Chapter 352

Chapter 352

"Don't push it too far. Linjie and I offered to pay because we hoped we could all coexist peacefully," Lu Fang said angrily.

"Who wants to coexist peacefully with you? Is there anything else? If not, I'm going to eat. Oh, by the way, I’ll need your help with this afternoon’s tasks."

Bai Xiuxiu gave them a smile.

Her attitude made Lin Yan feel extremely tormented.

What did Bai Xiuxiu want to do? If she wanted to expose them, why was she still pressuring them to help?

Was she planning to expose them once the work was finished?

When did she plan to expose them?

Lin Yan was almost anxious to death. Since Bai Xiuxiu wasn’t giving her a straight answer, she didn’t know what to do next.

Should she go to Director Gao?

No, that wouldn't work. If they went to the director on their own, wouldn’t that be seeking their own doom?

Not go?

That wouldn't work either. If this continued, Bai Xiuxiu would definitely expose them.

No, they couldn't go!

She needed to force Bai Xiuxiu into exposing them. Director Gao hated people tattling. If Bai Xiuxiu took the initiative, Director Gao would hold it against her.

Since Bai Xiuxiu wasn’t letting them have peace, they wouldn’t let Bai Xiuxiu have peace either.

In the afternoon.

Bai Xiuxiu "asked for help" with the last batch of work from them.

After they had helped her finish it, she went to see Director Gao.

When Director Gao saw Bai Xiuxiu coming over, she was puzzled. "What's wrong, Xiaobai?"

"Director, these are the statistical tasks left by Sister Zhang that I took over. I've compiled them all. There's a part I don't quite understand, and I've learned a lot from Linjie and Lujie."

As soon as Bai Xiuxiu opened her mouth, Lin Yan's face turned red with anger, wishing she could slap herself.

How had she not thought of something so simple?

Was Bai Xiuxiu shameless?

No wonder she had been asking them for help! It turned out she was making them do the work.

And now that it was done, Bai Xiuxiu was actually taking credit for it?

Director Gao could see right through it!

How could she be so brazen?

Lin Yan cursed silently to herself, seeing Director Gao's expression becoming increasingly displeased, and she grew even more panicked.

There was no doubt Director Gao had seen through it.

Director Gao looked over the work, along with some parts that Bai Xiuxiu had circled and claimed she didn’t really understand. Of course she wouldn’t understand them, because this wasn’t part of her responsibilities!

This was the work of Lin Yan and Lu Fang.

Moreover, Lu Fang had done most of it.

This was what Xiao Zhang had left behind earlier.

“Director, is there something wrong with the way this was done?” Bai Xiuxiu pretended not to know and continued questioning Director Gao.

She wanted Director Gao to punish them, but she couldn’t be the one to point it out.

If she did, Director Gao would assume she was reporting on them, and her attitude toward Bai Xiuxiu would change.

So, the work still had to be done by them, while Bai Xiuxiu pretended to be clueless about it.

“I even went to ask Sister Zhang for advice at noon today. As for the remaining issues that need mediation, I’ll take care of them in the next two days,” Bai Xiuxiu said sincerely.

“This has nothing to do with you. Lu Fang, Lin Yan, both of you come here!” Director Gao called out to the two of them.

They both came over, but each looked more frightened than the other.

Lu Fang was also feeling afraid. Although she had wanted to leave Lin Yan in charge, now that the moment had arrived, she was genuinely terrified.

“Let me ask you, is this the kind of work Bai Xiuxiu should be doing?” Director Gao pointed at them and asked.

“Director, these tasks…” Lu Fang was about to say that Xiao Zhang had done them voluntarily.

But Lin Yan cut her off. “Director, these tasks were assigned by Lu Fang to Xiao Zhang. Lu Fang has been asking Sister Zhang to help her with her tasks.

Sister Zhang is kind-hearted, so she helped her.”

Lu Fang looked at her in disbelief. “You…”

“Then how is this your work? Both of you had Sister Zhang help with your tasks. Now that Xiao Zhang isn’t doing it anymore, how did it become Bai Xiuxiu’s responsibility? Why don’t you two take responsibility for your own work?”

Director Gao was furious.

She knew that Sister Zhang had been overburdened with extra work, but she didn’t expect it to be in this manner.

No wonder Sister Zhang’s work efficiency had always been low.

How could anyone maintain high efficiency when one person is doing the work of three?

The two were visibly nervous, beads of sweat forming on their foreheads.

“Bai Xiuxiu, what exactly did they tell you?” Director Gao asked, concerned.

Bai Xiuxiu repeated the excuses they had given her. “Director, they said that these tasks were part of an exchange of work with Xiao Zhang.

Since I took over Xiao Zhang’s shift, I should also take on this work.

They also said that the Director doesn’t like people who report issues, and also dislikes those who are lazy and unwilling to work.”

Director Gao’s expression darkened even more.

“Is this how you treat your coworkers?”

"Director, we were just about to..."

"Bai, this time when you go to find Sister Zhang..."

"These are the issues that need mediation. I want to ask Sister Zhang about them. After all, regardless of the truth, the people who need these problems solved are the most important."

Bai Xiuxiu looked sincere.

Even if she worked overtime, it would be impossible to finish all these tasks.

Before the incident with Grandma Yang, she had thought about waiting a bit longer.

So that they would face more consequences.

But if she delayed further, it would prevent more people from resolving their issues.

Plus, since Sister Zhang had already agreed to help her, it was best to avoid making things worse.

It would be better to resolve it quickly.

After listening to Bai Xiuxiu's explanation, Director Gao nodded as well. "Yes, your thinking is correct. We still need to consider the neighbors. If you two had shown a bit more responsibility, things wouldn't have gotten this bad.

If you're not up for the job, there are plenty of others who would be happy to take your place. How many times have you two been complained about this year for bullying coworkers and slacking off?

I didn't say anything earlier because I hoped you'd improve, but instead, you've only gotten worse.

If I hadn't caught this, would you two have kept bullying Bai like you did with Sister Zhang?"

Director Gao's words made Lin Yan even more anxious.

"Director, it was really Lu Fang's idea. I advised her, but she didn't listen. I... I was wrong. I shouldn't have given my work to Sister Zhang because of Lu Fang.

But this is really Lu Fang's issue."

Lin Yan shifted all the blame onto Lu Fang.

Lu Fang glared at Lin Yan with a look of pure anger.

"Director, maybe we should listen to what Sister Zhang has to say," Bai Xiuxiu gently suggested.

Hearing this, Director Gao also thought it was appropriate.

"Xiao Qiong, go get Sister Zhang. I'll give you her address. You two need to apologize to Sister Zhang and explain everything you've done.

Don't think you can just brush this off.

I'll also report what both of you have done, and there will be consequences for your actions."

Director Gao looked at the two, who were now even more frightened by her words.

She snorted coldly.

The others were watching the scene unfold.

They were all pretty shocked. After all, it hadn't been that long, right?

They had thought the newcomer would be bullied, but instead, the two had been exposed.