"Didn't you say you'd only ever be a member of the Xu family? Why are you coming here so eagerly now?"

“Zhou Haoze, why can’t you have a little confidence in yourself?” Xu Yanshu shrugged dismissively, her eyes gleaming with amusement. “You’ve received a good education for many years, and I’m not that outstanding, so why are you so afraid of me?”

He understood why this person harbored such hostility towards him; if he were in this situation, he might have also gone to great lengths to cope.

But he never really wanted to go back to the Zhou family. There are many troubles in wealthy families, and he had experienced this firsthand during his years in the Xie family. But he never liked a life of fighting and strife.

hehe--

Zhou Haoze chuckled noncommittally, his narrow eyes filled with mockery and contempt.

He's just a gigolo; he's not even qualified to carry my shoes.

But he wasn't afraid of thieves stealing from him, but he was afraid of thieves eyeing him; he didn't want to raise a tiger that would become a threat.

"Don't put it that way..."

“I really have no interest in your Zhou family. I’m here today to make things clear. If you’re really worried, you can give me tens of millions. I promise I’ll never set foot on Zhou family territory again.”

"How do I know if I can trust you?" Zhou Haoze scoffed. "When it comes to keeping secrets, the dead are the most reliable, so I hope you die!"

Xu Yanshu's heart sank to the bottom. He unconsciously frowned. This Zhou Zehao was much more difficult to deal with than he had imagined, and a sense of irritation unexpectedly arose in his heart.

"Alright, it seems you're not willing to pay. Well then, I'll take my leave!" Xu Yanshu spread his hands in feigned helplessness and stood up from his seat.

Zhou Zehao wasn't in a hurry to stop him, and said quietly, "You don't know yet, do you? That Miss Qin Shengyi is the daughter of the Ouyang family. Do you think you're good enough for her?"

I don't know where this person's good fortune came from. He became the son-in-law of the Xie family when he had nothing, and now that the marriage has just ended, he has already been taken by the daughter of the Ouyang family.

Xu Yanshu paused slightly, remembering that the president of AC Investment Bank seemed to be surnamed Ouyang...

His eyes flickered thoughtfully for a moment, then he came to his senses and strode out.

The moment the man left, Zhou Haoze's expression turned completely gloomy, and a chilling killing intent appeared in his eyes.

If he were a complete coward, that would be one thing, but Xu Yanshu is so unrestrained and unconventional that he has to be wary of him.

However, Xie Huanyu, that idiot, probably doesn't know yet that the person who stole her boyfriend is the daughter of the Ouyang family, right?

...

President Ouyang's wife is indeed surnamed Qin.

Looking at the search results displayed on the computer, Xu Yanshu smiled bitterly, her heart heavy as if a stone were pressing down on it.

When he realized what he had been doing, he suddenly became annoyed and reached out to close the notebook without hesitation.

He's a divorced older man; no matter what, he shouldn't have delayed that young girl...

I still have many grudges to settle, so I have no right to talk about love.

Thump thump thump—

There was a knock on the office door, and Xu Yanshu finally came to his senses. He sat up straight and then answered the knock outside.

"Manager Xu, Chairman Huang Dongsheng is here. The chairman wants you to go up there immediately."

Xu Yanshu paused for a moment, then quickly recovered, nodded in agreement, and stood up to leave.

Although Chairman Huang had mentioned having an appointment with Xie Junyang a couple of days ago, he didn't say he would come to the company... and he wasn't sure what Xie Junyang meant by specifically calling him up.

Xu Yanshu took the elevator to the 23rd floor. When he arrived, Xie Junyang and Huang Dongsheng were having a great chat.

He strode forward, saying, "Chairman Huang, Chairman Xie."

"You used to call me Uncle Huang, how come you're calling me Chairman Huang now?" Huang Dongsheng said, feigning anger, while gesturing for people to sit down. Then, as if remembering something, he added, "The vice president's office is right next door, why did you take so long?"

Uncle Huang?

Xie Junyang snorted inwardly. It seemed that Xu Yanshu had spent a lot of time currying favor with Huang Dongsheng in private.

"Uncle Huang," Xu Yanshu noticed Xie Junyang's somewhat unclear expression out of the corner of her eye and readily changed her form of address, "I'm in the finance department on the eighth floor now."

Finance Department?

Huang Dongsheng's expression turned somewhat strange. Old Xie should know Xu Yanshu's level of ability better than he did.

When he came last time, he was clearly the vice president. How come he was suddenly demoted to the finance department? It seems there's some hidden story behind this.

"Old Xie, as I just mentioned, I feel a special connection with this kid Yan Shu. How about you give him to me?"

“Brother Huang, I might agree to anything else, but Yan Shu is someone I personally trained,” Xie Junyang said, his eyes gleaming, and he waved his hand noncommittally. “He’s the only person I trust in the entire company, and I really don’t feel comfortable entrusting such an important part as finance to someone else.”

As he spoke, Xie Junyang subtly glanced at Xu Yanshu.

They thought they could just walk away and leave, but it wasn't that easy.

Xu Yanshu seemed oblivious to this, though inwardly he was undeniably surprised. Xie Junyang had previously gone to great lengths to flatter and fawn over Chairman Huang, but now he was so blatantly disrespecting him.

Huang Dongsheng's expression darkened slightly. He had only asked Xie Junyang for someone, but he hadn't expected Xie Junyang to refuse even that.

"Yan Shu, it's kind of Chairman Xie to value you so much, so you'd better do your job well!" Huang Dongsheng said cryptically, then, remembering something, turned to Xie Junyang, "That piece of land you asked me to help you with before, it seems we won't be able to get it now."

"Someone had given advance notice, and the transfer procedures were completed a couple of days ago."

Knowing full well that this was just an excuse, Xie Junyang couldn't help but grit his teeth inwardly, but dared not show it on his face. He forced a wave of his hand to indicate that it was alright.

Seeing the other person's reaction, Huang Dongsheng's eyes darkened slightly, and he stood up on his own. "Alright, it's about time. I should go back!"

"Then let me see you off..."

"No, I wouldn't dare trouble you, Chairman Xie!" Huang Dongsheng refused with a forced smile, then turned to the person standing on the other side, "Yan Shu, come down with me, I just wanted to talk to you about something."

Only now did Xie Junyang realize that his attitude had been too harsh, and he secretly thought to himself that things were not going well.

Understanding that Huang Dongsheng was intentionally using this to back him up, Xu Yanshu nodded in agreement, "Okay, I'll see you downstairs."