Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 456 - 454: Where Did I Wrong You?

Jiayi’s eyes changed, her gaze toward Tong Xiaomian became even more foreign.

How could Tong Xiaomian, who looked even more obedient than a good girl, be so decisive in office infighting?

So, all those inexplicable rumors about her and Fang Yao had been stirred up by her behind the scenes?

"Yundu can’t accommodate someone like you. Please leave immediately. If I still see you in the design department in five minutes, I will have security drag you out." Fang Yao threw out her words, "My announcement is done, everyone can disperse! Go back to work!"

Tong Xiaomian hadn’t expected Fang Yao to have been investigating and gathering evidence all these days and was now completely unable to defend herself. Her face turned from purple to white, and finally, she slumped down weakly.

The employees in the conference room gradually left one by one, leaving the room empty and quiet.

Only Jiayi, Fang Yao, and Tong Xiaomian remained.

"Where have I wronged you that you had to harm me like this?" Jiayi’s gaze was icy, her tone so filled with loathing she didn’t bother to hide it.

"Ha, give it a rest!" Tong Xiaomian suddenly raised her head, her eyes filled with venomous resentment that was starkly different from her usual demeanor, "We are competitors. If you rise, I have to fall. If you had the chance, wouldn’t you harm me?"

Jiayi laughed yet felt angry, "Just because you’re trash, don’t think everyone else in the world is trash too!"

Tong Xiaomian’s face grew furiously red with anger as she glanced at Fang Yao and retorted, "And you think you’re any better? Do you think you got here on your own merit? Isn’t it just that someone elevated you all along? I don’t believe for a second that someone with your shallow experience and family burdens as a single mom could be let into Yundu! To hand you, a newbie, a big CASE like UA, to promote you ahead of probation and even upgrade you to a senior assistant... For what reason? Do you really think it’s all your own capability?! Are you sure no one has been covering for you?"

Jiayi’s expression involuntarily tightened slightly; in fact, what Tong Xiaomian had said was not entirely untrue.

However, Tong Xiaomian was mistaken about one thing; it wasn’t Fang Yao who had been looking out for her behind the scenes, but Mr. Huo.

Seeing Jiayi’s hesitation, Tong Xiaomian felt she had guessed correctly. She must have made some disgusting deals, and her confidence surged.

"Fine then, I’m going to tell the higher-ups, I’ll let the senior management know..."

Before Tong Xiaomian could finish her rant, Fang Yao had already shouted, "Security!"

Knowing that the design department was about to dismiss someone, the patrolling security had already come over in advance.

In just a few seconds, the security at the door stepped in, "Director Fang!"

"She’s been fired and refuses to leave, take her down immediately!"

"Yes, Director Fang!"

Tong Xiaomian was dragged out of the conference room by two security guards, kicking and punching, "No, I won’t leave—why should I go—where am I less capable than her—I want to see the higher-ups! I will report you two!"

Her voice was mixed with sobs.

Jiayi frowned at her loud commotion, "Security brother, are you going to let her shout like this?"

The security guard hesitated.

Jiayi glanced at the roll of paper left on the conference table by someone, yanked off a long strip, and handed it to the security, "Gag her."

The security guard hesitated, then looked at Fang Yao.

Fang Yao chuckled lightly, "What are you looking at me for? Just do it!"

Without any further hesitation, the security guard stuffed a wad of paper into Tong Xiaomian’s mouth and, along with a colleague, gripped her under the arms.

Tong Xiaomian’s muffled protests were heard as she was embarrassingly carried out by the two security guards.

The conference room regained its silence.

Jiayi collected herself and turned to Fang Yao, "Director Fang, I didn’t expect that all this was caused by Tong Xiaomian’s rumor-mongering. I also didn’t realize you were investigating this past few days. I thought just now you were..."

"You thought just now that I was about to take revenge on you, fire you, am I right?" Fang Yao raised an eyebrow.

Jiayi took a deep breath, "I’m sorry, Director Fang."

Fang Yao stood up, snapping her notebook closed and holding it to her chest. Just like always, she tilted her chin upward, resembling a noble queen, her lips curling into a faint smile, "Don’t worry, business is business and personal is personal. Even if I were the petty type, I wouldn’t mix personal grievances with work affairs."

As she spoke, she walked towards the door in her high heels. Passing by Jiayi, she stopped and leaned in to whisper in her ear with an intentionally ambiguous tone, joking, "...However, I think I can still compete with Derek for you, huh."

Jiayi, who had just begun to relax, tensed up again, caught between laughter and tears. Before she could speak, Fang Yao had already flashed a smile and walked out the door.

The commotion over Tong Xiaomian’s dismissal stirred up quite a fuss in the women’s clothing design department, but after some discussion, it eventually died down.

After all, in a big corporation like Yundu, employees come and go every day—it’s quite ordinary.

There were quite a few like Tong Xiaomian who had failed in office politics and were consequently kicked out of the company.

This time, the firing of Tong Xiaomian served as a warning to others in the design department, and nobody dared to spread rumors behind Jiayi’s back that she got her position through Fang Yao.

However, the fact that Fang Yao was a lesbian still inevitably leaked out.

Although Fang Yao seemed unconcerned, Jiayi felt inexplicably anxious and always felt that the matter wasn’t entirely settled.

Just when this wave had passed, perhaps a larger storm was coming.

A few days later, while Jiayi was dealing with a case at hand, a secretary came to the design department, "Assistant Chu, President Yao is asking for you to go up."

President Yao?

Jiayi put down her work, quite astonished. To say she was shocked was an understatement.

President Yao was the executive manager of Yundu with the highest authority next to the board of directors and the shareholders’ meeting, wielding absolute power of appointment and removal.

Normally, President Yao rarely appeared, only showing up at large company meetings.

Since Jiayi had joined Yundu, she had seen President Yao no more than twice. Why would he want to see her now?

Noticing the seriousness in the secretary’s voice, Jiayi didn’t linger and took the elevator upstairs.

After a few knocks, a deep, male voice came from inside, "Come in."

President Yao was a middle-aged man with a very high status in Yundu and a very stern voice.

At the sound of it, Jiayi felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end.

She turned the knob and entered, only to pause in surprise.

President Yao was sitting behind a walnut desk, his expression slightly somber.

Not far away on the sofa, Fang Yao sat on one side.

On the other side, to her surprise, was Tong Xiaomian.

Fang Yao wore a face of cold indifference and disdain.

Tong Xiaomian, whom she hadn’t seen in days, had a smug look on her delicate, college-student-like face.

The bad premonition Jiayi had these past few days now seemed to be coming true. Her heart began racing, and she roughly understood what was happening. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Before Tong Xiaomian was kicked out of the company, she was not willing to let it go, threatening several times to appeal to the higher-ups. Now had she managed to make a fuss big enough to come back?

Given Fang Yao’s position in the eyes of the company’s upper echelons, Tong Xiaomian was simply incomparable to her... Under normal circumstances, the higher-ups would pay no attention.

Now that Tong Xiaomian had caused trouble under the watchful eye of President Yao, she must have resorted to some desperate measures.