No longer a pushover (Noelle and Cedric)

Noelle stood off to the side, watching Bobby warmly greet Xenia, even flattering her. If this had happened before, she would have been angry. But now, she simply didn't care.

Xenia was also a bit surprised by Bobby's warmth. When she saw Noelle earlier, she still felt irritated. After all, Noelle was the eldest daughter of the Liddell family.

People in companies like this were always opportunistic, changing their tune depending on who they were dealing with. To her surprise, Bobby ignored Noelle completely, likely because Lucas had given a heads-up in advance. Xenia smugly enjoyed Bobby's excessive flattery. "I'm new here and still have a lot to learn, so I hope we'll get along with each other."

"It's no trouble at all. With you here, our branch will surely thrive. Let's go to the office for some tea," Bobby said.

She was pleased with the praise, casting a triumphant glance at Noelle, who was left standing off to the side, before heading to the office.

Noelle calmly looked away and went to the HR department for her orientation.

The HR manager didn't even glance at her resume, coldly stating, "Let's have you try in the IT department first. We'll decide whether to hire you officially based on your performance."

After all, they had hired several people to resolve the firewall issue, but no one could fix it.

Noelle had no objections. She wasn't there for a full-time job anyway. She could resolve the firewall issue in just a few days. She wasn't bothered by the HR manager's cold attitude and headed straight to the office area.

When the team leader of the IT department, Isaac Parry, saw how young she was, his tone became mocking. "Why did the HR department send a young engineer like this? Did they make a mistake?"

They had had many skilled people come in recently, none of whom could solve the problem. Now, here came a young woman who looked like she was still in her teens-could she really fix the firewall issue? Noelle remained unfazed. "Well, since you haven't solved it, I'll just try and see if I can."

She sat down at an empty desk and began testing the software. She remembered Isaac well.

In her previous life, he had testified for Xenia, claiming that Xenia had been the one to solve the firewall problem.

Before long, Xenia and Bobby came

out together. Bobby loudly announced, "Everyone, stop what you're doing. Ms. Liddell is here to inspect the work; we'll all be colleagues from now on."

Xenia smiled graciously. "Hello, everyone. I'm still new, so I hope we'll get along."

The office staff all responded warmly.

Isaac stood up, looking eager to please. "Of course, our branch rarely gets such a beautiful lady. We'll take good care of you."

Noelle remained expressionless, staring at her computer as if the excitement outside had nothing to do with her.

A female colleague sitting next to her whispered enviously, "Ms. Liddel's life is truly good, unlike us regular employees."noveldrama

"You're right. I heard she's here to

solve the firewall issue, but she looks so young. I heard she's still in college-what does she know about computers?"

Noelle had heard these comments before and was used to them. In her previous life, when she came to the branch to solve the firewall problem, Xenia followed along, claiming to want to learn, but ended up dragging everyone down.

Ultimately, Xenia took all the credit for the results, and no one spoke up for Noelle.

Soon, Xenia walked over, her high heels clicking on the floor, a strong perfume scent following her. The IT department team leader stood up eagerly. "Ms. Lidell, anything we can help you with?" Xenia glanced at Noelle before smiling. "I just wanted to check on the firewall issue. Is it still unresolved?" "Ahem. We're working hard on it. We've even brought in a new person. I believe it will be resolved soon." Isaac looked at Noelle with an unfriendly attitude. "Hey, get up and greet Ms. Lidell. Tell her your plan."