Chapter 8: Fire His Secretary

What are you doing now?

Ji Kun was getting impatient.

"Stop targeting your second brother all the time."

Ji Yunshan roared, "He's not my second brother! He's a bastard!"

“Ji Yunshan! Why are you being as harsh as your mother now? I'm the one who brought Wang Yu back. The company will still need him in the future, so be more polite to him.”

“If I hear you say that again, I’ll cancel all your credit cards and return the car to you.”

Ji Yunshan had no choice but to endure it.

If she can't deal with Ji Wangyu, she can at least deal with the people around him.

"Fine, let's not talk about Ji Wangyu anymore. You fire his secretary."

"His secretary?"

"Yes, that Li Mai, she has a face like a fairy."

Ji Kun remembered Li Mai.

This name has been appearing a lot these past few days.

"What did they do to offend you?"

"She talked back to me."

Ji Yunshan thought to herself, "She's just a secretary; my father will do as she pleases."

To my surprise, I was rejected.

"No, she didn't do anything wrong. Why should I fire her? If word gets out, will anyone from the Ji family dare to come here?"

"dad!"

"Stop talking, and don't go out and fool around if you have nothing to do."

Ji Kun hung up the phone.

He recalled the words of Zhou Songyan's secretary, Sun Yuanjie.

"Chairman Ji, Ms. Li Mai from your company worked with our General Manager Zhou for a period of time when they were in Suzhou. We met briefly the other day, and our General Manager Zhou would like to invite her over for a chat."

"Your company's proposal for the Nancheng Resort still needs to be revised. After the revision, please have Ms. Li send it to our General Manager Zhou for review."

Having been in the business world for so many years, Ji Kun quickly understood the ins and outs of it all.

He immediately summoned his secretary.

"Which department does Li Mai belong to?"

Secretary: "This is the secretary that Second Young Master Ji brought back from Suzhou."

That led to Li Mai sending data to Rongzheng.

Although he didn't know Zhou Songyan's specific feelings for Li Mai, he had to keep a close eye on Li Mai.

Whether the Ji family can get a share of the profits from the South City Resort project depends on Li Mai.

...

Li Mai returned to the company.

I went to find Ji Wangyu first.

Ji Wangyu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her return so quickly.

"Zhou Songyan didn't make things difficult for you, did he?"

Li Mai: "It's alright."

"President Ji, there's something I'd like to tell you."

"What's up?"

"I just ran into Ji Yunshan at the entrance of Rongzheng and I said something to her."

Ji Wangyu: "Go to work. Ji Yunshan can't manage company affairs."

Now that her father wants to use Li Mai to curry favor with Zhou Songyan, how could he possibly fire her?

Li Mai was relieved.

Return to your workstation and continue working.

For the next two days, the company did not send Li Mai to Rongzheng.

I did hear some gossip.

It is said that Ji Yunshan went to Rongzheng to confront Zhou Songyan, making a grand declaration of love with a loudspeaker, hanging banners, and sending flowers and snacks.

Zhou Songyan called the police, accusing Ji Yunshan of harassing him.

Ji Yunshan was taken to the police station.

Many people saw it, filmed it, and the video went viral online.

Ji Kun was so angry that his high blood pressure flared up, and he ended up in the hospital.

Ji Wangyu was in a good mood, humming a song as he went to work.

Li Mai sat at her workstation, lost in thought, recalling the day she ran into Ji Yunshan at the entrance of Rongzheng Group.

That woman is really bold.

The Zhou family has always kept a low profile, and Zhou Songyan is also low-key. He must be angry after Ji Yunshan made such a scene.

Zhou Songyan is quite ruthless.

They actually called the police to arrest him.

She'd better avoid him from now on. Zhou Songyan shouldn't think she's trying to cling to him and should call the police to arrest her.

It's almost the weekend.

Li Mai was happy, and Chengcheng was happy too.

One doesn't have to go to work, and the other doesn't have to go to school.

Li Mai cooked Chengcheng's favorite chicken wings.

After dinner, Chengcheng watched Animal World in English.

Li Mai ignored him.

She has always respected her son.

She took her phone to her room and called You Huan.

"Senior, I'm thinking of buying a used car. Are you free this weekend? Could you give me some advice?"

You Huan had an apple in her mouth, and Kaz took a bite.

"Why buy a used car? Buy a new one! New cars aren't expensive these days. If you take out a loan, the monthly payments won't be much, and your salary can easily cover it."

Li Mai: "I still want to buy a used car, the kind that costs 20,000 to 30,000 yuan."

Even the cheapest new cars cost over 100,000 yuan.

She wanted to save the money to buy a house.

Moreover, Chengcheng will be starting elementary school in two years, and I heard that there are more requirements for starting elementary school in Beijing.

She needs to make plans early.

If all else fails, she will have no choice but to take Chengcheng back to Suzhou to attend school.

You Huan didn't try to persuade her further.

Everyone has different ideas.

Li Mai has always been a person with ideas.

"Okay, I'll drive over and pick you up tomorrow."

"Um."

Li Mai just hung up the phone.

An unknown number came in.

From Beijing.

Li Mai thought for a moment and then answered the call.

"Hello."

The other person didn't speak.

Li Mai frowned.

"Who are you?"

The other party hung up the phone.

Li Mai didn't think much of it, assuming someone had dialed the wrong number and hung up when they realized something was wrong.

She left her phone in the bedroom and went out to watch Animal World with Chengcheng.

...

Zhou Songyan stood on the terrace, holding a glass of wine in one hand and her phone in the other, staring blankly at the string of numbers.

He was surprised when he got Li Mai's contact information.

Li Mai hasn't changed her phone number all these years.

He deleted all of Li Mai's contact information five years ago.

But upon seeing the number, he immediately remembered that it was the one from five years ago.

"What are you looking at so intently?"

Peng Zixu put one hand on his shoulder and glanced at his hand.

I haven't seen it clearly yet.

Zhou Songyan flipped his hand over and covered the screen.

"Heh, you won't let me see? Which woman are you chatting with? Guan Qing?"

Zhou Songyan rolled her eyes at him and walked inside.

Peng Zixu smiled and chased after him.

Qin Xuan jogged over and shouted, "We're missing two, you two hurry up!"

Zhou Songyan placed the wine glass in his hand: "You guys fight, I'm going home to sleep."

Watching the figure stride away.

Qin Xuan: "..."

What's wrong with him?

Peng Zixu shook his head.

"I feel like he's been acting a bit strange lately. How should I put it? He seems a bit... sexually unsatisfied."

"He must have been single for too long. Should we find him a woman?"

Peng Zixu: "Do you think he's like you? Have you seen him seeing women all these years?"

Qin Xuan stroked his chin and sighed, "Yeah, Old Zhou was badly hurt by that woman, and he's been single for so many years."

"It's his fault for hiding his identity. If he really likes her, he should just tell her his true identity, and everyone will be happy."

"What do you know? I agree with Lao Zhou's approach. It's a perfect test that this woman isn't a good person. She's a gold digger! Vain and materialistic! How could a woman like that be worthy of Lao Zhou!"

"Sigh, who would have thought that Old Zhou would be dumped because he was poor? It's so ironic!"

Qin Xuan sighed.

...

The next day, You Huan drove to pick up Li Mai and her son and take them to the used car market.

Li Mai checked and found that almost all the used car shops were concentrated in one place.

After parking the car, the three of them started to stroll around.

You Huan suddenly pointed in a direction: "Li Mai, there are a lot of people over there. It looks like they're having some kind of event. Let's go take a look. Maybe they'll offer some discounts."

Upon hearing about the discount, Li Mai grabbed Chengcheng and left.

"Let's go take a look."

You Huan: "It seems to be a used car company. I've seen their ads recently."

"Wow, there really is a promotion! Buy through their company and get 5,000 off for every 1,000 you buy."

Li Mai: "This promotion is quite generous for used cars, let's go in and take a look."

Zhou Songyan never expected to see Li Mai at Qin Xuan's used car company.

To his shock, Li Mai was holding a child's hand.