“My intuition tells me that Lu Fan is not in the ward at all. If that’s the case, then Lu Xi’s obstruction of you makes sense.”

After listening to Liu Shang's words, Da Xiong, who was driving, shared his guess.

"You have indeed grown a lot. As you said, there are 80% of the people in the ward."

Lu Fan listened to Da Xiong's opinion and nodded with satisfaction as he looked at Da Xiong driving.

In the past, Da Xiong always followed me around, and he was only good at fighting. In order to train him, I put him in a job and wanted to cultivate his abilities. I didn't expect that my move would turn out so well.

"No, no, it's all thanks to your excellent training, Chairman. If you hadn't given me a position to develop, I wouldn't be able to think about problems the way I do now."

Hearing Liu Shang praise him, Da Xiong smiled shyly and said...

"By the way, Chairman, since Dou has already figured out that there's an 80% chance the ward is empty, why not just barge in and expose what they're up to?"

Da Xiong didn't understand why Liu Shang didn't go in. After all, they came to find Lu Fan, and they were kicked out before they could even get in. He wanted to ask Liu Shang what he was thinking.

"I only said there's an 80% chance. There's still a 20% chance that Lu Fan is inside. He's just deliberately putting on a show for us. We're here to discuss business, and he has every reason to refuse, so I don't dare to take the risk."

Liu Shang didn't believe that Da Xiong would betray him, so he revealed his earlier thoughts.

"Yes, the chairman thinks more deeply. There is still so much for me to learn."

After listening to Liu Shang's words, Da Xiong understood why he had done that earlier, and nodded to Liu Shang.

"We've arrived at the company, Chairman."

As they were talking, the car pulled up at the company entrance, and the driver, Big Bear, said to Liu Shang.

"Keep an eye on things with Engineer Liu. If he encounters any difficulties, lend a hand."

Before getting out of the car, Liu Shang gave instructions to the driver, Da Xiong.

"Understood, I'll go find him now. He just told me he has news."

Even if Engineer Liu doesn't say anything, Da Xiong will still go find Engineer Liu later.

"Um."

Liu Shang then walked into the company with peace of mind.

"Chairman, you're back?"

As soon as he entered the company, Gong Yi was in the lobby. When he saw Liu Shang return, he quickly walked over and asked him.

"I'm going out for a meal."

Seeing Gong Yi in the hall, Liu Shang smiled and said to him.

Liu Shang knew Gong Yi's personality; he wouldn't let him do anything else. So he didn't tell Gong Yi what they were going to do. He hadn't told him about kidnapping Jiang Manyue either. If Gong Yi knew, he definitely wouldn't allow them to do it.

"Oh, by the way, the money from the Oriental Group has already been invested, and the company's operations are now on track. The new recruits have also been assigned to various positions."

Gong Yi didn't ask any further questions about the matter, nor did he expect that Liu Shang would be hiding something from him. He then followed Liu Shang upstairs, reporting the situation to Liu Shang as they walked.

"Okay, by the way, has our shipment from that time been delivered?"

Liu Shang remembered the batch of goods that had been delivered in the middle of the night, which was also handled by Gong Yi, and asked Gong Yi about it.

"It's delivered, Chairman. Now that we're a listed company, perhaps we can give up on the previous... cough cough."

Upon hearing Liu Shang ask about this, Gong Yi realized he had been too busy to report it to Liu Shang before. Thinking of this, Gong Yi couldn't help but worry. He was about to say something, but seeing that they were still in the corridor and there were too many people walking around, he swallowed his words to avoid gossip. He coughed twice and quickly said to Liu Shang, "It's not quite right."

“I know what I’m doing. We’ve been together for so long and nothing’s happened, right? Besides, we’ve already taken care of the arrangements.”

Having anticipated this, Liu Shang knew that Gong Yi was always as silent as Tang Sanzang when it came to certain matters. If Gong Yi found out that he had kidnapped Jiang Manyue, he would be annoyed to death. Liu Shang impatiently entered the office and, upon reaching it, turned around and blocked Gong Yi from entering.

"Chairman, should we continue with this matter...?"

"Bang!"

Just as Gong Yi was about to say something more, Liu Shang finally couldn't take it anymore and slammed the office door shut. Gong Yi, who was speaking outside the door, immediately shut his mouth.

"Hey, I hope you won't regret this later!"

Looking at the closed office door, Gong Yi sighed, finished speaking, and turned to leave.

"You're so long-winded! With you around, I'll lose ten years of my life!"

Liu Shang now only has interests in his eyes; he has lost his initial purity and no longer cares about anything else.

What's going on?

When Secretary Ge returned, she saw that everyone had stopped working and asked their department head in confusion.

"Secretary Ge, you're finally back! The company is in complete chaos. Rumors are spreading that the company is going to go bankrupt. Many new and low-level employees have left. It wasn't a big deal before, as the company was still operating normally. But today, everyone saw you hurriedly leaving with your things, and everyone thought you had run away. The key personnel and veteran employees who stayed behind have also stopped working."

The supervisor, who was sitting to the side, heard someone ask him a question from behind. He turned around and saw Secretary Ge standing behind him. He quickly stood up from his chair and then reported what had happened in the company to Secretary Ge.

"So you, as the supervisor, are just sitting here watching?"

After hearing what was said, Secretary Ge did not expect such a strong reaction. She then looked at the supervisor who had just answered and asked him a question, because when she came in, the supervisor was just sitting in a chair, playing with his phone and had not paid any attention to her.

"Secretary Ge, how am I supposed to manage this situation? They won't listen to anything now unless President Lu shows up right now, otherwise things will get out of hand."

The supervisor looked aggrieved and spoke to Secretary Ge, but stopped halfway through his sentence.

"Meeting!"

Seeing the company in such a disorganized state, Secretary Ge never imagined that the company she had worked so hard to build would fall apart in just five or six days. With a serious expression, she looked at the people who were no longer working and said to the supervisors beside her.

"Some managers did not come to the company today."

The supervisor who had just been questioned, seeing that no one spoke up, stepped forward and addressed Secretary Ge.