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The young man next to her, seeing his old lady's actions, quickly spoke up in her defense.

"Miss, let's add each other as friends, so the old man won't keep worrying about this."

Qiao An'an looked at their determined attitude and didn't look up.

I had no choice but to take out my phone and scan the QR code to add them as a friend.

Qin Nian smiled and her eyes crinkled when she saw it was added.

Qiao An'an found it incredible to see the old lady so happy.

The young man reminded her, "Grandma, we should go home now. Your family is very worried."

Qin Nian glanced at the time; it wasn't too late yet. She looked at Qiao An'an and instructed, "Little girl, you can't block me or delete me. I'm going to treat you to dinner."

It was as if she had planned that Qiao An'an would delete her contact information as soon as she left.

Looking at her like this, Qiao An'an felt that she looked a bit like Lu Zhiyao. She nodded helplessly, "Auntie, I won't."

"Okay, I'll go home now. Let's chat on the phone when you're free." The old lady smiled and turned to leave.

Qiao An'an watched them walk away, her lips twitched, and she shook her head with a wry smile.

That old lady was absolutely terrifying.

She turned and walked towards the company building. As soon as she entered the elevator, she received a message.

It was sent by an elderly lady I had just added on WeChat; her WeChat name was "Even beauties can be emo".

She looked at the message.

【Xiao An'an, I saw your WeChat name is An'an, so I'll call you that. I'll treat you to afternoon tea this weekend to apologize for what happened today.】

Qiao An'an laughed out loud and added a note to the name: "The Aunt Who Is Different From Others".

Then he replied to the message.

No need for an apology, I didn't take it to heart. Having afternoon tea together is no problem.

After replying to the messages, I went to my workstation, and the disappointment I felt that morning instantly vanished.

Unbeknownst to her, not far from the company building, a car was parked, and Qin Nian sat inside, holding her phone with a smug look on her face.

"I told her that if I took charge, there would be no problem, and she agreed to go shopping and have afternoon tea with me."

Qin Huiyu, who was standing to the side, smiled and said, "Sister, is that okay?"

Qin Nian smiled, "So-so."

Then she thought about it.

"No, this pretty and cute girl needs to be married into my family as soon as possible. It would be terrible if someone else had their eye on her."

"It's better to rely on myself than on my son. Maybe the young lady will even think he's too old."

Qin Huiyu's eyes lit up, and she slapped her thigh, "Sister, I have an idea."

Upon hearing this, Qin Nian's eyes widened in surprise.

"Tell me quickly."

The car headed towards the Lu family's residence. Qin Nian raised an eyebrow in a knowing glance.

The sisters' long-standing tacit understanding was more powerful than words; they understood each other instantly.

Just as Qiao An'an sat down, Zhang Qian arrived.

Qiao An'an ignored her outburst and threw the documents Zhang Qian had asked her to deliver yesterday at her.

Zhang Qian stared at the documents on the floor, instantly enraged. "Qiao An'an, how dare you treat me like this!"

Qiao An'an looked at her with a hint of anger in her eyes, her gaze cold.

Yesterday, Zhang Qian bossed me around all day. I spent four hours delivering documents back and forth, only to be told that I didn't have an appointment. When I called Zhang Qian, she said she forgot the time.

She knew then that Zhang Qian was deliberately targeting her, and all her grievances turned into confidence.

"Zhang Qian!~"

Qiao An'an's voice wasn't loud, but it carried a coldness, and all her colleagues in the office looked at her.

"These are the documents you asked me to deliver. I delivered them, but the other party said they didn't have an appointment. When I called, you said you changed the time, but you forgot to tell me."

Qiao An'an stood ramrod straight, her tone neither humble nor arrogant, yet chilling.

"It takes an hour and a half to get from here to the east of the city. During peak hours on the way back, it takes me four hours round trip due to traffic jams. Shouldn't you explain the problem?"

Zhang Qian didn't expect Qiao An'an to talk to her like that, and after realizing what was happening, she got angry.

An intern actually dared to stand up to someone from the HR department.

Zhang Qian looked at Qiao An'an, her voice rising a few decibels.

"Qiao An'an, you dared to throw documents at me? You didn't even ask clearly, and you still dare to criticize me? You have the nerve to say that."

"You delivered it without an appointment, you don't know how to handle things, you brought the documents back untouched, and you still have the nerve to question me? You don't even have this much problem-solving ability, are you useless?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his colleagues around him started talking about it.

"You're deliberately targeting me. I've never offended you." Qiao An'an's face turned bright red with anger.

"Why should I treat you like an intern?" Zhang Qian said proudly.

"You're an intern, and I see that your work ability is not good enough. I wanted to give you a good talking-to, but you're just as terrible in terms of adaptability and problem-solving skills."

"I'm reminding you, Anfan doesn't keep useless people. If you can't do it, then get out of here and don't waste everyone's time."

"Zhang Qian, that's enough!"

Su Yuwei had just entered the office when she heard what Zhang Qian said. Without saying a word, she rushed in and shielded Qiao An'an behind her.

Zhang Qian didn't expect Su Yuwei to protect Qiao An'an, and her face darkened. "You, surnamed Su, you better get out of here, or you'll regret it."

"If anyone should leave, it's you. You're not even part of our department. Besides, An'an is an intern that Supervisor Xu assigned me to mentor. She's one of my people. You have to apologize to An'an for what happened yesterday afternoon."

Su Yuwei glared angrily at Zhang Qian.

Zhang Qian seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world and burst out laughing.

"Apologize? She's just an intern, does she even deserve it?"

Qiao An'an bit her lip, about to retort, when she heard the sound of high heels, followed by a stern voice.

"Are you all very free?"

As soon as the voice fell, everyone returned to their positions and began to get busy.

Qiao An'an turned around and saw that Xu Nian, the department head, was walking over.

She was dressed in a proper business suit and had no expression.

No one dared to look up at her; everyone silently went about their own business.

When Zhang Qian saw Xu Nianxiang arrive, her arrogant attitude changed instantly.

"Manager Xu, I was just teaching Qiao An'an how to handle things since she was new, but she didn't appreciate it and even said that I was deliberately targeting her, and she's throwing a tantrum here."

Upon hearing this, Qiao An'an stared wide-eyed at Zhang Qian.

That's shameless; she's taking all the blame.

"Manager, things aren't as she said." Qiao An'an's eyes reddened with grievance.

Xu Nian didn't speak, but looked at Zhang Qian.

But he said, "An'an, tell me what happened."

Zhang Qian's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly said, "Manager Xu, this matter..."

"I didn't ask you to speak," Xu Nian interrupted her directly, looking at Qiao An'an, "You speak."

Zhang Qian gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with resentment as she looked at Qiao An'an.

Qiao An'an looked up at Xu Nian. Su Yuwei had said that Manager Xu was a cold-faced but warm-hearted person, and it seemed to be true.

She took a deep breath and recounted everything that had happened the day before.

She stated the facts, but her tone betrayed her grievance.