Zhao Tiezhu felt the gaze behind him but ignored it, heading straight for the manager’s office upstairs. He knocked on the door, and Qin Peiyao’s weak voice drifted from within:
"Come in!"
Zhao Tiezhu pushed the door open to see Qin Peiyao leaning against the desk, resting her face on her right hand as she looked toward the entrance. Her eyes were bloodshot, her lips were pale, and a vein pulsed on her forehead. The sight of her struggling to maintain her composure was pitiful; the intellectual, capable boss he knew was nowhere to be seen.
Chapter 31