CHAPTER 148: CHAPTER 146: CORRUPTING THE COMPANY’S ATMOSPHERE

Inside, there was a THUD.

Yan Qing hurried in. Someone shouted, "This is bad, the Second Young Master has escaped!"

"Quick, seal the main gate!" Yan Qing ordered urgently.

By the time he realized what had happened, the car had already been driven away.

"Chase after him!"

Suddenly, the area outside the villa was thrown into chaos.

Si Junyan sped all the way to Haohan Group, catching Yan Qing completely off guard. He burst through the door, heading straight for Si Yuhuan’s office.

By the time Yan Qing arrived, gasping for breath, Si Junyan had already pushed the door open and gone inside.

"Big Brother, did you call for me?"

He wore a jesting smile as if nothing had happened and tossed the car keys to Yan Qing. "Yan Qing, you’re becoming more and more useless. If this were anyone else, how would you explain yourself?"

Yan Qing smiled in agreement. "The Second Young Master is truly incomparable."

He stepped out and closed the door behind him.

Si Yuhuan sat in the boss’s chair, his presence commanding. He loomed over Si Junyan from his high vantage, his dark and inscrutable eyes full of pressure.

"Big Brother, why are you looking at me like that?"

"Have you had enough of throwing your weight around?" Si Yuhuan stood up. His tall stature and broad shoulders blocked most of the light, trapping Si Junyan in that small space, holding him firmly. "Tell me, how exactly did Grandfather faint?"

Si Junyan immediately put on a serious face. "Brother, is something wrong with Grandfather? I just visited him. Wasn’t it said that he would be fine after the surgery?"

He dodged the question by rambling on.

"Don’t make me ask you a second time." Si Yuhuan’s tone grew even heavier.

"Big Brother, it’s true I had a dispute with Grandfather, and then... I angered him until he fainted. For this, I am very sorry. If you want to punish me, then I’m at your disposal."

Saying so, he knelt directly on the ground.

"And Jiang Qimeng?" Before Si Junyan could respond, Si Yuhuan leaned forward, his pitch-black eyes fixed intently on him, his gaze sharp. "Don’t tell me she did nothing!"

The overwhelming aura of a born leader caused Si Junyan’s fingers to tremble uncontrollably.

He didn’t dare say that Jiang Qimeng had wanted to bring him to seek justice, which had enraged Grandfather. He could only take all the blame on himself.

"She... did try to stop me from seeking out Grandfather. I was stubborn and foolish..."

BANG!

Si Yuhuan kicked out.

"Get out!"

Si Junyan scrambled up from the floor and clung to Si Yuhuan’s leg, pleading, "Big Brother, this was all my fault. Please don’t blame Dream Sister, okay? It really has nothing to do with her. Dream Sister... she truly loves you..."

"Drag him out! Lock him up. No one is to let him wander around without my command."

Si Yuhuan gave the order. Yan Qing entered with bodyguards and, with a wave of his hand, commanded them to drag Si Junyan away.

Rumors instantly filled the company.

First, Jiang Qimeng had left in a daze, and now Si Junyan, the Second Young Master, was being dragged away. Could Haohan Group truly be on the verge of a major upheaval?

Jian Xi, the former wife, was not someone to be trifled with! Everyone immediately understood this.

Yan Qing entered. "Director, do you think Miss Jiang is connected to the Old Master’s collapse?"

"Si Junyan deliberately put on a show of force for me. Isn’t it just to tell me that he’s willing to obey simply because I’m his big brother? Otherwise, with his abilities, he could choose not to listen to me at any time. And yet, he even knelt and begged me for Jiang Qimeng’s sake..."

"Go and check for any abnormalities at the old residence during that time. Don’t let anyone off, whether they’re internal or external. This includes those who recently joined, resigned, or have taken sick leave and exhibited unusual behavior. No one is to be overlooked, including the cleaning and pruning staff."

Yan Qing nodded with grave understanding. "Understood."

Jiang Qimeng waited outside. Watching Si Junyan being dragged back to the old residence, her anxious heart finally settled.

The angrier Si Yuhuan got, the safer she felt. Si Junyan had taken all the responsibility onto himself, so it had nothing to do with her. She needed to find an opportunity to ease the tension between herself and Si Yuhuan. It was time to use the medication the doctor had given her again. Damn that Jian Xi, she’d find time to deal with her later.

「...」

Having played several rounds of games in the office, Jian Xi watched as the files finished copying and casually sent them to Jian Mingcheng.

The way she blatantly extracted internal information from Haohan Group made Jian Mingcheng break out in a cold sweat.

"Little Sister, this is illegal. As a lawyer, you should know how serious it is to knowingly break the law," he said.

Jian Xi was indifferent. "Then let Si Yuhuan sue me. He was the one who forced me to come to the company anyway."

Jian Mingcheng was at a loss with her.

"Big Brother, don’t worry, I’ve processed the documents. It’s not plagiarism; at best, it can be considered reference material. You can find this information online. I simply took advantage of my managerial position to access it," she said.

Jian Mingcheng chuckled bitterly. "You really can’t discuss crime with a lawyer."

As soon as it was half-past five in the afternoon, Jian Xi immediately shut down her computer, grabbed her bag, and left.

As she passed by the communal office area, everyone watched her eager departure, clicking their tongues as if Haohan Group were some kind of den of fierce beasts.

Jian Xi looked back at everyone. "What are you all standing around for? Time to get off work!"

The crowd was stunned.

"What? You’re not going to listen to your manager?"

A thunderous cheer erupted as people shouted, "Long live CEO Jian!"

Then, they gleefully fled the office area in an instant.

The marketing department, led by Jian Xi, left work on time. There was no work pressure, and the atmosphere was cheerful. It quickly became a landmark scene at Haohan Group.

Soon, this news also reached Si Yuhuan’s ears.

"She’s really bold!" Si Yuhuan slapped the table, a laugh escaping him despite his anger.

Yan Qing said helplessly, "Now all the employees want to transfer to work under her. Even newly recruited employees are aiming for the marketing department. The marketing department is almost overstaffed now."

"Also," he added, "the staff are saying that even though you divorced the madam, it seems her power has only grown. They say you’re henpecked."

Si Yuhuan glared at him with a killer look, and Yan Qing quickly shut his mouth.

Everyone was clearly not wrong. They said the boss had brought his ex-wife in to do menial labor, but not a single task was delegated to her. Instead, she was allowed to stir things up in the marketing department as she pleased. It was no wonder people were gossiping like this.

Speaking of which, Jian Xi knocked on the door. "Si Yuhuan, come out."

Yan Qing was truly sweating bullets. To dare speak to Director Si like this, his ex-wife was definitely the first.

Si Yuhuan’s face darkened. "What do you want?" He was starting to regret letting her join the company; she was setting a terrible example!

"Accompany me to discuss a business deal," Jian Xi said, throwing a file at him. "Look, what idiot came up with this? They actually want me to research Tianyao Group. Don’t they know Tianyao Group is Haohan Group’s archenemy? If I, in my current state, were to go deep into enemy territory, wouldn’t I be annihilated in seconds?"

"So you’re planning on making me go myself?" Si Yuhuan said, as if he’d heard the world’s biggest joke.

Jian Xi nodded. "It’s your company, you’re the boss. If you don’t dive into enemy territory and set an example for us, you think your people will blindly lay down their lives for you? Dream on."