Spoiling Bad Habits!

As they were talking, the technical deputy manager, Chen Xu, approached Liu Shang again.

"Hey Liu Shang, there's still some work here. Why don't you just do it while you're at it?"

Liu Shang looked up at him and smiled, "Manager Chen, my schedule for today is full, and I can't take on any other tasks."

"You can wait until tomorrow to assign me this work."

Chen Xu patted him on the shoulder, "Heh, just call me Chen Ge, don't be so formal."

"It's fine, this work isn't urgent, so you can keep it. I'll come find you tomorrow to get the results."

Liu Shang inwardly despised and disdained this kind of two-faced behavior and office politics.

"Manager Chen, I'm new here and unfamiliar with a lot of our business processes."

"If you leave it with me today and I mess it up, I might forget the specific technical requirements tomorrow. So, it's better if you come back for it tomorrow, okay?"

To Chen Xu's surprise, Liu Shang was quite tenacious. He responded with a playful tone, laughing:

"Haha, you kid, aren't you afraid I'll, as the technical deputy manager, dock your performance review and you won't get your 4000 yuan salary?"

Liu Shang, with almost the same tone, laughed and retorted, "Haha, Chen Ge, you're joking with me again."

"But speaking of which, I'm not really worried. Firstly, my salary comes from the company, not from you."

"Secondly, you forget I'm part-time, so there's no performance review for me anyway."

"Haha, but most importantly, Chen Ge, you're not that petty to pick on a poor student like me, are you?"

In front of so many people, in the large office, Liu Shang had managed to gain the upper hand and subtly mocked and belittled Chen Xu several times. Chen Xu naturally lost face.

However, despite his inner anger, he couldn't afford to appear rude or unrefined. He could only force a laugh and, holding back his frustration, take his work back.

Seeing this scene, Xu Tiande and other neutral observers in the office were amazed. Manager Zhong, on the other hand, had an even wider smile on his face, looking as if he was thinking, 'See, what did I tell you?' with a confident air.

Witnessing the friction between Liu Shang and Chen Xu, Ma Yuan, who had been thoroughly embarrassed today, felt a surge of secret satisfaction. He wished they would tear each other apart so he could get a moment's respite.

After being met with such resistance, Chen Xu returned to his office to sulk.

At this moment, Chen Xu's close friends, who also disliked Liu Shang, gathered around him.

"Hmph, this kid is really arrogant, acting like he's hot stuff?"

"Exactly, just a freshman and he's acting cocky with Chen Ge. Doesn't he even know his own limits?"

"He's just relying on Xu Tiande and Manager Zhong backing him up. He's getting a bit too carried away. We'll have plenty of opportunities to deal with him later!"

"Hey, what's that saying? Revenge is best served cold!"

"Why wait for later? I'll deal with him right now! Let's see how arrogant he is then!!!"

The one who spoke was the company's warehouse and equipment manager, Fan Song, a distant relative of the boss, Song Guangyuan.

Although his position wasn't high, his area of responsibility managed important and lucrative affairs.

Fan Song himself was a scoundrel, uneducated, and would say anything to anyone, making him extremely difficult to deal with.

If someone like him were to confront a student like Liu Shang, he would be the perfect candidate.

Subsequently, with Yang Xu's tacit approval and the encouragement of others, Fan Song casually picked up several ledgers containing inventory records and walked up to Liu Shang, speaking in a very impolite tone.

"You're Liu Shang, right?"

"I need you to do me a favor. Enter these inventory records into the computer and send them to me."

Liu Shang glanced down at his ledgers and looked back at Fan Song with an equally unfriendly tone, "Take your ledgers and go. I'm busy and don't want to help you."

Seeing Liu Shang's reaction, Fan Song, who had already prepared his lines, became even more enraged, "Hey, what's your problem, kid?"

"You're young and idle, trying to be lazy, is that it?"

"Don't forget, the company isn't paying you to mess around!"

"Do you believe me if I go to President Song right now and get you fired immediately?"

Liu Shang took a deep breath and looked at Fan Song with great displeasure, "I don't know when I'll be fired, but I do know that if you continue to be unreasonable and cause trouble like this, you won't be far from getting fired yourself."

"Hey, you little brat, how dare you talk to anyone like that?"

"Do you believe I'll pull your teeth out?!!!"

As the atmosphere in the office grew increasingly tense, with Fan Song looking ready to resort to violence at any moment, people around them started to intervene and mediate.

Seeing everyone trying to calm him down, Fan Song became even more agitated, muttering curses incessantly.

However, Liu Shang showed no fear. Instead, he sneered at Fan Song, "Oh really? You're so scary!"

"I'm standing right here. You can try anytime you want. Let's see whose teeth fall out first, yours or mine?"

Hearing Liu Shang's words, Fan Song, who was being held back by the crowd, lunged forward again, "You little brat, are you looking for death?"

"Then let me tell you, don't leave after work tonight. I'll bring my street buddies to have a word with you."

"You better not wet your pants then..."

Before Fan Song could finish his sentence, to everyone's surprise, Liu Shang, whom everyone had considered a well-behaved and oppressed student, took a step forward. With astonishing momentum, he grabbed Fan Song by the collar and lifted him up.

"If you dare to spout one more bit of garbage, I'll knock your front teeth out right now, you believe it?"

Under Liu Shang's sudden, shocking move, coupled with his incredibly cold and sharp gaze, and the force on Fan Song's collar, Fan Song's breath hitched instinctively.

Seeing this, before Fan Song could even muster his anger for any further action, Liu Shang perfectly timed letting go of his collar.

Then, Liu Shang's entire demeanor and aura instantly transformed, "Heh heh, that's more like it."

"This is a society ruled by law now, old brother. Do you really think you're watching a Hong Kong gangster flick?"

For some reason, after hearing Liu Shang's words, the female colleagues in the office found it quite amusing, and they burst out laughing.

This instantly broke the tense atmosphere that had been building in the entire office. No matter what Fan Song did next, it wouldn't have the same impact as before.

Just then, Manager Zhong and Xu Tiande also came out of the office one after another.

"Alright!"

"What are you all doing?"

"This is the company! It's a workplace! Do you all still think you're children?"