"Feng Qing!" Sheng Yan panicked and rushed to the desk, glaring at Feng Qing.
Why? Why did she ignore him like this!
Feng Qing remained unmoved and looked at Sheng Yan coldly. "Do I need to remind you that I'm your superior now?"
"I don't advocate bringing personal emotions into work. If you still can't manage your personal emotions well, I'll consider replacing my assistant."
Sheng Yan was stunned. According to the normal work process, he would become a full - time employee in less than half a month. In the past few months, he thought he had improved many situations in the company. But now Feng Qing actually had the idea of firing him.
"Should I really not have expected anything from you?"
Feng Qing looked up and stared into his eyes seriously. There was no trace of warmth in her eyes as she answered bluntly, "Yes."
Sheng Yan slapped the desk hard and quickly left the office, seething with anger. Feng Qing was exhausted by his emotional outbursts and really wanted to seriously consider whether to recruit new people.
Sheng Yan threw a tantrum and gave Feng Qing the cold shoulder. Feng Qing pretended not to notice but shifted her work focus to Assistant Qi. As time passed, Sheng Yan also noticed this and felt quite uncomfortable.
He and Qi Zhicheng had always been at odds. Since he joined the company, he had completely looked down on Qi Zhicheng. So even though Feng Qing ignored him, he didn't intend to ease the tension with Qi Zhicheng. It was Qi Zhicheng who took the initiative to approach him.
"What? Don't want to work anymore?"
Sheng Yan turned his back, his face grim. "You're crazy."
"Then you still want to work. Since you do, why are you giving Feng Qing the cold shoulder when you're about to become a full - time employee?"
Assistant Qi couldn't understand the actions of this former couple at all, especially Sheng Yan's. He was so unpredictable, which really baffled people.
Feng Qing's attitude was relatively easy to understand. It was all in the past, and now everything was business - like.
Sheng Yan sneered. "She's the general manager. Isn't it inappropriate to call her by her name?"
His tone was extremely sour. Assistant Qi really couldn't understand, so he just answered his question seriously based on the facts.
"I'm probably a few years older than Feng Qing, so she might tolerate me."
"I didn't come to talk to you about this. I just want to ask if you still want to become a full - time employee. If you do, prepare well. If Feng Qing is unavailable, I'll be in charge."
Sheng Yan turned around and glanced at him indifferently, then left without saying a word.
Just because Qi Zhicheng was older, he was allowed to call her by her name, but he couldn't because he was younger. Why?
Feng Qing's coldness towards Sheng Yan was no less than Sheng Yan's childish tantrums. Compared to Sheng Yan's awkwardness, she could simply ignore him. Her indifference was twice as powerful as Sheng Yan's physical outbursts.
Previously, Feng Qing would rely on Sheng Yan when attending business dinners. Now she would just go on her own and never let Sheng Yan accompany her. If it was a business dinner where an assistant was required to be present, she would rather take Assistant Qi than Sheng Yan, which made Sheng Yan extremely angry.
But most of the time, Feng Qing attended business dinners alone.
In Sheng Yan's eyes, Feng Qing's outfits for business dinners were always inappropriate. He found them jarring, but Feng Qing didn't care at all. She still wore those clothes to various business dinners.
If something really made her uncomfortable, she would just be quiet for a few days. She wouldn't cry or throw a tantrum. After she recovered, she would continue to attend business dinners.
"Assistant Qi, accompany me to the business dinner tonight." Feng Qing called Assistant Qi, hoping he could accompany her.
However, Assistant Qi was in a dilemma. "I'm really sorry. My son has pneumonia and is in the hospital. I have to go and accompany him. If the business dinner is not safe, don't force yourself. Ask Assistant Sheng to accompany you."
"Okay." Feng Qing hung up the phone with a gloomy face. There were a few difficult people at the business dinner. If she went alone, it would be hard for her to get away. But if she asked Sheng Yan to accompany her... Forget it. She would just drink less.
She still decided to go alone. Assistant Qi and Sheng Yan watched her walk into the elevator alone, each with complex emotions.
Assistant Qi was in a hurry to go to the hospital and just quickly told Sheng Yan who would be at the business dinner. "I won't mention the others, but do you know Qu Li? Do you think Feng Qing can come out unscathed?"
After saying that, he quickly took the next elevator and left, leaving Sheng Yan alone to digest this information.
Qu Li was well - known in the circle for his capacity for alcohol. No one who sat at the same table with him could leave standing. But there were still many people willing to drink with him in order to get his investment. Some would pass out, and some would even be hospitalized.
But what Qu Li was most despised for was not just his arrogant attitude because of his wealth, but also his amorous scandals.
If Sheng Yan remembered correctly, his adopted daughter sued him in court for sexual harassment a year ago, but the case ended up without a result.
Although it was called sexual harassment, they all knew exactly what it was. It was just that it was difficult to find evidence to convict him, so he could still be so carefree.
His adopted daughter was about the same age as Feng Qing. That brute could even do such a thing to his own adopted daughter. What about Feng Qing...
Thinking of this, Sheng Yan couldn't stay still any longer. He rushed to the club in a hurry.
He set off a bit late and got stuck in traffic. He arrived forty minutes later than Feng Qing. When he found Feng Qing, she had already drunk a lot of wine. Maybe it was just his illusion, but Feng Qing's hair seemed a bit messy.
Feng Qing was leaning against the wall, looking extremely pale. When Sheng Yan first came to support her, she was so scared that she dodged. She only relaxed after she was sure it was Sheng Yan.
Sheng Yan took her back to the car but didn't start the engine immediately. Instead, he let Feng Qing calm down first.
"Sorry, I should have accompanied you."
Feng Qing leaned against the car door without saying a word. After a while, Sheng Yan heard her sobbing.
The sound was very soft, like a meow.
But it was those suppressed sobs that made Sheng Yan feel even more heart - wrenching.
Sheng Yan hesitated whether to pat her on the shoulder when Feng Qing suddenly spoke. With a sob in her voice, she lost her usual toughness and was more like a wounded cat. "I just want to save the company. Am I wrong?"
"You're not wrong. They are." He never liked business dinners, especially when some people would deliberately bring their female assistants to show their superiority in the upper - class circle over the lower - class, just to satisfy their perverted desires. They were simply worse than beasts.
Not to mention Feng Qing, who was a unique female in the "upper - class" circle. He knew very well that in a man's world, women were just a tiny part. Most men regarded women as playthings and never thought of treating women equally.
If these people had any sense of shame, they would maintain their false appearance of being civilized. No matter how rotten they were inside, they should at least keep it private. Unfortunately, only a small number of them had any shame.
"I hate attending business dinners. I hate being forced to drink. I hate wearing these kinds of clothes. But this is Dad's company. I can't let it go bankrupt. It's very important to Dad..."
This was the first time Sheng Yan had seen Feng Qing cry in all the years he had known her.
He felt as if his heart was under an extremely heavy load, so heavy that it could no longer beat regularly.