Chapter 149

Chapter 149: If We Can’t Offend Her, Can’t We Just Avoid Her?

Now that Du An Rao had said all this for her, Second Cousin-in-law finally let out all the hurt she had been holding in, and her heart felt much lighter.

Her husband held her hand and said: “Man Man, it’s my fault. I was busy with work and ignored you. I didn’t even notice you were suffering so much. I… I’m such a jerk!”

Man Man shook her head and said: “I know you didn’t do it on purpose. I also hid it from you on purpose. You can’t be blamed for this.”

Mother Du could not keep watching this little couple twist around like that. She cut in sharply and said: “It’s easy to change the outside, but a person’s nature is hard to change. People don’t change their character just because time passes. If Man Man already had a feud with her back in school, and now you just happen to be assigned under her, I’m afraid she’s been giving you a lot of trouble lately, hasn’t she?”

“Is that true? What has she done?” Fifth Aunt grabbed her daughter-in-law’s hand, anxious and worried, and said: “Don’t hide it from us anymore. Tell us clearly. Mom will stand up for you!”

Second Cousin-in-law answered: “She isn’t only targeting me. She orders everyone in the department around like we’re her servants. Just two days ago, she even scolded two new girls so badly they cried.”

[tsk tsk, what a huge sense of power. The company actually hired a big miss like her as management. Aren’t they afraid she’ll drive all the employees away and shut the company down?]

Everyone in the room fell silent: “……”

It wasn’t like that outcome was impossible. Maybe the only way was to just… run?

But even if they said that, lowly office workers really did not have that much freedom to choose.

Second Cousin-in-law went on: “It’s just… maybe because of our old grudge, she has been picking on me more lately. And… she seems very interested in my new design.”

Mother Du reacted fast and asked: “What do you mean? Is she planning to steal your work?”

Second Cousin-in-law did not answer, which already said everything.

Fifth Aunt’s face went dark and she said: “This is simply bullying too much.”

Du An Rao curled her lips, looking full of disdain.

[She doesn’t only want to steal Second Cousin-in-law’s design. She’s also planning to frame her for stealing the company’s precious jewelry. The trap is already set. She’s just waiting to arrange things these two days so Second Cousin-in-law walks right into it herself!]

Fifth Aunt’s whole family almost jumped up when they heard that. Fifth Aunt said: “How about… you just quit? If we can’t afford to offend her, can’t we at least avoid her?”

Second Cousin also tried to persuade her and said: “Yeah, there are plenty of jewelry companies. If you’re not happy at this one, we’ll change to another. Or take a break for a while, go travel with the kids and relax your mood.”

Second Cousin knew his wife had her own dreams. She didn’t want to be locked at home as a housewife worrying about chores. Before this, he had always supported her in chasing her dreams.

But now, this was different. The other party clearly wanted to hurt her, and they had no evidence in their hands. They couldn’t reach that far. If something really went wrong, it would be too late to regret it.

It might be better to leave before anything happened, stay far away from that vicious snake, and then think of another plan.

Second Cousin-in-law was also shocked after hearing Du An Rao’s reminder, but she still felt unwilling.

She had worked at this company for quite a long time. She had poured in so much effort to get to where she was today.

Also, the working environment, the pay, and her colleagues all matched what she wanted from this job. Everything was good… except for that one rat in the rice.

Most important of all…

“If I quit now, she will definitely steal my new work and claim it as hers. I already suffered once under her before because of this. If it happens again, it’s really…” Second Cousin-in-law felt like she would explode just thinking about it.

It was this very thing that had been stuck in her heart. She had been depressed for many days, and it even messed up her breast health.

When Du An Rao heard this, her eyes lit up. She asked: “Sister-in-law, you said you already suffered from this once under her before. So that means she has already stolen your work once, right?”

“Yes.”

“Then, Sister-in-law, do you still have any evidence from that time?”

“Evidence?” Second Cousin-in-law froze and said: “I do, but her family background is pretty strong. Back then, the school basically listened only to her family. Even if I showed the evidence, it wouldn’t help. I would still be labeled a plagiarist, so…”

“So that time, you didn’t show the evidence. You had no choice but to settle it in private.”

Second Cousin-in-law nodded.

“Then is your current company also owned by her family?”

“…No, it’s not. I never heard of her family having any ties to the company.”

“In that case, why not try to report it to the higher-ups in your company?”

“This…” She hesitated.

[Second Cousin-in-law’s direct supervisor in the department had gone through something similar when she was young. She hates people who use their family’s power to steal others’ work and claim it as their own. As long as Second Cousin-in-law can show proof that she’s telling the truth, that supervisor will definitely help her kick that woman out of the company.]

Second Cousin-in-law was stunned, and everyone else also brightened up.

Fifth Aunt said: “An An makes sense. How about we… give it a try? If it really doesn’t work, you can still quit and stop swallowing this anger. But if the higher-ups at your company are reasonable and stand up for you, you can stay at this company.”

“…All right.”

“That’s the spirit.” Du An Rao took a bite of the piece of fruit Mother Du handed her, then comforted her: “There are millions of jobs in the world. If this one doesn’t work out, we just change. No need to wrong yourself over such small people. These days, young people like to roast everyone, stay calmly crazy, and wrong anyone but never themselves. Isn’t that a beautiful mindset?”

Second Cousin-in-law: “……” It really did sound pretty good.

“Speaking of which, what’s the name of the jewelry company where Man Man works again?”

“It seems to be called Yayu Jade House.”

“Pff… cough cough cough…” As soon as Fifth Aunt said that, Du An Rao choked on her drink, scaring everyone. Some started patting her back, some rushed to hand her water.

After a while, she finally caught her breath. Du An Rao grabbed Fifth Aunt’s hand and asked: “What did you just say your Second Cousin-in-law’s company is called?”

“Yayu Jade House. Is there anything wrong with that?”

Du An Rao made an awkward face.

[I knew those jewelry styles looked familiar. So they’re from an old acquaintance.]

Old acquaintance? With who? Fifth Aunt’s family exchanged looks, surprised.

[President Qiu, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to curse your company to go bankrupt just now!]

Second Cousin and the others looked toward Second Cousin-in-law, full of questions, and saw that her expression was also very strange.

Their boss really did have the surname Qiu. The general manager was also named Qiu and was the boss’s own son. They just didn’t know if the “President Qiu” their little cousin talked about was the boss or his son.

Mother Du unconsciously sat up straighter and said in a deep, meaningful tone: “What a coincidence. He Xuan just happens to be their group’s spokesperson. Not long ago, because of An An, he even signed several more product contracts, and became their chief new-product spokesperson this year.”

The amount of information in Mother Du’s words was huge. Du He Xuan was a star and a famous Film Emperor. It wasn’t strange for Yayu Group to hire him as their spokesperson. The interesting part was, from what she said, it sounded like he got this new product campaign because of his sister’s connections.