Bai Jingying's beautiful eyes flashed with a strange light as she sized up Zhuo Chi, who was deep in thought.
However, when Zhuo Cui looked at her, the strange look in her eyes was gone. Her slightly raised eyelashes fluttered uneasily, and her delicate face looked very innocent.
"Manager Lin is the fourth senior manager to resign this month. Without the four of them, the company will be in danger. Now everyone is saying that Anfeng Enterprise is about to collapse. If we don't quickly think of a way to deal with it, I'm afraid we won't be able to keep the employees 'hearts.”
"I came here today to discuss this matter with you.”Zhuo Xiong pretended to be worried." The four of them are the veterans of the company. They played a huge role in Dad's successful establishment of Anfeng Enterprise. Losing them is a loss for the company. You have to think of a way to get them back to work.”
"I tried to comfort them, but they were extremely stubborn. They said that it was difficult for women to achieve great things. They disdained to work with me, not to mention that I was just a junior who knew nothing.”
Those men were her elders and had watched her grow up. Although they doted on her, they could not accept her taking over the position of chairman.
These elders were very stubborn and thought that women could not achieve great things, so they begged one after another. And they all thought that Zhuo Xiong was the most qualified person to take over the position of chairman.
"They also said that the company would be defeated by me sooner or later. Instead of watching the company go bankrupt, they might as well beg for it as soon as possible to save themselves from being sad.”Bai Jingying lowered her beautiful eyelashes, feeling extremely sad.
"Did they really say that?"
"They also said that if I didn't give up my position to you, they would never return to the company and work hard for the company.”Bai Jingying felt helpless about this matter.
The four elders were quite stubborn and could not be persuaded with just a few words. Now that all four of them had left, could it be that God was really testing her temper and ability?
"Sigh! How did things turn out like this? Dad's taste is definitely unique. Since he can entrust the company to you without worry, it means that he has confidence in you. You must not be discouraged, understand?”He was thankful that God had treated him well and given him a charming face, so he could freely exude his charm and confidence.
In front of Jing Ying, he had to act as a humble subordinate to gain her trust.
"Sigh! I'm really afraid that the Anfeng Enterprise that Dad worked so hard to establish will be destroyed in my hands.”Bai Jingying's brows furrowed as she spoke in a tone of self-blame.
Her father couldn't be provoked anymore. If he knew about the company's current situation, the consequences would definitely not be what she wanted to see.
"Don't worry, as long as I'm in the company, I won't let this happen!”Zhuo Chi patted his chest and promised, as if he would do anything to save her.
His bright and spirited eyes stared fixedly at Bai Jingying, attempting to electrocute her until she fell head over heels for him.
He felt that Bai Jingying was the most vulnerable at this moment, and he had to seize the opportunity to strike.
"Right! How is Cousin recently? I haven't seen her for a while.”Bai Jingying asked with a smile.
Li Yaqing was her cousin, and also Zhuo Xiong's wife.
Li Yaqing's parents died in a car accident, so Bai Shouan brought Li Yaqing home to raise her.
Since she was young, as long as Bai Jingying had something, Li Yaqing would have something. Bai Shouan had never been biased just because Li Yaqing was not his biological daughter. Before Li Yaqing married Zhuo Xiong and moved out, her life had always been rich.
Zhuo Chi didn't want the topic to revolve around his wife, so he immediately changed the topic.""Compared to Yaqing, I'm more worried about your health. Will your head still hurt?”
"I won't anymore." Bai Jingying forced a smile and kept her distance from Zhuo He.
"Really?"
On a stormy night three years ago, Jing Ying's appearance was like an atomic bomb, shocking and frightening everyone. Just when everyone thought that she was dead, she stood in front of everyone perfectly fine. Her entire body was wet and she looked pitiful.
The first person to react was Bai Shouan. He hugged Jing Ying and cried bitterly, thanking God for returning her to him in one piece.
But from that day onwards, Jing Ying would have a headache every few days, and that feeling was like thousands of ants crawling through her head, making her feel extremely uncomfortable.
Although Bai Shouan had found many famous doctors, they still could not cure her. However, it was strange that her headache had miraculously disappeared.
In the past year, she did not seem to have any more illnesses. Moreover, she seemed to be in high spirits. Perhaps the illness had really left her.
"It's already a great fortune that you were able to survive. However, it's strange. Who was so cruel to kidnap you and even intend to kill you?”Zhuo Chi's smiling face instantly turned cold.
"Maybe the other party doesn't like me!”Bai Jingying grinned. There was a hint of helplessness in her smile, but there was no uneasiness.
Six years ago, because of her father's wealth, some ungrateful people came to look for her. Not only did they want to extort money from her father, but those heartless kidnappers also wanted to rob her of her body.
She was tied up in a small wooden house on the mountain. It was a place where no one would respond even if she screamed. She did not dare to expect anyone to pass by and save her.
Therefore, she had been forcing herself to stay calm and not panic. Unexpectedly, the two kidnappers coveted her beauty and planned to rape and kill her before destroying her body.
At that time, she resisted desperately and did not let the kidnappers succeed. She tried her best to avoid Lu Shan's claws. When she thought that she could not escape this calamity, she finally found a chance to live…
She used all her strength to escape from the small wooden house and kept running on the unfamiliar mountain road. She kept falling and getting up, reminding herself not to fall. Once she fell, it would be endless pain.
However, the kidnappers did not let her go. They were still chasing after her and even fired two shots at her feet and chest. After falling off the cliff, she only remembered her weak body falling straight down. After hitting a big rock, she fell into darkness…
Three years ago, she regained all her memories. Once she regained her memories, she immediately returned home. When she saw her old father, her heart ached for him.
As time passed, she did not feel much panic or fear about the memory of being kidnapped. On the contrary, what she could not forget was the three years when she lost her memories. The past was like a shadow that constantly whipped her heart, making her feel lost and painful, and she did not have the courage to bear it…
The current her was like a cowardly deserter who could only wander at the crossroads…
"This kind of thing might happen again. If you hadn't insisted on not finding a bodyguard, Dad and I wouldn't have been so worried about your safety all day long.”
This wasn't what he meant. In fact, he wished Bai Jingying would disappear from his sight forever so that no one would compete with him for Anfeng Enterprise.
Although he grew up with Jing Ying and Ya Qing, he was ambitious and only wanted to have his own career. Women were dispensable to him.
He knew how to use his outstanding appearance to lure people who were beneficial to him. Just like back then, he had effortlessly charmed Jing Ying, and the two of them had turned from siblings who were not related by blood into a couple. Bai Shouan, who was happy to see it happen, did not stop them.
Just as he decided to follow his plan and marry Jing Ying, Jing Ying was kidnapped. Jing Ying's disappearance made him very shocked. The glory and wealth that was about to be in his hands had disappeared in the blink of an eye! However, he quickly turned his attention to Yaqing because Bai Shouan had taken the initiative to let Yaqing come into contact with the company's business when he lost his beloved daughter.
What did this mean?
This meant that the old fox did not believe him at all!
Bai Shouan had been unwilling to hand over the power to him, which made him extremely dissatisfied and uneasy. In order to prevent the company from falling into the hands of others, he could only use the beauty trap again and repeatedly express goodwill to Ya Qing. Not long after, Ya Qing submitted to him and became a chess piece in his hands.
After spending two years, he finally received Bai Shouan's approval to marry Yaqing. Bai Shouan also generously bought a villa as a wedding gift for them.
However, he never expected that just as he married Yaqing, Jing Ying, who had disappeared for three years, would suddenly appear.
It was as if the heavens were going against him. The fame and fortune that was so easy to obtain had once again left him. He resented Bai Shou 'an's cunning and cunning, and was even more angry that he had made a wrong move.
Bai Jingying's safe return had deepened his hatred for Bai Shouan. He told himself that Bai Jingying was not a threat. One day, Tianfeng Enterprise would definitely fall into his hands. At that time, he could do whatever he wanted. No one could stop him!
"Bodyguards will only restrict my movements. I don't want to be like a bird locked in a cage and lose my freedom.”However, the most important reason was that she had the ability to protect herself!
She was no longer the weak and helpless Bai Jingying from six years ago. After three years of training by "that person", her skills were not something that ordinary people could sneak up on. However, after returning home, she hid her change very well because she did not want to remember that painful past.
"If you want freedom, you have to be safe!"
"I've been so busy with the company's matters recently that I can't be in two places at once. When I'm free, I'll look for Yaqing to catch up so that I can catch my breath.”
To her, life had long lost its value. She only wanted to live to comfort her father. In fact, under her beautiful body was a heart that had been hurt badly.
If it wasn't for the fact that she sympathized with her elderly father, she wouldn't have been able to bear the burden of this heart that was already riddled with holes.
How could a heartbroken woman have the thought of surviving?
Right now, she was just a shell without a soul. She could only barely live between heaven and earth, living a carefree life...
Pan Qingying ran into the chairman's office in a panic, her beautiful face was full of panic and fear. Bai Jingying had never seen her like this before, and she frowned.
"What's wrong with you?"
"Jingying, no, no good!" Pan Qingying said breathlessly.
Bai Jingying thought in surprise,"What bad thing could have happened that made Qing Ying so flustered? Usually, even if something big happened, this woman could still be calm and composed. When had she ever been so embarrassed?"
"Tell me slowly, don't be anxious."
It was true that the emperor was not anxious, but the eunuch was anxious to death! How could she not be anxious?
"The company is about to change hands. How can I not be anxious? Why was this happening? Why did that person buy a large amount of the company's shares? Heavens! I'm dying of anxiety." Pan Qingying paced back and forth anxiously.
Bai Jingying took a deep breath. Facing Pan Qingying who was so anxious, it was hard for her to think about her words calmly. However, she still grasped a key point.
"Someone is buying the company's shares!”
"That's right! That man is really detestable. Our company is already in danger, but he still wants to use such despicable methods to take over Anfeng…"
Pan Qingying didn't stop talking, but the steady Bai Jingying interrupted her.
It seemed that crisis could really make a person lose his calm and thinking ability. Qing Ying's words were so confusing that she couldn't understand the main point.
"Tell me, who is this man?" She went straight to the point.
" Duan Langyao from the Jiong Yao Group."
"Duan Langyao?" This was not an unfamiliar name. Bai Jingying frowned slightly. "What's his motive for buying our company's shares?”
Anfeng Enterprise's stock price had been falling for a few days. She was just about to turn the tide and revive her glory, but she did not expect that there was already a group that had evil intentions towards Anfeng Enterprise. This group was the Jiong Yao Group that she had always kept a respectful distance from and did not dare to come into contact with.
"That's right! He spread the word that Anfeng Enterprise was already in his pocket. Now, everyone in the business world said that he was the next chairman of our company, not Zhuo Cui.”
Things happened too quickly, catching people off guard. Even she couldn't accept this fact, so she immediately rushed over to warn Jing Ying.
"How many shares has he bought?"
"This…I heard that 42% of the shares have already fallen into his hands.”
When those fence-sitters heard that the Jiong Yao Corporation was involved, they all obediently gave up their shares. No one dared to go against such a large corporation.
"So many!" Bai Jingying frowned.
"Other than you, only 13% of Zhuo Cui's shares haven't been bought.”
Bai Jingying heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and her nervousness eased considerably.
She knew that Zhuo Cui would never sell his shares to Duan Langyao. Compared to the 45% shares she had, Duan Langyao was still unable to take over her company.
But what she couldn't figure out was why he did this.
Could it be that Duan Langyao already knew that she was the Shu Wuzhen from back then?
No! It was impossible!
In the past few years, even though the business world had been spreading rumors about her, she had never allowed herself to be exposed in the media because she was hiding from "a memory" and "a person".
She believed that no matter how resourceful that person was, it was impossible for him to know that she, Bai Jingying, was the Shu Wuzhen of the past. That was why she could take over her father's career with ease.
However, she seemed to be too naive. Duan Langyao's actions were really hard to understand.
"What should we do? If the chairman knew that the company was about to change hands after he recovered, the consequences would be unimaginable!”Pan Qingying said uneasily.
If the chairman was provoked again, there might be nothing he could do. Thus, during this period of time, Jing Ying would rather grit her teeth and support the overall situation than easily shed a single tear.
Her strength was not something that those playful and arrogant young ladies could possess.
"Don't worry, Brother Zhuo will definitely not sell his shares to the Jiong Yao Group.”Therefore, Qing Ying's worry was unnecessary.
"Are you sure?" She didn't trust Zhuo Cui's character. Only the silly Jing Ying would believe that Zhuo Cui was a gentleman with feelings and loyalty.
"I'll put it this way. Didn't you always think that Brother Zhuo wanted to use the company to develop his ambitions? Even if he wasn't an ambitious person like you thought, but a good person who was willing to think for the company and his father, he would never give up the shares in his hands easily.”
Bai Jingying's words reassured Pan Qingying.
"Are you saying…that my worries were unnecessary?”
"That's right! Don't worry, as long as the company is in my hands, I won't let Dad down. I will definitely hold on until the end and let everyone look at me in a new light!”
It was easy to say, but hard to do. However, she had to say it so as not to worry Qing Ying.
"But think about it, Duan Langyao is already a major shareholder of the company. He will definitely interfere with your decisions.”
It was said that all the high-ranking officers of the Jiong Yao Corporation were mafia members. If such people were allowed to take over An Feng, wouldn't An Feng become a tool for the Jiong Yao Corporation to commit crimes?
"We'll deal with whatever comes our way. Perhaps the involvement of the Jiong Yao Group will be a turning point for the company.”Although she was also worried about the current situation, she couldn't show it in front of Qing Ying.
She didn't want Qing Ying to worry, so she could worry about the company alone.
After giving Pan Qingying a sweet smile, she immediately complained that she was hungry and asked Pan Qingying to buy lunch for her.
The moment Pan Qingying stepped out of her office, her sweet smile disappeared without a trace.
Would Duan Langyao's actions bring danger or a turning point to An Feng?
He was that person's younger brother. After she left that person three years ago, she knew that he had completely repented and acknowledged his ancestors. This situation was something she was happy to see. After all, when she left him back then, that was the only thing that worried her.
It wasn't that she hadn't heard from him in the past three years, but because of her current status, she couldn't see him even if she missed him very much. That night three years ago had caused her to regret it for the rest of her life. She could not imagine how awkward it would be when the two of them met again…
How would he view her?
She had always had an ostrich mentality. Every night she tossed and turned, she missed his cold face that was as sharp as a knife. There was not a second that could drive him away from her heart.
He was the most painful and loved person in her life!
Perhaps in this life, she could only rely on missing him to live…
How laughable! She did not expect that when she thought she had regained her freedom after escaping from the kidnappers, she would fall into a spiritual shackle that she could not extricate herself from.
Her lonely heart could not find a better sustenance.
The three years when she lost her memory were the most unforgettable three years for her. Although his coldness and ruthlessness repeatedly whipped her heart, she could not forget the man who was covered in injuries.
His pain was like an unbreakable web of love, trapping her inside and unable to break free. She could only struggle and struggle. The facts proved that she had brought this upon herself…
"Jingying! Not good!"
As if the sky was falling down, Pan Qingying rushed into Bai Jingying's office without caring about her image.
Panting, she walked up to Bai Jingying.
"Qing Ying, what's wrong?" Having not slept for the entire night, her face looked a little pale, but it did not damage her beauty.
Today, she was wearing a silver suit. Her shiny black hair was tied up in a bun, revealing her beautiful neck. Her faint blush accentuated her pearl-like skin.
For the sake of the two brothers, Duan Langyao and Duan Jiongyao, she couldn't sleep for the entire night. No matter how she thought about it, she couldn't figure out Duan Langyao's intention of becoming an Anfeng shareholder.
"Duan Langyao is here!" Her eyes widened as if she had met an alien.
She didn't expect that in just one day, things would change so much. Yesterday, Jing Ying had told her not to worry, but today, when she stepped into the company, she was faced with such a situation.
They had all misjudged Zhuo Chi!
"Since Duan Langyao is already the major shareholder of the company, what's the big deal about him coming to the company?”Because of the company's affairs, Qing Ying's nerves had been tense recently. Therefore, she couldn't calm down like a frightened little rabbit.
"Jingying! You guessed wrong. Zhuo Xiong sold all his shares to Duan Langyao. Duan Langyao has already swaggered into the company and is waiting for you in the conference room!”
This was an unacceptable fact! After a sleepless night, her head hurt even more, as if there were thousands of ants biting her brain nerves.
No matter how hard she thought about it, she would never have thought that Zhuo Cui would sell his shares to Duan Langyao. He shouldn't be such a person!
However, things had already happened. No matter how much she could not accept it, she could not ignore the fact that An Feng had changed hands. That was her father's life's work. She had to be strong enough to face this sudden change!
Bai Jingying endured her headache and perked herself up. She couldn't let others laugh at her. Even if she lost, she had to walk out with her head held high.
"Jingying, I know it's useless to say anything now, but…you can do it! I will always be by your side." She knew that Jing Ying had the courage to face this blow.
"Thank you."
Bai Jingying put her hand on Pan Qingying's shoulder, and the two of them exchanged glances, sending silent comfort.
Bai Jingying forced a smile and gave Pan Qingying a smile, then slowly walked towards the conference room.
Along the way, she knew that she was the focus of all the employees. Cold, mocking, uneasy, everyone was waiting to see how she would deal with such a crisis…
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