Chapter 66: Scumbag's Kneeling Plea: Ning, the Big Boss, Please Don't Fire Me!

An Zong listened to these words, already unable to hold back tears.

She squatted down, tightly embracing Zhao Bin, choking up as she said, "Anything, I'll face it together with you..."

"Awesome," Ning Jinli gave Zhao Bin a thumbs-up, half-smiling, and said, "Your performance was truly spectacular; I could give it full marks."

An Zong sprang to her feet, pulling Zhao Bin up as well; the anger in her heart could no longer be contained, and in front of Ning Jinli she was about to call the company's legal department.

Ning Jinli remained calm, "Zhao Bin, do you believe I could summon the girls you slandered as having seduced you? Do you believe I could also find those girls you cheated on me with behind my back, to prove your scumbag nature?"

Zhao Bin's face stiffened instantly, he held his neck stubbornly and said, "Don't give me that..."

Ning Jinli said with a smile, "Not afraid? Fine, I'll call people now; I won't miss a single piece of evidence, guaranteeing to open An Zong's eyes."

Upon hearing that, An Zong showed a look of astonishment.

She had originally not believed it, but Zhao Bin's reaction seemed less confident.

Could it be...

Instinctively, An Zong hung up the phone she was about to dial to the legal department.

Ning Jinli took her phone and began making a call.

Seeing her so calm and composed, Zhao Bin grew increasingly panicked.

The girls he had cheated with were truly too many; even if he covered his tracks well, there would surely still be evidence.

If she really summoned them...

In just a few seconds, Zhao Bin's psychological struggle reached its peak.

He somewhat suspected Ning Jinli was bluffing, but he dared not gamble.

The choice before him was only two: either later, in front of his girlfriend, be exposed by a group of women, or... now proactively confess, striving for the last chance to salvage things.

This girlfriend now is both beautiful and wealthy, and moreover the CEO of a big company; he truly cannot bear to lose her.

After quickly thinking it through, Zhao Bin once again fell to his knees with a thud.

At this kneel, An Zong's pupils constricted, "Zhao Bin, you..."

"Dear..." Zhao Bin braced his hands on the ground, not daring to lift his eyes to hers, and said with difficulty, "I'm sorry... I lied, but I did it only because I feared losing you..."

Pa-da—

An Zong trembled all over, her phone falling to the ground.

Ning Jinli looked at the few numbers she had randomly pressed on the dialing interface on her phone screen, and quietly let out a breath.

She was deliberately bluffing Zhao Bin.

Betting that he had done too many bad deeds, his guilty conscience couldn't withstand the threat.

This trick indeed succeeded.

"Zhao Bin, did you really deceive me?" An Zong's voice trembled as she stared fixedly at the man kneeling on the ground.

Zhao Bin clenched his fists into the carpet, "I lied to you, but I..."

An Zong clutched her chest, her voice growing colder, "So, everything you just said was false, while what your ex-girlfriend said is true?"

Zhao Bin summoned the courage to raise his head, "Things have come to this, I don't want to make excuses anymore. The girl in the video was a momentary lapse of judgment... I dated her behind your back, but I truly didn't have any relations with her!"

"Or you just didn't want to?" Ning Jinli added lightly.

"You..." Zhao Bin turned his head angrily.

An Zong took a deep breath, suppressed her emotions, and asked again, "Did you also cheat many times before?"

Zhao Bin gritted his teeth, "Yes, I admit that too, but I promise you, I love only you, and will forever love you, never making a mistake again, dear... Please give me a chance to reform and prove myself to you, okay?"

An Zong slowly closed her eyes, "Get up."

Zhao Bin's heart leapt with joy—had he been forgiven?

He hurriedly rose, opening his arms to give An Zong a warm, big hug.

However, just as he reached out, An Zong suddenly opened her eyes and slapped him hard across the face.

Pa!

The sound was even louder than the slap Xiao Zhang had delivered earlier.

It even left several fingernail scratches on his face, with blood slowly seeping out.

"Dear, you..." Zhao Bin looked bewildered.

An Zong's gaze seemed capable of killing, she gritted her teeth and said, "Break up, effective immediately—I have nothing more to do with you!"

Zhao Bin was struck as if by lightning, staring in disbelief at the woman before him.

"Get out!" An Zong, holding back tears, shouted at him angrily.

Zhao Bin knelt again, tightly clutching her legs, crying as he said, "Sorry, hit me! If beating me to death would vent your anger, then... you... just beat me to death!"

"No matter what, I won't leave you! I truly realize my mistake!"

"Dear, the feelings I have for you during our time together—don't you... don't you understand yet?"

"Give me one last chance, okay? Just one chance!"

By this point, Zhao Bin no longer cared about his dignity.

In front of the several people present, his dignity was already in tatters; he could only go all out, doing everything possible to retain his girlfriend.

Apart from Ning Jinli calmly watching the scene like a spectator, the expressions of the other three people were as exciting as could be.

An Zong kicked Zhao Bin away, turned and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, lowered her head to wipe her eyes, striving to compose herself.

After a while, she turned around.

Her makeup was streaked with tears, her expression terrifyingly cold.

Zhao Bin knelt on the ground, directing a pleading gaze at her.

An Zong slowly exhaled a turbid breath, looked at Ning Jinli, and said calmly, "I don't want to mix personal and professional matters; Zhao Bin is a manager at my company, and whether he's fired is up to me. But I still say, whatever compensation you want, I'll provide."

Zhao Bin blinked slightly, his eyes showing a hint of joy.

An Zong shot him a cold glance, "Don't think that just because I haven't broken up with you, I'm merely giving you some leeway out of past feelings—you better behave yourself!"

An Zong gave him a cold look and said, "Don't think that just because I haven't broken up with you, I'm only giving you some leeway out of past feelings—you'd better behave yourself!"

We must keep the quote marks? Probably yes. We'll output: 【61】 An Zong shot him a cold glance, "Don't think that just because I haven't broken up with you—I'm only giving you some leeway out of past feelings; you'd better behave yourself!"

But need to keep the exclamation inside quotes. We'll keep.

Zhao Bin felt hope ignite in his heart.

No matter what, she still helped him keep his job after all—she's just tough-talking but soft-hearted, unwilling to let him go!

He could still keep working here; as long as he performs well in the future, he could surely turn things around!

There's a chance!

Thinking of this, he unconsciously regained some confidence, slowly rose to his feet, and gave Ning Jinli a cold smile like that of a final victor.

Ding—

On the carpet, An Zong's phone screen lit up, showing he had received a message.

Zhao Bin immediately put on a beaming smile, picked it up, and handed it over.

An Zong looked at the phone and saw it was a message from Wu Sanye.

At that moment, Wu Sanye, in some mountain ditch, let out a long breath, stared at the screen and muttered to himself, "Damn… finally managed to send a message."

Note: The Chinese includes quotes inside quotes. We'll keep outer quotes? The line includes spoken words inside quotes. We'll translate: Wu Sanye let out a long breath, stared at the screen and muttered, "Damn… finally managed to send a message."

The message contained Ning Jinli's name and phone number.

With this information, I believe the CEO can be received smoothly.

Over here in the office.

While An Zong was looking at the message, Zhao Bin strode over with a ruthless step, leaned close to Ning Jinli's ear, and whispered, "Just you? You think you can take me down? What are you even?"

Ning Jinli frowned, "I never thought of taking anyone down; you're just asking for trouble."

Zhao Bin curled his lip in a smug smile, "So what if I'm courting disaster? Someone's got my back. You want me to get dumped and lose my job? Sorry, you won't succeed at either."

"Even though she's furious, she's still helping me; once I coax her, we'll be lovey-dovey as ever."

"She holds the highest position in this company, her word is law; if she wants to keep my job, not even the heavenly king could change that!"

His voice was low, but his arrogance was plenty.

Ning Jinli's brows relaxed, she chuckled, "Where did you put your boss?"

Zhao Bin gave a cold snort, "He's busy, never has time to worry about company affairs, and lately he's gone out of town, so he won't be handling things here. What, you still want to go complain to our boss?"

Ning Jinli deliberately asked, "Just now you said you were going to receive the boss?"

Zhao Bin said, "The one who went out of town was the previous big boss; now he's the second boss. Today we're receiving the new big boss. Even our company's executives don't know him yet, so you definitely can't go complain to the big boss."

After a pause, he jeered, "Besides, even if it's the new boss, he's still our boss—do you really expect him to back you? Cut the comedy."

Ning Jinli looked at his swollen pig‑like face, barely holding back laughter, and said frankly, "I'm not going to back myself up—are you expecting me to back you?"

Zhao Bin frowned, "What do you mean?"

Ning Jinli smiled, "I'm the big boss you're supposed to receive."

Zhao Bin froze for a moment, then burst out laughing, "Hahaha! You didn't take me down—have you lost your mind?"

"You're killing me—if you're our company's big boss, then I'm the president of the Beautiful Country!"

Zhao Bin laughed so hard his face twisted, the beaten spots throbbed, but he couldn't stop laughing.

Then it occurred to him, this was a perfect chance to teach Ning Jinli a lesson.

Otherwise, he'd have suffered all that for nothing.

Laughing, he waved at the Security Team Leader, "Go call the police—just say our company has a foolish imposter posing as our boss."

The Security Team Leader asked, "Do the police even handle this?"

Zhao Bin laughed and cursed, "You idiot, don't you know to tell the police that someone impersonating the boss is trying to scam? I'll just give a statement later."

"Fine, fine, I'll call the police right now." The Security Team Leader nodded and bowed.

Zhao Bin raised his eyebrows at Ning Jinli, gave a sinister chuckle, and said, "Let you taste what it's like to be locked up."

At that moment, An Zong finished reading the message, heard Zhao Bin tell the Security Team Leader to call the police, and said, "Don't call the police—just let everyone leave."

"Dear..." Zhao Bin's face showed displeasure.

An Zong's face fell instantly.

Zhao Bin gave a dry cough, "Cough… An Zong."

An Zong walked over and sincerely told Ning Jinli and Su Qinglan, "I'll personally handle the compensation and make sure you're satisfied. I have urgent matters here—please leave first, okay?"

"You really want me to go?" Ning Jinli asked.

An Zong ignored her, turned and walked to the floor‑to‑ceiling window, ready to dial the number Wu Sanye had sent, to contact that new big boss and ask where he was.

Ning Jinli thought, having wasted half an hour here, she should first take Su Yi to get her injuries checked.

"Su Yi, I'll take you to the hospital."

"No need, no need."

Su Qinglan waved her hand, "It's just a minor skin injury—why waste the money? Just go home, wash up, and apply some medicine."

Zhao Bin jeered, "Hurry up and go—just don't die here."

Ning Jinli's face darkened.

"Xiao Li, forget it, forget it—let's just go home." Su Qinglan took her arm and whispered, "Better to have less trouble than more. Even though you're the boss, you shouldn't cause a rift with staff over me, or else who'll work for you in the future…"

Ning Jinli pursed her lips, leaned in to Su Qinglan's ear, and said, "I don't want employees like this."

"Hey you!" the Security Team Leader shouted at Xiao Zhang, "Get lost to the dorm, pack your stuff, and scram!"

Xiao Zhang treated that as a fart, quickly walked up to Ning Jinli, and said, "Miss Ning, later you'll have to plead for me in front of Third Uncle."

Ning Jinli gave a slight smile and said softly, "No need to plead—I guarantee you won't be fired, and from now on you'll be the Security Team Leader."

The three walked and talked as they left the CEO's office.

An Zong saw them leave the office door, then picked up his phone and made a call.

Less than two seconds later, Ning Jinli's pants pocket vibrated.

She stopped, took out her phone, and answered the call.

In the office, An Zong heard the phone had been answered, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, and politely said, "Hello, Miss Ning, I'm the Baoyun Hall President. May I ask when you'll arrive?"

Ning Jinli heard the voice coming from both her phone and the office over ten meters behind her, and she laughed into the phone, saying, "I'm here."

"All right, I'll come get you right away." An Zong perked up.

Ning Jinli added, "I've already seen you, but you told me to leave."

"Huh?" An Zong froze, "Miss Ning... I don't understand what you mean..."

Beside him, Zhao Bin heard An Zong repeatedly say "Miss Ning," couldn't help but frown and lean in, muttering, "Our big boss... also surnamed Ning?"

An Zong covered the phone mouthpiece, lowered his voice, and said, "Third Uncle sent me a message saying the big boss is called Ning Jinli."

"What?!" Zhao Bin's face turned pale in an instant, "Could it really be such a coincidence? Same name and surname?"

An Zong wondered, "What same name and surname? With whom?"

"Not the same name and surname," a clear voice rang out from the office doorway—it was Ning Jinli—"the big boss you're supposed to receive is me."

In the office, An Zong, Zhao Bin, and the Security Team Leader all turned their heads in unison.

An Zong stared, bewildered, at Ning Jinli who was still on the phone, then glanced at his own phone.

If I heard correctly, that sentence just now was also coming from my own phone.

"Need another confirmation?" Ning Jinli shouted into the phone, "Hello hello, An Zong, hello."

An Zong's face stiffened instantly.

Zhao Bin was completely stunned, his mind went blank, "You... you really are our company's... the big boss?!"

Ning Jinli hung up, looked at him with a cold smile, and said lightly, "I'm not your boss; effective now, you're fired."

"An Zong," Ning Jinli shifted her gaze, spoke solemnly, "If you're reluctant to fire Zhao Bin, let me do it myself—any objections?"

"Boss, boss good!" the Security Team Leader hurriedly bowed ninety degrees.

Ning Jinli glanced at him: "Go pack your things; you're fired too."

"Boss... I... I have eyes but fail to see Mount Tai, sorry! Boss, don't drive me away... I've worked here for nearly ten years..." the Security Team Leader broke out in a cold sweat, pleading.

Ning Jinli's expression remained blank, "Do you want me to have Xiao Zhang escort you out?"

Xiao Zhang also realized then that she was the new big boss, instantly feeling more emboldened, he lifted his head, puffed his chest, and glared at the Security Team Leader.

The Security Team Leader instantly became meek, didn't dare to let out a single fart, and slunk away.

An Zong came to his senses, struggled to stay calm, squeezed out a smile, walked up to Ning Jinli, and bowed his head slightly with apology, "Miss Ning, I..."

She had just opened her mouth when she heard a thump.

Zhao Bin dropped to his knees in a slide, flung himself at Ning Jinli's feet, "Ning Jinli—oh no, Miss Ning, Boss Ning! I was wrong! I apologize and beg for mercy, please... don't fire me!"