Chapter 46: Pretending to be Weak

Nancy didn't know if it was Daniel's clumsy lies or Blanche's sensitivity, but she knew Blanche was angry again. One morning, a simple form was sent back to the Marketing Department by the Secretary Department for corrections five or six times, and Nancy had to submit it each time. But Blanche just glanced at it casually and told her it wasn't right—wrong format, insufficient data, incorrect spacing—and asked her to redo it. Amanda was indignant, "Blanche is deliberately causing trouble for you. You're a manager, not her assistant." Nancy was also somewhat helpless, but Blanche was just such a willful person, and she acted without fear. Nancy needed Daniel's signature for a project that required payment by today afternoon. But she hadn't been able to find Daniel after several attempts, and Nancy knew it was Blanche's doing. An intern nervously handed her the documents, "Nancy, I'm sorry, the Secretary Department said... the paper is not up to standard." "What kind of excuse is