But at this moment, she didn’t feel repelled by his words, instead—she found them somewhat sweet.
Because she liked him, she indulged. She nodded slightly, "Mmm, I’ll wait for you to finish filming."
Yu Zexiao’s smile grew wider, and just as he was about to say something, suddenly, the door was pulled open from the inside!
Yu Zexiao and Jian Anning were startled. Although they had been planning to make their relationship public, at this moment, the first reaction Anning had was to jump out of his embrace!
The two of them, with slightly flushed faces, looked towards the door, and sure enough, they saw Shen Lanxiao, who was about to enter!
"Mom? How come you’re here?" Yu Zexiao felt a bit awkward, then suddenly remembered—that’s not right. Hadn’t he been wanting to show off to his mother that he had a girlfriend? Why was he feeling guilty? He immediately said, "Mom, I have something I want to tell you."
Unexpectedly, as soon as Shen Lanxiao entered, her expression was very serious! Without any preamble, she said, "Whatever it is can wait! I have to go."
"What?" Yu Zexiao was taken aback, seeing her extremely stern expression. He and Jian Anning exchanged a puzzled look. "Mom, what’s going on?"
Shen Lanxiao simply stated, "Your father’s company is in trouble!"
Yu Zexiao was momentarily stunned, and his expression instantly became serious, "What happened?"
Shen Lanxiao had no intention of explaining further, "I need to hurry back to Yancheng, I’ll tell you on the way!"
Yu Zexiao nodded, looked at Jian Anning, and his expression became somewhat grave.
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Here’s what happened.
Recently, the star project of Huanyu Group had been the water business case. It started with purchasing technological transfers at a high price, but unexpectedly, a company sprang up out of nowhere and drove up the price, causing Yu Jingxi to spend considerably more money to secure the deal at the originally negotiated price. Next up was purchasing a water company. He had set his sights on a fairly decent company that was planning to divest, but just at the critical moment, a problem arose!
First, inside Huanyu Group, a scandal erupted due to a huge unaccounted for asset in export trade, which led to an investigation by the procuratorate. As the news leaked, many media outlets swarmed for interviews. Naturally, Huanyu Group had crisis PR and managed to temporarily calm the situation. Immediately after, Yu Jingxi began the investigation. It was found that the issue had arisen because an employee mishandled the operation and the paperwork wasn’t fully in order. However, the taxes owed, the fees due had not been neglected.
In theory, the problem should have been solved. Yet, as Jingxi was handling the issue, someone interfered with the water business deal, which was on the verge of being signed, and the nearly settled price was suddenly driven up significantly!
Businessmen chase profits, and the price offered by Huanyu Group was already quite reasonable. However, the other party’s asking price was outlandish. To buy at this price would make profitability very difficult. But in such a short time, where else could Huanyu Group find another reasonably priced water company, with a good location and comprehensive functions?