Chapter 731
Venting Resentment for My Cousin
This person was from Dongjiang No. 2 Construction Company. He was the former head of the steel structure processing center in the suburbs. Xu Bo'an had just been promoted but demoted in name only when he went there on official business.
At that time, Director Gao was indifferent to Xu Bo'an and clearly did not show him the same respect as before.
Later, when Xu Bo'an was promoted to the head of Dongjiang Second Construction Company, Director Gao's attitude changed dramatically. He would often call Xu Bo'an to inquire about his well-being and would bring him gifts to Xu Bo'an's office whenever he had time.
"The world is bustling, all for profit; the world is bustling, all for gain." After Xu Bo'an's promotion, Director Gao's attitude towards Xu Bo'an changed. How could Xu Bo'an not know the purpose behind his actions?
He was just too lazy to pay attention to him. Sure enough, several times later, Director Gao tried to use Xu Bo'an's connections to get his younger brother a job at Dongjiang No. 2 Construction Company, but Xu Bo'an did not agree at the time.
Later, he subtly asked Xu Bo'an to help him get a promotion, but Xu Bo'an refused.
Xu Bo'an, of course, showed no mercy to Director Gao, a man who would follow the trend of power, attach himself to those who were in power, and distance himself from those who were no longer of any benefit. He told him directly not to come looking for him again.
From then on, Director Gao began to resent Xu Bo'an, but Xu Bo'an held a high position and great power, so he could do nothing about it and could only curse Xu Bo'an in his heart.
However, when Xu Bo'an was about to leave his job, he heard that Director Gao had somehow gotten promoted to general manager of the steel structure processing center. Since Xu Bo'an was leaving anyway, he didn't care about these things.
Although Director Gao's attitude towards Xu Bo'an changed drastically before and after his promotion, it only proves that Director Gao is not someone worth getting close to. However, he did not do anything to harm him. Xu Bo'an simply disliked him at that time, but it was not to the point of bringing him down!
Xu Bo'an turned his head and saw that it was Director Gao. He said casually, "Oh, isn't this Director Gao? What a coincidence!"
Director Gao looked at Xu Bo'an with disdain, chuckled and said, "Mr. Xu, what a coincidence! When you left, I had already been promoted to the head of our steel structure center. Now you'll probably have to call me Manager Gao!"
Xu Bo'an could easily see the disdain in Director Gao's eyes. When he called him "General Manager Xu," he deliberately emphasized his tone, and his purpose was self-evident. Wasn't he just trying to take the opportunity to satirize him?
If Xu Bo'an had been fired from Dongjiang No. 2 Construction Company when he left, Director Gao's words might have angered him. However, Xu Bo'an left Dongjiang No. 2 Construction Company entirely voluntarily. Although forced resignation and voluntary resignation seem to have the same final result, there is a big difference from a psychological perspective. Therefore, Xu Bo'an did not care when Director Gao said this.
Too lazy to argue with him, she said casually, "Oh, I completely forgot about your promotion, I'm so sorry, Manager Gao! I'm not the same General Manager Xu anymore, just call me by my name! You must have made a fortune since your promotion, coming all the way to the gold shop to buy gold bars?"
Director Gao turned to look at his younger brother and future sister-in-law behind him and said to Xu Bo'an, "What are you saying? We're lucky if we can support our families on our salaries, let alone afford to buy gold bars! My brother is getting engaged soon, so I'm just showing him and his wife around!"
Xu Bo'an followed Director Gao's gaze and looked behind him, where he saw a man and a woman holding hands and standing close together, clearly a couple deeply in love.
However, at first glance, Xu Bo'an recognized the woman in front of him as the girl who had recently broken up with his cousin Tang Muyang. The girl looked up and saw Xu Bo'an, knowing that he was Tang Muyang's cousin. When she saw Xu Bo'an, her eyes darted away, as if she was afraid that Xu Bo'an would expose her.
Xu Bo'an's parents didn't know anything about what had happened between them. They only heard that he was their son's former colleague and that his younger brother was getting married soon. So they said to Director Gao, his brother, and his wife in a very friendly manner, "What a wonderful occasion! Congratulations!"
Director Gao, adopting a superior demeanor, simply nodded to Xu Bo'an's parents and said, "Mr. Xu, it's really filial of you to bring you two to buy gold. However, I just saw that gold necklace, and it seems a bit too small. Your son should have bought you a heavier one! It's too embarrassing to wear something so small!"
Just now, when Xu Bo'an asked the waiter to pack up the gold necklace, Director Gao happened to be behind Xu Bo'an and saw the gold necklace, which is why he said what he did.
Xu Bo'an knew that Director Gao was just trying to put him down. Before Xu Bo'an's parents could explain, Xu Bo'an spoke first: "Director Gao, oh, no, Manager Gao, what do you mean by that? What I buy for my parents is none of your business!"
Director Gao said with a forced smile, "Hehe, of course I mean what I said literally. Mr. Xu, oh no, Xu Bo'an, you didn't get fired from Dongjiang Second Construction and can't even afford a decent piece of gold jewelry for your parents? You can't be that miserable, can you?"
Just kidding. With Xu Bo'an's current strength, he could swallow up a mountain of gold. He really doesn't care about such a small gold shop.
Xu Bo'an's parents could also see that this man was not friendly to their son. Xu Bo'an's father said, "You young man, you have a very interesting way of speaking. You really love to meddle in other people's business. Is it any of your business what we do?"
Director Gao said, "Hey, why are you so rude, old man? I'm just trying to help you educate your son and make him more filial to you, and you get angry. You're such an ungrateful old man!"
Xu Bo'an's father was furious when he heard this and was about to speak when Xu Bo'an stopped him. Xu Bo'an's father listened to his son and kept quiet.
Xu Bo'an realized that since Director Gao was trying to belittle him again and again, he wouldn't stop until he humiliated him!
Xu Bo'an, of course, wouldn't tolerate him. Director Gao said bluntly, "Who do you think you are? You think you're so great just because you've been promoted to manager of the steel structure center? In my eyes, someone like you won't even be qualified to carry my shoes!"
Upon hearing Xu Bo'an's words, Director Gao dropped the pretense and bluntly said, "Heh, do you still think you're the same high and mighty General Manager Xu you used to be? You're just an unemployed bum fired from Dongjiang Second Construction now, and you say I'm not even qualified to carry your shoes? You're really shameless, aren't you afraid of biting off more than you can chew? Let me tell you, Xu Bo'an, things are different now. I advise you to be sensible, or don't blame me for being impolite!" Director Gao must have heard rumors that Xu Bo'an had been fired from Dongjiang Second Construction. Xu Bo'an's parents were still here. He didn't mind hearing this himself, but if his parents heard it, the old couple would worry about him. His parents were getting on in years, and Xu Bo'an only wanted them to enjoy their retirement; he didn't want them to have any more worries.
Xu Bo'an chuckled dismissively and said, "Heh, you really believe everything you hear. I didn't even know I was fired from Dongjiang Construction Group. How did you know?"
Director Gao said, "Heh, you're already the head of Dongjiang Second Construction Company. If the company hadn't fired you, would you have volunteered to resign? What a joke!"
At this moment, Director Gao's younger brother said, "My brother is right. You're really ridiculous! You've already been reduced to being fired, and you still have the nerve to keep stubbornly arguing!"
Xu Bo'an looked at Director Gao's younger brother with a contemptuous smile and said, "Heh, Director Gao's younger brother, is that it? What does my current situation have to do with you? May I ask where you are working?"
When Director Gao's younger brother heard Xu Bo'an's question, he said smugly, "It's fine to tell you. My girlfriend and I both work at Dongjiang Second Construction Company, and I'm already the deputy director of the office. How about that? You can look up to me now!"
Xu Bo'an chuckled, clapped his hands, and looked at the girl who used to be his cousin's ex-girlfriend but was now standing next to Director Gao's brother. He said, "Young man, you're quite something, aren't you? But I must remind you, as a man, you actually want to marry a promiscuous woman who likes to flirt with other women. Don't you feel ashamed? And you still have the nerve to show off your superiority here! It's really laughable!"
Xu Bo'an disapproved of Tang Muyang's ex-girlfriend for deceiving his cousin's feelings and wanted to avenge his cousin, so he changed the subject to this.
Moreover, since Director Gao and his brother are targeting him like this, Xu Bo'an won't give face to any of them.
These words were incredibly damaging to a man, and Director Gao's brother was no exception. Hearing Xu Bo'an's words, he angrily replied, "Jealousy really can distort a person's appearance! You're just jealous of us, that's why you're making such baseless accusations! If I remember correctly, this is the first time I've met you, and my girlfriend has never even met you before. You're just making things up to try and sow discord between us? No way!"
Xu Bo'an said, "Heh, jealous of you? You're not good enough to make me jealous!"
Before Director Gao's brother could speak, the girl, clearly nervous after hearing Xu Bo'an's words, quickly echoed her boyfriend's earlier statement, saying to Xu Bo'an, "That's right, we've never met before, so don't spout nonsense and make false accusations! I'll sue you for defamation!"
Xu Bo'an looked at his cousin's ex-girlfriend and smiled, saying, "Oh, you dare to do it but not admit it? You're even suing me for defamation? If you hadn't threatened me like this, I would have forgotten that I have evidence. I have the recording of your conversation at Xingruike that day. Do you want me to play it for you?"
The girl was extremely nervous when she heard Xu Bo'an say those words. During her relationship with Xu Bo'an's younger brother, Tang Muyang, she had an ambiguous relationship with Director Gao's younger brother. To put it bluntly, she was already two-timing him. She just wanted to have Tang Muyang as a backup plan if the Gao family's financial situation was too good and their parents didn't approve.
Later, after passing the exam to become a second-tier construction worker in Dongjiang, I thought that at least I would have a decent job, and the Gao family would definitely agree to the marriage. So the first thing I did after getting the job was to get rid of Tang Muyang, who was a relatively poor backup option. I thought that I could get promoted in Dongjiang Second Construction Workers in the future by relying on the Gao family's connections, and then I could live a life without worries about food and clothing.
Having gone through so much trouble to get to the engagement stage, she didn't want anything to go wrong. In her panic, she quickly pretended to be calm and said, "Who are you trying to scare? These days, anything can be faked. Many recordings can be altered with high technology. You think we'll believe you just because you released them? You're trying to sow discord between us? No way!"
As for the conversation between Tang Muyang and his ex-girlfriend at Xingruike that day, Xu Bo'an really didn't record it. Firstly, Xu Bo'an didn't know that his cousin was sitting behind him at that time. Secondly, even if Xu Bo'an was sitting at the same table with his cousin Tang Muyang, he couldn't possibly record them arguing and breaking up. Only someone with a lot of boredom would do that!
When the girl saw that Xu Bo'an hadn't spoken for a long time after she finished speaking, she immediately realized that Xu Bo'an had just said that he was trying to trick her. Fortunately, she was smart enough not to fall for his trick, otherwise the marriage she had worked so hard to get would have fallen through.
Thinking of this, the girl looked at Xu Bo'an smugly and said, "Hehe, why aren't you saying anything? Didn't you say you had evidence? Then show it to us!"
Xu Bo'an initially claimed to have a recording because he thought the girl was a naive young woman who had only recently entered the workforce and didn't have much social experience. He figured he could easily outsmart her with a little bluff. However, he was wrong to think that the girl was so clever and wouldn't fall for his tricks at all.
Seeing the girl's arrogant attitude, Xu Bo'an regretted not recording her earlier. He reminded himself that he must always carry a high-tech, invisible recording device with him in the future!
Just as Xu Bo'an was wondering how to deal with it, several more people entered from the entrance of the gold shop. Xu Bo'an had his back to the entrance of the gold shop and could not see who they were, but Director Gao was standing facing the entrance of the gold shop and could see them clearly.
Director Gao's expression changed instantly from one of disdain for Xu Bo'an to one of beaming smiles. His change of expression was even faster than that of a professional face-changing actor in Peking Opera!
He immediately hunched over and strode towards the jewelry store, looking exactly like a sycophant.
Xu Bo'an followed the direction Director Gao had walked and, upon seeing the newcomer, a smug smile involuntarily appeared on his face. (End of Chapter)