Episode 25 recap: Xia Yuan returned to the company and faced exclusion.
Hao Wei Lai followed his father to the employee dormitory. His father was initially worried that he wouldn't adapt to the living conditions there. However, to his surprise, Hao Wei Lai had shed his past spoiled behavior. He openly remarked that the place was much better than where he used to live abroad. Since there was no place to hang his clothes, he simply put them in the suitcase. He arranged for his father to sleep on the bed while he slept on the sofa.
His father was pleased to see Hao Wei Lai becoming more sensible and smiled at him. Xia Yuan finished preparing herself and went to the company to report. General Manager Tang was very happy to see her, but he felt guilty because he had promised to reserve a position for Xia Yuan, which had already been given to Anna. Nevertheless, Xia Yuan felt that she could accept this since she had already been away for a year.
Anna was now the HR manager and had taken over Xia Yuan's office. In the face of Xia Yuan's goodwill, she deliberately flaunted her wedding with General Manager Tang. Xia Yuan sincerely offered her blessings but was subjected to Anna's exclusion. It turned out that Anna still resented the fact that General Manager Tang had liked Xia Yuan in the past. She intentionally arranged Xia Yuan's workspace in the lobby, despite it being the position of an assistant director, to make her a subject of ridicule.
Hao Wei Lai discovered that the factory was engaged in monotonous orders and he wanted to initiate reforms. However, this was against the customers' requirements, so the workers had no choice but to comply. Hao Wei Lai met with Pan Ni and specifically thanked her for taking care of his father over the past year. He learned that the company was in trouble due to a former employee named Jia Ding. Jia Ding had secretly imitated customer drawings for production and sold them under a different brand, angering the customers and leading to repercussions. Jia Ding had disappeared, and all the responsibility fell on Hao Wei Lai's father. Hao Wei Lai hoped to find Jia Ding to alleviate his father's burden.
Xia Yuan wasn't happy on her first day of work, but she smiled when she saw Hao Wei Lai coming to pick her up after work. The two of them rode bicycles to the noodle shop where Xia Yuan had eaten since she was young and enjoyed a bowl of noodles together. Xia Yuan reminisced about her childhood memories and looked at Hao Wei Lai, who cared for her, feeling warm inside.
In the company, Anna faced the attentive employees and subtly informed them that she was currently trying to conceive and couldn't drink the coffee they offered. The female employees watched Anna leave with a sense of pride and nostalgia for the days when Xia Yuan was their leader. Now, Anna was not only their immediate boss but also Mrs. Tang. They could only follow Anna since Xia Yuan's current status wasn't high. Anna not only fired Xia Yuan's former assistant but also assigned Xia Yuan to work in the lobby. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Anna had placed Xia Yuan beneath her feet, making it difficult for her to make a comeback.
Today is the day of the company's meeting, and Anna, knowing that Xia Yuan hadn't arrived yet, started the meeting anyway. During the meeting, someone made a comment about Xia Yuan's absence, and Anna gave them a fierce glare, causing the person to quickly lower their head. When Xia Yuan entered the meeting room, the meeting had already been going on for half an hour. Anna deliberately ridiculed Xia Yuan, saying that she lacked a sense of time after spending too long abroad and suggested that she didn't want to work and should go home. Xia Yuan immediately admitted her mistake and didn't give Anna a chance to confront her, leaving Anna feeling like she had encountered an unyielding obstacle.
Suddenly, General Manager Tang joined the meeting and noticed that no one had prepared any materials for Xia Yuan. He then looked at the employee in charge of the materials, glanced at Anna, and realized that Anna couldn't tolerate Xia Yuan. He bluntly stated that Xia Yuan was the core of the company's projects, giving Anna a warning. Hao Wei Lai sold his beloved motorcycle and gave each employee in the workshop a sum of money as a bonus for their work over the past year. Hao Wei Lai felt deeply sorry as he informed his colleagues that there were problems in his family's factory and that he needed to allocate funds from the workshop to support the factory. The employees had actually anticipated this and understood Hao Wei Lai's actions very well. They assured Hao Wei Lai that he shouldn't worry and that they would be there whenever he needed them.
General Manager Tang greatly appreciated Xia Yuan's project and believed that it could be directly implemented. However, Anna led the employees in remaining silent, clearly not wanting Xia Yuan to take the lead. General Manager Tang felt helpless seeing this internal conflict, and Xia Yuan, who had always considered Anna a good friend, realized that Anna had launched numerous covert attacks against her when she held a high position in the past. Xia Yuan was determined to achieve success based on her own abilities.
Qiao Bin and Sofia's relationship grew stronger. On this day, Sofia's parents came to visit her, and Qiao Bin felt particularly nervous. In reality, Sofia's parents only wanted to see Sofia happy. When they saw that Qiao Bin genuinely loved Sofia and had plans for the future, they were very satisfied with him.
Xia Yuan encountered many difficulties in her work, and Anna, seeing that General Manager Tang still highly valued Xia Yuan, felt very unhappy. As a result, she deliberately targeted Xia Yuan.
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