Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife
Chapter 126: Alarming the Board of Directors (3)

Chapter 126: Chapter 126: Alarming the Board of Directors (3)

Xiao Jianming asked, "Is she the one to respond? I don’t think I’ve ever seen her before."

While it seemed that Xiao Jianming seldom interacted with the lower-level employees, as a former military man, he usually had a preliminary impression of any employee who had worked at Changda for over a year, either from hearing about them or perhaps having glimpsed them during a stroll through the company on some random day.

This was a job for the HR department. Sister Cai stood up to answer Xiao Jianming’s question, "She’s a newbie who joined Changda just two days ago."

Xiao Jianming and the other directors at the table were visibly astonished, "Why would you send a newbie over?"

What could a newcomer understand?

Sister Cai had no choice but to try her best to explain, "Group Leader Fang is hospitalized. There are only three people in their team. Another member, Commissioner Tang, couldn’t come to respond due to work reasons. She was present at the scene last night and also experienced the accidental entrapment."

Hearing the facts as they were, Xiao Jianming seemed to have a fairly deep impression of Fang Yongxing and commented, "Group Leader Fang is a man of valor, prone to act impulsively, being akin to a charging soldier in the military, commendable in courage and full of a sense of justice. But that doesn’t mean he’s witless."

As he finished speaking, his gaze lingered anew on Gu Nuan’s face. Gu Nuan understood that he was giving her a chance, considering Fang Yongxing’s recommendation.

Whether she was there to answer questions or not, standing in front of the board of directors and speaking face-to-face with the chairman was an opportunity most people at Changda could only dream of—a chance unavailable to 99% of the employees, let alone someone who had just joined the company two days ago.

Gu Nuan had a mixture of good and bad fortune because, due to an accident, she had this coveted opportunity.

"Describe to us, what occurred last night with your group and Group Leader Fang," Xiao Jianming spoke slowly, fearing the newcomer might not catch his words clearly.

Clearly, he did not know that Gu Nuan was deaf.

Sister Cai had no choice but to boldly speak up again, "Chairman, she can’t hear—"

The directors at the table really were, suddenly in an uproar.

How could someone who couldn’t hear be hired to work in the company?

Of course, the company couldn’t discriminate against disabled people for the sake of their public image.

The directors’ displeased glances swept over Sister Cai.

The pressure on Sister Cai felt like a balloon about to burst.

At that moment, Chen Jiaming’s voice sounded as though he was coming to Sister Cai’s rescue and also clearing his own predicament, "I was the one who approved her hire. She is academically excellent and exceptionally talented. I believe her work capability is no less than that of an ordinary person. Moreover, our people have checked, and she indeed had cleared an interview with MN Company, but she declined it at the time to prepare for postgraduate studies."

After Chen Jiaming’s explanation, the directors’ moods seemed somewhat mollified.

Xiao Jianming suddenly burst into loud laughter and said, "So she can’t hear, what does it matter? She can still move her hands and feet, can’t she? In our army special forces, deaf soldiers can perform better than regular soldiers, a fact that seems unbelievable when spoken aloud. But precisely because they have this imperfection in their lives, they possess a focus that ordinary people lack, which makes them far superior to others."

It seemed he was implying that Gu Nuan had a hundred percent chance of surpassing ordinary people.

The others were pondering how much truth and how much embellishment were in Xiao Jianming’s words.

Had Xiao Jianming really started to view a newcomer differently?

Naturally, that was impossible.

If she were Gu Nuan, she definitely wouldn’t either.

Anyone can talk a good game, especially a seasoned businessman who’s long practiced in the art of public relations.