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Translator: Flying Lines
Proofread by Claire.KK
“Maybe the CEO was sent by the Heaven to punish me… I'm a great employee. If he doesn't want me, then his company should be going out of business.”
Xia Xingcheng was still chattering. She felt a lot better after saying it out loud. But she didn't notice the subtle expression on Sheng Yeting’s face.
Sheng Yeting felt a little helpless after hearing what she said. He was firing the people who were incompetent and toxic and corrupting the company. How come he became a fatuous tyrant in her description?
This was his first time being scolded to his face!
She really was something. She had guts.
The warm orange light at night hit Xia Xingcheng's side face, which seemed to plate a layer of light warmth on her side face. Her eyes were shimmering, and there was a beautiful and glamorous scenery in her eyes.
Seeing her like this, Sheng Yeting found that the anger that just accumulated inside Sheng Yeting dispersed completely left only a helpless and soft sigh.
Sheng Yeting didn't realize the nuance of his feelings. He sat next to her and couldn't help correcting her: “When the operation of a company goes wrong, it is only because of the stupidity of their former CEO. The person who takes over after him is the real victim. Therefore, the company will have to fire some personnel. Generally, there's only one reason. The company is full of incapable employees. Redundancies are wise decisions!”
What he said was clear and logical, which made Xia Xingcheng very impressed. She sighed deeply: “I understand what you just said. But you didn't know. I sent my resume to a lot of companies. It was very difficult for me to be accepted by this company. I didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing.”
She thought of the things going on in that company and became angrier. She couldn't help saying: “The CEO of the company is to blame. He had a bad reputation in the industry. He was harassing the young actresses in his own company. It seemed like he was only using the company as a way to gain access to women. In that case, why didn't he just open a brothel?”
She was carried away and went on complaining. She didn't notice the nuance of expression on Sheng Yeting’s face. She just felt unfair for the employees and actresses in that company.
Sheng Yeting raised his eyebrows and looked at her, puzzled: “A brothel?”
“Yes, a whorehouse, you don’t know?”
Sheng Yeting was speechless after hearing Xia Xingcheng’s question. He looked at her dangerously. What did she mean by that? Like he was supposed to know a brothel?
In his terrifying gaze, Xia Xingcheng picked up her laptop and ran away, scared.
As she was going to her room, she couldn't help complaining about him. ‘This man has a very strange temper.’
…
Western suburb villa area.
It was chaos in the big house. There were scattered pieces of precious porcelain and ornaments on the table and on the ground. It was a mess.
Sheng Chenfeng was holding his favorite antique vase in his hand. Then he smashed the vase on the ground angrily. The pieces were everywhere.
Hearing the smashing sound, Sheng Yunbo went downstairs. After seeing the chaos downstairs, he already knew what happened. His face sank and he berated Sheng Chenfeng: “What is wrong with you? What are you doing?”
After seeing his father, Sheng Chenfeng restrained his temper and stopped smashing things. But there was still anger in his eyes. He said with hatred: “What is wrong? It is the asshole, Sheng Yeting. He actually laid off employees without my consent. I'm the CEO of the company. It is only a small company, and he just had to intervene!”
Sheng Yunbo sighed helplessly. Of course, he had heard about this. Although he had resentment toward Sheng Yeting also, he still scolded his son: “This is all your fault. I told you already, don't go too far. Now you have crossed the line. And you brought Sheng Yeting’s attention on us. Who can you blame?”
“We had been on his radar already. And now he's gunning for you!”
Sheng Chenfeng was very dissatisfied on hearing that. According to his father, he had to behave under Sheng Yeting’s watch?
“Father. He almost had control of our entire family now. And we are supposed to behave ourselves with our tails between our legs? You have no idea what the outsiders are saying about us. They are saying that you and I are rice weevils of Sheng family.”
“Do you know what rice weevils are? The insects that do nothing but eat rice!” The more Sheng Chenfeng said, the angrier he got. Even his face was distorted.
“Enough!”
Sheng Yunbo’s face became livid after he heard what his son said. He told him to shut up angrily.
“The reason I scolded you was because you were disappointing. If you could be more serious with your job, your grandfather would at least value you more. But what did you do? You just fooled around and did nothing. Compared to Sheng Yeting, of course, you are a f**k-up.”
Hearing his own father say those things about him, Sheng Chenfeng was very dissatisfied. He lost some of his steam and said with grievance: “Grandfather favorites Sheng Yeting too much. He gave Sheng Yeting everything. If I were to have all the resources Sheng Yeting had, I wouldn’t be worse than him.”
Hearing what his son said did not make Sheng Yunbo’s expression ease off. He glanced at his son coldly.
He knew the true nature of his son. Compared to Sheng Yeting, Sheng Chenfeng was worth nothing.
But still, they were the second branch of the Sheng family. It was unfair for the first branch of the family to have all the control.
But his elderliness came with wisdom. He was much more prudent than his son. He calmed down and conciliated his son: “Chenfeng, of course I knew the situation of our family. But you can't rush it. Listen to me, you have to make the company prosper first, and then you may consider other things. Wait three months, after everything is settled, then I’ll ask your grandfather for other things.”
Hearing what his father said, Sheng Chenfeng knew he had no choice. He had to nod his head reluctantly. As he was about to say something, his father went on saying: “You have to stop all your screw-up things. If you are not learning, you will always be beneath Sheng Yeting!”
With his father's warning, Sheng Chenfeng knew he was in a tricky situation and he had to lie low and behave well. He lowered his head and answered reluctantly: “I understand.”
The next morning, after Xia Xingcheng woke Bao up in his room, she got a call from the company.
Xia Xingcheng thought they were gonna lay her off, but unexpectedly, the HR manager on the phone was telling her to go to work on Monday.