Chapter 35
It was said that all event coordinators needed to be present by 3 PM.
It was three o'clock, and Jiang Lan and the others from Group A had been there for quite a while, waiting for about twenty minutes, but they still hadn't received a single message.
Jiang Lan couldn't contain herself and asked in the group chat: When are you coming? All the people in charge of coordinating the event have already arrived.
The other party usually doesn't reply to the first message.
Jiang Lan then tagged several other people, pressing them for answers.
Only then did someone from the other side respond.
Are there only a few of you? Didn't the department head come?
Jiang Lan's anger flared up instantly, and she slammed her phone on the table and started cursing.
"What? Are all the people in these companies acting strangely these days?"
"Does Ah Dong treat us like his own subordinates, while people from other companies treat us like their own beasts of burden?"
"Are you crazy?"
Xia Ling glanced at them with indifferent eyes from her workstation.
Xia Ling: Everyone's waiting for you. When exactly are you coming? If I remember correctly, we've set the time for 3 PM.
Where are the marketing team members who were in charge of liaising with the event?
Has Mr. Shi, the person I spoke with, arrived yet?
Xia Ling looked up at them.
The members of Group A were also puzzled.
"It didn't say the marketing department needed to be involved, did it? The current process should already be handled by us, so why would we need the marketing department's involvement?"
"They really have a lot of influence. I'd like to see who this person is, able to get almost half the company to come and work overtime with just a word."
“Hey, can someone go check on the marketing department? I don’t know the people there.”
"It's impossible for them to come. It's the weekend, and no one invited them. Why would they come?"
Because of Ah Dong, most people didn't want to go over and negotiate with people from another department.
When this topic came up, they all made excuses and refused to contact each other.
Xia Ling sighed softly and was about to get up to go and take a look when she heard hurried footsteps coming from the doorway.
"I'm here, I'm here."
Shi Xiyu walked in quickly with her head down. As she spoke, she replied to a message in the group: I'm here too. When will your company's people arrive?
The operations team was somewhat surprised to see Shi Xiyu.
"Manager Shi, what's wrong...?"
Shi Xiyu's face showed impatience: "I'm afraid they'll use some excuse to trip me up again. Didn't the group message this morning say that all the relevant liaisons had to come? I called Xiaoqiao too, and we're sitting in the office."
"I knew they were up to no good. I also want to see who these people are that have dragged this out for so long! I've never seen such a fussy and troublesome bunch! They better really have something on their mind!"
Ten minutes later, the other company's representatives finally arrived.
The woman at the head was dressed head to toe in high-end custom-made clothing, with a new bag from this year slung over her arm.
Her makeup was exquisite, but her eyes, when she looked at people, carried a scrutinizing and contemptuous look.
Looking around, he scrutinized everyone from head to toe, his gaze finally settling on Shi Xiyu.
"Who are you?"
Shi Xiyu extended her hand: "Hello, I am Shi Xiyu, the Marketing Director."
"Oh." The woman lightly shook Shi Xiyu's hand, then turned to Xia Ling. "So you're Xia Ling?"
Xia Ling nodded and extended her hand as well: "Hello."
The woman crossed her arms, looked Xia Ling up and down for a while, and then snorted.
"Come on, all of you, sit down. I'd like to talk to you about the planning of this event."
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When Chu Muchao arrived, it was almost four o'clock.
It was surprisingly congested today.
When the driver said that there might be a traffic jam of about half an hour, Chu Muchao became visibly restless.
Chu Wen took her hand, held it in his palm, and stroked it to comfort her.
"What's the matter that's so urgent? Is there anything I can do for you?"
Chu Muchao didn't know what to say.
She couldn't very well tell Chu Wen that she was bound to a system, and the system had warned her that someone was going to encounter trouble, and she needed to rush over to help.
Chu Wen must think she's lost her mind.
I rushed as fast as I could and finally arrived at the company before four o'clock.
The journey upstairs was smooth and unobstructed.
As soon as the elevator doors opened, I could hear arguing coming from inside, even from a distance of about ten meters down the corridor.
Chu Muchao quickly recognized the voice.
Xia Ling, Shi Xiyu, and Jiang Lan.
"Brother, take your time, or wait for me here. I'm going to help with a fight and I'll be right back!"
With that, Chu Muchao jogged through the glass door.
Chu Wen was left standing in the corridor, pausing for two seconds in confusion.
What did his well-behaved, cute, and spoiled little sister say?
She said... she's going to help with an argument?
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“I resigned from my previous company for personal reasons, but I have a clear conscience. You're making baseless accusations that I was someone's mistress, so why should I prove my innocence? Tell me, who was I my mistress for, and where did you see that?”
Chu Muchao had just entered the office when he heard Xia Ling speaking.
His voice was loud and firm, just like the one he had when he ran into the scumbag beating up in the mall that day.
The woman opposite him was arrogant and haughty.
"Why should I tell you? In short, I saw it, and you're the other woman!"
"What kind of trash company are you? You hire a mistress to be a manager in your company?"
"Hey, what's it like working under a mistress? I'm ashamed to even tell anyone!"
Jiang Lan's voice was sharp, but her stance was clear.
"You keep talking about being a mistress, but you can't come up with any evidence? Are you here to cause trouble or to discuss work?"
"I ask you, you've delayed our work for half a month just because you couldn't find a mistress and had nowhere else to vent your anger, so you came here to vent it on us? Let me warn you! We're not people to be trifled with!"
Shi Xiyu also stood beside Xia Ling, her tone firm.
"Just because a contract is signed doesn't mean it has to be fulfilled. You have repeatedly delayed the work progress unjustly, and the work cannot be carried out because of your reasons. If the event does not go live as scheduled, our company will pursue the matter to the end!"
Wow.
The three of them were indeed very strong in combat.
As expected of Xia Ling, who beat up the scumbag's third leg, and Shi Xiyu, who angrily scolded the client for refusing to accompany him to drinks and other bad behaviors!
There's also Jiang Lan, who single-handedly uncovered the secrets of the entire building.
The woman was speechless after being rebuked and remained silent for a long while.
Suddenly remembering something, he let out a cold laugh.
"You want me to expose you in front of so many people? Fine, I'll give you that. Your ex-boyfriend's surname is Ren, your previous company was XX Network, your ex-boyfriend's current girlfriend is the daughter of your company's boss, and she's a manager there. Your job was got to you through an inside referral by your ex-boyfriend! What excuse do you have?!"
Xia Ling was stunned.
It's not because the other party hit the nail on the head, stating the specific information so accurately, yet completely contradicting the facts.
The atmosphere became tense when Xia Ling did not immediately refute him.
What does it mean to not speak?
Could it be that what they said actually came true?
Shi Xiyu glanced at Xia Ling and quickly realized what was going on.
He reached out and pulled Xia Ling, then stepped forward to shield her behind him, looking directly at her.
"Miss, if I remember correctly, the purpose of your visit to the company today was to discuss the event planning with us in person. However, you were half an hour late and spent another half an hour gossiping, without giving us a single extra minute to work. You called seventeen people from our company to work overtime with you today just to listen to you gossip about others?"
The woman crossed her arms and sneered, "What, now you're not saying I'm spreading rumors? Now you want to talk about work?"
Shi Xiyu frowned: "We are partners, and the purpose of so many people coming here today is also for work. If we don't talk about work, what should we talk about?"
Woman: "What if I insist on finishing the story? What if I don't want to talk about work?"
Shi Xiyu retorted, "Then let me ask you, why should I give you time to finish speaking when we are just business partners?"
The woman pulled out her trump card: "If you dare to leave, I'll tell my dad that you breached the contract! I'll have him make trouble for you!"
Upon hearing this, those around understood.
The woman causing trouble in front of us is also the daughter of the other company's boss.
Chu Muchao listened for a long time.
She thought she wouldn't need to intervene; with the fighting power of these three older sisters, there wouldn't be any problem.
But who knew that Xia Ling wouldn't tell the truth.
She didn't understand.
The system spoke.
She believes that the other girl was also a victim of a cheating husband and a mistress, and was unwilling to expose her information, thus causing her further harm.
Chu Muchao: But the premise of not letting others get hurt is to protect yourself first, right?
Chu Muchao walked over, clapped his hands, and drew attention to him.
The woman glanced at Chu Muchao sideways, sizing him up: "And who are you? Judging from your appearance..."
Chu Muchao interrupted her: "If you spread rumors about me, I won't let you off the hook. Just a heads up."
The woman rolled her eyes: "Are you crazy? You're overdoing it!"
Someone reached out and tugged at the woman's arm from behind, whispering, "She's the only daughter of the Chu family."
The woman froze upon hearing the voice, staring at Chu Muchao's face in disbelief.
Chu Muchao narrowed her eyes at her and smiled slightly.
"So, I advise you to stop spreading rumors about me."
Although the woman was unconvinced, she finally shut up.
“If I hadn’t run into Director Xia Ling while shopping with my friend, and witnessed her beating up the cheating scumbag and persuading another girl, who was unaware of the affair, to leave him, I would have been influenced by the rumors you spread.”
As Chu Muchao spoke, he took out his phone and called Xu Sui.
“It’s a coincidence that I have a friend who knows people from Director Xia Ling’s former company. We’ve called the other two parties involved over today to clarify things in person, so you don’t need to make Director Xia Ling prove her innocence.”
"Oh... no need then, everyone's pretty busy..."
The woman immediately cowered.
Chu Muchao, however, disagreed.
"How can we let it go? Haven't you been spreading rumors for days?"
The woman reached out to grab the phone, but a man who appeared from behind grabbed her wrist and forcefully pushed her away.
"Don't lay a hand on her!"
The man shouted coldly.
Chu Muchao turned around and glanced at Chu Wen, then smiled at him.
When the call connected, she said, "Call those two people I mentioned over here."
The woman was about to leave before the call was even over.
Chu Muchao grasped her arm.
"It's ironic that you're spreading rumors about another victim, while that victim chooses to remain silent and not refute you in person because they don't want the victim of being a third party to be hurt a second time."
"I don't know why you would use slander and defamation to hurt another victim, but today we must confront each other and make things clear. You're not leaving!"
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