Chapter 38 Did I offend the new boss?

Chen Zhuo smiled with satisfaction. Then, he stepped aside and glanced at the license plate. "This is Luo Bin's car, right? I never would've thought Young Master Luo liked to take on damaged goods. I wonder what he sees in you—is it your oral skills, or your collection of uniforms?"

Li Xue's face turned various shades of red and blue instantly. She hadn't expected Chen Zhuo to be so uninhibited in his speech, saying whatever came to mind.

"Is this all you wanted to say by chasing after me? Today I finally realized what a classless man you are. You're truly pathetic."

Managing to suppress her anger with great difficulty, she glared at Chen Zhuo and cursed.

"F*** you..." Chen Zhuo mouthed the words silently, cursed without making a sound, and turned to walk away.

Li Xue was stunned for a moment. After realizing it was a vulgar insult, just as she was about to say something else, a voice interjected from behind.

"Chen Zhuo?"

Manager Sun, Manager Sun, walked around a black Passat, carrying a briefcase in his hand.

The moment he saw Chen Zhuo, his footsteps faltered. Then, his gaze swept back and forth between Li Xue and Chen Zhuo, and a look of sudden realization slowly appeared on his face.

"Why are you here?" Manager Sun walked over, looked Chen Zhuo up and down, and a smirk played on the corners of his lips. "Don't tell me you're here to go to the government office because you were fired?"

Chen Zhuo turned back, shot a glance at this fat man who hid a knife in his smile, and a sinister grin instantly appeared on his face.

I hadn't even planned to look for you yet, and you walked right into it yourself.

He didn't answer, instead taking out his phone and opening the WeChat of the Human Resources Department Manager.

"The personnel transfer documents can be sent now."

After typing the message, he put his phone away and watched Manager Sun's performance with a smile.

"I've told you before, it's a good thing for young people to face setbacks. I haven't mentioned the mess you made at the Company to anyone else, so you still have a chance to start over. Don't aim too high; just find a steady job, that's better than anything."

Manager Sun stepped forward, lecturing him with an air of superiority.

As he spoke, his chin was slightly raised, and his tone carried the magnanimity of someone who had seen it all.

Chen Zhuo didn't interrupt; he just watched him quietly, waiting for him to finish acting pretentious.

"Chen Zhuo, look at yourself. Manager Sun is giving you advice, and if you're not going to be grateful, who are you putting on that arrogant look for?"

Li Xue, as if frustrated by his lack of ambition, kept firing shots from the side: "Do you know? I hate seeing this dead look on you the most. If you're so capable, then achieve something, bring out a ton of money! You have nothing, and you don't even know how to act like a decent person. What use are you?"

"Marrying you was truly the worst misfortune of my life."

Li Xue finished in one breath, her breathing slightly rapid, but she felt much more relieved.

"Everything you said is right. Please remember: if we don't get a divorce, may my whole family die." Chen Zhuo narrowed his eyes, looking at Li Xue with a cold, mirthless smile.

Li Xue was stunned once again. An inexplicable anger surged up, her face flushed red. She pointed at Chen Zhuo, wanting to curse, but it was as if her throat was blocked; she couldn't say a single word.

Ignoring the unraveling Li Xue, Chen Zhuo walked toward Manager Sun: "Manager Sun."

Manager Sun, who had been watching the two bicker, immediately put on a patient and gentle expression upon hearing this, waiting for him to speak.

"Everything you said is right. It's a good thing for young people to face setbacks; young people shouldn't aim too high; young people need to be steady."

Chen Zhuo took another step forward, getting right into Manager Sun's face, which startled him into stumbling back two steps.

"What do you want to do?" Startled, Manager Sun could no longer maintain his previous air of maturity and composure; his eyes were filled with panic and bluster.

"Do you think I'm going to hit you?"

While speaking, Chen Zhuo raised his hand and gently patted Manager Sun's cheek twice, with a very light force, as if dusting him off.

"Now, take those words you just said and use them for yourself. You don't need to thank me."

Manager Sun's smile froze on his face; he didn't understand what it meant.

"You..." His face turned beet red. He stepped back again and gripped the handle of his briefcase tightly. "What do you mean? I told you all that for your own good. You were fired, you need to recognize your situation when looking for a job..."

"Who told you I was fired? It's you who's been fired, dear..." Chen Zhuo looked at him, the smile growing deeper.

Manager Sun was astonished, completely failing to understand what nonsense Chen Zhuo was spouting, but Chen Zhuo's calm composure made him feel very uneasy.

Chen Zhuo didn't answer him again and turned to walk toward the government building.

"What the f*** do you mean?" Manager Sun shouted at Chen Zhuo's retreating back, as if out of shame and anger.

Chen Zhuo didn't look back at all; he just made a gesture with his right hand by his ear, as if holding a phone.

Coincidentally, Manager Sun's phone rang right at that moment.

He took out his phone and glanced at it; it was the number for the Company's Human Resources Department. His heart inexplicably began to race. He swallowed hard and then answered.

After listening to just a few sentences, his entire face turned completely pale.

"Manager Sun, it has been confirmed through a joint investigation by the Company's Compliance and Audit Department and the Human Resources Department that you engaged in serious illegal activities during your tenure. You are hereby dismissed. The official documents have been issued to the branch office, and the Company reserves the right to pursue legal action against you."

The call was informing him of the decision to dismiss him, effective immediately.

At this moment, Manager Sun felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

He had actually been fired?

His monthly salary of over ten thousand, all the various gifts, all the kickbacks—they were all gone?

What would his family do?

His whole body began to tremble uncontrollably; he couldn't understand how this could happen.

Then, he thought of Chen Zhuo's words from just a moment ago and immediately looked up at the retreating figure.

Did Chen Zhuo do this?

Impossible, absolutely impossible...

He stood there dazed for a moment, gripping his phone. Then, as if realizing something, he immediately turned and ran toward the venue.

Chen Zhuo heard the rapid footsteps behind him, and a trace of mockery appeared on his lips.

During the few days he spent at the Company headquarters, his efforts to audit the accounts hadn't been for nothing.

Meanwhile, Li Xue, who had been standing there silent the whole time, was completely stunned.

She felt as if she couldn't understand the world anymore. Chen Zhuo hadn't been fired? Instead, it was Manager Sun who had been fired?

What on earth was going on?

Could it be that Chen Zhuo's family had some kind of backing after all?

Then, she turned to look at Chen Zhuo's retreating back, her face full of astonishment.

She turned her head to look at the Mercedes G63 again, then looked at Manager Sun's fat figure running frantically, biting her lower lip with a look of confusion.

The government conference room was on the third floor of the old building, with a long corridor outside.

The meeting hadn't started yet, and many of the mine owners and factory owners attending were gathered by the railing in the corridor, smoking and chatting.

In the stairwell, Manager Sun overtook the unhurried Chen Zhuo. After rushing onto the corridor, he arrived at the entrance of the conference room and found a man who had just come out.

"Manager Luo, something happened."

He said to the man in a low voice, his face deathly pale.

"Manager Sun, what happened?"

Luo Bin furrowed his brows and swept a glance at the crowd around them.

He was very displeased with Manager Sun's recklessness. With a cigarette in hand, he stepped aside from the conference room door and went to a secluded spot.

Manager Sun followed him and said in a trembling voice: "Our Company headquarters just called to dismiss me. Can you help me ask what's going on?"

Luo Bin frowned but didn't refuse. He directly took out his phone and dialed a number.

It rang for a long time without anyone answering, so he dialed another number, and this time it was answered.

He walked to the side, spoke a few words in a low voice, then hung up the phone and looked back at Manager Sun.

"The dismissal letter was stamped by the Chairman's office; no one can stop it. Who the f*** did you offend?"

"The Chairman's office?" Manager Sun's lips trembled. "We have a new boss. Is it the new boss? Could I have offended the new boss?"

Luo Bin shook his head. "I don't know."

At this moment, footsteps were heard from the other end of the corridor.

Chen Zhuo walked out from around the corner, his pace neither fast nor slow.