Fu Jie gave a self-deprecating laugh and raised his eyes to meet Zhou Suisui’s gaze. “Assistant Zhou, please make yourself clear. Exactly how have I failed in my duties?”
Before Zhou Suisui could answer, Wang Zhengfei eagerly cut in, “Assistant Zhou, exactly. Go ahead and tell us. Don’t let someone like him continue squatting in the Finance Department like a parasite.”
“A parasite?”
Zhou Suisui arched a brow and gave Wang Zhengfei a meaningful look. “Indeed. This parasite has been in the Finance Department for far too long. Today, he must be dealt with.”
The icy look in her eyes sent a shiver through Wang Zhengfei’s heart.
Damn it. He had actually been intimidated by a mere young girl.
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Suisui turned toward the door and called out, “Accountant Li, please come in.”
Li Qingqing entered from the back of the crowd, her eyes red from crying.
The moment Wang Zhengfei saw her, his face turned deathly pale.
Fu Jie had no idea what was happening. “What’s going on?”
“Finance Director Fu, please stand up for me! Vice President Wang sexually harassed me. When I refused him, he threatened to fire me.”
Li Qingqing pointed at Wang Zhengfei, fury in her eyes as tears streamed down her delicate face.
“You’re slandering me!”
Wang Zhengfei leaped to his feet in agitation and raised his hand to slap Li Qingqing. Fu Jie reacted quickly, grabbing his wrist before he could strike.
“What are you doing? You’re trying to hit someone in front of all these people?”
“Ah! It hurts! Let go…”
Wang Zhengfei grimaced in pain.
Fu Jie shoved him away in disgust, then turned to Zhou Suisui. “I’m sorry, Assistant Zhou. I had no idea this was happening. This was indeed a failure on my part.”
Zhou Suisui let out a cold laugh, her gaze fixed squarely on Wang Zhengfei.
“Sexually harassing female employees, throwing your weight around, and threatening staff. You certainly have some nerve.”
“Stop slandering me! I didn’t do anything! I want proof!” Wang Zhengfei shouted.
“The proof is right here. How are you going to explain this?”
Zhou Suisui immediately played the surveillance footage for everyone to see. Then she looked at Fu Jie, her tone sharp.
“Finance Director Fu, how are you going to deal with this parasite in the Finance Department?”
Fu Jie instantly understood.
The Young Miss hadn’t come to hold him accountable. She had come to back him up.
His expression darkened at once. “Wang Zhengfei sexually harassed a female employee. He should be fired immediately, and the matter should be reported to the police.”
“What did you say? Fire me?”
Only then did Wang Zhengfei realize that the two of them had been working together, setting a trap and luring him straight into it.
Yet his attitude remained arrogant. “On what grounds are you firing me? The CEO personally arranged for me to join the Finance Department. None of you have the authority to touch me!”
“Wang Zhengfei, my brother brought you into the company because he trusted you. Instead, you’ve behaved disgracefully and damaged the company’s reputation. Isn’t that biting the hand that fed you?”
Zhou Suisui pressed him step by step. “You’ve truly let my brother down.”
“I…I didn’t…”
A single sentence left Wang Zhengfei speechless.
“I’m not leaving! Unless the CEO fires me himself, none of you have the authority to make me go!”
Wang Zhengfei plopped down at his desk and began making a scene.
Zhou Suisui let out a cold laugh and immediately called the security office, her voice icy and firm.
“Send people to the Finance Department at once. Escort Wang Zhengfei out of the company and take him to the police station.”
“Zhou Suisui! How dare you! Do you know who I am? I’m Su Wan’s older cousin!”
The moment he said this, everyone turned to look at Zhou Suisui.
Fu Jie looked at her as well, a trace of worry flashing in his eyes.
Wang Zhengfei’s trump card had never failed him before. Perhaps even the Young Miss would be powerless against him.
Zhou Suisui was completely unfazed. With a bright smile, she said, “Wang Zhengfei, stop dragging Su Wan’s name through the mud. When my brother returns, I’ll tell him everything—that you were the one pulling the strings behind the scenes. None of this has anything to do with Su Wan.”
“What?”
Wang Zhengfei nearly spat blood.
He was the one dragging Su Wan’s name through the mud?
And she was going to report him to Zhou Sui’an herself?
Unwilling to give up, he struggled to defend himself. “Zhou Suisui, since you know I’m Su Wan’s older cousin, aren’t you afraid your brother will be angry?”
Zhou Suisui slowly walked up to him. She bent slightly and leaned toward his ear, lowering her voice so that only the two of them could hear.
“Wang Zhengfei, the very reason I’m dealing with you is because you’re Su Wan’s older cousin.”
Wang Zhengfei’s pupils contracted sharply.
At that moment, the beautiful smile on Zhou Suisui’s face made his entire body turn cold.
“I knew it! I knew it! Zhou Suisui, you did this on purpose! You crazy woman!”
She had deliberately phrased things that way.
She was telling him loud and clear that she knew about their scheme. Her goal was to drive a wedge between them, then uproot them one by one.
The reason he had been able to thrive in the company was that Su Wan had constantly spoken well of him in front of Zhou Sui’an.
But now, Zhou Suisui was severing the connection between him and Su Wan.
He was the one who had made the mistake—not Su Wan.
That way, Zhou Sui’an would no longer protect him.
He could already foresee Zhou Suisui’s next target: Su Wan.
She knew everything. She had simply held back until now so that she could take them down at the roots.
Suddenly, something occurred to him. His eyes widened in disbelief.
“Zhou Suisui, you knew… You fired my father before. You knew he was my father all along!”
His father was Uncle Wang, the driver Zhou Suisui had fired earlier.
Wang Zhengfei was Su Wan’s older cousin on the surface.
But the fact that he was also Uncle Wang’s son was a connection they had managed to conceal from her brother until now.
Zhou Suisui pressed her lips together lightly, her large, limpid eyes looking utterly innocent. “Wasn’t this something you wanted to keep hidden from my brother? I helped you keep your secret, so why are you blaming me now?”
“Zhou Suisui, you crazy woman!”
“Don’t touch me! I want to see the CEO!”
“Someone, cover his mouth and take him to the police station!”
“Yes.”
Before long, several security guards hoisted the struggling Wang Zhengfei up and dragged him out.
“Zhou Suisui, how dare you—Mmph!”
Wang Zhengfei’s eyes were bulging with fury.
At last, he understood that the nineteen-year-old girl standing before him was nothing like the innocent, pampered heiress they had imagined. She was a ruthless devil who calculated every step.
After Wang Zhengfei was dragged away, Li Qingqing excitedly thanked Zhou Suisui.
“Young Miss… No, Assistant Zhou, thank you for standing up for me today. Many of my colleagues in the department have been harassed by him too.”
“If anything like this happens again, come straight to me. No matter who it is, I will punish them severely.”
“That’s wonderful, Assistant Zhou. You’re amazing!”
“Everyone, get back to work. I’m sorry you all had to go through that. I’ll have the cafeteria prepare some extra dishes for lunch.”
“Then I’ll have to eat two extra bowls of rice.”
“Me too…”
After the employees of the Finance Department had left, Zhou Suisui turned to Fu Jie. She tilted her head, her large eyes gleaming with a half-smile.
“Finance Director Fu, this incident was a failure on your part. I didn’t wrongly accuse you, did I?”
Fu Jie sighed. After what had happened, he was thoroughly convinced by her abilities, though he still couldn’t help worrying.
“I failed to handle the matter properly. I’ll accept whatever punishment Assistant Zhou decides. It’s just that… Wang Zhengfei is Su Wan’s older cousin. Aren’t you afraid CEO Zhou will be angry when he comes back after you acted without waiting for his approval?”
Zhou Suisui’s smile faded, and a flicker of pain crossed her eyes.
“My brother isn’t someone who can’t tell right from wrong. He’s simply too kind, which is why people with ulterior motives can take advantage of him. Sadly, there are too many people in this world who can’t live up to someone else’s sincerity and mistake kindness for weakness.”
Fu Jie paused, then teased, “You really don’t look like a nineteen-year-old girl at all.”
“If I don’t look nineteen, then do I look eighteen?” Zhou Suisui joked.
Fu Jie suddenly smiled. “Yes. Forever eighteen.”
Zhou Suisui’s expression turned serious. “Finance Director Fu, gather all the evidence of Wang Zhengfei’s embezzlement of company funds and harassment of employees. Before the end of the workday, hand it directly over to the police.”
Fu Jie nodded solemnly. “All right. I’ll take care of it immediately.”
Zhou Suisui walked to the door, then seemed to remember something and turned back. Her delicate brows and eyes curved ever so slightly.
“Finance Director Fu, you’re not thinking about resigning anymore, are you?”
Fu Jie let out a helpless laugh. “If I leave now, who’s going to clean up this mess?”
Zhou Suisui smiled in satisfaction and turned to leave.
In her previous life, her older brother had been completely bewitched by Su Wan.
After Fu Jie uncovered Wang Zhengfei’s embezzlement, Su Wan had cried and complained, whispering in her brother’s ear and sowing doubts.
Her brother hesitated.
Heartbroken, Fu Jie resigned, and the financial hole at the Zhou Corporation grew larger and larger.
By the time her brother finally made up his mind to deal with it, Wang Zhengfei had already fled with the embezzled money.
This time, she would pull that thorn out first, cut off Su Wan’s source of funds, and see what she could possibly use to keep causing trouble.
What she didn’t know was that after she left the office, Fu Jie’s reluctant gaze remained fixed on the doorway for a long time.
A warm smile curved his lips.
The Young Miss could clearly have fired Wang Zhengfei outright, yet she had gone to such lengths to set up this plan and hand the authority over to him.
She had done it for everyone in the Finance Department to see—that he, Fu Jie, would always be the head of the department.
It was a sign of respect, and also an attempt to soothe the frustration he had endured recently.
She was trying to keep him from leaving.
And in truth, she had succeeded.
Such thoughtfulness and skill had rekindled his confidence in the Zhou Corporation.
Perhaps…given enough time, the Young Miss would become a formidable CEO who could conquer every battlefield for the Zhou Corporation!
At that moment, he was certain of one thing:
He was willing to follow her.
