Chapter 176 On the Tropic of Love
Fu Hongkai's secretary went to the group's human resources department, found the human resources manager, and conveyed Fu Hongkai's idea.
"The president means that Mr. Fu's personnel appointment letter for the overseas company should be finalized. Please get this done and submit it to the president for signature this morning."
After the secretary finished speaking, the HR manager hesitated and said, "What does the chairman mean? We dare not make a decision on such personnel appointments lightly."
The secretary threatened, "Are you questioning the president's decision-making on his own? You can go ask the chairman's secretary."
The secretary didn't say anything, waiting for the HR manager to confirm.
Of course, the HR manager wouldn't dare to make such a big appointment on his own. Who is Fu Shenyuan? He was the former head of the group. He's not someone that someone like him can just appoint casually.
So the HR manager did contact Mr. Fu's secretary, and the secretary did indeed give an accurate answer.
"Yes, this is the chairman's idea, to let President Fu go to an overseas company to gain experience."
"Okay, okay, I understand," the HR manager replied, then looked at Fu Hongkai's secretary with a big smile, "I'll get right on it."
The secretary rolled her eyes at him before turning and leaving.
Before the morning was even over, the HR manager brought the personnel appointment letter to the president's office for Fu Hongkai to sign. After signing, he went to the chairman's secretary's office to get his signature stamped, and the personnel appointment letter officially took effect.
The HR manager then contacted Tan Shen to prepare to send the appointment letter to Fu Shenyuan.
Helpless, Tan Shen asked him to have someone deliver it to the hotel.
At that moment in the hotel, Fu Shenyuan was staring blankly at something in the study. When Tan Shen knocked on the door, Fu Shenyuan did not react at all.
"President Fu?" Tan Shen knocked on the door twice more before Fu Shenyuan let him in.
Fu Shenyuan noticed the folder in Tan Shen's hand and asked, "What did you take?"
Tan Shen placed the folder in front of Fu Shenyuan and said somewhat reservedly, "This is your overseas personnel appointment letter."
Fu Shenyuan was about to open the folder, but his hand froze in mid-air after hearing those words. He looked up and asked, "Didn't I say I wasn't interested?"
Tan Shen said helplessly, "It's Chairman Fu and the President's idea. The overseas company has already contacted me to ask when you can start your job."
Fu Shenyuan stared coldly at the folder in front of him, showing no intention of accepting it.
If he leaves the country and waits for Jiang Ranxing to return, they will miss each other again, and he doesn't want to miss her again.
Fu Shenyuan pushed the folder aside and said coldly, "Go and refuse, I'm not going."
Fu Shenyuan no longer cared about offending anyone; these matters in the company were no longer important.
However, it seemed the world had no intention of letting him go. No sooner had he finished speaking than his phone rang. It was Grandpa Fu calling.
Fu Shenyuan answered the phone somewhat impatiently: "Grandpa, you wanted to see me."
Grandpa Fu was very direct and to the point, saying, "I heard your personnel appointment has been approved. Hurry up and go abroad. Take the opportunity to calm down and think things through. Call me when you've made up your mind, and I'll have someone bring you back. I'll return everything that's owed to you."
Old Master Fu's words were pointed, making it clear that as long as Fu Shenyuan thought things through and stopped making a fuss about love, Old Master Fu would use his power to put Fu Shenyuan back in his position at the top and regain control of the Fu family.
But Fu Shenyuan couldn't listen to any of that now; nothing was as important as that one person.
Fu Shenyuan simply replied, "Grandpa, you can take it back. It doesn't matter."
Fu Shenyuan's attitude clearly angered Old Master Fu. He originally wanted to have a good talk with his only grandson, but now there was no point in saying anything.
Old Master Fu was furious and said, "Fu Shenyuan! You're simply too stubborn to understand. I can't explain it to you anymore! Fine, then go overseas and calm down. Don't come back yet."
After hanging up the phone, Old Master Fu immediately sent someone to Fu Shenyuan's hotel and arranged for a private plane to take Fu Shenyuan out.
Fu Shenyuan was unwilling to leave at all, and even went so far as to fight with Old Master Fu's men. As you can imagine, although Fu Shenyuan was not forcibly taken away, he was injured, which was quite a shock to see.
Seeing this, Tan Shen said, "President Fu, let me go and ask Dr. Zhao to come and take a look."
However, Fu Shenyuan waved his hand and said, "No need, let's leave it at that. I'm fine."
“But if you continue like this, your relationship with the chairman won’t be good for you,” Tan Shen couldn’t help but say.
But how could Fu Shenyuan not know these principles? It was precisely because he knew them that he understood even more what he truly desired.
Fu Shenyuan, covered in wounds, leaned against the window, glanced at Tan Shen, and then laughed: "You also think what I'm doing now is absurd, don't you?"
Tan Shen did not speak.
However, to anyone who looks at it, Fu Shenyuan is now very different from before, and too abnormal.
Others may not know why, but he knows best. He has seen all of Fu Shenyuan's struggles and pain recently.
Since Jiang Ranxing's accident and departure, Fu Shenyuan has become like this. His former arrogance and high spirits are gone, all gone with Jiang Ranxing's departure.
Tan Shen also felt that Fu Shenyuan's current situation was really not going to work.
So he said, "Mr. Fu, Miss Lin has been trying to contact you. Would you like to go back and see her?"
Lin Xuesha kept trying to contact Fu Shenyuan, but Fu Shenyuan hardly answered anyone's calls anymore. Lin Xuesha really wanted to find him, but she didn't know where to look for him.
Lin Xuesha called Tan Shen to ask, but Tan Shen was Fu Shenyuan's man after all, and he didn't mention Fu Shenyuan's whereabouts at all, not revealing a single word.
But now Tan Shen thinks, what if Lin Xuesha can make Fu Shenyuan feel better and less depressed?
However, Fu Shenyuan did not react after hearing Lin Xuesha's name.
Fu Shenyuan simply asked him, "How's the matter I asked you to investigate last time coming along?"
Tan Shen replied, "I didn't find anything wrong with Miss Lin. Perhaps, as Miss Lin said, it was just out of personal consideration for you, Mr. Fu."
Fu Shenyuan hummed in agreement, not wanting to say anything more.
"Let her rest well and find someone to take good care of her," Fu Shenyuan said. He didn't want to go back to see Lin Xuesha right now.
Because whenever he saw her, he would inevitably think of the phone call Jiang Ranxing had made to him during the critical moment of the car accident, and the fact that he hadn't answered that call, indirectly causing Jiang Ranxing almost fatal harm.
Even now, Jiang Ranxing has no idea how much he has recovered from that car accident, or whether he has recovered at all.
He knows nothing about Jiang Ranxing now.
Fu Shenyuan, who once disbelieved in fate, now prays to God in the dead of night when he is most distressed, asking if He can have pity on him and give him some news about Jiang Ranxing.
In countless moments late at night, he had thought about his past with Jiang Ranxing.
Losing something you once had seems harder to accept and more heartbreaking than never having had it at all.
That feeling of being torn apart and helpless is truly unbearable, like having your heart ripped open and left to bake in the sun. It's painful from beginning to end.
Nowadays, no matter how sad you are, you can only swallow your pain and bear it. This feeling can really drive you crazy.
Tan Shen couldn't say anything more, but Fu Shenyuan's current state was truly worrying.
Moreover, he understood that only news about Jiang Ranxing would make Fu Shenyuan feel better.
Tan Shen left the suite and went into the hotel corridor. Just then, his phone rang, and he answered it.
"Assistant Tan, Young Master Sun rejected the Master's proposal. The Master is very angry now and we should take a tougher approach to Young Master Sun. In order to prevent Young Master Sun from being harmed or the relationship between him and the Master from becoming more awkward, Assistant Tan, please think of a solution."
The caller was the old housekeeper of the old house, and it was a well-intentioned reminder before anything more serious happened.
Tan Shenshen agreed. Although he was just an employee, President Fu had always treated him very well, so he should help Fu Shenyuan out of both sentiment and reason.
Tan Shen agreed and left the hotel after hanging up the phone. He needed to find a way to get Fu Shenyuan out of the hotel first.
In the end, the only solution Tan Shen could come up with was to go back to the most fundamental source, which was Jiang Ranxing.
Fu Shenyuan wants to know about Jiang Ranxing the most right now. If he tells Fu Shenyuan that they may have found Jiang Ranxing, then there is still a glimmer of hope.
After making up his mind, Tan Shen left the hotel to take care of the matter.
When Tan Shen returned, he had a manila document bag in his hand. He knocked on Fu Shenyuan's door again and handed the document bag to Fu Shenyuan.
When Fu Shenyuan took it, his face was full of disbelief: "This is... news about her?"
Tan Shen looked at Fu Shenyuan and nodded firmly.
A light immediately shone in Fu Shenyuan's eyes, as if he had been instantly illuminated. His hands became unsteady, trembling slightly, as he slowly opened the file folder—inside was a photograph.
Tan Shen said without changing his expression, "This was found by our people. They said they met someone who might be Madam overseas, and then sent it over."
For a long time, Fu Shenyuan's men have been searching for Jiang Ranxing's whereabouts, but they have not been able to get any information.
However, just like that, this somewhat blurry photo appeared before his eyes, telling him that Jiang Ranxing might have been found.
Tan Shen didn't say it so clearly, only saying, "Our people can't be sure if this is Madam, but it looks a lot like her, so we pulled out a photo from the surveillance footage."
Tan Shen couldn't get anyone to make a clear photo, so he could only make it vague and blurry, so that it looked like something but didn't quite. In fact, it was a photo synthesized using high technology from Jiang Ranxing's previous photos.
Even a blurry photo was enough to soothe Fu Shenyuan's long-standing sense of loss and anticipation.
He held the photo in his hand, gently stroking the slender, beautiful figure in the picture, as if he could touch the person he had always wanted to touch through the photo.
Fu Shenyuan's voice seemed to be trembling as he asked, "Where was this filmed?"
Tan Shen replied, "Abroad, that is, where our overseas companies are located."
A place thousands of miles away from China.
Hearing Tan Shen say this, Fu Shenyuan couldn't help but have his doubts. What a coincidence it was that the person he was looking for and the place he was asked to go to happened to be in the same location.
Compared to the expectation of possibly meeting Jiang Ranxing, Fu Shenyuan preferred to believe that Jiang Ranxing had simply appeared in a foreign land by chance.
Even a small possibility is better than no possibility at all.
Fu Shenyuan pressed the photo against his chest, near his heart, as if he could feel the warmth emanating from that person.
After a long while, Fu Shenyuan stood up and walked towards the bathroom. As he walked, he instructed Tan Shen, "Make arrangements so we can go abroad as soon as possible and take up our posts at the overseas company."
Tan Shen nodded, finally seeing that Fu Shenyuan was in a state of complete recovery, and he no longer regretted deceiving Fu Shenyuan.
Two days later, the Fu family's private plane took off, soaring across the vast sky and flying towards another part of the earth.
Fu Hongkai also received news that Fu Shenyuan had gone abroad, so he immediately began to reorganize the group's personnel. He called it an adjustment, but in reality, he was cutting off those who originally belonged to Fu Shenyuan's faction and keeping his own people.
Fu Hongkai's control over the Fu Group gradually increased, even alarming Old Master Fu.
Old Master Fu knew what his son was thinking, so he called him over and gave him a dressing down.
"Hongkai, I know you're very career-oriented, but everything should be done in moderation. Don't go too far, or you won't be able to explain it to others later. If you offend people, things will be difficult to handle in the future. You should understand that, so I don't need to say more."
How could he not understand what Old Master Fu was saying? It was clearly to protect Fu Shenyuan's interests.
Fu Hongkai replied in a seemingly honest manner, "Yes, you are right. I will handle this well, so you don't need to worry too much."
Old Master Fu didn't say anything, but he still instructed the secretary in the board office to report on Fu Hongkai's movements more often, so Fu Hongkai couldn't do anything more for the time being.
Fu Hongkai said to his secretary, "Let our people take a break for a while, and we'll talk again when there's some movement on the equity side. The old man's health hasn't been good lately, and he's been frequently contacting lawyers. Let's hold back and see how things go."
The secretary replied, "Are you confident that you can get more shares from the chairman?"
Fu Hongkai narrowed his eyes and said, "No rush, let's deal with Fu Shenyuan first, then the old man won't have a choice but to give it to us."
The secretary agreed with Fu Hongkai's point of view and said nothing more.
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Abroad, Fu Shenyuan found the place where the photo was taken as soon as he landed, but he found nothing when he checked the surveillance footage.
Fu Shenyuan looked at Tan Shen, his eyes questioning him about what was going on.
Tan Shen was slightly embarrassed, but still said, "It's probably because the surveillance footage was scheduled to be cleared, and our people forgot to copy the footage, so it's gone. I'm sorry, Mr. Fu."
Fu Shenyuan remained silent for a while, then said, "Then send people to search for them in the vicinity."
Tan Shen said, "Yes, arrange for someone to go find your wife immediately."
Although Tan Shen said that, he had no idea where to find the person he had fabricated here. However, he couldn't disobey Fu Shenyuan's words, so he still ordered people to search casually downstairs. If they really couldn't find him, they could just say they didn't know where he went. Foreign countries are different from China. Even if there are people here, they don't have the same information network as in China. So even if they can't find the person, they can still say something.
Fu Shenyuan was assigned temporary accommodation, which was still the presidential suite of a hotel. Fu Shenyuan was used to it and didn't say anything.
While he was looking for people, he also planned to visit the new company, even though he didn't really want to go, he had still received an appointment letter.
So Fu Shenyuan arranged for Tan Shen to contact the overseas company and take up his post the next day.
Fu Shenyuan sat down and looked at the autumn scenery outside the window, his heart filled with desolation.
He said to Tan Shen, "You go ahead and make the arrangements. I'll just wander around by myself."
Tan Shen: "But..."
"It's alright, go ahead." After sending Tan Shen away, Fu Shenyuan changed into a light trench coat and went out, driving to a well-known local park.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Jiang Ranxing and Wen Qingrang also went out, because Wen Qingrang had promised Jiang Ranxing that she would take her to fly a kite.
“Locals really enjoy flying kites, mostly in parks. It’s a good way to relax and relieve work stress,” Wen Qingrang said to Jiang Ranxing as he drove.
Jiang Ranxing glanced at him and then smiled, "I don't have much work pressure, I'm fine. I'd probably be happier if you just wanted to take me out for fun."
Wen Qingrang laughed: "Nothing escapes your eyes, you clever little devil."
Jiang Ranxing laughed along, "That's good. I'm getting tired of always being cooped up in the room drawing design drafts. It's good to have some time to come out and have some fun, and relax a bit."
Wen Qingrang seemed to remember something and then asked, "How are the negotiations with the partner company going?"
“There are two companies I like, I’ll go talk to them in the next couple of days,” Jiang Ranxing said. “Actually, there’s one I really like, and the terms they offered were surprisingly good. I don’t know if they’re genuinely interested in my designs or what, but I’m quite inclined to go with them.”
While Wen Qingrang was parking, Jiang Ran pulled up the company's information and handed it to Wen Qingrang.
Wen Qingrang glanced at it but said nothing, only smiled faintly.
Jiang Ranxing sensed that there was more to Wen Qingrang's smile than met the eye, so he asked him, "You know this company? Why are you not surprised at all?"
Wen Qingrang shook his head: "I don't know much about these fields, so I didn't say anything. It wouldn't be good to show off my limited knowledge in front of you."
Jiang Ranxing teased him, "If you can use the phrase 'showing off one's skills before an expert,' then I guess no one would dare to call themselves an expert."
Wen Qingrang didn't say anything more. He got out of the car, took a kite from the trunk, and led Jiang Ranxing into the park.
The two strolled slowly and found a spacious lawn in the park to fly kites.
Wen Qingrang tried several times, but he hadn't grasped the technique, and the kite simply wouldn't fly.
Jiang Ranxing stood aside and laughed at him. Wen Qingrang wasn't angry and was still trying to fly the kite according to what he had learned from a video he had watched online yesterday.
It's not that I can't put it up, it's that it just rises a little and then falls back down from the sky, I'm just not getting the hang of it.
Jiang Ranxing looked at it and went over to take the kite string from Wen Qingrang's hand. "Try to relax your grip first, go slowly."
Jiang Ranxing and Wen Qingrang worked together to control the kite string. Before long, the kite really flew into the sky and soared into the horizon with the surrounding kites.
Jiang Ranxing said happily, "It's obvious you never played with this when you were little. When I was little, there wasn't much to play with, so I often went to fly kites by myself. I also really liked collecting these kites... um..."
When Jiang Ranxing was speaking, she didn't consider that Wen Qingrang was still drinking and holding the kite string at the same time. When she turned around, she bumped right into Wen Qingrang.
Jiang Ranxing could almost feel the heat and faint fragrance emanating from Wen Qingrang's body. There was nothing uncomfortable about it; on the contrary, it made people feel warm and cozy.
Wen Qingrang naturally felt the soft, fragrant body in his arms, and immediately felt unsteady. Just as Jiang Ranxing was about to turn around, she almost tripped over a stone. Wen Qingrang reached out and grabbed her waist, steadied her, and pulled her into his arms.
In an instant, the two felt no distance between them, as if they could feel each other's heartbeats.
As they looked up, their eyes met, and a silent emotion flowed between them, as if no one else existed around them.
However, at that moment, a pair of eyes were being cast in their direction from afar.
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