Chapter 19 Infidelity
"This is our new colleague. From now on, we will be responsible for the PO product line together. Let's all get along well," Meng Hui said as she began, and then asked the new employee to introduce herself.
"Hello everyone, my name is Jiang Ning. I hope you will take good care of me as we work together in the future."
Everyone else applauded for Jiang Ning, but Chu Qingxue remained motionless.
"Qingxue, do you know her?" Zhuang Qian noticed that Chu Qingxue was acting strangely.
Chu Qingxue gave an affected smile, neither confirming nor denying.
She never imagined that the new employee in their department would be Jiang Ning.
Chu Qingxue knew that Jiangning University was a jewelry design major, but she hadn't graduated from Jiangning University. She had no diploma or degree. How could FY possibly want someone like that?
Even top students like her, graduates of prestigious universities, have to go through two rounds of written tests and three rounds of interviews to become interns and receive training, but Jiang Ning actually did it...
Chu Qingxue quickly broke the pen in her hand.
Suddenly, she remembered the celebration banquet at FY last time and an idea came to her mind.
Jiang Ning accepted Pete's invitation because he could no longer return to work at the juvenile detention center.
FY needed to build a new product line. Pete originally planned to appoint Jiang Ning as the department manager, but Jiang Ning declined. Later, he asked Jiang Ning to be the team leader, but Jiang Ning declined again.
In the end, Pete couldn't persuade Jiang Ning otherwise, so he had to let Jiang Ning become an ordinary employee.
Jiang Ning had his own considerations.
Even if she could keep it a secret for a while, she couldn't hide it forever. In addition, she hadn't participated in internship training and had no actual achievements in other companies. Her being parachuted into a leadership position would easily attract gossip.
Jiang Ning didn't want to reveal her identity as a piano series design master. She was afraid of causing a sensation and even more afraid that someone would ask about the source of her inspiration.
Even an ordinary employee can help Pete.
In the restroom, Zhuang Qian and Luo Meijuan were washing their hands while gossiping.
"I knew it! With only a high school diploma, why should she work with us?"
"How can their job be the same as ours? We toil like oxen and horses, while they relax like prostitutes in bed..."
"Shh, aren't you being a bit too blunt?"
"What's there to be afraid of! If she dares to do it, why would she be afraid of what we say? Now everyone in the company knows she got her position by sleeping with people. At first, I thought we had found some powerful figures, but I was so naive."
"We're just as good-looking as her, but we still can't be as shameless as her!"
Zhuang Qian patted Luo Meijuan on the shoulder, "Hey, tell me, why would she work for a company if she's already sleeping with clients? Is she short of a little salary?"
"I want to present myself as a rich, beautiful, and successful woman! It makes me look good and makes it easier to hook up with other people."
The sound of the automatic flushing startled Luo Meijuan and Zhuang Qian, who had initially thought there was no one else in the bathroom!
Jiang Ning pushed open the door to the cubicle and walked out, where she met Zhuang Qian and Luo Meijuan. The two immediately exchanged glances and walked away cryptically.
Although neither of them mentioned names, Jiang Ning guessed that she was probably the only one in the entire company with only a high school diploma!
Jiang Ning sighed.
She only spent about five minutes in the restroom, but when she returned to the office, Meng Hui criticized her for taking too long and being lazy, while Zhuang Qian and the others secretly laughed behind their computer screens.
During lunch break, Chu Qingxue ordered takeout from a Michelin three-star restaurant at a high price and treated all her colleagues in the office to it.
Except for Jiangning.
Everyone, including team leader Meng Hui, went into the conference room. Through the bright glass door, Jiang Ning saw them chatting and laughing, glancing at her from time to time with obvious sarcasm in their eyes.
Jiang Ning sat at his workstation, revising his design drafts while munching on a burrito, feeling that his career path was exceptionally bumpy.
On my first day at work, I was asked to work overtime, and I was the only employee working overtime. By the time Jiang Ning finished, almost an hour had passed since the end of the workday.
"Sorry, sorry, have you been waiting long?"
Jiang Ning stumbled and ran out of the FY office building. On the side of the road, Gu Lanlan's car had its hazard lights on the whole time.
"Let's talk after we get in the car."
Gu Lanlan beckoned to Jiang Ning. Normally, Jiang Ning would sit in the passenger seat, but Ning Junzhe was also in the car.
When Ning Junzhe and Gu Lanlan heard that Jiang Ning had found such a great job at FY, they made plans to treat Jiang Ning to dinner to celebrate. However, they didn't expect that Jiang Ning would be forced to work overtime on his first day of work.
Jiang Ning got into the back seat of the car and sat next to Ning Junzhe. Gu Lanlan joked that she had become Jiang Ning and Ning Junzhe's driver.
The three of them chatting and laughing made Jiang Ning's depressed mood much lighter.
There was a traffic jam on the way, and it took almost an hour to get to the restaurant. It was already dark. Gu Lanlan kept clutching her stomach and saying that she was starving, which made Jiang Ning giggle.
Jiang Ning thought that Gu Lanlan and Ning Junzhe's idea of celebrating for her was just to find an ordinary restaurant, like Pizza Hut, which she thought would be fine.
As a result, Gu Lanlan and Ning Junzhe took her to Jingang Night.
Jin Gang Ye is the Michelin three-star restaurant where Chu Qingxue treated us to lunch; it's affiliated with the Michelin Three Keys Hotel of the same name.
"You don't need to go to such lengths..."
Jiang Ning really wanted to refuse, because Gu Lanlan and Ning Junzhe had ordinary jobs and their salaries weren't high. It wasn't worth it for them to come to a place like this just for her sake.
If she really wants to eat, she should be the one to pay.
However, Gu Lanlan and Ning Junzhe insisted, saying that the location had already been decided.
The three of them sat down to eat and chatted happily.
"Tell me the truth, what kind of incredible luck did you have to get a job at FY? Do you know that even the top student in the entire department at A University didn't get into FY!" Gu Lanlan clinked glasses with Jiang Ning.
"The HR must have been captivated by my looks!" Jiang Ning joked.
“That makes sense,” Gu Lanlan agreed.
After chatting for a while, Ning Junzhe interjected, saying that the detective agency had contacted him. Jiang Ning had left Ning Junzhe's number as an emergency contact because she was worried that she wouldn't be able to reach him by phone.
"It's a pity that we couldn't get any evidence of Lu Junyan's infidelity."
Ning Junzhe showed Jiang Ning the photo the detective had sent him.
The photos are full of Lu Junyan and Chu Qingxue, the two always together, inseparable.
There are even a few photos of them walking arm in arm in different hotels.
Jiang Ning gripped the wine glass in his hand tightly.
"The detective said that these photos alone are definitely not enough. They've never even held hands. In every photo, the woman is holding the man's arm. If Lu Junyan's legal team claims that Lu Junyan treats Chu Qingxue like a younger sister, it will be difficult for us to refute it. After all, without conclusive evidence of infidelity, these photos are unlikely to be convincing in court..."
Ning Junzhe was very disappointed. He had thought that hiring a detective this time would definitely help Jiang Ning get a divorce.
Jiang Ning was in a daze.
But it was different from what Ning Junzhe had imagined.
She was thinking...
Did Lu Junyan actually cheat on his wife?
What if Lu Junyan didn't cheat on his wife?
Jiang Ning felt like her chest was pounding; she couldn't quite put her finger on what she was nervous about or what she was looking forward to.
She pinched the back of her hand, trying to clear her mind, but she couldn't control the chaotic thoughts in her head, and didn't even notice when the dining table became unusually quiet.
By the time Jiang Ning came to her senses, Lu Junyan had already been standing by the table for a long time.
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