Chapter 94

At that moment, Qin Xiaomeng felt as though she had been stripped bare and left to endure everyone’s humiliating stares.

The fury in her heart surged higher and higher.

“Li Ruofei, don’t you dare spew blood on me here. When did I ever seduce Wu Peng?”

Unable to swallow the insult, Qin Xiaomeng stepped forward to argue with Li Ruofei, but before she could even reach her, the department manager blocked her path.

“Impudent!”

With a sharp rebuke, the manager glared at Qin Xiaomeng and said coldly, “Qin Xiaomeng, mind your attitude!”

“You only started working at Shenmao Group today, and you already dare speak to one of our honored guests in that tone?”

“Do not think that because you are recognized as a beauty in Jiangzhou City, I will show you any special leniency!”

“If you do not want to work, you can get out. If you ruin the chairman’s affairs, you will not be able to bear the consequences!”

Li Ruofei’s status was no ordinary one. She was the general manager of the Wu Group, lofty and distinguished. For a company as small as Shenmao Group, she was someone to be received with the utmost reverence.

For Qin Xiaomeng to dare talk back to Li Ruofei was practically asking to be fired.

Faced with the manager’s harsh scolding, Qin Xiaomeng, though burning with anger, no longer dared to erupt. After all, this was her first day at work, and she did not want to cause trouble. Besides, it was work hours now. If she angered Li Ruofei and spoiled the company’s business, the entire Shenmao Group would suffer.

She did not want her own affairs to drag the whole company down, so she could only force that blaze of anger back down for the time being.

Yet just as Qin Xiaomeng fell silent, someone else sprang out in a gleeful rush. It was none other than the four female colleagues who had drunk with her the night before, patting their chests and swearing to be good sisters.

“Miss Li, what you said is exactly right. This Qin Xiaomeng is nothing but a two-faced flirt!”

“Look here, these are photos of her from last night when she was drinking. I took them all myself. Just look at this posture, this scandalous behavior—what else can she be but a disgraceful woman?”

To curry favor with Li Ruofei, the women held up their phones and walked over. Every image on their screens showed Qin Xiaomeng’s drunken disgrace from the night before.

Although there were no photos of the later scene when those male colleagues laid hands on Qin Xiaomeng, these pictures were more than enough to shatter the goddess-like image she had in the eyes of the men around her.

“You…”

Qin Xiaomeng could hardly believe what she was seeing. These “good sisters,” who had drunk with her and chatted with her late into the night only yesterday, were now publicly exposing her drunken photos.

Watching these so-called sisters hold up their phones and display her shame, one image after another, to the surrounding coworkers, Qin Xiaomeng clenched her fists so tightly her knuckles turned white. Her slender body trembled slightly, her eyes reddened, and tears began to pool within them.

At that moment, Qin Xiaomeng recalled a sentence Chu Tianhe had once told her: the least trustworthy thing in this world is the human heart. The world grows cold and cruel because hearts are so hard to read.

“Hahaha... So this is the private life of Jiangzhou City’s number one beauty!”

“It really is a mess!”

Li Ruofei covered her mouth and laughed, her eyes full of mockery.

“Miss Li, ignore her. She only just arrived today. If you are dissatisfied with her, I’ll dismiss her in a moment.”

Seeing this, the manager interrupted the farce, then made an inviting gesture toward Li Ruofei and said, “The chairman is still waiting for you in his office. As for tonight’s banquet hosted by the Mu family, we will be relying on your great help. Please secure an invitation for our company!”

“That won’t be difficult.” Li Ruofei gave Qin Xiaomeng a meaningful glance, then added, “It just depends on whether your company can make me happy.”