Falling For The Contract Bride

Chapter 344

Chapter 344 Refuse To Share an Office With an Enchantress

As inconspicuous as it may be, the spot was still around the company’s building.

Since it was nearby the workplace, it was inevitable that some colleagues might see her. Mu Zhi thought she had been extra careful, but little did she expect that when she arrived at the office, a group of colleagues was chattering about her.

The first words that she heard were, “Did you know? The chairman dropped Ann off just now. How exactly are they related?!”

“Holy smokes, the chairman looked so hot when he carried Ann away last night!”

Mu Zhi let out a helpless frown followed by a sigh. Despite the caution she practiced, she still got caught by her colleagues.

Not only that, but her colleagues also immediately touched on how Lu Jinye brought her away.

Wait a minute… She thought. Lu Jinye carried me away?!

Mu Zhi stood by the door with a scrunched forehead while listening to them chattering about her.

“Doesn’t Mr. Lu have a wife? The distinguished Xiao Qingqing?” © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“Does that mean we have the first-hand information of the newest gossip? Ann is the mistress, and she has interfered Mr. Lu and Xiao Qingqing’s marriage.”

Everyone took turns chiming in with their opinions.

“Hey, Xiao Qing, aren’t you Xiao Qingqing’s cousin? How close are you normally? Does she know about this?”

The flurry of questions brought all attention to Xiao Qing.

Xiao Qing wore a long dress, Spanish red, to match lipstick tone, giving her a charming ambiance.

She raised her head languidly from her seat and said, “My cousin knows everything. Just like any other random mistresses, this one doesn’t deserve her attention.”

She subtly referred to Mu Zhi as the mistress! One whom Xiao Qingqing acknowledged.

Full-time sugar babies were common but were largely frowned upon. Everyone in the company was exceptionally enraged to learn that there was a mistress among them.

Some of the staff started rebuking, “Gosh, I can’t believe she’s a mistress. Gross! I’ve always despised women like her!”

“No wonder she got a promotion when she has just started work. That’s so unfair to people who are working for an honest living, like us!”

“Disgusting, filthy, sickening!”

Mu Zhi could not bear to hear another word of the discussion.

She was just a victim who got pressured into drinking too much beer the prior night. She had not done anything or said anything that was mildly suggestive. But to be ‘crowned’ as a paramour out of nowhere, she was exasperated.

Thus, she cleared her throat softly, alarming everyone in the room of her presence.

She hoped that it would stop the colleagues from talking about her. Then, she went to her workstation, pretending that nothing had just happened.

However, she had barely taken a few steps when someone blurted out, “Hey, isn’t that the infamous mistress? How shameless can she be to insist on coming to work? To be Mr. Lu’s mistress, wouldn’t she get at least a hundred thousand each month as pocket money? Why does the mistress still need to work?”

“Who knows? Perhaps she’s just pretending to be independent to impress Mr. Lu.”

None of them held back on their tongues. Mu Zhi could not be bothered to lock horns with them. She turned on her computer and planned to start working when it was quieter. However, the crowd seemed to be deliberately surrounding her. While Mu Zhi did not drive them away, they pressed on further, mumbling, “Dang flabbit! The entire office smells of the enchantress.”

At this point, Tian Xinran, who watched the ordeal unfold, could no longer hold it in.

She did not join the rest for KTV the previous night, so she was unaware of what had happened. She had no word to refute the other colleagues for alienating Mu Zhi earlier in the day, but as they continued to push their limits, she let her frustration get the best of her.

“If you don’t want to stay in this office, then get out. Stop talking like you’re the victims. Did Ann steal your husband? Stop judging her character before even getting to know her better!”

“Do you all think that Lu Jinye is your husband?!”

“Look yourselves in the mirror! Stop judging and alienating others!”

Seeing that Tian Xinran rose and spoke up for Mu Zhi, everyone turned to target her, “Mind your business. Are you hoping that Ann will introduce you to another big fish?”

“Pfft, I’ve just realized that you’re quite nasty too. Birds of a feather flock together!”

Everyone became increasingly heated in their mockery.

Mu Zhi figured she could take their criticisms when they targeted her, but when they started jeering at Tian Xinran, Mu Zhi was having none of it. She shot out, “Stop it, everyone. I’ve made myself clear last night. I have a husband. There’s no need for me to be Lu Jinye’s mistress. My husband isn’t lesser than him.”

It was the first time Mu Zhi faced such a situation. She was clueless about what else she could do to earn others’ trust, hence her anxious explanation.

Nobody bought into her words.

“To hell with it! You’re just like a cancer in our office, please resign.”

“Yeah, get lost, we don’t want to work with an enchantress.”

“Just get it done, give your position back to Xiao Qing.”

Everyone continued to be relentless.

Meanwhile, Xiao Qing sat on her seat without uttering a word. She immensely enjoyed watching the ignorant colleagues who caused Mu Zhi troubles. Moreover, she recorded a short video of it and sent it to Xiao Qingqing to claim some credits.

Xiao Qingqing was delighted to see the video. She replied to Xiao Qing’s text, ‘Good work!’ and told Xiao Qing to keep her posted.

Mu Zhi felt like she was cornered. She had no idea how else to convince the colleagues.

She surmounted countless adversities to land on the job. Thus, she was at a loss upon being coerced to quit in just her first week into work.

She even thought about giving Lu Jinye a call and asking him to clarify the situation for her.

While Mu Zhi was entranced in everyone’s clamoring and sneering, a deep voice of a man sounded from the door and said, “There is no question that you must quit. A company like this doesn’t deserve to have you.”

In between his words, the man had stepped into the room.

Mu Zhi raised her head in confusion. Upon taking a clearer look at the man, she became dumbfounded!

“What are you doing here?”

She gawked at Xie Xiu. She didn’t notice how sweet his words were at first. Instead, she was afraid that she had been caught red-handed by getting a job behind his back.

Xie Xiu approached Mu Zhi silently and then said, “If I don’t come, how would I know that you’re suffering?”