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Chapter 138 A Pitiful Little White Flower

At night, the riverside is ablaze with lights, and towering skyscrapers stand tall in the darkness; this is the city's nightlife hub.

By now, they've probably already had more than three rounds of drinks.

On the road that Luo Zhi had to take to get on his bus home after leaving the glitz and glamour of the city, Wen Jiani was already waiting there.

With her was a young, handsome man.

The man leaned against the wall with a cocky grin. "You went crazy in City C, and now you've come to Jiangcheng to go crazy. No, you're going to go even crazier in Jiangcheng."

"I can leave once I'm done having fun in Jiangcheng, so of course I want to have a great time," Wen Jiani said with a smile.

Time flew by while she waited, and Wen Jiani finally met the person she wanted to trick.

Not far away, Luo Zhi exchanged a few polite words with the people at the drinking party, and after he left the crowd, his face was full of annoyance.

"Jiani, please let me explain."

"What's there to explain? I'm not believing you anymore!"

The arguing drew Luo Zhi's attention. He had only glanced at her casually, but he never expected that he would recognize the girl in front of him.

He looked closely and realized that the girl was one of his men; there was no mistake.

"I promise you, as long as you come back with me, I will never contact her again!"

"We've already broken up! I don't need your promises!"

Seeing the young man grab Wen Jiani and even try to forcibly pull her away, and seeing that Wen Jiani was trying to break free from the man, Luo Zhi stepped forward without saying a word and grabbed Wen Jiani's arm.

"What are you doing? Let go!"

Luo Zhi was at least ten years older than the man, and he frowned, looking like he was going to support Wen Jiani.

The man was not polite to Luo Zhi at all, and was very impatient with him.

"And who are you? Mind your own business!"

"I'm his friend. With me here today, you can't force her to go with you." Luo Zhi's tone was arrogant.

"We've already broken up, can't we part amicably? I won't repeat the same mistake!"

The moment to test Wen Jiani's acting skills had arrived again. She forcefully broke free from the man's hand, her eyes even brimming with tears.

"Did you hear that? She said she's broken up with you. Get out of here!"

Taking advantage of Wen Jiani's ability to break free from the man's grasp, Luo Zhi shoved the man away, wanting him to get lost.

Since the act was almost over, the man looked unwilling and then strode away.

Watching her childhood friend leave, Wen Jianni secretly rejoiced. This kid's quite the actor! She'd have to treat him well tomorrow!

With Luo Zhi still by her side, Wen Jiani still looked pitiful.

Her eyes were filled with tears, and her emotions were fragmented, making her look like a small white flower about to wither.

"Mr. Luo, thank you so much! I really don't know what I would have done if you weren't here!"

Wen Jiani looked so pitiful that Luo Zhi also became gentle at this moment.

"There's nothing to thank me for. You're one of my men, after all."

"President Luo, you are so kind." Wen Jianni said, on the verge of tears, expressing her gratitude to Luo Zhi in the most heartfelt way.

Luo Zhi couldn't bear to see the innocent girl cry. He looked at Wen Jiani with pity and said, "Stop crying, it's getting late. Let's go home!"

"But... I'm afraid he might show up downstairs at my house later..."

"I'll take you back." This was exactly what Wen Jianni had been waiting for, but she still pretended not to want to trouble Luo Zhi.

"Mr. Luo, this isn't quite right..."

She neither agreed nor disagreed with this statement.

"Let's go..."

Luo Zhi's act of taking Wen Jiani home was simply out of kindness; he was merely feeling sorry for her.

Throughout the journey, sitting in the back seat of the car with Luo Zhi, Wen Jiani deliberately kept her distance from him, even pretending that she didn't dare to talk to him.

Luo Zhike is a senior executive in the company, while she is just a new intern. She knows how to maintain this distance.

Luo Zhi, who was sitting next to her, didn't say much either. As Wen Jiani's boss, saying too much would only make him seem like he was harassing the young girl.

However, Luo Zhi felt that Wen Jiani was quite sensible.

On Monday, Ming's Group

At 10 a.m., the male protagonist of the scandal, who had not appeared at the company for dozens of days, showed up at a meeting of the company's senior management.

The topic of today's meeting is the merger of two subsidiaries under the Ming Group and the restructuring of human resources.

"After the merger, there will definitely be layoffs. The HR department will come up with a layoff plan."

Fu Baiqing turned his gaze to the head of the human resources department, and the tone of his instructions to the human resources department showed that he did not take Pei Ming seriously at all.

The HR manager remained silent, glancing cautiously at Pei Ming. Now that there were two people in charge in the company, she didn't know who to listen to.

Fu Baiqing had anticipated this scene, and he deliberately became even more arrogant, saying, "Why are you looking at President Pei? Does President Pei have words on his face?"

Pei Ming looked at Fu Baiqing coldly, his tone even more sarcastic, "President Fu, you still know I'm here. I thought you couldn't see me."

In front of many senior executives of the company, Fu Baiqing showed Pei Ming no respect whatsoever, and smiled indifferently.

Immediately afterwards, Fu Baiqing said, "Oh, I've been in charge of everything at the company these past few days. I have a bad memory and forgot that President Pei was back."

The tension between these two managers was so high that everyone present remained silent. Pei Ming was the chairman's son-in-law, and Fu Baiqing was the chairman's wife's nephew; it was truly difficult to choose sides.

Those who used to side with Pei Ming are now afraid to speak up, fearing that the eldest daughter of the Ming family might really divorce Pei Ming.

When Fu Baiqing takes over, they won't have a good life anymore.

Similarly, those who sided with Fu Baiqing remained silent. Family marriages have a very low divorce rate, and as long as Pei Ming is still the Ming family's son-in-law, he can still control Fu Baiqing.

“From the moment I sit here, the company will no longer require you, Mr. Fu, to make decisions.” Pei Ming looked at Fu Baiqing, still maintaining the demeanor of a superior.

Fu Baiqing refused to admit defeat, and he disregarded Pei Ming even more, saying, "Your word doesn't count."

In response to Bai Qing's arrogance, Pei Ming's expression turned ugly, and his tone became even worse.

"Fu Baiqing, have I been too kind to you?"

"Do I need you to give it to me? What a joke." After saying this, Fu Baiqing's lips curled into a sneer.

He knew that what he had to do now was to escalate the conflict, so he decisively threw the documents in front of him onto the conference table.

Immediately afterwards, Fu Baiqing stood up gracefully and walked out of the conference room.

Those present witnessed Fu Baiqing's series of actions and looked at each other; it would be a lie to say they weren't surprised.

Pei Ming's face turned ashen in an instant, and no one in the room dared to utter a sound. They never expected that Fu Baiqing would completely disregard Pei Ming.

He even gave the impression of being crazy, wanting to immediately sideline Pei Ming and prevent him from staying in the Ming Group.