He Xizhou glanced at her indifferently, "In the meeting room, you call me President He. At the He family, you call me 'uncle'. Now that we're alone, what do you plan to call me?"
Shen Wanxing slightly raised her head, biting her lip, thinking, husband?
He Xizhou stepped closer, cornering her. He reached out and pinched her chin, his fingers pressing slightly as they rubbed her red lips and demanded, "What will you call me?"
...
The atmosphere in the meeting room was tense.
Shen Mingyue ground her teeth with a gloomy face and said, "Bring up the surveillance for me."
She really wanted to see what exactly the relationship was between He Xizhou and that vixen, "Who brought Shen Wanxing in?"
"It was... Manager Huang, but Manager Huang resigned yesterday."
"Director Shen, the surveillance you requested..."
Shen Mingyue glanced at the surveillance footage, which showed a woman in a crimson dress being cornered by a man in the elevator, his tall silhouette blocking the camera, obscuring whatever was happening.
"This vixen! Fire her!"
"But... President He specifically requested her to be in charge of the design for this exhibition."
Shen Mingyue, enraged, flipped her laptop shut. She stomped towards the elevator in her high heels. Coincidentally, she saw Shen Wanxing, with misty eyes and swollen lips, walking out of the elevator.
She walked up to her and raised her hand to slap her.
Shen Wanxing was quick to grab her wrist and neatly returned the slap to Shen Mingyue.
The crowd was stunned; the design department fell silent.
Shen Mingyue looked at her incredulously, her voice shrill to the point of breaking, "You dare to hit me!"
These past three years had been smooth sailing for her at the Shens, where she could command the wind and rain, and all of Ning City knew Shen Mingyue as an emerging international designer. The design department revered her, and everyone underneath her watched her face to act.
Yet a newcomer, who had just joined, dared to strike her in front of so many people!
Shen Wanxing gave a surprised smile with a touch of embarrassment, her eyes extending a faint allure, her soft voice sounded, "Sorry, Director Shen. It was a reflex. I instinctively protect myself when I sense malice from others."
In prison, thanks to Shen Mingyue's "care", she had endured frequent beatings over these three years, which improved her reaction speed.
If possible, she wanted to drag Shen Mingyue into a dark corner and give her a good beating to relieve her hatred.
"You..."
What reflex? This bitch just wanted to embarrass her!
But Shen Mingyue felt extremely aggrieved!
"Why did Director Shen want to hit me?" Shen Wanxing asked puzzledly, "I don't think I have offended you, could it be because President He specifically requested me to be the chief designer?" Her eyes held a hint of playfulness as she watched Shen Mingyue's face turn red with anger.
"This company is not a place for you to seduce men! You know what you and He Xizhou have been up to behind closed doors, don't you?"
Shen Mingyue's tone was full of resentment and a hint of jealousy.
Shen Wanxing smiled and nodded, "So Director Shen saw it, then you also know my relationship with President He is not shallow. We were just having a normal conversation. In fact, this morning I did see something inappropriate at the door of your office with President He. Or is it that officials are allowed to set fires but commoners aren't allowed to light lamps?"
She still had photos on her phone, which she hadn't expected to come in handy so soon.
Standing beside Shen Mingyue, the manager wiped the sweat from his forehead and whispered to her, "I saw President He standing at your office door, but I didn't see what happened. President He didn't mention it, do you think that might be the reason he suddenly wanted to change the designer?"
It was all because Su Haolan wanted to seek thrills, and Shen Mingyue was hardly unresponsive.
As the collaboration between the Shens and the Su family grew tighter, Su Haolan's brother, who was related to the Su family, could hardly inherit the Su family legacy in the future.
Shen Mingyue felt she was losing her grip on Su Haolan, so she could only appease him in this way. She was well aware that Su Haolan was cheating behind her back; Shen Mingyue had long wanted to find someone better!
So, it was a tacit understanding, and she couldn't make it too ugly publicly.
"Our Shen Corporation can't accommodate your grand presence. Since you keep referring to President He, you might as well go to the He Corporation. Why do you come to our modest temple? Where is HR?"
She just couldn't swallow her pride and decided to drive Shen Wanxing out.