A reborn mother longs for her daughter's happiness.

Chapter 7: The Li Family's Fake Gold?

After a busy day at work, Li Yuan dragged her slightly tired body home. As soon as she entered, she was greeted by a heartwarming scene. Her mother was lovingly playing with her baby daughter, Li Shiqing, in the stroller. The little one was waving her tiny fists and babbling, looking absolutely adorable. Her father watched quietly by, his eyes full of tenderness, while her younger brother occasionally peeked over to see Shiqing's lovely smile.

Before Li Yuan could even savor this heartwarming moment, her father turned around and asked with concern, "How's work? Are you tired?"

The mother chimed in, "Yes, daughter, don't push yourself too hard if you're too tired."

Li Yuan forced a smile and said, "I'm not tired, Dad, Mom, don't worry."

While her mother was interacting with Xiao Shiqing, Li Yuan pulled her father aside and whispered, "Dad, our company's manager, Mr. Wang, is prejudiced against housewives. He always discriminates against us female employees with children. It's so annoying."

The father frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "That won't do. I'll see how things go in a couple of days. If he goes too far, we'll have to talk to him."

Li Yuan nodded, then went to chat with her younger brother. The two siblings laughed and talked about some interesting things, temporarily putting their work troubles behind them.

Soon, the night passed, and dawn broke. Li Yuan went to work as usual. She had hoped to have a good day, but who knew that Supervisor Wang, like a devil, would start making things difficult for her again. Just as Li Yuan was feeling frustrated, a dramatic scene unfolded. A woman dressed in flamboyant attire walked in, introducing herself as Yao Ping, the daughter of the Li family.

Upon hearing this, Manager Wang's attitude immediately underwent a complete 180-degree turn. He became incredibly respectful to Yao Ping, bowing and scraping, almost kneeling down to lick her shoes.

At work, Manager Wang's obsequious manner was on full display. He showered Yao Ping with praise: "Miss Yao, you are truly young and promising. Your temperament and abilities are remarkable. If our company had more people like you, we would surely achieve great success."

Yao Ping was overwhelmed by the praise, feeling incredibly happy, as sweet as if she had eaten honey. But turning to Li Yuan and Sister Chen, she yelled, "What are you two standing there for? Get back to work! And keep a close eye on the cooperation with foreign companies; if anything goes wrong, you'll be held responsible!"

Sister Chen, always straightforward, couldn't hold back any longer. After Manager Wang left, she complained to Li Yuan, "Look at Manager Wang! He's a complete chameleon! Yao Ping claimed to be the Li family's daughter, but who knows if it's true or not? He fawned over her like a lapdog, treating us like enemies. What kind of person is he? With him around, we'll never have a good time in this company."

Li Yuan shook her head helplessly: "There's nothing we can do. They're the supervisor, so we just have to put up with it."

Just as Li Yuan returned to her workstation and was about to continue working, Supervisor Wang called her again: "Li Yuan, come here for a moment."

Li Yuan's heart skipped a beat, wondering what kind of trouble Manager Wang was going to cause this time. She walked up to Manager Wang, who immediately began nitpicking: "Look at the report you made yesterday, why is the format so messy? And these data, are you sure you checked them? So many problems, have you even put your heart into your work?"

Li Yuan felt so wronged. She had carefully checked the data and followed the company's format, but Manager Wang was just deliberately finding fault.

Before she could explain, Supervisor Wang waved his hand and said, "Stop making excuses. Go back and revise it now. You have to give me a perfect report before you leave work today, or I'll deduct your performance bonus."

Li Yuan returned to her workstation, seething with anger. Seeing her like this, Sister Chen comforted her, "Don't be angry. This Supervisor Wang is just unreasonable. Let's just treat him like a clown and not bother with him."

Li Yuan took a deep breath and began to re-examine the report. But the more she examined it, the more something seemed off. It was clearly something that Supervisor Wang had changed himself and was now blaming her for.

At this moment, Yao Ping was loitering in the office. Seeing Li Yuan busy, she walked over and said sarcastically, "Oh, isn't this Li Yuan? What's wrong? You can't stand being scolded by the supervisor? If your work ability isn't good, you need to practice more."

Li Yuan looked up at her and thought that Yao Ping was really inexplicable. She was about to retort, but then she remembered that she couldn't have a conflict with her, otherwise Manager Wang would have something to say about her again, so she held back.

Finally, lunchtime arrived, and Li Yuan and Sister Chen went to the cafeteria together.

While eating, Sister Chen said, "What exactly is Yao Ping doing here? Judging from her appearance, she's not a good person. Maybe she's here to steal our jobs."

Li Yuan smiled helplessly: "If she has real skills, we'll accept it. I'm just afraid she's using connections to cause trouble."

As the two were talking, they suddenly overheard someone nearby discussing Manager Wang and Yao Ping. "Did you know? Manager Wang is really good to Yao Ping. I heard he's even planning to give her an easy, high-paying job."

"Really? That's so unfair to us."

Li Yuan and Sister Chen exchanged a glance, both seeing helplessness in each other's eyes.

In the afternoon, Li Yuan continued to struggle with the report. She finally finished revising it and took it to Supervisor Wang.

Supervisor Wang glanced at it and started nitpicking again: "Your revisions are still not good enough. The data here is correct, but the analysis isn't in-depth enough. Also, the wording here is too verbose. Rewrite it."

Li Yuan almost lost her temper. She suppressed her anger and said, "Manager Wang, I have analyzed these data in great detail, and the wording here is in accordance with the company's standards. It has always been written this way."

Manager Wang slammed his hand on the table: "Are you the manager or am I? I said no, and that's final. Go and fix it right now."

Li Yuan returned to her workstation with the report in her hand, tears welling up in her eyes.

At this moment, her younger brother sent her a message: "Sis, don't feel too wronged. If that supervisor goes too far, we'll fight back. Dad will observe the details of the problem tomorrow."

Li Yuan replied, "It's okay, little brother, I can manage." She composed herself and started revising the report again.

Just as Li Yuan was overwhelmed with work, some more news about Yao Ping started circulating in the company. It was said that Yao Ping didn't actually have a proper job abroad and had returned to China hoping to find an easy job. She claimed she had managed to fool Manager Wang by relying on her connections and boasting. Li Yuan was both amused and exasperated by this news.

Finally, near the end of the workday, Li Yuan handed the report to Supervisor Wang again. This time, Supervisor Wang looked at it for a long time but couldn't find any fault with it, so he said, "Okay, this is barely acceptable. But you'd better be more careful in your work in the future, and don't always make me clean up your messes."

Li Yuan was so angry she wanted to bite him, but she didn't say anything.

When Li Yuan got home, she told her parents about her day. Her father was very angry: "That Manager Wang is going too far. I'll go to the company tomorrow to see what's going on."

Li Yuan's mother comforted her, saying, "Daughter, don't take it too hard. If it really doesn't work out, we can find another job."

Li Yuan shook her head: "Let's see. I can't let him defeat me so easily."