Sun Xiaoting sighed, stood up, and moved to stand in front of the window.
Long before they lost contact with the person in charge over in Lancy Country, they had already sent someone to investigate.
This morning, the news from there had finally been relayed back.
"It’s not looking good," Sun Xiaoting said in a deep voice. "Supposedly, Duocui Company has had internal problems for a long time and is currently undergoing a comprehensive review. Everyone is being monitored."
Zhu Hongchang’s brows furrowed tightly, "Does that mean our business deal is going to fall through?"
Sun Xiaoting replied, "Let’s try to minimize our losses as much as possible!"
Zhu Hongchang fell silent.
Although he was the general manager, Sun Xiaoting was the princess of the Blue Maple Group, even its spokesperson.
On critical issues, he still had to heed Sun Xiaoting’s words.
"Then... shall we start the withdrawal now? I’ll personally handle this matter," Zhu Hongchang said.
After a while, Sun Xiaoting asked, "How is the Shangdong Group doing?"
Zhu Hongchang sighed, "They are causing quite a stir over there. Reporters from all over the world have come, all to film this latest product."
"By the way!" Zhu Hongchang suddenly remembered, "Do you know that there’s a bodyguard in the Shangdong Group who seems to have helped secure this project?"
"A bodyguard?" Hearing this word, Sun Xiaoting couldn’t help but immediately think of Yang Chen.
"What’s going on?" Sun Xiaoting turned around, staring at Zhu Hongchang to ask.
Zhu Hongchang said, "This news actually came from within their circles. Originally, Frank Gregory didn’t think much of the Shangdong Group. He didn’t intend to cooperate with them at all, so he posed a difficult challenge. He asked the Shangdong Group to design ten outfits that could satisfy him! Just think about it; how could a top international master possibly be impressed by the designs from our group!"
"But, they actually designed them! When Frank Gregory came, no translation was needed; that bodyguard handled it all by himself. And it’s said that those ten outfits were also designed by people he found."
Seeing Sun Xiaoting’s astonished expression, Zhu Hongchang became even more excited in his recount, "Do you know what the most important part is? That person is actually a friend of Frank Gregory! According to Frank Gregory, it seems this collaboration was made possible out of respect for that bodyguard. In the end, it was also because of that bodyguard that they succeeded in securing the deal!"
Sun Xiaoting looked at Zhu Hongchang in disbelief; the only bodyguard she knew of was Yang Chen, who was the bodyguard of Wei Xueqing, the CEO of the Shangdong Group. Besides him, Sun Xiaoting couldn’t think where there’d be another bodyguard.
But, could Yang Chen speak Lancy Language?
Did he know the famous foreign designer Frank Gregory?
Sun Xiaoting found it hard to believe.
"What’s this person’s name?" Sun Xiaoting asked.
Zhu Hongchang furrowed his brows, thought for a moment, and said, "Seems like it’s... what was it... Yang Chen! It seems that’s the name."
"Yang Chen!" Sun Xiaoting’s eyes widened in shock.
"Do you know this person?" Zhu Hongchang noticed Sun Xiaoting’s odd expression and asked.
Sun Xiaoting shook her head and quickly walked out, leaving behind a puzzled Zhu Hongchang.
In her office, Sun Xiaoting paced back and forth.
She found it unbelievable what exactly Yang Chen had done abroad all these years?
Why did he have so many incredible identities?
How could a bodyguard possibly know Frank Gregory, who is thousands of miles away?
She realized they hadn’t been defeated by the Shangdong Group, nor by Wei Xueqing, the elite overseas returnee, but by Yang Chen!
A man she had looked down upon from the very beginning, a bodyguard who returned to the country penniless!
Yang Chen’s transformation was too tremendous, so much so that it caught her off guard.
She had thought a lot in these days.
Yang Chen had completely left her behind. It had always been her wish to break off ties with these people back then, yet now that it had truly happened, she felt it wasn’t as good as she had imagined.
She felt aggrieved and reluctant, as if something that originally belonged to her had been taken away by someone else.
Now, Sun Xiaoting felt she needed to fight for her chance!
Ever since she was young, she liked competing for stuff with others; now, she should reclaim what originally belonged to her even more!
After some thought, Sun Xiaotong picked up her phone from the desk and called Ding Yutong.
Ding Yutong was in class, and seeing a call from Sun Xiaoting, she stepped out to take the call.
"Hello, Tingting, what’s up? I’m in class," Ding Yutong said softly.
Sun Xiaoting said, "Tongtong, do you know Yang Chen’s phone number?"
Hearing this, Ding Yutong frowned and said, "Why do you need Yang Chen’s number?"
"I have something to tell Yang Chen," Sun Xiaoting said.
Ding Yutong fell silent, thought about it, and shook her head, "I don’t have it. Maybe you should ask Yanyan instead."
"Alright!" The moment Ding Yutong finished speaking, Sun Xiaoting hung up the call.
Ding Yutong looked at her phone in silence.
She understood Sun Xiaoting; sometimes the more she couldn’t get something, the more she wanted it.
The reason Sun Xiaoting wanted Yang Chen’s number, Ding Yutong could more or less guess.
Just as she was about to go back to class, Sun Xiaoting called again.
"Oh dear! Tongtong, I deleted Yanyan’s number. Could you help me ask Yanyan for it?" Sun Xiaoting said coyly.
Ding Yutong fell silent.
"Oh, come on, Tongtong, you don’t need to worry. I just want to talk to Yang Chen about some things. It’s better to talk things out than to hold them in," Sun Xiaoting continued.
Actually, right after Sun Xiaoting hung up earlier, she realized that Yanyan might not refuse to give her Yang Chen’s number.
In Sun Xiaoting’s view, Chen Siyan preferred Ye Xin a bit more and would probably side with Ye Xin, which made her situation dangerous. Chen Siyan definitely wouldn’t help an outsider compete for a man with her sister-in-law, right? That’s why she didn’t even call Chen Siyan.
If she let Ding Yutong ask, Chen Siyan likely wouldn’t refuse.
As for the reasoning, that would be Ding Yutong’s problem to handle.
Ding Yutong hesitated for a long while before finally yielding to Sun Xiaoting’s persistent pleas, softening her stance, "Alright then!"
As soon as she agreed, Ding Yutong regretted it.
She really shouldn’t have agreed.
Sun Xiaoting had hung up, leaving all the trouble to Ding Yutong.
Back when Ding Yutong was with Sun Xiaoting, it was because Sun Xiaoting saw through Ding Yutong’s nature. A kind-hearted person like Ding Yutong would endure a lot for others, willing only to help and never to harm her.
To be precise, Ding Yutong was someone who would rather inconvenience herself than refuse others.
After class, Ding Yutong sat in the office, struggling for a long time before finally sighing and summoning the courage to call Chen Siyan.
Before long, the call connected, and Ding Yutong quickly said, "Yanyan, do you know your brother’s phone number?"