This is simply inhuman!
I, Ye Yuning, have never encountered such shamelessness in my entire life.
Ye Tong steals from me because she believes I’ve stolen her life, thinking that the many years of hardship she endured were caused by me.
But there’s really no justification for what the Xiao Corporation is doing...
"Not cooperating is one thing, but this is too much! Business doesn’t go his way, so he forgoes all principles of decency and even poaches the core members of our studio!"
Xiao Linye looked at her, parched and breathless.
He held out a glass of water to her. "Hmm, it does seem somewhat inappropriate for him to do so."
"Somewhat inappropriate? He acts as if cooperation is mandatory on his terms, and no one is allowed to utter a single ’no.’ Tell me, if that’s not twisted, what is?"
He’s a freak! No argument about that.
The more she spoke, the angrier Ye Yuning became. What kind of people am I dealing with?
Thinking of the new Seventh Master’s character, her gaze toward Xiao Linye even held a hint of sympathy.
"Anyway, just be careful. Previously, Xiao San was a profligate who didn’t really manage the company; the people below him made all the decisions. Now that this Seventh Master has arrived, your days might not be so easy."
Her well-intentioned warning sounded quite earnest.
At her words of caution, Xiao Linye’s face couldn’t help but darken.
Ye Yuning, completely oblivious, continued, "And his special assistant is no better."
"That arrogant demeanor—he’s clearly learned it from his master."
His breathing deepened.
Ye Yuning took a sip from her water glass, ready to continue her tirade.
However, Xiao Linye couldn’t bear to listen anymore. Forcibly suppressing the turmoil in his chest, he changed the subject, "So, it seems your boss is quite furious this time?"
This anger has even reached a mere gofer like her; her boss must be absolutely livid, he thought.
Ye Yuning nodded. "Definitely furious. They even tried to poach a nobody like me; how could she not be?"
He truly didn’t know whether to be angry or amused by that statement!
"So, what are your thoughts? Are you going to work for the Xiao Corporation?"
Upon hearing Xiao Linye ask if she would go to work at the Xiao Corporation, Ye Yuning shook her head without a second thought. "Of course not!"
Not going? Xiao Linye thought. So Lai Shuo toiled away for much of last night, only to fail at poaching even a gofer?
Xiao Linye looked at Ye Yuning, his expression unreadable as he said, "You’re just going to the design department, not to be the Seventh Master’s assistant. How does him being a freak affect you?"
If he weren’t forcefully suppressing it, his words would be laced with anger.
And that word, ’freak,’ was particularly grating at this moment!
Xiao Linye took a deep breath, trying to calm the frustration in his chest.
Ye Yuning retorted, "That design department is freakish too! It has collapsed twice, both times because of insane overtime."
"And that’s no ordinary overtime. I heard the first time it collapsed was due to continuous overtime for half a month, landing people in the hospital."
Overtime happens in every company, but the kind of overtime at the Xiao Corporation is truly unbearable for anyone!
Xiao Linye had also heard about his third brother’s two failed attempts to establish a design department, which had greatly angered the Old Master.
But he hadn’t expected this to be the reason...
"The department is twisted, and the CEO is just as twisted," Ye Yuning declared. "You’d better just look out for yourself. I’m not going!" She flat-out refused.
The frustration that Xiao Linye had just managed to suppress flared up again, knotting in his chest.
This girl just had to badmouth the Xiao Corporation, he fumed internally. What about Manlang then? I’ve heard her boss is no angel either!
"But I’ve also heard," Xiao Linye began, his tone more tactful than Ye Yuning’s rant, "that your boss at Manlang isn’t so great? Has quite a temper!"
However, Ye Yuning bristled at even this tactful remark. My temper is bad? Since when has my temper ever been bad?
She hmphed. "Did that Assistant Lai say that?"
"Mm," Xiao Linye nodded.
Ye Yuning grew even angrier.
They’re the ones causing all the trouble, and they have the nerve to say *I* have a bad temper?
No more cooperation! Absolutely no more cooperation! Even if they lower the penalty for breach of contract, I’m still not cooperating!
She viciously forked the broccoli Xiao Linye had just given her, stuffed it into her mouth, and chewed furiously before swallowing it down in large bites.
Muttering, she said, "Our boss has a wonderful temper, treats her staff well, and even cares about whether we’re eating and sleeping properly. She herself never works overtime."
"And she’s exceptionally nice to our partners; she just dislikes unreasonable people. There’s nothing bad about her."
Compared to her earlier complaints about the Xiao Corporation, her words now were entirely in defense of her studio.
This blatant favoritism made Xiao Linye’s face turn utterly dark.
He had been worried she was unhappy at Manlang, so he’d asked Lai Shuo to include her as an aside.
Now it seemed she rather enjoyed being tormented by that boss of hers!
Ye Yuning noticed that Xiao Linye didn’t look pleased, but she was clueless as to why, finding it quite puzzling.