Chapter 147 Can I attend your birthday party?
Just after reading the monthly reports submitted by various departments, Xiao Li knocked on the door and came in. Meng Anran closed the folder and looked over. "My sister is gone?"
"Yes, Teacher Xiao asked Sister Mengzhen to go to the home furnishing store." Xiao Li reported respectfully, trying hard to resist the urge to gossip to the boss.
"knew."
Meng Anran simply responded without saying anything else, which made Xiao Li's desire to gossip even more uncomfortable.
Meng Anran patted the pile of folders on her left hand. "These have been reviewed. Take them. Make me a cup of coffee. Also, notify the Finance Department to contact Tianyi's finance department the day after tomorrow."
"Okay." Seeing that the boss was working so seriously, Xiao Li didn't dare to ask any more questions even though his gossipy spirit was burning strong. He went out with the documents.
The wooden door slowly closed, and Meng Anran opened the computer to check today's stock market.
The cell phone next to her rang. She glanced at it and saw that the caller ID was Duan Jingyao. She was stunned for a moment.
Lu Yi passed the news to her that Duan Jingyao was left in Hai City by Duan Xi and moved into the villa full of surveillance cameras again. He was followed by ten bodyguards when he went out, which clearly meant he was under house arrest.
In this case, his phone calls, text messages and various social media apps should also be monitored, so why would he call her?
After hesitating for a moment, Meng Anran finally answered the call.
"Hello?"
There was silence on the other end. Meng Anran spoke again in confusion, "Duan Jingyao?"
It was still quiet. Just when Meng Anran thought it was an accidental touch, Duan Jingyao's voice came intermittently from the other end.
From time to time, there was a crackling sound of electricity. Meng Anran couldn't even hear a complete sentence. She put together the words she could barely hear and roughly guessed what Duan Jingyao was saying: Can I attend your birthday party?
If you analyze this sentence more deeply, even if Meng Anran knew clearly how he felt about her, she would not believe that the thoughtful Duan Jingyao would call her when the situation was serious just to attend her birthday party.
He has been with Duan Xi for so many years, and his methods and thinking are very advanced. He must know Duan Xi's plan and understand her intention in organizing this birthday party.
Isn't it obvious that he is going against Duan Xi by calling specifically to come to the birthday party?
What did he want to express by calling her even though he was willing to let Duan Xi find out about his betrayal?
Did Duan Xi plan to do something at her birthday party?
She pretended not to hear what Duan Jingyao had just said: "Hello? Your signal is bad over there, I can't hear you. If nothing else, I'll hang up first. I'm very busy."
After saying that, she hung up the phone and contacted Wu Ping right away.
The other end seemed to be on standby and the call was connected very quickly.
"Wu Ping, what's the situation with Duan Jingyao?" Meng Anran asked bluntly.
Wu Ping was also anxious. "I don't know. Young Master Duan is under house arrest in the villa. I can only accompany Duan Xi when he goes out. He is under close surveillance. Moreover, all the servants in the villa were transferred from Duan Xi's side. I can't contact Young Master Duan anymore."
Meng Anran was silent for a few seconds. She guessed that Duan Xi realized something was wrong.
Lu Zhong issued a ban order, but Lu Heng did not take any action. The relationship between Ruiming Group and Lu Group was not as strong as Duan Xi thought, so she began to suspect that Duan Jingyao was secretly leaking information to prevent Ruiming and Lu from falling into her trap.
She also understood why Lu Heng had remained silent since the incident, neither targeting Rui Ming nor declaring Lu's bankruptcy.
He didn't target Rui Ming because he hated being played around with and would never grant Duan Xi's wishes. Not declaring Lu's bankruptcy was also partly due to this, but the most important reason was that Duan Xi had been planning for so many years to bring about the downfall of Lu.
Once the Lu family falls and Duan Xi's goal is achieved, what good fate will Duan Jingyao, the third son of the Lu family who is under house arrest by her, have?
Lu Heng was concerned about Duan Jingyao's safety.
Thinking of this, Meng Anran even felt a little surprised. That cold-blooded and ruthless guy Lu Heng actually became more humane?
"Have you told Lu Heng about this?" she asked Wu Ping.
"I've already said that President Lu asked me to stand by and secretly confirm Young Master Duan's safety."
"Okay, then just do as you're told."
Since Lu Heng had other arrangements, Meng Anran didn't want to bother with it and hung up the phone directly.
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Cloud Group.
Qin Mu decided to promote Zhuo Cheng and let him take over his position as president. During this period, he was handing over some related matters and interpersonal relationships, so his work was not very busy.
So, as soon as Qin Mu got off work at noon, he left on time to go see his girlfriend.
"Boss Qin, don't leave yet. Sign these documents." Zhuo Cheng pushed Qin Mu, who was about to run away, back into his office chair and handed him a few folders. "You mentioned earlier that you wanted to invest in Yijia's shower gel production line. We've reached an agreement. This is the project cooperation contract. Also, here are the monthly reports from the finance department."
Qin Mu glanced at Zhuo Cheng with resentment, "You're about to take office, can't you just handle these things?"
Now, I just want to see An Xiaoran!
Zhuo Cheng smiled and replied, "I haven't taken office yet."
He looked at his watch and continued, "Boss An should still be in a meeting at this hour. You won't be able to see her if you go there. Why not finish your work first?"
Qin Mu suppressed his resentment and opened the document to read.
It has been like this every time in the past five years. Either he is busy or An Xiaoran is busy. Even if they have made an appointment in advance, they are always forced to change the appointment due to sudden work tasks.
We are both in Beijing, and the two companies are only a 40-minute drive apart, but they are acting like we are in a long-distance relationship.
No, meeting in a long-distance relationship is not as troublesome as this.
If I had known earlier, I should have persuaded my father and mother to have more children. It would have been great if I could be a second-generation rich kid like Lu Yi who doesn't have to do anything!
Just kidding. If he was really like Lu Yi, who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun without making any progress, An Xiaoran probably wouldn't like him either.
After quickly processing a few documents and throwing them to Zhuo Cheng, Qin Mu picked up his phone and walked away without looking back.
Looking at the young man's back as he hurriedly ran after his love, Zhuo Cheng sighed and shook his head, wanting to say a classic line: It's been a long time since I saw the young master so attentive to a woman.
It is probably hard for outsiders to imagine that the chairman of Cloud Group, who is usually steady, mature and promising at press conferences, is actually a love-brained person in private?
Qin Mu doesn't care what others think of him. Whether he is a love-brained person or a henpecked man, he just loves An Xiaoran very much and doesn't mind letting the whole world see his overflowing love.
Driving all the way to Ruiming Group, Qin Mu took the elevator to the president's office as if he was familiar with the route.
The employees also greeted him warmly and politely, as if everyone had determined that he was the boss's future husband.
He is an ally who will always stand on the same side with Meng Anran.
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