From Rejected Fake Heiress to Desired True Love-Chapter 35 - Taking Action Against Nan Qiao

Chapter 35: Chapter 35: Taking Action Against Nan Qiao

Chapter 35 -35: Taking Action Against Nan Qiao

Zhou Jingya sat in Zhou Hongqi’s office, feeling uneasy in front of his hopeful gaze.

“Xiao Ya, you know how to design clothes, right?

While the fashion is selling well, hurry up and design some new clothes.”

Designing clothes wasn’t simple, and Zhou Jingya couldn’t do it.

She bit her lip and looked up with a smile, “Dad, I’ve not been in a good mood recently, which affects my design work.

Let me go home, calm my mood, and then I’ll draw the design sketches.”

Zhou Hongqi took out his phone and transferred one hundred thousand dollars to her, “Take this money to buy some food you like, and a new outfit.

Xiao Ya, our company is counting on you.

In the future, I’ll definitely give you shares in the company.

If your brother can’t manage the company, it’ll be yours to run.”

Zhou Jingya took the bait.

She was terrified that Nan Qiao would come over and accuse her of plagiarism; she still had two sketches that she dared not reveal.

It seemed like she had to bring them out now, didn’t it?

Zhou Jingya obediently said, “Dad, I’ll go home and work hard on the drawings, and I’ll show them to you once I’m done.”

Zhou Hongqi was overjoyed, “Alright, I’ll wait for your design sketches.”

After leaving Zhou Hongqi’s office, Zhou Jingya took a selfie and posted an update visible only to her old high school classmates on social media, “Visiting Dad’s company.

Dad said he’ll hand over the company to me to manage.”

After posting it, Zhou Jingya left in high spirits.

…

Nan Qiao returned to her company to find that Manager Xu and a few others had not come back, leaving only one male colleague diligently at his desk drawing.

Nan Qiao approached him and commented while he was still drawing, “A slanted shoulder design would look better than a straight across one.”

Startled by the voice above him, Rong Yan jumped.

“Boss.”

Rong Yan stood up, unease in his eyes.

Nan Qiao smiled, “Do I look like a man-eating monster?

Are you that scared of me?”

Rong Yan shook his head, “Boss, you are so beautiful that you are beyond description, the prettiest girl I’ve ever seen.”

Nan Qiao’s eyes sparkled with a light smile, “Are you scared of me?”

“I’m not scared of you; it’s just that I’m scared of Manager Xu…”

Manager Xu had warned them earlier: anyone who got too close to the new person in charge would be looking for a new job.

Having only recently graduated and finally able to intern here, Rong Yan naturally wanted to keep his job.

Nan Qiao looked at Rong Yan’s youthful face and said with a smile, “I am the owner of this company; what authority does he, a mere manager, have to overrule me?”

She pointed to his design sketch, “Keep drawing and show me when you’re finished.”

Nan Qiao walked into her office and continued reviewing various company documents from over the years.

She read until three o’clock, but Manager Xu and the others had not returned.

Nan Qiao pulled out her phone and called Manager Xu, who answered with a lazy voice, “Who is it?”

His annoyed tone sounded as if he’d been woken up.

Nan Qiao’s eyes carried a coldness, “Manager Xu, for being absent without a reason for an hour, you’ve lost this month’s perfect attendance!

If you don’t arrive at the company within ten minutes, you’re all fired!”

Ten minutes?

Swearing angrily, Manager Xu hurriedly notified the others to rush back to the company.

Nine minutes and fifty seconds later, Manager Xu, accompanied by six other employees, returned, sweaty and disheveled as though they had just finished a marathon.

Manager Xu’s hairstyle was a mess.

He angrily headed towards Nan Qiao, trying to use his seniority to intimidate her: “President Nan, what is the meaning of this?

Even if you’re the CEO, you can’t target us, the old employees!

When we were giving our all for the company, you were still learning aoe somewhere!”

“Yeah!

We were eating; how can you threaten to fire us?”

“President Nan, we’re all just workers; why make things difficult for our own people?”

Nan Qiao sat in her chair, her powerful aura exuding a sense of cold arrogance.

Her bright, star-like eyes looked coldly at Manager Xu as she spoke with fire in her words: “Manager Xu still remembers he is a senior employee, impressive.

Senior employees not showing up on time?

Absent without a reason?”

The employees’ faces turned unsightly as Nan Qiao’s blunt words left no room for them to save face.

Manager Xu retorted defiantly: “I invited everyone out to eat today, we just overstayed a little, is it just an hour?”

“If Manager Xu likes socializing so much, it might be better to resign—then no one will question you for drinking into the wee hours.

If you’re at work, you should act professionally.

Tardiness and early leaving will be handled according to the rules and regulations, which are made to keep order, otherwise, what would become of the company?”

Manager Xu, with furrowed brows and an ashen face, did not dare refute Nan Qiao.

Offending Nan Qiao meant packing up and leaving; he was very angry and turned to return to his office.

The other employees meekly went back to their desks without daring to lift their heads.

Nan Qiao’s cold gaze swept over everyone, her presence so strong that it kept them from even breathing heavily.

…

Back in his office, Manager Xu was close to tearing the place apart.

He had thought he could become the boss of the company, but Nan Qiao’s arrival shattered that dream.

He couldn’t swallow this humiliation.

Manager Xu picked up his phone and dialed, “Miss, Nan Qiao is just too difficult to deal with; we can’t handle her.”

“Just wait a bit longer,” a woman’s voice responded over the phone.

Manager Xu sighed persistently, “She doesn’t follow any standard procedures and shows no respect for us employees.

Even a minute’s tardiness gets criticized, not to mention that she wants to monopolize power and has established some very malicious rules.”

After pouring out his grievances, Manager Xu asked, “Can we get rid of her?”

“Not for the moment.

Calm down and see what she does.”

Manager Xu could only agree, “Alright, but Nan Qiao is just a nobody, why can’t we drive her out?

You could squash her as easily as you would an ant, right?”

The person on the other end of the line remained silent for a moment, then hung up without saying anything.

Swearing, Manager Xu leaned back in his chair, restless.

Just then, Nan Qiao knocked on the door to Manager Xu’s office.

“Come in!” Manager Xu’s tone was clearly hostile.

Carrying a file, Nan Qiao walked in, facing Manager Xu’s venomous glare.

“President Nan, what can I do for you?”

Nan Qiao placed the file on the table, “Manager Xu, I’ve reviewed the company’s recent contracts.

These two contracts don’t look right; they’re with minor fabric suppliers, yet the prices are more expensive than the major factories?”

Surprise at the bottom of his eyes, Manager Xu put on a domineering air, “Are you questioning my ability and choices?”

Nan Qiao nodded, “So?”

Taking a deep breath, Manager Xu continued, “Nan Qiao, you can’t discriminate against them just because they’re a smaller factory, can you?

Small factories also have good fabric; if you don’t understand, you shouldn’t talk nonsense.”

Nan Qiao pulled out some fabric and placed it on the table, “Do you call this good fabric?”

Manager Xu: …

He looked into Nan Qiao’s watery, big eyes and suddenly felt a bit guilty.

“What’s wrong with this fabric?

Just do your job; what do previous contracts have to do with you?

Are you a miss from the Bai Family?

Mind your own business!”