Chapter 97 Affair

When An Ning heard An Xian mentioned, her eyes instantly turned cold.

She didn't care no matter how others threw dirty water at her, and could just pretend not to hear it. But she wouldn't allow outsiders to slander her son like this, especially with such a false stigma.

She glanced over with a warning look, and her already cold expression lost its usual calmness. Now she looked a little fierce. The two employees who were whispering to each other immediately looked away and shut up.

An Ning walked quickly into the elevator, frowning slightly.

Who took the photo in Dong Zong’s wife’s mobile phone?

The elevator stopped at the project department floor. As An Ning walked in, she saw many inquiring eyes scanning her and then quickly looking away.

There was curiosity, shock, disbelief in those eyes, and some even had a hint of...contempt.

An Ning knew very well that the workplace was a place where gossip and rumors were most likely to arise and spread widely in a short period of time.

What just happened downstairs must have spread throughout the entire Haowei Group, not to mention the project department.

"An Ning, what's wrong with your face?"

Li Hui's voice sounded slightly shocked, but with a smile that was hard to conceal, "Did someone beat you up? Look at the finger marks on your face, you must have been beaten pretty hard."

She stared at An Ning's face and raised her voice, "Our An Ning is so powerful, and she has President Dong's support behind her. Who would dare to do such a heavy hand to you?"

After she said this, those inquiring eyes looked at her even more blatantly.

"Li Hui, what nonsense are you talking about? Will you die if you say less?"

Huang Yuanyuan was so angry that she said a few words and quickly walked towards An Ning, "Sister Ningning, are you okay?"

An Ning ignored Li Hui's words, shook her head gently, and comforted Huang Yuanyuan, "It's okay, it's just a misunderstanding."

"Misunderstanding?" Li Hui laughed when she heard the word. "Our Haowei boss's wife even came to the company in person to catch the mistress. Is this a misunderstanding or a scandal?"

“That’s enough!”

Sun Liangying came out of the supervisor's office at some point, crossed her arms, glanced at everyone, and finally her eyes fell on An Ning, "Get ready for the meeting."

......

"Xi Yan, I heard from your Uncle Ji that you haven't signed the documents he sent you yet?"

In the CEO's office, a man stood in front of the French window, talking on the phone. Lu Lixiao asked in confusion, "Is there something wrong?"

"I've been busy lately, so I've put these documents in the drawer."

Lu Xiyan looked at the distant horizon and said calmly, "I'll sign it in a few days and have someone hand it over to Uncle Ji."

"Okay." Lu Lixiao said in a gentle voice, "We're getting engaged at the end of the month, so you have to pay more attention to it. You can't always let Wanwan, a girl, worry about so many things. Her health is not good. If she gets hurt due to overwork, your Uncle Cheng and Aunt Han will nag me again-"

"I understand, Grandpa."

Before Lu Lixiao could finish, Lu Xiyan calmly interrupted, "I have a meeting to attend. I'm hanging up."

The man hung up the phone and held it in his hand. His face was stern, and his deep eyes were calm.

"Mr. Lu."

At the door, Jiang Yao walked in, stared at the man's back, and said hesitantly, "Hao Wei... there's big news."

Hearing this, the man's eyes flashed, "What?"

Jiang Yao looked at his cold expression and lowered his voice, "Today, everyone in Haowei Group is saying that Dong Chenghai had an affair with Miss An from the project department and that they had an illegitimate child..."

Lu Xiyan's eyes dimmed and he turned to look at Jiang Yao.

Jiang Yao was frightened by his cold eyes and said quickly, "Dong Chenghai's wife even came to the company and beat Miss An in front of many employees..."

The hands behind his back clenched subconsciously, and Lu Xiyan asked coldly, "She didn't fight back?"

"She fought back!" Jiang Yao said immediately. "Miss An fought back immediately, even stunning Dong Chenghai's wife!"

After he finished speaking, the man's cold eyes softened slightly. Although she was a bit soft-hearted, she was not a pushover. When she encountered unfair things, she would also fight for her rights.

Especially when slandered by such rumors, it was inevitable that she would fight back.

Thinking of this, Lu Xiyan's expression turned cold again.

What does it have to do with him whether she gets beaten or not, and whether she fights back!

Jiang Yao also reacted immediately and said with a wry smile, "Boss Lu, do you also think that Miss An was fabricated? I was saying, how could Miss An be that kind of person? How could she be so absurd!"

Lu Xiyan snorted coldly, "She wouldn't be so hungry as to be so indiscriminate."

......

The meeting lasted for more than two hours. Before it ended, Sun Liangying flipped through the documents in her hand and looked at An Ning, "How is the cooperation with Ou Teng going?"

An Ning's eyes darkened. Lu Xiyan had not seen her recently and had made it clear that he had no intention of cooperating with Hao Wei.

She looked at Sun Liangying and said, "Still following."

After saying that, Sun Liangying slammed the documents in her hand shut and said sternly, "An Ning, you haven't even submitted your project proposal yet, have you? If you're not qualified for this job, get out right away!"

"Boss Lu hasn't looked at my project proposal yet." An Ning looked up at her. "But that doesn't mean my proposal is bad. I remember Boss Sun gave me a deadline of three months. It's less than a month now. Isn't it urgent?"

"You're quite good at stalling." Sun Liangying sneered and threw a document in her hand to her. "I'll give you a chance to show off. Follow up on this project."

An Ning flipped open the file and asked, "Going to Dianhai?"

The Dian Sea is in the southernmost part, very far away from the Jing Sea.

Moreover, the address marked in the document is located in the mountainous area of ​​Yunnan.

"Mr. Dong is currently interested in the natural food of the Dianhai region and needs a senior nutritionist to participate in the research. It's a short business trip." Sun Jingying looked at her with shock. "You don't want to?"

An Ning thought for a moment. She was not sure about getting the cooperation with Ou Teng. During this period of time, she had always failed to achieve anything and had let down Mr. Dong's trust in her.

"When?" she asked.

"The end of the month."

An Ning's fingertips suddenly trembled, at the end of the month...

It was Lu Xiyan’s engagement day.

"Okay." She agreed. "I'll go."

Upon hearing this, Sun Liangying changed her previous expression of dissatisfaction and curled the corners of her mouth almost imperceptibly.

The journey to Dianhai is long, and the project area is extremely remote in a primitive mountainous area. There is no market signal, and no one in the entire project department wants to follow this project.

What's more, she lied to An Ning. Mr. Dong was not that interested in this project at all. He was most interested in the cooperation with Ou Teng.

Letting An Ning go to Dianhai could, on the one hand, delay her cooperation with Ou Teng, preventing her from reaching a cooperation agreement and leaving Haowei completely. On the other hand, it could also send her far away, out of sight, out of mind.

More importantly, this was what the eldest daughter of the Cheng family had instructed - during the engagement period, she didn't want to see An Ning in Jinghai.

"Okay." Sun Liangying softened her tone, "It's settled then. You can go there at the end of the month."