Chapter 31 No Room for Maneuver

"My wife was transferred to the secretariat by Manager Shi two months ago. On the morning of the transfer day, my wife and Lin Pingwan had a conflict for unknown reasons. My wife slapped Lin Pingwan twice, and she did not fight back. Manager Shi and Lin Pingwan are currently in a lover relationship." Wang Bai reported the information he had collected to Jiang Shibai.

After he finished speaking, Jiang Shibai sat quietly in the leather office chair, without expressing his opinion, and gently twisted his fingertips.

After a while, Wang Bai finally heard his reply. "Check to see if the two of them have done anything wrong. Find a reason to fire them. If they can be sent to prison, that would be the best. If not, teach them a lesson. Also, check the buyer that Lin Pingwan contacted the night before I left the country and teach them a lesson together."

"Leave no room for maneuver." Jiang Shibai raised his dark eyes and stared into Wang Bai's eyes, his icy tone chilling him to the bone.

Wang Bai was shocked. It was the first time he saw Jiang Shibai act so ruthlessly, leaving no room for breathing.

"I understand, Mr. Jiang."

Jiang Shibai said "hmm" and motioned him to go out. After Wang Bai left, he stood alone in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the vehicles on the road, with a dark look in his eyes that could not be erased.

In the afternoon, Xu Xian finished organizing the morning meeting materials and was about to go to the tea room to make a cup of coffee to wake himself up when he saw a noble lady walking over from a distance.

The woman was well-maintained, elegant and dignified. She looked only about forty years old, but her colorful cheongsam revealed her age, which was at least forty-five years old.

She walked straight to the secretary's office without looking around, and her behavior was very familiar, obviously she was very familiar with the place.

Hu Yuanshan spotted her with her sharp eyes and immediately went to greet her, "Mrs. Jiang, you're here! President Jiang went to the R&D department, so you might have to wait a while."

Mrs. Jiang?

Xu Xian's eyes flashed, and the hand holding the glass paused slightly. The only person who could be addressed like that by the secretarial office was Jiang Shibai's mother.

I didn't expect to meet his family in such an occasion before I even arrived at the old house.

Wen Tingyun said "hmm" in a haughty manner, raised his chin towards the secretary's office, and said in a cold tone, "I'm not looking for him. Do you have a secretary named Xu Xian?"

As she finished speaking, her arrogant gaze met Xu Xian's, and she felt a little uncomfortable.

She is so beautiful and has charming eyes. She doesn't look like a girl from a good family.

Hu Yuanshan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xu Xian who had already stood up, "The one standing by the door is Secretary Xu."

She didn't understand why Mrs. Jiang wanted to see Xu Xian by name.

Wen Tingyun's sharp eyes flashed, and he walked silently past her and went straight to Xu Xian. He stood in front of her and looked her up and down with a critical gaze, as if the person in front of him was an item to be appraised.

Her gaze made Xu Xian feel a little uncomfortable. It was a kind of contempt in her bones, as if looking at her too much would dirty her eyes.

"Are you Xu Xian?"

"Yes." Xu Xian could sense that she had come with bad intentions, but his expression remained calm.

She could feel that Jiang Shibai's mother disliked her, even though she didn't understand the reason.

As expected, Wen Tingyun said in a commanding tone: "Let's go downstairs and talk."

She didn't want to talk to Xu Xian in public and lower her status.

Xu Xian didn't want to reveal his identity in the secretary's office, so he nodded in agreement, put down the cup in his hand, picked up his phone and followed her downstairs.

Hu Yuanshan, as a small leader behind him, naturally knew how to guess people's hearts. He immediately realized that the relationship between Xu Xian and the Jiang family was not simple, and seeing that Mrs. Jiang was coming with such a threatening attitude, it was probably not a good sign.

After thinking for a while, he called Wang Bai.

"Assistant Wang, Mrs. Jiang came to see Secretary Xu just now, and they both went downstairs. I feel something is wrong, so I want to tell you, do you think I need to report this to President Jiang?" Hu Yuanshan said.

Wang Bai's face froze when he heard this. He had been with President Jiang for several years and naturally knew everyone in the Jiang family. Mrs. Jiang was notoriously difficult to serve and was extremely picky when it came to choosing a daughter-in-law. She valued matching the family background the most.

He had investigated Xu Xian's information and found it was completely inconsistent with Mrs. Jiang's requirements.

"You did a great job. Don't spread the news and don't worry about the rest." Wang Bai ordered.

Hu Yuanshan keenly sensed the secret, "Secretary Xu..."

She didn't dare to ask more questions about the rest, but she knew that Xu Xian was not simple and definitely had some background. Perhaps his relationship with President Jiang was very delicate.

Wang Bai lowered his eyes and felt that as the person who managed Xu Xian, he still had to give him some advice to prevent him from doing anything out of line.

"Treat Secretary Xu the same way you treated Madam Jiang. Don't show any flaws at work. Just pretend you don't know about this. It will be the same in the future as it was before."

Hu Yuanshan was shocked and had no time to figure out the meaning of his words, so she responded instinctively.

It wasn't until the phone was hung up that I figured out what it meant. Could it be that President Jiang and Secretary Xu were boyfriend and girlfriend?

This guess surprised Hu Yuanshan a little, but she couldn't find a better explanation. She could only pay more attention to her attitude towards Xu Xian in the future.

Cafe downstairs

Xu Xian and Wen Tingyun sat by the window, each with a cup of coffee in front of them. At this time, there were only a few people sitting in the cafe, and it was surprisingly quiet.

After leaving the company building, Wen Tingyun walked straight to the coffee shop opposite the company. Xu Xian could only follow him. The two did not communicate throughout the whole process.

Even after we sat down, the awkward atmosphere still prevailed, even becoming extremely cold.

Out of politeness, Xu Xian thought it would be better for her to speak first, so he cleared his throat and asked, "Is there something you want to talk to me about?"

She could see that Wen Tingyun was not satisfied with her. He looked at her with disgust, as if the words "I don't like you" were written on his face.

She was too lazy to try to please someone else and wanted to end the fight quickly.

"Don't you have any manners? Don't you know how to address your elders?" Wen Tingyun seemed to be waiting for her to speak, and he gave her a show of power right away.

Xu Xian frowned slightly when he heard this. If the lady in front of him was not Jiang Shibai's mother, she might have already stood up and left.

She wasn't here to be abused.

But thinking about Jiang Shibai's attitude towards her family, Xu Xian couldn't be partial to one and could only bite the bullet and say, "Mom——"

Just as she shouted a word, Wen Tingyun interrupted her with a contemptuous tone, "I don't acknowledge your identity, don't try to get close to me."

She would not recognize a woman who drugged her son and had him married quickly as her daughter-in-law.

"Oh! Hello, Auntie." Xu Xian immediately changed his words, his expression unchanged but his tone cold.

After saying that, he took a sip of coffee leisurely.

It's a bit bitter. If I had known, I wouldn't have added a few more packets of sugar just to show off.

Her calm reaction surprised Wen Tingyun. She originally thought Xu Xian was the kind of girl with a strong sense of self-esteem, who would blush a little when she was humiliated by her. She didn't expect that it didn't arouse her emotions at all.

When facing her, he was very willing to follow her advice and was not at all nervous.

This surprised Wen Tingyun, and he felt a little more admiration in his heart, but it disappeared completely in just an instant.

She had seen many girls who tried to curry favor with rich and powerful men, of all kinds. She had also seen girls as thick-skinned as Xu Xian, so there was no need to be particularly surprised.