Chapter 11: Slander

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

The two of them set the time and Kong Zhao hung up. She rushed to the living room excitedly to share this good news with Cheng Fang. Cheng Fang only smiled calmly. “My lucky candy is invincible.”

Kong Zhao didn’t think that a candy could really have the power of luck, but she still smiled and said, “Yes, yes, yes. Thank you for your candy. I won’t talk to you anymore. I have to wash up and go for the interview.”

Kong Zhao once again displayed the tendency for tardiness she had when she was in university, when she rushed to class after she woke up late. After washing up and putting on her clothes in ten minutes, she ran out of the house.

Cheng Fang watched from the balcony as Kong Zhao hailed a taxi and shook his head with a helpless smile.

Two minutes to 9: 30, Kong Zhao stepped into the CF Group.

Fortunately, it wasn’t the peak work hour. Kong Zhao successfully went to the ninth floor according to her memories from yesterday. Just as she came out of the elevator, a young girl with a smile walked forward. After revealing her identity, she brought Kong Zhao to the conference room of the human resources department.

Kong Zhao looked at the person sitting in front of her and was stunned. She thought to herself, “Are all the interviews for large corporations so grand?”

There was a rectangular table in the conference room. In the middle, there sat a man with golden-framed glasses. His facial features were well-defined, and he had a pair of light green eyes. Coupled with a pair of almond-shaped eyes, and his well-ironed suit, he gave off the feeling of refined snob.

There were three people sitting on both sides of the man. There were men and women.

Only then did Kong Zhao notice that Lin Lin and the other HR person who had given out the exam papers yesterday were also in the conference room. At this moment, they were standing at the side with blank expressions.

“Hello, Miss Kong. I’m the vice president of the company, Yan Song. Please sit.” Yan Song smiled and raised his hand to indicate the empty seat at the end of the table facing him.

After Kong Zhao greeted everyone, she sat down.

A woman in her forties with her hair neatly combed back and a low ponytail said gently, “I’m the head of the human resources department, Fang Yuan. I’m very sorry. Due to our department’s mistake, the test paper you answered yesterday was for us to recruit high-level designers.”

“But I saw that your answers were almost completely correct. You have a solid foundation and are very knowledgeable about the fashion industry. Our company admires your talent very much.”

After saying that, she faced the two people standing at the end of the table. Although there was a smile on her face, there was a hint of sharpness in her eyes. “Lin Lin, Wang Ping, with such an outstanding talent among ordinary designers, I don’t know why you two eliminated her during the written test. Please give a reasonable explanation.”

When Wang Ping heard this, she turned to look at Lin Lin. When she saw this exam among the disqualified papers yesterday, she thought that Lin Lin had made a mistake. Just as she was about to take out the paper and put it in the stack of papers that passed, she was stopped by Lin Lin. Later, she thought that it was just a favor, so she didn’t pursue the matter on account of the other party treating her to a meal.

However, when she saw the company’s actions, she knew that there was definitely a problem. Wang Ping immediately said, “Manager Fang, Lin Lin said that Miss Kong cheated yesterday, so she didn’t pass!”

Lin Lin glared at Wang Ping and braced herself to say, “Miss Kong is indeed suspected of cheating.”

Kong Zhao couldn’t help but sneer. “This move again. Lin Lin, aren’t you tired of playing this move?”

At this moment, Lin Lin had already calmed down and said, “The possibility of you cheating is indeed very high. You’re just a freshman who just graduated. Many designers who have studied for three years might not even be able to answer this exam paper with such accuracy.”

“Heh, just because others can’t do it doesn’t mean I can’t. If you saw me cheating back then, why didn’t you stop me? You only said that I cheated after the written test ended. Please show evidence!”

Lin Lin panicked when she heard this. She had no evidence to begin with, and she just didn’t want Kong Zhao to pass the interview.

At that time, Lin Lin specifically took an even more difficult test paper in hopes that Kong Zhao wouldn’t be able to answer most of it. This way, Wang Ping wouldn’t pay so much attention to this test paper when she reviewed it. Who knew that Kong Zhao would actually answer all of it?

“I didn’t stop you on the spot because I wanted to save you some dignity!” Lin Lin retorted.

When she said this, all the leaders present frowned. Fang Yuan felt ashamed and gritted her teeth. “Lin Lin, without any evidence, this is called slander! It’s not up to you to decide. If you have any objections, report it to the higher-ups!”

Lin Lin also knew that she was in the wrong at this moment, but if she didn’t explain herself clearly this time, she might very well lose this job that everyone envied.

Hence, she targeted Kong Zhao. “Then how do you explain it? It’s difficult for even experienced designers to achieve such accuracy.”