Chapter 118 One Shock After Another

  Looking at Lin Huanxiang holding the business card and frowning, Su Moruo directly said: "This is the business card of Mu Group's chairman's secretary, Huiqin. When the time comes, you can call her directly, and she will arrange everything for you."

  "Mu Group?" Lin Hanxiang was stunned, although he had guessed that Su Mo might be starting a business, but Mu Group, he had never thought of it, how could he make her believe?

  "How did you get the business card of the chairman's secretary of the Mu Group, and what do you mean by this?" Lin Huanxiang slowly raised his head, his face still in shock, his eyes foggy, and the question marks in his mind kept multiplying.

  Song Xue Li also looked at Su Mo Ruo with a bewildered expression. The Song Group could be said to be the largest and most powerful conglomerate in the country, so when Song Xue Li traveled domestically, she was almost untouchable, and no one would dare to cause her trouble. However, the Mu Group was a globally renowned company, and compared to it, the Song Group seemed somewhat small. Yet, Su Mo Ruo actually had the phone number of the Mu Group's chairman's secretary, and from the way she spoke, it seemed as if Hui Qin was her subordinate.

  Wait, suddenly Song Xue Li's mind flashed with inspiration, and she suddenly grasped the words in her hand. She suddenly remembered the financial newspaper at home, and how her father had been holding it every morning during breakfast, making "tsk" sounds with his mouth, and exclaiming, "The new head of the Mu Corporation is actually so young!" He suddenly looked up, his mouth almost forming an "O" shape.

  "You... you..." He was so excited that his words were a bit incoherent.

  Looking at Song Xue Li's appearance, Su Mo Ruo guessed that she must have known her true identity. After all, the Song family was a big family and it was impossible for them not to pay attention to news about the Mu family. As for the new chairman, they would definitely be very concerned as well. Even if Song Xue Li was usually careless, with things being whispered in her ear from time to time, slowly but surely, there would be some storage in her brain.

  "Even if you know, there's no need to be so nervous." Su Mo Ruo looked at Song Xue Li with a still expression.

  "What's wrong?" Looking at Song Xue Li like this, Lin Han Xiang originally had doubts and wanted to let Su Mo know, but looking at his girlfriend's appearance, he couldn't help but put aside the doubts in his heart for now and show concern for Song Xue Li instead.

  "She... she..." Song Xue Li stared at Lin Han Xiang with wide eyes, but due to her excitement, even speaking seemed a bit incoherent.

  "What's wrong with her?" Song Xue Li's behavior made Lin Han Xiang even more perplexed, he had never seen Song Xue Li so agitated before.

  “……” Song Xue didn't say anything, but was trying hard to adjust her emotions. She knew that her excitement was a bit over the top, but Su Mo had inherited the Mu Group, a global leader in its field, at such a young age. How could she not be shocked? Even if it were the current Song family, letting her take over would be absolutely impossible. But the Mu Group was much larger than the Song family, by who knows how many times. Su Mo was also roughly the same age as herself, so how could she possibly manage such a large company well?

  "What's wrong, tell me slowly." Lin Hanxiang was full of puzzlement, his head filled with questions, looking at Song XueLi who had been silent for a long time, he almost wanted to knock on her head to see what she wanted to say.

  Tan Yunning looked at Song Xuelei with a cold expression and said, "You're really pathetic, getting startled like this over such a small thing."

  Although it was a sarcastic remark, it had a great effect on Song Xue Li. Originally because of her overly excited emotions, Song Xue Li's speech was incoherent, but she slowly calmed down, and her mood changed from excitement to anger, and she started yelling at Tan Yun Ning, "Can't you be more considerate with your words? Don't you know that girls will feel very embarrassed when spoken to like this?"

  "But I didn't take you as a woman." Tan Yun Ning looked at Song Xue Li with an innocent expression, but the words that came out of her mouth made Song Xue Li spit blood.

  But then she realized that with Tan Yun Ning's words, she could already express her inner thoughts smoothly. Indeed, people need stimulation. Looking at Tan Yun Ning, she gave him a "you're going to pay for this" glance before shifting her gaze entirely onto Su Mo Ruo. Her tone was laced with a hint of gritted teeth, "Tell me, how exactly did you manage to sit on the chairman's throne of the Mu Corporation?"

  "My grandmother gave it to me." Su Mo replied truthfully.

  "Grandma? What grandma, you'd better not try to deceive me here, I'm telling you, I won't fall for your tricks. Don't think that just because you have a cold and icy exterior, everyone will think you're an honest person who doesn't speak much." Song Xue Li stared with her eyes wide open, clearly disbelieving. She was very familiar with Su Mo Ruo's family background, where could there possibly be a Mu Corporation chairman as his grandmother?

  "You can't believe it even if you want to." He shrugged and picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip.

  “……you……are you telling the truth?” Slowly, Song Xue Li also discovered that Su Mo Ruo hadn't spoken, but she still couldn't believe it in her heart. The chairman of the Mu Corporation, whom she had heard about from her family, was a rare woman who had built an empire with a group of people from the Republican era to the present day. In all of Hong Kong's high society, everyone who knew her had to address her as "Big Sister". Top politicians and business leaders were also her close friends. However, she had never married in her life. Rumor had it that she once had a man, but due to the outbreak of war at the time, the man went to join the army and was never heard from again. She refused to believe that the man was dead and remained single for the rest of her life, leaving many men who adored her waiting in vain.

  It turns out that such a woman has always been someone she admires.

  But Su Mo Ruo made Song Xue Li, who had always been concerned about Mu Xin Hua's affairs, unable to believe how the two of them came together again.

  "There are many twists and turns in between, I'll tell you slowly later." Su Mo said briefly, looking at Song Xue Li's curious big eyes.

  The two of them wrote this dialogue, but Lin Huanxiang, who was completely unclear about the inside story, listened to it in a daze, looking at the two people in front of him with confusion, "What are you talking about? What's going on with the chairman of the Mu Group and Mo Ruo?"

  "You don't know yet, do you? Mu Xin Hua, the chairman of the Mu Group, has stepped down and found a successor around our age to inherit the vast Mu Group. This trusted helmsman is ruthless and cruel. At the first shareholders' meeting after taking over as chairman, he had Li Qing Rong, the second-largest shareholder of the Mu Group, killed off. Although the Mu Group claimed externally that Director Li died from overwork for the company's affairs, and his son came forward to testify to increase credibility, it was just to block the outside world's mouth. In reality, everyone in the group company and the media only needed this explanation from the Mu Group, but actually, everyone understood very clearly."

  As for the four words "heartless and ruthless" mentioned by Song Xue Li, Su Mo Ruo seemed very calm, as if these four words were tailor-made for her, and she felt comfortable all over.

  "Sherry, what did you say?" Lin Huanxiang almost didn't dare to believe his ears. Su Mo Ruo was only a few years old, and he had heard of the Mu Group, of course. He had wanted to enter the Beijing branch of the Mu Group back then, but failed to get hired due to the rigorous selection process.

  At first, he wanted to join the Mu Corporation because it was famous worldwide and he had always admired it. However, now that he heard something, his junior who he liked very much and treated like a little sister, was actually the chairman of the Mu Corporation?

  Did he hear it wrong?

  "If the senior brother has no objection, the work on your side can gradually come to an end. As for the work on Mu's side, I believe the senior brother is capable of handling it, but I won't be helping out anymore. From now on, everything will depend on you yourself. I've given you a platform to develop, and I won't let anyone else's selfishness deprive you of the opportunities that belong to you. Whether or not you can succeed depends on yourself.

  Wanting to marry Song Xue Li, Lin Han Xiang's career is a key point, and he may have also realized this himself. So during these days, although it seems like he's having a very relaxing time with Song Xue Li, in reality the pressure in his heart is not light."

  Later entered the Mu family, and became a dragon and phoenix couple, everything was up to him now.

  "......Thank you, Mo Ruo, thank you so much." At this moment, Lin Hanxiang almost had the urge to cry.

  When it was Tan Yunning's turn, because they all knew that Tan Yunning had entered politics, but didn't know what he was doing now, so when they got together, of course, they wanted to ask him about it.

  Lin Hanxiang was in a great mood because Sumo Ruo had just helped him get a job at the Mu Corporation, so he had a smile on his face all the time. "Yun Ning, you've only been working for the government for a year and you're already here in Beijing, your future prospects are limitless."

  "Work hard." Listening to Lin Hanxiang's words, Tan Yunning smiled lightly.

  "Alright, stop pretending to be so profound, I really don't understand why you want to get into politics at such a young age. You're so young yet so solemn, you look just like a 50 or 60 year old man." Lin Han Xiang couldn't help but spit on Tan Yun Ning's face as he looked at his expression.

  "Heh heh." Tan Yun Ning, who heard this, only smiled lightly, looking very calm and steady, with a pair of eyes that were deep and mysterious.

  "Which department are you in now?" Looking at Tan Yun Ning's appearance, I also found that after entering politics, Tan Yun Ning had an extra layer of outerwear on his body, which was wrapped tightly around him, and he was full of the aura of a government official.

  "Can't you be less serious today when we're all gathering as friends?" Lin Hanxiang looked at his friend with a helpless expression, feeling like he was trying to guide a misguided child back onto the right path.

  "Uh-huh."

  "Alright, you're not unaware of her personality." Su Mo Ru looked at Song Xue Li who was about to start and hastily interjected, "He's currently working in Beijing, but he's never told me his specific position."

  "Which department are you in, tell us about it, my dad also knows some government leaders and has a few good relationships with them. Although they won't give you special treatment, at least they won't make things difficult for you either." I've also heard that in many government departments now, there are all sorts of obstacles, but as long as we're friends, even if Tan Yunning's mouth is a bit poisonous, our relationship is still good. Of course, I don't want anyone to bully Tan Yunning either.

  Listening to Song Xue Li's words, Tan Yun Ning also knew what was good and bad, knowing that she was thinking of him too, so he didn't give her a cold shoulder, only slightly shaking his head, "Thanks, but I can handle it."

  "Alright, since you've said so much, I won't force it... but don't try to tough it out either. If things really get too hard, just let me know, we're friends after all, and we should help each other out in times of need." Song Xue Li's voice was filled with a carefree tone, her face beaming with a warm smile.

  Listening to Song Xue Li's joyful laughter, Tan Yun Ning couldn't help but reveal a gentle smile on his face.

  "After saying so much, you still haven't told us which department you work in." Lin Hanxiang began to get to the point.

  "Inspection room." A simple statement was given.

  "What? The Inspection Office?" Neither of them was very clear about the twists and turns within the government, but Su Mo knew that the Inspection Office meant that in just over a year or two, Tan Yunning had already risen to the rank of Deputy Director or even possibly Deputy Department Head. It was simply unbelievable, this promotion was faster than eating a meal, what kind of speed was this?

  Lin Hanxiang and Song Xueli were both bewildered, looking at Su Moruo who was visibly excited, they became even more perplexed.

  Song Xue Li stood up and pulled Su Mo Ruo's sleeve, with a hint of doubt in her tone, asked: "Working in the inspection room, is this department good?"

  "It's not that great either, but it's good enough for him." Su Mo said softly as he looked at Song Xue Li's puzzled expression.

  "What does it mean?" Blinking her eyes, Song Xue Li looked extremely cute.

  "The head of the inspection office should be at the level of a deputy director or vice-ministerial level." Su Mo explained briefly.

  Song Xue Li and Lin Han Xiang were stunned, slowly turning their heads to look at each other, their eyes met for a moment before shifting away, and then they fell silent.

  Today, the stimulation for both of them has been one after another, without any interruption.

  "What kind of promotion method is this, Tan Yunning's path to promotion is as fast as climbing a staircase!" Although I'm not an official and don't understand much about officialdom, I do know that deputy department-level officials are at least in their thirties or forties. Someone like Tan Yunning who is only in his twenties can be considered a "high-ranking official".

  Digression

  Although it's a bit late, I've uploaded it. Let's see if the editor is off work yet. If not, I'll upload as soon as they are. If they're already off work, we can only check again early tomorrow morning, folks! There's still one more update today, hehe. The specific time isn't clear, depending on how much work there is to do in the city. If there's a lot, it might have to be updated tonight after work; if not, it'll be during the day.