Married by Accident: The Rich CEO's Deeply Rooted Pampering Tactics

Qiao Luo thought to herself: When in her 365 days is she ever in a good mood? Nevertheless, she gratefully thanked her colleague before knocking on Lin Mei's office door.

"Enter."

Lin Mei's somewhat impatient voice came through.

Qiao Luo pushed the door open and went in. "Editor Lin, you wanted to see me?"

Lin Mei glanced at her, and whether it was because she was married or not, she felt increasingly disgusted with her.

"Hmm, why did you take the day off again today? Do you think that you don't need to work properly now that you're married? If that's really what you think, go back to being a full-time housewife and stop standing around doing nothing."

Lin Mei's outburst of anger seemed rather inexplicable. Qiao Luo insisted that she wouldn't take the blame, since she had indeed asked for leave before, and Lin Mei had approved that leave herself. How could it be that she was being unprofessional so soon?

“Editor Lin, I am married, but I have never neglected my work. Your statement is far too biased.”

Qiao Luo was not to be outdone. There were some things she could tolerate, but there were others she couldn't, since it concerned her work attitude.

Lin Mei probably didn't expect her to refute, after all, no matter how much she made things difficult for her during this time, Qiao Luo had always remained silent.

She thought Qiao Luo had changed her personality after marriage, but she didn't expect that she was still the same Qiao Luo as before.

Lin Mei scoffed coldly.

"I'm biased? Qiao Luo, I think you won't admit it until you see the coffin. Look for yourself. This is the data survey done by an intern, and this is what you did. You've been with the magazine for almost a year now, how come you're not even as good as an intern? And you still say I'm biased."

Lin Mei tossed her two data analysis reports, one of which was the one she had submitted earlier, and the other was from the intern Lin Mei had mentioned.

On the surface, it is true that the intern did a more detailed job, but many things cannot be judged by appearances alone.

Qiao Luo said, "Editor Lin, I admit that this is indeed more detailed and specific, but this work was not originally my responsibility. You were assigned to it in a time of crisis, which is why it ended up in my hands. They had a month to conduct research and compile the information, while I only had one day. Editor Lin, I am a human being, not a machine."

Because they are talented individuals, their workload cannot be compressed drastically.

Her rebuttal was well-reasoned and logical, and Lin Mei couldn't find any fault with it, which made her somewhat exasperated.

"If you can't do it well, you can't do it well. What are you trying to argue about?"

She was clearly just making excuses.

Qiao Luo was speechless, but she knew in her heart that there was no reasoning with Lin Mei. If it were before, she might have argued with her, but now...

"So, what does Editor Lin want me to do?"

Seeing that her attitude had softened somewhat, Lin Mei revealed a victorious expression and snorted coldly.

"Take it back and redo it. And these too, you must give them to me before lunch break."

Although Qiao Luo was unwilling, she still took the work and went out.

She had just returned to her seat when her colleague Bai Ge, who was sitting opposite her, came over.

"Were you being harassed by that old witch?"

Qiao Luo gave her a look that left her speechless.

Bai Ge understood.

"There's nothing I can do, she's been having a lot of troubles lately."

"Annoying? What's bothering her?" Qiao Luo asked, puzzled.

Hearing this, Bai Ge cautiously looked around before whispering,

"I heard that because of the recent severe economic situation, the magazine's senior management has issued a special order that if the quarterly performance target is not met by the end of the year, the magazine will have to shut down. Do you think the old witch is worried under such circumstances?"

Upon hearing this, Qiao Luo finally understood. So that was the reason. No wonder Lin Mei had been so anxious and upset lately.

But Qiao Luo believed that this was not the reason she got angry with her subordinates.

"Then... how much of this quarter's performance target is still unmet?" Qiao Luo pressed.

Bai Ge: "I'm not too sure about that, but I heard that I'm about to have a technology-related visit."