Mrs. Xu froze instantly, and her phone slipped from her hand, falling to the ground with a clatter.
Not long after, the phone rang again; it was the company calling.
"Madam, the Lu Group has suddenly withdrawn several investments, and our company's cash flow is now broken. Has something happened? Could you please communicate with the Lu family?"
The inevitable had finally arrived. Mrs. Xu gripped the phone tightly, her voice trembling slightly as she asked, "Is the problem... very difficult?"
"Madam, if we don't receive further funding, our production line will immediately be paralyzed, and the remaining products in the warehouse will only last for three months at most. So, if this matter isn't resolved within three months, the consequences will be unimaginable!"
Mrs. Xu sighed heavily and asked again, "Have you talked to Mr. Xu about this?"
"Madam, the company's usual procedure is to report to you first, and then inform General Manager Xu."
"Okay, don't tell him yet. I'll figure out a way to handle this."
After hanging up the phone, Xu Jingyan noticed her mother's serious expression and her heart tightened. She asked with concern, "Mom, what's wrong? What happened?"
Xu's mother forced a bitter smile and said helplessly, "Jingyan, it seems I underestimated that woman surnamed Qiu before. I never expected that Lu Yanting would go to such lengths for her."
"Yan Ting? What did he do?" Xu Jingyan pressed.
Mrs. Xu gently patted Xu Jingyan's hand and slowly said, "Jingyan, to be honest, I had a parent from Yingcai Kindergarten lead the way in making things difficult for Qiu Mang, but Lu Nian saw through it. Now, the Lu Group has immediately withdrawn several investments from our company. Alas, if there is no new capital injection, our company may not be able to hold on for long."
Upon hearing this, Xu Jingyan was stunned, her face filled with disbelief. She said indignantly, "Yan Ting... how could he be so heartless? For Qiu Mang, he's willing to put our Xu family to death?"
Mrs. Xu was also filled with helplessness, sighing deeply: "Yes, I really didn't expect that he would treat us so badly for such a woman, completely disregarding the life-saving grace you gave him back then!"
Xu Jingyan suddenly stood up, her eyes filled with determination: "Mom, I'm going to find him. I want to ask him face to face! Isn't Qiu Mang perfectly fine? She's safe and sound, but our Xu family has to suffer like this. What right does he have to do this!"
After saying that, Xu Jingyan turned around and quickly went out the door.
In the president's office of the Lu Group, Lu Yanting was focused on reviewing the documents in his hands when the office door was suddenly pushed open forcefully.
Xu Jingyan stormed in, her face full of anger, followed by a flustered secretary.
"Ms. Xu, Mr. Lu is busy with official business. If you need anything, I'll pass on his message for you. Please don't barge in!"
Seeing that Xu Jingyan had already walked quickly to Lu Yanting, the secretary could only lower her head with a face full of guilt and stammer, "Mr. Lu, I'm so sorry, I couldn't stop her..."
Lu Yanting raised his eyes, glanced indifferently at the woman in front of him, and waved his hand at the secretary: "Go out, this is none of your business."
The secretary, feeling as if granted a pardon, quickly left, leaving only Lu Yanting and Xu Jingyan in the office, where the atmosphere was tense.
"Sit!" Lu Yanting looked up at her, his expression indifferent, and uttered only this one word.
Xu Jingyan suppressed her anger, pulled over a chair and sat down heavily, then crossed her legs.
"Yan Ting! What gives you the right to withdraw your investment in the Xu family?!" Xu Jingyan didn't mince words and questioned him directly.
Lu Yanting leisurely reached for the exquisite coffee cup in front of him, took a small sip, and then pressed the intercom button with his slender fingers, ordering in a calm tone, "This coffee is good, make Miss Xu a cup of coffee."
Seeing this, Xu Jingyan frowned, her voice filled with anxiety: "Yanting! We're in a real crisis, how can I have the mind to drink coffee!"
Lu Yanting then turned his gaze back to her, his eyes revealing a hint of scrutiny: "I was just afraid you'd lost your head, so I gave you some coffee to wake you up and clear your head."
Xu Jingyan jumped up from her chair, her chest heaving, and her voice rose several decibels: "You're saying I'm not thinking straight?"
Lu Yanting raised an eyebrow slightly, a faint smile curving his lips: "That's right. The Xu Jingyan of the past was exceptionally intelligent. She knew what she wanted and how to make demands of me so that I wouldn't refuse. Unlike now, she acts so impulsively, completely losing her former sense of propriety."
As they were talking, the secretary came in with a steaming cup of coffee, placed it gently on the coffee table in front of Xu Jingyan, and then quickly turned and left.
Lu Yanting clasped his hands together and casually leaned back in his chair. "Since you're here, you must have a lot to say. Let's begin!"
Xu Jingyan glanced subconsciously at the steaming cup of coffee on the coffee table, but ultimately didn't touch it. However, she was indeed much calmer.
She pursed her lips, remained silent for a moment, and then her tone finally softened slightly: "Yanting, can you please not withdraw your investment in the Xu family like this? You know that if you do this, the Xu family won't be able to survive for long."
Lu Yanting stared intently at her, his gaze deep and unfathomable, his voice cold and hard: "You should know better than me that the Xu family's success today is entirely due to my efforts in turning the tide behind the scenes. Without me, your Xu family would have gone bankrupt countless times in the torrent of the business world."
Moreover, the projects operated by your Xu family have consistently yielded poor returns, even incurring losses. I'm a businessman; pursuing profit is instinctive. I've already done more than enough to tolerate you for so long.”
Xu Jingyan's face turned pale and then red after hearing his words, as if someone had publicly exposed her wounds, leaving her feeling embarrassed and indignant.
But the situation was dire, so she mustered her courage and pleaded with slightly red eyes, "But what will happen to my parents if the Xu family is finished? They've worked so hard all their lives, they'd go crazy if they just watched their hard work go to waste. Can't you please give the Xu family another hand for my sake?"
Lu Yanting seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world, and suddenly sneered, "Your face? I'd like to ask you, just how much face do you have? You're always ordering me around, asking me to do this one minute and that the next. How long do you think your face can last?"
Xu Jingyan felt as if she had been struck on the head, her whole body stiffening on the spot. She subconsciously bit her lower lip, her voice filled with grievance and disbelief: "Yan Ting, what did you say? This is the first time you've spoken to me like this! You've never treated me like this before!"
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