Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife
Chapter 185 The Mother Gains Status Through Her Son (8)

Chapter 185: Chapter 185 The Mother Gains Status Through Her Son (8)

After circling the Marketing Department for over ten minutes, the three of them didn’t catch a glimpse of Gu Nuan. They asked someone and found out Gu Nuan had taken the day off and wasn’t at work.

The three of them simultaneously thought of something, and their hearts skipped a beat in fright.

Xiao Shulan immediately redialed the number she had called last night. This time, it rang for a long time with no answer.

"No one’s answering?" Xiao Shuju asked.

"Yes," Xiao Shulan said as she hung up, unable to help clenching her teeth.

"Don’t panic," Lin Yishan said.

According to the latest news they received, it seemed that Gu Nuan had been avoiding certain people in the company since yesterday; it appeared she had offended someone, and that may have been why she found an excuse to keep away this morning, too.

The people from Team One in Marketing, along with Director Meng, were waiting to act when Gu Nuan would come in for work.

But as they waited and waited, Gu Nuan never showed up; it wasn’t a good time to make a move.

Director Meng came to Tang Qingzhong, angry, saying how could a newcomer simply take a day off without any reason, and if a leave was taken, why wasn’t it applied for with him, and approved by himself.

Tang Qingzhong replied, "Director, after the incident with her and me the other day, the company already granted her two days off. She didn’t use them then; can she not use them now? Besides, when the team leader isn’t here, he said I should fill in for him. Something minor like applying for leave can always be handled within our own group; there’s no need to trouble the director."

Director Meng looked at Tang Qingzhong with newfound respect for his eloquence, which he hadn’t known existed in Tang Qingzhong before.

Tang Qingzhong withstood his pressure, and for some reason, perhaps after receiving the call from that man today, he realized that Gu Nuan had backup and didn’t need to be afraid, retorted directly to Director Meng, "Director, why are you in such a hurry to find Gu Nuan? Didn’t you say she’s like a deaf person who can’t do anything right?"

Director Meng had absolutely not expected to be questioned in return and could only cough awkwardly and reply, "She’s been with our Marketing Department for quite a few days now; can’t I greet the newcomer and show some concern?"

Obviously, that was just an excuse. Tang Qingzhong sneered inwardly.

Director Meng thought that Gu Nuan couldn’t keep hiding for long and wasn’t worried about it; he waved his hand, about to send Tang Qingzhong out when suddenly a call from the HR department came in.

Just as Tang Qingzhong turned to leave his office, he suddenly saw a change in his expression.

"What? Who gave these instructions?" Director Meng’s voice sounded obviously hurried and anxious on the phone.

The person on the other end of the phone said a couple of sentences.

"But she’s a newcomer, isn’t she? How can a newcomer be transferred before passing the probation period? What?! It’s not called a transfer but a secondment—" Director Meng was caught off guard by this countermove and was stunned.

The way is long, the demon is one foot taller.

When Gu Nuan arrived at the company for work in the afternoon, she saw a very happy look on Tang Qingzhong’s face.

Actually, since Fang Yongxing was hospitalized with injuries, Tang Qingzhong’s moods were mostly like rainy days, his face often clouded with worry that just wouldn’t clear, mainly because he was uncertain about their future. After all, with Fang Yongxing temporarily out of the picture, both his and Gu Nuan’s tenure and seniority in the company were low, and either of them could be manipulated at any time by certain people.

Upon seeing her, Tang Qingzhong was taken aback and asked, "Didn’t your husband say you were taking a day off?"

Taking a day off for what? She wasn’t sick.

And it was bloody embarrassing to talk about it because it was bedroom antics that kept her from coming to work this morning.

Gu Nuan cleared her throat and said, "He misspoke."

He misspoke?