Chapter 112: Today, I Have to Teach Him a Lesson

Su Qinghu’s words completely stunned the head of the Operations Department.

He stood there, mouth agape, staring at Su Qinghu in disbelief.

What did she mean by “I just don’t want my talent to overshadow my beauty”?

What kind of logic was that?

“Maybe what I said doesn’t fit today’s standards of diligence and humility, but I don’t think I’m wrong.” Su Qinghu lifted her chin. “With looks like mine, even if I only use a fifth of my talent, it’s enough to amaze people. If I went all out, how would anyone else survive? I’m such a kind person—I want to leave others at least a little hope of making it on talent alone!”

The department head was now looking at Su Qinghu like she was crazy.

Was she nuts?

She seemed normal most of the time, but the moment things got serious, she turned into a complete lunatic!

“Supervisor, do you think I’m being arrogant?” Su Qinghu asked, but didn’t wait for an answer. “Actually, I think you’re even more arrogant than me. Why? Because you look like that and you’re still so confident!”

The department head was about to explode with rage. He reached out to close the door, but Su Qinghu caught it and held it open. “Come on, didn’t you want to talk to me? Well, now I want to talk!”

“Xiao Su, let me give you some advice as your senior: don’t burn all your bridges. You never know what might happen in the future.” The department head was starting to panic, seeing that Su Qinghu didn’t care about appearances and wasn’t even lowering her voice.

He’d never met a woman like this before!

Someone who didn’t care about consequences, wasn’t afraid of losing her job, and didn’t care about her reputation—this was a first for him.

“What did you say, Supervisor? I didn’t quite catch that.” Su Qinghu grinned mischievously. “You said you wanted to talk in your room? About what? About how your department keeps interfering in other people’s work?”

The department head lowered his voice and warned, “Su Qinghu!”

“Right here, Supervisor. Didn’t you say you had high hopes for me and wanted to mentor me? So tell me, how exactly do you plan to ‘mentor’ me?” Su Qinghu smiled lazily, completely at ease. “And what do I need to give in return for your mentorship? Or, to be clear, what do you want me to do? Go into your room?”

By now, someone in the next room had opened their door and was watching.

Su Qinghu smiled at them, then continued with the supervisor, “Supervisor, I’m a bit slow, so if you want something, you have to spell it out. Only if you say it clearly will I know what you want—so I can flat-out refuse you.”

The department head’s face turned the color of pig’s liver, and his confidence began to falter. “Xiao Su, can we talk about this in private?”

“In private? How? Where do you want me to go? Your place, or—?”

Su Qinghu kept smiling, clearly not planning to let him off the hook.

This guy had probably used his position to take advantage of others and manipulate them before, right?

“Even if word gets out about today, it won’t hurt me. Are you sure you want to go this far?” The department head looked at Su Qinghu, lowering his voice. “I know what you’re trying to do—you want to accuse me of harassment. But what proof do you have? Even if you slander me, do you think your reputation will survive? Your husband, your in-laws, even your friends—are you sure they’ll still accept you and treat you like nothing happened?”

Su Qinghu: “Is this how you threaten other people too?”

Seeing that Su Qinghu wouldn’t budge, the department head suddenly stepped out of the room, raised his voice, and put on a stern face. “Xiao Su, I know you young people are ambitious and want to move up, but you need to understand that you can’t build a skyscraper without a solid foundation. You’ve just learned to walk and already want to run. Even though I’m not your direct supervisor, I have to say this:”

“Don’t take shortcuts. Just keep working step by step, and one day you’ll become the person you want to be and shine in your field.”

He had the face of a good guy, and when he got serious, he really did seem a bit intimidating. The onlookers’ expressions began to shift.

“Really, I’m refusing to let you take shortcuts for your own good. Now, I just hope you won’t turn around and bite me in front of everyone.”

The department head looked at Su Qinghu with helplessness in his eyes. “Xiao Su, it’s because I’m worried about young people like you trying to take shortcuts that I never stay on the same floor as you when we’re on business trips. It’s for your own good, and to avoid awkwardness later on…”

He looked full of righteousness and concern, every inch the elder.

But everything he said implied that Su Qinghu was trying to sleep her way to the top.

“So, Xiao Su, can you let go of my door now? If you keep blocking it, everyone will come out, and neither of us will look good!”

“What’s going on?” Sister Li hurried over. “What happened?”

Yuan Hang came over and immediately snapped, “Supervisor, what’s wrong with you? How many times have I told you—don’t mess around with the girls at work! Why are you still going after the young women in the office?”

As soon as he said that, the people nearby perked up and started looking at the supervisor like he was a repeat offender.

The department head looked at Yuan Hang, absolutely furious. “Don’t talk nonsense!”

“How am I talking nonsense? I’ve even got photos of you making moves on the girls here!” Yuan Hang jabbed a finger at him. “It’s only because I caught you on camera that you didn’t succeed last time. But when you’re on business trips, you use your position to take advantage of others—”

“I won’t say more, but you know what you’ve done.” Yuan Hang pointed at Su Qinghu. “Do you know how long her line of admirers is? Younger, better looking, taller, richer, more powerful, more talented—she’s got plenty of options! Why would she ever go for you?”

Su Qinghu: “…”

“Oh, right, you probably didn’t know.” Yuan Hang kept going. “Just yesterday, there was one—tall, handsome, you’d feel inferior just looking at him!”

Sister Li wisely stepped back from the fray.

At this point, things had already gotten ugly—no point trying to mediate. Better to let Yuan Hang and Su Qinghu take the upper hand.

Su Qinghu almost burst out laughing. She’d always suspected Yuan Hang wasn’t the type to play by the rules, but she hadn’t expected him to go after people so fiercely, hitting right where it hurt!

Actually, just mentioning the photos was already a fatal blow. Everything else was just salt in the wound.

The department head’s face went deathly pale. He looked at Yuan Hang, panic written all over his face.

He wasn’t sure if Yuan Hang was bluffing or not.

“What’s going on?” Chen Lie strode over to Su Qinghu. “Didn’t I ask you to check with your supervisor about booking the return tickets?”

Su Qinghu complained, “Our supervisor said I was trying to seduce him for a promotion.”

Chen Lie paused, glanced at the department head, and twitched his lips. “Don’t worry—she’s way out of your league.”"