Chapter 51: Ostracized by Your Colleagues on Your First Day?

Despite blushing furiously in embarrassment, Yan Susu stood upright and said, “I’m sorry, but I’m not prepared.”

When she stopped talking, everyone could feel the temperature in the room plummet, and the ice in Lu Zhanxiu’s voice caused many of them to shiver.

“Is the advertising department so loose these days?”

Sweating profusely, the manager glared fiercely at Su Luoqi. “Get started quickly, will you?”

Su Luoqi, who had been enjoying Yan Susu’s public humiliation, saw the manager’s expression and was taken aback. She rose quickly to her feet, glaring daggers at Yan Susu.

As Su Luoqi made her pitch, sounding a little smug, Yan Susu could not help but admit that although she was petty and insecure, she did have some real skill.

“…And that is my proposal. I believe that with A-list models and top directors, our advertisement will be very successful.”

Lu Zhanxiu looked calmly at the manager. “Are there any other proposals?”

“No…No, that’s it…”

“Next Monday, I want to see a better proposal.”

Su Luoqi, who had been looking smug earlier, now looked dazed. She said, “Mr. Lu, sir…”

Lu Zhanxiu looked up and eyed her quietly, as though waiting for her to say something.

“No…nevermind…” Lu Zhanxiu’s eyes, so cold and without a trace of emotion, scared Su Luoqi. Looking contrite, she decided to say nothing.

Having spent a few months working on the proposal, she personally felt that it was as perfect as it could be. The manager had also been very impressed. She had assumed that the proposal would be approved without a hitch, but somehow the CEO had dismissed it with just one little sentence…

“Meeting adjourned.”

Everyone scrambled out of the conference room.

Yan Susu picked up her things, rose steadily to her feet, and filed out behind her colleagues.

However, when she walked past Lu Zhanxiu, she felt a sudden grip on her arm. She looked up in surprise.

“Mrs. Lu, are you being ostracized by your colleagues on your very first day at work?”

So, he had seen through it all…

Lips pursed, Yan Susu replied, “Just a small misunderstanding. I will prove myself to them with my work.”

Lu Zhanxiu scoffed, “‘I’m sorry. I am not prepared.’ Is that you proving yourself?”

Flushing, Yan Susu responded, “I was not aware that there was to be a meeting today…”

“So it looks like Mrs. Lu is not only ostracized by her colleagues. Even her manager doesn’t like her.”

Yan Susu was silent.

Did this man have to speak with such a sharp tongue? Did he have to kick her when she was down?

“Does Mrs. Lu feel victimized?”

“No.” Biting her lip, Yan Susu took a step backward to put some distance between them.

They were in the conference room. What if someone walked in on them…?

“Are you avoiding me, Mrs. Lu?” Lu Zhanxiu asked. He took a big step forward, closing in on her.

“No, it’s just that I…” Running out of space to back into, Yan Susu leaned against the conference table and looked nervously at Lu Zhanxiu, unsure of his intentions.

Looking into the dewy eyes that revealed her terror and gazing at the slightly parted lips, Lu Zhanxiu suddenly lowered his head.

With both hands placed on the conference table to support herself, Yan Susu’s eyes opened wide in surprise.

This…what was this all about?

“Never been kissed?”