Duan Ruifeng's face turned livid, his eyes dark and grim. "You're fired. Our company has no need for someone as morally corrupt and lacking in professional integrity as you."
"Also, regarding the company's losses, we'll be filing a lawsuit against you through legal channels."
Chen Jue hadn't expected him to be so heartless. She rushed toward him in a panic. "No! You can't be so heartless! We're..."
Duan Ruifeng immediately took two steps back and had the assistant behind him stop her. "We have nothing to do with each other."
Su Qiao was silent for a moment before apologizing to Duan Ruifeng. "Director Duan, I'm sorry."
Duan Ruifeng shook his head with a bitter smile. "This isn't your fault. I can only blame myself for failing to judge people properly and for not being decisive enough."
If he had fired Chen Jue decisively after what happened in the company lobby earlier,
or if he hadn't continued recommending Chen Jue for the competition out of a moment of softness, none of this would have happened today.
"Miss Su, what about your designs..." the host asked awkwardly.
Although the matter had become clear, the earlier designs had been entered under Xiangrui's name. Transferring those designs to Kano didn't seem quite right, especially since one of them was Master Bellis's work.
Su Qiao smiled. "Host, judges, I have another set of competition designs in a completely different style. They should be coming up next. I hope you'll all offer your guidance."
The judges were extremely interested in Su Qiao's other set of designs and hurriedly urged them on. "Quickly, put Miss Su's designs up."
The thought and effort Su Qiao had poured into her second set of designs naturally couldn't compare with what she had invested in the first.
So, quite naturally, she