Chapter 52: Conflict
Pushing open the door to the office, Su Ning was surprised to find that everyone except Jiaming was there.
But thinking that even Tang Tian was already an ‘old hand’ who had been doing purchasing for over a year, with her own established connections, it was normal and not surprising to complete the task so quickly.
“Yo, speak of the devil and she shall appear, Cadre Su, you are really something!”
Seeing the person who pushed the door in, Hu Yong’s eyes lit up, and while speaking, he gave her a thumbs up.
“Early this morning, Director Liang said that you completed this task beautifully, she has to go to the general office to apply for merit and bonus for you, impressive, Cadre Su!”
That was a major task for the factory’s purchasing welfare, not only completed at such a fast speed, but the supplies were all superior quality, so it couldn’t possibly be just relying on luck as Tang Tian said.
Without some deep family background to pave the way as support, he really wouldn’t believe it.
Thinking of this, the smile on Hu Yong’s face became even more genuine, and there was a hint of fervor in his eyes as he looked at her.
“Hmph, what’s so great about it, didn’t we all complete it ahead of her!”
Tang Tian curled her lips and sneered, her face full of disdain, though it would be more convincing if she loosened her hand that was almost digging into her nails.
In fact, she was indeed about to explode with anger inside, originally planning to make things difficult and dig a pit to teach this newcomer a lesson.
Unexpectedly, it backfired, not only failing to make things difficult for her but also making her stand out in front of the factory leaders at once, and with the welfare distribution, she might even become famous throughout the factory!
How could she not be angry?
“But speaking of which, Cadre Su is so capable, we are all comrades and should unite and help each other, you shouldn’t mind helping us with your connections too, right?”
Although knowing that what Tang Tian said was a bit inappropriate, Hu Yong and Qin Jianjun still couldn’t help but look at her with shining eyes.
What did connections for 100,000 jin of grain and 10,000 jin of fruit mean in the current situation?
If such rare good goods could be easily obtained, wouldn’t the others be even simpler?
As long as they connected, they could really fly up!
Su Ning, who had arrived at her workstation, slowly tidied up the table, completely ignoring whatever she said, good or bad.
That blatant disregard was undoubtedly a huge blow to someone like Tang Tian who was arrogant and had a sense of superiority.
“Su Ning! What attitude is this?!”
Sure enough, she was instantly stimulated, and Tang Tian, who had been holding back her anger, slapped the table and stood up.
“Someone like you who doesn’t love comrades and lacks selfless great love, and you can be selected as an individual advanced just from one task? You must have taken some shady shortcut!”
“Apologize.”
“Why should I, I didn’t say anything wrong!”
Looking at her coldly, Su Ning slowly stood up as well, “If you’re just being sarcastic, I’ll treat it as a dog barking, but if you’re slandering and splashing dirty water without apologizing…”
“Hmph, then give me a fair chance.”
While speaking, she walked up to her in a few steps, and without any hesitation, raised her hand and slapped that face hard.
“Pa——”
Her face turned to the side with the sound, and the five-finger print visibly swelled red.
Her face both painful and numb, ears buzzing, Tang Tian only then belatedly touched her face with her hand and shrieked, “You dare hit me? Do you know who my uncle is? You actually dare hit me!”
Saying this, Tang Tian reached out her hand, her long nails going straight for her face, her eyes full of malice almost spilling over: dare to hit my face, and I’ll ruin your looks!
Quickly raising her arm to block, Su Ning saw her intention and the coldness in her eyes deepened.
After blocking her hand, she didn’t withdraw, instead seizing the momentum to grab her neck and slam her hard onto the table.
“Bang——”
A loud bang, from the two arguing for just a few sentences suddenly turning into a full fight, all within a minute.
Hu Yong and the other, who had no time to react, watched dumbfounded until the sound came, then suddenly snapped awake and rushed forward to stop them, each pulling one apart and standing in between.
“Hey, don’t fight, Cadre Su calm down, we are all good comrades, we don’t do things that destroy internal unity!”
“Tian Tian, are you okay?”
“Ah, blood, blood, I’m bleeding!”
Helped up from the table by Qin Jianjun, Tang Tian shrieked and pointed at a spot of bright red blood on the table, only then feeling warm streams flowing from her nostrils.
Both panicked and helpless, and feeling a kind of fear, this Su Ning looked soft and harmless but was actually so tough and brave!
“Wah~”
Covering her face and mouth and nose, she couldn’t help bursting into loud cries, “Too bullying, I must tell my uncle, Su Ning you wait for me!”
“Tian Tian don’t talk, first tilt your head back and let me see your nose, you…”
“Shut up, get away!”
Pushing away Qin Jianjun who was fawning over her at the moment, Tang Tian cried and ran out of the office, both angry and in pain.
Suddenly bumped and staggering, after steadying himself, Qin Jianjun hurriedly chased after her, “Tian Tian wait, you can’t run with a nosebleed!”
The two left one after the other, and in the instantly quiet office, just a few seconds later erupted into a burst of haha laughter.
As long as Hu Yong thought of Tang Tian’s face just now, he really couldn’t hold it back, the pent-up frustration in his heart dissipated, it was so refreshing and satisfying!
I really couldn’t tell. Someone with looks and temperament like a heavenly fairy is sweetly cute when smiling, yet so fierce and ferocious when angry.
The ancients were right: the sea water cannot be measured, and people even more so cannot be judged by appearances.
“Cadre Su, although Tang Tian’s household is an ordinary worker family, her uncle really does have some capabilities.”
Unable to speak plainly about Hu Yong, he could only give a simple reminder. If not for not being able to provoke the Yan family, he wouldn’t have put up with Tang Tian for so long.
Tang Tian’s uncle Yan Bin is a famously ruthless person on the streets, controlling the black market in Gu City and several surrounding counties and towns, with subordinates all ruthless and vicious, and even more high-ranking and powerful people backing him.
“Thanks.”
“No need to be polite. I didn’t say anything specific, right? Hahaha!”
Seeing her instantly revert to a friendly, polite, gentle, and harmless appearance, Hu Yong couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth: Don’t ask; even he didn’t know why he felt a tiny bit afraid.
If she could read his mind and know what he was thinking, Su Ning would certainly not hesitate to tell him: It’s genetic, and far from matching a certain someone.
Walking to her own seat, she took a handkerchief from her pocket and wiped her fingers with some disgust while recalling the future she had glimpsed from Tang Tian just now.
For the bitter fruit from the cause she herself had planted, no matter how tragic the outcome, Su Ning would not interfere in the slightest.
But seeing the future scenes of Tang Tian, a thought suddenly arose in her heart.
“Su Ning, come with me to the office.”
The director Liang Shengnan’s low and displeased voice came from behind. Su Ning came back to her senses and followed calmly behind her under Hu Yong’s somewhat worried gaze.
“Tell me, what’s going on?”
Liang Shengnan’s office was arranged in the same style as herself: simple and plain. Besides the enamel cup on the table, there was nothing else.
Pushing up the glasses on her nose bridge and thinking of Tang Tian who had just tearfully complained, Liang Shengnan’s serious face tightened even more. “Why did you assault your own comrade?”
“It was wrong of me to strike first, but it was her fault for making me strike.”
It sounded so reasonable that there was no way to refute it.
As the saying goes, it takes two hands to clap. Liang Shengnan also knew that without cause, she wouldn’t have started a fight alone.
After hearing both sides’ accounts—Su Ning’s straightforward narration without concealment and Tang Tian’s stammering explanation of the reason—she already had a conclusion in her heart.
But what needed to be said still had to be said, and the warnings still had to be given.
“This morning I just went to apply for your bonus this time and submitted you for individual advanced commendation, and you give me this in return?”
……
After nagging for more than half an hour, Liang Shengnan picked up the enamel cup and took a sip of tea water, finally letting her go back.
Feeling dazed, with her mind full of the Little Red Book quotes she had just recited, Su Ning sat back at her desk, pinched her brow heart: It seems next time she still had to act outside the factory.
“How did it go? Nothing serious, right?”
Hu Yong quietly sneaked over to her side. While asking, he didn’t forget to give her a look and whispered, “See, she probably didn’t just file this one little report.”
Glancing at a certain someone puffing out her chest with a smug and arrogant look, Su Ning withdrew her gaze, locked the things on the table back in the drawer, didn’t say much to Hu Yong, just shook her head and replied that it was nothing.
Putting down the small mirror in her hand, Tang Tian slowly touched her still swollen face, glared viciously at her, and coldly snorted in her heart: We’ll see!
