Li Xiao watched as Meng Nianchu sat down on the chair. Seeing that there were no wounds on her body, Li Xiao felt a wave of relief.
Then she handed over the resignation letter she had filled out a few minutes ago. "The company's affairs are almost settled, and there's nothing left for me to do. I'll pay you the copyright fee. I'll personally clarify on Weibo that the company has nothing to do with the plagiarism of other people's works. And thank you for the photos."
Meng Nianchu casually took it and placed it on the table.
Li Xiao lowered her eyes and walked out.
Suddenly, Meng Nianchu said, "You don't need to worry about the plagiarism issue. There's no need to make any public statements. The company has its own way to handle it."
"But..."
"Just go." Meng Nianchu didn't say any more.
Li Xiao took a deep look at Meng Nianchu, swallowed back what she wanted to say, and left the company.
As soon as she turned around and walked out of the company, Meng Nianchu looked up at her back.
Meng Nianchu was truly reluctant to see such a talented person like Li Xiao leave the company. But since the plagiarism incident had happened in the company, if she didn't punish Li Xiao, the company's system would be off - balance, and the employees would be dissatisfied.
However, Li Xiao hadn't intentionally plagiarized. The only thing Meng Nianchu could do was to prevent Li Xiao from being smeared and unable to work in the fashion design industry in the future.
What Meng Nianchu told Li Xiao about the company having a solution was that, before the incident was known to more people, the company took the initiative to post an apology statement on Weibo, admitting the plagiarism mistake. In the statement, it was repeatedly guaranteed that the copyright fees due to the author would be paid in full.
The clothes that had already been sold would also be recalled. There was not a single word of blame for Li Xiao in the statement. Meng Nianchu took all the blame on herself.
This move made the employees who knew that Li Xiao was the one who had plagiarized respect and like Meng Nianchu even more.
Following that, many cooperation partners who admired the way Meng Nianchu handled the incident also sent requests to cooperate.
Meng Nianchu, who had already prepared herself for the company to lose many cooperation opportunities because of the plagiarism incident, was extremely shocked by this unexpected gain.
Linda, who heard this news, was equally shocked!
She flipped through the news headline on Weibo about "Meng's company getting more projects instead of losing them" and trembled with anger.
How could things develop like this!
Meng Nianchu had been involved in such a serious plagiarism incident, but she was not affected at all and even benefited from it!
Thinking of the excessive things Meng Nianchu had done to her in the bathroom during the day, Linda felt a rush of blood to her head.
Bitch!
She threw the phone she had been clutching tightly to the ground. With a "bang", Linda suddenly thought of Meng Nianchu's son, Mu Shengnan. The light in her eyes gradually dimmed, and a cold smile curled up on her lips. She let out a sneer.
You made my life a living hell, and I won't let you off easily!
The workers that Mu Junze had hired to repair the company's mess were extremely efficient. In just two days, the first floor of the company was restored to its original state.
Meng Nianchu immediately got down to work. She assigned the projects that had been confirmed in the past two days and sent someone to pay the copyright fee to the real fashion designer.
Meng Nianchu only accepted half of the copyright fee that Li Xiao had sent to the company and insisted on returning the other half to her.
Three weeks passed in a flash. Meng's company was running normally, and Meng Nianchu had solved most of the problems. She felt much more relaxed.
At noon that day, while having lunch, Meng Nianchu called her mother who was at Shangting.
The call was answered in two seconds, and there was a rustling sound from the receiver.
Meng Nianchu asked, "What are you doing?"
Holding Shengnan and putting on her shoes, about to go out for a walk, Meng's mother replied, "Your father is sound asleep in the room. I'm going to take Shengnan out for a walk. He hasn't been out for a long time. I'm afraid he'll be bored at home."
As she was speaking, the old mansion's driver parked steadily at the door.
Meng's mother opened the door and got in. She was eager to hang up the phone. "Okay, I'm in the car. It's inconvenient to hold the phone while holding the baby. You eat well. I'll call you if there's anything."
"Okay."
Before Meng Nianchu's voice had completely faded, the phone was already hung up by her mother. Meng Nianchu let out a soft snort and muttered, "This old lady."
Ever since Meng Nianchu and Mu Junze took Shengnan to the amusement park some time ago, Shengnan had been babbling about the amusement park these days.
Coincidentally, she had time today, so Meng's mother brought him here to play for a while. As soon as they got out of the car and saw the amusement facilities in front of them, Shengnan burst into giggles.
Meng's mother told the driver to stay where he was and walked into the amusement park with the baby in her arms.
All her happy attention was on the baby, and she neglected the danger behind her. She didn't notice a pair of eyes hiding not far away, staring intently at Shengnan in her arms.
The person hiding not far away saw that Meng's mother was alone. The cruelty in their eyes became even more intense. Carefully observing the surroundings, the person quietly moved closer to Meng's mother.
Just as Meng's mother, holding Shengnan, walked to the door of the snack stand, she suddenly felt a cold gust of wind beside her, and at the same time, her hands went slack.
Shengnan was snatched away!
Meng's mother quickly turned around. Seeing the person in black who had snatched Shengnan about to leave quickly, she rushed forward to chase, but because she was too hasty, she stumbled and fell to the ground.
She immediately shouted anxiously to the people around her, "Someone's snatching the baby! Someone's snatching the baby!"
The people around heard Meng's mother's voice and looked at her. When they followed her line of sight, the person in black had long disappeared from sight. There was not a trace of them.
Meng's mother anxiously called Meng Nianchu.
Meng Nianchu, who was in an important meeting with her subordinates, answered the call. After learning that Shengnan had been kidnapped, she immediately put down her work, rushed out of the company, and headed for the amusement park.
When she rushed to the amusement park in a hurry, Mu Junze was already arranging the security guards to search everywhere.
"How's it going?" Meng Nianchu asked anxiously.
Mu Junze held her hand. "We haven't found him yet."
"It's all my fault for not taking good care of him. I just glanced away for a moment, and Shengnan was snatched away. I never thought things would turn out like this. It's all my carelessness."
Meng's mother felt extremely guilty.
It was no use saying anything now. Meng Nianchu gently patted her mother's back and was about to offer some words of comfort when Mu Junze's phone in his suit pocket suddenly rang.
He frowned and took out his phone. When he saw the caller ID on the screen, his face turned even darker.
He answered the call and turned on the speaker.
Linda's coquettish voice came into their ears. "Junze, I'm in a really beautiful place right now. Do you want to come with me?"