Diary of Getting Rich Quick in the South

Xu Mingde struggled to his feet, supporting himself on the ground, and put on a wronged expression.

"Mr. Zhang! Chen An hit me first, it has nothing to do with me! You must handle this fairly and fire him!"

He thought that because he was a long-time employee and a department head, he could just keep insisting that I was the one who started the trouble.

Even if Zhang Dongting protects me, she still has to consider company rules and can't show favoritism arbitrarily.

But he had no idea that what happened today was just the tip of the iceberg of his own self-inflicted suffering.

"Handle it impartially?"

Zhang Dongting sneered, "Xu Mingde, do you expect me to go through all the dirty deeds you've done one by one?"

Xu Mingde was panicking, but he still stubbornly insisted, "I...I didn't do anything! He's the one spreading rumors and slandering me, he's the one causing trouble!"

"Yeah?"

Zhang Dongting's gaze swept over the recorder in my hand: "Bai Yan's recording is crystal clear. You abused your power to harass subordinates and coerce and entice colleagues into sexual harassment. This is the first thing."

"Deliberately setting traps for colleagues, intentionally sabotaging cooperative orders, and intentionally harming company employees as a form of personal revenge—this is the second thing."

"He secretly colluded with outsiders to cause trouble, which led to Chen An's hospitalization. This is the third thing."

"I've heard about your cliques, abuse of power, and bullying of new employees, all because you're a senior employee and department head. I've always been lenient with you, hoping you'd admit your mistakes and repent."

"I never expected you to go so far, becoming increasingly audacious and losing all sense of decency. I'm so disappointed in you!"

With each sentence she spoke, Xu Mingde's face paled further. He stammered, "I admit to the first two things, but I didn't do the third. When did I collude with outsiders to get Chen An hospitalized?"

Zhang Dongting angrily pointed at Xu Mingde's nose: "You think you're so great? I'm asking you, did you call Zhou Zengwei here?"

Xu Mingde's face turned pale: "I...I...I just..."

"What are you?!"

Zhang Dongting was furious: "When did it become your business to interfere in my private affairs? I'm divorced. Even if Chen An and I have something going on, it's just normal interaction. What's it to you? And what's it to him? Since you like meddling so much, then I'll let you meddle to your heart's content. Uncle Ming has just resigned, so you can take his place guarding the gate!"

Xu Mingde panicked completely and immediately lowered his head to beg for mercy.

"Mr. Zhang, I was wrong! I was out of my mind, I'll never do it again! Please give me another chance. I've worked for the company for so many years, I've worked hard even if I haven't achieved great things!"

"Honors?"

Zhang Dongting grew increasingly angry as she spoke, her eyes filled with disgust: "Your credit is harassing female employees, framing colleagues, and tarnishing the company's reputation?"

She showed no mercy and immediately took out her phone.

"It's an insult to Yunding to have you work as a gatekeeper. From this day forward, you are officially fired! I will investigate your actions and upload them to the industry blacklist. No company in the same industry in the entire city will hire you again."

"Furthermore, you are suspected of workplace harassment. I have preserved all the evidence. Whether or not to report it to the police is entirely up to me."

Xu Mingde's legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground, completely stunned.

He thought he would at most get a scolding and have to write a self-criticism, but he never expected that Zhang Dongting would cut off all his escape routes and completely pin him down here.

"No...Mr. Zhang, little aunt, you can't do this! We're relatives, I really know I was wrong, please let me go!" He hurriedly crawled over and tried to tug at Zhang Dongting's clothes.

Zhang Dongting didn't even bother to look at him again: "Pack your things and get out of here right now. If you stay in the company for another second, I'll call the police."

Xu Mingde collapsed to the ground, his face ashen. It took him a long time to get up in a disheveled state, and he slunk away to pack his things.

After Xu Mingde left, Zhang Dongting's tense expression relaxed. She gently tugged at my arm and asked in a low voice.

"Are you alright? You scared me to death just now! Why were you so impulsive? You even dared to hit someone with a flowerpot! What if something had happened?"

Seeing the worry in her eyes, my anger instantly dissipated, and I smiled and said...

"I'm fine, I just couldn't take it anymore. If you hadn't come, I really would have smashed it."

Zhang Dongting raised her hand and rubbed her temples, sighing helplessly: "I know you've been wronged, but you can't fight even if you're wronged. What if you get hurt? You're still injured."

I grinned and boasted, "Even if I tied her hands, she wouldn't be a match for me, that good-for-nothing. By the way..."

Remembering that Xu Mingde had just said she was a relative, I couldn't help but ask, "Is that fatso really your relative?"

Zhang Dongting nodded: "I am her great-aunt."

What the hell?

I looked Zhang Dongting up and down. Could she be one of those old witches in the movies who can change skins?

Zhang Dongting seemed to know what I was thinking. She pinched my waist and scolded me, "What are you thinking? I'm just older than him, don't be so naive."

I scratched my head.

I've seen many children on short videos who are a few years old and feel more grief and indignation than people in their fifties or sixties, and people even have to kowtow to those children during the Lunar New Year. But this is the first time I've encountered this in real life.

I joked with a laugh, "Does that mean that old geezer Xu Mingde has to call me 'little uncle'?"

"yes!"

Zhang Dongting rolled her eyes at me, then wrapped her arms around my neck and laughed, "Shouldn't your uncle do his duty?"

"this……"

I glanced around, feeling a little guilty, but my hands involuntarily wrapped around her waist: "This is the break room; my colleagues could come in at any time."

"Wouldn't that be even more exciting?"

That vixen!

……

The next day, after getting out of Zhang Dongting's bed, I went straight to Qiangsheng Group.

When I arrived, Zhao Hongqi was having a video conference. When he saw me come in, he pointed to the chair next to him and told me to sit down and wait a while.

He ended the video conference after about ten minutes.

"Brother, why did you suddenly come to see me?" Zhao Hongqi poured me a cup of tea.

I waved my hand: "I won't drink the tea, brother. I've made up my mind, I'm going to follow you."

Zhao Hongqi took a sip of tea, shook his head and laughed, "Brother, I told you to give me five days to get back to me because I didn't want you to get involved in this mess. Why didn't you listen? If you have any difficulties or are bullied, just come to me and I'll help you sort things out. I really think you shouldn't have gone down this path."

I looked at him intently.

"Brother, please don't try to persuade me. I know what I'm doing."

Seeing this, Zhao Hongqi stopped trying to persuade him and thought for a while before speaking.

"Alright, since that's how it is, I won't try to persuade you anymore. Everyone has their own fate. How about this, aren't you working in sales at Yunding Logistics? Why don't you go work at the KTV under my management?"

I was taken aback.

I thought he would suggest I run the real estate business, since that's his main job.

Now they want me to go to karaoke? What kind of logic is that?