Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife
Chapter 70: Why Women Make Things Hard for Other Women

Chapter 70: Chapter 70: Why Women Make Things Hard for Other Women

Director Cai furrowed his brows, "Director Chen—"

Director Chen picked up the prepared cup of tea on the desk, lifted the lid, and took a sip of water.

This was a risky move. Gu Nuan was very clear about that.

Director Cai believed that she was unethical, exploiting her own boyfriend, even though he had treated her so well before. Now that they had broken up, at this critical moment, she shouldn’t use this matter as a trump card in her job application.

But really, what had she, Gu Nuan, done wrong? Yes, she was using him, but he owed her that. The fact of the matter was exactly as it had been back then, she, Gu Nuan, had not uttered a single lie. Now that Changda wanted her to prove the truth of the matter, what else could she do? Of course, she could only seek proof from the person involved at the time.

Moreover, it was quite coincidental that he was here; one could only say that fate had decreed it, that fate had determined he owed her, and she was inevitably going to claim it back.

Director Cai straightened up, but when he wanted to speak again, the other interviewers seated in a row had all stood up, ready to watch the spectacle unfold.

For them, as long as Gu Nuan could prove the truth or falsehood of the matter, the evaluation of the final candidate in this recruitment could be settled. If even MN Company wanted her, she must be capable, so why wouldn’t Changda want her as well?

Speaking of Wa Zicong, although MN Company had poached him, he was indeed capable. He had made a splash in the industry, and, as a newcomer, he had quickly made a name for himself within just three years, which was no small feat. Since MN Company had not been after Wa Zicong that year but the woman in front of them, it was certain that this woman had something more extraordinary than Wa Zicong. The better Wa Zicong was, the better Gu Nuan must be.

Latter on, Gu Nuan had inquired about the middle-aged man sitting next to Director Cai. His surname was Qi, his name was Qi Rumin, and he was also a senior executive at Changda at the department leader level.

Qi Rumin patted the hesitant Director Cai on the shoulder and then whispered something like this in her ear, "What are you worried about? Afraid of making a fool of ourselves? She hasn’t been hired by our Changda yet, so whatever embarrassment she causes has nothing to do with Changda, and even less with your HR department. Besides, it’s just a matter of saying hello and clearing things up."

"Don’t you think this is inappropriate?" Director Cai waited until the man in the middle, Director Chen, got up and left before daring to whisper, "If the two of them start causing a scene right here—"

"What scene? Manager Wa, whom both I and Director Chen have met, is a very literate and polite person. It’s impossible for him to cause trouble on other people’s turf, let alone air his private matters—it would be like slapping his own face, wouldn’t it?"

"I meant that woman—"

Director Cai looked at Gu Nuan with an accusatory gaze, which Gu Nuan received loud and clear; in a word: she had never seen such shamelessness!

Why should women make it hard for other women? That phrase was wrong. Women enjoy making it hard for other women the most.

Men are not the ones making it hard for women; when it comes to topics like the Chastity Medal, it’s the women who cause the biggest commotions.

"You mean her—?" Qi Rumin smiled meaningfully, "If she dares to make a scene, will Changda still want her? Is she here to apply for a job at Changda or to use Changda as a stage to make trouble with her boyfriend? Won’t that become immediately apparent? Also, if she really does make a fuss, not to mention that Changda would never want her, her reputation would be ruined in this industry. I don’t think anyone would want her after that."

It was evident that these words had hit Director Cai hard.

Thinking to herself, if you’re going to be that shameless, dare to cause a scene on Changda’s grounds, I’ll give you the chance to embarrass yourself.

Director Cai no longer objected and stood up, gesturing Gu Nuan to come forward.

Gu Nuan, of course, guessed what they were probably discussing about her.

People, by nature, love to gossip about others, especially when it comes to affairs and mistresses; it’s a source of endless amusement.

Yet, Gu Nuan really had no interest in whether her ex-boyfriend decided to take on several mistresses—her interest lay solely in joining Changda.

Why join Changda? First, Changda was not at all inferior to MN, no, it had to be better than MN. This was an indisputable fact well known within the community, especially with Xiao Jianming becoming the richest man, Changda’s potential for growth had increased even more.

Secondly, hadn’t his mother said that she, a "deaf" woman, was incapable of doing anything and was merely waiting to be a gold digger, clinging to her son?

Gu Nuan was determined to join a company that was better than her son’s, and moreover, to climb up the corporate ladder by stepping over her son’s head.

Director Cai, who was in charge of human resources, naturally led Gu Nuan to meet Wa Zicong to continue this extraordinary recruitment interview.

The interior space of the Changda headquarters was quite spacious.

When Gu Nuan arrived in the morning, she, like the other candidates, was awed by the grandeur of the recently constructed, three-year-old property, which was only six stories high but covered hundreds of acres. She was struck with the same impression: This was the magnificence befitting a large group that started in real estate.

After all, in the world, no matter which company is in real estate, they are all wealthy landowners.

There was some distance between the human resources department and the project department; though they were on the same floor, it took crossing two long corridors to reach the meeting hall where discussions with project teams and foreign companies were held.

Director Cai took Gu Nuan, avoiding the areas where internal staff were normally working, and headed directly to the external glass windows of the meeting hall.

Someone had probably been notified in advance, and the discussion inside had come to a pause, with Changda Company’s staff leaving first. Only a staff member responsible for escorting guests and two representatives from the foreign company remained in the small meeting room.

Peering through the bamboo curtains covering half of the glass window, Gu Nuan instantly spotted Wa Zicong.

This was an aspect of him she had never seen before. After all, while he was working, she continued studying at school for his sake.

In her memory, her impression of him was mostly from his time at school.

Simple student shirts, sleeves casually rolled up halfway to the elbow when it was hot, washing socks and scrubbing shoes together in the dormitory.

She seldom saw him dressed as he was now, in a dark suit. In fact, she had always thought dark clothes didn’t look good on him because they seemed too heavy. Yet clearly, a man in society can no longer be as bright and innocent as a student.

Wearing a dark suit, he seemed to transform into a mountain—solid but scheming.

Wa Zicong had brought an assistant to enter the just-negotiated data into the computer, checked all the items, packed everything up, and prepared to leave.

When he turned and casually saw someone standing outside the window, it was an unconscious, or perhaps subconscious, sudden turn of the head, catching the sight of that elegant profile facing his direction.

For a moment, the piece of paper he was holding slipped from his fingers and fluttered down onto the table.