Ch. 176..180: Mr CEO Ex-wife Escapes Again Chapter 176-180
Chapter 176: Chapter 176: Suspected Chapter 176: Chapter 176: Suspected Yin Hehe returned to the Legal Department.
She had thought that there would be a storm waiting for her that afternoon upon her arrival, but surprisingly, the office remained calm all the way up to closing time.
However, there was word from the Sales Department that Hu Xinxin had been fired.
Fired?
Her complexion changed immediately, and she stood up to go to the Sales Department.
“Hello, may I ask if Hu Xinxin is here?”
Upon entering the spacious and bright sales office, Yin Hehe did not see Hu Xinxin and thus inquired.
As soon as her words fell, she saw everyone there staring at her.
“So it’s you, Han Lina. Do you have the nerve to come looking for Xinxin?”
“Exactly, Xinxin got fired because of you, why are you still here looking for her? You think it’s not enough to have dragged her down with you?”
“…”
In just a few seconds, the people from the Sales Department started hurling abuse at her.
Yin Hehe furrowed her eyebrows.
Ignoring these people, she turned and chased after the subject of their discussion.
Luckily, when she reached the company’s lobby, she finally saw Hu Xinxin holding a cardboard box.
“Xinxin, wait a moment.”
She quickly caught up and called out to her.
Hu Xinxin stopped and turned around. Her eyes were swollen red from crying, it was evident.
“Lina, you… why did you come down? Are you here to see me off?”
Even at a time like this, the young girl still managed to summon a smile and joke with Yin Hehe.
Yin Hehe immediately felt even more guilty.
“No, I’m here to take you to argue your case. Xinxin, let’s go. We’re going to find your manager!”
She grabbed the girl’s arm, ready to take her back to confront the Sales Department manager.
But the sight of it scared Hu Xinxin’s face white.
“I… I can’t go. How can I still face him? It was my fault. How could I have the nerve to see him?”
“What did you do wrong? Giving me the key? And for that, they fire you? What kind of rule is that? Does Shengshi Group not have this stipulated in their labor laws?”
Yin Hehe was both angry and outraged.
Of course, she had already made up her mind that if she could not save this girl in the end,
she would have no choice but to approach the man upstairs.
Fortunately, upon hearing this, Hu Xinxin, who also felt aggrieved, obediently followed her back up.
It took about ten minutes before the two returned to the Sales Department.
“Where’s your manager?”
“He’s… over there,” Hu Xinxin said timidly, pointing at the manager’s office.
Yin Hehe then led her with decisive steps towards it.
Along the way, she didn’t even glance at the people from the Sales Department, no matter how shocked and appalled they were to see her.
“Knock knock knock—”
Finally, they reached the manager’s office, and Yin Hehe knocked politely.
“Come in!”
Indeed, a familiar voice came from inside, the same one Yin Hehe had heard not long ago in the file room.
Hu Xinxin shuddered at the sound.
Seeing this, Yin Hehe tightened her grip on her hand reassuringly and led her inside.
“Manager Fan, hello. I’m Han Lina from the Legal Department. I heard that because Xinxin lent me the key to the file room at noon, you fired Hu Xinxin, is that correct?”
Once Yin Hehe saw the short, chubby middle-aged man in the office, she didn’t beat around the bush and directly confronted him.
As soon as she finished speaking, the face of Manager Fan immediately turned grim.
“So you’re Han Lina. I haven’t even come to find you yet, and you took the initiative to come to me?”
“Well then, Manager Fan, now that I’m here, you can direct whatever issue you have at me instead of making things difficult for Xinxin.”
Seeing that this person’s intentions were aimed at her, Yin Hehe simply took all the matters into her own hands.
Hu Xinxin by her side was terribly anxious.
“Lina, you can’t do that.”
“Come at you?” The manager let out a cold laugh.
“Dare I? With our high and mighty president behind you, would I dare to trouble you? Han Lina, as for this matter, punishing one of my own to give an explanation to the Finance Department would have been enough, so don’t stir up trouble for nothing.”
Unexpectedly, this man ended his speech with such a sarcastic remark.
Yin Hehe’s face instantly flushed with rage.
She had initially thought that if she couldn’t resolve this matter herself, she would have to go to that man.
But now, after being told off by this person, she suddenly felt as if she had been slapped in the face, feeling embarrassed, ashamed, and at a loss for words…
All of which were plainly written on her face.
What on earth was she thinking? How could she think of such an undignified tactic? Was she incapable of handling things on her own? To ask for help with such a petty matter was no different from those who abuse their power to bully others, wasn’t it?
Yin Hehe calmed down.
“Manager Fan, I’m sorry that this issue has also caused trouble for you. Rest assured, I am just a nanny in the household of President Shengshi; it’s a mere employment relationship. Even now that I am at Shengshi Group, there’s no reason for him to give me special treatment.”
“…”
“Therefore, as for Xinxin’s issue, you should follow the company’s policies. Whatever the penalty should be, carry it out, but it definitely should not be termination. As for the Finance Department, I will go and explain it to Director Gao.”
Yin Hehe calmly put forth her suggestion to the manager, and at this moment, she finally regained her true sense of self.
The manager was taken aback.
“You’re going to find Director Gao? Who do you think you are?”
“Of course, as an employee of the Legal Department, Manager Fan. Actually, there’s one thing I really don’t understand. I took Xinxin’s key to the archives room, didn’t even touch anything from their Finance Department. Why would they need an explanation from you?”
All of a sudden, Yin Hehe looked at the Sales Manager and asked another question.
Caught off guard, the manager was baffled by her question.
“The documents of the Finance Department are obviously very important, so… isn’t it normal for them to ask for an explanation after you went in?”
“Of course not!” Yin Hehe sneered.
“If it’s that important, it shouldn’t be stored in a public place like the archives room but locked up in their Finance Department’s safe. Otherwise, does this mean that no one but the Finance Department’s personnel can enter the archives room from now on?”
She promptly shot back with a rebuttal.
And this time, as soon as she finished, the Sales Manager suddenly showed a look of sudden realization.
“That makes sense!”
“…”
Yin Hehe walked out.
Hu Xinxin followed behind her, extremely grateful.
“Lina, thank you. If it weren’t for you, I would have had to leave the company,” she said, crying on Yin Hehe’s arm, tears streaming down like rain.
Yin Hehe: “…”
This was a naive girl.
She returned to the Legal Department.
Finally, after coming back, the office that had been quiet all afternoon had some activity.
“Han Lina, you really have some nerve, even daring to go to Manager Fan. Do you have so little respect for the leaders of the Legal Department?”
Once she was called into the office by Huang Qin, the questions started with an unfriendly tone right away.
Yin Hehe hurriedly shook her head: “No, Attorney Huang, I just didn’t want to see Xinxin suffer because of me, so I went to talk some sense into Manager Fan.”
“Very impressive. We don’t even need us leaders to step in. In that case, Han Lina, you might as well take my position from now on. With your ability, you can certainly handle things alone in the Legal Department.”
After speaking, she casually threw a file over.
Chapter 177: Chapter 177 The Little One Got Hurt Chapter 177: Chapter 177 The Little One Got Hurt “A lawsuit?”
Yin Hehe looked at the lawsuit she had just received, showing a very anxious expression.
“Huang, how is this possible? I don’t understand anything about the law, how can I be responsible for the company’s case?”
“Why not? You’re already so capable, take it on, starting today, Han Lina, oh no, it should be Lawyer Han, you’re officially handling cases in the Legal Department. This case, where the company sues the former shareholder Peng Geng, is up to you.”
Huang Qin cut off her words and decisively gave the lawsuit to Yin Hehe as if issuing an order.
The former shareholder Peng Geng, isn’t he the real mastermind behind the board of directors’ move against Sheng Siyuan?
And they’re entrusting such a big case to her?
It seemed that they couldn’t restrain themselves after all and wanted to make a move against her, thinking that she was becoming an obstacle.
Yin Hehe took out the lawsuit documents.
Soon, it was time to get off work. She didn’t even look at the thing and carelessly shoved it into a drawer before leaving.
She still had to go to the supermarket, as she had promised to make fried chicken legs for Little Bun.
Yin Hehe left the company.
Just as she expected, as soon as she was out the door, Huang Qin headed to the director’s office.
“Director Xiao, do you think this method will test this woman? I just saw she seemed to not even look at it.”
“Don’t rush.”
Xiao Feng however, sat very calmly inside the office.
“The finance department said their file box clearly had signs of being tampered with. If it wasn’t Sheng Siyuan who instructed it, then it must’ve been this woman who found it herself.”
He concluded coldly.
Huang Qin’s face changed instantly, “But her usual demeanor doesn’t seem that savvy, and she also doesn’t understand the legal stuff very well.”
“That’s why we need to test it. The stuff in the Legal Department is rarely expected to be connected to the finance department. If it was really her who found it, it can only mean she’s a lawyer, and not just any lawyer but a very experienced one!”
Unexpectedly, Xiao Feng had some brains in him.
Indeed, it was from her vast experience that Yin Hehe suddenly thought to go to the finance department to look for the contract at noon.
Because, in large companies, shareholder contracts are generally used together with the company’s articles of association. Once used, both documents are put back in their places—the contract in the Legal Department, and the articles with the finance department.
So when she couldn’t find it in the archives, the idea suddenly popped into her mind.
Since these people wanted to deceive others.
Was it possible that the contract was also placed in the finance department?
In the end, Yin Hehe did indeed find the original shareholder contract by relying on her own smartness.
“This bitch!”
Huang Qin gritted her teeth so hard they made a creaking sound.
But Xiao Feng remained very calm.
“Don’t be anxious. If we confirm that she is the knife Sheng Siyuan brought back, then it’ll be easy to deal with her—we can just eliminate her!”
“How can we confirm that? Do we have to wait until she actually gets Peng Geng thrown into prison? That process seems a bit lengthy,” Huang Qin quickly asked.
“No need. You just need to have someone follow her. Peng Geng actually has a secret on him, a secret that even Sheng Siyuan wants to know. Unfortunately, since Peng Geng has been locked up in the Prosecutor’s Office, outsiders can’t contact him. If this woman is a professional lawyer, she will certainly notice the abnormalities in the lawsuit and will then go to find Peng Geng.”
Unexpectedly, this man casually revealed another startling piece of information.
Huang Qin was stunned.
There was such a conspiracy in this?
She didn’t dare to ask any more and turned to leave to find someone to tail her.
Unfortunately, the person she sent out that evening continued to follow Yin Hehe back to Shengfei Bay and didn’t discover anything unusual.
“Xiaohan is back, why didn’t the young master come back with you?”
In the villa estate bathed in a blazing red afterglow, Auntie Ke, seeing her return, asked happily, and incidentally inquired about their young master.
Yin Hehe suddenly felt a bit unnatural.
“Auntie Ke, your young master is the company’s CEO. How could he possibly come back with me?”
“You could ask him. Sometimes he just gets busy and forgets the time. You call him, and he’ll come back.”
I didn’t expect this old servant to be so persistent.
Yin Hehe was so embarrassed that she could only carry the vegetables toward the kitchen.
“Mommy, did you buy chicken drumsticks? Youyou wants to eat yummy chicken drumsticks tonight.”
“I did.”
Yin Hehe looked at the little pink bundle rushing into the kitchen and happily squatted down to hug her.
Little Bun rolled around on Mommy for a while.
“Mommy, let me tell you, Xi Bao and Cen Bao had a fight today.”
“What?” Yin Hehe was immediately taken aback.
“Why would they fight? What happened?”
“I don’t know, it was just this morning when you went to work. Cen Bao ran into Xi Bao’s room, and then I heard them arguing. They’re still not talking.”
Little Bun pouted her little mouth, saying in a wronged tone.
There was no helping it, today was difficult for her. One minute she had to coax Big Brother; the next, she had to speak nicely in Little Brother’s room.
It was exhausting her.
Yin Hehe also started to worry. She immediately put down the vegetables she was holding and took Little Bun to find her two sons.
Indeed, when she got upstairs, she saw that the two usually open children’s rooms were now tightly closed.
Listening from afar, there was the sound of something being smashed in the second-floor room.
And the third floor?
It seemed like a variety of combat noises from a game were coming out.
What was happening?
Yin Hehe hurriedly came to the door of her younger son’s room, whom she had raised.
“Cen Bao, it’s Mommy, are you in there? Can you open the door for Mommy?”
She looked on anxiously.
Fortunately, hearing that it was Mommy returning, the video-gaming Cen Bao came over grumpily to open the door.
“Mommy, you’re back?”
“Yes, I’m back. I heard you and your brother had a fight, what happened?”
As soon as Yin Hehe entered, she hugged the little guy in front of her and asked with concern.
Cen Bao opened his little mouth, about to tell Mommy that he found out Big Brother was trying to bring her and Daddy together.
“Xiaobao?”
“It’s nothing. I just wanted to ask Mommy, do you want to stay here? Are you going to take us away again?”
Suddenly, the little guy, holding his tablet, looked up seriously and asked.
Yin Hehe was stunned.
“Of course, I’ll take you with me, sweetheart. Why would you think that? Mommy will certainly not stay here; this isn’t our home.”
Yin Hehe answered her son’s question without even thinking.
It was at that moment, a “thud” came from outside. Yin Hehe immediately turned her head, only to discover that another small figure had appeared outside the door at some point.
And at this moment, having heard her words, he dropped the robot he was holding to the ground.
He turned and ran!
“Xi Bao! Xi Bao, where are you going? Wait for me!” Yin Hehe’s face turned pale in an instant.
She let go of her younger son and dashed out of the room, chasing after the little figure.
However, it was too late.
“Bang!”
By the time she got to the second floor, the little one had already rushed into his room and fiercely locked the door.
Yin Hehe’s lips turned white with fear.
“Xi Bao, open the door. Listen to Mommy’s explanation, please. Xi Bao, will you open the door?”
In her panic and haste, she even changed how she addressed him.
Chapter 178: Chapter 178: You Two Are Getting Back Together Chapter 178: Chapter 178: You Two Are Getting Back Together But still, Sheng Xi didn’t open the door.
It remained shut tight even when Sheng Siyuan was about to come, the door was still firmly closed.
“What happened?”
The man who had just returned from the office still carried a faint scent of tobacco. After seeing the situation, he removed his suit jacket and strode over.
Yin Hehe looked at him with red-rimmed eyes.
“He… he heard me saying to Cen Bao that I wouldn’t stay here long term, and he got angry.”
Her gaze dropped, and in that moment, she couldn’t bring herself to look at the man.
The man paused for a moment.
Realizing what she said, a surge of uncontrollable rage filled him, and his expression immediately turned dark.
“What? Is there a plague here? Are you so eager to leave because of that?”
“What?”
Yin Hehe immediately looked up, completely bewildered by the accusation.
But with that one sentence, there was no longer any warmth in the man’s features. His icy demeanor was terrifying, chilling to the bone in a matter of seconds.
“Get out!”
That single word made Yin Hehe shudder.
“Han Lina, if you’re clear about your position, then don’t give a child hope. He’s not an adult, he can’t withstand your deception over and over again!”
He ground out each word through gritted teeth.
That voice, it was as if he wanted to devour Yin Hehe whole, an attitude that hadn’t been seen in him for a long time.
Yin Hehe’s complexion turned even paler.
She opened her mouth, wanting to say something in her defense, but ultimately, she lost her courage in the presence of the man’s terrifying aura.
She walked away.
Before long, the man also entered the fingerprint for his own entry into the room’s lock.
“Clang—”
Indeed, the room was even more of a mess than he had imagined.
The little guy, feeling abandoned once again, lashed out like a crazed little beast as soon as he saw him enter.
He hurled something hard at him.
Sheng Siyuan looked down.
It was an action figure, the little one’s favorite. He remembered it was a gift from last year on his birthday.
“Got anything else to throw? Go ahead.”
Nobody would have expected this man’s approach to discipline.
The little guy, hearing him on the other side, immediately started shaking violently and pushed over the entire rack beside him.
“Bang!”
A loud noise emanated from the room.
Yin Hehe, just reaching the third floor, paused her steps again.
What’s going on?
The commotion seemed to be getting worse.
Her fingers whitened as she clenched them in her palm.
But fortunately, after the loud noise, the commotion downstairs ceased, and she waited a long while without hearing anything else.
“Tell Daddy, why don’t you want her to go?”
In the mess of the room, Sheng Siyuan finally waited for his son to vent, and he walked over to him, slowly crouching down.
The little guy was soaked through.
Like a little trapped beast, after an intense outburst, his beautiful little eyes finally welled up with tears.
“Because she’s your mommy, isn’t she?”
Sheng Siyuan reached out and wiped away the tears that had fallen from the little one’s eyes.
It surely wasn’t easy.
This little one had hardly ever shed tears since childhood, and now this damned woman, not here long, was quickly turning him into a crybaby.
“How… how do you know?”
The little guy hadn’t expected Daddy to say this, and his tear-filled eyes suddenly widened in surprise.
Sheng Siyuan sneered, and reached into his pocket, pulling out a report.
“If she wasn’t your mother, would she have risked her life to save you?”
“…”
The four-year-old little guy, holding the paternity test report, did not respond for a long time.
Seeing this, the man stood up.
He had walked around the children’s room, and when he brought up this matter, his expression wasn’t good-looking, even though it had been a few hours since he had learned the truth.
Yet at this moment, he still couldn’t calm his emotions.
“Sheng Xi, do you really want her to stay?”
“Yes!”
Without a second thought, the little guy, who had just snapped back to reality, uttered a heavy “yes” in the room.
In an instant, the man’s face grew even uglier.
“Why? She hasn’t spent a single day with you. Don’t you hate her?” he asked, utterly baffled.
Because he himself was very angry when he found out about it. He had not expected that the child he had raised for four years
was actually born to that damned woman!
This feeling was as though he, Sheng Siyuan, was still stuck on the last day she left, with that sense of humiliation not diminishing in the slightest, but instead, with the revelation of the child’s truth,
it made him lose face even more.
He had never won against her!
“She is Mommy.”
However, the little guy, not good with words, gave him the most genuine few words in reply.
The man suddenly crouched in front of him, stunned.
Mommy?
Indeed, they were mother and son, just like that woman, who had never seen him or even knew of his existence.
But when she heard he was in danger, she still recklessly rushed to save him.
Sheng Siyuan gradually calmed down.
He cursed, “You little bastard, what about Mommy? She hasn’t been with you for even a day, and you can’t do without her? I’ve been raising you for four years, and I haven’t seen you be so filial to me.”
“You can remarry!”
All of a sudden, the little guy coolly threw out another line.
The man was stunned again.
“Remarry? What are you talking about? You just want her, why drag your old man into this?”
He was a bit annoyed again, his handsome face staring darkly at the little brat.
The little guy said emotionlessly, “If you don’t remarry, we will leave with Mommy, you figure it out!”
“!!!!”
That little brat actually dared to blatantly threaten him.
Sheng Siyuan’s face was green with rage.
He almost lifted the little rascal and spanked him hard.
This calamitous child!
But in the end, he held back.
“Fine, I promise you, if you really want her to stay, I can let her stay, but don’t even think about remarriage,” he finally conceded.
The little guy: “…”
Seeing his daddy, who was so enraged he was on the verge of exploding, the little guy thought it over and agreed.
“Good, you’d better not lie to me.”
“Is that necessary?”
The man stood up, contempt flickering in his handsome features as the anger dissipated under the bright overhead light.
“Consider it as compensation to you. Since she is indeed your mother, having her stay by your side to look after you might not be such a bad thing,” he said, his tone revealing a sense of inevitability.
But in fact, even he hadn’t realized that when he gave this reason, his entire demeanor was very relaxed.
Even, it could be described as content.
Chapter 179: Chapter 179: Playing the Pig to Eat the Tiger Chapter 179: Chapter 179: Playing the Pig to Eat the Tiger The next morning dawned.
When Yin Hehe woke up, she still didn’t see the children.
“Mommy, Xi Bao has gone to school, Daddy took him,” Little Bun, who had already woken up, ran back in after making some inquiries outside to tell Mommy.
Upon hearing this, Yin Hehe’s face changed as soon as she woke up.
Cen Bao was also nearby.
After hearing his sister’s words, his little face fell, and he seemed to be in low spirits.
Did he do something wrong yesterday?
Not long after, the mother and her two children came downstairs to the front door of the villa.
“Miss Han, you’re up,” Xu Guannan had indeed stayed in Shengfei Bay, and the nanny van was also parked in the parking lot.
Yin Hehe’s eyes dimmed.
“Yes, um, has Xi Bao gone to school? Why didn’t you take him?”
“No, the President said from now on he will be doing the pick-up and drop-off. Also, he asked me to tell you that since you’ve started working at the company, you don’t need to worry too much about little Master Cen Bao, he’s going to find a new nanny.”
Yin Hehe hadn’t expected the next line from this head of security to be this.
Yin Hehe’s face turned pale on the spot.
And the two children following alongside immediately ran over, their little hands hugging her legs, and their small faces filled with anxiety.
“Auntie…”
“Mommy, we don’t want a nanny, we just want you,” Little Bun said with a sob in her voice.
Yin Hehe felt even more chaotic inside.
She quickly squatted down to embrace the two children.
“Don’t worry, I will talk to your daddy about this, Cen Bao, you stay home and take good care of your sister, understand?”
“Okay.”
Cen Bao clenched his little fists tightly, he promised.
He also needed to talk with his brother tonight.
A moment later, Yin Hehe left.
In the deep autumn bay, the morning was already very cold; the silver-gray Toyota sedan was driving along the mountain road, passing through the autumn wind and drizzle, so cold that even the windshield was covered with a layer of white frost.
Yin Hehe gripped the steering wheel tightly; at this moment, although she was in the car,
she still felt the chill.
If she couldn’t see the children from now on, she couldn’t imagine what her life would become?
The sedan sped on its way.
Forty minutes later, in the city center, Shengshi Building.
“Lina, good morning, have you had breakfast yet? I brought you a portion,” Hu Xinxin ran over happily as soon as they reached the company, holding a breakfast still steaming for Yin Hehe.
A hint of warmth touched Yin Hehe’s chilled heart.
“I have eaten, how did you do when you left work yesterday? Manager Fan didn’t make it difficult for you again, did he?”
“No more, Lina, you’re amazing.”
The silly girl was praising Yin Hehe.
Yin Hehe could only force a smile.
They entered the elevator, Yin Hehe was actually planning to go to the top floor to discuss the children’s issue with Sheng Siyuan.
But with Hu Xinxin by her side, she had to get off on the eighth floor.
“Lina, I heard from Xiaozhang and the others yesterday that you’re taking cases in the Legal Department? And it’s the former shareholder Peng Geng’s case, you’re amazing,” Hu Xinxin suddenly congratulated Yin Hehe excitedly as they approached the Legal Department.
Yin Hehe was taken aback: “Who told you that? I haven’t taken it, I’m a new employee, I don’t know anything, how could I handle such a heavy case?”
“Huh?” Hu Xinxin was suddenly stunned.
“Then why did they say you…?”
“That was Attorney Huang throwing a tantrum, just because of your issue, I went over her head to see Manager Fan, I’ll go apologize to her in a bit.”
Yin Hehe patiently explained.
Upon hearing this, the girl finally stood at the entrance of the sales department with a sudden look of realization on her face.
Then, she went in, and Yin Hehe could hear her loudly clarifying the matter with the employees inside.
“What you all said yesterday is not true at all, Lina said that Huang was just kidding.”
“…”
A faint cold smile crossed Yin Hehe’s lips as she stepped into the Legal Department.
Not long after sitting down at her desk, sure enough, that plump girl came in from outside, possibly having heard the company’s gossip, and immediately ran into Huang Qin’s office.
Yin Hehe pretended not to see.
Until Huang Qin herself emerged, looking ashen, and made her way to Hehe’s desk.
“Han Lina, what are you doing? That Peng Geng case I assigned to you yesterday, which part of the process have you reached?”
“Huh?” Yin Hehe lifted her head in confusion.
“Attorney Huang, I… I haven’t done it, didn’t you joke with me about it yesterday? I just left it here untouched.”
She feigned an obsequious manner, opening her desk drawer.
In an instant, when the woman saw that, her eyebrows shot up, and she slammed her hand down on the desk fiercely.
“Who’s joking with you? This is official business, have you ever seen me joke about these things? Han Lina, are you doing this on purpose?”
“I… I…”
That shout was…
Yin Hehe’s eyes reddened on the spot.
“But, I don’t know how, what do you want me to do? I’m just a nanny, how would I know how to do these things? Attorney Huang, I know I upset you yesterday, you can scold or hit me, but if you ask me to do things I’ve never done before, then… it would be better for me to leave.”
She wiped away a couple of tears and began packing up her things on her desk.
Preparing to leave.
Huang Qin was livid when she saw this.
In the end, Xiao Feng came over upon hearing the commotion.
“What happened? Xiaohuang, why are you arguing with Xiaohan again? Didn’t I tell you, she’s new here, we need to teach her gradually?”
He was another old fox, possibly the mastermind behind all of this.
Yet, in this moment, after he spoke, he behaved as if he had nothing to do with it and even scolded Huang Qin.
Huang Qin: “Director, she…”
Xiao Feng: “Enough, go back to work. Xiaozhang, come here and take the case file from Xiaohan’s hands and find her some easier tasks.”
In just a few words, this man had smoothed over the situation.
Yin Hehe saw this, wiped her tears, and stood up from her chair to bow to him.
“Thank you, Director.”
“What’s there to thank? We’re all family here. Xiaohan, Attorney Huang is just hot-tempered. What you did yesterday was indeed a bit wrong, but remember, if you have any issue, go directly to your department head to resolve it, got it?”
Xiao Feng gestured magnanimously with his hand.
Afterward, with the poise of a senior executive, he carried his thermos cup back to his office.
Yin Hehe saw this and quickly got on with her work.
Meanwhile, the staff of the Legal Department, having finished their melon-eating, cast mocking and disdainful glances towards her once again.
It seemed as though the earlier interlude had been too generous in their estimation.
Now, she, Yin Hehe, was still just an insignificant little ant.
But what’s wrong with being a little ant?
Yin Hehe ignored it all.
But her actions were about to stir up a storm, and not just any storm, but a tempest.
Chapter 180: Chapter 180 The Storm is Coming Chapter 180: Chapter 180 The Storm is Coming “So with that said, we can confirm that Han Lina stealing the contract from the archives was instigated by Sheng Siyuan,”
In an elegantly tranquil academy, an old man with white hair and beard was waving a wolf-hair brush in front of a writing desk.
His brush strokes were strong and vigorous, much like his aged eyes which, though cloudy, still sparkled with a sharp light upon hearing this news.
The middle-aged man standing behind him immediately nodded, “Yes.”
A sharpness flashed through the old man’s eyes.
“Since that is the case, there’s no need to hesitate. If he gets his hands on the contract, he will soon find the loophole that deceived Sheng Huang years ago. When that happens, none of us old fossils will be able to escape!”
“What do you mean?”
“While the contract is still in our hands, we must step forward as the true major shareholders and strip Sheng Siyuan of his heir status!”
The old man spoke with a ruthless tone.
Just then, he finished writing the characters under his brush. In that moment, as the tip of the brush swept down, the thick ink seemed as sharp as a knife blade.
“Hiss!”
The Xuan paper was sliced through by it.
An Yin-Yang contract indeed requires time to investigate.
Therefore, if these people don’t want to lose, their best course of action would be to strike first before the investigation begins, using their power in the Yin contract to pull Sheng Siyuan down from his position.
By doing so, they would be completely secure.
In this situation, Sheng Siyuan’s side was almost entirely passive.
“Clang!”
The news reached the Shengshi Group, and the man sitting at his desk boiled with fury.
Sure enough, he immediately slammed the ashtray on his desk onto the ground.
“These damn bastards, if I don’t destroy them, I’m not a Sheng!” he bellowed, eyes blood-red with rage.
Xu Guannan dared not speak.
It wasn’t until the man had calmed down somewhat that Xu Guannan handed over the information regarding the Yin contract that had been investigated overnight.
“This contract was signed in the 1970s. The shareholders haven’t changed; it’s still those who built Shengshi with the old master. But in the Yang contract, the old master was the investor with a 51% share, holding absolute control. However, in this Yin contract, there is an intermediary who owns 2%, meaning your father’s 51% is variable. Without his consent, your father has no right to control Shengshi.”
Xu Guannan explained the document in detail.
This was indeed a trap.
The old master of the Sheng Family, due to his limited education, would naturally not scrutinize the wording closely.
Therefore, the drafter of the contract took advantage of this gap.
Just by adding this one sentence, the situation of the Sheng Family in the company had completely changed.
“Yao Zhonghua!”
The man stared at this name in his hand. In this moment, every line on his face turned cold, his expression filled with nothing but chilling ruthlessness and murderous intent.
Xu Guannan nodded again, “Right, Yao Zhonghua is that 2%. I remember the old master mentioning he came from a scholarly family. When you were young, you were even sent to his academy to study.”
“Crack—”
At the drop of these words, a crisp sound of knuckles cracking filled the air.
The atmosphere in the office became even more intimidating.
First Peng Geng.
Now another Yao Zhonghua.
Heh heh~~
His dear father really had befriended an impressive group of elders for him.
“President, what shall we do next? If Yao Zhonghua steps out now, according to the shareholding ratio in this Yin contract, it would fall into the hands of your uncle Sheng Qi.
And your uncle, needless to say, will give the shares to Sheng Huainan, President, this…”
As Xu Guannan spoke, he felt as though he had swallowed a fly.
Because after going around in circles for so long, in the end, they seemed destined to hand everything over to Sheng Huainan, which was ironic.
But upon hearing this, the man sneered.
“That waste Sheng Huainan? Let me tell you, he is just their puppet. The ones who really want Shengshi are those old beasts who swore brotherhood with the old man in their youth!”
He tapped his finger on a few names at the top of the document.
They were three names, who now each manage one of Shengshi Group’s three major domestic regions: Liu Shiqing (Northwest), Xu Gan (East), and Zhao Chengci (South)!
These were the company’s three largest divisions.
Xu Guannan was so angry that the veins on his neck were about to explode.
“These old fossils, what more could they possibly want? The old man practically handed over two-thirds of Shengshi to them back in the day, swore eternal brotherhood, and this is how they repay him?”
He cursed uncontrollably.
But Sheng Siyuan reacted calmly as he looked at the names, not at all surprised by these people’s despicable actions.
“What’s so surprising about that? They might think these three sectors are not as good as the central region and naturally assume my dad did it on purpose.”
“…”
These people really have hearts of wolves and lungs of dogs.
The Northwest is rich in mineral resources, the East has industry, and the South boasts port trade—such excellent areas, and they still believe they’re not as good as the central region.
Indeed, trash will always be trash!
Hearing this, Xu Guannan had nothing more to say.
“So what do we do now? Once Yao Zhonghua makes his move, you’ll be at a disadvantage. Should we tell the madam and see if she has any suggestions?”
Suddenly, Xu Guannan thought of this woman and immediately, a glint of excitement shone in his eyes as he spoke.
But just as the words left his mouth, the man in front of him cut him off harshly.
“Tell her for what? Just keep your mouth shut!”
His expression turned ice-cold in a second.
Xu Guannan shrank back, not daring to utter another word.
—
Legal Department.
Yin Hehe had a rather calm morning.
She had finished photocopying a large stack of files and was organizing them for archiving when Xiaozhang, her colleague, commented on how dirty the floor was.
So she went to grab the mop and wiped the floor once again.
“Lina, how can they treat you like this? You’re a formal employee of the Legal Department, how can they let you do the cleaning?”
Hu Xinxin came to find her for dinner after work and got really angry when she saw the scene.
Yin Hehe hurriedly waved her hand, signaling her not to talk.
Moments later, the two left work to have dinner.
“Xinxin, how was your day in the sales department? Did your manager give you a hard time?”
“No.”
Hu Xinxin was still somewhat resentful.
“But you, being bullied like this, that old hag in your department is so infuriating. Why don’t you go talk to President Sheng and have him transfer you to my department?”
“Ah?”
Upon hearing this, Yin Hehe almost laughed in exasperation.
This silly girl, does she really think she’s someone special to their president to ask for a transfer like that?
However, she did indeed need to see him.
Thinking of her child’s matter, Yin Hehe’s appetite waned as she found the food on her plate lost its flavor.
Soon after finishing their meal, they returned to the company.
“Xinxin, you go back first, I have something to take care of and will come up later.”
Yin Hehe did not want the girl to know she was heading to the top floor, so she made up an excuse to send her on first.
Luckily, Hu Xinxin was not too suspicious and she went ahead.
Seeing this, Yin Hehe then took out her phone and sent a message to the man on the top floor.
[I need to talk to you. Are you available now?]
[…]
After waiting a few minutes, there was surprisingly no response on the phone.
Could he have gone for lunch?
She frowned slightly, and just at that moment, the elevator arrived, so she had to get in.
“Eighth floor, thank you.”
“Weren’t you the one who wanted to talk?”
A man’s voice, cool and magnetic, suddenly sounded before her.