Chapter 405: Give and Take
The people in the Li family's main residence knew before her that the Xiao family wanted to terminate the cooperation with her. They had just called her and scolded her, telling her that she must find a way to resolve the matter, otherwise she would not be allowed to continue to manage the branch.
Hearing the anger in Chi Siyi's tone, Chi Zhen briefly recounted what happened today.
After hearing this, Chi Siyi almost exploded with anger and shouted angrily, "Idiot! You know that Xiao Muzhen is now adopted by the Xiao family, but you still want to act like a father in front of her. If the Xiao family doesn't punish you, who will they punish?"
Chi Zhen was really panicked this time, and hurriedly said: "Siyi, I know I was wrong... I didn't expect the Xiao family to really care about her. Now Qingshang also wants to terminate the contract. What should I do?"
Chi Siyi's blood pressure soared and she almost fainted. "How am I supposed to know what to do?! My parents-in-law are asking me to go back to the main house. I can barely protect myself, so how can I take care of you? You're on your own!"
After hanging up the phone, Chi Siyi still felt a lump in her chest, unable to let it go either up or down.
She now regrets it immensely. When Chi Zhen proposed to develop in Beijing, she should have rejected him directly. Now she is also disliked by her in-laws.
If they really asked her to hand over the control of the branch, she would have no status in the Li family in the future!
On the way back, Chi Siyi kept thinking about how to deal with it.
When the car stopped in front of the old house, she had an idea in her mind.
The moment she stepped into the old house, a vase was thrown at her.
"Chi Siyi, the Li family will be destroyed by you sooner or later!"
Chi Siyi quickly dodged, and the vase fell to the ground beside her, breaking into pieces with a "bang". The fragments scratched her instep, and blood gushed out immediately.
However, she didn't even frown. She just walked up to Mr. and Mrs. Li, knelt down, and said with a guilty look on her face, "Dad, Mom, I'm sorry. This incident was my mistake. I will find a way to solve it."
Old Master Li snorted coldly, "How are you going to solve this? Not only has the Xiao family terminated their cooperation with the branch you manage, but the head office has also terminated several major cooperation contracts. Because of your stupidity, the Li family has lost no less than tens of billions!"
Long before the Xiao family came to terminate the cooperation, Mr. Li knew that Chi Siyi was secretly helping his brother, but Mr. Li did not expose her because he took into consideration the many contributions she had made to the Li family over the years.
As long as the interests of the Li family were not affected, he didn't mind her giving some support to her family.
But I didn't expect that Chi Zhen was so stupid. He offended the Xiao family in just a few days.
Chi Siyi took a deep breath and said slowly: "I will go to Xiao's to find Mr. Xiao until he is willing to forgive me!"
Old Master Li's expression was icy. "Instead of going to Mr. Xiao, you might as well go to his daughter and apologize. See if she's willing to forgive your troublemaking brother!"
Hearing the sarcasm and contempt in Mr. Li's tone, Chi Siyi's hands tightened unconsciously, her nails digging into the flesh but she didn't feel any pain at all.
She knew that the Li family had always looked down on the Chi family, so she seldom went back in recent years. Her purpose was to please the Li family and gain a foothold in the Li family. But now she found that not only her family, but also Old Man Li looked down on her.
"Dad, my brother isn't such an impulsive person, but this incident is indeed his fault. I will definitely find a way to make it up to him."
"I'll give you three days. If you can't make Mr. Xiao change his mind, you won't have to manage the branch anymore."
Hearing this, Chi Siyi's eyes flashed with disbelief. She looked up at Old Man Li and said, "Dad, you can punish me however you want, but I've been in the branch for so many years. Even if I haven't made any contributions, I've worked hard. I don't want to leave!"
"If you don't want to leave, then think carefully about how to resolve this matter! I think you have too much power, so your heart has become wild!"
After saying that, Mr. Li stood up and left.
Old Lady Li had always looked down upon Chi Siyi, thinking that she came from a humble family and was not at all dignified and elegant. She glanced at her coldly and left.
Chi Siyi knelt on the ground, feeling as if she had fallen into an ice cellar. She had never expected that all her efforts over the years would turn to ashes just because Xiao terminated a few contracts.
After leaving the Li family's old house, Chi Siyi went directly to the hospital to find Chi Zhen.
Seeing her, Chi Zhen's eyes were filled with guilt.
"Siyi, I'm sorry...it's all my fault that I got you into trouble..."
Chi Siyi's eyes flashed with impatience, and she said coldly, "It's no use saying this now. Please contact Xiao Muzhen and I'll go over and apologize to her."
Upon hearing this, Chi Zhen's expression suddenly turned extremely ugly. He gritted his teeth and said, "Let me apologize to her?! Have you ever seen a father apologize to his daughter?!"
"She is now the daughter of the Xiao family and has nothing to do with you. If you don't want to go, give me the contact information and I will go by myself."
"Is there really no other way?"
Chi Siyi was very dissatisfied with her brother who still didn't understand the situation. "Brother, Mr. Li gave me three days and said that if I can't get President Xiao to retract his decision to terminate the contract, he will make me step down as the president of the branch!"
"What?!"
Chi Zhen was horrified. If Chi Siyi lost her position as branch president, wouldn't it be impossible for her to help him gain a foothold in Beijing in the future?
"Mr. Li is going too far! You've worked so hard for the Li family for so many years, and now he's just dumping you!"
"Give me Xiao Muzhen's contact information. If you don't want to give it to me, I'll ask my secretary to check it out."
Chi Zhen took a deep breath, and his expression was completely devoid of his previous arrogance.
"I'll ask my secretary to contact her."
"You should call her in person. We are here to apologize to her, so we need to be more humble."
"good."
Chi Zhen took out his cell phone and called Xiao Muzhen, but it took a long time for the call to be connected.
"Excuse me, who is this?"
"I……"
Seeing Chi Zhen's hesitation, Chi Siyi snatched the phone from his hand and said softly, "Excuse me, is this Miss Xiao? I'm Chi Siyi, the president of Guanghang. I'd like to invite Miss Xiao to dinner. When is Miss Xiao free?"
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while before Xiao Muzhen's puzzled voice came over.
"Mr. Chi, I don't seem to know you."
Chi Siyi smiled and said, "Last time you had dinner with Mr. Huo, I went over to toast you. I wonder if Miss Xiao still remembers it?"
Xiao Muzhen raised an eyebrow, "I remember, but why did Mr. Chi suddenly invite me to dinner?"
"Actually, Chi Zhen is my brother, and I am also your aunt... Although we are not destined to be together, I still want to treat you to a meal and apologize to you."
Xiao Muzhen smiled, but her voice was cold. "Boss Chi, there's no need to apologize. After all, you haven't done anything to offend me. If there's nothing else, I'll hang up first. Goodbye."
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