?32: Chapter 028 The Presence is Strong 32: Chapter 028 The Presence is Strong Slap!

    Suddenly, Cao Guoqiang forcefully slapped the coffee table, causing the teawares on the table to clink and jump.

    He Jiaqiang woke with a start and saw Cao Guoqiang with a dark face, his eyebrows raised in anger as he stared at him intently, making He involuntarily shrink his neck out of guilt.

    “He Jiaqiang,” Cao Guoqiang said angrily, “Ye Fan successfully recruited the important talent, Gao Feng, yet you insisted it was fake.”

    “Could it be that you knew beforehand that Gao Feng would never transfer to our group?”

    “Hehe, no, no,” He Jiaqiang hurriedly laughed and denied it.

    “No?

    Hmph, you think I’m blind?

    You clearly set a trap to frame Ye Fan, then used it as an excuse to fire him!” Cao Guoqiang said angrily, “Emali Group isn’t your family’s; you don’t get to do whatever you want!”

    “As long as I am still the HR manager and you are the assistant manager, I will never allow you to deliberately make things difficult for Ye Fan!

    Otherwise, don’t blame me for reporting this to the higher-ups!”

    Overwhelmed by Cao Guoqiang and feeling guilty, He Jiaqiang’s face grew red, and he dared not retort.

    After a pause, Cao Guoqiang turned his face and in a softer tone, said to Ye Fan, “Ye Fan, rest assured, if he assigns you tasks that you think are purposely troublesome, you can refuse them.

    If he insists on pushing you, come to me.”

    “Hehe, thank you, Manager Cao,” Ye Fan said with a smile, then turned his face to silently sneer at He Jiaqiang.

    He Jiaqiang was so angry he felt like his chest would explode.

    Finally, Cao Guoqiang had He Jiaqiang leave.

    After He Jiaqiang left, Cao Guoqiang said, “He Jiaqiang acts arrogant because his uncle is the deputy director of the group, but you don’t need to be afraid of him.

    There are rules for everything.”

    “Uh, thank you, Manager Cao,” Ye Fan said with a smile, “Are you free tonight?

    I would like to invite you to dinner.”

    Inviting Cao Guoqiang to dinner was partly to thank him for standing up for him, although even without Cao Guoqiang, He Jiaqiang would never have been able to fire him; secondly, he planned to use the dinner to gather more detailed information on the new Biomedical project.

    “Dinner, sure.

    But, I’ll be the one treating,” Cao Guoqiang said with a hearty laugh.

    Being able to confront He Jiaqiang in person made him quite happy.

    He Jiaqiang’s backer in the group was the deputy director Lu Yuansheng, and he also faced significant pressure.

    Sometimes, when He Jiaqiang disrespected him on certain things, he had no way to deal with him.

    “How could that be?

    I must be the one treating,” Ye Fan said.

    Cao Guoqiang shook his head, insisting, “No no, I will host this time.

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    Ye Fan was not one to fuss, and besides, there was no need to please Cao Guoqiang, so he replied, “Alright.”

    “Haha, that’s more like it,” Cao Guoqiang said with a loud laugh, patting Ye Fan’s shoulder, “Do well and I’ll support you fully.”

    …

    …

    After leaving Cao Guoqiang’s office, it was already past twelve, the middle-aged staff’s quitting time.

    However, when he returned to the office to put down his car keys, he found that Lu Xiaoman was still there.

    Seeing Ye Fan, Lu Xiaoman immediately approached and asked, “Ye Fan, is the contract signed?”

    Clearly, she had stayed back to wait for Ye Fan.

    Ye Fan felt touched and laughed, “Of course the signing went well, I’ve already successfully completed it.”

    “Hehe, now you believe what I said, right?

    When I say I’ll do it, I absolutely do it.” He bragged smugly.

    Lu Xiaoman nodded vigorously, her beautiful eyes looking up at Ye Fan with admiration, “Hmm!

    Ye Fan, you’re really amazing!

    He Jiaqiang must have tampered a lot with the task, but you still managed to handle it in three days.

    You’re too awesome!”

    At the end, she gave Ye Fan a thumbs up.

    Ye Fan laughed heartily, humbly saying, “Hehe, just ordinarily awesome, just ordinarily awesome.”

    The two were happy for a while and went to the company cafeteria to have lunch together.

    Since they went late, after they got their meals, they found the cafeteria was almost fully occupied, except for two tables beside the central aisle and some vacant seats in the small restaurant reserved for the high-level executives at the end of the area, separated by glass.

    So, with no other choice, Ye Fan and Lu Xiaoman had to sit down at an empty table by the central aisle.

    Sitting by the central aisle was inconvenient for private conversations, but they had to make do.

    Just two minutes after they sat down, before they could have a few bites of food and a few words of conversation, Ye Fan suddenly felt the originally noisy cafeteria quiet down.

    He saw many people lifting their heads and looking towards the restaurant door behind him, especially the men, whose eyes hid an excited fervor.

    At the same time, he heard from behind the rhythmic “tap tap” sounds of heels striking the tile floor.

    “Which woman has such a presence?” he couldn’t help but think to himself, curiously turning his head back to look, and saw a tall and slender figure stepping into the cafeteria from the entrance in a pair of red pointed high heels.

    When he saw the woman’s face clearly, he immediately pouted.

    It turned out that the beautiful figure was none other than his wife, Li Zhaojun.

    Li Zhaojun’s long slender legs were encased in flesh-colored stockings, and her azure blue business suit was impeccably tailored, sleek and highlighting her tall, sexy figure.

    Her shoulders were sharp like sculpted stone, her long hair waved like a swan’s majestic neck, beautifully arched and snow-white.

    Her delicate, stunning face, especially her beautiful eyes, bright and dreamy, with narrow corners naturally carrying a hint of seductiveness.

    She exuded an aura of noble, cold elegance, her stride revealing a queen-like decisiveness.

    Gulp—

    Ye Fan distinctly heard a wave of swallowing sounds in the cafeteria.

    When Ye Fan turned his head to look at Li Zhaojun, she unintentionally also saw Ye Fan.

    Her beautiful eyes paused momentarily on Ye Fan’s face, then quickly shifted to Lu Xiaoman sitting next to him.

    Seeing Lu Xiaoman’s young and pretty face, Li Zhaojun’s eyes flickered with a barely perceptible disdain toward Ye Fan, then quickly moved away, continuing her walk through the central aisle past the tables where Ye Fan and Lu Xiaoman were sitting, towards the small restaurant reserved for high-level executives.

    After Li Zhaojun entered the small restaurant for the high-level executives, noise resumed in the cafeteria, although the volume of talking was noticeably quieter than before.

    “Director Li is really beautiful,” Lu Xiaoman said with an envious voice, “and so capable too.

    I wish I had a tenth of her beauty and talent.”

    Ye Fan scoffed, dismissively saying, “She’s not as good as you say.

    You’re also very beautiful and in no way inferior to her, plus you’re younger.

    As for capability, give yourself a few more years of experience, and you’ll definitely catch up to her.”

    “Where am I as good as you say?” Lu Xiaoman replied, her cheeks slightly blushing, feeling sweet inside.

    Ye Fan laughed, “You are indeed very good, you should have confidence in yourself.”

    “Mm,” Lu Xiaoman responded.

    After a pause, she added, “But still, Director Li built up the Emali Group from scratch in just a few years, it’s really impressive.

    I definitely can’t compare to her.”