Chapter 298 When soldiers come, generals will block them; when water comes, earth will dam it.
Fu Shenyuan believed that a man should not bring troubles outside of family, such as work-related worries, home to his wife and children.
That's the kind of education he received from Grandpa Fu.
A man should shoulder his responsibilities and not cause unhappiness for his family.
Of course, Fu Shenyuan also practiced what he preached.
Tan Shen felt both helpless and convinced that, given the current situation, it was perfectly acceptable for him to say these things to Jiang Ranxing.
“Mr. Fu, if the situation hadn’t become so serious, I wouldn’t have wanted my wife to know. I’m sorry, Mr. Fu, I’m your assistant, and I have to consider your and the company’s interests. If you want to punish me, I’m willing to accept it.”
"Alright, let's stop talking about this." Jiang Ranxing stepped forward to stop them from continuing. "Now is not the time to talk about this. You can discuss these matters later."
As soon as Jiang Ranxing spoke, sure enough, no one else spoke.
“Fu Shenyuan, now that you know, I won’t hide it from you anymore.” Jiang Ranxing told him about the plan she had just arranged with Tan Shen. “As long as we cooperate with each other, neither the group nor your Fu family will be in trouble. Of course, your second uncle won’t be able to access the group’s resources, so the Wen family and the Jiang family won’t be implicated.”
"From now on, let's put our feelings aside for now. After this is all over, we can settle things however we want, whatever we want to do then."
Jiang Ranxing looked at Fu Shenyuan, her eyes clear yet indifferent: "What do you think?"
Fu Shenyuan was naturally very willing. No matter the reason, he was willing to do it as long as he could be with Jiang Ranxing.
"I'll listen to you. I'll support whatever you want to do."
Fu Shenyuan looked very obedient, but Jiang Ranxing didn't smile or say anything more to him.
As she turned around, she met Wen Qingrang's gaze, his eyes filled with worry.
"Ranxing, don't take this risk. The Fu Group, especially the power center where Fu Hongkai is, is a place that can devour people without spitting out the bones. Don't go there."
Jiang Ranxing realized that she hadn't properly discussed this matter with Wen Qingrang yet.
"Qingrang, let's go outside and talk."
Fu Shenyuan watched them from behind, knowing that she simply didn't want him involved.
Ultimately, Jiang Ranxing still feels that Wen Qingrang is the one she can open up to more, while she doesn't trust him at all, let alone have a heart-to-heart talk with him.
He sighed helplessly, staggered and almost lost his balance, but Tan Shen came over and helped him up.
"Mr. Fu! You should rest for a while. I'll go and call the doctor to examine you."
"No need, I still have something to say to Ranxing."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ranxing turned around and said, "Is it official business? Go ahead and tell me."
Fu Shenyuan calmed down and said, "After you go to the group, Tan Shen will go with you. Leave anything you don't understand or can't handle to him. Leave the rest to me. Try not to talk to those people directly. Just wait for me to come back."
Jiang Ranxing nodded: "Is that all you wanted to say? Is there anything else?"
"That's all for now."
"Okay, then I'll be going now."
Jiang Ranxing looked at the person beside him: "Let's go, Qingrang, we'll talk again when we get back."
Fu Shenyuan's lingering gaze remained fixed on Jiang Ranxing until she disappeared from sight, leaving him with a chilling emptiness in his heart.
Inside the parking lot.
Wen Qingrang sat in the driver's seat and turned to ask her, "Should I take you back to the Jiang family, or where would you like to go?"
Jiang Ranxing thought for a moment and glanced at the time on his wristwatch.
"Let's go to the studio. I need to calm down. I won't go back to my brother's place."
“Okay,” Wen Qing started the car, hesitated for a moment, then turned it off again. “Ranxing, shouldn’t we also have a talk?”
Jiang Ranxing looked at him and nodded slightly.
“What Fu Shenyuan said is not like that. I have selfish motives towards you, but my selfish motives are just to want you to live a good life. I don’t tell you about the past because I’m afraid you will fall into that state of having no attachment to the world again.”
Whenever Wen Qingrang thought about how Jiang Ranxing had been tormented by that marriage, he felt heartbroken.
But at that time he had no right to protect her, and she didn't give him that opportunity.
"Yes, I understand. You don't need to explain it to me."
Wen Qingrang still felt something was off, so she asked, "After that, did you really want to have a frank talk with Fu Shenyuan and understand what happened in the past?"
"this--"
Jiang Ranxing gently rolled down the car window, and a cool breeze blew in.
"Hearing you say that, I can roughly guess what's going on. It probably isn't a good thing at all."
They both remained silent for a while.
Jiang Ranxing said, "Alright, why think so much now? We'll worry about it when we actually face it someday. Let's focus on what's in front of us first."
She was somewhat emotional: "Sometimes, things change so fast that they catch you off guard. You might think one way today, but then something happens tonight, and tomorrow everything might be different. I guess plans can never keep up with changes. So I really don't want to put too much pressure on myself anymore. All I know is that I want everyone to be able to live a more peaceful life and not have to go through any more hardships."
They all understood that both the Jiang family, who held secret government positions, and the Wen family, which was facing numerous obstacles, were exhausted from continuing their efforts.
Wen Qingrang naturally didn't want to force Jiang Ranxing.
"Okay, then I'll stay with you until everything is settled and finished."
Perhaps all he could offer Jiang Ranxing was his companionship, Wen Qingrang thought to himself, as he started the car and drove Jiang Ranxing away from the hospital parking lot.
The following morning, the Fu Group.
"Madam, you've arrived." Tan Shen greeted Jiang Ranxing at the door.
After getting out of the car, Jiang Ranxing nodded and smoothed out the wrinkles in her business suit that had bunched up from sitting in the car.
"Don't call me that in the company. I'm the Director of Public Relations. Let's keep things professional."
Tan Shen nodded in acknowledgment: "Okay, Director Jiang, please come upstairs. I'll take you directly to President Fu's office."
"Okay, let's go."
Upstairs, in the CEO's office.
Jiang Ranxing felt both familiar and unfamiliar with this office.
"Director Jiang, this is the agency document personally signed by President Fu. Except for the group's S-level major projects and special approval documents, President Fu has temporarily entrusted you with the agency of everything else. In other words, you are now the acting president. You can participate in group meetings and shareholders' meetings and exercise the same rights as President Fu. This is also a kind of protection for you by President Fu, so the vice president will not dare to suppress you openly."
Jiang Ranxing picked up the document and looked at it: "He's quite thoughtful. When did the hospital say he could come over?"
"We need to observe for at least another week. If there are no problems, President Fu can return to the group in person."
"In your opinion, can we hold out for a week?" Jiang Ranxing sat down, raised his eyelids, and asked Tan Shen.
Tan Shen shrugged: "Let's do our best. The news that came in this morning is that the vice president wants to accept the bidding for the project, which is not a good sign."
"Let's deal with whatever comes our way," Jiang Ranxing stood up and walked to the window. "Give the word, we'll go to the conference room in a bit."
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