Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 124

Chapter 124: Chapter 124

"Supervisor Rhodes, why am I suddenly being transferred from my current position?" Simon Lancaster asked anxiously. "What’s going on?"

Nothing had been going right for Simon Lancaster this past month. He had recently lost out on a project lead position to two senior employees, which was already a bitter pill to swallow. Now, another project he was on had been assigned to someone else.

Simon was completely baffled. He had no idea why things had taken such a turn.

He hadn’t even recovered from the blow of losing two projects in a row when he received a notice of transfer from the company, demoting him from his current role to an entry-level position.

His current job was a junior management role with good pay and benefits. He received a generous weekly supply of fresh fruits and vegetables, and most importantly, it gave him access to the company’s key projects and significant opportunities for promotion.

He never imagined the company would transfer him out of this position.

If the new entry-level job had some potential for advancement, it might have been acceptable. But this position was purely manual labor.

After the transfer, he would be stuck running errands and doing menial tasks. Barring a miracle, he would never get a chance to work on one of Rhodes’s key projects again.

Supervisor Rhodes sighed and replied, "Simon, why can’t you keep your family in line? The incident with your brother showing up at someone’s door trying to attack them was reported to the company. You know how strict our policies are about this sort of thing. According to company regulations, we have no choice but to demote you."

Supervisor Rhodes didn’t feel good about it either. He had originally hoped for Simon Lancaster to become his son-in-law.

He knew his daughter, Holly Rhodes, had the temper of a spoiled princess and exceedingly high standards. After all these years, she hadn’t met anyone suitable. It was a rare thing for Simon to have caught her eye.

Holly was an only child, so having a man like Simon—handsome, capable, and from a wealthy family—marry into their family was the best possible outcome. But he never expected something like this to happen.

Simon’s face went pale. He knew it was a bad idea when he first heard his parents had taken his brother to cause trouble at Melody Summers’s home, but he never thought it would escalate to this point!

His lips trembled as he spoke. "Supervisor Rhodes, there’s been a misunderstanding. Someone insulted my parents, and my brother couldn’t stand by and do nothing, so he fought back! Besides, he didn’t hurt anyone. In fact, he’s the one who got beaten up."

"Supervisor Rhodes, please, try to reason with them again. Even if it’s just for Holly’s sake. Once I’m transferred, I’ll never have a chance for promotion again. How am I supposed to give Holly a better life then?"

But Supervisor Rhodes just shook his head helplessly. "The only reason you haven’t been fired is because I pleaded on your behalf. If they were to handle this strictly, I’m afraid you wouldn’t even be able to keep this entry-level job."

Simon tried to explain further, but Supervisor Rhodes waved a hand to stop him. "Simon, this order came directly from upper management. There’s no point in saying more. You should go back and think about whether you’ve offended someone high up."

When Supervisor Rhodes first heard about the complaint, he had planned to pull some strings to make it go away. He never expected that upper management would personally instruct the relevant department to conduct a thorough investigation. At that point, his hands were tied.

Simon stumbled back to his office, his mind in turmoil.

’Who reported me?’

’How could such a minor issue reach the ears of upper management?’

’I’m just an insignificant junior manager at Rhodes, after all.’

’Was it the two rivals he competed against for the project lead position? Or someone else at the company who had it in for him?’

’But how would they have even known about it?’

Simon ran through a list of everyone who held a grudge against him, but he couldn’t come up with any leads.

He also suspected Melody Summers, but he quickly dismissed the thought. The Summers family were just farmers from the countryside who, by a stroke of dumb luck, got their hands on a few million and moved to the city. How could they possibly know someone in the upper echelons of Rhodes Enterprises?

Simon mulled it over for a long time, but his mind remained a blank. Overwhelmed with anxiety, he finally picked up his phone and, clutching at his last straw, dialed Holly Rhodes’s number.

As soon as the call connected, Simon recounted the entire story to Holly in a single breath, his voice laced with panic. "Holly, can you please try to talk to them for me? I really can’t be transferred!"

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