I Just Want to Spoil and Run Away with the Abused Female Lead [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 37.1

The woman stopped in front of her in high heels. Shi Xingrao blinked and glanced at the secretaries around her.

As soon as Shi Xingrao arrived at her workstation, she had shared the pastries made by the eccentric guy with the secretaries. In return, the secretaries, who looked out for her, assigned her only simple tasks.

Shi Xingrao pondered that she wasn’t exactly doing nothing. On the contrary, if she tried to help with certain tasks, it might only make things more chaotic for everyone.

Besides, what did it have to do with this woman? She had just come over to pick a fight.

Shi Xingrao said, “Wait, what has our executive secretary department ever done to you? Why are you criticizing the sisters? They’re as beautiful as flowers and highly competent at their jobs.”

Shen Yishu had just stepped out of her office when she overheard Shi Xingrao’s words.

“As beautiful as flowers and highly competent.”

Just yesterday, Shi Xingrao had said the same thing about her.

It seemed Shi Xingrao’s sweet talk was equally distributed to everyone.

Shen Yishu’s cold eyes dimmed slightly. Perhaps she had misunderstood Shi Xingrao’s intentions. Maybe Shi Xingrao had an equal fondness for every beautiful woman, an equal desire to charm and please them.

“The secretaries have no complaints, and neither do I. We’re all quite satisfied with how things are arranged. What’s your problem? Are you so dissatisfied with your own life that you have to come here seeking validation?”

The woman had come with the sole intention of causing trouble for Shi Xingrao. She couldn’t care less about what others thought.

“I wasn’t talking about them. Don’t try to shift the focus and drag others into this. No one in the secretary department has it easy. Look at how busy the vice president’s secretarial office is! How can you be so idle instead of helping out?”

“If you refuse to lend a hand, don’t blame me for not putting in a good word for you with President Shen.”

“You’re already not taken seriously. If I say a few more words, your life in the Shen family will only get harder.”

“Never mind whether my life is satisfactory or not. As a fake, all you need to know is that I can make your life miserable.”

Shi Xingrao looked at the woman with calm amusement. “? And who are you to President Shen?”

First, there was the eccentric guy claiming to be Shen Yishu’s boyfriend, and now this eccentric woman was asserting some connection to Shen Yishu? Were these two trying to form a perfect pair of lunatics?

The woman pointed at Shi Xingrao. “You… What do you mean? You don’t believe I have ties to President Shen?”

Shi Xingrao narrowed her eyes. “Not at all. I’m just genuinely curious.”

Shi Xingrao added, “Sis, if you have no real connection to my aunt, you should just go back. Reporting grievances is my job. You’re not qualified.”

“My aunt placed me in the secretary department because she cares about me, not so I could be bullied by you.”

Shi Xingrao had no habit of tolerating mistreatment. She had a whole arsenal of tricks for borrowing authority to intimidate others.

Shen Yishu listened quietly, her fingers curling slightly. This little fox, borrowing the tiger’s authority did she really dote on Shi Xingrao? She had indeed wanted to keep the girl under her watchful eye, but she hadn’t expected her actions to be interpreted as doting and pampering.

Watching this somewhat willful girl stand there, declaring that she was the most cherished, Shen Yishu suddenly felt as though she were raising a child. With her backing, the girl was exceptionally self-assured.

The woman’s face clearly showed a flicker of hesitation, but recalling the messages in the group chat, she regained her confidence. After all, she was just a fake young lady. If she were truly favored, why wouldn’t she be groomed as the successor? In a powerful family like the Shens, being doted on meant nothing, only power was real and tangible.

“A mere impostor, and you dare call President Shen ‘Auntie’? You’d better know your place. If I tell you to go west, you’d better not go east.”

“Who are you telling to know their place?” Shen Yishu’s gaze was icy, carrying an indescribable menace. Under such a stare, the woman felt as if her blood had frozen, a chill spreading through her body.

“I wasn’t aware that my secretary was also working for you.”

Shen Yishu was not ignorant of the fact that the Shen family’s collateral branches liked to push newcomers around. In the past, their behavior hadn’t been this excessive, so she had turned a blind eye.

But today, this person had the audacity to test her attitude on her own turf.

If she showed even the slightest indifference toward Shi Xingrao, would likely have no standing in the Shen family from then on.

“Does your vice president think my temper has improved over the years?” Shen Yishu’s gaze was cold, as if she were looking at a corpse. Suddenly remembering Shi Xingrao’s presence, she glanced in her direction. “Go inside and wait for Auntie. Don’t stand out here.”

The stark contrast in Shen Yishu’s attitude toward her and Shi Xingrao made the woman who had come to pick a fight suddenly nervous. She didn’t dare answer Shen Yishu’s question.

Shen Yishu gave her another cold glance, and the woman quickly lowered her head, avoiding eye contact.

Shen Yishu headed to the vice president’s office, taking the woman with her. “If you overstep your boundaries again, don’t blame me for stripping you of your current positions. Stay in your lane, and you might still have a place in this company.”

“If you continue to meddle in matters that don’t concern you, don’t expect any leniency from me.”

After delivering a few stern warnings, Shen Yishu left with a final remark: “Fire her.”

Once the office door closed, the man inside curled his lips into a faint smile, only to let it fade the next moment. Yang Xiao, that fool, he actually thought he could win Shen Yishu over. Not only had he failed to charm her, but Shen Yishu had also officially recognized Shi Xingrao as the second young lady of the Shen family.

From the looks of it today, Shi Xingrao was no easier to deal with than Shen Yun. With Shen Yishu already suppressing them, adding Shen Yun and Shi Xingrao to the mix would make their future unbearable.

Yang Xiao, useless. And he had the nerve to think he had what it took.

Hearing Shen Yishu’s order to fire her, the woman who had been so arrogant earlier completely lost her composure. “Vice President, Vice President, you can’t fire me! They said Shi Xingrao wasn’t favored that’s why I went. I never intended to cause trouble for her in the first place.”

Her pleas elicited little reaction from the man in the chair. “You offended the second young lady of the Shen family. There’s nothing I can do to help you.”

Yang Xiao was still spouting his “success principles,” but news from the top floor had already spread, everyone knew Shen Yishu had stood up for Shi Xingrao. All the talk about Shi Xingrao being an unloved, fake heiress was proven false, and this incident once again exposed Yang Xiao’s claims as lies.

The supervisor, realizing he’d been fooled, stormed over and grabbed Yang Xiao. “You’ve got some nerve! Who do you think you’re fooling? President Shen’s boyfriend? Take a good look at yourself, a toad lusting after swan meat! What the hell were you thinking?”

“Trying to play me? I’ll teach you to mess with me!”

“You think you can just take Xiao Wu’s performance credits? Xiao Wu, don’t you dare give your credits to this idiot. If you do, I’ll lose it.”

“As long as I’m here, this moron won’t lay a finger on your credits. If he dares take even one, I’ll slap him ten times!”

Xiao Wu, standing nearby: “!!!”

Oh wow.

Praying to the heavens actually worked it really had to be the heavens.

The heavens must truly see him as their own grandson.

Yang Xiao never expected the supervisor to charge out of nowhere and start hitting him. Caught completely off guard, he took several hard slaps before he managed to grab the supervisor’s hand.

“When did I ever fool you? Did I say I was President Shen’s boyfriend? You’re the one who gave me the opportunity!”

Xiao Wu chimed in abruptly, “He was just telling me he’s President Shen’s boyfriend!”

Xiao Wu’s remark was like pouring oil on the fire. Yang Xiao was both furious and speechless. “Didn’t I tell you not to tell anyone?”

Xiao Wu lowered his head, utterly confused. “Wasn’t that your way of telling me to spread the word? I must have misunderstood. The way you said it, I thought you wanted me to tell everyone.”

Yang Xiao endured a few more slaps from the supervisor. “You’re hitting me? This is workplace bullying! I’m going to report you!”

The supervisor sneered, “Go ahead and try. Do you even know who’s backing me? Vice President Shen! Aside from President Shen, Vice President Shen holds the highest authority in this company.”

Shi Xingrao had been dragged into the office by Shen Yishu, but her curiosity about the drama hadn’t faded. Watching one lunatic fight another, she couldn’t help but smile. So entertaining.

Maybe she should give Shen Yishu a gift something Shen Yishu would surely appreciate.

“Duoduo, record the screen and email it to everyone in the company.”

Shi Xingrao stayed quiet. Shen Yishu glanced at her before returning to work. It was better to keep the girl close, where she could keep an eye on her at least that way, she wouldn’t be bullied by random people.

The work environment at Shen Corporation had never been great. Under the previous head, power abuses and bullying of newcomers were rampant, and some of the Shen family’s distant branches were still stirring up trouble.

But Shen Yishu never expected such behavior to happen right under her nose.

Were they testing her authority? Pushing her limits?

Since they insisted on acting this way, it was time to clean up Shen Corporation’s work culture. Just as Shen Yishu was thinking this, she opened her email and found someone had handed her the evidence on a silver platter.

The argument between Yang Xiao and the supervisor was intense.

Who could have done this? Shen Yishu pondered calmly. A well-meaning person? Or Yang Xiao, who’d always had it out for Shi Xingrao?

Shen Yishu lifted her gaze to Shi Xingrao. The girl was still looking at her phone but seemed to sense Shen Yishu’s attention. She looked up and smiled.

Shen Yishu quickly averted her gaze. It probably wasn’t Shi Xingrao’s doing. While Shi Xingrao was indeed clever in small ways, she had just joined the company and had been with her the whole time, leaving no opportunity for her to act.

Shen Yishu acted swiftly, convening a meeting that very day to dismiss both the supervisor and Yang Xiao, then proceeded to further suppress the Shen family’s collateral branches.

She’s quite busy, Shi Xingrao thought, feeling as though she hadn’t seen Shen Yishu rest at all.

Xiao Wu, who had just been praying to the heavens earlier, now sat in the supervisor’s seat, still a bit dazed.

The heavens truly work in mysterious ways, when there’s a matter to handle, they handle it.

“Miss Shi really is Shen Zong’s lucky charm. Ever since she arrived, many of Shen Zong’s problems have been resolved effortlessly.”

“Miss Shi is also incredibly beautiful. Just seeing her sitting there is a feast for the eyes. I feel my mood lifts just by looking at her, and with a better mood, my efficiency has improved.”

“Ah, your efficiency improved? Mine dropped, I can’t help but keep glancing at her. She’s just so stunning.”

“Could I borrow Miss Shen’s face in my next life?”

“Miss Shi is not only easy to talk to but also sweet and gentle. Just having her around makes everyone happy.”