Chapter 59 Why should they be fired just because he is still the vice president?
Du Wanwan didn't say anything, but her angry face explained the situation: she didn't know.
Yu Jiani was stunned for a moment.
That day, when Shang Yunle first used spiritual energy to check Du Wanwan's meridians, she nearly bit her lip because of the pain. At that critical moment, it was Pei Xingyao who stuffed his hand into her mouth, securing a chance to change the towel.
At the time, Pei Xingyao's hand was bitten and bleeding, and Yu Jiani felt distressed. But there were too many things to do that day, and Yu Jiani didn't pay attention. After the eldest lady's affairs were dealt with, when Yu Jiani asked him again, Pei Xingyao said coldly that it was nothing, that he had bandaged it himself, and asked her to concentrate on looking after Shang Yunle and taking care of the eldest lady.
Then, Pei Xingyao went back to his home.
Pei Xingyao is usually so reliable that Yu Jiani didn't think much about it and just went about her own business.
In a blink of an eye, it was already the third day, and she thought the wound had been treated long ago.
"Miss..." Yu Jiani wanted to say something nice for Pei Xingyao to calm her down. "Assistant Pei knows what's going on. He just doesn't want you to worry. Look, Assistant Pei was fighting against the opponent just now!"
"Yeah." Du Wanwan sneered coldly, "Otherwise I wouldn't have discovered it!"
In just a few words, she was filled with suppressed anger, as if she was going to burn everyone who knew about it. Yu Jiani didn't dare to say anything and quickly opened the medicine box.
I didn’t dare to look at Du Wanwan’s expression.
Du Wanwan was almost angry to death.
That night, she was nearly stricken by the pain. Her remaining sanity and attention were absorbed by the destruction of the Sword Palace, and she was constantly dealing with related matters. Only now did Du Wanwan vaguely recall that when the pain reached its peak that night, she seemed to have bitten something soft. When she regained consciousness, she had a lingering taste of blood in her mouth.
She always thought that she had bitten her tongue, but she felt something was wrong and it kept bothering her.
Seeing Pei Xingyao working just now, not only did he use his left hand to open the screen projection, but he also used his left hand to deal with Yu Chong. She knew that Pei Xingyao's right hand must be injured and it was inconvenient for him to move.
Pei Xingyao would not hide anything from her, so why did he keep it from her?
Needless to say, this injury must have been caused by her.
She bit it!
For three days, he dared not say a word and kept it a secret from her!
The more Du Wanwan thought about it, the angrier she became, and Yu Jiani was even scared.
She didn't dare to speak and could only look at Pei Xingyao helplessly and began to treat Pei Xingyao's wound.
Seeing Pei Xingyao's hand on the table, Yu Jiani was also stunned for a moment, and then anger emerged on her face: "Assistant Pei, what are you doing!"
Pei Xingyao pursed his lips and his Adam's apple moved a few times.
He wanted to say, "It's nothing serious. It's just a bite, leaving a few bloody teeth marks. What's the big deal?" When she was a sword cultivator, she didn't even cry out when she broke an arm or a leg. It's not like he lost his hand to a monster bite.
It's just a minor injury.
But instinctively, Pei Xingyao didn't dare to say these words, because he knew that saying them would make the eldest lady angry.
Because he knew very well that Du Wanwan would be worried.
Knowing she would be worried, Pei Xingyao had concealed the wound that day while she was still half-conscious and focused on her sword wound. Coincidentally, he was wearing a uniquely designed windbreaker that day, with sleeves usually rolled up. Pei Xingyao lowered his sleeves to just enough to cover his hand. To avoid Du Wanwan's suspicion, he even sat down on a chair beside the bed and placed his hands on his knees.
After Du Wanwan returned to the Du family, she kept taking medicine. The room was filled with the bitter smell of the medicine, which effectively covered up the smell of blood.
She didn't know that under the cover of his sleeve, the knuckles of his right hand were bleeding. The bite was too deep and there was no way to stop it.
After Du Wanwan's matter was dealt with, the wound began to scab over. By then, the cuffs of his windbreaker were almost stained from inside to outside with blood.
Pei Xingyao knew that the fewer people who knew about the situation, the less likely it would leak. To prevent the news from leaking out to Du Wanwan, he feigned nothing when Yu Jiani came to question him and brushed her off. Worried that his injury might trigger Yu Chong's men to take action, he resisted going to the hospital and only began to deal with the situation after returning to his own residence.
He practiced martial arts and kept a lot of medicines for external injuries at home.
After applying the medicine overnight, Pei Xingyao felt that the wound had healed, but the scabs could not be removed overnight. In order to prevent Du Wanwan from finding out, he bought a special Band-Aid and sealed the wound.
This type of bandage is used by actors. It has a color-changing spell on it, which makes it look exactly like your skin color. Unless you touch it with your hands, you can't even tell.
Perhaps because he was careless the next day after the injury, the wound started bleeding again before he returned home in the afternoon, staining the Band-Aid red. Pei Xingyao found an excuse and left the Du residence early.
Given the situation, if he really fought with Yu Chong, the wound would definitely bleed, staining the Band-Aid red again and being discovered by Du Wanwan. Therefore, Pei Xingyao had been using his left hand to do things today.
Unexpectedly, she still found out.
His eldest daughter is still as hard to fool as before...
Pei Xingyao thought to himself, but didn't dare to say anything. He looked at Du Wanwan nervously and cautiously, ready to bow his head and admit his mistake as soon as Du Wanwan spoke.
But Du Wanwan just looked at him solemnly, pursed her lips, and said nothing.
Yu Jiani had wanted to nag Pei Xingyao, but seeing how frightened he was of the young lady, she couldn't bring herself to do it. She carefully peeled the Band-Aid off Pei Xingyao's hand, took a look, examined it, and then said boldly, "Young lady, don't worry. The wound has scabbed over. Assistant Pei treated it himself. It's a disguise, but it's still a Band-Aid and can protect the wound..."
Has it been dealt with? Du Wanwan watched, glaring at Pei Xingyao fiercely, and once again felt the urge to hang this man up and beat him up.
Yes, the wound had indeed scabbed over, but the teeth marks were so deep that it seemed as if they had bitten through his hand. How painful must it have been at that time!
"It's okay." Pei Xingyao thought for a long time and squeezed out a dry truth, "It doesn't hurt."
This little pain was nothing compared to the heartache of seeing her suffer. It was nothing compared to the pain she had felt then. He would rather be cut into pieces than let her suffer like that again.
He thought about it and couldn't help but add: "Really."
"Shut up!" Du Wanwan glared at him again. Perhaps realizing her anger was useless, she relaxed a little and said to Yu Jiani, "From now on, check his wound every day until it's completely healed."
"Yes, I understand." Yu Jiani nodded repeatedly.
Although she was a professional herbalist, she also had a medical license. At the Du residence, besides preparing prescriptions for Du Wanwan's health, she also treated the bodyguards' injuries, and was very skilled at treating external injuries. She first cleaned and disinfected Pei Xingyao's wound, applied wound medicine, and bandaged it again with gauze.
"Don't touch water these days, and don't get too stuffy. Tell me immediately if you feel uncomfortable. Assistant Pei, only when you feel better can you better protect the young lady."
Yu Jiani gave instructions and packed up the medicine box. After thinking for a moment, she bowed her head and admitted her mistake to Du Wanwan: "I'm sorry, this matter is all my negligence. I didn't fulfill my duties as a family doctor."
"I know you were worried about me, so you forgot about it in your busy schedule." Du Wanwan's voice was gentle, but without any emotion. "Don't do it again."
The four words seemed to hit her heart. Yu Jiani's heart trembled, and she remembered them firmly: "Yes."
"Thank you for your hard work. Go to Director Hu to apply for a special work badge so you can get in and out more easily." Du Wanwan sent a number to her phone. "If you can't open the elevator or can't find the place, call Director Hu."
"Okay." Yu Jiani didn't dare to stay and left quickly with the medicine box.
The office door was closed again, and this time, they were the only two in the office.
Pei Xingyao knew she was going to settle accounts with everyone. The "never again" she had just said was for Yu Jiani; his punishment hadn't come yet. He stood up very obediently, his hands hanging down and his head lowered, not daring to say a word in his defense.
He could clearly feel that her gaze was always on him.
Pei Xingyao's heart gradually became tense, becoming more and more tense. He didn't know whether his action of extending his hand for her to bite and hiding his injury had touched the "limit" she had given him.
He was about to defend himself, saying that he did this because the situation was urgent and he wanted to prevent her from hurting herself unconsciously. If it wasn't her, he would have done the same if it was someone else.
But is he such a righteous man? No, he can't lie to her just to clear his name.
So, I had no choice but to wait for her punishment in silence and anxiety.
I don’t know how long it took before I heard Du Wanwan speak.
"Do you think human life is valuable?"
Pei Xingyao moved his lips and was about to speak when Du Wanwan spoke first.
"I know you'll say no, there's no distinction between high and low human lives, but in your heart, I'm more precious than you in every way. You did it willingly, so I don't need to feel guilty or burdened. You don't feel hurt by being able to do something for the person you love; you even find it a little sweet."
"You did it because you love me and want to protect me."
Pei Xingyao's open lips closed tightly.
Yes, that's what he meant to say.
"But, Pei Xingyao." For the first time, Du Wanwan didn't address him as "Assistant Pei," but called him by his full name. "No one's life is more precious than anyone else's in this world. We all only have one life. You're no less valuable than me, so don't do this."
"You have to love yourself first, then you can truly…" Du Wanwan paused, as if she was considering the words for a long time before speaking them. "Then you can truly love me. You don't have to be so humble."
Pei Xingyao's heart trembled violently.
He didn't care whether he was humble or lowly, he always looked up to her and always felt that he had no hope. From then on, he just tried to be careful about his distance, occasionally hinting at her without affecting her life, asking her to remember his love.
It was enough for her to remember his love. He did not need, nor dared to expect, her response.
He held onto a desperate calmness, tightly wrapping his heart full of love, daring only to let her see a hazy shadow, unaware...
I didn’t know that just a little bit of response would bring such great happiness.
She hadn't done anything yet, but she had made him clearly feel for the first time her heartache for him, and his heart was already trembling with fear. A warm current surged from the bottom of his heart, rushing to his limbs and bones, warming his whole body.
There is no need to say anything more. For this little concern, he can break his bones for her at any time!
"Miss, I..." Pei Xingyao suddenly looked up and wanted to say something.
As soon as he met Du Wanwan's gaze, he was stunned again.
Du Wanwan... was actually looking at him very intently.
It was as if she was studying his thoughts, worried that her words might have hurt his feelings. Or perhaps, if she seemed too concerned, it would make him think too much.
But she didn't know that the more she hesitated and delayed, the more he seemed to have a little weight in her heart.
A flash of joy exploded in his dark and deep eyes like fireworks, like bright stars suddenly reflected in the deep sea.
This brat! Du Wanwan was angry, but also a little helpless and reluctant. She frowned and shouted, "Hold out your hand! Left hand!"
Pei Xingyao looked at her steadily and infatuatedly, and like a robot, he obediently stretched out his left hand.
Then, his palm was slapped.
Pei Xingyao shuddered all over, and looked at her with his eyes slightly wide open in disbelief. The blood in his body suddenly buzzed and began to boil.
"What are you looking at? Stand still and don't hide." Du Wanwan shouted, holding a rose in her hand.
Three days ago, when there was a group of beautiful girls in the president's office, the secretaries placed a white rose on the president's desk to welcome their president, Yu.
Three days later, the rose had withered, but without Yingying Yanyan, naturally no one would replace it. It just happened that the thorns had been removed. Du Wanwan had been eyeing it for a long time and couldn't help but pull it out and hit Pei Xingyao's palm.
She did not hold Pei Xingyao's hand with her hand. She didn't have the strength to hold it anyway, and she was sure that Pei Xingyao would not dare to hide.
Pei Xingyao took the first hit.
Assistant Pei, who could fly over rooftops and walls and imitate Spider-Man with a single adhesive talisman, stumbled as she lay outside the 30th-floor window. But she regained her balance in a split second, steadying her hand so she could continue smoking.
"This will not be an example!"
He would be spanked once for each word he wrote. After four words, Du Wanwan pinched the dried rose she was using as a ruler and said sternly, "Do you remember?"
Pei Xingyao slowly withdrew his left hand, put it behind his back, and nodded: "Remember."
"You'd better remember this. If you do it again, I'll show you how I'll deal with you." Du Wanwan threw the dried rose on the table and said in a gentler tone, "Does the wound still hurt?"
Pei Xingyao shook his head: "It doesn't hurt anymore, it's really okay."
Upon hearing the words "it doesn't matter," Du Wanwan glared at him again, looking rather disappointed, and then let out a sigh. "Forget it! The CEO's office can't be empty forever. We'll be very busy for a while, and you can't handle it all by yourself. Don't force yourself to do it. Besides, good steel should be used where it's needed. You're a special assistant, so don't do trivial things like cutting off the water and serving tea. How can that be considered embarrassing? Go to the administration and HR departments and pick a few people."
She paused, sensing that he was now distracted, and repeated, "Go to the administration department, understand?"
"Yes." Pei Xingyao responded, moved his body, and reached out to the table as if he had made a great decision.
"This... is dry. I'll have someone replace it with fresh ones."
"No thanks. I'm on medication all day, so I don't want to ruin the fragrance. I might as well put some freshener in." Du Wanwan was a bit unromantic at heart, and couldn't appreciate flowers. She had just taken the antidote, and she was in high spirits. She reached out and turned on her computer to get back to work.
But even so, Pei Xingyao was still very careful and tried his best to act natural as he held the dried rose in his hand.
More than ten minutes passed before Pei Xingyao arrived at the Human Resources Department. "I'm Pei Xingyao, the president's special assistant. I'm looking for Director Fang."
The people in the Human Resources Department had long heard of this legendary special assistant. They had only heard that he was extremely capable and had an unusually aloof personality. Unexpectedly, he was such a cold and aloof nobleman, so handsome that he could easily outshine all the top stars, movie emperors, and superstars.
"..." The HR girl in charge of reception took a deep breath, blinked a few times, and walked quickly forward. "Director Fang is in the office inside. Please follow me."
Fang Zefu was dealing with someone who had been absent from work for three days without reason. When he saw Pei Xingyao walk in, he was stunned at first: "Assistant Pei, why are you here?"
Pei Xingyao briefly explained his purpose: "...I'd also like to trouble Director Fang to accompany me to the Administration Department."
"Oh, it's okay. Let's go now." Fang Zefu stood up, took the coat on the chair and put it on. His eyes fell on the bandage on his left hand and he asked in surprise: "Assistant Pei, what happened?"
Pei Xingyao lowered his head to glance at his left hand. Thinking of her concern, his expression softened a little uncontrollably: "It's just an accidental injury. It's okay. Please."
...Wasn't it still there this morning? When he and Hu Zhicheng left, he, Mr. Du, and two doctors were the only ones in the CEO's office. Could it be two female doctors who injured him?
In front of President Du, they hurt her trusted special assistant. Do the two female doctors want to quit their job?
Then there is only one possibility.
Mr. Du? Was the young lady injured?
The young lady had injured him so badly that a Band-Aid couldn't heal him and he had to use a bandage. And yet he still had a tender look in his eyes when he thought of her? ? ?
"..." Fang Zefu instantly felt that he had discovered something incredible. He didn't dare to say anything more and hurried to the administrative department with Pei Xingyao.
It was 10:37 AM when the two of them entered the administration department. Almost two hours had passed since the start of the workday, and 40 minutes had passed since 10:00, the dividing line between absenteeism and tardiness. In those 40 minutes, there was plenty of time to get a lot done.
For example, the Security Department has compiled and categorized the list of absentees for the past three days and has distributed it separately. The Human Resources Department has received the list of employees who were absent without reason and has issued an ultimatum: all those without a valid reason will be fired.
Over a hundred people, scattered across various departments, were absent from work for three days without cause. The emails were sent not only to the employees themselves but also to their department heads. This meant that the entire Runjia Entertainment Group knew who was about to be fired.
Naturally, you should also know that Yu Chong is not on the expulsion list.
At the same time, another piece of news was quietly circulating - it was said that this morning the new president personally turned on the projection screen in the president's office, stared at the attendance system, and saw with his own eyes who had been absent from work for three days without reason.
Accompanying her to watch the event were, besides her trusted special assistant, the security director, the human resources director, and... the former president, Yu Chong, who had requested to be demoted to vice president at the headquarters meeting.
Everyone knows that Hu Zhicheng was conquered by President Du. Now the human resources director followed the president's special assistant to the administrative department to select people, which means that Director Fang is also President Du's man.
Among the four people who met with Du Wanwan this morning, three were Mr. Du’s men. What was the identity of the remaining one? Need I say more?
Jiang Jin sat in the farthest corner of the administration department, trying to reduce his presence. He quietly watched as the legendary Assistant Pei greeted the executive director and selected three members of the administration department, two women and one man, saying they would be seconded to the president's office to serve as assistants temporarily.
Assistant Pei didn't even look at anyone's resume. He nodded and told whoever the Executive Director wanted to go to the CEO's office to immediately pack up and take up his position. With such perfunctory and sloppy thinking, was he really selecting someone for the CEO's office?
Or...
Jiang Jin's face gradually turned pale. He didn't dare to look at her any more. He hid in his workstation, wanting to shrink behind the computer screen. He didn't dare to come out until Assistant Pei left.
The vague feeling he had yesterday that something was wrong came flooding back. He felt like... cannon fodder.
He was used by Yu Chong and helped Yu Chong get the most favorable information, but Yu Chong gave him nothing.
Maybe he can no longer afford it, or maybe... Yu Chong won't give it to him anymore.
Perhaps he is actually Du Wanwan's man, and he is acting out a drama with Du Wanwan just to find out those people in the group who are dissatisfied with Du Wanwan.
Just as he was thinking this, his cell phone suddenly vibrated several times.
Jiang Jin picked it up and looked at it, his face turned pale. Before his brain could react, his body moved first -
It was as if my hands had their own consciousness. I first quit a WeChat group, and then blocked several people.
It was not until he had done everything that he belatedly remembered the WeChat messages he had just seen.
[Xiao Jiang, are you at the company today? Quickly open the attendance system and approve my leave request! Quick! My job depends on you! Please help me this one time, please! I'll be grateful to you in the future!]
They were all on the list of those absent from work on the third day. They had all arrived last and wanted to clock in at around 10:00, but the clock-in system was already down, not allowing them to use lateness as an excuse. Just now, they had all received an ultimatum from the Human Resources Department, demanding an explanation for their three days of absence.
Their requests for leave from the previous two days were all rejected and can no longer be changed. The only change that can be made is today's. As long as they have a valid reason for being late or taking leave on the third day, it won't count as an unexcused absence. They will only be counted as two days of unexcused absence. As long as they're not fired, even if they have a year's performance deduction or even six months' salary deduction for two days of absence, it's fine!
As long as you don’t get fired!
How can I avoid being fired? Of course there is only one way, to approve the leave application. It just so happens that everyone knows that there is a person named Yu Chong in the administrative department, so wouldn’t I just ask Jiang Jin for help?
But what they didn't expect was that after sending the first message asking for help, they didn't see Jiang Jin's reply for a long time. They wanted to confirm, urge Jiang Jin, and send the message again, but it didn't go through!
They were blocked by Jiang Jin!
Everyone's mind buzzed.
They were already anxious and didn't think much, but could only think of one possibility -
Jiang Jin was Yu Chong's man, so of course he followed Yu Chong's instructions. How could a small administrative employee like him dare to offend the management?
It must have been Yu Chong who asked him to do it!
Last night, they'd been coaxed into not coming to work with sweet talk, and continued their absences. Today, they'd changed their minds, so Yu Chong had his own people prevent them from asking for leave. Yu Chong had truly cut off their escape routes, determined to use them as cannon fodder, leaving them no room for refusal!
But why? Why should they fire him just because he's still the vice president?
Doesn't he know the consequences of being fired? Doesn't he know how many of them have worked so hard to climb to their current positions in Runjia Entertainment?
Everyone was so angry that they rushed into Yu Chong's office without thinking.
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