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Chapter 12 Humiliation

"If you want to talk, just talk. Why did you bring a personal attack?" A male colleague in the group couldn't stand it anymore. He turned the chair and looked at the man. "Although Wen Ran is an intern, you can't bully her like this, can you?"

"Oh, oh, oh? You're going to protect her just like that? Aren't you afraid that others won't be able to tell what you're thinking?"

"What do you mean?"

"You know what it means. Anyway, there is no man like me who is honest and dutiful to stand up for me."

Her sarcasm was obvious.

The male colleague was anxious and stood up. "I didn't even say a word to her!"

"Oh? Then if you said something, are you going to help her beat someone now?"

After this back and forth, Chen Xing became completely angry: "You think I don't exist, right?"

The male colleague glanced at Chen Xing, and was pulled by the team member next to him, and returned to his seat holding his breath.

The female colleague was from Group II, so she didn't restrain herself in front of Chen Xing. She continued to say sarcastically, "Ms. Chen, you can't protect your colleague."

Under the leadership of Wu Yunshan, the members of Group II were used to being superior to others. Since their team could take over the best project, it was naturally easier for them to stand out.

And although Wu Yunshan is now the acting supervisor, everyone knows that no one in the department has the ability to compete with her for the position of supervisor. In their eyes, Wu Yunshan is bound to win this position, and they are just waiting for the paperwork to be notified.

Therefore, Chen Xing, the chief designer, might not be promoted as fast as them.

Chen Xing looked over sideways: "Are you teaching me?"

Chen Xing raised her hand and pointed in front of himself. "Then come here and teach me."

After all, Chen Xing had a higher position than her. Chen Xing didn't give her face, which made her blush and turn pale.

The office quieted down again, waiting to see what would happen next.

Chen Xing looked at Xiang Xiaoyue and asked, "Are you sure you put the wax model in?"

Xiang Xiaoyue widened her eyes. "I'm sure!"

Chen Xing said, "But when Wen Ran delivered it, the envelope was intact. We can basically exclude the possibility of losing it on the way."

Wen Ran emphasized, "You can confront the director's housekeeper. When I delivered it, I asked her to check the file bag."

Xiang Xiaoyue frowned. She didn't expect Wen Ran to be so attentive.

Perhaps due to her guilty conscience, the next second, Xiang Xiaoyue said, "Could it be that she stole it?"

This crime was too serious.

Wen Ran was so angry that she laughed. She felt that what had happened today was the most ridiculous thing she had encountered in the past 20 years.

Ivy hugged Wen Ran by the shoulder and defended her against the injustice. "You're going too far by saying that!"

Xiang Xiaoyue was also outspoken and did not answer.

Wen Ran looked at Xiang Xiaoyue and smiled sarcastically. "You said that I stole it?"

Xiang Xiaoyue swallowed her saliva and braced herself. "Yes!"

Wen Ran didn't refute. She turned around to get her phone. Since that was the case, she would let the police investigate.

Suddenly, a woman's voice rang out. "What are you arguing about?"

Wen Ran turned around. It was Wu Yunshan.

Xiang Xiaoyue quickly walked over with an aggrieved look on her face. "Ms. Wu, Xiang, it's just that the ring wax model was missing from what I sent to the director."

Wu Yunshan said, "Aren't we already doing it again? What are you arguing about?"

Judging from what Wu Yunshan said, she already knew the details.

However, the details were unilaterally explained to Xiang Xiaoyue, and the matter had been resolved, and it was not as big a fuss as she said.

"It's like this." Xiang Xiaoyue glanced at Wen Ran and said, "But I want to remind her not to be so careless next time, but she gets angry."

Wen Ran looked at Wu Yunshan and got to the point. "She just said that I stole the wax model."

Wu Yunshan did not expect Xiang Xiaoyue to say that. She looked at Xiang Xiaoyue.

Xiang Xiaoyue could only explain dryly: "I originally thought she accidentally dropped it, but if she insists that the seal of the document bag is intact, it can only prove that she...stole it halfway."

Wen Ran pressed forward: "Then why didn't you put it in at all?"

"I did."

"There's no proof!" Wen Ran looked over fearlessly. "I mean, when I got the file bag, there was only a thin layer of paper in it. There was no wax model at all."

"Nonsense!"

"She's not talking nonsense!" A voice came from the door.

Li Wan had settled Mrs. Wong's issue and contacted Jessica to tell Wen Ran the good news. She had happily planned to treat Wen Ran to a meal, but she didn't expect to see this situation when she returned to the office.

Li Wan trotted over and stood next to Wen Ran. "I met her when Wen Ran went to deliver the documents. I was curious and took a look at the file bag at that time. It was indeed only as thick as paper."

Wu Yunshan looked at Xiang Xiaoyue again, indicating for her to explain.

"I...I'm sure I put it there." Xiang Xiaoyue emphasized and pointed to Li Wan. "They're in the same group. Of course, She'll help her."

"I didn't..." Li Wan wanted to explain that she wasn't lying, but Wen Ran stopped her.

Wen Ran took a step forward and stared coldly at Xiang Xiaoyue. "Then, may I ask who can prove that you've let her in?"

Xiang Xiaoyue was speechless.

Wen Ran glanced at her colleagues in Group II, leaving no room for negotiation. "Will your team prove it for you?"

No one answered.

Some people admired her in their hearts. This intern was too awesome. She dared to challenge Xiang Xiaoyue in front of Wu Yunshan. Was he a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers?

Some people are also sorry that this intern has offended people so much that it will be difficult for her in the future.

"All right." Wu Yunshan closed her eyes and comforted her. "We're all colleagues in the same department. Since the matter has been solved, the director doesn't blame us too much. Our colleagues in the wax carving team are also working overtime for our department's mistakes, so there's no need to waste time and prove anything."

Wu Yunshan said in a high-sounding manner, "In the end, no matter whose responsibility it is, it is the responsibility of our department and me as the supervisor. This matter is over, so don't take it to heart and hurt your colleagues. Everyone should be more careful at work in the future."

She ended the conversation. "Let's get back to work!"

When the tense atmosphere disappeared, everyone turned around and no longer stared at the scene of bustle.

The farce seemed to have returned to its previous state.

Standing next to Wen Ran, Li Wan and Ivy tried to persuade her in a soft voice, "Well, it's all right now."

What's so good about it?

How could it be all right?

She was not good! Something happened to her!

How could such a thing be ambiguous?

A simple word today may become a fact told by others tomorrow. Are there many cases like this?

Taking this matter as an example, if it was not proven, there might be a rumor in the company that Wen Ran was a thief.

Wen Ran looked at the backs of Wu Yunshan and Xiang Xiaoyue. Xiang Xiaoyue tilted her head and spoke to Wu Yunshan, smiling with her high apples.

Many years later, when Wen Ran thought of today, she found it funny. She laughed at herself for being like a kitten that accidentally entered the forest and waving its claws childishly in the face of the forest beasts.

But she still liked her young self very much. She liked the time when she couldn't go back.

Wen Ran asked them, "Why don't you prove it?"

Wu Yunshan and Xiang Xiaoyue turned around when they heard the voice, and the smile on Xiang Xiaoyue's face had not yet disappeared.

Wen Ran looked at Xiang Xiaoyue and walked forward. Her voice was thin but not soft. "Didn't you come to prove that it was my fault and that it has nothing to do with you? Then why didn't you prove it?"

Wen Ran stopped in front of them, stood in the middle of the office, and stood in front of everyone.

She turned to look at Wu Yunshan and said, "As our supervisor, shouldn't you deal with it impartially? Why are you protecting her?"

Wu Yunshan was stunned for a few seconds, and then she sneered incredulously. "What did you say?"

Seeing this, Ivy rushed forward to grab Wen Ran and whispered, " Wen Ran, are you crazy? Do you know who you're asking? Don't you want to work here anymore?"

She really didn't want to!

Ignoring Ivy, Wen Ran looked straight at Wu Yunshan, as if she was determined to argue about the result. "I said, you are partial to her!"

Wu Yunshan felt embarrassed.

Xiang Xiaoyue came out and asked, "Did you take the wrong medicine?"

"And you, you said I stole something." Wen Ran took out her phone. "I'm going to call the police."

Wu Yunshan looked puzzled. Seeing that she was really making a phone call, she shouted, "Intern!"

She didn't even remember the name of Wen Ran.

Ivy grabbed Wen Ran by the hand in time to stop her from calling the police.

Wu Yunshan calmed down, but she couldn't hide her sarcasm. "Aren't you making a mountain out of a molehill? Do you want to call the police just because of a dispute between colleagues?"

A dispute?

Is the thief's hat on the head of an innocent person being downplayed as an argument?

Ivy pulled Wen Ran over by the shoulder and whispered in her ear, "Don't be impulsive! Now everyone knows that you're the one who's in the right and that Xiang Xiaoyue is the one who's being unreasonable! No one thinks that you're stealing!"

Ivy glanced at the side and then moved closer to Wen Ran. "Think about it. For such a small matter, calling the police makes you reasonable thing become unreasonable...How can you two work together in the future? Do you still want your job?"

Wen Ran didn't feel better because of what Ivy said. She even felt more depressed.

She thought to herself, "No!" I don't want anything! She didn't want to stay here anymore!

Wu Yunshan was furious. On the one hand, it was because Wen Ran accused her of favoritism in front of everyone in the department, which was a public insult to her.

On the other hand, she felt that this intern really couldn't understand her position and her duties.

She warned Wen Ran in a condescending tone.

"Where do you think this is? A small alley where you live?"

"This is Carlyle, the top jewelry company in the country, and a frequent guest in fashion magazines and media. Do you want to push our company to the forefront? Do you want our company to be laughed at and criticized by our peers?"

"Even if you haven't been to college, you should know the basics of interpersonal relationships, right?"

"She said that you stole something. That's a deduction. You know very well whether you did it or not."

"Isn't it normal for a person like you, who has never studied jewelry design in a high-end institution, to speculate about stealing when you see valuable designs?"

"Besides, so what if you call the police? What good is it for you? Because of a hypothesis between colleagues, do you want to lock her up? Can you?"

"Think about it carefully. If you call the police, can I keep you? Can the company keep you?"

Wen Ran heard every word clearly.

But she didn't understand.

She didn't understand how things like academic qualifications and status can become the basis for inferring that she may steal things, and how they can become the basis for humiliating people.

She broke free from Ivy and was completely dominated by emotions.

She didn't care about the status of Carlyle.

She did not care about the ways of the world.

Since when did she have to think twice before proving her innocence?

She was annoyed.

She was so angry that she could hear her heart beating wildly.

Wen Ran unlocked her phone and said, "I don't want to stay in this kind of broken company that doesn't distinguish right from wrong, ignores fairness and justice, and insults people at will! If you can't handle this matter fairly, let the police handle it!"

Seeing that she was really going to make a big deal out of it, Chen Xing stepped forward and grabbed Wen Ran by the arm. " Wen Ran, don't alarm the police about the company's affairs."

Wen Ran glanced at Chen Xing.

She was her team leader.

Wen Ran glanced at the office again.

Everyone looked at her as if she was a weirdo.

Even her colleagues had the same expression on their faces.

So she was just slightly humiliated and a little wronged. Even though her supervisor came to mediate the situation, she still pursued her. This was her problem.

In this society, not everyone has been through this. Who dares to say that he has never suffered any grievances? There is no one like her who makes a fuss out of a molehill.

After all, personality is not a painful or itchy thing, it is nothing like a few kilograms or taels.

That's right.

That was human nature.

When Xiang Xiaoyue argued with her, the opposing team was Group II and Group One, and Group One would stand on her side.

When someone like Wu Yunshan appeared, everyone was speechless. Even the pale excuse that Wu Yunshan used to cover up Xiang Xiaoyue was agreed with by everyone. It was the most appropriate solution at the moment.

When her actions of calling the police might affect the department and themselves, she would become the enemy of all of them.

It was basic etiquette to be friendly to adults in a peaceful state.

Once there was a conflict of interest, the mask would be torn off.

Everyone was like this.

But was this the right thing to do?

Wen Ran herself couldn't give an answer.

Ivy came up again and comforted Wen Ran in a soft voice. "Well, forget it. I know you feel wronged, but it's not a big deal. Don't be impulsive."

Wu Yunshan saw the expression of Wen Ran and wanted to break her defense. "So what if you call the police? Who can prove it to you? In addition to making a big deal out of it and making a fool of yourself, you..."

"I'll prove it to her." Li Wan, who had been standing next to Wen Ran, walked over. Her voice was a little trembling. She gently held Wen Ran's hand and gave her strength. "I did see that the file bag was only as thick as a piece of paper."

Ivy tugged at Li Wan speechlessly. "Don't...don't cause trouble."

Wu Yunshan looked at Li Wan, who suddenly appeared. She had heavy spies and heavy makeup. She looked delicate but fierce.

Li Wan turned her head away in a panic, but she still insisted on standing on Wen Ran's side. "I'm just telling the truth."

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