CHAPTER 380: CHAPTER 380

Ye Yuning rode a QR-code rental bike straight back to her studio.

Chen Wei was startled when she saw her, but her face quickly lit up with surprise. "Boss, why are you back already? Are things finished with the Xiao Corporation?"

Ye Yuning’s expression was grim. She was clearly still fuming about the incident with Manager Zhang that morning. Handing her laptop bag to Chen Wei, she said, "I’ve been kicked out by the Xiao Corporation."

Chen Wei was speechless. Upon hearing this, her mouth twitched. "What?" No, seriously? The boss got kicked out by the Xiao Corporation? What on earth happened? How could the Xiao Corporation do such a thing?

Ye Yuning entered her office, took off her jacket, removed her mask and sunglasses, and tossed them onto the sofa along with her small bag. "There’s no doubt about it. That pervert, Mr. Xiao the Seventh, messed with me again!"

Chen Wei asked, "You mean, Mr. Xiao the Seventh used you and then cast you aside? But didn’t you go to the Xiao Corporation because of your husband?"

"They dismantled the bridge before I even got to cross the river!"

Chen Wei was silent again. Does this mean the Nanjia Peak design project wasn’t even finished, and they just sent her packing? That’s not just ruthless; it’s exceptionally cruel.

Chen Wei looked at Ye Yuning, her expression conflicted. "Does your husband know?"

"He knows. I texted him."

Chen Wei didn’t know what to say. Ye Yuning continued, "If the Xiao Corporation tries to contact us again, just tell them I’m not available. The Nanjia Peak collaboration is off."

Chen Wei looked at her fuming. She didn’t know exactly what had happened today, but she was sure Ye Yuning wouldn’t touch the Nanjia Peak project ever again.

"How much was left?" Chen Wei asked.

Ye Yuning replied, "Less than a third."

"So it was just the final touches left?" Tears welled up in Chen Wei’s eyes. It seemed the boss had gone out of her way to do them a favor, only to be treated so horribly. The Xiao Corporation was truly awful.

If it was just the final touches, Chen Wei thought it wouldn’t be a major issue for the Xiao Corporation, and they probably wouldn’t come looking for Ye Yuning. But Ye Yuning said, "Those ’final touches’ aren’t so easy to manage."

"Besides," Ye Yuning continued, "it was a bit more than just finishing touches, and I haven’t handed over the remaining designs yet. So, unless something unexpected happens, the Xiao Corporation will likely come back. Only this time, I won’t indulge their rotten attitudes."

"The Xiao Corporation is really something else! You went to help, and they still kicked you out?" Chen Wei grumbled. No matter how you looked at it, it sounded rather humiliating.

Ye Yuning fell silent. Although she didn’t want to admit to such an embarrassing incident, Manager Zhang’s attitude at the time was no different from actually kicking her out.

"It’s infuriating! How can such people exist in this world?" Ye Yuning fumed, growing angrier the more she thought about it. Now, she really wanted to know what kind of ugly weirdo Mr. Xiao the Seventh was to be such a pervert.

Chen Wei also felt that the Xiao Corporation was being exceptionally outrageous. After this ordeal, she guessed that her boss, regardless of whether her husband worked there or not, would never want anything to do with the Xiao Corporation again.

Chen Wei nodded. "Exactly! How can the Xiao Corporation have such people? Mr. Xiao the Seventh’s character is truly something else—in a bad way." People say you don’t hit a smiling face, nor do you turn away a guest. But Mr. Xiao the Seventh? He kicked out someone who came to help. Who would dare to approach the Xiao Corporation for collaboration after this?

"Alright, let’s not talk about them anymore. It’s depressing," Ye Yuning huffed. What baffled her more was that someone like Mr. Xiao the Seventh actually had a woman interested in him. But that woman was probably only after his money, right? If she genuinely liked him for who he was, it could only mean there was something wrong with her head.

"Yes, yes, let’s not talk about it. So depressing!" Chen Wei agreed.

The two of them stopped discussing the Xiao Corporation.

Chen Wei quickly went to pour Ye Yuning a glass of milk.

When Ye Yuning was alone in the office, her phone suddenly buzzed.

It was a call from Xiao Linye!

Glancing at the caller ID, Ye Yuning took a deep breath and answered, "Honey." As soon as she spoke, her voice was thick with grievance.

Xiao Linye asked, "Where are you now?" His voice was calm, betraying no emotion.

Ye Yuning couldn’t tell if he was angry or not, but her heart leaped into her throat. She mumbled, "I’m... I’m at Manlang."

"You rushed back there so quickly?"

"This place is my haven."

Xiao Linye was silent for a moment. The way she spoke, it was as if the Xiao Corporation had deeply wronged her, and Manlang was her only refuge. Had she never been screwed over by her own boss before? Otherwise, how could she say something like that?

"What exactly happened?" Xiao Linye asked. In his eyes, although Ye Yuning could seem childish, she wasn’t the type to act impulsively or throw tantrums without reason. Could someone have upset her today? That shouldn’t be possible. After all, the people who needed to be fired had been fired, and those who had made her uncomfortable had already been transferred to other departments.

Ye Yuning retorted, "What else could it be? Your precious Xiao Corporation is too high and mighty. They didn’t care for my design, so they told me to leave."

"They told you to leave?" On the other end of the line, Xiao Linye’s brows furrowed. A gloomy aura seemed to emanate from him. This girl already had a bad impression of him and the Xiao Corporation. Was this incident going to make things even worse?

Ye Yuning snapped, "Go ask your Manager Zhang in HR! I’m hanging up." With that, she abruptly ended the call.

Xiao Linye listened to the BEEP BEEP from the phone, his brows knitting together tightly.

He then immediately dialed Kang Xuan’s number.