Chapter 17: Qiao Lan Abuses Her Power

Qiao Lan’s crimson lips curled into a disdainful smile: “Maybe your subjective consciousness doesn’t want to harm Qiao’s, but you’re just stupid!”

Not only that, Qiao Yue was also a selfish person. Her first consideration was always herself.

Qiao Yue’s face flushed red with anger: “Dad, look at her!”

Qiao Zhenyuan tried to smooth things over: “Alright, let’s not do this again.”

Qiao Zhenyuan also knew that Qiao Yue was at fault this time, and Qiao Lan, with her fiery temper, would definitely not apologize.

He didn’t want things to escalate to an irrecoverable point, as it would be bad for him and Qiao Yue.

Qiao Yue felt that Qiao Zhenyuan was siding with Qiao Lan, and her anger was about to explode.

Qiao Zhenyuan patted his daughter’s back to comfort her, then turned to Qiao Lan: “Yueyue started working today, why don’t you take her around to familiarize herself with the environment?”

Qiao Lan wouldn’t bother: “I’ll have my assistant take her.”

Qiao Zhenyuan didn’t say anything: “What are you planning to have Yueyue do?”

“Qiao Yue has no foundation, so let her start with the sample garment work.”

“What?”

Qiao Yue said incredulously: “I’m the daughter of the Qiao family, you want me to be a seamstress?”

Qiao Lan disliked her condescending tone: “What’s wrong with being a seamstress? A seamstress can take measurements and cut clothes. You don’t know anything, you’re not even as good as a seamstress.”

“You don’t want to do sample garment work, can you draw design sketches? Or do you know how to pattern-making?”

Let alone these, even simple measuring and cutting, she might not be able to do well.

Qiao Yue was speechless, she mumbled softly: “I can learn.”

“If you want to learn, you should start from the basics.”

Qiao Lan said expressionlessly: “If you want to enter the clothing design department, you have to start from the sample garment work. If you can’t handle this, then learn business management from Qiao Dong and inherit the company in the future.”

She directly threw this difficult question to Qiao Zhenyuan.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhenyuan’s face changed.

When Qiao Lan first joined the company, he disagreed with the old man’s decision and secretly cultivated Qiao Yue. She was so stupid, it was like her brain was filled with concrete, completely solidified. It angered him so much that he almost had a heart attack.

He wanted to live a few more years: “Yueyue, listen to your sister, start from the basics.”

“Dad!”

Qiao Zhenyuan waved his hand: “If you don’t want to, then take a break for a while.”

Qiao Lan sneered.

People only put in their full effort to solve problems when their own interests are affected.

Qiao Zhenyuan was like that.

Qiao Yue glared at Qiao Lan with hatred: “Don’t get too cocky!”

One day, she would make Qiao Lan cry and leave Qiao’s.

Qiao Lan heard her threat, her heart remained calm, without a ripple, she even felt her ears were getting calloused.

She looked at Qiao Zhenyuan expressionlessly: “If there’s nothing else, I’ll be off.”

Qiao Zhenyuan asked eagerly: “Lanlan, you’ve been resting for so many days, shouldn’t you be back to work?”

Qiao Lan glanced at the messy files on his desk and chuckled: “It’s only been a few days, Qiao Dong can’t handle it anymore?”

The Qiao family was full of incompetent people, Qiao Zhenyuan was also a piece of useless mud, unable to negotiate business outside the company, and couldn’t even handle internal problems.

During Qiao Lan’s break, all the big and small matters of the company fell on Qiao Zhenyuan’s shoulders. He handled them in a chaotic mess, full of loopholes and problems, and his head was about to explode.

Qiao Lan’s gaze stimulated his strong sense of self-esteem, he stubbornly covered it up: “You offended the Chu family at the wedding, they’re constantly making trouble for Qiao’s, how can I have the energy to deal with company matters?”

Qiao Lan: “I know.”

What did “I know” mean?

Qiao Zhenyuan desperately wanted an answer: “When will you come back to work?”

“Tomorrow.”

Only then did Qiao Zhenyuan breathe a sigh of relief. He sat in his chair and tugged at his tie in frustration.

He hated Qiao Lan’s arrogant and condescending appearance, but Qiao’s couldn’t do without her.

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Qiao Lan returned to her office, picked up her bag, and prepared to leave work.

The assistant who was delivering files was surprised: “General Manager Qiao, where are you going?”

“Home.”

The assistant glanced at the pile of files on the table and reminded her: “Aren’t you going to deal with those files?”

“Tomorrow.”

The assistant looked at Qiao Lan in astonishment, as if she were looking at a stranger.

She had been following Qiao Lan since she joined the company, and she knew that Qiao Lan was a workaholic who set high standards for herself and loved working for Qiao’s.

The files on her desk never stayed until the next day, she was always the last one to leave the company.

Qiao Lan smiled wryly: “I spent my first half of life living for others, I should live for myself in the second half.”

She respected Qiao Lao, sacrificed her own interests, and devoted all her energy to Qiao’s. But what did she get in the end?

Outsiders will always be outsiders, no matter how much you give, it can’t compare to blood ties.

So she had let go.

Before leaving, Qiao Lan suddenly remembered something: “By the way, have you found anything about the matter I asked you to investigate?”

The assistant shook her head: “The organizer of the fashion show is very mysterious, I can only find out that they are from the capital, but I can’t find out their specific identity, it may take some time.”

If they can’t find it now, they might not find it in the future.

Qiao Lan had no hope left.

“Is there any movement from An Qingyuan?”

An Qingyuan was desperate because of the huge amount of breach of contract, he used strong measures to lock her in the makeup room.

Unexpectedly, a savior appeared, the organizer’s appearance crushed his plan, and he was kicked out of the fashion show, resulting in another big loss.

Knowing An Qingyuan, he would definitely hold her accountable for this.

“No, I heard his company is in trouble, he’s too busy to deal with anything else.”

Qiao Lan raised an eyebrow: “Go and see what happened, and if necessary, add fuel to the fire.”

An Qingyuan’s rise to fame was not glorious, taking him down wouldn’t be difficult.

She had to strike first before he could make a move.

“Understood.”

The assistant had been by Qiao Lan’s side for so many years, she understood what Qiao Lan wanted to do from a single word or a glance.

The assistant looked at her high heels and asked with concern: “General Manager Qiao, have you found a temporary driver?”

“I have.” Qiao Lan said: “Ask the HR department to keep looking.”

Mo Qian being a driver was a waste of his talent, he should have a wider world.

“Do I need to report his salary to finance?”

“Don’t worry about the salary, he won’t be shortchanged.”

She was paying Mo Qian’s salary now, he definitely wouldn’t take it. When they got divorced in a year, she would pay him compensation together with the salary.

Qiao Lan opened the car door and left.

She didn’t notice that someone was following her.

Qiao Yue saw the man’s profile in the driver’s seat and clenched her fist in anger.

Mo Qian’s handsome face was unforgettable.

She used the company’s money to pay her husband a high salary, abusing her power for personal gain, how wonderful!