Chapter 698: Chapter 699: Did You Volunteer Yourself?
Qin Sijue’s dark eyes slightly furrowed as he glanced at the ground where there were enough noodles for at least ten people. “Who did you buy these for?”
Ling Xi looked up, glanced at him, and said, “Colleagues.”
The frown between Qin Sijue’s eyebrows deepened.
The most frowned upon thing within the group was this type of bullying!
“Did you do it voluntarily?”
Ling Xi looked at him, still feeling somewhat wronged.
The job Luo Chen had arranged for her was just a minor assistant in the finance department, and as a newcomer, some of the more senior staff would have her serve tea, run errands, and so on daily.
She wanted to resist, but in such a large corporation, she didn’t know anyone, and working in a big company had been her dream since childhood; now that she finally had this opportunity that seemed heaven-sent, she naturally wanted to seize it well. She would endure whatever she could.
She knew that Qin Sijue was the top boss of the group, but their relationship wasn’t that close, was it?
After giving her a job and a house, he had hardly spoken a word to her, so Ling Xi was very clear that aside from a superior-subordinate relationship, they weren’t even friends.
“No.”
Lowering her eyebrows, she answered somewhat somberly.
“They ask you to buy and you just buy?”
“What else can I do? It was so hard for me to get into a big company!”
“Which department are you in?”
Ling Xi was startled and looked up at him in surprise.
Wasn’t he the one who arranged this job? He doesn’t even know which department she was in?
“Finance department.”
“Is all this for them?”
“Yes.”
Giving her a glance, Qin Sijue suddenly took out his phone the next second and dialed a number.
Within two minutes, Luo Chen had hurried over.
“Mr. Qin, you wanted to see me.”
“Take her to the finance department, find out who asked her to buy these lunches, and deduct their bonuses for this month! If it happens again, direct them to fire!”
With a cool tone, Qin Sijue turned and left, heading toward the elevator.
Ling Xi stood there dumbfounded, watching his tall and robust figure.
Was he… sticking up for her?
Luo Chen turned around and seeing her thoughtful face, as if he could see through her thoughts, he suddenly said, “Don’t think too much. Mr. Qin has always hated any bad group dynamics in the company. Even if it weren’t you today, he would have handed out the severest punishment knowing such behavior exists in the company!”
Luo Chen’s voice pulled Ling Xi’s thoughts back, and she turned to see his icy face, seemingly very annoyed with her.
But she hadn’t offended him, had she? Why was he so cold toward her?
“Come with me.”
Luo Chen didn’t look at her again but turned and walked toward the elevator.
Ling Xi stood there foolishly, reluctant to leave the clay pot noodles behind—altogether, they cost 320 yuan!
It seemed the money was definitely not recoverable, and she hadn’t even eaten lunch yet.
Touching her pocket, she found only the last ten yuan, which wasn’t even enough to buy a work meal!
Seeing that the person behind hadn’t followed, Luo Chen’s brows knitted, he turned around, and sure enough, saw her still standing there spaced out.
“What are you doing?”
Following the sound of his voice, Ling Xi looked up and eventually had no choice but to follow him.
In an instant, the elevator stopped at the finance department floor.
In the warm office environment, Ling Xi’s colleagues were still leisurely waiting for the lunch she had bought, chatting away about something.
As the shop’s clay pot noodles were too popular, there was always a long queue to buy them, plus the cold weather made it unlikely they would go themselves.