Huang Shanshan's face turned uglier than if she had eaten shit. She shook her head, "No, no..."
At this moment, Song Jia, Chang Yufei, Yang Zhi, Yuan Guangchuan, and others heard Ma Jie's words and looked at Huang Shanshan, all showing expressions of shock and disbelief.
Only Qin Yi stood there with a faint, strange smile on his face.
Ma Jie, acting on Han Xin's instructions, had come on behalf of the Han Group to apologize to Huang Shanshan, directly exposing Huang Shanshan's lie.
Now, even if she wanted to deny it, she couldn't.
Song Jia said to Huang Shanshan with extreme complexity, "Shanshan, you were really drugged by Liu Xiong at Han Group! Everything Qin Yi said just now was true!!!"
"Manager, I, I..."
Huang Shanshan wanted to continue denying it, but Ma Jie was still standing there, and she couldn't speak.
Ma Jie handed her the gift bag in his hand, "Miss Huang, these were personally selected by our president. They can help you recover. Please take them!"
"Regardless of what happened, our group was in the wrong this time. We apologize!"
After saying this, Ma Jie bowed to Huang Shanshan again and also apologized to Song Jia, Chang Yufei, and the others.
Huang Shanshan did not reach out to accept the gifts. Ma Jie placed them on a nearby table and left without staying any longer.
As soon as he left, the sales department erupted.
Everyone looked at Huang Shanshan with strange eyes, whispering and discussing non-stop.
"Damn, that Liu Xiong really drugged Team Leader Huang!"
"So, Qin Yi beating Liu Xiong was really to protect Team Leader Huang!"
"If that's the case, it was really unethical for Team Leader Huang to deny it and keep slandering Qin Yi just now..."
"I agree, even if she has some past grievances with Qin Yi, Qin Yi saved her this time, and she should be grateful!"
"Exactly, if it weren't for Qin Yi this time, she would have been... by Liu Xiong!"
"Her behavior just now was so ungrateful!"
"..."
Their voices were not loud, but because they were close together, Huang Shanshan heard almost every word.
For a moment, Huang Shanshan felt her cheeks burn, and she wished the ground would open up and swallow her whole, never to be seen again.
Chang Yufei felt embarrassed for Huang Shanshan and couldn't bear to stay. He turned and went back to his office.
Later, Song Jia called Huang Shanshan to her office, telling everyone else to disperse and go back to work. They then returned to their workstations.
However, upon returning to their workstations, nobody seemed to be in the mood to work. They continued to discuss the recent events.
Some people were cursing Huang Shanshan for being ungrateful, while others said Qin Yi was too lucky.
They felt that him beating Liu Xiong and then returning safely today, even bringing back the deal with Han Group, was all due to his incredible luck, coincidentally stumbling upon the Han Group president cleaning house.
If it hadn't been for the Han Group president firing Liu Xiong today and handing him over to the police, Liu Xiong would never have let Qin Yi off after being beaten.
If Liu Xiong had the chance to retaliate, Qin Yi would have probably come back in a body bag!
Thus, in the end, everyone unanimously agreed that Qin Yi had struck gold.
Qin Yi sat at his desk, listening to their discussions, finding it all amusing and not bothering to explain anything.
Before work ended, Huang Shanshan emerged from Song Jia's office.
When she came out, her face was so dark it looked like it could bleed.
This was because Song Jia had deducted three months' worth of her salary and bonuses as punishment for slandering Qin Yi.
Furthermore, her salary and bonuses for these three months were to be given to Qin Yi as compensation.
In other words, she would be working for Qin Yi for the next three months.
Huang Shanshan was furious enough to explode!
After Huang Shanshan left, Song Jia quickly called Qin Yi into the office. Besides thanking him again for securing the deal with Han Group for the company, she also informed him about deducting Huang Shanshan's three months of salary as compensation.
Qin Yi naturally did not refuse and readily accepted!
Taking Huang Shanshan's three months' salary was just about fair compensation for curing her poison earlier.
He saved her, and instead of being grateful, she slandered him. So why should he have saved her for free?
At six o'clock, everyone left work on time.
Qin Yi tidied up, preparing to go home.
As soon as he walked out of the company gate, he was stopped by Huang Shanshan.
"Qin Yi, wait a moment!"
Qin Yi stopped and looked at her with interest, "What is it, Team Leader Huang? Do you have another order for me?"
"Is Song Jia going to give you the three months' salary she deducted from me?"
Huang Shanshan didn't waste time with pleasantries and got straight to the point, "Qin Yi, can you give me that salary back when the time comes?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Yi's gaze towards her became incredibly strange and amused.
He didn't say much more, only retorted, "What do you think?"
Huang Shanshan stood there, her expression a complex mix of emotions.
After a few seconds of silence, she said again, "I know I was wrong this afternoon, but my three months of salary and bonuses add up to nearly sixty thousand yuan! If it all goes to you, the loss will be too great for me!"
"Why don't you go talk to Manager Song about that? Why are you telling me!"
"I already pleaded with Song Jia a lot this afternoon, but she insisted on doing this. I..."
"So, you came to find me?" Qin Yi interrupted, amused, "This is Manager Song's decision. If you have any objections, go tell Manager Song yourself. It's no use telling me!"
"I'm sorry, my mother and the others are waiting for me at home for dinner. I can't chat with you any longer!"
Qin Yi walked around her and left.
"Qin Yi..."
Before he had taken a few steps, Huang Shanshan angrily cursed, "Taking my salary, aren't you ashamed? You're a grown man, if you don't have money, have the guts to earn it yourself! What kind of ability is it to take mine?"
Qin Yi turned back and retorted unceremoniously, "Who is shameless, me or you? I kindly saved you, and instead of thanking me, you turned around and slandered me!"
"If it weren't for the fact that you're pregnant and your mother and my mother have a bit of a past connection, I would have slapped you long ago!"
Huang Shanshan was startled by his tone and took two steps back, putting some distance between them.
She recalled Qin Yi slapping Chang Yufei twice yesterday and kicking Liu Xiong today, and she was genuinely afraid that Qin Yi would lay a hand on her too.
Seeing this, Qin Yi continued, "Moreover, if it weren't for me today, you would have been insulted by that Liu Xiong long ago! It's only natural that I would charge you a reward!"
"But, but my three months' salary is nearly sixty thousand yuan. Even if you wanted compensation, it shouldn't be this much!"
Qin Yi looked her up and down and asked mockingly, "What's wrong, Huang Shanshan, you think your purity isn't worth sixty thousand yuan?"