At the beginning, Gu Jia and Jiang Nansun were intercepted, and Qiao Yingzi pursued them

"I've really been wronged. I did meet a big shot over the weekend, but it wasn't me who offended him. It was my neighbor who had some dispute with him. Coincidentally, that big shot knew me and knew I worked here..."

"This is a completely unprovoked disaster!"

Hearing Zhu Zhe say this, Director Wang was even more upset. "Were you with your neighbor at the time?"

"Ah."

"Then why don't you just slap your neighbor and tell her to get lost? Destroying someone's financial resources is like killing their parents. She's hurt you so much, why are you still being polite to her?"

"Besides, since you knew that offending someone could affect your work, why didn't you remedy the problem immediately?"

Zhu Zhe almost cried, "...I can't beat her."

Such a powerful reason, I am speechless!

Director Wang sighed, "Manager Zhu, your demotion is a foregone conclusion. Unless you can gain the forgiveness of that important figure, no one can help you. You said you've been working in society for over a decade, and you don't even know how to be more cautious when making friends?"

"Either you move to a new place and stay away from that troublesome neighbor, or you should cut ties with her and never have any contact with her again."

Thinking of Fang Zhiheng, Zhu Zhe felt both aggrieved and angry.

After living for thirty-two years, this was the first time she deeply felt the harm of boxing. Fang Zhiheng failed to hit Qin Fan with her punch, but instead beat herself half to death.

In this matter, whether Qin Fan looked at Fang Zhiheng with a lewd look or not is actually not important.

The important thing is that Qin Fan thought Fang Zhiheng was in the same group as him. Since he couldn't deal with Fang Zhiheng, he vented his anger on himself.

Knowing that the matter was a foregone conclusion, Zhu Zhe quickly adjusted his mood and planned for his own interests.

"Director Wang, I was transferred here with you because this hotel in Jing'an District is newly opened, and the chances of promotion are relatively high. To achieve this goal, I left my newly purchased house idle and rented a house near the hotel."

"I'm currently struggling with both the mortgage and the rent for work. The financial pressure is just too great. I originally thought getting promoted and making more money would ease the financial pressure and allow me to pay back the money I borrowed from friends. But now, my position has been demoted, and even my salary has been cut in half."

"Please help me apply for a rental subsidy. I only need a subsidy for sharing a house."

Director Wang was in a dilemma. "Manager Zhu, if you had told me about this earlier, I would have definitely helped you. Even if I had to slam my boss on the table, I would have applied for the rental subsidy for you. But now is not the time!"

"The entire management team knows you've offended the parent company's leadership. Who would dare to go against the grain? Don't you want your job anymore?"

Zhu Zhe's eyes quickly dimmed.

With the salary of a deputy manager, I have to pay off the loan and rent at the same time, and I can't even afford living expenses. How will I live in the future?

Fortunately, the rent of Ode to Joy is paid quarterly, so at least in the remaining two months, I don’t have to worry about rent for the time being. However, after this period of time, it will be questionable whether I can continue to live in Ode to Joy.

Director Wang personally poured Zhu Zhe a cup of tea and placed it in front of her.

"Manager Zhu, I'm sorry to say something I shouldn't. The most important steps in a person's life are the college entrance examination, employment, marriage, and promotion. At any age, you must meet the standards for that age. If you can't meet these standards, you'll fall behind others."

"You started working at sixteen, with only a vocational high school diploma. Your academic credentials already put you above your colleagues, and now you've inexplicably offended the leadership of the parent company. For various reasons, you've missed out on these two most important steps."

"Right now, I can only give you one piece of advice. Do everything you can to calm that leader down. There might still be room for improvement. If you do nothing, to put it bluntly, your career will be over."

Director Wang said this with selfish motives. After all, Zhu Zhe was someone he brought here with, and he had his label on him. If Zhu Zhe offended the people above him, it would affect him to a certain extent.

Not long after talking with Director Wang, Zhu Zhe was called to the boss's office again, and as expected, he was scolded again.

After coming out of the boss's office, Zhu Zhe seemed to have lost his soul. He worked in a daze all day and returned to his residence exhausted.

Yu Chuhui and He Minhong were waiting for her in the living room. When they saw Zhu Zhe, they immediately went up to her and gave her a hug.

"Sister Zhu, judging from your expression, you must be in big trouble, right?"

Zhu Zhe had been holding back his grievances for the entire day, but at this moment he could no longer hold it back and burst into tears.

"I've been demoted and my salary has been cut in half. At least the efforts of the past five years have been wasted! More importantly, I've offended Qin Fan, and my future path to promotion is blocked."

"My mind is really confused today. I don't know what to do."

After saying that, he buried his face deeply in his hands.

He Minhong was indignant. "That Qin Fan is so mean! It was Lucy who offended him, so why did he pour his anger out on Sister Zhu? This is so unfair to Sister Zhu!"

Yu Chuhui expressed a different opinion: "This matter has nothing to do with Boss Qin. It's clearly that Lucy. She knew Boss Qin was very important to Sister Zhu, but she ran up to him without thinking and offended him. What's wrong with looking at her twice? Is she so precious? It's not like she's naked, so I can't even look at her."

"Keep your voice down, don't let the neighbors hear..."

"Let her hear it! Let her see with her own eyes what evil she has done!"

Yu Chuhui became angrier and angrier as he spoke. "No! Sister Zhu, come with me. We must ask Lucy for an explanation. She hurt you so badly, and she didn't even apologize. We can't just let this go!"

"Hey, Ah Chu, don't be impulsive..."

Zhu Zhe was dragged by Yu Chuhui to the door of 2201, and there was a loud banging sound on the door.

"Lucy, I know you're in there, come out!"

Ye Zhenzhen came back from get off work and just walked out of the elevator when she saw the aggressive Yu Chuhui and approached him curiously.

"What's going on? Why are you so angry?"

"Zhenzhen, you're back just in time. Sister Zhu was demoted today and her salary was cut in half. This incident had nothing to do with Lucy. She insisted on going to the stadium with us, which angered President Qin. He didn't even apologize. I want to help Sister Zhu get an explanation!"

.......

609: Crack! Apologize!

"Speak well if you have something to say."

Seeing that Yu Chuhui was about to continue banging on the door, Ye Zhenzhen hurriedly stopped her.

"How about this, you and Sister Zhu go to my room first, and I'll call Lucy over..."

Before he could finish his words, Fang Zhiheng opened the door, crossed his arms over his chest, and looked at Yu Chuhui with a cold gaze.

"I won't apologize to anyone for being molested by a man beneath me. It's completely offensive to my values. As for Sister Zhu, I'm sorry you were demoted, but I must warn you: Qin Fan is not a good person. If you get involved with him, you'll suffer in the future."

"I advise you to take this opportunity to find a new job."

"What's your attitude?"

Yu Chuhui was furious. "You caused Sister Zhu to be demoted. Don't you feel the slightest bit of guilt?"

"It wasn't my fault, so why should I feel guilty? Let me put it this way, even if the incident on the court hadn't happened, Qin Fan would have found another excuse to torment Sister Zhu. I can't be wrong about people, he's just that kind of person."

"Oh, you made a mistake, and now you're blaming it on Mr. Qin's character. Shouldn't you blame society next?"

"I said I was right. Qin Fan's behavior made me feel sick. Do you know what he told me later? He told me to lift my chest so he could have a good look at it."

Fang Zhiheng's voice gradually became louder.

"If you still have any empathy as a woman, you should understand how angry I was at the time. Anyone who can say that is absolutely a scumbag!"

"That's because you angered Boss Qin first, so he turned around and mocked you."

"Yu Chuhui, you are simply unreasonable!"

Seeing Fang Zhiheng's unexpectedly tough attitude, even Ye Zhenzhen became angry.

"Lucy, no matter whose fault this is, Sister Zhu is innocent, right? She was implicated by you. You have to admit this, right?"

"Zhenzhen is right. We didn't ask you to make up for Sister Zhu's lost monthly salary. We only asked for an apology. Yet you're still so aggressive. Is your heart made of iron?"

Fang Zhiheng sneered, "Yu Chuhui, Yu Chuhui, why are you the one dancing the most happily?"

Yu Chuhui's expression changed, "What do you mean?"

"Qin Fan got angry, was it really just because I scolded him? The bigger reason is that you guys were so clever that you figured out his whereabouts from his daughter."

"Yu Chuhui, you're accusing me so loudly, aren't you just trying to cover up your own problems? If you really want to compensate Sister Zhu, then you should be the one paying for it!"

What Fang Zhiheng said was actually absolutely correct. Yu Chuhui hurriedly dragged Zhu Zhe to the house to cause trouble, simply to cover up his own problems.

But she had Zhu Zhe's consent before she tried to trick Xia Huanhuan.

Even if Qin Fan was really angered for this reason, Zhu Zhe could only blame himself for his bad luck and not Yu Chuhui.

After all, she was just trying to help out.

Yu Chuhui was furious after being hit by Fang Zhiheng's barrage of attacks.

"If you hadn't followed us so relentlessly and immediately angered Boss Qin, our chance encounter plan would have succeeded long ago!"

"Even if Mr. Qin finds out, so what? Once we get to know him better, I'll definitely apologize to him and the child in person."

"But, because of your interference, all our plans have been ruined, and now you're blaming me, as if everyone else is wrong and you're always right!"

He Minhong, who had been silent all this time, mustered up the courage to stand up.

"Lucy, I also think you should apologize to Sister Zhu. Sister Zhu has been so miserable, how can you have the heart not to even say sorry."

If the women could sit down and talk things out calmly, Fang Zhiheng would have apologized long ago.

But Yu Chuhui started making a big fuss and making harsh accusations as soon as he came up.

Based on her attitude, Fang Zhiheng was unwilling to admit her mistake no matter what.

"All right!"

Zhu Zhe suddenly spoke, looking straight at Fang Zhiheng.

"Now that things have come to this, even if you apologize to me, it won't salvage anything, but I hope this matter ends here. In the future, I don't want you to interfere in anything concerning me without authorization, okay?"

Is this a preparation to draw a line between yourself and others?

Fang Zhiheng opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but stopped herself, and finally nodded silently.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhe pulled Yu Chuhui and He Minhong away.

"Hey, Sister Zhu, just let it go? Aren't you too soft-hearted?"

"Alright, Ah Chu, I've accepted the reality..."

Ye Zhenzhen turned around and looked at the three women disappearing into the room, then shook her head at Fang Zhiheng, her disappointment evident in her words.

"You shouldn't treat Sister Zhu like that."

Fang Zhiheng smiled bitterly, "If I say that at first, I actually wanted to apologize to Sister Zhu, but seeing Yu Chuhui's attitude, my pride made it so that I couldn't say the three words 'I'm sorry' no matter what, would you believe me?"

Ye Zhenzhen sighed, "I know you definitely don't want to go to Qin Fan to apologize, but I still want to ask, even for Sister Zhu, can you please put aside a little bit of your guilt?"

Fang Zhiheng hesitated for a long time, her eyes wavering.

The way she was treated by Li Xun five years ago has become a demon in her heart, and she is still immersed in hatred.

Every time she saw men who looked shy towards girls, she couldn't control her emotions.

Asking her to apologize to Qin Fan would be more painful than killing her.

"Zhenzhen, from my observation of Qin Fan, he's a barbaric, rude, and extremely self-important person. Even if I'm willing to admit my mistakes to him, all I'll get is ridicule and humiliation."

"Since I know the consequences, why should I apologize to him?"

Ye Zhenzhen was having a headache. Why hadn't she noticed Fang Zhiheng was so self-righteous before?

She didn't do anything, so why did she think Qin Fan would definitely not accept her apology?

"I still think you should give it a try. Think about it."

.......

610: Nan Li is becoming more and more obedient: No matter how many lovers you have, I don’t mind!

Qin Fan didn't know that the women on the 22nd floor had a huge quarrel because of Zhu Zhe's demotion, and the relationship between Zhu Zhe, Yu Chuhui and Fang Zhiheng instantly reached a freezing point.

When he returned home in the evening, he saw his cheap wife sitting in the living room with a glass of wine in her hand, in a daze. Her expression seemed a little gloomy, and a smile appeared on Qin Fan's lips.

It seems that the previous method of angering Tian Yulan was successful.

"You came back so early today and drank alone. Is there something on your mind?"

Qin Fan sat over, took the wine glass from Nan Li's hand and placed it on the coffee table.

Nan Li leaned her head on Qin Fan's shoulder, looking very depressed.

"I'm so stupid, really! I don't know why I suddenly got so confused. I naively thought Tian Yulan would fully support my plan. That woman is absolutely crazy!"

"What did she do to make you so angry?"

"A few days ago, I listed Yibai Shopping Mall as the flagship store for the Home Furnishings Department Store and also increased their sales by 50%. Tian Yulan promised me that she would do her best to make the Home Furnishings Department Store the most eye-catching area in the mall."

"In the end, she broke her promise?" Qin Fan asked.

"She did, and reserved the best location in the mall for Wei Nuan. But she found three brands from nowhere and placed their products in front of our home furnishing store."