Chapter 22: The layoffs hit the aorta
Zou Jie suddenly stood up and bowed to Chu Yao: "Chu Yao, I sincerely apologize to you. I was too impulsive just now. I shouldn't have splashed water on you. I'm sorry."
Sheng Rong paused, turned his head towards him, and looked at him with scrutiny: "Oh? Did you splash it?"
Chu Yao also turned her head to look at him, with a subtle curve at the corner of her lips and a playful look in her eyes.
Neither of them said anything accusatory.
But Zou Jie's cold sweat still slid down his spine into his belt.
He was silent for a long time and made a very cruel decision for himself.
He suddenly picked up a glass of water on the table and poured it on his head.
After splashing the water, he looked at Chu Yao with a face full of humiliation: "Chu Yao, I hope you will let me go for the sake of our many years of being classmates."
Chu Yao looked confused. "I let you go? As if I did something to you. You were the one who bullied me, and I didn't fight back, nor did I hire anyone to mess with you. Why are you asking me to let you go? You're really good at using moral blackmail."
Sheng Rong echoed her sentiments: "You're almost 30 years old, and you're always splashing water. That's too extreme."
Chu Yao patted her chest and said, "That's right, I was scared to death."
"..." Seeing them like this, Zou Jie knew that it would be useless to tell them that he might lose his job if he couldn't complete the interview. These two people would not sympathize with him at all.
He stared at Chu Yao deeply, then smiled apologetically at them: "I'm sorry... I have to go back to the unit to report on my work now. I will apologize properly another day."
He found a way out for himself and ran away in a hurry.
Chu Yao had achieved her goal and was planning to leave.
Sheng Rong walked her to the elevator and said, "I'll be waiting for you and Qin Jiahuai to come to my house tonight. See you there."
Chu Yao froze for a moment. She really wanted to tell him that they were divorced and it would be too awkward to invite them together.
But when she met Sheng Rong's expectant gaze, she really couldn't bring herself to say it.
After all...even though she and Qin Jiahuai have changed, the Sheng family is what it is today because of Qin Jiahuai.
After hesitating for a long time, she nodded and said nothing else.
If Qin Jiahuai didn't want to see her, he would refuse himself. Let him say it.
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Chu Yao immediately returned to the daily newspaper to organize today's interview manuscript.
Zou Jie also returned to New Horizons.
He had already thought of his excuse on the way.
"Mr. Fang, no other media outlet in Fengpu could meet that engineer, but I saw him the moment I got there. New Horizons and your face are indeed very helpful."
Fang Xiang smiled slightly, very satisfied with the new employee's understanding.
Unlike Chu Yao, Chu Yao rarely talked about anything other than work with him as her leader in the company before, and he had never heard her say anything nice.
Seeing that he was happy, Zou Jie told him the bad news: "Everything was going smoothly for me, but Chu Yao suddenly came over. When she heard that I was your employee, she asked that engineer to drive me away... That engineer and Chu Yao seemed to have a close relationship, and Chu Yao also had a grudge against you..."
Fang Xiang slammed the table, stood up, pointed at Zou Jie and cursed: "What do you mean? You have no ability, and you blame me?! Are you stupid and can't adapt?"
Zou Jie was scolded like a grandson and didn't dare to refute a word.
The employees outside pricked up their ears and watched the melon.
Soon I heard Fang Xiang say things like "performance pressure is high", "extend the internship period", "get out if you can't do it anymore", etc.
Someone from another group scoffed in a low voice, "Since Chu Yao left, Fang Xiang's group hasn't had any respectable news in a long time. And yet, Chu Yao's first news item in a small media outlet went viral."
"The layoffs hit the aorta, didn't they? It's hilarious."
"I really hope Chu Yao can become bigger and stronger outside, so that these male leaders will know that forcing female employees of childbearing age to leave really doesn't save money!"
Zou Jie was scolded for most of the day in Fang Xiang's office.
But fortunately, his internship period was only extended by one month, and he was not fired.
Zou Jie waited until he had finished cursing and his anger had subsided before he suggested, "Mr. Fang, I suspect Chu Yao is investigating the gambling-related incidents behind the black guild. Why don't we investigate that as well?"
Fang Xiang immediately refused: "No."
Chu Yao is indeed very capable at work.
However, Fang Xiang did not regret forcing her to leave.
Because Chu Yao was becoming more and more daring, she dared to investigate everything and didn't listen to him.
Let’s talk about investigating the black guild.
That’s about it if you’ve checked this far.
But she actually dared to investigate the gambling-related matters later.
She had no idea which big boss's interests were involved behind the gambling.
"Chu Yao, you're courting death." Fang Xiang sneered, "Find something else, something with a bigger conflict. If necessary, you can create a conflict if there isn't one. Do you know what netizens like to watch these days?"
Zou Jie nodded immediately: "I know, I understand."
When Fang Xiang saw his shy smile, he knew that he really understood.
Unlike Chu Yao who is stubborn.
When she was asked to report on the flood, the water reached her calves. But as long as she knelt in the water to shoot, it would appear that the water reached her chest, and that would be big news.
But she just wouldn't kneel down, and kept saying a lot of things about being realistic, which annoyed him.
So Fang Xiang doesn't regret driving Chu Yao away at all now.
With her personality and inflexibility, she is simply not suitable for the workplace!
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In the evening, Chu Yao went to Sheng Rong's house after get off work.
Their family hasn't bought a house yet, but Zhihe has good benefits and has provided them with a house with three bedrooms and two living rooms, covering an area of 120 square meters, which is very cozy for the family.
Chu Yao was chatting with Sheng Rong in the room when she suddenly received a call from Song Huiping and went to the balcony alone.
On the phone, Song Huiping didn't mention lending money to Cheng Yiyi to pay off her gambling debts.
She just asked her to take Qin Jiahuai to her place for dinner whenever she was free.
Chu Yao originally wanted to tell her about her divorce from Qin Jiahuai...but when she thought about Song Huiping's personality, she would probably start doing a lot of things to bring them back together.
So she finally just said that she was busy with work recently and postponed the meal indefinitely.
After hanging up the phone, Chu Yao leaned on the fence. Her originally good mood was dampened by this phone call.
Sheng Rong came out: "What's wrong?"
Chu Yao was silent for a moment, then asked casually, "You said that in your dream, your mother left... Would you blame her?"
Sheng Rong laughed. "How is that possible? Let alone a dream, even if it were real, just because we didn't make it to the end, does that mean I have to deny my mother's kindness in giving birth to me and all the years of dedication she's given to me and my father?"
Chu Yao nodded thoughtfully.
In fact, people are not absolutely good or evil, most of them are forced by the environment.
As long as there is a glimmer of hope, Mother Sheng will accompany her husband to pay back the 30 million bit by bit.
Sheng Rong is really a good person at heart, and he only remembers kindness.
Before he revised it, he had never said a bad word about his mother.
In fact, the same is true for Chu Yao.
She knew that Song Huiping had ulterior motives towards her.
But she also always remembered... Song Huiping had secretly given money to herself and her grandmother despite the pressure, and remembered that she had been with them for a few days before her grandmother passed away.
The same goes for Qin Jiahuai.
Even though things have changed, she cannot deny that he treated her well when they were together.
A luxury car stopped downstairs, and Sheng Rong immediately waved downstairs: "Qin Jiahuai, over here!"
He even sighed and said to Chu Yao: "After all these years, he is still so handsome."
Chu Yao didn't say a word.
Qin Jiahuai raised his eyes and his gaze met Chu Yao's.
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