chsdbacks Chapter 73 PUA Judy
Chapter 73 PUA Judy
Lin Xiu looked up and saw Judy squatting on the ground not far away, picking up the broken glass while secretly sulking.
"Go and call Naoko Takei over."
"snort!"
Judy turned her head away and deliberately looked out the window at the playground, as if she hadn't heard him at all.
She had overheard the entire conversation between Lin Xiuyi and Hanai Akiko, and she had nowhere to vent her anger and grievances.
So, in his eyes, I'm just a pretty face that can be replaced at any time?
"you……"
Lin Xiuyi frowned, and after a moment's thought, he understood Judy's thoughts.
He stood up, walked over to Judy, and bombarded her with questions: "Do you understand business management? Do you understand corporate administration? Do you understand business negotiation skills? Do you understand financial statement analysis?"
Judy's face flushed red and then paled, her lips moved, and her answer to each question was a hesitant "I don't know."
Finally, she couldn't hold back any longer. She suddenly stood up, slammed her hands on the table, glared at Lin Xiuyi, and her voice trembled with anger.
"I don't know any of these things, but does that woman know them all? You're just looking for an excuse to fire me!"
"Hanai Akiko is a top student who graduated from the Department of Economics and Trade at the University of Tokyo." Lin Xiuyi stated the fact calmly. "After graduation, she relied on her outstanding business skills to rise from a low-level employee at Takei Company to become Takei Katsuhiko's most trusted secretary."
"Who is Katsuhiko Takei? He's a money-grubbing man who values his career above all else. Do you think he would keep a useless, pretty woman by his side as a secretary?"
Lin Xiuyi's words were like a bucket of cold water poured over Judy's head, leaving her speechless instantly.
The woman opened her mouth, wanting to refute, but found that she couldn't find any reason at all.
Katsuhiko Takei's personality is exactly as Hayashi Shuichi described; such a person would never tolerate the presence of a useless person around him.
"So, Judy, all I can say now is, I'm sorry..."
Lin Xiuyi drew out her words, feigning regret as she sighed.
"It's because you're clearly more suited to the position of secretary than Ms. Hanai."
"Hmph! If you want to say I'm just a pretty face, just say so! No need for all this beating around the bush!"
Judy's anger was completely ignited, and her chest heaved violently.
To think that she, an elite agent rigorously trained by the FBI, proficient in combat, reconnaissance, and intelligence analysis, was treated like a pretty face who only knew how to put on a show!
Although she was indeed completely ignorant of the professional fields that Lin Xiuyi had just mentioned, there was no need to belittle her like that.
Enraged, Judy didn't want to stay any longer and turned to walk towards the door.
"Where are you going?" Lin Xiuyi asked, somewhat amused.
"I've already been fired by you. What am I still doing here if I don't leave now? Am I supposed to stay and watch you and your new secretary get intimate?"
Judy snorted and gripped the doorknob tightly, about to pull the door open, when Lin Xiuyi suddenly burst into laughter behind her.
Judy turned around abruptly and immediately saw Lin Xiuyi's smiling face. She instantly realized that she had been tricked by this bastard!
"You...you tricked me!"
Judy's face flushed red with anger and frustration. She put her hands on her hips and glared angrily at the boss across from her.
Lin Xiuyi finished laughing and then stopped: "Don't worry, I'm short-staffed right now, so I won't fire anyone so easily."
"You've been quite reliable these past few days by my side, how could I possibly replace you so easily?"
"real?"
Judy blinked in disbelief, her eyes filled with surprise, her earlier grievances and anger vanishing instantly.
In just a few minutes, her mood was like a rollercoaster, going up and down several times, but in the end it turned out to be a false alarm.
Upon seeing Lin Xiuyi nod affirmatively, Judy excitedly covered her mouth, her eyes even turning slightly red.
She took a deep breath to calm her excited emotions, lowered her head, and asked somewhat awkwardly, "...So what should I do in the future?"
"I don't know anything about business management or administration, and I'm not a graduate of Tokyo University, so I can't help you at all."
"It's still the same as it is now."
Lin Xiu stretched and said in a relaxed tone,
"He'll usually be my driver, handle some odd jobs, and act as my assistant."
"Alright, my assistant, could you please bring Naoko Takei in now?"
"Got it, boss!" Judy shook off her previous gloom and responded in a light voice. She turned and walked out of the counseling room, her steps even lighter than before.
Watching Judy's cheerful departing figure, Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but chuckle to himself:
An elite FBI agent can be so happy knowing he won't be fired, even if he's just left to do manual labor. That's a kind of workplace manipulation, isn't it?
Not long after, Judy returned with Naoko Takei.
Lin Xiuyi didn't waste any more words. He took a voice recorder from his desk drawer and pressed the play button.
Hanai Akiko's voice immediately came through the recorder.
"I never expected that child would also learn to lie."
"If it weren't for Katsuhiko Takei's malicious takeover, my father's company would never have gone bankrupt..."
"Mr. Lin, I promise you!"
……
As the conversation continued, Naoko Takei's expression gradually changed from confusion to shock. Finally, she covered her mouth with both hands, stood there stunned, and tears welled up in her eyes.
Although she had occasionally felt that Hanai Akiko's gaze towards her was somewhat strange, carrying a hint of aloofness and complexity, she had previously noticed it.
But I never imagined that Miss Hanai would have such a deep hatred for the Takei family.
He never imagined that Ms. Hanai's approach and care for him were hiding such a secret.
"Alright, now you understand the whole story."
Lin Xiu turned off the recorder and looked at the girl in front of her with gentle eyes.
"Akiko Hanai is planning to resign and come work for me. What about you? What are you planning to do?"
Naoko Takei kept her head down, her shoulders trembling slightly, and remained silent, only tears silently streaming down her face.
"I remember you said something yesterday that Ms. Hanai is the only person you are close to now, right?" Lin Xiuyi softened his tone.
"Hmm..." Naoko Takei choked up and nodded somewhat bewilderedly.
In this world, her father was indifferent to her, her mother was hospitalized for many years, and Hanai Akiko was the only person who truly cared for her and accompanied her, and had long become her spiritual pillar.
"In that case, go and tell her that yourself."
Lin Xiuyi smiled encouragingly and gently patted the girl's shoulder.
"You heard the recording just now. Miss Hanai clearly cares about you too, but she's just trapped by hatred."
"She would be so happy to hear you say those words yourself."
"But...but, she and her father..."
Naoko Takei raised her head, her eyes red, her face full of hesitation and conflict.
"She hates Dad. I'm Dad's daughter. Will she hate me too?"
"She has a grudge against your father, not against you," Lin Xiuyi comforted her softly. "Even if she goes against your father in the future, you can still be friends with her."
"Are you really going to abandon your only family member because of a father who doesn't care about you?"
He paused, then deliberately asked, "Or do you still want to side with your father and help him deal with Miss Hanai?"
"No! I would never do that!"
Naoko Takei suddenly stood up, retorting passionately, tears welling up in her eyes again.
"My father has never cared about me; only Miss Hanai is truly kind to me! Dr. Lin, I know what to do now, thank you!"
After saying that, the girl wiped away her tears, her eyes hardened, and she turned and ran quickly out of the counseling room, clearly eager to find Hanai Akiko and tell her what was on her mind.
Watching the girl's hurried departure, Judy's face revealed a strange expression.
She hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Boss, isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to stir up trouble between Naoko Takei and her father like this? After all, they are father and daughter by blood..."
"It's better not to acknowledge that kind of father." Lin Xiuyi's eyes were cold.
Judy didn't know, but he remembered it very clearly.
In the original timeline, Naoko Takei was kidnapped, and the kidnappers demanded a huge ransom.
When faced with the choice between his daughter's life and the company's interests, Katsuhiko Takei surprisingly chose the latter without hesitation.
In order not to disrupt the company's operations, he actually used a large amount of counterfeit money to deceive the robbers.
If the kidnapper at the time hadn't been Akiko Hanai in disguise, merely trying to test his feelings, Naoko Takei would probably have been killed on the spot by the enraged kidnapper.
Rather than letting her maintain a distant relationship with such a cold-blooded and ruthless father, it would be better for her to bravely pursue the person she truly cares about.
This way, you can live a happier and more fulfilling life...