Leap Forward Comics: Watch How I Become a Villainess

Chapter 45: Shooting the first bird

Afterwards, Lu He spent an hour explaining to Xia Lan in detail how she came to this world, while also concealing the fact that the system had mentioned the comic book world.

Parallel universes and major events that disrupt order only explain that he is a soul that died and was reborn, and that he has entered the body of Wen Shiyu.

Lu He couldn't say she had absolutely no feelings for Xia Lan, but those feelings were clearly not enough for her to give up her determination to get to the bottom of this universal law.

She will naturally make even more outrageous attempts to test him next.

The reason she suddenly became like this was because after learning from the system that her misfortunes in her original world were caused by outsiders who had traveled to another world, she had been struggling and grappling with her inner turmoil.

The thought of that suffering filled her with pity for the people here who were also being tormented in the same way.

But when she thought back to the days and nights she spent feeling abandoned and dejected, she felt it was unfair. Why was she the one who thought of others, but no one thought of her?

During this period, she was constantly going back and forth between feeling guilty and giving up.

She still remembers the system's final advice to her: "My advice against revealing your identity is actually to protect your safety."

You should know that every world probably has some people who have been time travelers before. They have all been villains in other worlds, so they naturally know very well what you are here for.

To protect the order of their world from disruption, they might spare no effort to eliminate you once they discover you. I hope you'll think twice before acting.

The appointments and transfers were announced quickly the following day.

Xia Lan was transferred to the personnel department.

Rumors are circulating in the company that this is proof that General Manager Wen is distancing himself from her.

Even if she had a romantic relationship with President Wen before, it should have ended now.

As for Xu Chen, he must be a male mistress who took over the position.

Human Resources Department, restroom sink.

"Have you heard of Xia Lan? She was promoted and put in charge of many things after only one month in the company. But then she was used and then discarded when the celebration event went against Duanmu's side. Do you think she offended President Wen?"

A female colleague was tying her hair up when she muttered a question to the two girls next to her.

"Xiaomi, don't talk nonsense. We don't know about these people with connections. It's very complicated. Be careful not to say something that might offend someone."

The short-haired girl reminded her.

"What are you afraid of? Xia Lan has fallen out of favor. Why would you be afraid of her? Besides, she used underhanded tactics against the Duanmu Group, which also offended them. Without the Wen family, no place in this industry will want her."

"How can you be so sure she's fallen out of favor? Couldn't there be something else going on?"

Girls with short hair are still a bit cautious.

"Qiqi, you're so out of the loop. To put it bluntly, Xia Lan got into Mr. Wen's bed. Isn't it said that Mr. Wen likes women? I think they were in that kind of relationship before. People in the company have seen her staying at Mr. Wen's house for a while now."

The girl called Xiaomi continued her incessant gossip: "Hey, you guys know Xu Chen, right? He's Wen's favorite now. I think Wen's fallen for someone else. What do you think, Xue'er?"

The girl who was touching up her makeup turned around when she heard her name called. "Huh? I'm not sure, but since Mr. Wen likes women, I'd like to give it a try, hahaha."

The three were still gossiping when the door to the inner toilet stall was suddenly kicked open with a bang.

The three immediately fell silent, watching Xia Lan walk out with a terrible expression, and dared not utter another word.

Xia Lan walked up to them without any hesitation, turned on the tap, and washed her hands.

The three looked at each other, wondering how much of what she had just said.

They stood there, frozen, watching Xia Lan wash her hands.

"What's wrong? Did you get silenced?" Xia Lan spoke first, her eyes cold and revealing no emotion.

But even a fool would know that if she had heard what I just said, she would definitely be angry.

"You heard everything just now?" Qiqi asked in a slightly embarrassed voice.

But Xiaomi was different. Now that she had been heard, she became even more assertive: "If you dare to do it, why are you afraid of what others will say?"

"What did I do?" Xia Lan stared at her coldly, her displeasure evident in her eyes.

Xiaomi was a little annoyed by being targeted. Although she was the one who spoke ill of others first, everyone was talking about it, so why was she the one being targeted?

"So you slept with President Wen, am I wrong? You're incompetent, so you rely on sneaking into other people's beds."

Qiqi quickly tugged at Xiao Mi's sleeve: "Xiao Mi, stop talking..."

Instead of taking the opportunity to back down, Xiaomi became more and more agitated: "Why shouldn't I say anything? Everyone's talking about it. What's wrong with me saying something? If she's so capable, she shouldn't have done it herself!"

She raised her voice as she spoke.

"Oh?" Xia Lan raised an eyebrow. "I didn't hear what others were saying, but I only heard you say it. You're fired."

She said it casually, "This is real power that Lu He gave me, real power in the personnel department."

"Why should I? Did I do anything wrong at work? Just because I criticized you? Liu Shi and Chen Lu have already said the same thing!"

Upon hearing about the dismissal, Xiaomi immediately became flustered and blurted out everything: "What Liu Shi said was even worse! He said that you and President Wen broke up because you've never been with a man! As soon as a man comes along, you two will break up!"

Qiqi rushed over and covered Xiao Mi's mouth. What a troublemaker! Is she trying to sell out the whole department?!

While covering Qiqi's mouth, she frantically apologized to Xia Lan: "Director Xia! I'm so sorry! We shouldn't have gossiped about the company's leadership!"

Xia Lan narrowed her eyes: "You all know that what you were just discussing was the leadership, and you know that these rumors will damage the company's image and interests?"

She imagined what Lu He looked like in her mind, and what she would do.

Then, mimicking the tone, he said, "Xiaomi, didn't you just say you did nothing wrong at work? Damaging the image of the company's management and slandering the image of the president of the Wen Group is a huge mistake! You're fired, understand? I'll go sign your resignation papers right away. Go pack your things and leave... As for the people you just reported, I've noted them down too..."

Then, amidst the astonished and nervous gazes of Xiaomi, Qiqi, and Xue'er, she left the restroom.