"Miss Su, this has nothing to do with me. It was all Xie Shanshan's doing. Please, ask President Bai not to fire me. I apologize to you here."
"I was blind and misjudged her. I broke up with her just now."
"You can go out and see for yourself if you don't believe me."
...
Guo Tao looked at Su Ding eagerly, his expression very anxious.
Su Ding frowned, did not respond, and continued to walk out. Bai Ruobing and Guo Tao also followed her out.
Outside the company, Xie Shanshan was being blocked by security guards, crying and making a scene.
"Guo Tao! You heartless scoundrel, sob sob..."
At this moment, Xie Shanshan was no longer as glamorous as she had appeared earlier.
This change had only taken place in the span of two hours.
The staff still in the lobby dared not speak, but a sense of fear towards Su Ding grew in their hearts.
"Su Ding, I was wrong, I was really wrong. Can you not be so ruthless, for the sake of us being classmates?"
Seeing Su Ding, Xie Shanshan suddenly broke free from the security guards' grasp and rushed forward.
There were still red slap marks on her face.
Disregarding the fact that she was wearing a skirt, she was about to kneel down to Su Ding. "I'll kneel for you, okay? Please forgive me this once... I was blinded by infatuation..."
She cried in a panic, and the thought of Guo Tao scolding and hitting her made her tremble uncontrollably.
If she lost this job and was also broken up with by Guo Tao.
Then her life would truly be over!
With many people watching around, Su Ding directly stopped Xie Shanshan from kneeling and said with some impatience, "Xie Shanshan, if I had publicly insulted you, would you have let me off?"
Just because Xie Shanshan had unreservedly discussed her scars in the lobby.
Exposing her most unwilling past.
And saying such humiliating words, deliberately picking a fight...
For these reasons, Su Ding had no reason to help Xie Shanshan keep her job.
"I was really wrong... sob sob..."
Seeing Su Ding's indifferent expression, Xie Shanshan knew she wouldn't help her. She felt like the sky was falling, and her legs went weak, causing her to collapse onto the ground.
Seeing this, Guo Tao kicked her and said fawningly to Su Ding:
"Miss Su, a bitch like her shouldn't be given another chance. You don't know, I've been with her for two years, and all she did was bully newcomers using my name..."
"I've disliked her for a long time!"
Xie Shanshan's shoulder pained intensely from Guo Tao's kick, and her body hit the wall. The sound of bones cracking could be heard clearly. Her beautiful face contorted in pain, and she cried out, "It hurts."
"Guo Tao, you heartless scoundrel, you..."
Slap!
Guo Tao swung his arm hard and slapped Xie Shanshan's face again!
Xie Shanshan's face visibly reddened and swelled. Her words abruptly stopped, and bright red blood flowed from her nose.
"You bitch, you still want to smear my name in front of Miss Su, huh? I'll let you smear me!"
"Let you smear me? Ah! Bitch!"
He kicked her again and again, brutally striking Xie Shanshan.
This wretched woman, if not for her good figure, beautiful looks, and youth, he would never have dated such a brainless fool.
Now she had offended a distinguished guest and almost ruined his job.
She really deserved a beating!
Xie Shanshan cried out in pain as she was beaten and kicked.
Su Ding reacted and pushed Guo Tao away, sternly saying, "What are you doing? Are you trying to kill her?"
Even if she didn't like Xie Shanshan, she couldn't stand seeing a man beat a woman.
Moreover, he was beating her to death!
Guo Tao, pushed away by Su Ding, instantly changed his ferocious expression to a kind one. "Miss Su, I'm taking revenge for you. Who told this wretched woman to offend you!"
Bai Ruobing, also a woman, couldn't stand it either.
"But you can't hit her!" She, along with Su Ding, helped Xie Shanshan up.
Looking at Xie Shanshan's state, Su Ding felt a pang of pity. "Xie Shanshan, go to the hospital first. As for your job, let your President Bai reconsider."
Bai Ruobing also said promptly, "Yes, I will reconsider. Don't try to kill yourself."
She knew from these words that Su Ding was ultimately willing to let Xie Shanshan off, but she still needed to think about it.
Xie Shanshan's body was in great pain, her ears felt numb, and her face was so swollen she couldn't speak. She looked at the indifferent Su Ding, and tears welled up again.
She never expected that Su Ding, whom she was jealous of, would actually help her.
Finally, supported by a female colleague from the company, Xie Shanshan left the scene.
Guo Tao, meanwhile, was very pleased with his actions.
He had personally avenged Miss Su, and if Miss Su said a few words to President Bai for him, his job would surely be secured.
As for Xie Shanshan?
He wouldn't care about the life or death of such a woman. After all, he never intended to marry her when he pursued her.
"Miss Su, President Bai, do you think I can return to my post now?" Guo Tao asked with a smile, his face completely devoid of its previous ferocity, his expression full of anticipation.
"Let President Bai reconsider."
Su Ding glanced at Guo Tao, finding his smile increasingly disgusting. After saying this coldly, she left.
Bai Ruobing sensed Su Ding's displeasure towards Guo Tao.
However, Su Ding's words before leaving did not indicate a clear stance, so Guo Tao's fate was ultimately in her hands.
...
After Su Ding left Ouya Company, she felt a sense of nausea.
Xie Shanshan's groundless bullying and humiliation had embarrassed her, and Guo Tao's brutal beating of Xie Shanshan to save his job left her feeling incredibly vexed.
But she also realized something at this moment.
The wedding incident would never pass; it would always become a handle for others to attack her.
Thinking of the instigator of all this, Su Ding suddenly knew where she needed to go.
Just then, her phone rang.
"Have you eaten?" Jin Ye's magnetic, deep voice sounded, so gentle that it inexplicably soothed her anxious emotions.
"Not yet. I was planning to grab something outside."
Su Ding settled back into her car and said softly, "By the way, I want to see Shao Lin. Send me the address."
Hearing Shao Lin's name, Jin Ye's brow furrowed.
However, he still sent the address.
"It's sent. You go eat first, and I'll inform the people there."
He didn't ask Su Ding for a reason, but instead offered his help directly.
Su Ding naturally understood his respect and thoughtfulness. "Got it, you remember to eat too."
After a moment of sweet talk, they hung up the phone.
Su Ding's mood calmed down again. She found a restaurant nearby, had lunch, and then drove to the outskirts.
She wanted to see how Shao Lin was doing now.
Thinking of seeing Shao Lin soon, Su Ding's eyes turned exceptionally cold.
She had never forgotten the hatred from her miscarriage...