Chapter 298: Chapter 298: Slapped in the Face Again!
Everyone looked at each other.
Maeve’s words were dripping with sarcasm. While she congratulated with a smile on her lips, the deeper aning was to belittle Lin Qi to the extre.
Yet Lin Qi did not get angry; instead, she smiled faintly: “Ms. Mia, do you know what the most valuable bag in the world is?”
Without thinking, Maeve responded: “Hers, of course.”
She didn’t understand why Lin Qi suddenly asked this.
Lin Qi smiled slightly: “Yes, many classic Hers bags don’t drop in price as second-hand; in fact, they increase in value. Unlike the bags from street stalls, you worry about not being able to sell even for 100 yuan. So, Hers is Hers, and street stall goods are street stalls goods. Hers retains its value even as a second- or third-hand product. Unlike street stall goods, nobody wants them.”
She was not angry, her words were like a hidden knife, sharp and pointed.
Lin Qi knew that to get angry with such people ant losing.
Maeve’s face stiffened harshly.
She clenched her teeth but managed to hold back her anger.
Beside her, a female team mber whispered fuel to the fire: “Ms. Mia, she’s clearly mocking you as unwanted street stall goods!”
Maeve glared at her, “Do you think I couldn’t hear that?!”
She suddenly stood up, staring intensely at Lin Qi, wishing she could rush up and pull her hair out.
But the office was crowded with people.
She could only swallow her resentnt: “Lin Qi! So you an to say, you are Hers, and I’m street stall goods, is that it?! How do you manage to glorify yourself like this?”
Lin Qi said: “Huh? Ms. Mia, I never said that. I’m just stating facts about Hers bags and street stall goods, don’t take it personally. Why would you automatically think of yourself as street stall goods?”
Maeve was so angry she nearly cracked her back teeth!
She initially wanted to mock Lin Qi for being divorced, a second-hand good, but instead, she got outplayed!
Han Na gently tugged Lin Qi’s hand: “Lin Qi, it’s okay, you still haven’t finished your eting report.”
Lin Qi nodded, lowered her head, and prepared to organize her notes.
Suddenly, a female colleague, looking for more drama, asked: “Lin Qi, where is your boyfriend from?”
Lin Qi responded: “He’s a local.”
The colleague asked further: “Where does he work? Have you bought your wedding house and car?”
Lin Qi thought for a bit and said, “He works at the sa company as .”
Everyone was imdiately abuzz.
Maeve also stunned, “The sa company? Which departnt does he work in?”
Lin Qi pointed upwards, saying: “Upstairs.”
Huo Tingdong’s office was located upstairs.
Departnts in Huace Tower increased in prestige the higher the floor.
The higher the floor, the higher the status.
Maeve furrowed her brows: “There are so many departnts upstairs, how would we know which one he works in if you don’t specify?”
Lin Qi said: “Why are you rushing to inquire about him now? He’s very busy with work, and we seldom et. But once we get married, I’ll give you wedding candies, then you’ll know.”
The female colleague gossiped further: “How much is your boyfriend’s annual inco?”
Lin Qi thought about it: “Basically, it’s over a million after taxes!”
An annual inco of one million is also over one million; several hundred billion is also over a million.
She wasn’t being secretive. She was afraid if she told them her fiancé is Huo Tingdong, Maeve wouldn’t believe her and would stir up more trouble.
Everyone gasped hearing her boyfriend’s annual inco was over a million!
For the project team mbers, an annual inco of a million wasn’t rare, but positions with an annual inco over a million exceeded 80% of Huace employees!
The female colleague asked again: “Where’s your wedding house located?”
Lin Qi said: “We haven’t bought the wedding house yet.”
Her colleagues looked at each other and started discussing housing prices:
“House prices aren’t cheap now! A good location costs over seventy-eight thousand per square ter!”
“Yeah. Like core areas, they cost over two hundred thousand per square ter.”
“But Lin Qi’s boyfriend is a local, he presumably has a house here already!”
“For locals, owning three or four properties isn’t unusual!”
“Wow! That ans Lin Qi is marrying into a wealthy family?”
“Having seven or eight properties is a wealthy family? Only in so other cities maybe, but in Beijing, you’re not considered wealthy unless you have assets worth tens of billions!”
“If I were her, why would I work so hard after getting married? It’s better to stay ho and look after the family!”
“…”
Lin Qi quietly listened to their discussions, wondering why her colleagues were so interested in her affairs.
She raised her head and saw Maeve still staring intently at her.
It looked like another rivalry had ford!
“Ms. Mia…”
A male colleague gently said to Mia, “She said her boyfriend is from the upstairs departnt, it doesn’t look like she’s President Qi’s girlfriend, you should be relieved!”
Maeve lightened up a bit upon hearing this: “As if she deserved President Qi.”
Zhou Xiaoying coldly interjected: “If she doesn’t deserve him, do you? President Qi is one of Mr. Huo’s most trusted aides, and is being grood as a vice president. He’ll probably get promoted next year, or the year after at the latest.”
Maeve retorted: “Don’t stand there adding your two cents! How does defending her benefit you? Don’t tell you want to take her side to target ?”
Zhou Xiaoying glanced at her dismissively: “Why should I target soone inferior to ?”
Maeve was furious: “You…”
Zhou Xiaoying: “Your salary isn’t even as high as my base pay. People always aim higher, why would I stoop to compare myself with soone lower? That’s hilarious.”
After speaking, she stood up and went to the coffee area with her tea cup.
In the evening.
After Lin Qi finished her work, she prepared to head ho.
At the company’s side entrance.
Huo Tingdong’s car was parked at the door.
Lin Qi opened the car door and got in.
Huo Tingdong had just started the car when Lin Qi suddenly said, “It’s Momo’s birthday in two days.”
Huo Tingdong looked at the calendar, surprised: “Momo’s birthday is August 22?”
The tail end of Leo.
No wonder Momo gave off a domineering Leo vibe.
Lin Qi said: “Yeah.”
Huo Tingdong said: “Then, Han’s birthday is also August 22.”
At first, Han was adopted by Mo Ke from the orphanage, and Huo Tingdong didn’t know Han’s exact birthday, so he had always celebrated it on the day Han was brought ho from the orphanage.
Lin Qi said: “Han’s birthday is likely August 21.”
Huo Tingdong was montarily taken aback: “Aren’t they twins? Why aren’t their birthdays on the sa day?”
Lin Qi raised an eyebrow: “Han was born at 11:45 p.m. on the 21st, and Momo at 12:12 a.m., I rember it clearly.”
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