Man, what's wrong with you?

"No matter what happened, you must tell me the truth about who hurt you. You can trust me," said Linda. She placed a hand on Sherry's shoulder, meeting her eyes with a look of sincerity.

Sherry felt a warmth enveloping her heart. It was pleasant to realize that no matter what troubles she went through, there was always someone on her side ready to support her no matter what.

Linda couldn't help her solve her problems, but it was enough for her to be there as her best friend while she was sad.

"Thank you, Linda," Sherry said in a low voice.

Linda leaned forward and put an arm around Sherry's neck. "Don't thank me, Sherry. You're my best friend. I'll stand by your side no matter what."

Sherry nodded and gave her a slight grin. "By the way, since you've been assigned to work with me, you have to take your work very seriously. I'm a really strict manager, you know."

Linda rolled her eyes. "You don't have to remind me what a workaholic you are. Hey, I just read the contracts, and I saw that you have two cases at the same time—one is the Ou Group, and the other is the Song Group. Did Jeremy arrange that on purpose?"

Sherry's smile turned brittle. "You already know the answer. Jeremy always has an ulterior motive for doing things."

Linda was outraged on her best friend's behalf. "Jeremy is way out of line! If he sabotages you at work, you must expose him. Don't sacrifice your career to protect him!" she exclaimed, giving Sherry a ferocious look.

"It's all right," Sherry said with a sigh. "I know how to deal with him."

She now had a very heavy workload.

Sherry had already asked for a few days off. With the deadline approaching, she had barely made any headway with her work. Fortunately, Steve had said she could postpone her deadlines for the Song Group for a few days.

been determined to devote herself to her work. Linda saw how conscientious she was, and

of her small world, and was returning to her roots. Sherry was

was a little clumsy at first, fumbling to figure out the correct way to do things. But with effort and intelligence, she had developed her

so painful," said an employee in the

enter the tea room, carrying a cup in her hand. She opened her mouth to greet them when she heard the woman complain, "The new manager is such a workaholic!

know! This morning, I had just gone to the bathroom, and as soon as I walked out

with all this nonstop work. My neck and waist are getting strained! If the new manager doesn't relax, she'll work us all into the ground. I feel like even my eyesight is

the manager by Mr. Gu himself. She must be working so hard

can work as hard as she wants, but does she have to make us suffer with her? Honestly, this load is killing me! I've been working overtime for several nights in a row. Last night I had an argument with my boyfriend because I kept him waiting

When there was a lull in the conversation, she took a deep

sounds as she walked inside. Many of them did not notice her at once, since she didn't announce herself. But finally someone saw that the new manager herself had walked in, and nudged the others, who were still

Then she left the tea room without saying anything to

glances with each other, not knowing what to say. Eventually, the sound

she hear the things we were saying?" said one of the

look angry, did she? No one could be so calm if they heard others talking behind

right," agreed the woman, sounding relieved. "Maybe she didn't hear anything. Anyway, we weren't even talking

she did hear us, we shouldn't be lazing around in

time to time, they stole covert glances at Sherry's

Sherry and saw that she was busy. She scowled and asked her friend, "Why didn't you confront them? How could you let them say those things about

had noticed that there was something wrong from Sherry's stiff expression, and she soon found out all about the