Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 455 - 453: Is this considered a failed courtship?
Xia Tingxuan spoke softly, her tone carrying a tinge of heartfelt pain.
Jiayi hurriedly said, "No, I really don’t have any romantic partner, Mommy, you’re overthinking it."
Seeing her so adamant, Xia Tingxuan, although full of doubt, found it inappropriate to ask any further.
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The next day at work, Jiayi entered the office with a slight headache.
Having laid all her cards on the table with Fang Yao yesterday, and having deliberately acted out a scene with that man to upset Fang Yao, she wondered if Fang Yao would become furious.
With that thought, Jiayi became nervous. Fang Yao was, after all, her boss, and after having confronted her that way yesterday, it would be all too easy for Fang Yao to make things difficult for her.
This counts as a failed attempt at love, doesn’t it? What if she held a grudge? Jiayi couldn’t help but give a bitter smile.
For the next few days, Jiayi felt somewhat uneasy.
That morning, as usual, the women’s fashion design department held its morning meeting.
The content of the meeting was generally for everyone to report on their tasks for the week.
When it was Jiayi’s turn, she didn’t dare look Fang Yao in the eye; she just buried her head, reported her work plan and progress, and sat down immediately afterward.
At the end of the meeting, as everyone was about to leave as usual, they heard Fang Yao’s resolute voice:
"Wait a moment, everyone please stay." 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
People halted in their tracks and sat back down, only to see Fang Yao looking serious and sweeping her gaze across the room.
Whenever Fang Yao looked like this, it meant there was significant news to announce.
Especially with that poker face of hers, it definitely was not something good.
Everyone held their breath, afraid of getting caught in the crossfire.
After a long while, a slightly bolder subordinate whispered hesitantly, "Director Fang, is there something you need to address?"
Fang Yao’s gaze swept over them and focused on Jiayi. "It’s about the time Jiayi delivered the sample clothes to UA. Jiayi, you said that piece of sample clothing was damaged, right?"
Jiayi shuddered without reason. That incident had happened so long ago, why was it being brought up again?
Could Fang Yao be using this issue for revenge?
Her throat felt dry, "Um, yes, that’s right."
The rest of the staff, realizing the issue didn’t concern them, sighed in relief.
Some even looked on with a sense of schadenfreude toward Jiayi, especially some of the newcomers who had been envious and resentful of Jiayi’s rapid promotion.
Fang Yao raised her eyebrows. "That sample was personally made by me, and I checked it beforehand; it couldn’t possibly have been damaged."
Jiayi felt the sweat in her palms about to break out. "Director Fang, I have said it many times, the sample clothing I received was indeed damaged. I have no reason to lie, nor would I have intentionally damaged that piece of sample clothing."
The atmosphere suddenly turned frigid, as if it was laden with sparks, ready to ignite at any moment.
After a moment, Fang Yao fixed her gaze on Jiayi and finally said in a drawn-out manner, "Of course I know it wasn’t you who damaged it."
Jiayi was taken aback, and the other employees were also stunned.
Fang Yao’s gaze shifted, landing on the slender figure beside Jiayi, as a cold light shot from her phoenix eyes, "The one who almost made us lose face in front of UA by damaging the sample dress was that good colleague who switched work tasks with you that day."
The whole room was in an uproar.
Jiayi couldn’t believe it and looked towards Tong Xiaomian beside her.
Tong Xiaomian immediately stood up as if startled, her face full of grievance, and tears nearly streaming out, "Director Fang, is there some misunderstanding? Why would I want to damage the sample dress?"
Tong Xiaomian usually gave a good impression in the design department, delicate and cute, speaking in a soft and gentle voice, a typical innocent girl, and a recent college graduate, perceived as very pure by her colleagues.
Even Jiayi struggled to believe it.
Some even began whispering softly, "Could it be a mistake?"
Fang Yao’s lips curved upward, revealing a sharpness even more intense than usual, as she spun her chair around on the spot and pressed a button on her notebook.
A video immediately appeared on the projector that hadn’t been turned off.
The scene was shot from a high angle overlooking the area, clearly from an internal surveillance camera in the company.
Although not high-definition, it was clear enough to recognize the people in the frame and see the whole layout of the department.
The date in the bottom right corner of the video was the day when Jiayi was taking the clothes to UA.
In the women’s fashion design department, everyone was busy with their work.
A slender figure with Korean-style long curls left the director’s office, carrying a bag but not returning to her seat.
The moment she closed the door, the girl looked around to make sure no one noticed, walked to another corridor, and while no one was looking, picked up a pair of scissors from the reception desk, and dashed into the restroom.
Three minutes later, the figure came out, replaced the scissors, and hurried back to her seat, handing the bag to Jiayi, her mouth moving and smiling as she said something.
In the video, Jiayi seemed to trust Tong Xiaomian and didn’t check the sample dress inside the bag thoroughly before leaving the design department to head to UA.
The video ended there.
The meeting room fell into silence, then erupted like a minor explosion, buzzing with whispers.
Jiayi’s eyes widened, unable to comprehend that it was Tong Xiaomian who had cut the dress, trying to set her up to deliver a damaged sample and get scolded by Fang Yao?
At that time, both of them were on probation, and competition was fierce among the newcomers. If the company took note of this incident against her, Tong Xiaomian’s chances of getting through the probation would naturally be greater.
In fact, if that man hadn’t come, Tong Xiaomian’s scheme would have almost succeeded!
Tong Xiaomian was a new employee who joined the company in the same batch as she did, similar in age and qualification. Usually, among a group of colleagues, she was the kindest to Jiayi, often helping her with tasks. Who would have thought she would secretly sabotage her like this?
"Anything else you want to say, Tong Xiaomian? Don’t tell me you went to the restroom with a sample dress and scissors from my office and did nothing," Fang Yao glared at Tong Xiaomian without the patience to say more, "I’ll speak to the administration and HR department. You can leave now."
Tong Xiaomian’s face turned purple with the evidence right before her eyes, still being stubborn, "It didn’t catch me cutting the dress; I didn’t do it, I won’t admit it! Why fire me? You can’t make this decision. I want to argue this with the higher-ups in the company."
"Even if the scene of you cutting up the sample dress was not captured, there’s another issue. Spreading rumors in the company, affecting the reputation of superiors and colleagues, how do you explain that?" Fang Yao bore down on Tong Xiaomian with determination.
With her queenly demeanor, dealing with a new employee with impure thoughts and fond of tricks was too easy.
Fang Yao made a gesture.
A design assistant stood up, "It was Tong Xiaomian who told me that Director Fang and Jiayi... have a very close relationship, which is why Director Fang appreciates Jiayi so much. We didn’t believe it at the time, but Tong Xiaomian said she personally witnessed by the elevator entrance Director Fang being... very affectionate and touchy with Jiayi, and at the Yundu Building entrance overheard by chance one night that Jiayi had stayed overnight at Director Fang’s place."
