Qiao Zhen had just stepped out of the conference room when Gu Xijue grabbed her.
"Zhenzhen, don't be in such a hurry. You have many other ways to prove yourself. Why don't you stay and talk to them some more?"
Hearing Gu Xijue's words, Qiao Zhen felt even more disappointed, and her face turned icy cold.
"Forget it, Gu Xijue, I've done everything I can. The facts are right here. If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do."
After saying that, Qiao Zhen suddenly felt a surge of anger and added another sentence.
"Moreover, I considered myself a very good friend of yours, but I never expected that you would become suspicious over such a small matter."
Indeed, the saying "distance makes the heart grow fonder" is true.
When someone keeps a great distance from you, you unconsciously overlook their shortcomings and only focus on their strengths.
Just like Lu Zheng, Qiao Zhen found him much more agreeable after leaving his company these past few days.
"But Zhenzhen, I hope you can understand me. No matter what, I am the CEO of the company. If I refuse to listen to explanations and insist on taking your side because of our relationship, what will the employees think of me?"
"Isn't my explanation convincing enough? You just don't want to blindly believe me!"
Qiao Zhen grew angrier as she listened, and finally shook off his hand, shouting angrily.
"Okay, Zhenzhen, I admit I have some problems, but please calm down and think about it carefully, after all, you will still be working here."
Gu Xijue took a deep breath, forcing himself to suppress his emotions, and spoke to Qiao Zhen very patiently.
"No need, I happen to have something to do today anyway, so I'll just take half a day off. Thank you, Mr. Gu."
Qiao Zhen shook her head and then left.
After this incident, her opinion of Gu Xijue changed somewhat, and her impression of him wasn't as good as before, so she needed to calm down.
As Qiao Zhen walked down the stairs, she called Lu Zheng.
"Isn't this during working hours, Miss Qiao?"
Lu Zheng's lazy voice came from the other end of the phone.
"I want to go and see how things are going with those thugs."
Qiao Zhen took a deep breath, trying to clear her mind of what had happened before.
"Did you ask for leave?" Lu Zheng asked.
"Um, I... am a little tired, so I took the day off."
Qiao Zhen sighed, but still didn't tell Lu Zheng what had just happened.
Lu Zheng seemed to have thought of something, and after pondering for two seconds, he said, "I understand. Wait for me at the entrance of your company. I'll come pick you up later."
Qiao Zhen arrived at the company entrance, just as she was about to check if Lu Zheng had arrived, when she noticed Su Ning suddenly running up to her side and asking worriedly.
"Sister Qiao Zhen, you're just taking leave like this?"
Seeing Su Ning's worried expression, Qiao Zhen couldn't help but nod: "But you don't need to worry too much. I'm only taking half a day off. I'll still be working as usual tomorrow."
"Can you tell me what happened?"
Su Ning said with great concern, seemingly very worried about Qiao Zhen.
Qiao Zhen didn't want to tell her, but thinking of how much Su Ning cared about her, she couldn't help but say, "It's nothing serious. My PPT was taken by the team leader, who then accused me of wrongdoing. I just argued with her, and that's how the conflict started, so I took half a day off."
After listening, Su Ning felt very sorry and sighed, "Don't overthink it. I don't think this is your fault. Maybe it's because you're a newcomer, so they might be targeting you a little. Don't worry, I won't discriminate against you."
"Okay, thank you."
Qiao Zhen gave a bitter smile. She was powerless against this kind of workplace discrimination, but she had more important things to do at the moment.
Lu Zheng's sports car was very loud, and it stopped in front of Qiao Zhen in a flash.
People around couldn't help but look at the sports car. Su Ning, who was standing next to her, couldn't help but say enviously, "Miss Qiao, your friend is really rich, and he's a tall, rich and handsome guy. You are so lucky."
Hearing her words, Qiao Zhen couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth.
According to her, being his mistress was quite a blessing.
With that in mind, Qiao Zhen said a brief goodbye to Su Ning and then got into the car.
After closing the car door, Qiao Zhen realized that Lu Zheng had no intention of leaving, and couldn't help but tilt her head and say something.
"Why aren't you leaving?"
“I am asserting sovereignty.”
Lu Zheng smirked and glanced at Qiao Zhen.
Qiao Zhen subconsciously looked over and saw Gu Xijue standing not far away.
The sun was very bright at the time, making Gu Xijue's face appear very fair, and the exposure was so intense that Qiao Zhen couldn't even see Gu Xijue's expression.
“You don’t need to swear an oath; he should already know.”
Seeing that he didn't seem to be stopping, Qiao Zhen couldn't help but remind him.
Upon hearing this, Lu Zheng withdrew his gaze from Gu Xijue, then started the car, stepped on the gas, and sped away.
As the car sped along the road, Qiao Zhen looked at Lu Zheng beside her and couldn't help but offer a reminder.
"You don't need to do this. He knows about us..."
Qiao Zhen stopped talking abruptly halfway through her sentence.
Upon hearing this, Lu Zheng calmly turned his head and smiled.
"Really? If he already knows about our relationship, why does he still let you go to his company?"
Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhen lowered her head.
She could indeed see Gu Xijue's feelings for her, but Qiao Zhen never thought that her relationship with Lu Zheng could last, so she never had any expectations for this relationship.
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