The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character Alpha Decides to Go On Strike (GL) - Chapter 2

To this day, Su Li still can’t figure out how she fell in love with Qiao Mumu.

Two years ago, she had just graduated. Her biological father, the chairman, threw her into the company’s sales department, sugarcoating it as letting her “start from the bottom.” That day, a client Su Li had been pursuing for a long time finally showed up at the company to discuss a contract. The administrative clerk in charge of coffee, Qiao Mumu, clumsily barged into the conference room.

The shrewd client had been testing Su Li’s bottom line. After a round of negotiation, Su Li was about to convince the other party to sign the contract when Qiao Mumu spilled a cup of coffee all over the documents.

The client cried out from the scald, and the initial frustration of a failing negotiation was amplified. He turned and left without looking back.

Initially, Su Li was furious.

She questioned Qiao Mumu about her carelessness, and Qiao Mumu, who had no work experience, burst into tears right there.

The moment Su Li saw Qiao Mumu’s tears, she, who had always lived in an elite circle, froze on the spot.

She thought: Wow, this Omega is so fragile, so pitiful. I really want to hold her in my arms and comfort her.

If the current Su Li could miraculously travel back two years, she would, without joking, give the past self who had that thought a massive slap!

The trouble-making Qiao Mumu didn’t even last the first half-month of her internship. HR was already preparing to kick her out. But by then, Su Li had noticed this unique and innocent protagonist and secretly manipulated things to keep her on.

And when Su Li finished her “incognito inspection” work evaluation and swiftly took the position of General Manager, Qiao Mumu was naturally promoted to become her sole Special Assistant.

During that time, their relationship was very ambiguous. Although they hadn’t even held hands, Su Li always treated her as her future girlfriend.

It must be noted here that Qiao Mumu caused many troubles, big and small, during her tenure. Some even reached her father, Su Qian, but Su Li handled them all.

To improve Qiao Mumu’s impression in her father’s eyes, Su Li boldly began bringing Qiao Mumu to various important events to help her boost her performance and reputation.

About half a year ago, at an industry dinner, Qiao Mumu leveraged her connection with Su Li and met President Fang Huo, the CEO of Su’s competitor.

After that, Su Li felt that Qiao Mumu was often distracted and wasn’t as actively engaged with her as before. Su Li was sharp, and her intuition told her that Qiao Mumu and Fang Huo might have gotten together.

This created a huge sense of crisis, prompting her to immediately plan a confession.

But after breaking the ice, Qiao Mumu kept putting her off.

Qiao Mumu never directly refused. She would find many excuses, saying that she currently didn’t want to date, shouldn’t date, or couldn’t date. It was like dangling a piece of meat in front of Su Li’s nose—letting her see and smell it, but never actually tasting it.

Everyone around Su Li advised her to stay away from Qiao Mumu. They couldn’t understand how Su Li, a fair-skinned, beautiful, long-legged, wealthy heiress, had become Qiao Mumu’s sycophant.

Su Li didn’t think it was strange, but every time she resolved to give up on Qiao Mumu, the other woman’s tears would reel her soul back in.

She even suspected that Qiao Mumu’s tears were a biological weapon effective only against her.

Su Li during that period was like someone who had lost her mind, determined to orbit around Qiao Mumu.

During her last confession, Qiao Mumu told her: “Su Li, what I want is a stable life and a long-term commitment. Can you understand that?”

This gave Su Li hope.

She thought Qiao Mumu was hinting that she should skip the confession and go straight to a marriage proposal, making her the world’s one and only “Mrs. Su.”

At the time, the famous multinational corporation S.G. was preparing to enter the electronic technology sector and was scouting for reliable allies. Companies in the industry were eagerly anticipating, praying that this opportunity would fall into their laps.

S.G.’s General Manager, Shen Mo, had a demanding schedule. Su Corp finally managed to establish contact with her. She promised to find time to bring her team to inspect Su Corp, but couldn’t give a specific date.

While the entire company was preparing for Shen Mo’s possible visit, Su Li had only one thought in her mind—

She was going to go big!

So, on Qiao Mumu’s birthday, Su Li planned a grand marriage proposal ceremony at the company.

Her assistant had once bravely asked Su Li: “Su Zong, w-what if the S.G. team happens to choose that day to visit the company…?”

Su Li’s love-crazed brain was in overdrive. She laughed foolishly, delighted at the surprise she had prepared, and didn’t take her assistant’s words seriously at all.

“No way. Who would be that unlucky?”

And then, her words became a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The day of the proposal, the weather was exceptionally good.

The sun was warm, the breeze was gentle, and Su Li, who was meticulously dressed, was beautiful enough to overshadow a host of online celebrities.

Candles, roses, champagne, and gifts piled high along the entire corridor—she stood on the path Qiao Mumu was sure to take ten minutes later, at the center of all the romance, eagerly awaiting the moment to propose to the girl she loved.

The last minute before Qiao Mumu appeared, Su Li felt a sudden sharp pain in her temple. Following this, a large amount of complex information was unexpectedly jammed into her mind.

It was then that she realized the world she had lived in for twenty years was actually a Mary Sue novel, and she herself was merely the deeply devoted female supporting character in The CEO’s Wife Is Very Clumsy.

Without her knowing, Qiao Mumu had already secretly decided to marry Fang Huo, the CEO of the rival company.

The reason she was still lingering at Su Corp, stringing Su Li along, was to help Fang Huo steal Su Corp’s important data and help her dear husband defeat Su Corp!

In the end of the novel, Su Li would go bankrupt and die due to Qiao Mumu’s betrayal, meeting a tragic, premature end.

The sharp pain slowly faded. When Su Li looked up again, Qiao Mumu’s figure had already appeared at the other end of the corridor. In that instant, the cold sweat breaking out on Su Li’s back soaked her clothes.

There was no time!

Panic prevented Su Li’s brain from functioning normally. She glanced around, subconsciously grabbed the person closest to her, and thrust out the bouquet and ring she was holding.

“I, I’ve liked you for a long time. Will you be with me?”

The marriage proposal speech she had prepared for so long was spoken so hastily.

Gasps rose from the surrounding employees, mixed with the excited screams of the women, constantly stimulating Su Li’s fragile eardrums.

She suppressed the intense feeling of nausea from the plot shock, keeping her head down to hide her embarrassment.

Slowly, she regained her composure.

It was then that Su Li began to applaud her quick thinking—the act of randomly pulling a stranger to propose to seemed like a joke, but all crisis would disappear into thin air after the person rejected her.

There was truly no better option.

The only strange thing was that the sound of the onlookers gradually quieted down for some reason, and the spacious company corridor suddenly fell silent.

Puzzled, Su Li slowly looked up to face the unlucky person in front of her.

Although inappropriate for the situation, she couldn’t help but be distracted, thinking: Her luck is really good—the woman she had grabbed in her panic had a face beautiful enough to ruin nations.

Her eyebrows were like distant mountains, her skin like congealed cream, and her peach blossom eyes sparkled like stars, allowing one to see right into her heart with just a glance.

Su Li thought: If I really married this woman, I wouldn’t lose out at all.

But when did such a great beauty arrive at the company without her knowing?

The next moment, her father, Su Qian’s, booming voice sounded behind her, simultaneously answering her question: “Su Li! You bastard!!

“What the hell are you doing to President Shen?! Let go of President Shen’s hand!!!”

“Ah…” Looking at the woman’s face, Su Li finally remembered, “Sh-Shen Mo!”

What you fear most comes true. The situation was so dramatic—Shen Mo happened to arrive at Su Corp for a visit on Qiao Mumu’s birthday.

In the original plot, Shen Mo ultimately chose not to partner with Su Corp.

She accidentally witnessed Su Li’s proposal ceremony, stayed for less than half an hour, and then left with her team.

While Su Li was stunned, Su Qian had already run between them.

Poor him, an older man with a middle-aged spread, was gasping for breath after running a short distance. After stopping, he glared at Su Li, his voice squeezed through gritted teeth: “What on earth are you playing at?!”

“I…” Su Li instinctively looked down, only to find her right hand was empty.

The ring she had carefully selected for the proposal, along with its velvet box, had somehow ended up in Shen Mo’s hand.

Su Li’s feelings were complex.

Setting aside the plot related to Qiao Mumu, she finally realized she had caused a huge disaster—in the original plot, Shen Mo gave up on Su Corp just by witnessing the proposal. Now that she had genuinely offended her, would Shen Mo retaliate and cause Su Corp to collapse even faster?

She was not someone who liked to run away. After a moment of shock, she quickly looked up at Shen Mo.

Shen Mo’s eyes were like stars, and a slight smile played on her lips as she met Su Li’s gaze.

Su Li thought: This woman, a daughter of heaven, has incredible mental fortitude. She can maintain basic politeness even when offended.

She opened her mouth: “I’m sorry, I…”

Shen Mo reached out and handed the ring box back to her.

Su Li paused, not understanding what she meant.

Su Qian nearly ground his teeth to dust beside her: “Are you an idiot? Hurry up and take your trash away? Clean up your mess and get back to…”

Before his roar ended, Shen Mo calmly brushed a loose strand of hair from her cheek.

She looked at Su Li and nodded gently: “I can.”

“Huh?” Su Li took the ring back, her mind turned to mush.

Can what? What can she do? Who is she answering?

Because she was looking down, she noticed that Shen Mo’s outstretched left hand had not been withdrawn. Her wrist was slightly bent, her long, fair fingers spread open—clearly a gesture of waiting.

Su Li looked around. The only suitable thing at hand was the silver ring inside the velvet box.

She took out the ring and, in front of her father and hundreds of company employees, demonstrated by slipping it onto Shen Mo’s ring finger.

The surroundings were silent; you could hear a pin drop.

Su Qian pouted and suddenly blurted out: “Careless girl, the size is too big!”

Su Li couldn’t explain: “…”

The ring was custom-sized for Qiao Mumu. It was clearly a size too big on Shen Mo’s finger, looking loose and baggy.

Shen Mo cleared her throat and gently rotated the ring with her right hand.

“Too busy with work,” she looked up at Su Li, “I’ve lost a bit of weight recently.”

The sunlight streamed through the window, perfectly falling into her eyes, making the smile in them sparkle like scattered diamonds.

Su Li suspected she was seeing things. She rubbed her eyes, then looked up again, only to meet that tranquil sea of stars.

The starlight was exquisite.