Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife
Chapter 92 It’s Not That Bad (2)

Chapter 92: Chapter 92 It’s Not That Bad (2)

Xu Zhilin seemed to be doing well for himself. Although he had grumbled when he was first assigned to the Investment Department, being a talented man, he soon received considerable attention from the leadership. Xu Zhilin quickly made his way into the circle and dined with his teammates.

The treatment of a deaf person and that of a normal person ultimately differed slightly. Gu Nuan could only wait until someone finished their meal and left before she could take their place.

The restaurant was densely packed with likely a few hundred people, both men and women, though men were in the majority. However, no one offered her a seat. Those who finished eating and were picking their teeth weren’t planning to give up their seats for her either.

Gu Nuan learned a lesson here, that sympathy, just like chivalry, was subject to the herd effect.

As long as most people were not prepared to give up their seat, absolutely no one would offer her one.

Society, compared to the simplicity of school, was undoubtedly more than a hundred times merciless.

Gu Nuan was about to give up and just find a corner to stand and eat.

Just then, she saw two people enter the cafeteria.

This surprised her.

Because, Tang Qingzhong had sent her a message earlier saying he and the team leader might be busy outside and couldn’t come back for lunch, asking her to eat on her own at noon. Yet now, the two people she saw entering the cafeteria were none other than Fang Yongxing and Tang Qingzhong, her only two teammates.

What a terribly bad situation.

Gu Nuan had never expected her supervisor and teammates to see her in such an embarrassing public predicament.

However, she couldn’t find a place to hide, nor did she have time to do so.

When Fang Yongxing saw her, he gave Tang Qingzhong a nudge.

Tang Qingzhong then went alone to the window to get his meal and dish.

The next scene, surprised both Gu Nuan and everyone else.

Fang Yongxing walked up to her, gave her a glance, and seeing Gu Nuan didn’t know how to respond, she just slightly lowered her head. He then brushed past her and walked directly to a dining table in front of her.

Three men were sitting at that table, all had finished their meals, but it was as if they hadn’t noticed Gu Nuan, not giving up their seats.

Now, as Fang Yongxing walked over, the three ordinary male employees visibly wore uncomfortable expressions.

Gu Nuan could hear them grudgingly addressing him: "Team Leader Fang."

"Aren’t you finished eating? What are you sitting here for? There’s no tea. Are you looking at the pretty girl? If you really want to look at pretty girls, please have some public decency. Don’t you see she has no place to sit and eat? Yet you all just sit here watching her stand and eat! Are you even men?!"

Fang Yongxing’s voice was loud and harsh, booming like a cannon, and everyone in the cafeteria heard it.

The room fell silent immediately.

The three male employees, infuriated and red-faced, did not dare to utter a word.

Who could have anticipated this? Nobody did.

They all had heard that Fang Yongxing took Tang Qingzhong out on business, and these two well-known workaholics of the company were definitely not expected to return for lunch, mainly due to the fear that going and returning would delay their work.

No one expected Fang Yongxing to suddenly return.

This unexpected move took everyone by surprise.

Fang Yongxing, despite seeming hot-tempered and hard to please, was famously protective of his subordinates.

The three male employees thought it over, realizing Fang Yongxing, a long-time employee of the company, was not someone they could afford to offend, so they all stood up.