Jiang Can nodded, nestled against him, and smiled gently.
Having walked hand in hand through most of her life, he remains her harbor, her parachute, and her superhero.
*
Pei Nian has been at the Lu family for over a month.
The first paycheck she received wasn't much, but compared to before, this amount made her quite satisfied.
The only downside was that it was just the base salary, while my colleagues were all laughing heartily and beaming with joy; clearly, they had received substantial performance bonuses.
Some people's commissions are enough to buy a small supercar outright.
Pei Nian bit her lip.
To be honest, she wasn't envious of their wealth. Money was something external to her long ago.
She only regretted that she hadn't sold a single house in over a month, had no sales performance, and had embarrassed her sister.
Sitting at her workstation, someone suddenly patted her on the shoulder. She turned around in surprise and saw Zhou Nan's kind smile.
"Your first month's salary felt pretty good, right?"
Pei Nian quickly stood up and nodded respectfully.
"Don't be nervous, keep up the good work." Zhou Nan chuckled. "Let's go to the conference room, the department will have a short meeting."
Pei Nian followed, and soon everyone arrived at the conference room and found their seats.
Pei Nian was a newcomer and sat in the most secluded spot. Dong Jielin glanced back at her with a contemptuous expression.
"Hey, Xiao Wu," Dong Jielin said deliberately, "you're the top salesperson this month, aren't you?"
"No way! Sister Dong, you're giving me too much credit. I've only sold five houses!"
"Five houses is already pretty good! Some people... well, they can't even sell one!"
Hearing the noise, Pei Nian, who was in the corner, gripped the pen tightly, her fist trembling slightly.
"Sister Dong!" Xiao Wu whispered and winked at her, but Dong Jielin pretended not to notice and continued to spout nonsense.
"Ha, our sales department relies on performance to make a living. Good performance means a larger share of the profits, and bad performance means no one makes any money! But our supervisor Zhou is kind. Even if there are no performance targets, she will still raise her salary high!"
"Hey, we're all colleagues!" Xiao Wu had already noticed Zhou Nan standing behind Dong Jielin, and said with an awkward smile, "It's only right to help each other out. You earned some meat, so it's only reasonable for you to share some soup with me!"
"What's wrong with your brain? Why should we pay salaries to people with zero sales, when we've worked so hard to achieve these results?"
"Sister Dong..."
"Jacqueline." A voice suddenly came from behind Dong Jielin, "Back when you first joined the sales department, it seems like you didn't make a single sale for six months, right?"
Dong Jielin was so startled she almost screamed. When she turned around, she saw Zhou Nan looking at her with a smile in his eyes.
But that smile just felt cold no matter how you looked at it.
Dong Jielin stood up, her legs trembling, and forced a smile. "Manager Zhou... what brings you here?"
"What a joke! I organized this meeting, why wouldn't I attend?"
"Oh...yes, yes!"
"Is everyone here?" Zhou Nan took the seat of honor. "Then let's officially begin!"
Zhou Nan is a straightforward person who never wastes time in meetings. After outlining the next steps, everyone went back to their respective posts.
Pei Nian received quite a few tasks.
Moreover, Zhou Nan arranged for an experienced salesperson to mentor her, urging her to achieve results in the second month.
Throughout the meeting, Dong Jielin was distracted. Firstly, she was frightened by Zhou Nan, and secondly, she was trying to find a way to get revenge on Pei Nian. However, she couldn't come up with a good plan, so she resorted to the most primitive method—
After the meeting, she went to Zhou Nan's office and started making a scene!
"Sister Zhou!" Dong Jielin complained in a drawn-out tone, "What do you mean by going up there? Isn't this a public slap in my face?"
"Oh?" Zhou Nan didn't even look up. "How did I slap you in the face?"
"You said I haven't had a single sale in six months!"
Zhou Nan took a deep breath, looked up at her, and asked, "Did I misjudge you?"
"this……"
"You were the one who started complaining that Pei Nian hadn't made any sales this month," Zhou Nan sneered. "Jacqueline, in sales, it's common to go a month or two without making any sales, especially since she's a newcomer. You don't need to be so sarcastic, do you? Pei Nian is on our team; if she embarrasses us, you won't benefit either!"
Dong Jielin was so angry that her face turned pale, her eyes widened, but she couldn't utter a single word.
“Jacqueline,” Zhou Nan looked at her, “I usually can’t treat you badly because of your relationship with a certain boss. But you have to remember, you are my employee. I think even if that boss were standing in this room right now, he would have to admit that I’m right.”
“Pei Nian has been here for a month, and you’ve been targeting her at every turn, but she hasn’t offended you in any way, has she? Dong Jielin, you can’t bully people like this, and you have to know when to stop.”
"Besides, if I were you, I'd focus more on dealing with that boss's wife!" Zhou Nan smiled. "I heard that his wife has been bringing me lunch every day for the past two days."
Dong Jielin felt a lump in her throat, gritted her teeth, glared at her hatefully, and turned to leave.
She was no match for Zhou Nan in an argument.
But what puzzled her was why Zhou Nan was protecting Pei Nian like this.
She took two steps, then suddenly turned around, looked at Zhou Nan and sneered, "Manager Zhou, that Pei Nian's identity isn't simple, is it?"
"I don't know her identity, but I value her abilities." Zhou Nan said expressionlessly. "If there's nothing else, you should leave. After all, your performance isn't great either; you need to keep working hard!"
"you……"
Dong Jielin gained nothing and stormed out with a stomp of her foot.
However, when the door opened, Pei Nian outside startled her!
"Ah!" Dong Jielin looked like she had seen a ghost. After her heartbeat calmed down, she glared at Pei Nian and gritted her teeth, saying, "Standing here without saying a word, are you sick in the head!"
"Jacqueline." After passing by, Pei Nian called her name for the first time ever.
Dong Jielin was taken aback, silently turned around, and looked at her with a puzzled expression.
Pei Nian chuckled: "I heard you call me 'Grandma Pei' behind my back?"
"What...what do you want to do?"
“I just wanted to say,” Pei Nian smiled and softly uttered three words, “thank you.”
Dong Jielin looked confused.
"What merit or ability do I, Pei Nian, have to be given a granddaughter to be filial to me for free? Shouldn't I be thanking you!"
Dong Jielin was furious, but Pei Nian's imposing aura made her dare not approach.
"I'll have to rely on you to work hard next month," Pei Nian said with a smile. "If I still don't achieve any results, I'll still have to depend on you guys to support me!"
"Pei Nian!"
“But don’t worry,” Pei Nian slowly stepped forward, leaned close to her ear, and said, word by word, “Grandma will definitely give her granddaughter a big red envelope to reward you for your filial piety!”
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