Miss Star, spoiled by her father and brother

Xu Weiwei went home and first met her mother and grandparents. She sat down and exchanged a few pleasantries with them before heading straight to the research center.

She appeared suddenly without prior notice, startling everyone. Once they realized what was happening, they immediately dropped what they were doing and swarmed around her.

"Boss~~~!"

"Boss, why did you suddenly come back?!"

"Boss! Where have you been?!"

"Boss, boss, have you finished everything?"

"Boss, you're finally back! My experiment has been stuck for two days and I still can't get the data I need! Come save me!"

"Boss,..."

"Boss,..."

"Boss,..."

Xu Weiwei's head was throbbing from the noise.

Zhang Pete shouted, "Stop arguing! If you keep arguing, go outside!"

The group of people immediately fell silent, and instead stared at her with puppy-dog eyes.

Xu Weiwei finally understood why children could keep their mothers tied down.

She looked around and found that the office was much more crowded, with a few new faces standing outside the crowd, looking somewhat reserved, and shyly looking away when they met her gaze.

Zhang Pete beckoned the group forward and introduced them to Xu Weiwei: "These are the ones who performed well in the second round of online exams and the final interview. They're currently on trial. Liu Ming, Dang Hui, Sun Qian, Smart..."

Each time a name was called, the person would bow and nod to Xu Weiwei in greeting. Their attitude was sincere and respectful.

"Hiss—were we this obsequious back then?"

"This isn't flattery, it's intelligence, okay? It shows that people can see through appearances to the essence. Who was like us when we first arrived, so ignorant and arrogant?"

"Tsk...don't even mention it."

After getting to know everyone, Xu Weiwei smiled and asked with concern, "How are you? Are you adjusting to life here? Are you staying in the dormitory or outside? Do you like the food in the cafeteria?"

The others answered one by one, making me feel very warm and fuzzy. I thought to myself, they were right after all, the young lady is a good person.

After a brief chat, Xu Weiwei got down to business.

"Sorry for affecting the overall work progress. Let's start with group meeting, beginning with group one. The rest of you, please prepare. It may take a while. The schedule for the later groups will be flexible. We'll go eat when it's time to eat."

"Group one, come with me to the conference room," Xu Weiwei said crisply.

The crowd scattered with a whoosh, clattering as they packed up their things, taking their documents, computers, and notebooks, and followed behind Xu Weiwei.

The interns exchanged glances, then cautiously raised their hands and asked, "Um... shall we participate too?"

"Of course! What are you thinking? Hurry up and keep up!"

"Hey!" A smile spread across their faces.

Eight groups, from 4 pm to 10 pm, when the last word "meeting adjourned" was said, Xu Weiwei experienced what it felt like to have "all her cultivation dissipated".

I stood up and stretched, and my bones cracked like firecrackers.

The group members had all left, but Zhang Pete was still sitting in his seat, clearly having something to say to her.

Xu Weiwei then stretched her arms and legs and sat back down.

The next second, Zhang Pete indeed spoke up: "There's something I need to report to you. You've been busy these past few days and probably haven't had time to watch the news."

“There are a lot of scammers out there now, using our research center’s name to claim they can offer ‘internal benefits’ and priority access to medical care, and then they’re just trying to scam you out of your deposit.”

"There are also those selling counterfeit drugs. When patients experience problems after taking them, the perpetrators have already absconded. Since we can't find the culprits, they come to our accounts to cause trouble, which inevitably affects the public's trust in us."

Xu Weiwei frowned: "Do you have any screenshots as evidence? On which platform were you scammed?"

"They have it on several mainstream social media platforms. The patients have posted transfer records and account screenshots, but the people identified don't match. They used other people's identity information. The accounts are also anonymous alien banks."

"A professional fraud ring," Xu Weiwei commented. "There's a high chance this money is gone."

Zhang Pete sighed.

"What about those selling counterfeit drugs? Can we start by checking the logistics information? If they're selling offline, it'll be even simpler."

"I don't know yet," Zhang Pete said, turning on his personal terminal to see if he could find any useful information.

"Let's leave this to our legal department. Contact them tomorrow and try to file a case if possible, and sue them severely. Also, for our staff, those who don't have a Xingbo account yet, please open one now and tag them all on our official account. Remind everyone to be careful and avoid being scammed."

"Okay, got it."

After finishing his sentence, Zhang Pete got up to leave.

"Hey, wait a minute..."

Zhang Pete stopped and turned to look at her, his eyes filled with calmness and confusion, without a trace of dissatisfaction.

Xu Weiwei felt a little guilty: "Let's hire another person to specifically handle public relations and account management."

“You’re in the management of our research center, what’s the point of always making you do these extra tasks?” she said half-jokingly.

Zhang Pete felt a warmth in his heart. He held shares in the research center, although only 2%, but those were precious original shares. The dividends alone were higher than his salary. Therefore, he had long regarded the research center as his "own son" and cared for it with great concern.

He earns more than others, so it's no big deal for him to do more. He doesn't even feel wronged, but Cerviel takes the initiative to say, "This is not right."

Employees aren't afraid of working hard; they're only afraid of not getting paid for their work and not being noticed by the boss. But neither of these worries applies here.

Selvia will see their contributions and sacrifices.

Even if I had to work my ass for a boss like that... I'd still want the money, even if... I couldn't give my life for him, even if...

Even if he's lucky.

Xu Weiwei watched as Zhang Pete, who had been perfectly fine, suddenly stared blankly and started laughing foolishly as if possessed. She couldn't help but tighten her grip on his hand.

Zhang Pete snapped out of his daze: "Okay, our research center is getting bigger and bigger, and there will definitely be more and more public opinion about it in the future... What are you doing with that telescopic pole?"

"...It wasn't working well when we were in the meeting just now, let me check if it's broken."

Xu Weiwei fiddled with it a couple of times like playing an accordion, then put it down: "It seems to be fine again."

"Oh." Zhang Pete, oblivious to anything, continued, "Then I'll post the job openings tomorrow and find people to start as soon as possible. The rights protection efforts will also proceed simultaneously, and the matter will be handed over once the people are in place."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."