The man smiled, looking extremely polite.
Yang Qian nodded and introduced everyone to him.
"This is from our company's comic department. Just call her Sister Sisi like I do," Yang Qian said, pointing at Gu Sisi. Then she looked at Jiang Lihao, smiling even more brightly.
"Just call him General Manager Jiang. He's a big boss. Maybe we'll need his help someday," Yang Qian said with a joking smile.
"Then I'll call you General Manager Jiang," the man said, following Yang Qian's words. Yang Qian's smile grew wider as she nodded.
Although Gu Sisi didn't understand what was going on, it wasn't appropriate for her to ask directly at this moment.
However, the fact that they had once been together really piqued Gu Sisi's curiosity.
"How long were you together? Who chased who?" Gu Sisi asked curiously.
"I chased her first," the man replied elegantly with a smile. "How could I expect such a beauty to chase me?"
Gu Sisi had a good impression of this man, whom she was meeting for the first time.
She became even more curious about this matter.
The group chatted merrily.
"I have to leave first. There are still things to deal with in the company," Jiang Lihao said as he stood up.
Gu Sisi had no choice but to see him off.
"I also have something to attend to, so I'll leave first," the man named Zhang Zhe said as he stood up after Gu Sisi came back, looking apologetic.
"Okay. Take care," Gu Sisi said with a welcoming smile.
Yang Qian, however, remained sitting in her seat without moving or saying a word.
It was only after everyone had left that Gu Sisi put away her smile.
"Why didn't you see him off just now?"
Instead of answering, Yang Qian simply said, "Thank you."
This single sentence left Gu Sisi completely confused. "What?"
Yang Qian put down her chopsticks and looked at Gu Sisi. "Thank you for not exposing me just now." She said it seriously again.
So that was the reason. Gu Sisi understood and sighed. "You must have your own reasons."
Seeing Yang Qian with her head down in silence, Gu Sisi comforted her. "If you don't want to talk about it, then don't."
Yang Qian pursed her lips but still didn't say anything.
"Sister Sisi, I can't bring myself to say it."
"Don't push yourself. I don't have to know," Gu Sisi said softly.
Although she was quite curious, just by looking at Yang Qian's expression, she knew there were things that were hard to talk about. Based on her understanding of Yang Qian, this matter must be quite complicated for her to be unable to speak about it.
Finally, the topic was changed. After stabilizing her emotions, Yang Qian finally told Gu Sisi the reason why she had suddenly come to find her.
Gu Sisi was silent for a long time.
"Sister Sisi?" Yang Qian called out uneasily.
She had been too impulsive just now. Now that she had calmed down, she felt that it might not have been appropriate to tell Sister Sisi directly.
Sister Sisi had already endured so much slander. She was afraid that Sister Sisi wouldn't be able to bear it.
"It's okay. Ignore them," Gu Sisi said calmly, clearly not taking this matter to heart. She also told Yang Qian, "Don't worry about me. It's just a small matter. Let them talk if they want to."
Gu Sisi seemed very rational. It wasn't until a long time later that Yang Qian finally realized.
Wow! Sister Sisi was so cool. She had to learn from Sister Sisi.
However, later on, Yang Qian temporarily lost this opportunity.
The reason was simple. Sister Sisi was just too busy. She basically devoted all her time to work. Even when having a meal with Yang Qian, she was absent - minded.
Yang Qian was really inspired and would encourage their group members whenever she had the chance.
Soon, the results of the first - stage group matches were out.
Their team won steadily, and the popularity of their short - story comic was many times higher than that of the opponent group's works.
This made the other side lose face.
The whole team looked extremely dejected.
That woman had even poached all his key players. Just thinking about this made Wang Hao angry.
Otherwise, the opponent wouldn't have been so powerful.
The general manager announced the final result and concluded, "Then your group can move over first."
These words were addressed to Wang Chao. At this moment, he was lowering his head and clenching his teeth.
He couldn't figure out why.
"I'm not convinced," he suddenly said.
The general manager's expression remained unchanged. He still held a pen in his hand and calmly asked, "Not convinced about what?"
Wang Chao's neck turned red as he pointed at Gu Sisi and said, "She poached the members of my group, and that's why they got such good results. I'm not convinced!"
The general manager frowned. "Didn't they choose freely?"
Wang Chao widened his eyes. "We had already made the selections. Who would have expected her to come and poach people?"
"So you don't admit defeat?" Gu Sisi suddenly asked.
Seeing him making all sorts of excuses, Gu Sisi hit the nail on the head with one sentence.
"Why should I admit defeat?" Wang Chao said, straightening his neck.
"Because your results are worse," Gu Sisi said word by word, not at all intimidated by the hostility on Wang Chao.
"Stop!" The general manager couldn't stand it anymore and shouted sternly. After the situation calmed down, he looked at Gu Sisi and his voice returned to normal. "Tell me what exactly happened."
Gu Sisi then directly told the whole story. The general manager's face got darker and darker as he listened.
Although she didn't tell everything, if the slander against Gu Sisi was true, this would be a big deal...
"Is this true?" the general manager asked with a dark face.
"I want to explain!" Wang Chao said when he sensed that something was wrong. "I don't know why they helped her. Maybe there are other reasons, but it definitely wasn't because of the issue of the signature.
I believe that as leaders, we should never take the credit of our employees. But now she claims that the work is all her credit. I don't agree with this concept.
If this is the goal and direction your company is aiming for, then it doesn't match my values. I'm willing to leave!"
He said all this very confidently.
Before the general manager could say anything, Gu Sisi suddenly spoke up.
"I also think he should leave."
Wang Chao, who had just wanted to scare them, turned pale. He had only wanted to use retreat as an advance, never expecting to really leave. The treatment of this company fully met his standards. Why would he want to leave?
"Can you make the decision?" he retorted.
If she really could make the decision, then his previous speculation might be true. The general manager and she had an affair.
A chill ran through his heart, but soon he regained his confidence. The heat of the current scandal hadn't died down yet. If they really fired him, it would only prove that the scandal was true, and then Gu Sisi wouldn't have the face to stay either.
So, they definitely wouldn't get rid of him at this time.
Wang Chao had a good plan in mind, but reality didn't go as he wished.
Gu Sisi said nothing and handed over a folder.
The general manager looked at it while sizing him up.
He felt worried again. He had been distracted just now and hadn't noticed what that thing was at all.
His heart was pounding.