Chapter 2062: Who’s Stringing Who Along

“Don’t. Master Su is on vacation, she took half a month of annual leave. I’m not dumb enough to go bother her. Besides, didn’t you brag that you’d rely on yourself for everything? Pulling strings isn’t your style.”

“…” Ye Linlin was so choked she couldn’t even get mad.

Whether Linlin would call back or not, Nan Jiaojiao switched her phone to silent, then sneakily closed the game on her computer and started working seriously.

Close to noon, Yue Yu asked if she wanted to go eat together.

Nan Jiaojiao was just thinking about which place would be better, when Yue Yu suddenly jabbed her elbow and gestured behind her.

Nan Jiaojiao turned around and ran straight into Qin Qing’s dark, gloomy face as she walked over.

She stopped by Nan Jiaojiao’s desk, bent a finger and tapped on the tabletop. “Come out with me for a moment.”

As soon as she finished, she didn’t show a shred of patience, turned around and walked off.

Nan Jiaojiao followed her out. Qin Qing stood in front of the floor‑to‑ceiling windows, arms crossed, chin slightly raised. Her expression was arrogant and cold, and the look she shot over carried a faint trace of hostility.

Nan Jiaojiao pretended not to see it and politely asked, “Director Qin, did you need me for something?”

“What’s going on with your phone?”

“My phone?”

Qin Qing pressed down her brows, extremely impatient. “President Pei tried calling you but couldn’t get through. I happened to be in his office, so he asked me to come get you. Be in the underground garage in ten minutes. The first batch of the jewelry you designed for Miss Lu is out; President Pei wants to personally take you over to inspect the goods.”

“Okay, got it.”

Nan Jiaojiao politely added, “Thanks, Director Qin. Anything else?”

Qin Qing looked her up and down with outright disdain, finding fault with her from head to toe, deliberately carrying the air of someone in a superior position. “No.”

Nan Jiaojiao nodded and turned to leave.

“What exactly is your relationship with President Pei?”

Qin Qing stepped in front of her. “That man who’s always picking you up is your boyfriend, right? Since you already have someone, why do you keep stringing President Pei along over and over?”

Nan Jiaojiao thought she was really bizarre. “When did I ever string anyone along?”

“Didn’t you? I’ve been with President Pei all morning. During the meeting he didn’t take any other calls, just replied to two messages. That was you, wasn’t it? He accidentally tapped that voice message you sent earlier. I recognized it was your voice.”

Nan Jiaojiao finally understood—she’d come to interrogate her. Nan’s spine had never bent, and she’d never seen Qin Qing as someone she needed to curry favor with, so her tongue stayed straight, neither humble nor overbearing. “Yeah, that was me. So what?”

“You admit it!”

Qin Qing suddenly felt a stabbing pain in her forehead!

Helpless against Nan Jiaojiao’s blunt nature, and furious that she could expose such shameless behavior while acting all aboveboard.

Who knew if she behaved the same way in front of other men.

Qin Qing’s expression grew even nastier. “Miss Nan, I’m not going to judge your view on relationships, and I don’t know how you define your values for yourself. I reminded you before: once you have a boyfriend, you’d best keep your distance from other men, don’t be so out of line. Otherwise you’ll end up losing on both sides.”

Nan Jiaojiao raised her brows slightly, almost disgusted to the point of throwing up. She drew back her expression; as her eyes cooled, an inexplicable sense of pressure that could make people shudder spread over her face.

Qin Qing had originally prepared more to say, but the moment she saw Nan Jiaojiao’s changing expression, all those words stuck in her throat and just wouldn’t come out.

“Director Qin, in what capacity are you saying all this to me? This is the company—let’s stick to business. Once we’re outside, you and I have no other relationship. You come over here warning and humiliating me—exactly from what position, with what identity?”