Malicious Blow (4)

"Hmph! That was all in the past. Now, even if you put two Lin Meijings together, they still wouldn't be a match for me! If I wanted to crush her, it'd be as easy as crushing an ant!" Su Yating said viciously.

"Oh! Is that so?" Pei Shao replied listlessly.

Su Yating apparently realized that Pei Shao was not the sort of man who lost his head at the sight of a woman, so she immediately changed tactics. With a mocking expression, she said, "Oh my, Mei Jing's magazine office is so simple! Does she think she's a public servant or something? Why can't I see a single high-end product?"

Pei Shao was about to speak when Su Yating launched into another rapid-fire tirade. "There are only two people in this magazine office? Compared to the more than two hundred people under me, you really are saving money! Sigh, Mei Jing really is something. If she's short-handed, why doesn't she come ask me for help? We're such good sisters, after all. What use is it to just hire some college graduate?"

That statement practically insulted Pei Shao along with Lin Meijing, but Su Yating's ridicule had only just begun.

When Pei Shao tried to interrupt for the second time, Su Yating cut him off again.

"I heard you're short-handed this month and switching to an automotive column. So, how is it? Do you need any help? Want me to introduce you to a few dealers and get you some exclusive insider information on new car models?" As she spoke, Su Yating casually flipped through the documents in her hands, then cried out in exaggerated surprise, "Oh my God, how can the latest Ferrari engine be a V8? A six-speed semi-automatic transmission? It's riddled with errors—this is hilarious! If you publish an article like this, your magazine will probably go bankrupt tomorrow!"

"Oh, right, I forgot that a tiny magazine like yours isn't qualified to get dealer authorization for test drives, so the incorrect data is understandable. But look, the Mercedes-Benz price quoted later on is wrong too. Does Mei Jing really know so little about the current market? Even I, who handles entertainment, know that your price is a full thirty-seven thousand higher than the market price. How can that work? Misleading readers will affect sales!"

Damn it! I can see it now—this bitch came here specifically to make trouble! Pei Shao gritted his teeth in fury, but he had no way to refute her. It was obvious Su Yating had carefully prepared before coming here. Yet this was only his first day at work, and Lin Meijing was the one responsible for the data. No matter what Su Yating said, Pei Shao could only endure it.

Seeing Pei Shao's expression, Su Yating clearly became even more smug and energized. She nearly drowned him in an endless torrent of words, criticizing the unprofessional reports, the outdated analysis software on the computers, and the printer that creaked loudly whenever it ran. Finally, she even criticized Pei Shao's suit, saying its style was hopelessly old-fashioned—even the old men picking through trash on the streets dressed more fashionably than he did.

What left Pei Shao most speechless was that, when Su Yating happened to notice the perfume brand on Lin Meijing's desk, she curled her lips disdainfully and said, "Even the lowest-ranking employees at our company wouldn't use such cheap perfume anymore. When Mei Jing gets back, tell her that if she's really that short of money, I can give her a few boxes of Chanel, Escada, Estée Lauder, and the like for free... And this handbag too—tacky, so tacky! I still have a few used Gucci and Louis Vuitton bags that I don't like anymore. As long as Lin Meijing says the word, I'll send them to her tomorrow!"

Good lord, she's even more arrogant than I am! Pei Shao felt his patience was about to reach its limit.

Fortunately, after talking for so long, Su Yating finally grew tired. She paused to catch her breath, allowing Pei Shao, whose eyelids had begun twitching, to gradually calm down.

But as she was leaving, Su Yating happened to catch sight of the white Castle phone lying quietly on the computer desk. She did not let go of a single chance to mock Lin Meijing and Pei Shao.

Su Yating immediately darted over, picked up Castle, and waved it in the air. Pretending to be astonished, she said, "Oh? Is this a phone? I thought it was a walkie-talkie! Look at that heavy shape—it's so retro! Don't tell me it was modeled after those old brick phones? Hahaha! There are quite a lot of buttons on it, though. I wonder which famous designer made it? Don't they know minimalism is fashionable now? Without a sliding cover, it should at least have a joystick control system, right? Just one huge bare display screen, no memory card slot either. What, does it have eight megabytes of memory? Wow, there are quite a few battery slots. Does this phone not recharge? Does it only use batteries? What an amazing design! Wahahaha! Is this your phone, little Pei? Why not sell it to big sister for a hundred? I can take it home as a collectible!"

"I don't care whether you're a miss or a lady!" Unable to endure any longer, Pei Shao finally snapped. He shot to his feet, glared at Su Yating, and pointed at the door. "You're not welcome here! Get as far away as you can... and stay there." In the end, Pei Shao still could not stop himself from swearing at Su Yating.

Su Yating laughed coyly, swaying her slender waist as she sauntered out the door.

Still seething, Pei Shao dropped back into the boss's chair with a bang. "What the hell was that?"

At that moment, Castle rapidly transformed from a phone back into a robot. Its two electronic eyes locked onto the direction Su Yating had left in and flashed wildly.

"Damn it, I'm furious! Castle, do you think that woman is insane?" Pei Shao only wanted someone to vent his frustration to right now, even if it was a robot.

"Without a doubt, she is a woman with a heart as ugly as stone and dirt!" Although Castle had also been insulted thoroughly, the calm it displayed was far beyond Pei Shao's. Still, Pei Shao could tell that Castle had been provoked far more severely this time than it had been at the job fair.

"Unforgivable!" Castle's electronic eyes flashed wildly again. It said to Pei Shao, "Give me two hours, and please place the documents that woman threw on the floor onto the desk!"

Pei Shao did as instructed, and all the data cables on Castle's body connected to the computer once more.

Several strange sets of graphs and numbers that Pei Shao could not understand immediately appeared on the monitor. The rapid clacking of the computer's hard drive told Pei Shao that Castle had begun another round of its freakish, omnipotent computer operations.

An hour and a half later, Lin Meijing finally walked through the door with her head lowered in dejection. It looked as though her work had not gone well either. Almost the instant she stepped inside, Castle deftly gathered its data cables and transformed back into a phone.