"What report?"

"It’s that stack on your desk."

Nangong Yang gaped at Xiao Fang in shock, pointing at his own nose, "Me?"

"It’s not your fault."

He felt a slight relief from the instant blockage in his chest, and Xiao Fang continued, "Minister Li wants you to go to the office."

Nangong Yang held his forehead and slowly stood up, noticing other colleagues sneaking glances at her with their schadenfreude expressions! They must have pushed all the blame onto her again!

She walked into Minister Li’s office. He was looking down at something. Nangong Yang quietly stood in front of the desk, waiting for a while until Minister Li looked up, "Don’t you know you should knock before entering?"

"....."

Seeing her silence, Minister Li continued, "Why didn’t you come to work overtime on Saturday? Don’t you know these materials are needed today?"

"I’m sorry, Minister Li. I just joined your department. These tasks weren’t initially mine, and no one informed me where they left off or what I should do."

"As an accountant, you should handle these tasks with ease."

Nangong Yang kept suppressing her anger, but Minister Li only escalated his insults, "I know you got into the company through connections, but you can’t use connections to silence people’s criticism of your work abilities!"

"Minister Li! I have never disclosed my relationship with Huang Puchen in the company. I suppose you only guessed it, right? Although I haven’t studied abroad and I’m not a graduate from a prestigious university, I still believe in my professional skills!"

If their relationship were public, would the colleagues still speak to her so sarcastically? They’d probably switch to serving her tea!

"It’s good that your relationship isn’t public! Fortunately, the loss caused by you this time is not severe, but your salary will be cut in half!"

"Why?!" Nangong Yang widened her eyes at him.

"Because I am your superior!"

"Superior? May I ask, superior, was I the only one supposed to work overtime on the weekend? Why, when I came to the company, did I only see a pile of materials on my desk and no one else? Can you, Minister Li, dare to say you weren’t biased?!" Nangong Yang said loudly.

"How dare you! I am your superior, is this how you speak to your superior?" Minister Li stood up suddenly, face flushed, and slammed the table.

Is he angry because the truth was exposed?

It’s hilarious! A leader? Does a leader help their own relatives bully outsiders like this!

Then again, to them, she was an outsider. Dealing with an outsider should be reasonable, right?

How strange! Why does it feel like she’s the one in the wrong?!

Secretary Zhang, standing outside, heard the argument inside, lowered the hand that was about to knock, thought for a moment, turned around, and left with the materials. Nangong Yang was still arguing with Minister Li, refusing to accept that she got in through connections! It was Chairman Zhang who hired her!

"Go back and write a self-criticism, submit it in the afternoon!"

"I did nothing wrong! Why should I write a self-criticism!"

"Arguing with your superior is wrong! Not working overtime when asked by your superior is wrong!"

Just as Nangong Yang was about to say something, the door opened.

"Chairman Zhang?" Minister Li looked amazed at the expressionless Chairman Zhang.

Chu Ge was standing behind Chairman Zhang, watching Nangong Yang with indifference. Nangong Yang couldn’t tell if she was mistaken, but she seemed to see a hint of amusement in Chu Ge’s eyes.

Nangong Yang nodded slightly, her eyes lowered, "Hello, Chairman Zhang, hello Mr. Chu."

Minister Li noticed Nangong Yang’s expression and twitched his mouth slightly. Seeing her peeking at him, he glared fiercely.

Chairman Zhang glanced at Nangong Yang, then turned her eyes to Minister Li, slowly walked over to the swivel chair, and sat down. She politely turned to Chu Ge, "Please have a seat, Mr. Chu."

Then she turned around and her expression changed, "I could hear the commotion from far away, what kind of behavior is this, causing such a ruckus in the office!"

Minister Li stepped forward, nodding and bowing, explaining to Chairman Zhang, "Nangong Yang just joined, she doesn’t know how to handle many things, I’m helping sort out her tasks!"

"Does sorting out tasks really require Minister Li to personally intervene? I must have misjudged. Even if Nangong Yang isn’t from an overseas university, she’s at least a graduate of a renowned university, right? Did she forget everything she learned at school?" Although Chairman Zhang addressed her by name, her eyes were fixed on Minister Li.

Standing behind Minister Li, Nangong Yang couldn’t see his expression but noticed his action of wiping sweat betrayed him. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Chairman Zhang’s words were layered, even Nangong Yang could understand, and it’s impossible for the sly Minister Li not to.

Nangong Yang took a step forward, wanting to tell Chairman Zhang the truth, but she hesitated, realizing that speaking out would betray her original intentions.

"Chairman Zhang, Minister Li truly helped me streamline the work." After speaking, she somewhat regretted not biting her tongue.

Chairman Zhang squinted her eyes, observed Nangong Yang carefully, then leisurely stood, walked over to Minister Li.

"Since Nangong Yang says Minister Li is helping streamline her work, I have nothing more to add. Let me be frank, even though the Old Master isn’t here, I am the one who calls the shots in the group right now. Let me be clear, even hitting a dog requires looking at the owner, got it, Minister Li?"

"Yes, yes, of course, of course, with the CEO absent, everything is up to Chairman Zhang, the entire group knows." Minister Li clenched the hem of his clothes tightly.

Chairman Zhang gave Minister Li a deep look, then slowly paced around, the sound of high heels clicking loudly throughout the silent office, stopping beside Nangong Yang, who, on impulse, made eye contact with Chairman Zhang.

Chu Ge saw the entire scene, inwardly giving Nangong Yang a thumbs up, usually seeing her timid as a lamb, but not backing down in crucial moments.

"Alright, there’s nothing more for you here, you may leave."

The words were directed at Nangong Yang by Chairman Zhang.

Nangong Yang, feeling relieved, quickly agreed, turned to leave, and gave Minister Li a gleeful look as she walked past him.

Chu Ge watched this scene, couldn’t help but chuckle softly.

Chairman Zhang looked at him suspiciously, curiously asked, "Mr. Chu? Is something the matter?"

Chu Ge shook his head, "No, just a tickle in my throat, couldn’t hold it in, apologies."

He went to sit on the sofa opposite Chairman Zhang, crossed his long legs, "Minister Li, this is the latest draft plan I’ve prepared; it needs your finance team to follow up and verify."

Minister Li glanced at Chairman Zhang with difficulty, said, "Chairman Zhang, Young Master Huangpu just delivered a new one this morning, claiming it was from Young Master Yunxi, and the project is the same as Mr. Chu’s."

Chairman Zhang frowned, "The Young Master Yunxi you mentioned, that’s Nangong Yunxi, right?"