Married by Accident: The Rich CEO's Deeply Rooted Pampering Tactics

Chapter 159 Retaliation

Since she can't escape it, she might as well join in. Anyway, she's already in the vortex of conflict. Even if she quits now, those people won't be grateful to her. Instead, they'll think she's doing them a favor.

Since it's all just a thankless task anyway, why should she bother?

After Qiao Luo finished speaking, she turned and left, leaving Lin Mei stunned. She had originally thought that Qiao Luo would not dare to accept it, after all, this matter could be a big deal or a small deal.

At the very least, she would be ostracized and isolated by everyone in the finance department, making it extremely difficult for her to move forward within the department.

On a larger scale, if they fail, she will bear all of Lin Mi's infamy, letting them know that it's not that her niece Lin Mi is incompetent, but that no one in the entire Ministry of Finance is capable of taking on this important task.

Moreover, losing such an important project would be extremely damaging for Qiao Luo. With some behind-the-scenes maneuvering, she would be unable to stay at the magazine.

In that way, she successfully removed Qiao Luo, a thorn in her side.

But all of this was out of her control, and Lin Mei was furious.

Qiao Luo had no idea what Lin Mei was thinking after she left. When she came out of Lin Mei's office, everyone was staring at her with unfriendly looks.

Qiao Luo knew this, but she had no choice. Lin Mei was going too far and was pressing her every step of the way, so this was all she could do.

She ignored everyone's stares and returned to her seat, but as soon as she sat down, a colleague came over to complain.

"Qiao Luo, what qualifications do you have to take on that project? How long have you been in our finance department? Don't you know your place?"

"That's right. In terms of seniority and ability, you don't have the qualifications. What makes you think you're qualified?"

Qiao Luo knew that they were all from the camp of those two seniors and were standing up for them.

But she was unable to explain it; she couldn't very well tell them directly that she had been retaliated against by Lin Mei.

Because no one would believe that someone would give away their best resources in revenge, she was left speechless and unable to defend herself.

Bai Ge couldn't stand it anymore and spoke up for her, "How can you blame Luo Luo for this? She was assigned this task in a time of crisis. Besides, this was a task assigned by Editor Lin. Would she dare to disobey?"

"Whether she dares to disobey or not is another matter, but is it so difficult to resign? If she had any self-awareness, she would have gone to Editor Lin to resign from this project. I think it's obvious that she wanted to take it herself."

"How do you know she didn't resign? Maybe Editor Lin insisted on assigning her."

"Who do you think she is, that Lin Bian insisted on assigning her? Keep dreaming!"

Despite Bai Ge's eloquent debate with the scholars, he was outnumbered and quickly retreated.

Qiao Luo finally spoke up, "Everyone, stop arguing. I certainly don't have the qualifications to take on this project, but I still want to say that since Editor Lin entrusted this project to me, it means she has given it careful consideration. In that case, I have no reason to object to a superior's trust. Also, I want to say that this project has never belonged to anyone; it belongs only to our entire finance department. Whoever takes it on, the final results should belong to everyone. I assure you all here that if this project succeeds, the credit will belong to everyone; if it fails, I will take full responsibility. Does anyone have any objections?"

The office fell silent the moment she said that.

Even the colleagues who had been the most vocal before fell silent.

After all, no one has that kind of courage.