Seeing that Tang Xi admitted, Gao Minjia quickly said, "Sister Lili, look at this, she admitted it herself. We all treat her as a colleague, but she openly bullies people. Sister Lili, you have to stand up for us. Tang Xi bullied me, all the colleagues around saw it, they are my witnesses! If you don’t believe it, ask Qian Lin and Qu Xinrong."
Gao Minjia was making a complaint.
Qian Lin and Qu Xinrong were her friends, naturally siding with her, and You Lili wasn’t foolish to not know this. She rolled her eyes at Gao Minjia.
As for Tang Xi, she maintained a calm and distant gaze throughout, watching Gao Minjia and You Lili as if she were watching a monkey show.
Tang Xi was also well aware that if it weren’t for You Lili and Jian Rui turning a blind eye to Gao Minjia and her group, they wouldn’t be so excessive.
Tang Xi had also heard from Fang Yuan, during the first two months when Fang Yuan started her internship.
She had to buy coffee and takeout for these people every day, and they never gave her any money.
At first, Fang Yuan felt that treating senior colleagues to meals was nothing, but gradually, the number of times increased. Fang Yuan was just a recent college graduate intern; where would she have so much money to waste?
The intern salary wasn’t much either, relying on the living expenses Fang Yuan had saved.
When she brought it up to Gao Minjia asking her to pay, Gao Minjia and her friends obnoxiously remarked that she didn’t understand unity, that she was unwilling to spend even ten bucks on a cup of coffee, and called her stingy.
The next few departmental team-building events, they deliberately left Fang Yuan out.
Alienating and isolating Fang Yuan.
Another intern who started with Fang Yuan couldn’t stand it and left within a month.
Fang Yuan persisted until now.
This atrocious situation was entirely because You Lili and Jian Rui silently condoned it.
You Lili didn’t expect Tang Xi to be so calm. Wasn’t Tang Xi afraid of losing her job? It was easy to fire a new employee, she had that authority, but at that moment, You Lili said, "Alright, it’s not a big deal, Tang Xi, just apologize to Gao Minjia and get along in the future, and let’s just drop this."
Earlier, when she passed by Tang Xi’s workstation, Tang Xi had been seriously sketching.
You Lili had caught a glimpse of Tang Xi’s design work and was impressed.
Though Tang Xi was new, and not a professional design graduate, she had talent in this field.
With Director Fu asking for the next quarter’s new product designs immediately, she didn’t want to see those few in Department 2 gloating anymore.
The talent in Design Department 1 was already scarce.
"How can we just drop it?" Gao Minjia didn’t expect You Lili not to support her, "Sister Lili, look at me, I’ve worked here for over five years, and I’ve never been wronged . How can it just end with an apology, Sister Lili? You should fire her!"
Gao Minjia cried, "Sister Lili, I usually respect you and Sister Jian Rui the most, my uncle helped you a lot too..."
Mentioning this made You Lili’s face turn cold.
"Gao Minjia, watch your words!" Was this Gao Minjia an idiot? Why would she bring up her connections so casually in front of anyone?
Her uncle did help her once, but it was just a minor favor.
Even without it, You Lili could find another way!
Gao Minjia flushed red, "Sister Lili!"
At that moment, the previously silent Tang Xi slowly spoke, "Director You, you haven’t asked me why I splashed her with water, and you want me to apologize. Aren’t you discerning right from wrong? Or is it, as Gao Minjia said, because her uncle helped you, that you’ve always protected her, letting her bully new colleagues for fun?"
"Tang Xi, you admitted you splashed her with water, that’s your fault. No matter the reason, bullying a colleague is enough cause for HR to fire you." You Lili’s tone was severe, clearly dissatisfied with Tang Xi challenging her authority, her red lips moving with a cold air, a hint of threat in her words.
"I only acted out of goodwill, also considering it’s not easy for you to find a job, and not wanting you to lose it for no good reason. You have to understand, being fired from Fu’s Group means it would be hard for you to survive in any other company later."
You Lili stood up, arms crossed, "That’s it for today. Tang Xi, you either apologize or leave Fu’s Group. Don’t blame me for not giving you a chance, the opportunity is right in front of you. In light of your fairly decent design work, and in the spirit of valuing talent, just say sorry to Gao Minjia, and ensure you won’t cause trouble in the office area again, and this matter will be over."