Chapter 1022 - 1022: Impropriety

"Give me your phone!"

Hua Ling, makeup-free, stretched out her small hand in front of Xiao Feng.

"What for?" Xiao Feng asked.

Hua Ling said matter-of-factly, "To check if you secretly took any pictures of me just now."

"I didn't."

"Word of mouth isn't enough, you have to let me confirm it myself."

"What if I refuse?" Xiao Feng said stubbornly.

Hua Ling's small face turned stern, and she said irritably, "Then get out of here, you're not welcome...

Huh?

This is my territory, after all."

After saying that, her eyes darted around, and she giggled foolishly, "Hehehehehe."

Xiao Feng's forehead was lined with black lines as he said, "Can you not laugh like a fool?"

"You're the one who laughs like a fool!" Hua Ling retorted angrily, "You need to understand, this is my turf.

If you dare not listen to me, I'll have someone tie you up and send you to my room... ahem, anyway, think carefully about the consequences of going against me."

Xiao Feng thought for a moment; after all, he still had business to discuss with this girl later. It wouldn't be good to start things off too tense, so he nodded and said, "Fine, I'll let you see it."

Saying this, he unlocked his phone and handed it to Hua Ling.

"That's right, knowing when to yield is wise." Hua Ling said contentedly as she took the phone, opened the photo album, and started flipping through it.

Xiao Feng wasn't someone who liked to take photos, so there weren't many pictures in his phone.

Moments later, after reviewing them, Hua Ling frowned disapprovingly, "Why are there so many photos of Mu Shihan in here?

Do you like her a lot?"

"Whether I like her or not is my business, why do you care so much?" Xiao Feng retorted.

"Who's caring?" Hua Ling said defiantly, "I just get mad when I see Mu Shihan.

No way!

I have to delete her."

Xiao Feng snatched the phone back, "As long as you're sure I didn't take pictures of you, that's all that matters. Don't mess with anything else."

"Hmph!" Hua Ling scoffed disdainfully, "As if I'd care to look. I suggest you delete Mu Shihan and replace them all with pictures of me. It'll bring you good luck.

If you don't believe me, try it—give it half a month, and if it doesn't work, come find me."

Xiao Feng stopped exchanging idle banter, getting serious as he said, "The reason I'm here this time is to discuss something serious with you."

"Ahem!"

Hua Ling cleared her throat, sat back on the sofa with her hands behind her, and adopted a pretentious and mature pose, "Let's hear it first."

Xiao Feng ignored her posturing and laid out his plan.

After listening, Hua Ling responded without hesitation, "Alright, let's do as you said!"

This reaction left Xiao Feng a bit stunned, "Aren't you worried I'm making this up?"

"I trust you!" Hua Ling said seriously, "Even if you're making it up, I still believe it's true."

Xiao Feng was momentarily taken aback, and without overthinking it, he said, "Then let's report to our superiors, since we'll be moving over thirty people, and there might be some operation. It's always good to report in advance."

"No need to report." Hua Ling shook her head, "I'll wait for your call, and then we'll go directly with our people.

If they fire me afterward, so be it. I've been wanting to quit anyway."

"Are you deliberately trying to get fired?" Xiao Feng said exasperatedly.

Hua Ling nodded, "Yeah, I've planned it out.

Based on my observations, you're a decent person.

If I really get fired because of helping you this time, you have to let me stay at your place, feed me, and house me, right?"

"What if you're not fired?"

"If not..." Hua Ling said with a pout, "Then I'll just have to put up with it for now. If I really can't stand it one day, I'll make a big mistake, and they won't be able to avoid firing me."

Xiao Feng: "..."

This person is just bent on thinking about how to get fired—absolutely no one else like that.

Now that Song Keren's return to her previous position was hopeless, if Hua Ling got ousted again, it would be adding insult to injury.

Thinking of this, Xiao Feng took a deep breath and sincerely said, "Promise me you'll work hard, alright?"

Hua Ling instinctively wanted to refuse outright, but when the words reached her lips, she seemed to think of something suddenly, and asked, "What's in it for me if I promise you?"

"I can give you a large sum of money." Xiao Feng offered persuasively, "With money, you can eat what you want, drink what you want, play as you like..."

Hua Ling's eyes lit up, interrupting, "Can I sleep with who I want?"

"..." Xiao Feng.

There's no way to continue this conversation any further.

However, the goal hadn't been achieved yet, so leaving like this was out of the question.

After pondering for a while, the only thing he could say was, "Money isn't everything, but having no money is absolutely impossible, do you get what I'm saying?"

"Not really."

"Whether you understand or not, working hard is the most important thing."

Hua Ling thought for a moment, then nodded and agreed, "Alright, I'll hang in there a bit longer."

Xiao Feng breathed a sigh of relief and changed the topic, "By the way, I've got some good news for you."

"What's the good news?" Hua Ling's interest was immediately piqued.

"Xiao Xiangzhu has laid an egg."

"What?!" Hua Ling jumped to her feet, eyes wide, "Say that again."

Xiao Feng calmly repeated, "Xiao Xiangzhu laid an egg."

"I, I, I..." Hua Ling stammered three "I's", appearing too excited and nearly incoherent.

Xiao Feng smiled slightly, "No need for such a big reaction, it was just a small effort, and then..."

Before he finished speaking, Hua Ling suddenly lunged at him, shouting, "I'm gonna get you!"

Xiao Feng was momentarily puzzled, unsure what the situation was.

By the time he reacted, Hua Ling had already pinned him down on the sofa.

"I entrusted Xiao Xiangzhu to you, and this is how you treat it?" Hua Ling said with a face full of anguish.

"Wait a minute!" Xiao Feng frowned, "What did I do to it?"

Hua Ling bit her lip, "Tell me!

Did you deliberately find a rooster to bully my Xiao Xiangzhu?"

Xiao Feng was almost at his wit's end. He really regretted not filming Xiao Xiangzhu when it was actively pouting and inching toward the rooster, looking completely shameless and undignified.

Just at this moment, Gong Kaishan led a team of people walking in, and upon seeing Xiao Feng and Hua Ling on the sofa, they all froze as if petrified.

Due to the high armrest of the sofa, with Hua Ling pressing on Xiao Feng, her face was flushed, giving the impression they were engaged in some indescribable act.

After standing motionless for a while, Gong Kaishan finally snapped back to reality, turning and shouting, "What are you looking at? What are you looking at? There's nothing to see here!

Everyone out!"

As he spoke, he also walked towards the door.

Before leaving, he even made sure to close the door.

"So improper, absolutely improper!" Gong Kaishan shook his head and sighed, displaying a sense of lament for the "decline of moral standards and degradation of the human spirit."

Li Ying, seeing this, gave him a pat on the back of the head: "Who are you calling improper?"

"Who else but our dear team leader...?"

Gong Kaishan began, while the rest chimed in with embellishments, weaving such a vivid story, it seemed as if they'd truly witnessed some unsightly scene.