CHAPTER 274: CHAPTER 274

It was just one sentence, but it rendered Lai Shuo speechless.

Yet, his defiance was obvious despite his silence.

Ye Yuning snorted. "When I wasn’t around, was this how you troubled our Chen Wei?"

"This isn’t troubling," Lai Shuo said.

"Oh? Then what is it?" He still dared to say it wasn’t troubling.She wondered who it was that kept tormenting Chen Wei while she was on a business trip to Nanjia Peak. Thinking of the calls Chen Wei had made to her, Ye Yuning didn’t want to let Lai Shuo off the hook now.

Facing Ye Yuning’s sharp questioning, Lai Shuo, who initially felt guilty, straightened his back instead. He said in a cold tone, "When Boss Ye is questioning me, shouldn’t you restrain your own behavior? Everything that happened before was because of a problem with Boss Ye’s credibility."

"My credibility?"

"Yes!"

"I should restrain my behavior?" Ye Yuning’s tone grew even colder. This was the first time she had encountered such a disrespectful collaborator! Ever since collaborating with Xiao Corporation, the attitude they had shown her was not only distrustful but also treated her as if she were a thief they needed to guard against.

"Of course, Boss Ye really needs to restrain her behavior!" Lai Shuo insisted.

Ye Yuning was silent. What a statement, ’restrain her behavior’!This was the quality of Xiao Corporation’s special assistant; she finally understood.

Even if she diligently designed Nanjia Peak, the subsequent troubles would be immense. Ye Yuning regretted it terribly now! What on earth possessed me to be swayed by that five-million design fee?

The atmosphere in the office immediately grew quiet.

After Lai Shuo had spoken through gritted teeth, he met Ye Yuning’s gaze, which was calm yet unsettlingly penetrating, like the quiet before a storm. He instantly sobered up, wishing he could slap himself.

Yet Ye Yuning chuckled lightly. "Good, very good. It seems my Manlang still needs to work much harder; otherwise, any assistant here in Upper City can disrespect me!"

"Boss Ye..."

"Chen Wei!" Lai Shuo wanted to say more, but Ye Yuning clearly had no intention of letting him speak.

Chen Wei pushed the door open. "Boss, you called me!"

"Pack up," Ye Yuning said, taking a sip from the water cup in front of her.

Chen Wei was stunned.

Lai Shuo was speechless. Pack up? What does she mean?

Chen Wei was the first to react. She glanced at Lai Shuo smugly and hurriedly stepped forward. "Okay, I’ll pack up right away."

Lai Shuo also caught on. "What does Boss Ye mean by this?" His tone could no longer remain calm.

Ye Yuning replied, "What don’t you understand? Do you know why I only accepted one hundred thousand as a penalty when signing the contract? Your newly appointed Lord Qi... heh!" Her dismissive ’heh’ completely conveyed Ye Yuning’s dissatisfaction with this Lord Qi of Xiao. At the same time, it also expressed her current attitude towards this collaboration.

Watching Chen Wei efficiently pack her computer into a bag, Lai Shuo understood her intentions even more clearly. "Is Boss Ye going to terminate the contract now?"

"Are you trying to tell me the consequences of offending Xiao Corporation? Assistant Lai, more than one large company in Upper City collaborates with us. Even Simon from Luozhou has joint projects with us! But so far, no company has been as... annoying as yours!" The last word, "annoying," was said through gritted teeth. She had never so openly expressed dissatisfaction with a collaborator before, yet now she was using such a word for Xiao Corporation! This showed just how much Xiao Corporation had irritated Ye Yuning recently.

She intended to break the contract and wasn’t going to wait for it to end.

Once Chen Wei had packed everything, Ye Yuning stood up. "Go and coordinate with Manager Zheng."

"Okay," Chen Wei nodded.

Watching her prepare to leave, Lai Shuo grew anxious. "Boss Ye, you can’t do this."

"Tell your Lord Qi that I, the boss of a small studio at Manlang, am not your slave, nor am I a thief you should be guarding against!" Ye Yuning sharply interrupted Lai Shuo. She then told Chen Wei, "Likewise, relay this message to Manager Zheng."

"Okay, Boss!" Chen Wei nodded.

Ye Yuning grabbed her laptop and walked out of the office.

Lai Shuo stood there, watching her resolute back, his mind went blank. What... what had he said?Had he really angered her into leaving? As this thought struck him, two words echoed in his mind: Done for!

His heart pounded. Not daring to delay a moment, he rushed back to the president’s office and quickly reported the incident to Xiao Linye.

Xiao Linye’s face darkened instantly. He asked coldly, "What did you do to her again?"

Lai Shuo was speechless. What had he done?He hadn’t really done anything! At that moment, he didn’t dare tell Xiao Linye what he had actually said to Ye Yuning. He only said guiltily, "If you go to the basement garage now, you might still be able to stop her."

If Lord Qi himself intervened, that shrew surely wouldn’t dare disrespect him, right?