Chapter 354

Chapter 354

"Director, I... I'm really not like Lu Fang. It was all her idea. At most, I just didn't dare to tell anyone else about it, I..." Lin Yan said unwillingly, trying to defend herself.

Director Gao glanced at Lu Fang. "Is what she said true?"

"No!" Lu Fang immediately denied. If earlier she had any loyalty and wanted to protect Lin Yan,

that thought was gone now that Lin Yan was so eager to distance herself.

Director Gao clearly didn't intend to go easy on them. "It's one thing to take the blame alone, but quite another to share it," she considered.

Moreover, there might even be compensation involved.

While she and Lin Yan were close, she wasn't about to sacrifice her future.

"Lu Fang!" Lin Yan was incredulous. "How quickly she turned on me!"

"Director Gao, this was something we both planned from the beginning. Sister Zhang is easy-going and a bit timid, so we chose her to help us. Later, it gradually became like this.

I admit to what I've done, but others shouldn't escape responsibility."

Lu Fang finished speaking and reluctantly apologized to Sister Zhang. "I'm sorry."

Even as she apologized, she still held Sister Zhang in contempt.

Beside her, Lin Yan, with a face ashen with despair, also apologized. "I'm sorry..."

Sister Zhang, looking at their obviously impatient attitudes, wasn't surprised at all.

These two were never up to any good.

"Xiao Zhang, this isn't going to be over that easily. I’ll make sure you get justice as soon as I can," Director Gao assured her, growing even angrier at their attitude.

This incident was embarrassing enough. If she didn't handle it properly, it would only get worse.

"Thank you, Director Gao. Director, can I go back now?" Sister Zhang felt her part was done. If she received compensation later, she would thank Bai Xiuxiu.

She didn't want to stay in that room. As long as she was there, she would remember the past incidents.

"Yes, yes, you can go back now. Thank you for your cooperation today. Earlier... I should have been more attentive to what was happening," Director Gao said, still feeling somewhat guilty.

If she had paid more attention to Sister Zhang's situation, this might have been resolved much earlier.

Once Sister Zhang left, Director Gao pointed at Lin Yan and Lu Fang. "You two, go and work now. I'll bring this matter up during the meeting tomorrow.

We’ll decide on your punishments as soon as possible.

Everyone else, keep working. Bai Xiuxiu, Wang Qiong will guide you to familiarize yourself with your tasks.

Get familiar with your tasks as quickly as you can."

Director Gao had a good impression of Bai Xiuxiu.

She wasn’t sure if Bai Xiuxiu was involved in this mess.

Even if it did happen, it didn’t bother her.

At the very least, Bai Xiuxiu hadn’t done anything wrong.

Besides, she had discovered today’s incident on her own, rather than having Bai Xiuxiu report it.

She liked capable people and those who could handle various troubles on their own.

"Bai Xiuxiu, if you don't understand something in the future, go ask Wang Qiong," said Director Gao.

Wang Qiong was the person she favored the most in this office.

If she retired in the future, she intended to recommend Wang Qiong.

"Don’t worry, Director. I’ll get up to speed quickly," replied Bai Xiuxiu.

Bai Xiuxiu returned to her desk, ignoring the murderous glares from the two people beside her.

They should’ve known this could happen the moment they tried to mess with her.

The office was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Bai Xiuxiu was thinking about helping Grandma Yang check on the moving progress tomorrow.

It was the most challenging task she was handling, and it needed extra attention.

For the rest of the afternoon, the only sound in the office was the quiet hum of work. Everyone was worried about who Director Gao would vent her anger on next.

The second the clock hit quitting time, everyone bolted for the door.

Director Gao furrowed her brow, thinking about how she should address the meeting tomorrow.

Lin Yan and Lu Fang were both wearing cold expressions. After stepping out, Lin Yan couldn't help but confront Lu Fang. "Didn't you agree with me? Why did you suddenly change your mind?"

"I did agree, but you didn’t say it would be this serious. The director is preparing to hold a meeting to deal with us. Do you know how humiliating that will be?

If this happens, it’ll be tough for me to find another job around here.

And on top of that, my family will have to pay compensation?

Why should I be the only one taking the fall for something this big?

I wanted to help you, but that doesn’t mean I’m a fool.

You were totally trying to screw me over!"

Lu Fang became angrier as she spoke.

She really had been betrayed by Lin Yan, who had made everything sound good initially but was now showing her true colors.

"You! I can’t let you take all the blame. If you help me, I’ll make it up to you. But now we’re both in the same boat."

Lin Yan wanted to say more.

Lu Fang sneered, "We both bullied someone; there’s no reason I should be the only one accepting punishment while you do nothing. Don’t talk to me anymore. I regret even meeting you."

"You can treat me like I’m stupid, but you tricked me!"

With that, Lu Fang stormed off, leaving Lin Yan behind.

Lin Yan was stunned. None of this was going according to her plan.

It was all because of Bai Xiuxiu. If it weren’t for her, how could things have gone so wrong for me?

She wouldn’t let Bai Xiuxiu get away with this!

Meanwhile, Bai Xiuxiu found Wang Qinghe waiting for her at the door.

Wang Qinghe was leaning against his bike, his gaze fixed on Bai Xiuxiu the moment she appeared. As she approached, he helped her onto the bike.

"Xiuxiu, you look really happy," Wang Qinghe gently helped her adjust her scarf.

"Yeah, I took care of something," she said, slipping her hand into his. His palms were much warmer than hers.

"Are we going to the He family tonight?"

Seeing that Wang Qinghe was staring at her, Bai Xiuxiu asked him.

Wang Qinghe nodded. "I need to go and ask about continuing my study of Traditional Chinese Medicine. I have another use for the letter Master gave me."

"Okay," Bai Xiuxiu didn’t ask further, she could guess.

He wanted to learn how to make some medicinal formulas for maintenance, in order to use up the herbs in her space.

If he asked for help again from the person Old Man Zhang introduced, it would draw too much attention.

But if he used the He family’s connections to help with the formulas, the He family would find out.

Then there would be even more complications that couldn’t be explained.

Qinghe was a man who liked to play it safe, and she knew what he was thinking.

Bai Xiuxiu hugged his waist and rested her head against his back.

He shielded her from the cold wind completely.

When they arrived at the He family, He Ming was squatting outside, looking worried.