Fatal Desire

Chapter 24 His eyes possessed a captivating power.

Before the staff could answer, Song Xi had already seen the terrible scene through the transparent glass door.

A girl with shoulder-length short hair was shoved to the ground. Her eyes were filled with hatred as she angrily pointed at the middle-aged man opposite her.

The middle-aged man had a fierce look on his face and was about to slap him.

The girl struggled to dodge, but the middle-aged man still wouldn't let her go, and was about to kick her hard.

"what!"

A sudden, sharp pain shot through his knee, and he cried out in alarm as a force from behind kicked him to his knees.

"Who the hell is your father?" the middle-aged man roared, looking up.

Song Xi didn't even glance at him, but bent down and offered a hand to the girl on the ground.

The girl was clearly taken aback by the appearance of someone and paused for a moment.

Song Xi: "Why are you sitting here? Don't you feel the floor is cold?"

The girl snapped out of her daze, offered her hand, and used her strength to stand up.

The middle-aged man was furious. He glared at Song Xi and got up to grab her, but then he saw Shang Shixu and froze in shock.

"Mr. Shang, Mr. Shang."

The middle-aged man was the newly appointed sales manager. He happened to be on leave the day Song Xi attended the meeting of department managers and was unaware of Song Xi's identity.

The short-haired girl was very perceptive. Seeing the manager's obsequious attitude towards Shang Shixu and hearing him address him as "General Manager," she immediately realized he was an important person and spoke first:
"Mr. Shang, hello, my name is Cheng Nian. I want to report him for sexually harassing me!"

"Cheng Nian, don't push your luck! You're incompetent and can't pass your internship. I'm trying to help you, and you're trying to sell yourself for a position." The manager pointed at Cheng Nian's nose and yelled, "I didn't refuse your advances, and now you're turning around and blaming me? You're utterly disgusting!"

"You not only touched my shoulders, my waist, and my butt, but you also forced me to hug you and tried to kiss me. You're harassing me! This is illegal, I'm calling the police!" Cheng Nian said, taking out her phone.

"Are you crazy! You're going to take this little thing to the police station?" The manager was furious and tried to snatch Cheng Nian's phone, but Song Xi grabbed his hand and then raised her long leg and kicked his knee hard again without any politeness.

The manager cried out in pain, "Ah!"

Zhao Yansen not only taught her skills such as piano, horseback riding, and swimming, but also taught her martial arts to protect herself.

"Is it true or not?" Song Xi asked calmly, a faint smile playing on her lips. "Why don't we just check and find out?"

She tilted her head and gestured to Cheng Nian beside her: "Call the police."

Cheng Nian immediately called the police.

The police arrived quickly, but the manager insisted that he was innocent: "I'm innocent! I have elderly parents and young children to support, and my wife is even more beautiful than her. How could I do something that would ruin my career and family!"

"This woman is framing me! She tried to seduce me and then, when that failed, she threw mud at me!"

Compared to this desperate middle-aged man, Cheng Nian was quite calm.

She fiddled with her phone for a moment and said, "I have evidence. The look in his eyes when he asked me to hand in my official report this morning was suspicious, so I kept it in mind and recorded it when I went into the office."

Cheng Nian pressed the play button, and then the manager's persuasive voice came from the phone.

“Cheng Nian, I hired you. During the interview, I knew you were a smart girl. You must know who decides whether you stay or leave. Youth and beauty are assets. If you don't make good use of them now, it will be a pity when you get old. Young girls should be cherished and protected…”

"You vixen-like slut..." The manager suddenly flew into a rage without thinking and tried to hit Cheng Nian, but the policeman subdued him.

"Behave yourself! You dare to lay a hand on the police? You want to go to jail, don't you?"

The police subdued the manager, and Cheng Nian breathed a sigh of relief. She immediately turned to Song Xi and Shang Shixu and said, "Thank you."

"fine."

Shang Shixu took off his coat and gave it to Cheng Nian. Just as Cheng Nian was about to refuse, Song Xi took it and draped it over her shoulders.

"You need to go to the police station to give a statement. Let's go, we'll go with you."

Cheng Nian looked at the stunningly beautiful and elegant woman before her, and couldn't help but sigh, "Such an authoritative face." Despite her youthful and delicate appearance, her eyes possessed a captivating power that made people unconsciously submit. After giving her statement at the police station, Cheng Nian already knew Song Xi and Shang Shixu's identities, and quickly bowed in gratitude: "President Song, President Shang, thank you for today!"

After this incident, the company will definitely not rehire that sales manager, and similarly, it will be difficult for Cheng Nian to stay in the sales department.

"What are your plans for the future?" Song Xi asked.

Cheng Nian looked a little dejected, but quickly regained her smile: "There's nothing I can do but find a new job."

Song Xi looked her up and down discreetly and asked calmly, "Do you have a resume ready?"

Cheng Nian paused for a moment, then said, "We don't have a paper version, is an electronic version okay?"

Song Xi nodded.

Cheng Nian handed her phone to Song Xi, who glanced at it and said, "Tsinghua University, Human Resource Management major, why don't you do a job in your major and come to do sales?"

“My father fell ill the year I graduated. I worked for half a year and then quit to go back to take care of him. I was unemployed for two years because no company wanted me.” Cheng Nian was not lying.

Shang Shixu asked, "What illness did you have? Are you better now?"

“Esophageal cancer, now cured,” Cheng Nian said.

"Tsinghua University." Shang Shixu turned to look at Song Xi and smiled, "A junior student one year younger than you."

Cheng Nian asked in surprise, "President Song, are you also a graduate of Tsinghua University?"

"I studied there briefly for half a year," Song Xi said briefly, then asked unhurriedly, "Are you interested in medical research?"

“Yes.” Cheng Nian smiled shyly. “I originally wanted to apply for a related major, but there was a laboratory explosion at Tsinghua University that year. My parents were worried about me and wouldn’t let me apply for a related major no matter what. I persuaded them for a long time before they reluctantly agreed to let me apply to Tsinghua University.”

Upon hearing this, Song Xi's fingertips suddenly paused, as if something sharp had pierced her spine. After the pain subsided, a smile appeared on her face.

"Okay, I understand." Song Xi handed the phone back to Cheng Nian. "The HR department will contact you tomorrow."

"Thank you, President Song! Thank you, President Shang!" Cheng Nian was overjoyed and quickly expressed her gratitude. "Then I'll head back now."

"Well, be careful on the road."

The city streets were bustling with traffic and noise, with the sound of horns blaring from time to time.

At the intersection in front of the police station, the dim yellow light spread out, illuminating Song Xi's delicate features. Her eyes were fixed, and her face showed a thoughtful expression.

Shang Shixu was holding the car keys and was about to speak when he noticed Song Xi's unusual dazedness—it seemed to have started when Cheng Nian mentioned the laboratory explosion.

"you……"

He had barely uttered a sound when a blinding beam of headlights suddenly appeared from ahead on the road.

Song Xi subconsciously raised her hand to block the bright light with the back of her hand. When the light went out, she lowered her hand, and the arrogant black car had already driven up in front of her.

Luo Xiao pushed open the car door, got out of the driver's seat, smoothly opened the rear door, and smiled at Song Xi.

"Miss, please get in the car."

Song Xi was a little surprised.

She peered through the open car door to survey the interior, but due to the limited view, she could only vaguely make out the corner of a well-made black suit trouser.

Luo Xiao was driving in the front, and it was obvious who the man in the back seat was.

Shang Shixu smiled and said to Song Xi, "Someone is coming to pick you up, so I won't see you off. See you at the company."

See you tomorrow.

As soon as Song Xi sat down in the leather seat, she smelled a light and delicate fragrance of gardenias.

Her nostrils flared as she couldn't help but inhale the delightful fragrance a few more times. Then, she turned her head and asked, "Brother, what are you doing here?"

(End of this chapter)