569 Eloquent Bullshit

Although Iris' tone was pleasant when she greeted him, Long Hui could see that her eyes were cold. His eyes also hardened. He felt that she didn't give him any face when he already lowered himself and addressed her as "little sister". Instead of following his example, she insisted on this distant way of addressing him as "Deputy CFO". He wasn't making peace by calling her "little sister". It was only to put up an appearance of a harmonious sibling relationship to the public.

All of the executives of Long Industries were watching and judging. He couldn't afford to make any mistakes, especially right now that he was working hard to regain his footing after his work performance suffered because of the stress caused by Jiang Ying Yue. It also didn't help that there was Long Jian, an overachiever, to compare him with when it came to work performance.