Rejected by the Campus Belle, I Find My True Love-Chapter 281 - 279: Won

Xue Yang was a little baffled but quickly figured it out. It’s probably because Wu Meiju is up to something again. Xing Xing wants me to stay away. What a joke. I came today precisely to confront Wu Meiju. How could I possibly retreat now? It’s a shame Xing Xing is just a receptionist.

"Huh?" Before Xing Xing could react, Xue Yang had already opened the door, entered the company, and was heading straight for his office.

He had just sat down when a commotion erupted outside. Here they come.

Xue Yang sat at his desk, turned on his computer, and started to work, completely ignoring the noise outside.

"Protest!"

"Protest!"

"Prote—"

A group of people burst into the office, but the sight of Xue Yang sitting calmly in the boss’s chair sent an inexplicable chill through them. The previously noisy company fell deathly silent. The boss’s office itself exuded an intangible pressure.

They were just a bunch of small-time salespeople who ordinarily had no business being in a place like this. They only dared to come in today because Wu Meiju had given them the courage. But before Xue Yang even said a word, their courage evaporated.

So terrifying. Everyone said he was just a college freshman, but he doesn’t seem like one at all.

"Why has everyone stopped talking?" Wu Meiju’s voice cut through the crowd.

She, too, was taken aback when she saw Xue Yang. This is bizarre. He seems completely different today. He’s nothing like the freshman I saw yesterday who wouldn’t dare utter a peep. Where did things go wrong?

Just then, Xue Yang looked up. He propped his hands on the desk and asked calmly, "That’s right, why did you all go quiet? Don’t you like it?" He glanced around at the assembled group as he spoke.

The staff from the sales department exchanged glances. Don’t like it? We love it! No, wait, are we allowed to like it?

Ling Qiongqiong was the first to speak. "Xue Yang, you’re just a freshman who knows nothing about management! If this goes on, you’re going to run the company into the ground."

Seeing her take the lead, the others chimed in, "That’s right! We can’t let you keep messing around! We protest Xue Yang being our company’s executive director!"

"Protest!"

"Protest!"

Xue Yang looked at Ling Qiongqiong. "Are you sure I’m the one ruining it? Who was it that made such a big show of setting up a stall at the university yesterday?"

Ling Qiongqiong’s expression flickered, and she instinctively took a step back. Her guilty conscience is showing. It seems she’s not very good at acting.

Xue Yang tapped the desk and beckoned to her with a finger. "You say I don’t understand management. Do you? How about you try sitting here? Go on, come up and take a seat."

Ling Qiongqiong swallowed hard. "We’re talking about you, not me."

Xue Yang then turned to Wu Meiju with a smile. "Manager Wu, what do you have to say?"

Wu Meiju stood in the crowd with her arms crossed. "I think Ling Qiongqiong is right. You simply don’t know how to manage a company. If this goes on, you’ll bankrupt the company sooner or later. Xue Yang, you’re only a freshman. You’ll have plenty of time to get back to the director’s position in the future. There’s no need to ruin your own prospects here."

"And what if I refuse?"

"Xue Yang, look around you. Everyone here opposes you. You should respect the will of the people."

"Respect the will of the people, and then what? Let you become the executive director?"

"The position of executive director should go to the most capable candidate. I have given many years of my life to this company, so it’s not out of the question for me to take the role."

So that was her goal all along. This is all so pointless. The whole situation suddenly felt pointless to Xue Yang. He pulled a stack of documents from a cabinet and said to her, "Wu Meiju, this is a record of all the profits you’ve skimmed from Trendy Apparel Company over the years. Take a look and see if the numbers add up."

Wu Meiju looked at Xue Yang hesitantly but took the statements. The more she read, the paler her face became, because the figures on the reports matched her own records perfectly.

"Wu Meiju, in your two years at Trendy Apparel Company, you illegally skimmed a total of five million yuan, severely damaging the company’s interests."

"You... You think anyone will believe you? I’ll sue you for defamation!"

"Go ahead. The police are already here, so you can tell them all about it."

Hearing that the police had arrived, Wu Meiju completely panicked. "Xue Yang, I was wrong! I shouldn’t have opposed you! I’ll stop pushing for the overseas market, just please, let me go!"

Xue Yang just looked at her. "Manager Wu, I did give you a chance."

Wu Meiju blinked, looking at Xue Yang in confusion.

He continued, "On the first day, I asked you to compile the sales reports for me. But as of today, you still haven’t given them to me."

"But I... I did give them to you, didn’t I?"

"Oh, you mean that pile of garbage? I threw it in the trash the moment I got it."

Wu Meiju’s face drained of all color. So, Xue Yang knew from the very beginning that the reports I submitted were fake? And he started investigating behind my back?

She glanced at the other department managers. They all guiltily looked away, refusing to meet her gaze. At this point, what was there left for Wu Meiju not to understand? In the entire company, only my department opposed Xue Yang. Have all the others secretly pledged their allegiance to him already? So I was the clown all along? At that moment, Wu Meiju didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

"Just now, I gave you another chance," Xue Yang said. "But you didn’t take it."

Just now? Is he saying that if I hadn’t launched this protest today, he wouldn’t have called the police on me? So this is what it feels like when one wrong move leads to a cascade of failures.

"Yang Yunfeng, Zeng Xiaoli, Zhang Yao... you three betrayed me!"

"How can you call it a betrayal?" one of them retorted. "We never made any sort of agreement with you."

Wu Meiju was rendered speechless. That’s right. They never had an agreement. It was all just my wishful thinking. In the end, I was the only fool.

"President Xue, please, give me one more chance!" Wu Meiju was truly desperate now.

"You can tell that to the police officers." As he finished speaking, two uniformed police officers pushed their way through the crowd.

"Excuse me, which of you is Wu Meiju?"

Wu Meiju’s first instinct was to run, but it was hopeless. Every eye in the room turned to her, and the police instantly singled her out.

"Ms. Wu Meiju, we have a report that you’ve been embezzling company funds. Please come with us."

"No, I didn’t! You’ve got the wrong person!"

But the officers didn’t waste any more words on her. They simply flanked her and led her away.

Everyone was utterly silent.

With Wu Meiju arrested, no one was more terrified than Ling Qiongqiong. "President... President Xue, I... I was just confused for a moment. Can you please... spare me?"

Xue Yang didn’t even glance at her. Wu Xiaoya saw her opening and quickly stepped forward. "Miss Ling, let’s have a chat." With that, she led the trembling woman out of Xue Yang’s office.

It seems Xiao Ya learned a lot from Manager Yang.

The incident was finally over, and Xue Yang breathed a sigh of relief. He had won this time, but it had been mentally exhausting.