The slap hung in the air, filling the room with a dead silence.
Liu Manjin was dumbfounded. "You, how could you hit me?"
Although he had never held much power in the company, he was a shareholder nonetheless. The employees below him treated him with respect. Due to his lack of capability, the CEO didn't give him much work, and he had always lived comfortably.
This was the first time he had ever been hit.
President Fang's face was filled with anger. "So what if I hit you? You want to drive away the famous designer I hired with a high salary. You want to return to the company. Hitting you is the least I should do, I should have kicked you out!"
This was the first time President Fang had been this angry. Liu Manjin was full of resentment but dared not question him.
"President Fang, forget it," Shen Qingqing said lightly. "I don't like to be forced. I'm not at a point where I can't get by, and I don't want to cling to this place."
"Miss Shen, what are you saying?" President Fang quickly tried to stop her, refusing to let her leave. "This is all a misunderstanding. They didn't recognize you, they didn't know you were an honored guest. You can't leave today. It was my oversight, it's all my fault. If you leave, I'll never be able to live with myself. Give me a chance to compensate you."
Shen Qingqing showed a hesitant expression.
President Fang then glared at Liu Manjin and Shen Minglan. "You two are relatives, aren't you?"
Liu Manjin and Liu Minglan exchanged a glance and did not deny it.
"Apologize."
The two looked at President Fang's stern face, momentarily doubting if they had heard correctly. "What did you say?"
"Apologize!" President Fang repeated, his tone hardening.
Shock and deep reluctance filled the eyes of the uncle and niece.
"Liu Manjin, if you don't get the money, I'll fire you." By rights, dismissing a shareholder required a meeting for all shareholders to decide.
However, Liu Manjin had very little power, and this was—
He subconsciously looked at the general manager. "What's going on with these two?"
They seemed quite close.
"The two of them have a bit of a... relationship..." The general manager winked, implying he understood.
President Fang realized, but his gaze quickly fell on the general manager. "You're something else. I asked you to entertain an important client, and this is how you entertained them?"
The general manager felt a bitter pang in his heart. What was coming, was coming.
"I thought your important client was Master Fu..."
"Still making excuses?"
The general manager immediately fell silent.
Evening.
Shen Qingqing took the two children out for dinner. Fu Jingshu followed them with a composed demeanor. All the way, Shen Qingqing pretended not to see him. It wasn't until they sat down that she glanced at him.
"Are you a follower?"
Fu Jingshu said lightly, "No, I just wanted to have dinner with you."
Shen Qingqing withdrew her gaze and ignored him.
Fu Jingshu's lips moved, and his phone suddenly rang. He answered it to hear Fu Tingyi's voice, "Your grandmother is still sick, and you ran off abroad. You haven't come back. What exactly do you want?"
Fang Ruo's voice was also audible.
"Jingshu, you shouldn't do this. Your grandmother loves you so much. How can you abandon her?"
Fu Jingshu directly hung up the phone.