Jiang Haishan looked at Zhong Zhiping, who had put him in charge and made demands, and inexplicably wanted to laugh.
She probably doesn't know that Lu Jiefang sold his job himself.
But she came to stand up for Lu Jiefang and made a scene at Zhong Zhidong's place, she really went all out.
She is someone who knows how to be grateful.
However, if this matter escalates, it will ultimately be bad for everyone, and as the factory director, he cannot allow it to get out of hand.
Two things need to be clarified: one is Lu Jiefang's work, and the other is the nature of the relationship between Lu Jiefang and Zhong Zhiping.
Once these two things are clarified, the rumors circulating in the factory will be dispelled.
There's no need to go to great lengths to ask each person individually.
He said, "Comrade Zhong Zhiping, there must be some misunderstanding here."
Upon hearing this, Zhong Zhiping's heart sank; the factory director was trying to protect Zhong Zhidong.
"Factory manager, there's no misunderstanding..."
Jiang Haishan raised his hand to interrupt her, "Listen to me first, Lu Jiefang was not fired from the factory."
The person who was about to say "I won't listen" was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed, "Really?"
Then he became suspicious again, "Wait a minute, if Comrade Lu Jiefang wasn't fired, why isn't he coming to work? And why is there a new tractor driver?"
She suspected that Jiang Haishan was lying to her.
Jiang Haishan said with a smile, "Comrade Lu Jiefang found a job driving a big truck, and the salary is much higher than in our factory. It would be a waste of his talent to stay in our factory and drive a tractor. He has already sold the job to Master Li."
"So that's how it is," Zhong Zhiping thought with a smile, feeling very happy.
The crowd erupted in uproar.
Lu Jiefang wasn't fired; he sold his job because he got a better one.
So who exactly spread the rumor that he was fired?
Just then, someone outside the door shrieked, "Yanling, Lu Jiefang sold his job because he got a better one. How can you say he was fired for violating factory rules?"
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw two young women standing behind the crowd. One was Zhong Yanling, and the other was the person who had spoken, an employee of the factory.
The two had a good relationship at the factory and were quite close. They would tell each other many things that were inconvenient to say to others, and they seemed to be very good best friends.
Zhong Yanling told her about Lu Jiefang being fired from the factory and the two breaking off their engagement, and it was Zhong Yanling who spread the news.
It's just passed down by word of mouth, so there are some slight discrepancies in some parts.
For example, regarding Lu Jiefang's dismissal, Zhong Yanling said he was dismissed by the factory, but when the news got out, it became that Director Zhong dismissed him because he was dissatisfied with breaking off a marriage proposal.
Now, with this woman's outburst, everyone instantly understood the source of these rumors.
Zhong Zhiping immediately pointed at Zhong Zhidong and yelled, "Fine, you just said it wasn't you spreading rumors, what do you have to say now?"
“Zhong Zhidong, you are disgusting. A director of your rank would use such despicable means to ruin someone’s reputation. You are not worthy of being a director, and you are not worthy of being a human being.”
She originally wanted to scold Zhong Yanling, but there were too many people in between, so she couldn't point her finger at him and scold him directly; it wouldn't be satisfying.
However, if it were Zhong Zhidong, the destructive power would seem even greater.
"you……"
Zhong Zhidong was so angry that his face turned red, and his hand trembled violently as he pointed at Zhong Zhiping, but he couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal. He could only blame his good-for-nothing daughter.
"Zhong Yanling, what exactly happened? Did you say something to them?"
Zhong Zhiping scoffed, "She really knows how to shift the blame."
Zhong Yanling never expected that Lu Jiefang had found a better job and sold his job. At first, she wanted him to compromise, so she said that the factory was going to fire him.
Who knew that he really didn't come to work after that? They thought that her crying and pleading with her father in the factory manager's office that day had worked, and that Jiang Haishan would fire him out of consideration for her.
Only then would she confidently tell people this.
Is it her fault?
Her father knew she was telling people these things, and he even supported her spreading them, saying it was the best way to make everyone believe that breaking off the engagement was the other party's fault.
But now that the truth has come out, she has to bear the consequences alone.
On what grounds?
And then there's Jiang Haishan. He clearly knew all along that Lu Jiefang had sold his job, yet he didn't even tell them beforehand.
If she had known about this earlier, she definitely wouldn't have said those things.
It's all their fault!
They blamed this and that, but never thought of blaming themselves.
Even though she was unwilling to accept it, she couldn't shift the blame.
She couldn't possibly be associated with either her father or Jiang Haishan.
"I'm sorry, Dad. I didn't know Jiefang had sold his job. I just noticed he hadn't come to work for the past two days and Li Jun had taken his place, so I just made a casual guess. I didn't expect them to take it seriously."
Zhong Zhidong's expression softened; his daughter wasn't completely stupid.
"Director Jiang, look, this is all a misunderstanding."
Jiang Haishan smiled without saying a word.
Zhong Zhiping curled her lip, "They've already broken off the engagement, yet you still keep calling them 'liberated,' shameless!"
"You say it's a misunderstanding, then it's a misunderstanding. But how do you explain that nonsense about Comrade Lu Jiefang breaking off his engagement with Zhong Yanling because of me?"
"When they broke off the engagement, I didn't even know Comrade Lu Jiefang!"
Zhong Zhidong thought that once he brought up Lu Jiefang's job, everything would be fine, but little did he know that she wasn't finished yet.
The female colleague next to Zhong Yanling started shouting again.
"My God, didn't you two know each other when you broke off the engagement? But Yanling clearly told me that Lu Jiefang was seduced by you, which is why she wanted to break off the engagement with him."
Swish—
All eyes turned to Zhong Yanling.
She was so embarrassed when she was exposed in public that she regretted coming to join in the fun.
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