"Manager Xia, I overheard the gist of what happened at the door. I think these two intern assistants are perfectly fine."
Xia Zhi smiled lightly, looking completely harmless.
However, the gloom in Jiang Mianmian's eyes grew even deeper.
Xia Yubing looked at Xia Zhi strangely, pushed up her glasses, and secretly gave her a sharp look—what's going on? Are you helping an outsider?
However, Xia Zhi pretended not to understand and continued to plead for the two.
"They just wanted to find Mr. Sam's design drawings to study and research. Their thirst for knowledge is something we should all learn from! Manager Xia, you shouldn't have scolded them so indiscriminately and even deducted their bonuses!"
"If we're talking about dereliction of duty... well, I've left my post now, so shouldn't I have my pay docked too?"
Xia Yubing was completely taken aback by her.
This is the first time in history that I've encountered someone who's siding with outsiders!
but……
Xia Yubing thought about it and realized that it was understandable. Xia Zhi was new here and needed to win people over first.
These two poor students became her primary targets for bribery.
Although Xia Yubing didn't really like it, she reluctantly put up with it for her niece's sake. "Alright, alright, everyone go back to your work!"
After saying that, she turned and left.
After she walked away, Xia Zhi looked at Jiang Mianmian and asked softly, "Mianmian, can we talk alone?"
*
On the path behind the company building, Jiang Mianmian and Xia Zhi walked side by side.
Out of caution, Jiang Mianmian kept a distance from her. As she walked, she stopped and quietly looked at Xia Zhi.
"Just say what you have to say. You heard it yourself, Supervisor Xia doesn't like people talking about personal matters during work hours!"
"Mianmian, I..."
Xia Zhi bit her lip, her big eyes looking at her pitifully.
Then she turned to face Jiang Mianmian, suddenly bowed at a ninety-degree angle, and clearly uttered those three words:
"sorry!"
Jiang Mianmian gave a cold laugh, somewhat helpless.
The apology sounded somewhat ironic to her.
"Mianmian, I'm so sorry!" Xia Zhi seemed sincere, and her acting was on point. She stepped forward, took Mianmian's hand, and her eyes instantly reddened.
"Not just for my aunt, but also for... for what I did to you before."
"Do you even know what you did to me before?" Jiang Mianmian abruptly shook off her hand. "Don't touch me! I don't want anything to do with you!"
"Mianmian..."
"I used to consider you my best friend!" Jiang Mianmian said angrily, "But I never expected that you had been scheming and using me from the very beginning, and even trying to harm me!"
"I didn't mean to hurt you!"
"Gu Zihan's face is the best evidence!" Jiang Mianmian emphasized each word. "Xia Zhi, stop lying through your teeth. Your actions only disgust me!"
"Mianmian!"
Just as Jiang Mianmian turned around, Xia Zhi suddenly grabbed her wrist.
Jiang Mianmian's body stiffened.
Xia Zhi cried behind her, almost kneeling down before her.
"Mianmian, you are now the daughter of the Lu family, you can do whatever you want... My aunt didn't know your identity and offended you, but with just one word from you, she won't be able to stay in the Lu family anymore!"
"But Mianmian, you have so much, and I only have this internship opportunity! Please have pity on me and let me stay here! Once I get my internship certificate, I'll go abroad to study, and I promise... I'll never appear in front of you again!"
Jiang Mianmian disgustedly shook her off without even turning her head.
"Mianmian!" Xia Zhi cried out, "I beg you, please have pity on me for the sake of our past relationship!"
"I know I was wrong. Doing those things wasn't my intention! Lu Ming... he threatened me with my family. If I didn't work for him, he would harm my family!"
"Is that so?" Jiang Mianmian turned around, staring coldly into her eyes. "If he tells you to do something, you'll do it. If he tells you to die, you'll die too?"
"you……"
"Xia Zhi, you've completely fooled me with your feigned weakness and pitifulness!" Jiang Mianmian said sharply. "Do you think I'm still the same brainless Jiang Mianmian I used to be?"
Xia Zhi's heart was pounding.
Yes, Jiang Mianmian has become Lu Xiaoyou, and she's different from before.
Her aura at this moment alone is enough to inspire fear.
Xia Zhi couldn't help but take two steps back, her mind going completely blank.
After a long pause, she said softly, "Mianmian, you shouldn't be wary of me! Don't forget, Lu Ran is Lu Ming's daughter, she has Lu Ming's blood in her veins! She inherited Lu Ming's ruthlessness and wickedness..."
"Shut up!" Jiang Mianmian's expression was sharp. "You've already harmed me enough, now you want to slander my sister?"
Xia Zhi lowered her head slightly, her eyes darting around, but she didn't dare to meet her gaze.
“Xia Zhi,” Jiang Mianmian said coldly, “I won’t believe a single word you say anymore! Let’s pretend we never met today. I won’t stop you from interning at Lu’s, but if you dare to cause trouble, I have a hundred ways to make you disappear from Yangcheng!”
Xia Zhi's face turned pale, and she hurriedly retreated to the back.
Jiang Mianmian has really changed. As soon as she returned to the Lu family, the domineering genes that were originally hidden in her body were all revived, making people dare not act recklessly in front of her.
"Mianmian, don't worry... I just want to be safe and sound, and... get an internship certificate. Then I'll go abroad..."
"Ha," Jiang Mianmian scoffed, "Go abroad? Where did you get the money to go abroad? Was it the dirty money Lu Ming gave you when he instructed you to harm me?"
"No, it's my boyfriend's money."
Xia Zhi spoke very softly, and at that moment a luxury car stopped on the road behind them.
Jiang Mianmian looked in the direction of the sound and saw a handsome young man get out of the car and wave in their direction.
Xia Zhi responded to him positively.
However, when Jiang Mianmian saw the person's face clearly, she was taken aback!
"How... is it him?"
She looked at Xia Zhi.
Although Xia Zhi maintained a humble and respectful demeanor, a hint of smugness, imperceptible to others, flashed across her eyes.
"Yes, it's Wen Jie." She chuckled softly, enunciating each word clearly, "Mianmian, Wen Jie and I are truly in love!"
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