Chapter 31

Xu Wanyi ignored her and turned to the only bright red sticky note. The page was filled with text at the top and bottom, with a table in the middle. The table header listed the property certificate number, the rights holder, the period of rights, and the encumbrances, totaling five lines, representing five buildings.

The table title was circled in red pen, with an arrow pointing out the words: "Detailed Information." Xu Wanyi recognized Zhang Gang's handwriting.

Another blue line extends from the upper right of the table, with the words: Strange? The "strange" and the question mark are enclosed in several circles drawn with a blue pen, indicating that the person who drew the circles had a strong question in their mind.

Xu Wanyi also knew who wrote it; of course she recognized Li Ye's handwriting!

To be honest, Xu Wanyi didn't understand. So what was going on? She wondered, but it wasn't convenient to ask Li Ye directly right now. She decided to keep reading; perhaps the explanation would come later. Her fingers brushed across the paper as she turned the page.

She flipped through the pages, not to the next page, but directly to the fourth or fifth page. A portrait in pen appeared before her eyes, and her pupils dilated for a moment. She finally understood why Li Ye had been so flustered.

This is actually a portrait of her!! It was obviously drawn by Li Ye. Judging from her appearance, it was drawn during a meeting they had together some time ago.

An indescribable joy welled up within her, and her fingers trembled uncontrollably as she slowly touched the edge of the portrait. In the painting, her gaze was so focused, and her entire face radiated a soft glow.

I must say, Li Ye painted her beautifully, with a gentle yet mature look. Is this how I am in her eyes now?

Xu Wanyi slightly raised her head and looked to her left at Li Ye. Li Ye had obviously noticed that she had already seen the portrait, and was staring intently at his computer screen, his index finger rhythmically tapping the desktop; his face was normal, but his ears were bright red.

Xu Wanyi knew that the rapid tapping of his fingers and the reddening of his ears were small gestures that Li Ye would make when he was shy.

When Li Ye saw the surprise in Xu Wanyi's eyes, she knew she was doomed; she was incredibly embarrassed and had been discovered. Just as Xu Wanyi looked at her, she turned her gaze to the screen, missing Xu Wanyi's long, intense stare.

After being a lawyer for so long, even the thinnest skin will develop calluses. For years, she'd been calm and collected, practically never experiencing nervousness. But today's incident made her feel ashamed and flustered. Man proposes, God disposes! Jiang Yu, what on earth did you drink that milk tea?!

Li Ye had unspeakable bitterness in his heart. Alas, how was he going to face Xu Wanyi in the future? Should he tell her: Yes, I haven't given up on you yet? Yes, I have ulterior motives towards you?

If you're facing a complete stranger, these words might not be so hard to say, but when you're facing someone with a painful past who still rejects you, these two words are really hard to say!

"Chairman, these are the opinions of the Strategic Management Department." Zhang Chaofeng finally finished his strategic and lengthy speech.

Xu Wanyi suppressed the turmoil in her heart and the unspeakable emotions, returning to the cold reality.

"Hmm, do any other colleagues have any thoughts?" She figured that the strategic management department had already said everything, and there wouldn't be any more substantive comments.

“Chairman, I have a question about something that I just discovered,” Zhang Gang suddenly said.

Xu Wanyi was somewhat surprised, but recalling what she had just seen, she seemed less surprised. Li Ye, on the other hand, had a bad feeling, temporarily forgetting even his shyness and panic. This sudden revelation couldn't possibly be anything good.

What questions do you have?

"Chairman, please look at page 356. I remember this company only has five properties, but the report says there are six. I wonder why?"

Li Ye thought to herself, "So this is it." Just as she was about to speak, Xu Wanyi spoke first, "What does President Zhang mean?"

"Chairman, what we value in this company is actually its production line. I just compared the property certificate and the report, and the extra property area accounts for about half of the total area. In other words, based on this estimate, its production capacity will be doubled, and its fixed assets will be overvalued."

"This..." Li Ye tried to explain again, but Xu Wanyi suddenly kicked her from under the table. A sharp pain shot from her shinbone to her brain, almost making Li Ye jump up in pain. She knew that high heels were a weapon, but she never imagined that the toe of a high heel could be even more deadly!

Seeing Li Ye's expression suddenly change and his chair slide back, Jiang Yu thought something had happened and quickly lowered her voice to approach Li Ye: "Li Lu, what's wrong? Has Zhang Gang pulled some tricks again?"

Li Ye barely managed to suppress the pain and glared at Xu Wanyi with a grimace. Zhang Gang had indeed caused some trouble, but the one who could stir up the most trouble was still your beautiful CEO sister! Even now, she didn't want to confront Zhang Gang in court. What was she trying to do? Protect her own?

"Yeah, that's true. No matter what happens later, don't say a word." Even if she's protective of her own, there's nothing I can do. Money is hard to earn and life is tough, so I can only play along with her act.

"Huh? Uh? Hmm." Jiang Yu didn't understand, but she accepted it.

"Chairman, look, this is an electronic certificate of ownership. It only has five numbers on it." Zhang Gang walked over with his computer and showed Xu Wanyi the electronic certificate of ownership.

These properties are all on one certificate, with the same initial number, only the suffixes are different. The electronic document shows only numbers 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, but the lawyer's report lists numbers 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. There's an extra property!

After reading it, Xu Wanyi looked at Li Ye with an icy expression, her eyes full of doubt. Li Ye thought to himself, "Miss Xu's acting skills are still quite impressive." Of course, she had to cooperate, but she couldn't say anything, so she could only pretend to be serious and remain silent.

Zhang Gang probably thought that others couldn't see it, so he simply found the projection device, connected the computer to the device, turned on the white screen, and projected the property certificate directly to everyone present.

Everyone carefully examined the property certificate and checked the report; they were indeed different! If that was the case, it was a huge mistake by the legal team! Everyone turned their attention to Li Ye and Jiang Yu, as if waiting for them to give an explanation.

Jiang Yu was absolutely furious! Luckily, Li Ye had told her not to say a word no matter what happened, otherwise she would have definitely stood up and pointed at Zhang Gang's nose, yelling, "You're the one who made such a basic mistake! All the information we received states six buildings, I've checked that so many times!" At this moment, she could only swallow her anger and remain seated in silence.

Wang Du was extremely anxious. Although all the firepower was on Li Ye's side, Zhang Gang's words had actually pushed him into the fire pit as well.

"Chairman, General Manager Zhang, leaders and colleagues, is there a mistake in the electronic version? Should we double-check the original?"

Xu Wanyi leaned back in her boss's chair, arms crossed, looking at the group of people in front of her with a gloomy expression.

Zhang Gang seemed to have received some encouragement. "Wang Du is right. Just to be on the safe side, we should check all the files in the company and the files on Attorney Li's side. After all, Attorney Li is a well-known lawyer in the capital market business in Haixi. He really shouldn't make such a low-level mistake."

"Chairman, what do you think?"

“I think it’s a good idea, Attorney Li. How do you think it would be best to arrange the manpower on your side? Let’s go take a look now. We won’t adjourn until we have the results today.”

"Uh, Jiang Yu can accompany Le Guang's colleague to our office to see the archived documents, and I can go see the original property certificate." Since Miss Xu had spoken up, Li Ye decided to find something to do.

"Very good, Mr. Lin. You and Attorney Jiang can go to their firm to check the records, take some photos, and come back. Attorney Li, Mr. Zhang, and Wang Du, go check the company's records together. Which subsidiary is this company dealing with again?"

"Yuanda New Energy, Chairman, Yuanda New Energy."

"Okay, you guys go to Yuanda New Energy immediately."

"Okay. Attorney Li, thank you for coming. Let's go." Zhang Gang said smugly.

Li Ye glanced at Xu Wanyi, stood up, and limped out of the conference room with Zhang Gang. Xu Wanyi thought to herself, "Could it be that I really kicked too hard just now? No, that's impossible. I was already very careful. This guy is definitely faking it."

Jiang Yu and Lin Hong got up to leave when Xu Wanyi stopped them: "Attorney Jiang, please go out and wait. I need to talk to President Lin about something."

Upon hearing Xu Wanyi's words, Jiang Yu stood up abruptly and walked out. This was the first time she had explicitly expressed her anger towards Xu Wanyi. What kind of beautiful CEO sister was she? After this incident, she vowed to never forgive Xu Wanyi!

She's got quite a temper, huh? Only Li Ye could handle a girl with that kind of temper.

After Jiang Yu left, Xu Wanyi called Lin Hong over and said in a voice so that no one else could hear, "Uncle Lin, keep a low profile, just take a picture and leave."

Lin Hong's eyes lit up: "I understand, Miss."

"Go."

The rest of the people in the conference room were trembling with fear, wondering if the chairman would take his anger out on them. They all sat there with serious expressions, not daring to utter a sound.

After speaking with Lin Hong, Xu Wanyi looked at everyone present and said, word by word, "The matter today is still unresolved, and it absolutely cannot be spread outside this conference room."

Then he specifically said to Zhang Chaofeng, "Mr. Zhang, could you remind Mr. Zhang Gang and Mr. Wang Du that this concerns the group's strategy and should not be leaked?"

"Yes, yes, Chairman, I'll contact them right now." After saying that, Zhang Chaofeng dialed the numbers of the two people in front and behind him, solemnly conveying the chairman's instructions.

To be honest, he didn't expect to be called on, and he was so nervous that sweat dripped from his forehead. He only had one thought in his mind: as long as he didn't take it out on me, he would do anything I asked.

Zhang Gang and Wang Du received calls from Zhang Chaofeng one after the other. When they heard the chairman's instructions to keep the events of the day strictly confidential, their thoughts were quite different.

Zhang Gang was quite pleased with himself. The chairman had specifically requested that this be kept secret, which meant that once confirmed, it would be a major event with serious consequences.

Wang Du sensed something amiss: Why keep it a secret? And for whom?