What Are They After?!

"Sister Yue, what brought you here?"

"I need to see the section chief about something. Xiao Pan, step outside for a moment."

That morning, not long after Li Ye arrived at work, he saw Yue Lingshan come over—and she even told Pan Dachuan to leave.

Pan Dachuan exchanged a look with Li Ye, then got up and went out, leaving the office door half open.

The moment Pan Dachuan left, Yue Lingshan's face fell, making her look pitiful and aggrieved.

Li Ye smiled. "What's wrong with you? Lose your wallet or something?"

Yue Lingshan said miserably, "Section Chief, can you think of some way to transfer me to First Branch Factory too?"

Li Ye asked in surprise, "Didn't you not want to come to First Branch Factory back then? What changed?"

Yue Lingshan said timidly, "I only wanted to discuss it with my family first, but you went ahead and chose Pan Dachuan. Now I'm neither fish nor fowl."

Li Ye froze, then asked quietly, "Are they freezing you out over at the Supply Department of the main factory?"

Yue Lingshan pursed her lips, looking utterly wronged. "Zheng Jiemin stirs up trouble in the department every day. Deputy Section Chief Wu keeps butting heads with Section Chief Ding at the drop of a hat. I'm caught in the middle and taking heat from both sides."

If a fence-sitter like you doesn't suffer, who will?

Li Ye wanted to laugh, but couldn't.

When he had first entered the work unit, Yue Lingshan had been Deputy Section Chief Wu Qingyi's loyal subordinate. Later, Old Ding had risen like a strange army to become section chief, while Li Ye's prospects had begun looking bright, so Yue Lingshan had drifted toward Li Ye and his master.

Now Wu Qingyi saw hope again and had