The phone ringing startled Henry Sullivan awake. He reached for his phone, thinking it might be an important call from the military, but saw Ivy Miller’s number instead.
He frowned while glancing at the ti, it was 11:40.
He quickly picked up the call; she wouldn’t call him this late unless sothing was wrong.
As soon as the call connected, he heard her crying: "Uncle, Uncle, I’m scared."
"What’s wrong?" Henry’s fingers gripped the phone tightly.
"I’m really scared, Uncle, I was working overti in the office and accidentally fell asleep. I woke up and found the lights wouldn’t turn on, and I can’t open the door.
It’s so dark outside, the corridor is so long, and I’m too scared to go out alone.
Uncle, I’m scared, can you talk to ?"
Henry frowned deeply: "Don’t be afraid, I’ll call soone to go up and bring you down."
"Uncle, don’t hang up, I’m scared."
"Okay, okay, I won’t hang up, just listen to my voice."
He got up and dialed his father’s secretary from the landline.
He instructed the secretary to notify security to imdiately go up and bring Ivy Miller down.
After hanging up the phone, Henry asked, "Why are you working overti again tonight?
Is this job that exhausting?"
"Isn’t it because you bought that Audi?
Our team leader targets because I drive an Audi to work.
There are several newcors who joined at the sa ti, but she’s always assigning the most work to alone.
I just can’t finish it all, so I have to work overti."
Actually, Ivy Miller never intended to complain from the start.
But now she really couldn’t hold it in anymore.
If this continued, she felt she would go crazy.
To stop herself from going completely insane, she didn’t want to hide it anymore.
Uncle was her husband, so things should be shared in sorrow with him, right?
"What’s your team leader’s na?"
Ivy frowned: "I really forgot, she introduced herself once when I arrived, I’m terrible with nas.
But everyone calls her Team Leader Liu, and I heard she has connections in our company."
Henry’s face turned somber: "Alright, I got it, I’ll handle this."
"You’ll handle it? How?"
"I’ll make her leave."
Ivy felt guilty for a mont, she heard that Team Leader Liu’s business ability was actually quite good.
If her complaints caused the company to lose a good employee, wouldn’t that be a loss?
"Oh, never mind, it’s fine, I was just venting.
Even though she did give a lot of work, it’s also partly because my own work ability isn’t up to par.
After a few more months of honing, she won’t be able to make things difficult for even if she wants to.
Moreover, we had an argunt this morning, so I didn’t really lose out."
"You don’t have to be so accommodating, she has connections, but so do you.
You don’t need to swallow your pride, this company will be yours in the future, understand?"
Ivy thought to herself, if her mother-in-law heard this, she would probably be furious.
"Uncle, promise , don’t make things difficult for Team Leader Liu.
I don’t want dad and mom saying I can’t even endure this bit of hardship."
"Are you sure?" Henry asked her.
"Yes, I’m sure."
"And what if she continues to bully you?"
"Where there’s oppression, there will be resistance. I’m not that easy to bully.
Besides, even if I can’t beat that woman, I still have you, don’t I?
If the ti cos, you can help then.
I’ve only been at the company for a month; I don’t want to make too many enemies."
Henry nodded and smiled: "So, are you still scared?"
"Not anymore. With Uncle with , I’m not afraid of anything.
Uncle, I think I hear footsteps outside."
"That must be soone coming to get you."
Sure enough, the door was pushed open, and the security guard on night shift ca up with a flashlight asking if anyone was there.
Ivy imdiately stood up: "Yes, sir, soone’s here."
Being safely escorted out of the company by the security guard, Ivy finally felt she could completely breathe a sigh of relief.
Once in the car, Ivy put on her Bluetooth headset: "Uncle, I’ve been rescued."
"Rember, no matter how busy, you must go ho early. The company won’t miss one employee."
"Oh, you don’t understand. This isn’t the military where orders are followed, this is the workplace.
Workplace politics can be quite terrifying, not as simple as you think."
"That’s why you should stop working under a secret identity.
If you let people know who you are from the start, let’s see who dares to bully you then.
No matter how strong soone else’s backing is, it’s not stronger than yours at Twilight Group."
"But I don’t like that kind of life, I feel more at ease as I am now.
Besides, I work based on my ability, not by relying on connections.
With my hard work now, one day others will acknowledge .
But if people knew who I am, no matter how hard I try, they’d say I am only succeeding because of you."
Henry smiled; this girl seed to understand life really well.
Ivy glanced at the ti: "Uncle, you should rest, I’m on my way ho."
"Don’t talk on the phone while driving, I won’t sleep. I’ll wait for you, once you’re ho, let know you’re safe."
"Okay."
Ivy smiled slightly; she didn’t know why he was the first person she thought of when she was so afraid.
Could this be what they call the marital bond?
Since he was her husband, her mind automatically sought out the person she most wanted to rely on when she was scared.
It was amazing, they hadn’t known each other for that long, yet she thought of relying on him.
She shook her head, but his voice just now was indeed very tense.
After marriage, surely she wasn’t the only one whose ntality slowly changed?
This introverted uncle was changing too, wasn’t he?
When she got ho, she texted him, I’ve safely arrived ho, so please don’t worry.
But he imdiately called her.
Ivy raised her eyebrows and smiled as she answered: "Hello, Uncle."
"I just activated my mobile data and created a WeChat account, so add there.
In the future, when you work overti at night, I can keep you company."
"Huh?" Ivy was honestly surprised. This uncle, who never went online, activated mobile data and opened a WeChat account to keep her company during her overti?
That’s... which way did the sun rise from today, it’s so surprising.
"Huh, what’s so surprising?"
"Yes, it’s strange, don’t you think you’re acting strange yourself?
Uncle, tell honestly, have I influenced you recently?
Thinking of it this way, I’m actually quite useful, aren’t I?
At least... I’ve made you change a bit for ."
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