Lu Xingchen hadn’t expected that after Chu Zeyan helped her get the package to the office yesterday, he warned everyone in a friendly manner: “Your CEO Li is too strict. He made you so busy that you don’t even have time to pick up the package. I’ll go up and talk to him for you later.”

But Lu Xingchen didn’t think Chu Zeyan would really mention this to Li Zhen. Even if he did, Li Zhen would not do it. So he didn’t think that everyone’s withdrawal from the group was related to this matter.

But Tan Lina said righteously, "Lu Xingchen, no matter why you were assigned to the company, no matter who is protecting you so that you can just hold an empty position and receive a salary, since you are in my team, please don't affect the work of my team members, especially... the male team members."

Tan Lina was probably someone that President Li had hired to help her. She started to speak in sarcastic terms with her. Lu Xingchen said helplessly, "Team Leader, just say whatever you want to say."

"Since you ask so much... then I'll grant you your wish." Tan Lina smiled sarcastically, "Lu Xingchen, whether you have business ability or not, it doesn't matter if you want to date a few men in private, but please don't step on my team and affect our performance. After all, except for you, we all have to rely on our own work to support our families."

The other team members who were watching the show were not afraid of making trouble and immediately gossiped in a low voice, "Wow, Team Leader Tan is so tough, isn't he afraid of offending his superiors?"

Tan Lina heard it, but looked directly at Lu Xingchen fearlessly, "No matter who your boss is, you can always ask Mr. Chu to come again. Even if the company fires me for this, I will have a clear conscience. After all, a company that fires employees who have worked hard for many years for a vase that eats free meals has no value in my opinion."

Tan Lina's words sounded righteous, but they were full of sarcasm and insults, especially when she pushed the box of Swiss rolls on the table and added, "On the surface, you are eager to help others, but behind their backs, you secretly complain and play the victim. Who dares to eat such a Swiss roll? Give it to them."

Lu Xingchen didn't want to make a big deal out of it, but after Tan Lina's condemnation, she suddenly became a scumbag who couldn't work and relied on several big men to make a living.

And no matter how much she said that she had no godfather, was not familiar with Mr. Chu, and had not hooked up with any male team members, no one would believe her.

After all, there is no one above her who would let her collect a salary for nothing?

It was clearly her own initiative to run errands and do odd jobs, but everyone was warned after Chu Zeyan showed up.

As for Xu Nanhe, why should he serve her so faithfully if he wasn't having an affair with her?

In everyone's eyes, these are probably what is called seeing is believing.

In this case, Lu Xingchen didn't want to waste time explaining. He just picked up the box of Swiss rolls on the table and looked at Tan Lina and spoke slowly:

"Team Leader Tan is speculating that I have someone to back me, and that I am not working but flirting with other people. I can try to understand from your perspective. After all, I have been in the team for several months and have not achieved any results."

Tan Lina sneered at her seemingly submissive words. A woman who lived on unspoken rules should stop complaining in front of her.

Lu Xingchen continued, "But I asked you to assign me work more than once but was rejected. Everyone should have heard or seen this."

So what? Tan Lina looked at her with a smile on her face. "Everyone knows that we are under orders and cannot assign you any work. Why do you have to make things difficult for a small team leader like me?"

Lu Xingchen curled his lips and said, "Team Leader Tan just said righteously that if a company fires its key personnel because of a vase that eats free meals, then the company has no value to you. I don't quite understand why you, such an upright person, rejected my job application so many times? And after so many rejections, you used the synonyms of vase, eating free meals, and holding an empty position many more times to humiliate me in public?"

In the past, everyone looked at Lu Xingchen according to what Tan Lina said, but now that Lu Xingchen had pushed back like this, they couldn't help but look at Tan Lina again, as if what Lu Xingchen said was also true.

Tan Lina's face suddenly darkened, and she looked at Lu Xingchen with cold eyes and said, "Who knows if you will be warm on the outside but cruel on the inside, and secretly complain? We have all just experienced this from you!"

She was very good at stirring up everyone's emotions with words, but Lu Xingchen didn't mind. He just said, "Let's put aside the other good and bad things first. Can Team Leader Tan help me get rid of the label of being a vase and use actual business to verify whether I have the ability?"

She must have some foundation to dare to make such a request in public, but why should she help her prove that she is not a vase? Tan Lina said expressionlessly: "If you are so confident in yourself, then go to a better team to verify it. I am very satisfied with the current staffing and work ability of our team, and I have no plan to increase the number of staff."

At this time, Xu Nanhe, who was late from going out to do something, happened to hear this, so he quickly walked into the group and asked everyone, "What happened?"

Before I got an answer, someone in the surrounding group said, "Yes, Lu Xingchen, the business of Group 9 has been developing rapidly recently and has been rated as excellent for several weeks in a row. Not only the supervisor but also the department head have praised Group Leader Tan highly, so it is reasonable for Group Leader Tan to refuse you to join."

Xu Nanhe, who was still unaware of the situation just now, immediately guessed what was going on. He looked at the arrogant Tan Lina, then at Lu Xingchen who was fighting alone, and finally couldn't help but say, "In fact, Lu Xingchen helped a lot in our group's work being rated as excellent."

"What do you mean?"

"How can this be!"

Everyone's reaction was the same: disbelief.

Tan Lina was so angry that she stood up and shouted: "Xu Nanhe, no matter how much Lu Xingchen talks to you, you can't talk nonsense with your eyes open!"

But after shouting out this anger, Tan Lina felt panicked.

Recalling the recent improvement in her team's work efficiency and quality, she did initially think that Xu Nanhe had really asked someone for help, but this had lasted for more than a month and no one had noticed anything unusual, and it was a good thing for her, so she happily regarded it as the result of her hard work.

Now Xu Nanhe suddenly stood up and said that it was Lu Xingchen's credit. How could she accept this? !

Xu Nanhe opened his mouth to refute again: "I'm not lying..."

"Xu Nanhe!" Tan Lina's face was filled with rage, but she couldn't hide the pleading look in her eyes. Seeing a flicker of hesitation in Xu Nanhe's eyes, her eyes softened and revealed a piteous "I beg you" look.

Xu Nanhe couldn't help but take a deep breath, but soon remembered that Lu Xingchen had repeatedly begged Tan Lina to let her work, and remembered the scene where Lu Xingchen worked hard to help him and answered his questions without reservation.

No matter what others think or see about his relationship with Lu Xingchen, first of all, Lu Xingchen is a good friend and mentor to him.

He could have joined others in standing against her at this time, or even just been a bystander, he would have died of shame.

Thinking of this, Xu Nanhe looked directly at Tan Lina and said firmly: "Many of the tasks I failed to complete before, and the problems that other people in the group asked me to solve, were mostly done by Xingchen, not me."

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