Hearing this, Song Shiyi was also frightened. He pursed his lips timidly and said, "Sister Qiao, I didn't know things would turn out like this. Please help me. I'm afraid President Lu will take his anger out on me."
Thinking of this, Qiao Yun could only sigh, but her gaze towards Song Shiyi was filled with coldness.
"I'm only helping you this one last time. If you cause any more trouble, that's your own problem."
Song Shiyi nodded hurriedly. After a while, the two walked out of Qiao Yun's office and saw Lu Zheng next to Qiao Zhen.
"President Lu." Qiao Yun greeted Lu Zheng with a professional smile as soon as she saw him.
"What happened just now..." Qiao Yun wanted to say something, but Lu Zheng waved his hand to interrupt him: "Qiao Zhen told me everything that happened."
Qiao Yun looked a little embarrassed, but still smiled and said, "In that case, Mr. Lu, what are your thoughts?"
"The workers' strike has indeed had a terrible impact, but the instigator was Song Shiyi. This matter is not under your jurisdiction. Let Song Shiyi apologize to those people and get their forgiveness first."
Qiao Yun quickly said, "What about the progress of the project? If the workers go on strike, even if they are forgiven, it will still take time."
“The timeframe for this project isn’t particularly tight, and there’s still time to spare, but…” Lu Zheng glanced at Song Shiyi beside him, “If we encounter something like this again in the future, it won’t just be a matter of a few days’ delay.”
Upon hearing this, Qiao Yun nodded and pulled Song Shiyi beside her, urging her, "You should apologize to Qiao Zhen quickly, because your entire project has been delayed."
Song Shiyi didn't dare to be negligent, after all, Lu Zheng was present, so he reluctantly said, "I'm sorry, Sister Qiao Zhen, I've caused you trouble."
Qiao Zhen gave a lukewarm response, after all, he couldn't tell how sincere Song Shiyi was.
After Lu Zheng left, Song Shiyi put on a completely different face.
"You're quite capable, Qiao Zhen. I never expected you to be so good at using relationships."
Song Shiyi stared at Qiao Zhen with resentment. If he had to admit defeat to Qiao Zhen in front of Lu Zheng, wouldn't that mean he was inferior to Qiao Zhen?
Qiao Zhen said calmly, "Ms. Song, it was you who acted on your own initiative and ruined our project plan, causing the project to be delayed. President Lu has already been kind enough by not holding you accountable for the loss. Please don't do this kind of thing again in the future."
After saying that, Qiao Zhen left swiftly.
Watching Qiao Zhen's retreating figure, a pang of jealousy flashed through Song Shiyi's heart.
What's so great about having Lu Zheng as your backer?
When Qiao Zhen was leaving get off work, she received a text message from Lu Zheng, saying that he still had a few projects to deal with and would be home late, and that Qiao Zhen could leave first if she was getting impatient.
Qiao Zhencai didn't want to be with him, so she took her bag and left work. As soon as she stepped out of the company gate, several workers walked towards her.
Qiao Zhen felt the outfit was familiar and was about to ask when he noticed that the workers walked straight towards him as soon as they saw him.
"You must be Qiao Zhen, right?"
The leader of the group looked Qiao Zhen up and down and said impatiently.
"It's me, what's wrong?"
Qiao Zhen looked at the man's face and felt that it was unfamiliar. When she went to the construction site to chat with those people, she didn't see this face before. Could it be that she had a bad memory?
Before she could think any further, the worker burst into a tirade of curses, then yelled, "I've finally found you! You have to give me an explanation today!"
Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhen was stunned and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
Didn't those workers quit because Song Shiyi was targeting them?
"What are you pretending for? Stop playing dumb with me! You owe us wages and you want to act like nothing happened? Let me tell you, no way!"
The worker spat fiercely, then glared at Qiao Zhen menacingly.
Qiao Zhen was bewildered by this sudden turn of events and couldn't help but ask.
"Excuse me, sir, could you please explain the situation in detail? When did I start owing you wages?"
Hearing this, the worker was stunned for a moment, then said fiercely, "Don't you have any idea whether you owe the company money or not? I worked diligently for this project for more than half a month, and you just fire us like that, and that's not all, you didn't even give us a single penny!"
Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhen couldn't help but frown, staring at the worker opposite him with an angry expression. He found it very suspicious.
Lu Zheng wouldn't be that kind of person; he wouldn't fail to pay them the wages they were owed.
But what's the situation now?
Qiao Zhen forced herself to calm down and pursed her lips: "Don't be too anxious. The money will definitely be transferred to you. If I remember correctly, the finance department transferred the money to your contractor a few days ago. We have detailed bank statements. You couldn't have missed it, could you?"
The worker was taken aback, seemingly not expecting me to reason with him, but then he roughly shoved Qiao Zhen and continued shouting loudly.
"I don't care, I haven't seen any money, so you haven't paid me my wages!"
That wasn't the end of it. After the worker finished speaking, he saw that a crowd had gathered to watch the show, so he raised his voice and continued shouting.
"Everyone come and see! The Lu Group is defaulting on its debts and bullying honest people!"
These words drew even more onlookers, and some even secretly pointed fingers at Qiao Zhen behind her back.
Qiao Zhen stared at the worker's face in front of him, feeling increasingly unfamiliar with him. He tried to recall the worker's face carefully, but he couldn't remember ever seeing him before.
"Excuse me, what's your name? I didn't see you when I went to the construction site to check things out before."
The worker paused, then said impatiently, "Stop changing the subject. I didn't get paid, that's fine, but why are you asking my name?"
"Please calm down. I'm just stating the facts. We still have the records of our finance department transferring money to your contractor. How could we not have been paid? I have every reason to suspect that you are an imposter."
After speaking, Qiao Zhen's expression also became somewhat serious. Their company's project had been very stable recently. If it weren't for Song Shiyi's sudden blow, the project should have been progressing smoothly. Logically speaking, they didn't have any enemies.
The worker panicked and, realizing he couldn't win the argument with Qiao Zhen, pushed her again.
"Stop wasting your time and pay me back right now, or I'll beat you to death!"
As he spoke, the workers behind him rushed forward as if they had been injected with chicken blood, forcing Qiao Zhen to retreat step by step.
Qiao Zhen was also a little scared, but she still maintained her composure.
"This is a society governed by law. In broad daylight, under the watchful eyes of the police, you will face the consequences for assaulting people!"
Qiao Zhen issued a stern warning, but after only a brief moment of thought, those people continued with their actions, as if they had weighed their options.
Seeing this, Qiao Zhen's expression grew even colder.
If she wasn't mistaken, those workers must have had even more tempting offers, so much so that they were willing to risk going to jail just to make things difficult for Qiao Zhen.
That's a really ruthless tactic.
The workers ignored Qiao Zhen and kicked her in the stomach.
Qiao Zhen didn't expect them to use so much force, and she lost her balance and fell to the ground.
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