Chapter 508: A Remarkable Person! – Daily Gossip in the Courtyard of the Sickly Young Lady

Chapter 508: Divine Being! – The Daily Gossip-Fueled Life of the Sickly Young Woman in the Residential Compound

"Comrade Zhang, let me tell you this seriously once! The selection process in our department is absolutely fair and impartial, with not the slightest bias. There's absolutely no possibility of the so-called 'backdoor dealings' you mentioned!"

The security guard at the door secretly pricked up his ears, thinking to himself in amazement—this woman really is the lunatic who famously jumped into a cesspit!

Director Li had already explained everything so clearly, yet she still refused to believe it?

"Then why was she chosen?" Zhang Mengyun fired off, almost asking if it was because she was using her looks to curry favor, but she stopped herself mid-sentence.

The reason? Director Li happened to be a woman!

"She was chosen precisely because she's the most skilled at her job. What other reason do you need?"

"Who knows if it's true? Maybe those people just sucked up to her to create a false impression!" Zhang Mengyun remained stubborn.

Director Li couldn’t stand seeing their department’s star employee being slandered. "Comrade Zhang, don’t make baseless accusations without evidence! I stand by every word I’ve said—everything I’ve told you is the truth!"

"Comrade Lin Qing is an outstanding talent in our department! Her selection for this training opportunity was the unanimous choice. She earned first place in the exam we conducted. Besides me, another factory director proctored the exam—there’s absolutely no room for foul play."

Zhang Mengyun still refused to accept it. "Who knows if the exam questions were leaked?"

"Hmph!" Director Li finally understood—Zhang Mengyun had her own warped reasoning and only believed what she wanted to believe.

Director Li’s eyes flashed, and suddenly, she smiled. "Then, do you even know what our exam was about?" If she had known, she wouldn’t be spouting nonsense about leaks!

Zhang Mengyun hesitated—she actually had no idea. Wasn’t it just an exam sheet? What could be so different about it?

Her face cycled through expressions, but without waiting for her answer, Director Li continued, "This time, we didn’t hand out exam sheets. Instead, we gave each candidate a ledger!"

Zhang Mengyun: —

For once, Zhang Mengyun was stunned. What kind of nonsense was this? Handing out ledgers? What kind of respectable exam starts by giving out ledgers?

Zhang Mengyun twitched her lips, unable to muster a smile.

The security guard at the door barely stifled a snort.

Director Li wasn’t done yet. "The ledger was about two centimeters thick. Their exam task was to identify—where the doctored entries were in the book."

Zhang Mengyun suddenly perked up, as if she had found a smoking gun. "Oh, I get it! You must’ve told her in advance!"

"Hmph! Our exam wasn’t about rote memorization—just regurgitating answers wouldn’t work. They had to write their own original insights first!"

Zhang Mengyun: —Why make it so complicated?

"Then… even so, why didn’t you wait for full attendance before holding the competition?"

"I’ve already told you—no one was left out, Comrade Zhang. Are you deliberately misunderstanding me?"

Zhang Mengyun flared up again. "Who says no one was left out? My Jianhua wasn’t there!"

Director Li: —What difference did that make?

With great reluctance, Director Li explained, "Comrade Jin Jianhua you mentioned was not within our selection scope. We were choosing candidates with outstanding accounting skills. Comrade Jin Jianhua has only been here for a few months—he hasn’t even mastered the ledgers yet!"

"Impossible! My Jianhua is so talented, so capable—he’s way better than Lin Qing! Why wasn’t he chosen?"

Director Li: Pfft.

What kind of hell-tier bad joke is this?

"I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder, Comrade Zhang, but I hope you have some damn self-awareness!" The last four words were deliberately emphasized—this wasn’t just for Zhang Mengyun’s ears, but also for Jin Jianhua’s.

Jin Jianhua stood at the back, his face fallen like a dropped pancake. He wanted to rush forward and stop Zhang Mengyun, but Deputy Manager Zhang blocked him every time he tried to move. Left with no choice, Jin Jianhua could only wait anxiously in the background.

"Fine! If Comrade Zhang has nothing else to say, I’ll get going now!"

Director Li looked at Zhang Mengyun, convinced she was not playing with a full deck, coming all this way to hound her over a decision that had already been made. What the hell was she thinking?

Besides, didn’t she know they were leaving this afternoon?

Director Li turned to leave, but Zhang Mengyun went full nuclear.

With a *thud*, she hit the deck before Director Li.

The two security guards at the door were instantly stunned by her sudden action, let alone Director Li, who jumped back like she'd seen a snake—otherwise, this scene would’ve looked like she had forced someone to kneel.

"What the hell are you kneeling for?!" Director Li blurted out in shock.

What a complete whackjob!

What kind of sane person kneels over nothing like this?

"Please, give Brother Jianhua a chance! I’m begging you!" Zhang Mengyun pleaded, even trying to scramble on her knees and grab Director Li’s leg, but Director Li noped the hell out of there.

She had originally intended to pressure Director Li, but since none of her tactics worked, she resorted to this desperate Hail Mary play.

No matter what, Zhang Mengyun was determined to fulfill her precious Jianhua-gege’s wish.

"Deputy Manager Zhang, come out here already!" She was at her breaking point!

Finally allowed to step forward, Jin Jianhua walked out with a face like thunder. The moment Zhang Mengyun saw him, her eyes lit up, and she immediately stood up, rushing toward him.

"Brother Jianhua~" Her voice oozed enough sugar to give you diabetes.

Director Li and the other men present got instant goosebumps at the sound.

Deputy Manager Zhang wanted to bleach his eyeballs. What sin had he committed in a past life to be saddled with such a daughter?

Jin Jianhua flinched back like she had cooties. Zhang Mengyun stared at him in shock—why?

Jin Jianhua coughed twice. "We're in public. Not appropriate."

Zhang Mengyun’s expression finally softened, and she belatedly noticed the oddity. "Brother Jianhua, why are you here?"

At her question, Jin Jianhua’s face twisted with displeasure. He was resentful that Director Li had called him out—he even suspected she had done it deliberately to humiliate him. But he couldn’t say it out loud. The more he thought about it, the more stifled he felt.

With a shadowed expression, Jin Jianhua muttered, "I came out with the Director."

Zhang Mengyun exploded. Whirling around, she pointed at Director Li and shrieked, "You vindictive bitch, did you do this on purpose?!"

Jin Jianhua went pale as a ghost.

He had wanted Zhang Mengyun to raise some hell, but not to the point of outright insulting his superior!

Director Li, now being pointed at and cursed, saw red. Her face turned icy as she glanced toward the security room. "Next time, don’t call me out for such trivial matters!"

Then, she walked away without another word...

Deputy Manager Zhang, who had been silently observing the whole time, felt a pang of guilt seeing Director Li peace out. He glanced at Zhang Mengyun, now restrained by Jin Jianhua, and was seriously rethinking his life choices. Without a word, he too turned and left.