She Lost Memory Before the Divorce

Chapter 21: Chapter 0021: Dead Duck Being Obstinate

“I…”

“What, can’t handle it?”

The tone was an undisguised mockery.

A small flame in Mu Lan’s heart fiercely surged.

“I’ll handle it, I’m going to the public relations department now.”

As she spoke, she turned and returned to the elevator.

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The two, one inside the elevator and one outside, locked eyes, competing against each other, neither willing to back down.

The doors slowly closed, and Mu Lan dumbly watched the descending numbers of the elevator.

Indeed, impulsiveness is the devil, where did she know how to handle such matters? Altruism really should not be excessive.

He Yan carefully observed his boss beside him, whose body radiated a chilling air, making it impossible to dare to speak.

When they, a married couple, had a squabble, he was the one who suffered.

“He Yan.”

“President Huo.”

“You handle it. Go to the plant and check the surveillance, in case it’s needed.”

“…”

As a singleton, he really didn’t understand this contradictory behavior; was it playful or something else?

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Mu Lan looked at the agitated workers at the door, feeling a tremble in her calves.

But she couldn’t just do nothing and be defeated without a fight, Huo Tingxiao would look down on her so much.

“Assistant Mu, with this situation, I think you better not go out.”

Everyone knew she was the president’s wife. If something happened to her, did they still want their jobs?

“It’s okay.”

Mu Lan walked out of the revolving door and approached the worker leading the protest.

“Sir, I’m from the president’s secretarial office; you can tell me your demands.”

“What issue can a secretary solve? Do you think we are so easily dismissed?

Let the big boss come out and give us an explanation. People have died, and you’re acting like turtles hiding their heads?”

“Exactly, come out and give us an explanation. Is our life not valuable?”

“They say overtime, no overtime pay, and now people have died, they want it to just disappear? We won’t accept this!”

“Right, we won’t accept this!”

Seeing their agitated state, Mu Lan let them talk first.

Seeing her silent, the workers also fell silent.

“Why aren’t you talking?’

“Are you done speaking? Then it’s my turn.

The company is already investigating and dealing with this issue. We absolutely will not let workers on the front lines be wronged, nor will we let you shed sweat and tears.

Please be a little calmer. You are here to solve the issue, not to escalate the conflict, right?

Let’s discuss this properly. I see this brother seems to be a leader. How about this, you send these fellow workers back first, and select a few representatives; let’s settle this matter together, shall we?”

The head of public relations couldn’t help but give Mu Lan a couple of extra glances, with mockery in their eyes. After all, an ethereal president’s wife, she probably thinks a few words can settle these protests.

Mu Lan did not expect that the workers would not buy into this approach at all, and the leader continued to fuel the fire.

“Don’t fool us with those words; today we must meet the big boss!”

Seeing this wouldn’t end without an incident, and with people recording videos, if this went online, the impact would be immense.

“I am representing the big boss, here to negotiate and resolve this with you…”

“Brothers, look at what kind of unscrupulous company we work for. Someone died, and they don’t dare to show their face, guilty as thieves.

Unscrupulous company, trampling on human lives.”

With the leader’s rallying cry, the others responded as if invigorated.

Now, Mu Lan also lost her temper, thinking these people were so impervious to reason; no wonder she did not give face anymore.

Seeing someone filming with a phone, she directly confronted the camera.

“Since there is a video, and since you disagree on electing a representative to resolve the issue, let’s speak in front of everyone.

The document I’m holding has already been negotiated with the family.

It includes a humanitarian compensation of the company, including consolation and funeral expenses totaling five hundred thousand.

You claim that the company treats human life as worthless, but isn’t the care shown even when the worker himself violated regulations proof of the company’s regard for its workers?”

Mentioning violation of regulations immediately stirred discussions among the workers.

The ones instigating the ruckus acted somewhat guilty as they shifted their gaze around.

“Don’t listen to her nonsense, it wasn’t a violation of regulations at all. Old Six had been working at the factory for so many years, he could operate that machine with his eyes closed. This is just the company trying to shirk responsibility by slandering Old Six.”

Mu Lan was dumbfounded, not expecting them to be completely unreasonable. She wanted to say more, but a group was already trying to surge forward like they were about to riot.

Fortunately, the experienced public relations department pulled Mu Lan back, preventing her from getting hurt.

“Assistant Mu, I think we should handle this matter. You…”

The person spoke politely, but Mu Lan felt utterly embarrassed.

However, feeling embarrassed was less important than preventing further damage to the company.

“I’m sorry for the trouble.”

“Hehe… it’s nothing, that’s what we in the public relations department are here for.”

She knew they were only so polite because they feared her status as the president’s wife. @@novelbin@@

Depressed, she returned to her desk at the top floor, feeling increasingly uncomfortable.

Only after calming down did she realize she had acted foolish and keen on showing off.

“Is everything resolved?”

Jian An came out of Huo Tingxiao’s office and saw Mu Lan looking dejected.

“No…”

“Oh.”

Without saying anything more, Jian An continued with her work.

Glancing at the firmly closed door of the president’s office, Mu Lan felt completely deflated.

No, she couldn’t let him look down on her so easily, couldn’t just concede defeat. Was she still Mu Lan?

“Secretary Jian, I need to step out for a bit.”

Jian An watched her leave in a rush, her face still mostly expressionless.

Just as she left the company, Mu Lan received a phone call from her close friend Gu Xiaoman.

“Hello?”

“What’s going on, you’re trending on social media?”

Trending?

“What’s trending?”

“On Weibo, download it. There’s a video about your company, and you’re in it.

You’d better see it soon and handle it. Call me if you need help, I’ll contact some media friends for you.”

After hanging up, Mu Lan discovered that the video about her had been widely shared on Weibo.

The most infuriating part was the comments from people who had no idea about the truth taking sides.

Since she had taken this issue on herself, she definitely had to see it through.

Wearing high heels, she took a taxi directly to the factory, but without prior application, the security guard adamantly refused to let Mu Lan in.

“Sir, I am from the company’s secretariat, please let me in. Look, here is my work ID.”

“Who knows if your ID is real or fake.”

“I…”

Mu Lan was helpless.

Fortunately, while the security guard was distracted by a truck leaving the factory, Mu Lan sneakily slipped inside.

It took a tremendous amount of effort to finally find the factory manager to gather some information, but she had not expected…