After a wealthy woman went bankrupt, her live-in husband became her sugar daddy.

The slap made my ears ring, and I staggered back a few steps.

I looked at the little fish in front of me, my eyes filled with undisguised surprise and bewilderment.

Xiaoyu looked at me with a mocking gaze, pointed at my nose, and immediately started cursing, completely disregarding the stares of those around her.

"Why do you have to be a vixen at such a young age? You even seduced my man. I thought you were a decent person and agreed to let you work as my assistant, but I never expected you to have such wicked intentions."

Zhang Ge's face showed a hint of fear. He then stood up from his seat, grabbed her arm, and said, "Xiao Yu, nothing like that happened."

I quickly explained, "I'm here to ask for advice on work, not what you're thinking..."

Before I could finish speaking, Xiaoyu continued to berate me, "Use such despicable tactics, and you even dared to ask him out for dinner alone."

As she spoke, she lunged at me again, her eyes filled with a vicious look as if she wanted to tear me apart.

Zhang immediately put his arm around her shoulder and spoke as softly as possible, "Xiaoyu, we're just talking about work, nothing else."

When Xiaoyu saw him speak up for me, she stomped her foot in anger, "She's a mistress, how dare you side with her?"

The more she talked, the more outrageous it became. Finally, seeing that she couldn't listen to anything, Brother Zhang pulled her away.

Suddenly I became the target of everyone's criticism.

People around me were pointing and whispering, and many were filming me with their phones.

"So this is the mistress. Well, now the wife has caught her."

"Mistresses are the most shameful; quickly take a picture of her and upload it online..."

Not wanting to be photographed looking disheveled, I immediately covered my face and left.

The matter quickly escalated and soon reached Jiang Yichen's side.

Jiang Yichen summoned us, the parties involved, directly to the hospital and asked with a cold face, "What exactly is going on here? How do you plan to handle this?"

The little fish struck first, throwing all the dirty water at me before I even had a chance to speak.

"Gu Mo seduced my boyfriend. I hit her in a fit of anger, but she's the one in the wrong. Boss, you must fire her. Keeping someone like that in the company will only bring trouble sooner or later."

Jiang Yichen turned his gaze to me with a gloomy face.

"I didn't do anything like that. Zhang and I just had a meal together." I quickly explained, afraid that he would misunderstand.

Xiaoyu snorted and took out her phone, fiddling with it incessantly.

"Boss, look, I have evidence. This is a photo of her stealing a kiss from Brother Zhang."

Brother Zhang was clearly taken aback for a moment, and when he glanced at me out of the corner of his eye, a hint of guilt flashed across his face. He tugged at Xiaoyu's arm, "Xiaoyu..."

Seeing that Xiaoyu was ignoring him, he was about to clarify things with Jiang Yichen when Xiaoyu angrily interrupted him, "You better behave yourself! Don't forget whose side you are."

Brother Zhang immediately lowered his head, not daring to speak.

But I didn't do anything like that, and I have no idea where Xiaoyu's photos came from.

Jiang Yichen's expression grew increasingly grim, and a somber atmosphere filled the entire ward.

After a while, he waved his hand, signaling Xiaoyu and Brother Zhang to go out first.

After the two left, we were the only ones left in the room.

"Gu Mo, why are you seducing someone else's boyfriend?"

Jiang Yichen exuded a terrifying sense of oppression.

He stood up and moved closer to me, his tall figure looming over me, his cold gaze fixed on me.

"Are you that thirsty? Can't you live without a man?"

This huge black pot is being placed directly on my head, and I can't help but feel wronged.

I know he won't believe me no matter what I say now, so I turned my head away and couldn't help but whisper in a low voice, "Seduce him? You might as well seduce yourself."

I don't know if it was just my imagination, but after he said those words, the fierce aura around Jiang Yichen seemed to dissipate a bit.

I looked up and saw a faint, enigmatic smile playing at the corners of his lips.

Before I could react, he said, "Go out, I'll investigate."

The news quickly spread throughout the entire company.

When Little Sweetie found out, she was furious and started yelling at everyone.

"Gu Mo, you're brainless too. Everyone in the company knows about his relationship with Xiao Yu, but you're the only one who's eager to get close to him."

But I had no idea that Xiaoyu and Brother Zhang had that kind of relationship before.

"What should I do? Is there no chance to salvage this?"

I instinctively turned to Little Sweetie for help.

Little Sweetie shook her head repeatedly as she looked at me, but she still offered me advice.

"Go and explain to Xiaoyu. As long as she comes forward to clarify that it was a misunderstanding, everything will be fine. Anyway, she won't suffer any losses. She can just treat this as a free trending topic."

These words immediately gave me direction.

Not wanting things to escalate, I thanked her and then went directly to find Xiaoyu.

Seeing me suddenly arrive, Xiaoyu showed no surprise, only giving me a dismissive glance. "What is it?"

I didn't want to waste time, so I sat down directly opposite her.

She casually scrolled through her phone, not even glancing at me, clearly not taking me seriously.

"Sister Xiaoyu, what happened between me and Brother Zhang was really just a misunderstanding. There is nothing between us."

Upon hearing me mention Brother Zhang, Xiaoyu calmly placed her phone on the table, crossed her arms, and looked disdainful.

"so what?"

I didn't think too much about it, assuming she was still angry.

I lowered my stance a bit and said gently, "Could you step in and help me clarify this?"

"So what if it's a misunderstanding? Why should I help you?"

Upon hearing this, my heart sank a little.

If this matter isn't resolved, it will have a huge impact on me.

It was of no concern to her.

"Sister Xiaoyu, I'm a newbie, this is very important to me, just consider it a free trending topic..."

Little Fish's expression remained indifferent, suggesting she didn't trust me.

"What I see is you with him. I won't explain. It's useless for you to tell me these things."

She remained firm, even stating bluntly, "Everyone in the company knows he's one of my people, and no one dares to meet with him alone, but you went anyway. Doesn't that clearly show you don't respect me?"

"Let me tell you, the photo of you stealing a kiss from him is fake too."

It was then that I realized that all of this was done intentionally by the little fish.

Seeing my immediate dejection, Xiaoyu's face flashed with smugness, and she quickly added, "If I don't punish you, I won't be able to keep my position in the company. This incident is just your bad luck, and I hope you can learn a lesson from it."

This is just a tactic of making an example of someone to warn others, and I'm the one responsible for giving the others in the company a warning.

I was so foolish to believe that she could clear things up and resolve the matter for me.

I don't know how I left in the end, I just felt very stifled, with nowhere to vent my grievances.

My consciousness was drifting away, but a phone call from my brother finally brought me back to reality.

Looking at the rapidly flashing numbers on the screen, I immediately had a bad feeling.