Dismissing two people was not a big deal, and he didn't want to offend Xu Lin, but Liu Huan had instructed that anything concerning Qiao Xia required extra attention. That person couldn't be dismissed, so anything related to her had to be directly kicked up to Liu Huan by the HR manager.
He didn't want to offend Xu Lin, and even less did he want to offend Liu Huan.
If he offended Liu Huan, he would lose his job.
Why be so foolish?
"You... you've got guts!" Xu Lin hit a snag at the HR manager's and ran off to find Liu Huan.
The moment she left, the HR manager immediately called Liu Huan.
"Director Liu, Xu Lin was just here, requesting to dismiss Qiao Xia and Meng Qian."
"What?" Liu Huan raged, "Is she sick in the head, looking for trouble for no reason?"