When she got off work in the evening, Xiao Linye came to pick up Ye Yuning, his expression somber. Ye Yuning, puzzled, looked at him. "It can’t be that Xiao Shuo gave you a hard time today, right?" After what happened last night, it wouldn’t be surprising if the Xiao Family took their anger out on him. Thinking this, Ye Yuning couldn’t help but look at him with worry in her eyes. Xiao Linye paused for a moment. "No." Xiao Shuo, give *him* trouble? Impossible. He’d be lucky if Xiao Shuo didn’t go out of his way to avoid him. Come to think of it, I haven’t even seen that rascal at the company these past few days. Could he have gone off to slack again? Thinking of this, Xiao Linye decided he would call Kang Xuan at Shanyu Pavilion later and tell him to keep a tighter rein on Xiao Shuo. He had to make sure Xiao Shuo had absolutely no time to go to Manlang! Ye Yuning asked, "Then why are you unhappy?!" "Your boss," Xiao Linye asked instead of answering, "is she always so emotionally unstable?" Ye Yuning was speechless. What? My boss, emotionally unstable? No way... why is *he* acting again? Did Lai Shuo say something to him? That Lai Shuo! I knew his character was exceptionally poor. Does he have any idea how he treated me today? And he even dared to badmouth me in front of my own husband! Ye Yuning grew displeased too, feeling she had been far too lenient with Lai Shuo that afternoon. If I had known he would slander me , I wouldn’t have been so polite to him. "My boss isn’t emotionally unstable at all!" Ye Yuning retorted. "It’s clearly Mr. Xiao’s assistant who has a problem with how he speaks." "What did he say?" Xiao Linye raised an eyebrow. Ye Yuning said, "You have no idea! This afternoon, my boss went to the Xiao Corporation office, and that guy Lai Shuo showed up loitering at our office door four times in less than an hour. What’s that supposed to mean? Is he afraid my boss is going to steal something from Xiao Corporation, or what?" And he dared to say *I’m* emotionally unstable. Even if I were the calmest person in the world, dealing with someone like Lai Shuo, I’d absolutely lose my temper, right? Before Xiao Linye could speak, Ye Yuning added, "Finally, my boss couldn’t stand it anymore and called him into the office. And guess what he said?" "What did he say?" Xiao Linye asked. "He said that everything that happened between our boss and Xiao Corporation in the past was due to our boss’s credibility issues and told our boss to restrain her behavior! Do you think those unpleasant incidents were our boss’s fault?" As she spoke about this, Ye Yuning couldn’t hold back her anger. That Lai Shuo is truly beyond ridiculous! And he even told Xiao Linye that *I* was emotionally unstable. He should take a good look at his own rotten character! Upon hearing this, Xiao Linye’s composure wavered slightly. What is this now? That woman—Ye Yuning’s boss—and Lai Shuo, it’s a classic case of ’he said, she said,’ with both sides claiming to be right! Lai Shuo called that woman a harpy, and now *my own* wife is defending her. 「When they arrived at Shanyu Pavilion,」 Google seaʀᴄh 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩~𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢~𝔫𝔢𝔱 Ye Yuning was about to take a shower when she heard Xiao Linye ask from behind her, "How are your design studies going recently?" His words made Ye Yuning stiffen. She turned around. "Why do you ask?" "Make a design draft for me to look at later." Ye Yuning was speechless. What? Is it because Lai Shuo and my boss had a falling out, so now my husband wants me to do work for *his* side—Mr. Xiao’s Xiao Corporation—to gain some advantage? That... that’s not okay! With Mr. Xiao’s unstable temperament, if I really used Xiao Linye’s connection to collaborate with Xiao Corporation, appearing before Mr. Xiao in that capacity... this could very well escalate and directly destroy my marriage with Xiao Linye! Although my relationship with Xiao Linye isn’t very deep right now, I still don’t want a divorce. Having thought this through, Ye Yuning immediately shook her head. "No, I can’t do it!" Ye Yuning continued, "I’m just an apprentice right now. I have no experience at all. I can’t take on the follow-up design for Nanjia Peak." This Mr. Xiao! So, it wasn’t enough for him to have his assistant argue with me, and now he wants my husband to pick a fight with me too? That man is truly despicable and insidious! Just thinking about that detestable Mr. Xiao, I wish I could immediately pay him that one hundred thousand yuan penalty, burn three incense sticks to the heavens, and vow never to have any dealings with him again! Seeing her terrified expression, as if she’d been handed a hot potato, Xiao Linye assumed she was worried about Manlang. He then said, "Just start working on it. If your design is good, Xiao Corporation can directly establish an independent department for you. It won’t put you in an awkward position with Manlang." Ye Yuning was speechless. What? An independent department? My recent time working at Xiao Corporation has already left me beyond frustrated, and now Xiao Linye is talking about setting up a whole department for me? Has he forgotten how their previous design department at Xiao Corporation collapsed? Xiao Corporation offers great potential for growth, but the pressure is absolutely crushing! Ye Yuning felt completely overwhelmed. "Um... I really can’t do it!" Her refusal this time was even more direct and firm than before. However, Xiao Linye didn’t give her a chance to refuse. "Go on," he said, his tone carrying a hint of firmness. "Show me what you can do." Ye Yuning was speechless again. This man... why does he feel as difficult to deal with as Mr. Xiao? It’s like he’s incapable of understanding plain words. She looked up resentfully, but considering he was her husband, she ultimately refrained from lashing out. Xiao Linye affectionately pinched her cheek. "Go on, I’ll make you something delicious."