Translator: RandomAlex
Editor: Makoto
For Qi Jingshu, who was conscious of being a little newcomer, the polite friendship between acquaintances had nothing to do with her. She only needed to bow her head shyly and eat the few dishes in front of her in silence.
Nonetheless, even if she was shy, Cao Jing didn’t want to let her go.
She was an only child, and born with a golden spoon in her mouth. Spoiled so much by her parents, wanting the stars but not the moon, she has never tasted hardship.
(TNote: wanting the starts but not the moon = coddled since young/ getting everything but the responsibility.)
Her husband, Zhao Guang, was the first, but soon, as they entered college, the poor Zhao Guang also treated her attentively. Although Cao Jing knew that this man was not what he appeared to be, so what?
As long as her father was still there, as long as her company was still there, Zhao Guang would have to bow down and be a good husband and son-in-law.
Accurately speaking, Cao Jing didn’t like Zhao Guang. Still, she loved his handsome face, the envious eyes when others got to know that her husband was such an excellent man, and the bunch of flowers she received from him after work every time.
Such a perfect, enviable husband, how could she allow him to have someone else in his heart?
She raised her glass, and all the people present stopped and looked up when they saw her movements.
The news that Cao Jing was the daughter of the company’s CEO had spread throughout the company almost as soon as she joined the company. On top of that, her husband was Manager Zhao, and there was absolutely no doubt about her status.
Qi Jingshu was not talking. Seeing that everyone around her was quiet, she put down her chopsticks, looked at her with a pair of quiet and delicate eyes, and confronted Cao Jing’s dark gaze.
“Today is our orientation party. Why don’t we let our new colleagues perform a talent?”
Cao Jing hadn’t intended to be so eager, but the way her husband had been distracted since he came in really offended her, and she couldn’t wait to see Qi Jingshu make a fool of herself.
Her ordinary face evoked a proud smile, and her eyes looked defiantly at Qi Jingshu.
The scene was quieter than before.
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what Director Cao was trying to do.
Everyone came to work in the company, why should they show their talents? In front of so many people, even in ancient times, there was no such thing.
A few of the newcomers were even more unsure what to do and looked at each other, but no one said anything.
“It seems that our new colleagues are very shy. How about this. Jingshu, you come and sing a song for us all. You’re pretty and have such a nice voice. Just think of it as something fun. ”
Cao Jing didn’t even try to hide it, directly urging Qi Jingshu up.
Now even the slowest person could see that Director Cao was clearly targeting newcomer Qi Jingshu.
The people in the office were either old fogies who wouldn’t dare to openly speak up for the person the CEO’s daughter is targeting, or newcomers who don’t even have a handle on things and wouldn’t even dare to take the plunge.
This was an internal gathering within their department. Except for Zhao Guang, the venue was full of small staff members, and no one spoke out for a while.
Cao Jing smugly waited for Qi Jingshu to get up and sing like a songstress, but she forgot that the Qi Jingshu who was bullied by her and didn’t dare to resist was only a teenager, but the Qi Jingshu now was not.
“Sorry, I can’t sing.”
Qi Jingshu sat safely in her seat with a pair of bright eyes, looking eye to eye with Cao Jing.
She was calm on the surface, but the slender fingers under the table were trembling slightly, and the memories of the past came out like seawater, constantly beating against the shore.
However, she knew she couldn’t bow her head.
On the first day of her employment, if she sang in front of so many colleagues at the dinner table, not in a karaoke place, nor in any other places for fun, if she really did this, wouldn’t she write the words ‘easy target’ on her own face?
Qi Jingshu’s head throbbed with pain, like the pain from when she had been pushed and shoved into the wall and her head banged. Regardless, she was still determined, unafraid in the slightest, to look straight at Cao Jing.
There were a few seconds of silence at the table again, and an old-timer was busy smiling and chatted away, “It’s normal that you can’t sing, I’m not very good at singing either. Come on, let’s continue to eat.”
He was trying to ease the atmosphere, but Cao Jing didn’t appreciate it at all. She never thought that Qi Jingshu would dare to resist her. She made no secret of her gloomy face, which was almost a command. “You can’t sing, can’t you dance? Even if you can’t dance, it’s just a few wiggles. We’re all on the same team here, what are you afraid of?”
This was already an insult, to say the least.
Just when the colleague next to her secretly sweated for this newcomer, Qi Jingshu’s face remained unchanged, and her lips subconsciously curved up in a gentle curve like Wei Mingyan.
—- ‘Jing Shu, a fight with someone is like a catfight. First of all, you can’t be weak. Don’t overlook the fact that every time I have a conflict with someone, I smile. In fact, the more I act indifferent, the more they feel guilty.’
—-‘And in a fight, it’s not just about who’s loud, it’s also about being reasonable. As the saying goes, you can’t beat a smiling face with an extended hand. It’s not that you don’t hit the other person if you smile, it’s just that if you smile nicely in public, if that person is aggressive, even if it’s not his fault, it’s still is.’
(TNote: you can’t beat a smiling face with an extended hand = meaning, even if the other party is wrong, a smile means they had already admitted and apologize/ does not seem guilty/ does not understand they are wrong; you should not go overboard and hit them.)
The man who clearly looked like a gentle and good-natured man smiled said, ‘Anyway, just remember, if you’re starting an argument in front of a lot of people, be sure to act lighthearted as if you’re a banished fairy, the more pissed off the other person is, the more reasonable you’ll be. ‘
Her boyfriend’s words seemed to stay in her ears. Qi Jingshu’s fingers under the table trembled gently as her heartbeat accelerated. On the surface, she was indifferent. As she spoke, her voice was crisp and pleasant to hear, as if it had entered people’s hearts.
“Sorry, Director Cao, I haven’t learned anything, but if you would let me demonstrate my work now, I brought a computer. ”
A woman dressed in a pale-yellow dress sat at the table, with delicate and pretty facial features on her white cheeks, her eyes were very beautiful and bright. When she looked straight at the head seat, Zhao Guang, who was sitting next to Cao Jing, felt his heart skipped a beat.
It’s reasonable to say that if Qi Jingshu has gotten this far, Cao Jing would have to stop, even if it came to nothing. However, she looked at the opposite person’s smooth skin, like a freshly peeled egg, and thought that even if she used the most expensive skincare products, she would still have acne marks on her face. Her jealousy became a bushfire that can’t be stopped.
She managed to pull out a smile. “It’s okay. Dancing is just a wiggle, it doesn’t require any skill, you just stand there…”
“When I came to apply, the company regulations didn’t say that I had to learn to dance as an employee.” Qi Jingshu sat under the spotlight, the smile on her clear and pretty face unchanged, and her voice gentle and mild as she said, “If this rule is to be added now, would Director Cao be willing to teach us on the spot?”
Jingshu didn’t have lipstick on, but they had a natural redness to it. At first glance, even her surroundings seemed to be brightened a bit by this pretty face. “It’s just a wiggle, Director Cao doesn’t mind, right?”
The audience became silent.
Hit in the face by the words she spoke, Cao Jing’s face darkened.
How could she be willing to dance in front of so many people? That would be like being treated as a monkey!
How could Qi Jingshu have the courage to resist her?
Isn’t she afraid that she’s going to give her a hard time later!?
Now, everyone was staring at her. Cao Jing’s heart was agitated. Her pair of cold eyes glanced at her husband beside her. Zhao Guang immediately raised his glass with a gentle smile and said loudly, “Come, comrades. Let’s raise a toast to our new colleagues and welcome them to the team.”
No matter what people thought in their hearts, they all squeezed out smiling faces and held cups to drink with their superiors.
Qi Jingshu raised her glass with a shallow smile and a steady hand. She tilted her head back to take a drink, echoed the words of those around her from time to time, and always kept a polite smile on her face.
She also learned this trick from Mingyan. He said that a smile was the most infectious thing in existence, and even if she had just finished arguing with the higher-ups, and that person was angry with her, seeing her smile like that will make their heart feel even worse.
Qi Jingshu held up her glass, and seemed to look up unintentionally. She happened to see the woman sitting in the main seat with a sullen face and a bold look. She suddenly felt that the person she was afraid of before was actually not so scary at all.
She was not a child who knew nothing now. If she chose to, Cao Jing couldn’t bully her in front of all these people.
After thinking about this, the smile on Qi Jingshu’s face was even happier.
When she was happy, Cao Jing was unhappy.
She glared at the man next to her with a cold face. “Useless things, I have been bullied like that, but I didn’t see you stand up and speak for me.”
Zhao Guang’s face showed some guilt, and his voice explained softly, “You were really unreasonable just now, if today’s things got out …”
“So what if it comes out?!”
Cao Jing resentfully interrupted him, “With my Dad around, how dare they spread gossip!?”
“Coward! Why did I marry a man like you?”
Zhao Guang looked like he’s been trained to keep his dignity, but was filled with hatred when no one was looking at him.
Her husband bowed his head, but Cao Jing was still not satisfied. As long as she thought that the girl who was always allowed people to bully her now dared to trip her up in front of so many people, her heart seemed to be flooded with magma, and it burned all over her.
As the meal continued, Qi Jingshu remained reserved and ate her food, hardly ever getting another chance to interact with her, and Cao Jing never found an opportunity to do so.
When it was over, she looked at Qi Jingshu and stood up. As if she was holding a fire in her heart, her eyes landed on Jingshu’s knee-length skirt, and she came up with an idea.
The meal was over, and everyone was going back one by one.
Qi Jingshu kept a smile on her face, exchanging greetings with her colleagues around her, and was about to walk out of the hotel, relieved that she had made up her mind to resign.
Although Cao Jing couldn’t do anything about it this time, this woman was like a poisonous snake. She couldn’t guarantee that she wouldn’t get caught in the road in the future, so that would just have to be avoided.
She was thinking about something when suddenly she tripped and stumbled, and almost fell down.
Fortunately, someone helped her to stand firm.
“Thank you.”
Qi Jingshu hurriedly thanked him, trying to withdraw her held arm, but she was held by the man and couldn’t pull back.
She looked at the past in disbelief. Isn’t this man Cao Jing’s husband? They seem to call him …
“Zhao Guang! What are you doing!”
Cao Jing’s livid voice came from one side. Qi Jingshu didn’t react, but she saw that the man who seemed a little familiar loosened his arm as if he had been scalded by fire. He shook her hand, feeling a little pinched, and was about to leave, but Cao Jing, that woman walked over menacingly on her heels.
“What are you doing touching her!”
The woman’s long manicure hand almost poked her face, so Qi Jingshu took a step back and looked at Cao Jing like she had a mental illness.
How come after all these years, she’s getting crazier and crazier.
Zhao Guang patiently explained, “Dear, I just helped a little. It’s not what you think.”
“Helped a little? Heh. Holding on and not letting go, right? You can’t leave until you make it clear to me today.”
The woman’s domineering, sharp voice rang out in front of the hotel, almost immediately attracting the attention of passersby as well as colleagues who haven’t left yet. Zhao Guang was looked at by a variety of eyes, and his eyes also took on a bit of indignation.
The reason he married Cao Jing is because of her father behind her, and because this woman liked him so much, she could be coaxed. However, after he got married, Cao Jing showed her true colors.
This is not allowed, that is not allowed. Sniffing his clothes like a dog. if he dared to even talk to a woman, she would break things like a madman. Zhao Guang hated her, but he was thinking about the Cao family’s property.
He endured and endured, but this woman pushed her luck too far.
Zhao Guang closed his eyes, pressed down the disgust in his eyes, and forced out a smile on his face. “Jingjing, it’s really not what you think. Everyone saw it. I just gave her a hand.”
“Come on, aren’t you always thinking about this old lover? Now, you’ve got a good opportunity, grab it and don’t let go, right?!”
It dawned on the colleagues around them who had been wondering why Cao Jing was targeting a newcomer.
A long overdue grudge.
Qi Jingshu suddenly frowned. “Director Cao, I didn’t know when I became Manager Zhao’s old lover?”
“Why are you pretending, didn’t you write him a love letter before? What? Do you want me to help you remember your past, it was written in there…”
“Cao Jing!”
Qi Jingshu snapped her unfinished words, and she looked at her Zhao Guang with disgust, only to think that this person was the culprit who knew it was not her, but still kept silent.
Before that happened, she never noticed Zhao Guang in class. After that, Zhao Guang avoided her. It was normal to forget after so many years.
Qi Jingshu has always wondered why Cao Jing targeted her like this, even almost driving her to death when they didn’t even know each other. However, now that she knew the truth, she felt a little indignant in her heart.
“Who you like is your choice, and there are limits to your self-importance. Not everyone likes your husband as much as you do.”
“Director Cao, I won’t come to the company tomorrow. There’s no point in staying in a company that makes their newcomers sing and dance.”
She was cold and her words were strong as she said, “Also, I have a boyfriend, and I hope that you and your partner will stop saying unnecessary things. Otherwise, I’ll see you in court.”
After hearing what Qi Jingshu said, the haze that Zhao Guang had been covering up could no longer be held back, as he looked at the woman he had liked for many years.
She had a boyfriend?
After one dinner, she inadvertently found out why she went through all that suffering. The gentle-tempered Qi Jingshu was also seething at the moment.
She took her bag, stopped looking at the crowd, and went down the steps with anger.
A shiny luxury car turned a corner and stopped in front of Qi Jingshu. Just as she frowned and intended to go around, the door opened, and Wei Mingyan, dressed in a stif suit, and looking handsome with a shallow smile, got out of the car.
“Jingshu, have you finished your meal with your colleagues? I came to pick you up.”
When he saw the look of residual anger on Qi Jingshu’s face, his smile fell. “What’s wrong? Did someone upset you?”
Cao Jing and Zhao Guang both stared straight at the two people standing in front of the luxury car, and someone behind them sucked in their breath. “That car is the new R series. A car that’s worth a house in the capital.”
“This is Qi Jingshu’s boyfriend? So handsome, and so rich… I’m so envious…” An employee saw Cao Jing’s gloomy face before he finished speaking, and hurriedly abruptly withdrew the words hidden in his throat.
Cao Jing also saw Wei Mingyan’s appearance, which was indeed much better than Zhao Guang standing next to her. Knowing that Qi Jingshu had no idea about Zhao Guang, she was even more angry, sneered and mocked, “It seems that he is just a small white face, who is kept by a rich woman and raises another woman with the money.”
(TNote: Little white face = a kept man/ gold digging man/ boy-toy)
As soon as she finished speaking, Wei Mingyan gently touched his girlfriend’s head as reassurance, and turned to look at this large group of people who were still drunk, and fixed his eyes on Cao Jing. “Director is it? I’m sorry, Jingshu may not be able to adapt to your company’s talent and performance culture, but I know Chief Cao and will talk to him about Jingshu’s departure.”
Chief Cao …
He knows her father?
Cao Jing’s eyes suddenly widened, but she saw that the handsome man turned to open the door of the co-pilot, gently helped Qi Jingshu in, watched her sit down, and then came to the driver’s seat, opened the door, smiled politely at the crowd and nodded, and got in the car.
The luxury car, worth a set of properties in the capital, drove away at a distance, and Zhao Guang stood rigidly in place from start to finish. Neither the woman he liked nor the man who stole Jingshu had ever looked at him.
It’s like he didn’t deserve their attention at all.
Cao Jing’s cell phone rang, and she was in a trance because Wei Mingyan said he knew her Dad. She pressed the hands-free and Father Cao’s angry voice came out.
“Jingjing, how could you provoke Chief Wei? I’m trying to get on good terms with him over here. It’s fine if you don’t help me, but why are you offending him?!”
Wei … Chief Wei…
Translator: RandomAlex
Editor: Makoto
For Qi Jingshu, who was conscious of being a little newcomer, the polite friendship between acquaintances had nothing to do with her. She only needed to bow her head shyly and eat the few dishes in front of her in silence.
Nonetheless, even if she was shy, Cao Jing didn’t want to let her go.
She was an only child, and born with a golden spoon in her mouth. Spoiled so much by her parents, wanting the stars but not the moon, she has never tasted hardship.
(TNote: wanting the starts but not the moon = coddled since young/ getting everything but the responsibility.)
Her husband, Zhao Guang, was the first, but soon, as they entered college, the poor Zhao Guang also treated her attentively. Although Cao Jing knew that this man was not what he appeared to be, so what?
As long as her father was still there, as long as her company was still there, Zhao Guang would have to bow down and be a good husband and son-in-law.
Accurately speaking, Cao Jing didn’t like Zhao Guang. Still, she loved his handsome face, the envious eyes when others got to know that her husband was such an excellent man, and the bunch of flowers she received from him after work every time.
Such a perfect, enviable husband, how could she allow him to have someone else in his heart?
She raised her glass, and all the people present stopped and looked up when they saw her movements.
The news that Cao Jing was the daughter of the company’s CEO had spread throughout the company almost as soon as she joined the company. On top of that, her husband was Manager Zhao, and there was absolutely no doubt about her status.
Qi Jingshu was not talking. Seeing that everyone around her was quiet, she put down her chopsticks, looked at her with a pair of quiet and delicate eyes, and confronted Cao Jing’s dark gaze.
“Today is our orientation party. Why don’t we let our new colleagues perform a talent?”
Cao Jing hadn’t intended to be so eager, but the way her husband had been distracted since he came in really offended her, and she couldn’t wait to see Qi Jingshu make a fool of herself.
Her ordinary face evoked a proud smile, and her eyes looked defiantly at Qi Jingshu.
The scene was quieter than before.
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what Director Cao was trying to do.
Everyone came to work in the company, why should they show their talents? In front of so many people, even in ancient times, there was no such thing.
A few of the newcomers were even more unsure what to do and looked at each other, but no one said anything.
“It seems that our new colleagues are very shy. How about this. Jingshu, you come and sing a song for us all. You’re pretty and have such a nice voice. Just think of it as something fun. ”
Cao Jing didn’t even try to hide it, directly urging Qi Jingshu up.
Now even the slowest person could see that Director Cao was clearly targeting newcomer Qi Jingshu.
The people in the office were either old fogies who wouldn’t dare to openly speak up for the person the CEO’s daughter is targeting, or newcomers who don’t even have a handle on things and wouldn’t even dare to take the plunge.
This was an internal gathering within their department. Except for Zhao Guang, the venue was full of small staff members, and no one spoke out for a while.
Cao Jing smugly waited for Qi Jingshu to get up and sing like a songstress, but she forgot that the Qi Jingshu who was bullied by her and didn’t dare to resist was only a teenager, but the Qi Jingshu now was not.
“Sorry, I can’t sing.”
Qi Jingshu sat safely in her seat with a pair of bright eyes, looking eye to eye with Cao Jing.
She was calm on the surface, but the slender fingers under the table were trembling slightly, and the memories of the past came out like seawater, constantly beating against the shore.
However, she knew she couldn’t bow her head.
On the first day of her employment, if she sang in front of so many colleagues at the dinner table, not in a karaoke place, nor in any other places for fun, if she really did this, wouldn’t she write the words ‘easy target’ on her own face?
Qi Jingshu’s head throbbed with pain, like the pain from when she had been pushed and shoved into the wall and her head banged. Regardless, she was still determined, unafraid in the slightest, to look straight at Cao Jing.
There were a few seconds of silence at the table again, and an old-timer was busy smiling and chatted away, “It’s normal that you can’t sing, I’m not very good at singing either. Come on, let’s continue to eat.”
He was trying to ease the atmosphere, but Cao Jing didn’t appreciate it at all. She never thought that Qi Jingshu would dare to resist her. She made no secret of her gloomy face, which was almost a command. “You can’t sing, can’t you dance? Even if you can’t dance, it’s just a few wiggles. We’re all on the same team here, what are you afraid of?”
This was already an insult, to say the least.
Just when the colleague next to her secretly sweated for this newcomer, Qi Jingshu’s face remained unchanged, and her lips subconsciously curved up in a gentle curve like Wei Mingyan.
—- ‘Jing Shu, a fight with someone is like a catfight. First of all, you can’t be weak. Don’t overlook the fact that every time I have a conflict with someone, I smile. In fact, the more I act indifferent, the more they feel guilty.’
—-‘And in a fight, it’s not just about who’s loud, it’s also about being reasonable. As the saying goes, you can’t beat a smiling face with an extended hand. It’s not that you don’t hit the other person if you smile, it’s just that if you smile nicely in public, if that person is aggressive, even if it’s not his fault, it’s still is.’
(TNote: you can’t beat a smiling face with an extended hand = meaning, even if the other party is wrong, a smile means they had already admitted and apologize/ does not seem guilty/ does not understand they are wrong; you should not go overboard and hit them.)
The man who clearly looked like a gentle and good-natured man smiled said, ‘Anyway, just remember, if you’re starting an argument in front of a lot of people, be sure to act lighthearted as if you’re a banished fairy, the more pissed off the other person is, the more reasonable you’ll be. ‘
Her boyfriend’s words seemed to stay in her ears. Qi Jingshu’s fingers under the table trembled gently as her heartbeat accelerated. On the surface, she was indifferent. As she spoke, her voice was crisp and pleasant to hear, as if it had entered people’s hearts.
“Sorry, Director Cao, I haven’t learned anything, but if you would let me demonstrate my work now, I brought a computer. ”
A woman dressed in a pale-yellow dress sat at the table, with delicate and pretty facial features on her white cheeks, her eyes were very beautiful and bright. When she looked straight at the head seat, Zhao Guang, who was sitting next to Cao Jing, felt his heart skipped a beat.
It’s reasonable to say that if Qi Jingshu has gotten this far, Cao Jing would have to stop, even if it came to nothing. However, she looked at the opposite person’s smooth skin, like a freshly peeled egg, and thought that even if she used the most expensive skincare products, she would still have acne marks on her face. Her jealousy became a bushfire that can’t be stopped.
She managed to pull out a smile. “It’s okay. Dancing is just a wiggle, it doesn’t require any skill, you just stand there…”
“When I came to apply, the company regulations didn’t say that I had to learn to dance as an employee.” Qi Jingshu sat under the spotlight, the smile on her clear and pretty face unchanged, and her voice gentle and mild as she said, “If this rule is to be added now, would Director Cao be willing to teach us on the spot?”
Jingshu didn’t have lipstick on, but they had a natural redness to it. At first glance, even her surroundings seemed to be brightened a bit by this pretty face. “It’s just a wiggle, Director Cao doesn’t mind, right?”
The audience became silent.
Hit in the face by the words she spoke, Cao Jing’s face darkened.
How could she be willing to dance in front of so many people? That would be like being treated as a monkey!
How could Qi Jingshu have the courage to resist her?
Isn’t she afraid that she’s going to give her a hard time later!?
Now, everyone was staring at her. Cao Jing’s heart was agitated. Her pair of cold eyes glanced at her husband beside her. Zhao Guang immediately raised his glass with a gentle smile and said loudly, “Come, comrades. Let’s raise a toast to our new colleagues and welcome them to the team.”
No matter what people thought in their hearts, they all squeezed out smiling faces and held cups to drink with their superiors.
Qi Jingshu raised her glass with a shallow smile and a steady hand. She tilted her head back to take a drink, echoed the words of those around her from time to time, and always kept a polite smile on her face.
She also learned this trick from Mingyan. He said that a smile was the most infectious thing in existence, and even if she had just finished arguing with the higher-ups, and that person was angry with her, seeing her smile like that will make their heart feel even worse.
Qi Jingshu held up her glass, and seemed to look up unintentionally. She happened to see the woman sitting in the main seat with a sullen face and a bold look. She suddenly felt that the person she was afraid of before was actually not so scary at all.
She was not a child who knew nothing now. If she chose to, Cao Jing couldn’t bully her in front of all these people.
After thinking about this, the smile on Qi Jingshu’s face was even happier.
When she was happy, Cao Jing was unhappy.
She glared at the man next to her with a cold face. “Useless things, I have been bullied like that, but I didn’t see you stand up and speak for me.”
Zhao Guang’s face showed some guilt, and his voice explained softly, “You were really unreasonable just now, if today’s things got out …”
“So what if it comes out?!”
Cao Jing resentfully interrupted him, “With my Dad around, how dare they spread gossip!?”
“Coward! Why did I marry a man like you?”
Zhao Guang looked like he’s been trained to keep his dignity, but was filled with hatred when no one was looking at him.
Her husband bowed his head, but Cao Jing was still not satisfied. As long as she thought that the girl who was always allowed people to bully her now dared to trip her up in front of so many people, her heart seemed to be flooded with magma, and it burned all over her.
As the meal continued, Qi Jingshu remained reserved and ate her food, hardly ever getting another chance to interact with her, and Cao Jing never found an opportunity to do so.
When it was over, she looked at Qi Jingshu and stood up. As if she was holding a fire in her heart, her eyes landed on Jingshu’s knee-length skirt, and she came up with an idea.
The meal was over, and everyone was going back one by one.
Qi Jingshu kept a smile on her face, exchanging greetings with her colleagues around her, and was about to walk out of the hotel, relieved that she had made up her mind to resign.
Although Cao Jing couldn’t do anything about it this time, this woman was like a poisonous snake. She couldn’t guarantee that she wouldn’t get caught in the road in the future, so that would just have to be avoided.
She was thinking about something when suddenly she tripped and stumbled, and almost fell down.
Fortunately, someone helped her to stand firm.
“Thank you.”
Qi Jingshu hurriedly thanked him, trying to withdraw her held arm, but she was held by the man and couldn’t pull back.
She looked at the past in disbelief. Isn’t this man Cao Jing’s husband? They seem to call him …
“Zhao Guang! What are you doing!”
Cao Jing’s livid voice came from one side. Qi Jingshu didn’t react, but she saw that the man who seemed a little familiar loosened his arm as if he had been scalded by fire. He shook her hand, feeling a little pinched, and was about to leave, but Cao Jing, that woman walked over menacingly on her heels.
“What are you doing touching her!”
The woman’s long manicure hand almost poked her face, so Qi Jingshu took a step back and looked at Cao Jing like she had a mental illness.
How come after all these years, she’s getting crazier and crazier.
Zhao Guang patiently explained, “Dear, I just helped a little. It’s not what you think.”
“Helped a little? Heh. Holding on and not letting go, right? You can’t leave until you make it clear to me today.”
The woman’s domineering, sharp voice rang out in front of the hotel, almost immediately attracting the attention of passersby as well as colleagues who haven’t left yet. Zhao Guang was looked at by a variety of eyes, and his eyes also took on a bit of indignation.
The reason he married Cao Jing is because of her father behind her, and because this woman liked him so much, she could be coaxed. However, after he got married, Cao Jing showed her true colors.
This is not allowed, that is not allowed. Sniffing his clothes like a dog. if he dared to even talk to a woman, she would break things like a madman. Zhao Guang hated her, but he was thinking about the Cao family’s property.
He endured and endured, but this woman pushed her luck too far.
Zhao Guang closed his eyes, pressed down the disgust in his eyes, and forced out a smile on his face. “Jingjing, it’s really not what you think. Everyone saw it. I just gave her a hand.”
“Come on, aren’t you always thinking about this old lover? Now, you’ve got a good opportunity, grab it and don’t let go, right?!”
It dawned on the colleagues around them who had been wondering why Cao Jing was targeting a newcomer.
A long overdue grudge.
Qi Jingshu suddenly frowned. “Director Cao, I didn’t know when I became Manager Zhao’s old lover?”
“Why are you pretending, didn’t you write him a love letter before? What? Do you want me to help you remember your past, it was written in there…”
“Cao Jing!”
Qi Jingshu snapped her unfinished words, and she looked at her Zhao Guang with disgust, only to think that this person was the culprit who knew it was not her, but still kept silent.
Before that happened, she never noticed Zhao Guang in class. After that, Zhao Guang avoided her. It was normal to forget after so many years.
Qi Jingshu has always wondered why Cao Jing targeted her like this, even almost driving her to death when they didn’t even know each other. However, now that she knew the truth, she felt a little indignant in her heart.
“Who you like is your choice, and there are limits to your self-importance. Not everyone likes your husband as much as you do.”
“Director Cao, I won’t come to the company tomorrow. There’s no point in staying in a company that makes their newcomers sing and dance.”
She was cold and her words were strong as she said, “Also, I have a boyfriend, and I hope that you and your partner will stop saying unnecessary things. Otherwise, I’ll see you in court.”
After hearing what Qi Jingshu said, the haze that Zhao Guang had been covering up could no longer be held back, as he looked at the woman he had liked for many years.
She had a boyfriend?
After one dinner, she inadvertently found out why she went through all that suffering. The gentle-tempered Qi Jingshu was also seething at the moment.
She took her bag, stopped looking at the crowd, and went down the steps with anger.
A shiny luxury car turned a corner and stopped in front of Qi Jingshu. Just as she frowned and intended to go around, the door opened, and Wei Mingyan, dressed in a stif suit, and looking handsome with a shallow smile, got out of the car.
“Jingshu, have you finished your meal with your colleagues? I came to pick you up.”
When he saw the look of residual anger on Qi Jingshu’s face, his smile fell. “What’s wrong? Did someone upset you?”
Cao Jing and Zhao Guang both stared straight at the two people standing in front of the luxury car, and someone behind them sucked in their breath. “That car is the new R series. A car that’s worth a house in the capital.”
“This is Qi Jingshu’s boyfriend? So handsome, and so rich… I’m so envious…” An employee saw Cao Jing’s gloomy face before he finished speaking, and hurriedly abruptly withdrew the words hidden in his throat.
Cao Jing also saw Wei Mingyan’s appearance, which was indeed much better than Zhao Guang standing next to her. Knowing that Qi Jingshu had no idea about Zhao Guang, she was even more angry, sneered and mocked, “It seems that he is just a small white face, who is kept by a rich woman and raises another woman with the money.”
(TNote: Little white face = a kept man/ gold digging man/ boy-toy)
As soon as she finished speaking, Wei Mingyan gently touched his girlfriend’s head as reassurance, and turned to look at this large group of people who were still drunk, and fixed his eyes on Cao Jing. “Director is it? I’m sorry, Jingshu may not be able to adapt to your company’s talent and performance culture, but I know Chief Cao and will talk to him about Jingshu’s departure.”
Chief Cao …
He knows her father?
Cao Jing’s eyes suddenly widened, but she saw that the handsome man turned to open the door of the co-pilot, gently helped Qi Jingshu in, watched her sit down, and then came to the driver’s seat, opened the door, smiled politely at the crowd and nodded, and got in the car.
The luxury car, worth a set of properties in the capital, drove away at a distance, and Zhao Guang stood rigidly in place from start to finish. Neither the woman he liked nor the man who stole Jingshu had ever looked at him.
It’s like he didn’t deserve their attention at all.
Cao Jing’s cell phone rang, and she was in a trance because Wei Mingyan said he knew her Dad. She pressed the hands-free and Father Cao’s angry voice came out.
“Jingjing, how could you provoke Chief Wei? I’m trying to get on good terms with him over here. It’s fine if you don’t help me, but why are you offending him?!”
Wei … Chief Wei…
