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Chapter 511: Chapter 509: Huh? Withdraw from What?
Her crisp voice was clear enough for everyone to hear.
Liu Xiaozhen, who loved to manipulate public opinion, was now receiving a taste of her own medicine, hmph!
Liu Xiaozhen was slightly taken aback; she hadn’t expected Xia Wenqing to have left the country.
Her eyebrows furrowed as she asked in a low voice, "Has he gone back?"
Xu Zhenzhen shrugged her shoulders, "Isn’t Lawyer Liu very close to our Lawyer Xia? How come you don’t even know where he has gone?"
"..."
Liu Xiaozhen’s complexion immediately turned uglier.
She had really underestimated this Xu Zhenzhen. Back in school, she had seemed so unremarkable.
Yet somehow Xu had used some method to make Xia Wenqing treat her differently.
Liu had thought that once she had driven her away, all would be well.
But who could have foreseen that Xu would undergo such a transformation, come to the domestic scene, and become Xia Wenqing’s assistant?
Liu Xiaozhen even suspected that Xu had pretended to be heartbroken and leave, only to deliberately lure Xia Wenqing back to the country!
Xia Wenqing might still be unaware that he had fallen into this woman’s trap!
The more Liu Xiaozhen thought about it, the more she found the situation frightening.
Xu Zhenzhen actually had such scheming!
If that was the case, her becoming Xia Wenqing’s girlfriend might also be part of her calculations, which meant Liu had even more reason to save Xia Wenqing!
She would absolutely not allow this woman to succeed.
Liu Xiaozhen narrowed her eyes, "Lawyer Xia must have had some urgent matter to attend to, which is why he couldn’t inform me to reschedule in time. But as his secretary, you failing to pass on the message is quite an oversight."
Xu Zhenzhen was not at all surprised by Liu Xiaozhen’s ability to adapt; after all, she was a lawyer who earned her keep through her words.
If she could be silenced by a single retort from Liu, she wouldn’t live up to her role as a lawyer.
Xu Zhenzhen looked at Liu Xiaozhen with a fake smile, "If it were work left by Lawyer Xia, I would have handled it all, but certain things..."
"Assistant Xu, since Lawyer Xia isn’t here right now, let’s just interface between us. Didn’t Lawyer Xia say the same before?"
Before Xu Zhenzhen could finish her sentence, Liu Xiaozhen cut her off.
With Xia Wenqing absent, there was no need for her to engage in a tug-of-war with Xu Zhenzhen.
Aside from lowering her image in the Legal Department of Song Group, it brought her no benefits.
Having quickly glanced around and not seen Hao Jiayi, Liu Xiaozhen thought that the fire she had ignited earlier wasn’t fierce enough, which had allowed Xu Zhenzhen some breathing space.
Liu Xiaozhen’s eyes narrowed, and as her gaze swept over Xu Zhenzhen, she thought to herself that she would let her gloat for a few more days. Once she got closer to Lu Zhaozhao, Xu would be in for it.
Xu Zhenzhen threw a glance at Liu Xiaozhen, wanting to send her packing right away, but now she was using work coordination as an excuse, and Xu couldn’t just dismiss her outright.
"Well then, let’s head to the office to interface," she said, nodding at Liu Xiaozhen before heading straight towards Xia Wenqing’s office.
Although Liu Xiaozhen was a bit annoyed, she had already put herself in this position in front of others and naturally had to follow suit.
However, with Xia Wenqing not present, a mere Xu Zhenzhen shouldn’t be too difficult to handle.
It was the perfect opportunity to probe Xu Zhenzhen and find out when she had set the trap for Xia Wenqing.
The two walked into the office, one after the other.
"Bang!"
As soon as the office door closed, Xu Zhenzhen dropped the act.
She plopped down on the office sofa and, sitting cross-legged, looked toward Liu Xiaozhen, "Lawyer Liu, what would you like to discuss today?"
Liu Xiaozhen’s brow furrowed, clearly displeased with Xu Zhenzhen’s flippant attitude.
She slammed the file bag onto the long table in front of Xu Zhenzhen, glaring at her with discontent, "Does Xia Wenqing know this is your true face when you’re behind closed doors?"
Xu Zhenzhen’s eyebrow quirked up, obviously letting out a scoff, "Whether Lawyer Xia knows or doesn’t, what business is it of yours? It’s a private matter between the two of us."
A private matter?
That means he doesn’t know.
Xia Wenqing was certainly fooled by her façade!
Liu Xiaozhen became even more convinced of her previous suspicion.
She sneered at Xu Zhenzhen, "You think just because you snagged the title of Xia Wenqing’s girlfriend, you’re Mrs. Xia now? Don’t be so naive. You and Xia Wenqing are simply not a match!"
"I’m not a match, and you are?" Xu Zhenzhen coolly retorted, "Speaking of status, what exactly is yours? A lawyer who grew up in an orphanage? So who’s nobler than whom, Lawyer Liu?"
"!!!"
Liu Xiaozhen’s face visibly darkened.
How did Xu Zhenzhen come to know about her being adopted from an orphanage?
Her adoptive parents weren’t extremely wealthy, but they had achieved some success.
Her adoptive parents never disclosed her true identity to anyone, and not even her classmates knew about it.
Thus, she always believed she was a hundred times better than someone like Xu Zhenzhen, who grew up in an orphanage.
She never expected that Xu Zhenzhen, this despicable person, would tear off this veil of shame.
Liu Xiaozhen even felt a bit relieved that she hadn’t caused a scene with her earlier outside; otherwise, this woman would definitely have exposed her identity to embarrass her on purpose.
Indeed, Xu Zhenzhen was so underhanded!
Otherwise, Xia Wenqing wouldn’t have been deceived that easily...
Liu Xiaozhen’s face alternated between shades of green and white before she finally caught her breath.
"What exactly do you want?" Her eyes narrowed, a venomous gaze firmly fixed on Xu Zhenzhen.
It was as if she harbored a deep and bitter grudge.
Xu Zhenzhen’s eyebrows raised slightly, looking at Liu Xiaozhen with disdain, "I was just stating facts. Didn’t you just try to raise the issue of suitability with Lawyer Xia? So I casually mentioned it. What? Does Lawyer Liu feel guilty? After all, your parents aren’t your birth parents, tsk tsk..."
Xu Zhenzhen got Liu Xiaozhen’s information from Lu Zhaozhao. 𝔫𝖔𝔳𝖕𝖚𝔟.𝔠𝔬𝖒
At the time, she merely glanced over it and didn’t think much of it.
She believed that no matter one’s background, as long as a person achieved success through their own abilities, their origins didn’t matter.
But as soon as Liu Xiaozhen took on that condescending attitude to imply something about her, Xu Zhenzhen suddenly became irritated.
Neither was nobler than the other, yet Liu Xiaozhen had to use such groundless superiority to pressure her, so she would not be polite!
Liu Xiaozhen pursed her lips, which had turned a bit pale, and her gaze remained locked on her, as if she wanted to bore a hole through Xu Zhenzhen with her stare.
After a while, she almost hissed through her back teeth, "Xu Zhenzhen, you’re doing this on purpose. You think you’ve got something on me and want me to bow out voluntarily, is that it?"
"Ha? Bow out of what?" Xu Zhenzhen looked perplexedly at Liu Xiaozhen.
It took her a while to read between the lines.
She was taken aback for a moment, then incredulity crept into her voice, "You don’t seriously believe you’re still competing with me for Xia Wenqing, do you?"
