Chapter 176 It Is All Your Fault

Company.

Early in the morning, Weasel was pacing back and forth near the reception desk, checking his watch with a dark expression on his face that made everyone steer clear of him. Finally, he snapped impatiently at the receptionist, "When Ni Xiaoxiao gets here, tell her to come straight to my office!"

Just as he finished speaking, Xiaoxiao walked through the front entrance. Weasel's sour expression gave her a start, and he immediately led her into his office, making sure to shut the door behind them.

"Manager, did you want to see me?"

It was obvious that Weasel was exercising immense self-restraint to keep from hurling the flowerpot on the coffee table right at Xiaoxiao's face. Pacing the office with his hands behind his back, looking thoroughly agitated, he finally pointed a finger at Xiaoxiao and berated her furiously, "I really misjudged you! I thought you were honest and sensible, but it turns out you're nothing but trouble!"

Xiaoxiao had already guessed this was about Cai Yirou, but she couldn't understand what it had to do with Weasel. Annoyed, she replied, "Even if I did something wrong, that's my personal business. I know my limits, so you needn't trouble yourself, Manager."

"Miss Cai has already gone straight to CEO Tu to complain that you instigated her into going on a fake blind date just to fulfill your assignment! On top of that, you abused your position for personal gain and flirted with Miss Cai's boyfriend, which has severely damaged the company's reputation! As your direct supervisor, how can you dare say this has nothing to do with me?!"

"What?!" Xiaoxiao stood frozen in shock for a long moment. She could understand if Cai Yirou was simply making a fuss over emotional entanglements, but where on earth did this talk of "instigation" come from? It was clearly Cai Yirou who had cried and begged her at the time! How had things somehow been twisted so that Xiaoxiao was the one who coerced Cai Yirou into the blind date just to complete her assignment? If people could distort black and white so shamelessly, why didn't they also accuse her of snatching Lin Shuo away from Cai Yirou by force?!

This was utterly absurd!

Weasel clearly had no intention of getting bogged down in the details of the truth. He cut straight to the point, saying, "I don't care how things actually happened. Right now, regardless of whether you're right or wrong, you are going to apologize to Miss Cai. You must salvage the company's reputation!"

"Ridiculous!" Xiaoxiao nearly bit through her teeth. She had always believed that people only apologized when they were in the wrong. Now, she was the one who had been wronged, yet she was expected to humble herself and apologize. Where was the logic in such sheer tyranny?

"Ni Xiaoxiao!" Weasel clenched his fists tightly, his ferocious expression sending a chill down her spine. "I might as well spell it out for you clearly: CEO Tu blamed me for poor supervision because of your mess, and my promotion could go down the drain at any moment! Who you fight over a man with in private is none of my business, but now you are standing in my way. You've always despised the kind of person I am, so I advise you to watch your step!"

This blatant threat made Xiaoxiao see things with absolute clarity. The company's reputation was nothing more than an excuse; to Weasel, all notions of right and wrong, of values and morals, were entirely subordinated to his own self-interest. Yet, upon second thought, were people like him really so rare? The only difference lay in just how far one was willing to lower their moral standards.