Gently bite the jasmine

Chapter 192 You scared me half to death

When Lin Xi came out, his back was soaked.

As soon as her phone rang, she tripped over her own feet and almost fell.

When she saw Duan Yiheng's call, she got into the car before answering: "Hello."

"What's wrong? Your tone is a bit off, you seem nervous," Duan Yiheng asked.

Lin Xi: "...I only said one word, and you already knew?"

Duan Yiheng chuckled: "Didn't you go back to have dinner with the old man? I was worried, so I called to ask."

Lin Xi let out a breath: "Grandpa actually asked, so I told him that you have to lead me and the sales department to work on the Likang project."

After one session last night, Lin Xi complained, "I always knew that overtime was just a lie."

To her surprise, Duan Yiheng immediately started talking to her about the project for a long time.

Once this project is finished, he will focus on the group, and he can only take care of Yinfan Technology as a side job. He also mentioned that he would transfer her to the sales department.

Upon joining the sales department, the first person they would address was Chen Liangyi.

The old man asked her tonight, and she repeated what he said, and sure enough, he didn't ask any more questions.

Only after she left the villa did Duan Yiheng's worries ease.

As Lin Xi drove, she asked, "Did Grandma talk to Grandpa about us today?"

Duan Yiheng replied, "I sent her. This result was expected. Grandpa has been a strong-willed person all his life and cannot tolerate others saying that his decisions are wrong. It is not easy to get him to accept it."

Lin Xi wasn't comforted; she just felt apologetic that her grandmother, at such an advanced age, still had to worry about the younger generation.

"Okay, I'm still driving, I have to go now." Lin Xi turned on her left turn signal. "Video call me when you get back, I have something to do—"

Lin Xi's voice stopped abruptly, and Duan Yiheng's expression hardened: "Lin Xi?"

Lin Xi was startled by the short figure that suddenly appeared. She quickly got out of the car, opened the door, and went over: "Are you alright?"

The little girl shook her head: "It's nothing."

"Where are your parents?" Lin Xi looked at the five or six-year-old girl in disbelief. "Why are you here all alone?"

The little girl pouted, "Can you take me to my mom?"

Lin Xi looked around and held out his hand to her: "Get in the car, I'll take you to the policeman."

"I don't want to go." The little girl shook off her hand. "The policeman can't find my mom."

Lin Xi squatted down and asked her, "Then tell me your mother's name? Where do you live?"

The little girl's eyes dimmed: "I don't know where she lives. I live in Tianhong Hotel."

Just as Lin Xi was about to say something, a middle-aged woman ran over from a distance.

The little girl quickly tried to hide, but Lin Xi shielded her behind her.

The slightly overweight man stopped in front of Lin Xi, panting, and said, "I'm her nanny. Thank you for stopping her."

Lin Xi asked, "How do you prove it?"

The nanny said, "She lives in the Tianhong Department Store across the street. I also have a housekeeping contract, work records, and home surveillance videos."

Lin Xi asked the little girl, "Is this auntie real? You can't lie."

The little girl hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "She is my aunt."

Lin Xi handed the little girl to the other person, saying, "Remember to watch her carefully."

The nanny nodded repeatedly, and a trace of color finally returned to her pale face.

Lin Xi returned to the car and picked up her phone. Duan Yiheng had called seven or eight times.

She was startled and immediately called back.

"What happened to you?" Duan Yiheng's voice was urgent. "Were you hit by a car?"

Lin Xi: "No, I almost bumped into a little girl, and she's already been taken away by her nanny."

Duan Yiheng breathed a huge sigh of relief: "You scared me half to death. When are you getting there?"

Lin Xi was taken aback: "You came to find me?"

Duan Yiheng said, "Turning the corner will take you to the Imperial Seal of the Capital."

Lin Xi: "What a coincidence, I'm just around the corner from there."

Five minutes later, the two met in the parking lot. Duan Yiheng closed the car door and walked towards Lin Xi, looking her up and down several times.

"I'm fine, I almost bumped into someone."

Duan Yiheng put his arm around her shoulder and walked into the elevator: "Why are there suddenly children?"

Lin Xi: "I don't know either. She said she was looking for her mother, who lives in the nearby Tianhong Hotel. I guess she slipped away when the nanny wasn't around."

Duan Yiheng didn't ask any more questions. He patted Lin Xi's head and said, "It's good that you're alright."

Once upstairs, Lin Xi laughed and said, "That's great, we don't need to video chat anymore, we can just be face-to-face."

Duan Yiheng asked, "What do you want to tell me?"

"You forgot?" Lin Xi sat down on the sofa. "Didn't you say that Tan Qi would contact you in less than three days? It's been three days now."

This was indeed unexpected for Duan Yiheng. He pondered for a long time, then his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said to Lin Xi:

"Contact her assistant tomorrow and tell her I want to see her."

Lin Xi hesitated for a moment: "Didn't you say that the person who meets first will be at a disadvantage?"

Duan Yiheng smiled and hugged her: "I didn't say that I was looking for her because of the project."

"Then why?" Lin Xi pushed away the head that was nuzzling against her neck. "Tell me quickly."

Duan Yiheng recounted to Lin Xi what Meng Huaishan had found out about Ke Yu, and then added:

"Ke Yu and her husband were married for a year before her husband passed away. Her three sisters-in-law thought that with their only brother gone, the Zheng family would naturally belong to them. Who knew that the old man would let Ke Yu take over the power?"

“How could these three women be content with this? From fighting to getting along, Ke Yu’s sister-in-law is named Zheng Jiayi, and her daughter is friends with Tan Qi.”

Lin Xi understood: "So, Tan Qi acted as a go-between, colluding with Ke Yu's sister-in-law to find dirt on her?"

Duan Yiheng shook his head: "To be precise, it's a collaboration with Ke Yu's three sisters-in-law, but I need to pass on a message through one of them. Do you understand what I mean?"

Lin Xi thought for a moment and said, "Ke Yu's three sisters-in-law all have husbands' families behind them, and they all want a piece of the Zheng family's cake. You want to divide the cake into three pieces to weaken the Zheng family's influence on the group?"

Duan Yiheng affectionately flicked the tip of his nose: "Not bad."

Lin Xi grabbed his finger and expressed her concerns: "Although it is said that a new emperor brings a new court, the Zheng family has worked hard with Grandpa for many years and has a solid network of connections. If you don't have a good reason, the other shareholders will realize the principle of 'if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold'."

Duan Yiheng laughed and said, "Who said I have no reason? Old Master Zheng allows a daughter-in-law from another family to hold power, rather than share power with his three daughters. I have every reason to suspect that he instructed Ke Yu to seduce Duan Zheng in an attempt to win over Yin Fan."

Lin Xi was shocked for a moment: "Really?"

Duan Yiheng: "...There is no evidence at the moment, I am just guessing."

Lin Xi gave him a thumbs up: "You even managed to probe Tan Qi's attitude towards the cooperation between the two companies at the end. That's brilliant."

Such a man is truly not to be trifled with; he can easily outmaneuver multiple parties with a simple scheme.

Seeing that she was still lost in thought, Duan Yiheng's hands began to wander: "Can you stay tonight?"

Lin Xi gave a forced smile, got up, and pushed him toward the entrance.

The next second, the heavy solid wood door was closed in front of Duan Yiheng.