Chapter 127 The Dust Settles

The dust has settled

The cold words made Lin Guoda's hand tremble violently. He pressed the answer button and put the phone to his ear tremblingly. He didn't know what the other party said. He began to shiver and beads of sweat slid down his face. Finally, with a "click", the phone fell to the ground and he himself slumped in the chair with a deathly pale face.

When the others saw this, they dared not ask for explanation anymore. They quickly lowered their heads like crops hit by frost, and their feet seemed to be nailed down. They dared not move an inch for fear of getting burned.

Bu Qianli glanced around and saw a few unfamiliar faces in the corner. He couldn't help but frowned, whispered a few words to Chen Lian who was standing next to him, and then walked towards the door with steady steps.

The conference room was spacious and bright, with soft lights shining in every corner, but it could not illuminate the hearts of the people inside. At this moment, they only felt that their future was bleak, and it would be difficult for those who were fired to find a company of the same size.

The best outcome is to find a middle management position in an unknown small company and temporarily make a living. If you want to return to a large company, the only option left is to start your own business, except to change careers.

When Bu Qianli left, everyone knew that the situation was beyond redemption, and they left one after another with their heads hung low. Chen Lian, who did not leave with Bu Qianli, called out to those people in a hurry when they were about to step over the threshold.

"Mr. Lin An'an, please stay."

Lin An'an was stunned for a moment when he was suddenly called. He turned back to look at the source of the voice with a look of confusion and surprise on his face, "Assistant Chen, you called me?"

Chen Lian nodded slightly: "Yes."

"What's up?"

Chen Lian smiled, but the smile did not reach his eyes. "Mr. Bu invites you."

Lin An'an's eyes widened, and the corners of his mouth lifted uncontrollably, revealing ecstasy. He thought to himself, "Could it be that President Bu values ​​talent and wants to transfer me to his side as an assistant?"

Seeing him standing there stupidly without saying a word, Chen Lian's smile disappeared immediately. "Please follow me."

Lin An'an came back to his senses and suppressed his inner joy: "Okay, okay, please lead the way."

Chen Lian said no more, but nodded slightly, motioning him to follow. The two of them walked one after the other to the wide door marked as the president's office. He raised his hand lightly and knocked on the door rhythmically with his knuckles.

Soon, a low voice of consent was heard from inside the house. Chen Lian pushed the door open and stepped aside to let Lin An'an behind him enter first.

"Boss Bu."

Bu Qianli, who was reviewing documents with his head down, heard the sound and slowly looked up. After seeing the person clearly, a look of scrutiny appeared in his ink-black eyes.

Bu Qianli asked calmly, "Are you Lin An'an?"

"Yes, Mr. Bu, I am Lin An'an." Lin An'an's voice was filled with excitement and joy. He thought Bu Qianli asked him to come over because she wanted to promote him, so he was very happy that he was about to become successful, and his mind was full of fantasies about a bright future.

"I heard that you are the one who has been bullying the newcomers in the workplace?"

Lin An'an was horrified. "No, it's not me. I didn't do such a thing. President Bu, did you recognize the wrong person?"

"Some people have reported that you took advantage of Lin Guoda's relationship to bully interns. How do you explain this?"

"Someone must have framed me. How could I do such a thing?" Lin An'an hastily denied, "... Was it Chi Dong? Was it him who reported it to the company? President Bu, don't believe him. He is a habitual liar. Nothing he says is true."

Bu Qianli raised the corner of his mouth slightly, with an ambiguous smile, "You mean to say that he lied to me and the company?"

"Yes, he deceived us."

Bu Qianli pursed his lips tightly and glanced at Lin An'an, who was eager to deny it, with an indifferent look, "Really? Then tell me what kind of person he is?"

Lin An'an looked up at him cautiously. Although he couldn't tell what Bu Qianli was thinking, from his tone he didn't sound like he was seeking justice for Chi Dong. So his heart suddenly settled down. He took a long breath and put on a flattering smile.

"Boss Bu, you don't know that this intern named Chi Dong is in the same department as me, but his honest appearance is just an act. He has done a lot of sneaky things behind the scenes. If you don't believe me, you can ask other people. They can all testify."

"Really? Is he really that bad?" Bu Qianli put down the documents in his hand with a half-smile and looked up at the guy in front of him who was lying with his eyes open.

Lin An'an was usually well-known for his cleverness. He could sense a colleague's unintentional frown and the hidden emotions in his boss' tone. However, at this moment, he did not realize that the person in front of him had started to get angry and was talking louder and louder.

"Of course, and he got into the company through the back door and took someone else's position."

Bu Qianli let him talk as much as he wanted, his eyes were cold, his eyebrows were slightly raised, and his voice was low and magnetic, "Oh? Then do you know who he is?"

Lin An'an was too happy to be in trouble. He could only think about complaining. When he heard Bu Qianli's question, he was confused for a while and stood there in a daze, "Who is it?"

"Chidong is my junior schoolmate. Are you talking about me as the backdoor?" Bu Qianli suppressed his smile. His inner anger was revealed in his cold words. He stared at Lin An'an expressionlessly. He had tolerated him for a long time, whether it was the last document frame-up or this time's theft and frame-up, not to mention such disgusting behavior of maliciously slandering others in front of him.

Bu Qianli's words made beads of sweat appear on Lin An'an's forehead. His face was full of panic and his pupils suddenly dilated, as if he had heard something horrible.

"I, it's not me, President Bu, you must have recognized the wrong person. How could someone like Chi Dong be your junior fellow student?" Lin An'an breathed rapidly, his heart beating fast, and he tried hard to force a stiff smile. "Besides, you are an outstanding graduate of Beijing University, and he is just a student from a low-ranking school. How could he be your junior fellow student?"

Bu Qianli looked at the restless Lin An'an with cold eyes, and his heart was calm. "Chen Lian, take out the things and give them to him."

"Yes, President."

Just when Lin An'an was at a loss for words, Chen Lian took out a tablet from somewhere, plugged in a USB drive, found the video he wanted to play, and pressed the play button.

The video was not long, but it made Lin An'an break out in a cold sweat. How could this be possible? He had clearly found out that the surveillance camera was broken when he was doing these things. How could there still be a record?

Bu Qianli looked at his expression and could guess what he was thinking without much thought. "Are you wondering why there is surveillance video in such a blind spot?"

Lin An'an was stunned: "You..."

Bu Qianli sneered and said indifferently: "What kind of person he is, and what kind of person you are, I know it better than you do."

Bu Qianli was too lazy to continue talking to him. She glanced at him coldly, without a trace of warmth in her words, "Chen Lian, give him the contract to sign."

Chen Lian replied, "Okay, President." He handed the two documents in his hand to Lin An'an, smiling without showing his teeth, with the corners of his mouth just the right curve, "Mr. Lin, please."

"What is this?" Lin An'an took it with a pale face, opened it with shaking hands, and the more he looked, the more panicked he became. "No, these have nothing to do with me. I, I won't sign."

Chen Lian smiled with an unclear expression and said, "It's not up to you. If you don't sign, you may not be able to bear the consequences."

In this situation, Lin An'an knew that he had no choice but to sign. His uncle had already been fired by the company, and he would probably be arrested by the company soon for leaking trade secrets. If he caused trouble again, his family might not be able to bear it.

Lin An'an clenched his teeth and grasped the document tightly with both hands, his knuckles turning white, as if it was his only lifeline. "Okay, I... I'll sign."

After saying this, he picked up the pen with shaking hands, beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, his eyes were full of struggle and helplessness, but finally he closed his eyes and made up his mind, and signed his name.

Seeing that he had already signed, Chen Lian forcefully snatched the document from his hand. The next second, he put on a respectful look, lowered his eyes slightly, and said in a clear tone: "Boss Bu, he has already signed the document. Please take a look."

Bu Qianli responded in a low voice: "Well, just put it on the table."

Chen Lian: "Then this person..."

Bu Qianli said without a trace of warmth in her tone: "Let him leave immediately."

"Yes." After saying that, Chen Lian prepared to leave with the pale-faced Lin An'an, but as soon as he reached the door, he was stopped by Bu Qianli.

“Later, take him to find Chi...to apologize to those who were bullied by him.” Bu Qianli lowered his eyes in thought. He originally wanted to say Chi Dong's name, but just after uttering one word, he seemed to feel that it was inappropriate and immediately changed his words.

Chen Lian nodded: "Okay, President Bu."

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At this time, in the tea room on the 12th floor, several colleagues were discussing what had just happened. One of the female employees, wearing an exquisite hairpin, said in a low voice with gossipy eyes.

"Hey, look, Sister Xuan and the others are back."

The male colleague curiously poked his head out to take a look: "Hey, why are there only a few of them? Where is Assistant Lin? Didn't he come back with us?"

"Ouch!" Another older female colleague curled her lips, her eyes revealing a bit of schadenfreude, and her tone unconsciously rose, "It's better that he didn't come back! You didn't see the expressions of Cheng Xuan and the others, they looked as if the sky had fallen."

Having said that, the corners of her mouth turned down slightly, her head shook, and she gestured with her hands, "They are all listless, and they walk slowly, as if they have lost their souls. I think it is a done deal that they will be fired this time, so we can just wait and see them pack up and leave!" As she spoke, a glimmer of secret joy flashed in her eyes.

"That's true. They are usually very arrogant!" The girl with the hairpin frowned, her tone full of resentment, as if she had been holding back resentment for a long time.

"She relies on her backers to bully others in the company all day long, pushing all the work onto others. She goes shopping with her friends at the mall next door before the end of get off work, bringing back bags full of stuff to show off to everyone!" Her eyes burned with anger, and her chest heaved violently, obviously she was very angry.

The middle-aged female colleague calmly pointed in a direction outside and said, "Have you forgotten? That person... was the one who was bullied the most by them."

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