049 Hand It Over

Upon hearing Manager Zhao’s words, Luo Feifei was utterly stunned. She couldn’t comprehend how her promotion and the position of supervisor had anything to do with Lin Qi.

“Why?” Luo Feifei asked, her face filled with confusion.

“Feifei, you need to consider your own status…” Manager Zhao tapped the desk lightly as he spoke. “Once you become a supervisor, it simply won’t make sense for you to have a food delivery man as your boyfriend. What will your subordinates and colleagues think? What will our clients think? As a supervisor at Longyue Group, you represent the company’s image. Being involved with a delivery man is completely inappropriate.”

“I still don’t understand what this has to do with my brother-in-law…” Luo Feifei frowned slightly.

“So you do know he’s your brother-in-law!” Manager Zhao said with a tone of deep disappointment. “That makes it even worse—there are moral considerations at play. It will be impossible for others to respect you!”

“My sister and my brother-in-law are already divorced…” Luo Feifei tried to explain further, but Manager Zhao had already lost interest in arguing. He waved his hand dismissively. “Regardless, if you want to become permanent staff and a supervisor, you must break up with your brother-in-law and move out of his place! Think it over for yourself.”

With those words, Manager Zhao looked at Luo Feifei with complete confidence.

He simply didn’t believe anyone could resist the temptation of becoming a supervisor. At Longyue Group, the starting annual salary for a supervisor was two hundred thousand, and with commissions and bonuses, it could easily reach three hundred thousand.

But Luo Feifei said nothing. She turned and left, returning home.

That evening, when Lin Qi came back, he noticed nothing unusual about Luo Feifei. The two chatted as usual, had dinner, and then each retreated to their own rooms for the night.

But the next morning, after breakfast, Luo Feifei remained unmoving. Only then did Lin Qi find something odd.

“Why aren’t you going to work?” Lin Qi asked.

“I don’t want to go to that lousy job anymore,” Luo Feifei replied. “I’m planning to look for something new.”

“Why?” Lin Qi looked surprised. Working at Longyue Group was a dream come true for so many people in Haitong City.

Luo Feifei pursed her lips and then recounted what had happened the previous day.

“It’s just absurd—they claim my relationship is bad for the company’s image and are demanding I break up with you and move out before they’ll let me become permanent staff or a supervisor!” Luo Feifei said angrily. “A company like that isn’t worth it!”

Lin Qi, hearing this, merely chuckled. “Manager Zhao, eh? I know the guy. He’s about to be fired himself. Don’t worry, just go back to work.”

“Manager Zhao is about to be fired?” Luo Feifei’s eyes widened. “How do you know?”

“Don’t you remember? I used to work at Longyue Group myself. Naturally, I know some inside information! Trust me, he’ll be fired today.” In truth, Lin Qi didn’t know Manager Zhao at all.

Though Luo Feifei found it odd, she was half-convinced and decided to go back to work.

As soon as she arrived at the office, she began asking around about Manager Zhao.

He hadn’t been fired—in fact, he was still working as usual!

“Sigh, even brother-in-law can get things wrong sometimes…” Luo Feifei thought anxiously as she worked, terrified that Manager Zhao would call her to his office and force her to make a choice again.

Meanwhile, in the manager’s office.

Manager Zhao and Luo Yingying were tangled together, sitting entwined on a single chair like two octopuses.

“All right, all right, I’m on the clock. You should be grateful I made time to see you at all…” Luo Yingying suddenly pushed Manager Zhao’s piggish face away, jumped off his lap, and picked up a gift box from the desk. “Here, this is a little something for you.”

Lately, Luo Yingying had spent quite a bit of Manager Zhao’s money. Wanting to give back, and since she also needed his help for something, she’d spent a few hundred yuan on a fake designer belt.

“With your front desk job, you barely make any money. Why not quit and become my secretary?” Manager Zhao grinned as he opened the box and examined the designer belt.

At a touch, he could tell it was fake—laughably so.

Manager Zhao frowned slightly but said nothing.

“That won’t do. A woman has to be independent and have her own career!” Luo Yingying declared righteously. She had no intention of giving up her job at the front desk. Though it didn’t pay much, it allowed her to interact daily with supervisors, managers, and senior executives from other companies—perfect for networking and flirting as she pleased.

“By the way, how’s the matter with my sister?” Luo Yingying asked.

“I’ve already spoken to her. She has to make her decision today… Heh, who could resist the temptation of a supervisor position?” Just as Manager Zhao was speaking, the phone on his desk rang.

He picked it up casually. “Hello?”

A second later, his expression changed dramatically. “What?!”

“…All right. I understand…” Manager Zhao’s face turned ashen as he quietly hung up the phone. His whole body began to tremble.

“What’s wrong?” Luo Yingying asked, puzzled.

“I… I’ve been fired…” Manager Zhao muttered as if in a daze, his eyes glazed over.

Fired?!

Luo Yingying gasped sharply.

In that case, Manager Zhao was useless to her now!

“Give that back!” She snatched the fake belt from Manager Zhao’s hand and stormed out without looking back.