Chapter 261 Helping Out

Seeing this, Jiang Ran raised an eyebrow slightly, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.

Just as he was hesitating whether to walk past without looking at her, Si Yanxiao suddenly looked up, and their eyes met instantly.

With no way to avoid it, Jiang Ran paused and nodded slightly as a signal.

Seeing Jiang Ran's indifferent and distant attitude, Si Yanxiao's eyes flickered slightly. After hesitating for a moment, he asked in a deep voice, "How did things go?"

Jiang Ran was taken aback when he asked, but still answered truthfully, "It's a bit tricky."

Upon hearing this, Si Yanxiao's gaze darkened, and he slowly asked, "Shall we talk?"

After saying that, he looked up at Jiang Ran. Jiang Ran was surprised and met his gaze. She pursed her lips slightly and replied, "Okay."

Then, he slowly walked to the sofa and sat down. Si Yanxiao subconsciously rubbed his wristwatch and said in a deep voice, "Gu Nan sent word that Jiang's Group is in an unstable situation recently. In addition to the broken capital chain, some people in the company are also making trouble."

Jiang Ran looked puzzled after hearing this, but before she could ask, Si Yanxiao explained, "You gave me an explanation before you left, so I just looked it up."

He paused slightly, then continued to cover up his words, saying, "This kind of news was bound to come out sooner or later, but we just knew about it in advance."

Listening to his explanation, Jiang Ran slowly nodded, indicating that she understood. Thinking about the current situation of the Jiang family facing internal and external troubles, she couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

Seeing the troubled look on her face, Si Yanxiao reached out and lightly touched the tip of his nose. After a moment's hesitation, he slowly said, "You don't need to worry about this. I've already discussed the investment with Anan. This crisis won't be a big problem."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ran's face flashed with surprise. She abruptly looked up at Si Yanxiao, her eyes filled with astonishment: "You..."

"Don't overthink it, I'm only doing this for Ah Chen and Ah Lin's sake."

Before he could finish speaking, Si Yanxiao interrupted him abruptly. After speaking, he pursed his lips slightly, and a hint of unease flashed in his eyes, but it disappeared in an instant.

"Regardless, I still want to thank you for your willingness to help at this time."

Seeing Si Yanxiao's unusual behavior, Jiang Ran suppressed her shock and showed gratitude.

After all, the Jiang family was in a precarious situation at this time. If they were not careful, they could be targeted and swallowed up by other companies. At that time, they would be attacked from both sides, and the situation would only become more troublesome.

"Hmm." Si Yanxiao did not refuse and responded in a low voice. Then, he lowered his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice, "The current investment can only solve the immediate problem. It is not a fundamental solution. The key is to find out the cause of all this."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ran's brows furrowed suddenly, as if she were deep in thought.

Seeing this, Si Yanxiao took the opportunity to analyze: "Although the Jiang family is not a leading enterprise, it has always been a well-established and disciplined family with a century-long history. Overthrowing it is not such an easy thing."

"Moreover, the incident happened so suddenly. Who has the ability to both stop the partner company from injecting capital and cause problems in the company's internal projects, resulting in a cash flow crisis?"

Jiang Ran listened to his analysis, her eyes lighting up, and she suddenly chimed in, "You also think it's an inside job?!"

Si Yanxiao looked down at her, his eyes filled with unreadable thoughts, but a slight smile played on his lips, which could be considered an admission.

Seeing that someone shared her thoughts, Jiang Ran felt a sense of kinship, but was also somewhat shocked by Si Yanxiao's insight.

She knew because she had the aid of metaphysics and could vaguely see something, but he was different; he relied entirely on pure analysis.

Putting aside personal grudges, she actually admired Si Yanxiao to some extent.

Seeing that the two had reached a consensus, Jiang Ran shared her clues: "I actually did a divination for him before. The divination showed that he was going to have bad luck recently and should be careful of the people around him."

"In addition to these kinds of things happening one after another, today there was a land riot in the suburbs, and he decided to go there in person. Who knew that as soon as he left, someone cut off his car on the road and tried to kidnap him."

"If someone didn't know his whereabouts in such detail, how could it be such a coincidence?!"

Seeing Jiang Ran speak so fluently in front of him, Si Yanxiao felt a strange mix of emotions.

He had previously doubted her ability to master metaphysics, but now it seems he was indeed somewhat short-sighted.

Aside from the fact that she made the kidnappers tell the truth out of fear, now there's another thing: the ability to tell fortunes and predict the future. A hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

Then, regaining his composure, he blurted out, "Hijacking?! What's going on?"

When he asked, Jiang Ran recounted the events of the day in detail, becoming quite indignant at crucial moments.

Seeing that there was no real danger, Si Yanxiao still frowned slightly and said in a cold voice, "Next time this happens, you won't be so lucky. Since you knew there was danger beforehand, didn't you know to call the police first?"

Jiang Ran was surprised when he scolded her for no reason, but she didn't think much of it.

Realizing he had made a slip of the tongue, Si Yanxiao quickly changed the subject and asked abruptly, "How do you know Chen Fei?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ran pursed her lips slightly and explained in a low voice, "I heard Ah Chen mention it casually before. Gu Nan probably told him about it. I didn't expect it to actually come in handy!"

As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows slightly, looking somewhat smug.

Seeing this, a hint of helplessness flashed in Si Yanxiao's eyes.

Then, getting back to the main topic, he took out his phone and placed it on the table, saying in a deep voice, "I have already asked Gu Nan to compile a list of senior executives in the company who are capable of negotiating with partner companies. We can start by checking them one by one."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ran was startled and exclaimed in surprise, "So fast?!"

As she spoke, she moved closer to him, looking at the list on her phone.

"Do we have to be like the person involved, hesitating and unable to think of ways to make amends after the fact?"

Si Yanxiao suddenly spoke in a cold voice.

Jiang Ran sensed the veiled sarcasm directed at Jiang Yuechen in his words, and though she pursed her lips, she did not utter a word in rebuttal.

His gaze swept across the list of people, but there were only a few, with their recent activities listed next to them, clearly indicating that they had been thoroughly investigated.

Seeing Jiang Ran hesitate, Si Yanxiao stepped forward and pointed: "I think this is the key person to observe."

Jiang Ran followed his gaze and saw that it landed on the name "Lin Zhi". Her eyes flickered and a look of surprise flashed across her face.

He asked in confusion, "Why?"

“I had people secretly investigate the recent whereabouts of these people. This person’s behavior is the most suspicious. He used the excuse of taking annual leave to travel around, but the places he went to in other provinces were roughly the same as the places he was working with.”

"So it cannot be ruled out that he used the excuse of taking a vacation to actually go and persuade them."

"Furthermore, I also found that he owns a company that was recently established, but there has been a huge inflow of funds, which is inconsistent with the accounts."

Hearing Si Yanxiao's detailed analysis, Jiang Ran's eyes lit up, and she exclaimed in surprise, "Then can we conclude that it was him?"

Si Yanxiao smiled slightly, remaining silent.

Jiang Ran instantly understood his meaning. As an outsider, he could offer guidance, but he couldn't be too explicit in his words.

Otherwise, if rumors spread, outsiders will only speculate maliciously about his motives.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ran suddenly stood up: "I'll go and deal with it right away."

Having said that, she was about to turn and leave when she suddenly remembered something. She turned back to look at Si Yanxiao, a slight smile playing on her lips, and chuckled softly, "Thank you."

Si Yanxiao was taken aback. Before he could respond, Jiang Ran strode quickly outside.

Si Yanxiao looked up at her departing figure, his eyes narrowed slightly, his expression unreadable.

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Jiang Group, President's Office.

Jiang Yuechen was surprised to see Jiang Ran return. Before he could ask her anything, Jiang Ran told him her guess.

It only vaguely mentions that Si Yanxiao helped with the investigation, but doesn't say anything else.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuechen frowned. He had a close relationship with Lin Zhi, who was one of the few people he could not trust.

I never imagined that I would be framed by someone close to me.

Jiang Yuechen's expression suddenly turned cold, his brows furrowed with anger, and he coldly rebuked, "How dare he!"

After saying that, he picked up the phone on the table and dialed his assistant, saying in a deep voice, "Call Lin Zhi in."

The assistant, not understanding, responded in a low voice.

Seeing the displeasure on Jiang Yuechen's face, Jiang Ran remained silent.

A moment later, there was a sudden knocking on the door.

Jiang Yuechen's eyes narrowed, and he said in a cold voice, "Come in!"

Lin Zhi pushed open the door and entered, a slight smile playing on his lips. "Why did you suddenly call me over?"