Chapter 367 Pull Her Down from This Position
She had always known that Oscar wanted his family to return to the ranks of top families someday.
The Ross family was the stepping stone he had his eye on.
This was also why Zoey had been trying to please Charlotte all along.
If she could win Charlotte's favor, when Oscar's family's status rose in the future, Zoey would be the hero.
By then, being with Oscar would be perfectly natural.
But all of this was ruined because of Olivia!
Because of her, everything she had done before was wasted!
Zoey was so angry about this that she confronted Olivia today.
However, Oscar was pretty reasonable.
He didn't blame Olivia for this like Zoey did.
Facing the furious Zoey, he calmly tried to reason with her, "Zoey, stop talking. What happened with Charlotte isn't Olivia's fault.
I've already looked into what really happened.
This time, Charlotte was definitely in the wrong first. Her hand getting injured was an accident.
I know you're thinking of me, but you shouldn't blame Olivia for this.
Let's just drop this matter and not bring it up again."
Then he turned to Olivia and apologized, "Sorry you had to deal with this. Don't take what Zoey said to heart."
Zoey looked completely shocked.
She had done so much for him!
She only went after Olivia because of him.
And what happened?
Not only did he not support her, he actually took Olivia's side instead.
This made her look like she was being completely unreasonable!
Zoey was shaking with anger and asked furiously, "Oscar, don't you care about your family anymore?"
Oscar just frowned and told her, "Zoey, my family's business has nothing to do with you. Stop getting involved.
And stop worrying about the Ross family too."
"You..." Zoey couldn't believe it. Besides feeling hurt, her eyes were full of hatred toward Olivia.
How could she not see that Oscar treated Olivia differently?
But why?
She was the one who had been by Oscar's side all these years.
Zoey had done so much for him, yet he never fell for her.
How long had Olivia even known him?
Yet he clearly favored her.
The fire of jealousy burned in Zoey's heart.
She stared hard at Olivia, as if she wanted to carve out pieces of her flesh to feel satisfied.
Oscar ignored her emotions, turned to Olivia and said, "Let's get to work. We still have tasks to finish today."
"Okay." Olivia nodded briefly and paid them no more attention.
Oscar watched her walk away, his eyes growing darker.
Actually, how could he not understand what Zoey was saying?
If this were before, he definitely would have sided with Charlotte too.
But now...
He suddenly figured it out.
To change his family's situation, Oscar didn't necessarily have to suck up to Charlotte.
He knew what the Ross family was really like.
If he stuck to the original plan, it might not actually work out in the end anyway.
On the other hand, Olivia was the head of Medica Vitae Sect.
Their relationship was definitely better than with the Ross family.
He also noticed yesterday that Olivia and Liam had a really good relationship.
Whether it was Medica Vitae Sect or the Blake family, both were way better than the Ross family.
Anyone who wasn't stupid would know which to choose.
Of course, Oscar saw things more clearly than Zoey did.
That day, the man standing next to Olivia who could treat the Ross family that way was no ordinary person.
At the very least, he was above the Ross family.
Otherwise, how could he make the Morgan family break off the engagement with the Ross family with just one sentence?
That man's identity was unknown.
Either way, it was best not to offend him.
But thinking about himself and Olivia, Oscar's eyes dimmed with hidden disappointment.
He had thought that since they worked together every day, spending so much time together and interacting frequently, he might have a chance.
He never expected Olivia already had a boyfriend.
Oscar lowered his eyes, hiding the barely noticeable ambition in them.
If his family could rise again, maybe he could compete with that guy too.
Olivia had no idea what he was thinking.
At the research institute, she always stayed focused and quickly got into work mode.
The three of them were in the same lab, not exchanging a single word, each doing their own job.
But Zoey, because her mood was affected, couldn't fully focus on work.
Not only was the quality of her work much worse, she didn't even finish what she was supposed to do within the set time.
By evening, near the end of the workday, Olivia was organizing data.
When she was about to submit it, she discovered problems with the materials Zoey had given her.
She obviously knew why this happened, but she didn't let it slide.
Right then and there, as team leader, she severely criticized Zoey. "If you can't even control your personal emotions, then don't take on this work.
Research and development can't tolerate distraction or data errors.
Do you know that because of your tiny mistake, you could drag down the entire team's work and progress?
You're not just being irresponsible to yourself and the work, you're wasting everyone else's time!"
Olivia's eyes were angry as she slammed the documents on the table and coldly ordered her, "Go back and redo this. If you can't finish it tonight, don't go home!"
Their team's progress had always been the most efficient among all the groups.
Because everyone knew their capabilities, when assigning tasks, they were given the key projects.
Not only were the requirements high, but efficiency was demanded too.
Originally, tomorrow morning, this part of the research she was handling was supposed to be sent for inspection.
In Olivia's plan, she would have the materials organized tonight.
She didn't expect there would be errors in the data now.
This problem was too serious.
Since the materials hadn't been submitted yet, it was fine - they still had a chance to fix it.
But once submitted, if the higher-ups discovered the problem, she as team leader would be disciplined!
Zoey had been in this field for many years, and this was the first time she'd been criticized so harshly without any mercy.
Combined with what happened this morning, she hated Olivia even more.
She became even more convinced that Olivia was deliberately picking on her!
Zoey stubbornly insisted, "There's nothing wrong with my data. I checked it three times before sending it over."
Olivia said angrily, "This is the result of you checking three times? Look at this page yourself!"
She pointed out three incorrect data points in a row, holding back her anger without exploding directly.
Oscar glanced over from the side, also frowned, and said, "Zoey, did you miss something? There really are problems with the data here."
Zoey wanted to argue, but faced with the hard facts, she had no defense.
Olivia didn't waste more words. She threw the documents in front of her and said in a tone that allowed no argument, "Take it back and redo it."
Zoey was seething with hatred, cursing in her mind, 'What's so great about you! Just because you have a team leader title, you really think you're the boss!'
But she didn't dare clash with Olivia over work matters.
So no matter how unwilling she was, she still took the documents back to revise them.
Olivia was strict, but she still stayed late that night to help Zoey go through the data again.
No matter what, the team was one unit.
Even if they had to work overtime, they had to finish the job properly so that everyone else's efforts wouldn't be wasted.
However, Zoey didn't appreciate Olivia's efforts at all.
After going home that night, still holding a grudge, she called Charlotte directly to curse about Olivia.
"That woman, just because she's the head of Medica Vitae Sect, acts extremely arrogant and doesn't take anyone seriously.
Today I asked her to apologize to you, but she not only refused, she said you deserved it, that your hand being ruined was your own fault.
I got angry and scolded her a few times, then she took revenge by deliberately finding fault with my work, yelling at me, and sending back the materials I submitted, ordering me to redo them.
She's just so full of herself!
Charlotte, this woman is really disgusting!"
On the other end of the phone, Charlotte's face darkened after hearing Zoey's exaggerated story.
That day when she was sent to that place by Andrew's people, not only were her valuables stolen, she almost got assaulted by those people.
If she hadn't had some fighting skills, she might not have even escaped.
But even so, her hand was still in a cast.
She had suffered pain she'd never experienced in her entire life.
This made her hate Olivia even more.
But before she could get revenge, the Morgan family came to break off the engagement.
Charlotte passed out from anger on the spot that day.
The Ross family went to talk to the Morgan family.
But the Morgan family's refusal left no room for negotiation.
You have to understand, although the Ross family was a medical family, they had decent wealth.
But after declining, the current Ross family couldn't compare with other wealthy families at all.
Originally, the Ross family wanted to use marriage alliances with other wealthy families to help the Ross family return to being the top family and push down the Blake family.
But now, all their plans were ruined.
They had nowhere to turn for help, even the Morgan family was wary of the Hamilton family.
When Charlotte woke up and learned this news, she threw a huge tantrum at home.
What disappointed her was that her family, who always used to indulge her, this time told her not to pursue this matter anymore.
They even said, "Who told you to mess with Mr. Hamilton?"
Charlotte was going crazy with anger.
Given her personality, there was no way she could swallow this.
The severe pain from her broken hand reminded her every second of what she'd been through.
After thinking it over for a long time, she suddenly remembered Zoey, who was also at the research institute.
So she immediately contacted her, trying to use her as a weapon to cause some trouble for Olivia.
Now it seemed this Zoey was also useless and couldn't do anything right.
And she had the nerve to come complain to her!
Charlotte cursed her in her mind, but pretended to be kind on the surface, fake-comforting her, "Zoey, thank you for standing up for me like this. This Olivia really is too much.
A woman like her doesn't deserve to be in her current position at all!
By seniority, you and Oscar are her seniors, and you have more experience than her. By rights, the team leader position should be yours or Oscar's.
But Olivia, just because she has connections, took that position.
Thinking about her fake nature, I really feel it's unfair to you guys.
How about this - why don't you use this opportunity to pull her down?"