Li Ruonan tilted his body and picked up his arm with great effort. He looked at gu mohan one moment and ye zhiqiao the other. He sneered and asked, "Mr. Gu, you're not here to see ye zhiqiao, are you?"
Ye zhiqiao was stunned when she heard this and thought that she had seen something.
Gu mohan gave ye zhiqiao a "Reassuring" look, then returned to Li Ruonan and said, "Come to dinner and have fun. The rest has nothing to do with you. Don't meddle."
His obvious act of protecting ye zhiqiao made Li Ruonan very unhappy. Why would a woman like ye zhiqiao attract gu mohan's attention, and she would be pushed away by disgust even if she couldn't stand and fell on gu mohan?
Where is she worse than ye zhi?
No! She felt that not only was she no worse than ye zhi, but she was much better in every aspect!
So, she explained with half jealousy and half unwillingness, "I just care about you. Ye zhiqiao is not a good person. She is the best at putting on airs and pretending to be a soft and weak white lotus to gain sympathy from men, especially those rich and powerful men. So you must not be fooled by her appearance."
"Are you talking about yourself or ye zhiqiao?" Gu mohan asked with a gloomy face.
Then, he turned to look at ye zhiqiao with a meaningful look.
He had heard before that ye zhiqiao's interpersonal relationships in the department were not very good and would be ostracized occasionally, but ye zhiqiao never mentioned these things to him, so he thought ye zhiqiao could handle it, but according to the current situation, ye zhiqiao was not ostracized at all, but bullied and humiliated.
Li Ruonan dared to humiliate ye zhiqiao in front of him, so when he was not around, ye zhiqiao's situation could be imagined.
As long as gu mohan thought that ye zhiqiao was alone in a strange environment and had no one to protect her and had to face all kinds of difficulties on her own, his heart would not feel good. The pain and guilt towards ye zhiqiao gradually turned into anger at the people who bullied her.
Li Ruonan didn't know if it was because she was drunk, so he didn't lose sight of her. Instead, he added, "Master gu, ye zhiqiao is not good enough for you. Don't look for her. If you want, I... I've liked you for a long time. You can try it with me..."
Li Ruonan's cheeks were flushed, her face was shy, her eyes were misty, and her tone was ambiguous.
However, these could confuse any man's appearance and fall into gu mo's cold eyes. Apart from disgust and disgust, there was no other effect except to make him more angry.
"Get lost!"
He gave a loud shout, then raised his hand and beckoned manager li, who had just noticed the situation and was hesitating whether to step forward.
Manager li immediately trotted to his side and bowed in greeting, "President gu, why are you free to come here? Actually, I wanted to invite you, but I was afraid you were too busy with work, so..."
"All right, all right!" Gu mohan was angry, how could he be in the mood to listen to his flattery? Pointing directly at Li Ruonan, he ordered, "How did this kind of person get into the gu family? Aren't you going to do the new employee assessment?! Slander a colleague, bad behavior! We don't need this kind of staff at gu's. You should get rid of her immediately and fire her!!"
"Ah! This..." Manager li scratched the top of "Mediterranean" 's hair, his eyes rolling frantically.
Li Ruonan had a strong background, or else he wouldn't have been fawning on her just because she had been abroad for a few years. Now that gu mohan asked him to fire Li Ruonan, he felt like he was stuck between two mountains, offending neither side.
After weighing the pros and cons, manager li decided to give gu mo face first and agree to it, then inform the other end as soon as possible.
With this in mind, manager li immediately burst into a "Brilliant" smile and nodded repeatedly, "Good, good, listen to president gu, I will arrange as soon as possible."
Gu mohan remembered ye zhiqiao and waved him down when he agreed.
Manager li looked at gu mohan's face and left without saying anything, but instead of returning to his seat, he went straight out of the private room.
A noisy room was locked inside the door. Manager li called mother gu at the corner of the stairwell.
Mother gu was one of Li Ruonan's backers and the one who could suppress gu mohan the most.
Mother gu was originally prepared to cause trouble for ye zhiqiao's work. With Li Ruonan around, her goal could be achieved effortlessly, so when she heard that gu mohan was going to fire Li Ruonan, she immediately objected, "Absolutely not! Ruonan has to stay in the company. No one can fire her!"
"But..." Manager li's dilemma was not concealed, "I like Ruonan very much. I have a good working ability and personality, but president gu's attitude seems quite determined. If I don't do as he says, I'm afraid..."
"What are you afraid of? With me around, you don't have to be afraid of anything." Mother gu was just about to take a break, so she didn't want to talk to him, leaving him with a reassuring pill, "As long as you do as I tell you, you don't have to worry about the rest. If something goes wrong, I will solve it."
Manager li was waiting for this, and quickly agreed, "Okay, you can rest assured that the subordinates will do as you say."
On this side, manager li and mother gu were trying to protect Li Ruonan. On the other side, gu mohan had to guard against Li Ruonan for ye zhiqiao's request.
Ye zhiqiao did not let gu mohan expose their relationship, but Li Ruonan was still by gu mohan's side. She was half drunk and half awake, and gu mohan could not lose his temper or reason with her, so he had to use a last resort.
"Your name is ye zhiqiao, right?" Gu mohan cleared his throat and motioned ye zhiqiao to stand up with his eyes.
As soon as ye zhiqiao heard his feigned unfamiliar tone, she almost immediately understood his thoughts, but she did not know what he was going to do next, so she had to follow his words and get up and answer,... "Yes, president gu."
Gu mohan swept around the table, then casually picked up an orange and handed it to her with a grin, "You're welcome. It's actually not the first time we've met. I can always see you taking the bus on the way to work every day. Aren't you tired?"
Ye zhiqiao narrowed her eyes in embarrassment and shook her head after taking the orange.
"Not tired? But during rush hour, aren't the buses always crowded? You're so skinny. You probably squeezed it out on the bus, right?" Gu mohan moved closer to her and continued to ask.
"... Ye zhiqiao subconsciously moved her foot back and whispered," no."
"Heh -" gu mohan blinked at her, his black eyes shining with light, "Are you shy? Are girls still shy now?"