Chapter 976: Chapter 760: Complete Outburst
Shi Chuxin’s response was not what Old Mo was looking for.
His body visibly stiffened, yet he forced a smile: "Manager Shi, I just came back from your department, and I took the feedback form, but..."
Old Mo spoke awkwardly, saying a lot, since for these past days practically everyone was avoiding him, pushing him away.
But Shi Chuxin’s mind was not on the current conversation; she only felt like her head was about to split open from the pain.
Just ten minutes ago, Shi Chuxin’s inner defenses had been recklessly toyed with.
At this moment, she couldn’t even maintain the basic workplace social etiquette.
"Since you have the form—then fill it out and hand it over first!"
A near scream burst from Shi Chuxin’s mouth, piercing through the cafeteria’s clamor.
All at once, she attracted the attention of everyone around.
"Just do what you’re told, then come back and ask!!"
"What do you want?! I’ve already done the best I can, why are there still so many issues!!!"
Clearly, it was Old Mo who had been kicked around, coming for help.
But at this moment, it was Shi Chuxin who looked deeply aggrieved.
She stared wide-eyed at Old Mo, her chest heaving, eyes even glimmering with tears.
Someone who didn’t know better might think Old Mo and his companion had done something to her.
Not far away, Nan Zhubin and others looked over, the atmosphere slightly fluctuating, but no one stood up.
Nearby employees glanced over, some craning to peek, others quietly filming, discussions began to rise.
Old Mo was shocked, then his neck flushed red in an instant.
"Brother Mo, forget it, let’s go, don’t cause trouble." Old Zhou’s face wasn’t any better than Old Mo’s. He awkwardly glanced around, once again trying to pull his companion to leave.
But this time, Old Mo shook off Old Zhou’s hand.
"You..."
Old Mo pointed at Shi Chuxin, his fingertip trembling with anger.
But the next second, he froze, then fell silent.
And then, he turned and left.
Old Zhou was left behind, momentarily stunned. By the time Old Mo’s back was gone, he hastily made a few gestures of indeterminate meaning to those around, then went looking for his companion.
As for Shi Chuxin, she could finally no longer support herself, she shoved the tray aside, buried her head in her arms, and cried out loud.
"Wuwuwuwu..."
...
The discussions in the cafeteria exploded.
"What’s going on?"
"Two big men bullying a little girl?"
"Regardless, this is a cafeteria, isn’t it... appropriate?"
"No, wait... that girl seems to be from the HR department."
In a few words, everyone quickly figured out the situation on site.
"The issue with layoffs causing trouble..."
A few still showed some sympathy for Shi Chuxin, who was crying wretchedly, but most turned to a more playful attitude.
"Wasn’t that Old Mo from the marketing department? I heard he’s quite skilled, worked on a few projects together before..."
"But this girl seems new too, probably doesn’t know the situation."
"Old Mo probably got desperate, I heard his family situation isn’t good recently."
Some felt indifferent, adopting an attitude of detachment.
But some people’s topics suddenly shifted.
"Speaking of which, did any of you see that news report a while back?"
"Which news, what time?"
"Just last month, could be a few months ago, or last year..." the person spoke vaguely, continuing, "that’s not the point, the point is the news—"
"Apparently, some young guy was laid off, the company didn’t pay him." This person gestured at their neck, "then the young guy went to the mall with a knife, and he got a small boss—"
"Hiss..."
There was a sound of people taking a sharp breath.
Some had a sense of empathy for the plight of their peers.
Yet some had a faintly suppressed excitement in their eyes.
"I’ve seen that news too." someone joined in, "But it was a mess. Apparently, the victim was a store manager, not involved with the layoffs. The young man made a big fuss, but the instigators remained free, adding another innocent victim..."
"Who knows." Someone dismissed this, "how much can you trust things online?"
Someone’s voice attracted the attention of everyone else.
"But... I don’t think it’s quite a bad thing, maybe even having more such incidents is better."
Before others could argue, this person spoke quickly: "See, many company practices are clearly... not compliant, right? But because no one causes trouble, they can sweep things under the rug."
"If such things happen more often, wouldn’t problems in companies like ours be harder to hide?"
"Actually, I think... our company also needs someone to make things big, then everyone wouldn’t have to be so fearful."
The speaker looked in the direction Old Mo left, somewhat unsatisfied.
"Then why don’t you cause trouble, benefit everyone?"
No one replied.
...
The EAP project’s table was the closest to Shi Chuxin, and it also fell into a strange silence.
The postgraduates looked at Shi Chuxin bursting into tears, seemingly a bit sympathetic, glancing at Chonghui, then at Nan Zhubin.
