Early the next morning, I arrived at the company. Why do I always feel so oppressed every time I’m here!

During the morning meeting, Minister Li publicly criticized Nangong Yang by name! Xiao Fang looked at her with a resentful face, as if he had been wronged.

"Xiao Fang, don’t look so aggrieved, will you?" Clearly, she’s the one being punished.

"But it’s because of me, right?" Xiao Fang said, lowering his head.

"Please, it’s that awkward guy, okay! It has nothing to do with you, and I’m the one who asked you to help me. If you keep this up, I’ll be upset too."

"Nangong Yang?" Secretary Zhang suddenly stood behind her, "Chairman Zhang wants to see you." After speaking, she turned and left the accounting office, ignoring the others’ strange looks.

Nangong Yang followed Secretary Zhang gloomily, wondering why Chairman Zhang wanted to see her. The moment she pushed the door open, she understood. Beside Chairman Zhang stood the arrogant Li Hua, and Minister Li was sitting opposite Chairman Zhang, chatting and laughing!

Nangong Yang stood proudly behind Minister Li, full of disdain. It was her bad luck to encounter a boss who only knows how to report behind her back!

"Nangong Yang, I heard you left without notice yesterday, and you didn’t even apply for leave?" Chairman Zhang asked her with a stern face, devoid of any smile.

"I asked a colleague to apply for leave on my behalf." She spoke truthfully.

"Did you? I didn’t receive anything. Who did you ask to request leave for you?" Minister Li suddenly stood up and questioned Nangong Yang in return.

"Minister Li, you know exactly who, and how you responded to her, you know it very well too!" Not only is he a petty person, but also so irresponsible!

No wonder, petty people never take responsibility for anything!

"Nangong Yang, no matter what, Minister Li is your superior. You can’t be so reckless!"

It’s truly getting harder to understand what Chairman Zhang is thinking. Clearly bothered by her being with Huang Puchen, he outwardly agreed to them but secretly arranged Li Hua by Huang Puchen’s side, and now he’s meddling in such trivial matters! Too deep a schemer!

"Minister Li, then would you please handle the accounting reports that Mr. Ji needs? Li Hua? Notify Huang Puchen to go abroad next Monday."

"Yes," Li Hua and Minister Li responded in unison.

As Li Hua passed by me, he glanced at me, and Nangong Yang raised her head disdainfully until they left the office.

Only Nangong Yang and Chairman Zhang were left in the office, and the atmosphere was exceptionally tense!

"Not happy staying here?" Chairman Zhang suddenly asked.

"No." She felt a bit guilty saying those two words.

"To be a good girlfriend to Huang Puchen, if you can’t overcome these difficulties, do you think you have the right?"

"I don’t think this has anything to do with being or not being Huang Puchen’s girlfriend."

"As the successor to the Huangpu Group, he needs a gentle, virtuous, and well-read girlfriend, not someone like you!"

"Did Chairman Zhang keep me behind just to tell me I’m not suitable to be Huang Puchen’s girlfriend?"

"Look at your performance since you joined the company!"

"My performance since I joined the company? Have you witnessed it yourself, Chairman Zhang? No, right? Do you think it’s fair to judge me based on Minister Li’s one-sided story?"

"With your education and qualifications, I think you wouldn’t be able to join our company."

"I transferred you here just to tell you one thing - that you and Huang Puchen are people from different worlds!"

Bam... the door was pushed open...

"Huang Puchen, don’t you know to knock before entering?" Chairman Zhang glared at his disobedient son.

"Did something happen with Grandpa that requires me to go over personally?" Huang Puchen ignored Chairman Zhang’s question, walked over, and plopped down on the sofa.

Upon noticing that the person standing was Nangong Yang, he gestured for me to sit down. I stood there staring at him, not saying a word. Noticing the tense atmosphere, Huang Puchen stood up and walked to Chairman Zhang’s side, leaned against the desk, and gave an impish smile, "Mom? Are your wrinkles out looking for you for fun again." After saying that, he deliberately made a ghost face.

Upon hearing that, Chairman Zhang admonished with a laugh.

Meanwhile, Nangong Yang’s face was cold and expressionless, and Chairman Zhang gave me a warning look, but she ignored it, or rather, her mind was a blank slate at the moment.

"Your grandfather is getting old. Why don’t you go help him, are you unwilling?" Chairman Zhang looked at Huang Puchen with doting eyes, and for a moment, Nangong Yang had an illusion. Is this the Chairman Zhang she knows?

"No, Grandfather is abroad on vacation, how could there be work? Hmm? Is there something you’re hiding from me and want to send me away?" Huang Puchen glanced at Nangong Yang.

"What would we hide from you? You’re overthinking!" Chairman Zhang was a bit unhappy now.

Huang Puchen, knowing when to stop, got up and prepared to walk out. As he stopped next to Nangong Yang, he paused, "Then does Nangong Yang have anything else? If not, I’ll take her away." Huang Puchen smiled at Chairman Zhang, then took her hand and left Chairman Zhang’s office.

...

"Lunch together?" Huang Puchen showed a big smile.

How long has it been since I’ve seen Huang Puchen this happy?

"What’s got you so happy?" She wanted to smile too now, but it was a bitter smile!

"Nothing. Next week I have to see my grandfather. It’s been almost half a year since I last saw him, and I kind of miss him." In front of her, Huang Puchen seemed both familiar and unfamiliar. At this moment, he was someone she had never seen before, as happy as a spoiled child about to meet his closest relative.

However, she was curious about why Huang Puchen suddenly showed up at Chairman Zhang’s office. Surely it wasn’t, as he said, to hold someone accountable.

"Why did you suddenly come to Chairman Zhang’s office?"

"It was Xiao Yang." Huang Puchen put away his smile and looked at her seriously.

"Xiao Yang?"

"Li Hua spoke with Xiao Yang and accidentally slipped." Huang Puchen suddenly held my hand, "If you face any difficulties, come directly to me. Don’t keep it to yourself. I know you don’t want to rely on our relationship to achieve anything in the company, and I believe you have the ability to do well in your current job."

Huang Puchen’s words were her biggest encouragement. She would surely move forward courageously!

"Don’t worry." Nangong Yang gave Huang Puchen a reassuring look.

Huang Puchen timely helped her out, which touched Nangong Yang deeply, but such coincidences wouldn’t always happen. Should she do something for her and Huang Puchen?

The meaning of Chairman Zhang is that I’m not worthy of Huang Puchen now! Back at the office, I felt like a deflated balloon again, as if the flame of hope just ignited by Huang Puchen was extinguished by Chairman Zhang’s words.