm too lenient with you. It's obvious that Lingling needs you more than I do. Can't you think about both of us? You weren't like this before. Is our family more important, or your dispensable job?"

"Which employee was gossiping about you? We at Song's Group don't want someone with such a lack of manners. Let's fire them next Monday." Song Xia said indifferently, not responding to his other remarks at all.

Xie Yuan, enraged, yelled, "Song Xia, are you even listening to me?"

“Your emotions are very unstable right now, Xie Yuan. Why don’t you take a break for a while? We’ll talk about it after I’ve sorted out the company. As for the unruly employees, I’ll be the bad guy and fire them all.”

She hung up the phone after she finished speaking, then looked at her watch. She guessed that Xie Yuan would be back in half an hour.

At this moment, Xie Yuan felt a surge of frustration that he couldn't let go of. He realized that not only had he failed to accomplish anything during his trip, but his company was also facing a crisis.

The words were clearly meant to be sarcastic, so how did they come across as a call to fire employees? What kind of thought process is that?

As Song Xia walked back to her workstation, she noticed that many people were giving her strange looks, accompanied by questioning tones.

While I say I don't care, I'm actually a little angry. After all, I work for her company, get paid by her, and yet I look down on her. Isn't that a bit inappropriate?

Let's wait two more days. In two days, these people will realize how terribly wrong they were.

Those who followed Xie Yuan's plan should be sentenced or dismissed. As for the others who are capable, they can stay if they want. However, the company's atmosphere needs to be rectified. It's not good for everyone to be gossipy and arrogant like they are now.

This is a company, not a gossip training base.

Xie Yuan rushed back and saw that Song Xia hadn't started anything yet, but was just sitting at her workstation writing a new project proposal. He breathed a slight sigh of relief.

To be honest, he understood Song Xia less and less, and he harbored doubts in his heart.

But if Song Xiazhen discovered what he had done, he shouldn't be so calm!

So what exactly does she want? If she just wants to come back to work, why doesn't she talk to me about work-related matters? And why doesn't she confide in me about the gossip and rumors circulating in the company?

Xie Yuan racked his brains but still couldn't figure out how Song Xia had suddenly changed. Was it really just because her mother was too harsh on her?

Thinking about the quarrel between his aunt Zhang Yuefang and cousin Zhang Juhua in recent days, he was really annoyed. His mother always knew how to cause him trouble.

So he couldn't help but call his mother: "From today onwards, if you really have nothing to do, go take care of Tianci. Don't show off everywhere, don't make promises everywhere, and don't attract attention in front of Song Xia."

Suddenly subjected to a lecture, Zhang Yuefen felt extremely wronged. Since the others couldn't retaliate, she took out her frustration on Song Xia, thinking that once things were settled, she would definitely not let Song Xia get away with it.