"You should tell the old man these things, not me! I'm powerless when it comes to company matters. It's up to you what you want to do. Haven't you all decided on demoting me already? Why are you here to tell me all this?" Qi Lei's deep voice contained a hint of cold mockery.
"Lei, why won't you understand? I've come today because I didn't want things to pan out the way it has. The company's just letting you lie low for a bit. We're not explicitly saying to demote you. We just have no way of cleaning up this mess with the way things have progressed. Do you want to just watch as Qi Kai collapse? Even if you haven't made this decision, shouldn't you give everyone a reasonable explanation?"
Gu Lingsha was clearly stressed out by Qi Lei, and she started getting frustrated.
