Su Group, in the chairman's office.
"Speechless! These goofy netizens actually even turned my expressions into memes....."
Lin Xuan sat in the boss chair, scrolling through all sorts of posts about him online, wearing a strange look.
In front of him, Hu Zheng and the other staff were all beaming with excitement.
They kept reporting the skyrocketing stock price and the unstoppable sales of several newly launched products.....
To sum it up in one sentence:
The company is currently developing extremely well, with a bright future ahead!!!
But Lin Xuan was rather uninterested and replied perfunctorily:
"Oh."
"Very good, nice work."
"Keep it up, continue the good effort."
.......
At this, Hu Zheng and the others could only smile wryly and shake their heads.
They were actually quite puzzled too.
A normal boss hearing such good news of the company "rising step by step" should be overjoyed; why did their own boss... seem not the least bit interested?!
At this moment, Hu Zheng recalled some news he had just received and reported it.
"Boss, your father has been restless in jail, clamoring to see you. He seems to have had a great awakening and is full of remorse, and says he wants to apologize to you in person."
"So do you think... I should make arrangements?"
Remorse? Apology?
Heh....
He can't seriously think that apologizing and squeezing out a few tears will win my sympathy, can he?!
The corner of Lin Xuan's mouth curled into a cold smile; without even thinking he refused. He no longer wished to have any entanglement with that scumbag father.
"No."
"And from now on, unless necessary, don't report any more news about Lin Jianjun to me!"
"Yes, Boss." Hu Zheng nodded, secretly relieved.
He had really feared the boss might get soft-hearted, go to the jail to accept the apology, and backtrack to try to save Lin Jianjun.
If that news got out then....
The masses would surely be enraged at being deceived, and the hard-won good reputation of the Group would instantly collapse beyond repair.
Fortunately, the worst didn't happen; the BOSS's rationality still prevailed.
"By the way, Boss, the mother and son Lin Hao and his mom you told me to watch—today they bought tickets for a flight to the Imperial Capital."
"Judging by the time... they should be about to board."
"Do you need me to send people to stop them?"
......
Lin Hao? Bai Yuelan?
Mentioning this mother and son he hadn't seen in a while, Lin Xuan was momentarily taken aback, but didn't think much of it.
After all, in the plot these two were just small-fry cannon fodder, insignificant and not worth wasting time on.
"Leave them be! I'm ninety-five percent absolutely sure!"
"They're most likely just trying to flee to the Imperial Capital to dodge Zhao Hu's debt collection...."
"These two are no threat anymore; let them live or die on their own! No need to report their matters to me again!"
......
That said.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Xuan still decided to send the mother and son a parting gift.
With a wicked smile he texted Zhao Hu, revealing the mother and son's location and destination......
As to whether Zhao Hu could catch them at the airport or would follow them to the Imperial Capital to collect the debt—that was Zhao Hu's own business.
Lin Xuan indicated... none of it had anything to do with him. →_→
At the thought that from now on he was completely rid of Lin Jianjun's bizarre family of three......
Lin Xuan was in quite a good mood; he stood and stretched comfortably.
Then, after giving a few instructions to Hu Zheng and the others, he prepared to head back to the Su family and take Su Qingge to the hospital to visit the old man....
........
Su Group, at the main entrance.
The driver respectfully opened the car door to greet Lin Xuan as he came out of the company, then drove the Maybach toward the Su family estate.
In the back seat.
Lin Xuan was bored, taking in the roadside scenery.....
Suddenly the Huawei phone in his hand rang; he glanced at the caller ID on the screen:
Ma Yingzhe.
'Huh? Could something have happened with Chu Ling?'
'After all, last time I told Old Ma to send people to Chu Family Village to secretly protect that foolish cousin of mine from being violated by her adoptive father....'
'But as I recall, the tragedy shouldn't happen this soon, right?'
'Could it be the butterfly effect again, moving up the time my cousin is in danger?'
......
Filled with doubts, Lin Xuan answered the call.
"Hello (#`O′), it's me."
"Boss, there's something to report to you....."
To Lin Xuan's surprise, what Ma Yingzhe had to say was actually related to the Huo family?!
It turned out that ever since [L] announced the acquisition of the Lin Group, it was tantamount to declaring to everyone that he was the group's boss.
So many "fans" had come for him—staking out or calling the company line—trying to figure out [L]'s true identity.
Of course.....
Ma Yingzhe's information protection was excellent; to this day Lin Xuan hadn't slipped up, and no one knew he was the legendary [L].
And not long ago, Huo Qichen had also contacted Ma Yingzhe as a "fan," hoping [L] could write a song for a friend of his.
"He said we could name any price and hoped we'd give him some face—then our two companies would be friends in the future."
"Boss, how should we reply? Or just refuse directly?"
.......
After hearing Ma Yingzhe's words, a mocking smile surfaced at the corner of Lin Xuan's mouth.
Heh... friends?
If Huo Qichen knew [L]'s true identity, who knows if he could still say the same thing???
"Reply like this... tell him to go take a leak and look at himself in it—does he deserve my giving him face."
"Uh... what? O-okay! Got it!"
Having heard some things about the Su Group's celebration banquet, Ma Yingzhe naturally knew about the conflict between the Huo family and his boss.
So, refusal was expected!
But the response being... that crude was a bit unexpected.....
It was obviously meant to offend the other side on purpose.
If it were Ma Yingzhe himself, he would definitely have chosen to play nice with Huo Qichen.
After all, the Huo family's power was not to be underestimated; at least he wouldn't make things too stiff on the surface......
But that said, the boss's words were imperial edict!!!
Even if Ma Yingzhe felt it wasn't very appropriate.....
Since Lin Xuan had said so, he would of course carry it out firmly.
Doot doot doot—
Soon the call ended, and just as Lin Xuan turned his attention back to the scenery outside the window......
His phone... rang again!