Chapter 1896: Did I Let You Leave?

Ye Linlin murmured softly, “Why is it just her alone? Am I not a person? And aren’t the rest of the employees people too?”

Nan Jiaojiao glanced at her, “Hurry up and move. Don’t you want to leave work early?”

“What’s the point of going home early? There’s a family dinner today. Every time, I just listen to their arguments. Even if they’re not arguing, there’s still this weird tension. I can’t even eat properly. I just don’t get it. Our relationships are already strained, but Grandpa and Grandma insist on forcing the families together every week. What’s the point of pretending to be one big happy family?”

Ye Linlin ranted for a long time without getting a response from someone. She wrinkled her nose and hummed, “Sometimes I really envy you. You don’t have a good relationship with your parents, and your family doesn’t welcome you, so you don’t have to deal with going home every week.”

Nan Jiaojiao curled her lips slightly, stacked the last box, and called two employees over to help push everything out.

The company sent a car over, but there was too much stuff to load, with a few boxes left. Luckily, Nan Jiaojiao had a car, so she put those remaining boxes in the trunk.

“Is that Jiaojiao?”

A minivan pulled up, and the door opened. Song Yuan was helped out by her manager. She looked so fragile, like she could be blown over by the wind. Her face, plain without makeup, was pale, and her lips slightly pursed in a gentle smile.

“Why are you by yourself? Didn’t they say you were all going back to the company? Didn’t they send a car to pick you up?”

The company’s car had just left, and you could still see the back of it when the minivan arrived.

Nan Jiaojiao said, “I have a car.”

Song Yuan glanced at the cheap family car next to her, which wasn’t even half the length of her minivan. Though a hint of disdain flashed in her lowered eyes, her face still held a gentle smile, “Do you need help?”

Nan Jiaojiao: “No need.”

With that, she opened the car door.

Seeing she was about to get in, the manager immediately flared up, “Yuan Yuan was talking to you. What kind of attitude is that? Did anyone say you could leave?”

Nan Jiaojiao paused, raising her clear, bright eyes, “Hmm?”

“What do you mean ‘hmm’? Before, because of you, Yuan Yuan’s back injury relapsed. You didn’t even apologize afterwards, and now you act like this when you meet. I was barely holding my temper, for Yuan Yuan’s sake, I didn’t plan to make an issue out of it. But just as she’s talking, you’re about to leave. What’s the meaning of that?”

“Oh,” Nan Jiaojiao glanced lightly at Song Yuan’s waist, “Is your back better then?”

“How dare you mention it…”

“Sister Lai!”

Song Yuan lightly admonished, lifting her hand to tap Sister Lai’s hand, gently pulling her aside. Sister Lai was unwilling, but Song Yuan frowned and shook her head slightly. She gritted her teeth, giving Nan Jiaojiao a harsh glare before reluctantly standing aside.

“I’m sorry, Sister Lai is just concerned about me and didn’t mean to sound harsh. I’m fine, it’s almost healed. Don’t take it to heart.”

Nan Jiaojiao asked, “So your back is healed, right?”

Song Yuan smiled gently, “Yes, it’s much better. The doctor said there’s no problem anymore.”

“Then why are you still blaming me?”

Nan Jiaojiao’s sudden question caught Song Yuan off guard. The slight smile on her lips involuntarily fell a bit before she smiled again, “Jiaojiao, what do you mean by that?”

“On the day it happened, I proved my innocence. I handed all the evidence over to the police. I don’t know if they found the culprit, but I’ve been cleared. How come in your mouths, I was the one who caused your back injury to relapse? Was that needle actually stuck in me instead?”

Nan Jiaojiao, with her gentle tone, somehow carried an inexplicable intimidating power in her soft voice.