Chapter 33
Car accident
Morning rush hour,
The luxury car and the van behind it merged into the main traffic flow as naturally as water droplets falling into a river.
The driver glanced at the rearview mirror and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Jiang, someone is following us."
Jiang Fengyi calmly instructed, "Contact security. Don't rush back to the company. Take a few detours on the road and wait for the bodyguards to catch up."
Everyone else was calmer than the next, but Xu in the car looked completely bewildered.
"What? Someone's following us?"
"Will we be alright?"
Jiang Fengyi patted Xu Que's arm with the hand that had been attached to her the whole way, and comforted her, "It's okay, the bodyguards will protect us."
“We are safe in the car.” She knocked on the window. “It’s bulletproof, very safe.”
Several movie scenes flashed through Xu's mind, and his body moved uncontrollably toward Jiang Fengyi.
Jiang Fengyi thought she was scared and was about to continue comforting her when she felt Xu Que move beside her, his arm, which had been stiff all morning, wrap around her shoulder.
He added, "I will protect you too."
Xu carefully held the person in his arms, looking warily out the car window.
"Sizzle sizzle sizzle—"
Xu was startled by the sudden sound in the carriage, while Jiang Fengyi, whom she was holding in her arms, was not surprised and quietly watched the partition in front of her slowly descend.
The driver silently withdrew his hand from the gearshift button, keeping his accomplishment hidden.
Xu's ears turned red, and she said shyly, "No, you don't need to put this down."
Jiang Fengyi pressed the button next to her, and the barrier that had just been lowered sizzled and retracted back into place.
The driver glanced at the rearview mirror; the two people in the back seat each turned their heads to look out the window. They were clearly trying to maintain a distance, but she could almost see the red thread connecting them tightly.
The driver's grip on the steering wheel felt much stronger; a little sweetness was needed to cheer her up during her boring job.
After circling around the company several times, the van behind them kept chasing them, so the driver slowed down.
One of the cars accelerated forward, seized the opportunity, and cut in between Jiang Fengyi's car and the minivan. The bodyguard used his own car to separate Jiang Fengyi and the minivan.
Upon seeing this, the driver pulled over to the side of the road and stopped.
The other car following closely behind Jiang Fengyi also stopped. Xu saw that the bodyguard captain he had met at the hospital got out of the car with his men and came to Jiang Fengyi's car to guard the surrounding environment.
Xu rolled down the car window and greeted her.
The bodyguard captain, Wen Qing, also recognized Xu Que at a glance, whom she had met once at the hospital. At this moment, Xu Que was intimately close to her new boss and warmly greeting her.
"Hello!"
Hello...
Does the boss love her that much? He even brings her to work. Wen Qingxin understood immediately; no wonder the boss lost control of his emotions when he couldn't find her.
The car in front had already forced the van to stop. The bodyguard got out of his car and knocked on the van's modified one-way mirror window.
The people inside the car remained silent for a long time. Jiang Fengyi's bodyguard team was very patient and kept knocking on the window when there was no movement.
The tinted windows finally rolled down. There were only two people in the car: a driver and a thin man in the passenger seat holding a camera.
What are you doing?
The skinny man shuddered in fright: "Take...take a picture."
"Then why were you sneaking around following my boss's car?" The bodyguard held the car window with one hand and grabbed the man's collar with the other. "Since you said you were taking pictures, let me see what you took."
"Open my photo album!"
The man kept struggling, either changing the subject or refusing to let the other person see the photo album.
Because of his profession, the bodyguard undergoes extensive training every day, making him extremely fast. By the time the skinny man realized what was happening, the bodyguard had already started flipping through the photo album one by one.
"Taking photos secretly?" The bodyguard's voice turned completely cold as he reported the matter to his superiors directly into his earpiece.
The man started rambling incoherently: "I...I'm calling the police! You stole my camera!"
The bodyguard shrugged: "The camera is right there with you. When did I steal it?" She stared intently at the thin man, lest he escape.
"But you're in big trouble." She snorted. "I don't know who ordered you to do this shady work, but you didn't even bother to check online before you took the money."
"Don't you know who my employer is?"
The man lowered his head, his eyes filled with regret. It wasn't that he didn't know, but the other party had offered too much money, so much that he was willing to take the risk.
Now that they've been caught red-handed, it's clear that people shouldn't harbor any illusions.
Behind the van,
Wen Qing has already reported to Jiang Fengyi that someone was secretly filming in the car.
"Taking photos secretly?" Xu didn't understand. "Are they paparazzi? But why would paparazzi follow and take photos of you if they don't go out and take photos of celebrities' gossip?"
"It's definitely not a paparazzi."
"Just a greedy fool."
She said to Wen Qing outside the car, "Ask who sent them. If they refuse to tell, call the police and send them in."
"What if they were willing to talk?"
"Give him some money and then call the police and have him arrested."
After dealing with the incident on the road, Jiang Fengyi closed the car window and said to the driver in front, "Let's go back to the company."
Xu glanced at the time and realized that it was already past working hours, meaning he wouldn't get the perfect attendance bonus for the month.
Jiang Fengyi seemed to see right through her: "Go and submit a fieldwork application. Just fill in 'Assisting your supervisor with tasks' as the reason. Don't worry about your perfect attendance bonus."
"I'm more worried about you than my perfect attendance bonus!"
After these words were spoken, the car became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
The driver wanted to press the barrier again, but was afraid that the two people behind her would say something she shouldn't hear. She couldn't afford to lose her job just because she liked sweets; it would be a case of losing more than she gained.
She focused her attention and listened intently, ready to press the shutter immediately if anyone started flirting.
Unfortunately, both of them were like gourds with their mouths sawed off—they remained silent.
The car drove into the company without any obstruction. This time, Jiang Fengyi didn't let Xu get out of the car early, but instead drove her into the underground parking garage together.
After getting out of the car, Xu followed Jiang Fengyi into the elevator. She thought to herself that she was really lucky today; she didn't have to wait in the middle, and the elevator went straight up to the twenty-second floor.
As soon as Xu stepped out of the elevator, he saw the familiar scene and exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't this your office?"
"No wonder I've never taken this elevator before, it turns out it's your private elevator."
"If you'd like, you can continue to ride with me, which will save you time waiting for the elevator in the morning."
Xu, however, shamefully fell in love.
"May I?"
"sure."
As soon as Xu walked out of Jiang Fengyi's office, all the colleagues working in the president's office looked at her.
Oh no, I forgot it's work hours now.
The more flustered she felt inside, the more she had to pretend to remain calm. After they sat down, He Shuyi leaned closer and whispered a question to her.
"I didn't see you this morning. I thought you were sick and had taken the day off. Why did you come out of President Jiang's office?"
“Cough…cough cough…” Xu abruptly changed the subject, “I just heard President Jiang say that there will be a press conference next week.”
At the mention of this moment, He Shuyi's shoulders slumped. "Sister Wu just came over and told me about it." She sighed, "I'll have to work overtime again this week."
*
After Jiang Fengyi left, Wen Qing walked towards the van in front, too lazy to beat around the bush with the man, and asked directly, "How much did they give you? We'll give you double."
"Speak, who sent you? Tell me everything you know."
The skinny man had absolutely no sense of professional ethics; tempted by money, he immediately sold out his former employer.
“Although she was wearing a mask and I couldn’t see her face, I’m sure she’s from the Zhao family,” the man assured him. “I followed her all the way and saw her car drive into the Zhao family villa with my own eyes.”
Even if they are not members of the Zhao family, they still act on the orders of the Zhao family.
I heard it was about stalking/secretly filming the Jiang family heir; a man can't possibly be completely unprepared.
He followed them all the way, and the Zhao family didn't notice him, which greatly boosted the man's confidence. As a result, when he got to Jiang Fengyi's side, he was caught as soon as he showed his face.
Wen Qing continued the interrogation, but seeing that the man couldn't produce any new information, she turned around and took him to the police station.
*
In the office,
Jiang Fengyi leaned back in her chair, relaxed, and let her weight rest on the backrest. She closed her eyes and rolled her eyes, giving her eyes, which had been staring at the screen, a rest.
"It's the Zhao family again."
"They're so desperate they'll resort to any trick."
“They’ve used every trick in the book, so we can’t just sit idly by. Do as I told you before, and I want to see what other tricks the Zhao family has up their sleeve.”
"Okay, I understand. Go back and rest when you're done. In addition to sending more people to my side, arrange for two more people to follow Xu Que."
"You'll have to work hard for a while. Once this is over, I'll give you bonuses and annual leave."
After ending the call, there was a knock on Jiang Fengyi's office door.
"Enter!"
Before she even got close, Xu asked her, "Are you done with work? Want to go home together after get off work?"
Jiang Fengyi pointed helplessly to the pile of documents on her desk: "We have to work overtime today."
Xu originally intended to wait for Jiang Fengyi to finish her work at the company so they could go back together, but Jiang Fengyi said something to her.
"I want to drink your chestnut and black chicken soup."
She immediately changed her mind: "Okay, I'll go to the supermarket to buy ingredients and start stewing it when I get back. Come back early."
"good."
Just before Xu Que was about to leave the office, Jiang Fengyi reminded him, "There's a lot going on today, so I might not be back so soon."
"It's okay, I'll wait for you no matter how late it is."
Jiang Fengyi smiled and agreed.
Before the chicken soup was even ready, Xu received a notification on his phone about Jiang Fengyi's car accident.
The soup spoon in his hand fell to the ground with a "thud" and shattered into pieces.
"How is this possible!" Xu stared intently at the line of text on the screen.
[Breaking news: Jiang Fengyi, the head of Jingjiang Technology, was suddenly involved in a car accident]
The black text was accompanied by photos of the car accident scene. Xu Que and Jiang Fengyi had been riding in the car that morning when it collided with another vehicle.
The front of the car was dented, and black smoke was still billowing from the engine. The windshield was cracked in many places, and the bulletproof glass was completely detached from the window frame.
The entire vehicle was completely deformed, lying awkwardly sideways in front of the roadblock.
"It must be fake news posted by a marketing account!"
"Yes, yes, that must be it!" Xu convinced himself. "Jiang Fengyi must still be working overtime at the company. I'll go find her right now!"
Xu kept talking to himself, without even having the courage to make a phone call to verify.
She hurriedly left the kitchen, forgetting to turn off the gas on the stove, and rushed out the door in just a pair of indoor slippers.
As soon as Xu opened the door, he was stopped by two bodyguards standing outside.
"Ms. Xu, for your safety, please stay inside."
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