Chapter 175

So,

he had no reason to stay any longer,

therefore,

Qin Feng opened Yu Zhouzhou's WeChat: "Zhouzhou, how long has it been since they took off your cast? Are you used to it yet? Let's have lunch together?"

"Sure, sure!"

Yu Zhouzhou replied instantly; it was clear she was smiling sweetly on the other end of the phone.

"Alright, I'll come pick you up. Wait for me."

"Got it. I'll be sitting in the classroom, waiting for you."

"Good."

Qin Feng stood up and walked to the underground parking garage to get his car,

while at this moment,

Tong Wenjie's face was cold,

undaunted by others' stares,

she walked into her office with her head high and chest out.

"What is Tong Wenjie thinking? How dare she come back to the company?"

"Yeah, she hit Lei Mengde so hard—doesn't she fear his revenge?!"

"Sigh, why not just endure it a little? Why provoke trouble? Tong Wenjie's in for a terrible time now!"

"Look, look! Lei Mengde's coming out—he's heading straight for Tong Wenjie's office!"

"Let's go, let's go, follow him and see the show—if they start fighting, we can film it and post it on Douyin, haha!"

Seeing Lei Mengde, now dressed in new clothes, limping toward Tong Wenjie's office,

some coworkers, eager for drama,

trailed after him at a leisurely pace,

and then,

they saw Lei Mengde push open the glass door to Tong Wenjie's office,

and then,

they saw Lei Mengde's strange, cold smile,

fixed on Tong Wenjie, who was packing up her things,

Lei Mengde sneered and said: "Tong Wenjie, you really don't think I'd let you off this easily, do you?"

"I'm telling you, Tong Wenjie—I'm firing you right now, publicly, in my capacity as manager, and then I'll pursue legal action against you!"

After speaking,

Lei Mengde turned and bellowed at the gathered employees: "HR! HR, come here!"

"Y-yes, coming!"

A fat girl with glasses reluctantly stepped out from the crowd,

then looked timidly at Lei Mengde: "Manager, you called me?"

"Didn't you hear what I just said?"

Seeing the large crowd of onlookers,

Lei Mengde shouted even louder: "I said, fire Tong Wenjie—right now, immediately, without delay!"

"Huh?"

HR responded,

her expression full of hesitation,

as she moved closer to whisper to Lei Mengde,

Lei Mengde recoiled in disgust: "If you have something to say, say it standing there!"

"Yes, Manager."

HR sighed helplessly,

and had to shout loudly: "Manager, the headquarters just called—effective immediately, all personnel changes at our Beijing branch must be reported to and approved by headquarters."

"Anyone who fires an employee without headquarters' approval will be considered in violation of group regulations and will automatically be considered to have resigned…"

"What?!"

Lei Mengde stared blankly,

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He turned his head,

disbelievingly staring at HR,

Tong Wenjie was also stunned, but now understood—Lei Mengde couldn't fire her after all,

seeing Lei Mengde glare at her,

HR nodded awkwardly,

Lei Mengde was momentarily dumbfounded,

right now, over a hundred people in the entire company were watching me,

and yet I can't even fire one employee who hit me?!

So,

Lei Mengde immediately pulled out his phone and called a contact at headquarters,

falsely claiming that Tong Wenjie had deliberately attacked him,

Lei Mengde had expected immediate support from headquarters connections.

But who knew,

the headquarters connection said: "Lei Mengde, I can't decide this now—I must report it to the chairman. You'll have to wait."

"Alright…"

Lei Mengde reluctantly replied, hanging up the phone to wait for news.

And at this moment,

the employees' gazes toward Lei Mengde carried doubt and contempt.

Originally,

everyone had assumed Lei Mengde wielded immense influence at headquarters.

But now it seemed,

Lei Mengde couldn't even fire Tong Wenjie.

Perhaps his standing at headquarters was nothing much…

The more Lei Mengde struggled,

the more confident Tong Wenjie became.

Seeing Lei Mengde stubbornly standing, waiting for the call,

Tong Wenjie sat down in a chair and casually propped her legs on the desk.

And at this moment,

Qin Feng, who was having lunch with Yu Zhouzhou,

received a call from the chairman of Star Sea Group: "Mr. Qin, we've just received an application from the Capital branch: a female employee assaulted her manager, and they're requesting her dismissal and handover to judicial authorities. What is your instruction?"

"Deny it!"

Qin Feng replied with just two words.

"Understood."

The chairman immediately hung up and relayed Qin Feng's directive directly.

Then,

Lei Mengde, upon receiving the headquarters call, turned pale with shock.

He couldn't help shouting into the phone: "What do you mean 'deny it'?! She hit me—don't you know that?!"

"An employee dares to strike her own manager, and you still won't approve my decision to fire her? Is there no law? Is there no justice?!"

Lei Mengde screamed without restraint,

yet failed to notice,

at this moment,