39 Strange or Not

"Leng?" The manager was as proud as a peacock until he saw Leng Yuchen standing in front of him. He was so surprised that he could not even speak.

Before Leng Yuchen could even get angry, Sheng Jie jumped in to ease the situation. "Didn't you see us coming in?"

The manager nodded and bowed low, "Yes, but I didn't expect that you would come to the samples area. It's always a mess here, which I'm afraid is not suitable for you, Boss Leng."

The manager finally understood that this guy dared to be so arrogant because he had the Boss Leng's support! However, the manager did not know that the real reason that Leng Yuchen was angry was that An Qi had almost gotten killed by the crane.

"Is that so? Who else could be more suited to be here than the boss?" Leng Yuchen asked as he lit a cigarette.

"Well, I believe that the part-timers are more suitable to be here. Take the accident that occurred just now for example... Fortunately, the two of you were not hurt!"

When the manager said "part-timers" with such a disdainful tone, Sheng Jie knew that the manager was doomed. Boss Leng was obviously setting a trap for the manager.

"Part-timers, eh? So, you are saying that, if they are hurt, it doesn't really matter? And... The Leng Group needn't be held responsible?" Leng Yuchen casually blew out a smoke ring from his cigarette as he asked the loaded question.

The manager misunderstood Leng Yuchen and did not see through his trap, so he rushed to flatter him and the Leng Group by assuring him, "We don't need to be responsible at all for mere part-timers! Although they have our Leng Group's work passes on them, we don't actually insure them ourselves!"

Leng Yuchen frowned as the manager added, "That is to say, whether they live or die, or whether they are disabled or even become seriously ill, that has nothing to do with us!"

Sheng Jie was stunned when he heard the manager's callous words! Even if An Qi was not Boss Leng's beloved, to hear this employee having no regard for human lives was ghastly! He was almost certain that this employee's career was over!

Moreover, this employee's career would not just be finished at the Leng Group, but throughout the rest of the whole city! After all, there was an unwritten rule: Excluding those who quit by choice, employees who were dismissed due to personality issues would be blacklisted by everyone, never being able to find proper employment anywhere!

Clap…

Leng Yuchen gently clapped his hands and said "good," then took a glance at the manager, threw his cigarette butt on the ground, and walked out. Sheng Jie stamped t the cigarette butt to put it out, then glared at the manager, but did not know what to say.

He thought for a while, then finally pointing his finger at the manager and said, "You... You just wait and see!" He then turned and ran after Leng Yuchen.

An Qi waited at the door for Shi Zhiwen as he had instructed, but she did not see him. Instead, she saw a fierce-looking man walk out.

As Leng Yuchen passed by An Qi, he did not stop for even a moment. An Qi seemed to be invisible! However, An Qi certainly noticed him, and she found his unique and cool character quite familiar.

An Qi took a breath of the scent that he left behind, feeling that this person had once appeared in her world before. But, she could not remember exactly where she had seen him...

Pitter-patter.

As An Qi was thinking hard, Sheng Jie's panicky footsteps could be heard. When An Qi saw him approaching, she recognized him as the person whose shoes she had dirtied.

She hurriedly asked, "Mr. Sheng, you are here as well? Were you hurt?"

Sheng Jie wiped the sweat from his forehead as he thought to himself… Oh my God, I better not mess up this time!

He put on the fakest smile that he could, then replied, "Boss Leng and I were off to the side in the samples area just now, so we were not injured."

"Oh, that's good." An Qi seemed to have just thought of something, as after she replied, she had quickly turned around and looked in the direction of Leng Yuchen's departure.

"Boss Leng? Are you referring to the man who just passed by me... He is the second young man in charge of the Leng Group?" An Qi asked for clarification.

Sheng Jie looked in the direction where An Qi was looking in order to confirm who she was talking about. After all, after such a big accident, many people had begun to hurry towards their location. But, as everyone else was running in the opposite direction that Boss Leng was going, Sheng Jie could confidently nod to confirm the fact to An Qi.

At this time, Shi Zhiwen took the remaining samples from the samples area and walked out. As he saw An Qi talking with Sheng Jie, he was stunned. After recovering from his initial shock, he walked quietly up to An Qi and asked, "An Qi, who is this?"

An Qi turned around and looked at the samples in Shi Zhiwen's hands, her eyes opening wide in surprise. "You're all done?" she asked.

Shi Zhiwen did not reply, while his eyes remained fixed on Sheng Jie's face. Shi Zhiwen's intense stare made Sheng Jie very uncomfortable, but because of An Qi's presence, he knew that he could not lose his temper. Shi Zhiwen knew that Sheng Jie would not dare act rashly in front of An Qi, so he glared back at Sheng Jie boldly.

An Qi could feel that the atmosphere was tense for some reason, so she smacked her forehead and said in a hurry, "Sorry! I was so frightened by the accident that I forgot to introduce you two! This is Mr. Sheng. No... I should address you as Manager Sheng. You must be Boss Leng's..."

"Assistant… I am Boss Leng's assistant." Sheng Jie corrected her, while he crossed his hands in front of him and raised his head high, as if to show off his status in front of Shi Zhiwen.

At this time, the crowd that had just arrived after hearing about the accident saw Sheng Jie and rushed up to greet him. One of the employees said, "Hello Assistant Sheng! We just saw Boss Leng get on the elevator. Aren't you going to follow him?"

"Not right now. There's something else that I need to deal with at the moment," he replied hurriedly.

"Oh okay. You go do whatever it is you need to do! You are always such a hard worker!" the employee replied with flattering words.

Sheng Jie was greatly satisfied by the employee's response, as it puffed up his pride and boosted his self-confidence. He did not know why, but ever since Shi Zhiwen had appeared, Sheng Jie had an inexplicable impulse to compete with him, especially in front of the prospective boss's wife!

"And, this is?" Sheng Jie's eyes turned to Shi Zhiwen as he asked An Qi.

"This is my new colleague, Shi Zhiwen. He actually saved my life just now!" An Qi seemed to feel Sheng Jie's hostility toward Shi Zhiwen, so she added, "Don't underestimate him, as just before the accident occured, the distance between us had to have been about twenty or thirty meters! But, just as the crane fell, he miraculously appeared right in front of me! It was magical!"