She had turned the door handle and opened it, making an effort to flash a professional smile as she used honorifics, "Yes, senior. You're right. I still have much to learn from you, please come in."

  Two people came in from the door, Gu Qingcheng was untying the belt of his bathrobe, although he hadn't taken it off completely, but exposed his robust chest, all the way down to his lean waist and then to his straight and powerful legs, Yang Fuxiao subconsciously closed her eyes for a moment.

  She didn't take care of Gu Qingcheng, but the professional lady beside her had already stuck her eyes on Gu Qingcheng. It was estimated that her previous clients were all fat and bald, now she finally got a young and handsome one.

  Gu Qingcheng opened the bathroom door of the hotel room and said, "I'll go take a bath first."

  The woman behind him took a step forward and climbed onto Gu Qingcheng's shoulder. Her palm stroked the chest muscles down from Gu Qingcheng's neck, genuine goods at a fair price.

  "Does the teacher need to come together?"

  As she spoke, her waist unconsciously moved forward and stuck to Gu Qingcheng's body, looking up. Originally thought that in this man would see a kind of daze, but in an instant she woke up.

  The man's eyes were too cold, his gaze like a sharp blade that had been submerged in ice water, directly extinguishing the flames on her body.

  Her hand stiffened, and she herself put it down, pinching her palm with her fingernails. She raised her eyes to look at the man, and that stern expression in his eyes had vanished without a trace. She even suspected if she had misseen it.

  Gu Qingcheng lifted his hand and removed hers, with a hint of a smile: "I'm not used to bathing together."

  After he finished speaking, he went into the bathroom first. As the sound of water splashing came from the bathroom, the woman finally reacted.

  Yang Furong naturally didn't know what this woman was thinking in her heart, nor did it have anything to do with her. She was now thinking of Gu Qingcheng!

  She was completely stunned.

  Now Gu Qingcheng has gone in to take a bath, leaving Yang Fuxiao and this woman alone in the room. What's going on? I don't get it!

  Should I continue acting or be straightforward with this woman and get things clear?

  The woman leaned back, her front clothes were a bit disheveled, revealing the black lace bra inside, and directly spoke to Yang Fu Xiao about the terms: "Hey, this man is not easy to deal with. Did you agree on a price just now?"

  "How much does it cost?"

  "Overnight or just a short stay? Do you want to bring any equipment? Do you need to take any medicine? Long-term or short package? How much does it cost?"

  Yang Mu Xiao: "......"

  She really wanted to laugh, but had to hold it in.

  I didn't know there were so many rules.

  The woman looked at Yang Wu Xiao's face for a moment, raised an eyebrow and said, "You're new to this line of work, aren't you? Don't know the rules?"

  Yang Buru hastily nodded and took advantage of the slope to get off the donkey: "Yes, I don't quite understand."

  The woman frowned: "Who are you following? You can come in here so casually?"

  That's the point!

  Yang Furong suddenly realized that Gu Qingcheng had entered the bathroom and left her outside, just to exercise her eloquence.

  "Sister, I snuck in. My family doesn't have much money, my mom has cancer, and my dad ran off with another woman. I heard people at school say that they can make 1,000 yuan in one night here, so I came to try my luck."

  Yang's words at this time are really like a country bumpkin who has never seen the world, and is only interested in making money.

  "Oh, no wonder. Our boss had already talked to the manager on this side, that's why we could come in at the right time. You really know how to pick the right moment. If it were during the strict crackdown period before, you would have been locked up for 10 days or half a month and wouldn't be able to get out."

  Yang Mu Xiao heard it, and naturally Gu Qing Cheng inside also heard it.

  She asked again: "Then can I make it? Can I follow your boss and work?"

  "Then I said it doesn't count, you have to go see our boss yourself. Our boss wants to inspect the goods, but I think you look quite decent, take off your clothes and let me take a look."

  "Why?"

  "Let's test your quality, I recommend you go to my boss, and it's good to know what kind of person you are."

  Yang Mu Xiao: "......"

  What should I do now?

  Take off? Or not take off?

  It's going to be exposed!

  Gu Qingcheng, come out!

  This professional lady seemed to have no intention of getting acquainted with Yang Fu Xiao, this "country bumpkin". She took out a small packet of drugs from her bag and said, "Do you want some? It'll be great fun later."

  Yang Fu Xiao took one look and immediately knew what kind of medicine the person was holding, shaking his head.

  She had a taste of that medicine once and absolutely didn't want to come again, it's simply possible to make a chaste woman become a debauchee in seconds, the fierce fire burning her body relying on cold water bath, really unbearable.

  The professional girl took a pill herself, and also found a lighter by the door, lit a plate of what looked like mosquito coils, Yang Fuxiao smelled a strange fragrance, feeling restless.

  She furrowed her brow and immediately understood what it was.

  When a strange feeling surged in his body, he pushed the woman away, picked up a cup of tea from the table and extinguished the incense.

  "What's wrong with you? Are you crazy?"

  The professional girl shouted: "It's very expensive! Are you going to pay for it?"

  Yang Fuxiao felt that he really couldn't pretend anymore, just as he was about to reveal the truth, a knock at the door came from outside, "Open the door quickly!"

  Yang Buruo, who was closer to the door, slightly stunned, "Who is it?"

  This woman is also quite puzzled, has someone else arrived? We can soon make up a table of mahjong.

  Yang Fuxiao looked left and right, outside the door was knocked urgently, later changed to crash, she then hurried over to open the door.

  The prostitute behind shouted: "Don't open it!"

  Before the words had fallen, Yang Xiaodong's footsteps came to a sudden stop.

  The door suddenly opened from the outside, and Yang Xiao had not reacted yet, but was pressed against the wall by a figure that rushed in from the outside. Her face was slammed into the wall, causing her to grit her teeth in pain.

  "Policemen, raid the brothel!"

  ………………

  This is Yang's third time entering a police station since arriving in Shanghai.

  Hehe, within a month.

  Moreover, since it was in the same precinct, all three times she went to the same police station. When she entered, a duty policeman adjusted his glasses and said: "Oh dear, it's you again."

  Yang Mo Xiao pulled up the corner of his mouth: "Yes, it's me again."

  She thought she must be incompatible with this international metropolis, or else incompatible with Gu Qingcheng.

  However, this time there was also Gu Qingcheng who came in together with them.

  Gu Qingcheng was led out of the bathroom by police wrapped in only a towel, while Yang Fuxiao was fully dressed. However, this professional lady was different, with her clothes disheveled to create a sense of disorder, her face flushed red, clearly under the influence of drugs. On the bedside table, there were also aphrodisiacs mixed with incense.

  So it turns out that both the person and the goods are gone.

  The police received an anonymous report and would not have investigated the background of the people in this room beforehand, so Gu Qingcheng, the invisible president behind Ya Yun, was also caught.

  When Fang Shu received the call and brought a suit jacket to Gu Qingcheng, Li Jie, the general manager of Ya Huan Hotel, also received the news and rushed to the police station in the middle of the night to bail him out.

  Gu Qingcheng changed his clothes and came out of the police station, Li Jie who was waiting beside the car hurriedly walked up: "Mr. Gu, you really are shocked."

  Thanks to Gu Qingcheng's good fortune, Yang Fuxiao was released immediately after finishing his statement.

  She rubbed her sore neck, it was really unbearable to toss and turn for half of the night.

  Li Jie only came to pick up Gu Qingcheng, and did not include this unknown Yang Fu Xiao. After Gu Qingcheng got in the car and sat down, he instructed the driver to start driving.

  Yang Mu Xiao watched as the car drove away, leaving her standing alone in the dazzling lights, her shadow stretching out long.

  Forget it, she never had much hope that Gu Qingcheng would take her with him anyway.

  Li Jie sat in the front passenger seat and turned his head to say to Gu Qingcheng: "Director Gu, this time let you suffer..."

  Gu Qingcheng interrupted him directly: "Pull over."

  Li Jie didn't know why Gu Qingcheng wanted him to stop the car, but he had always heard that this behind-the-scenes controller of MSC had extremely tough means and a very complex background before entering business, having received a lot of professional training.

  "Park."

  The driver in front still listened to Li Jie, rather than Gu Qingcheng.

  On one side, Fang Shu saw Li Jie's eyes looking back from the passenger seat and lowered his expression. This guy was either a scoundrel or an idiot.

  Otherwise, there is another very important possibility, Li Jie has a backstage supporter.

  Gu Qingcheng loosened his shirt collar and got out of the car.

  Fang Shu immediately followed suit.

  Not far behind, Yang Xiao stood by the road, watching as the car drove away and then stopped. In the second that Gu Qingcheng got out of the car, her heart skipped two beats.

  Yang Mo raised an eyebrow and hooked his lip: "How did you come down again?"

  "Pick you up."

  Gu Qingcheng looked at Yang Fuxiao for two seconds, reached out and brushed off the floating dust on her right cheek, she gritted her teeth, feeling a bit painful.

  I guess I just bumped into the wall with my right cheek earlier and now it's bruised.

  Gu Qingcheng's face showed no emotion as he reached out and took her hand, turning to walk towards Dong Zhe's car not far away. "Let's go."

  Yang Mianxiao was surprisingly well-behaved and obedient at this time, following Gu Qingcheng.

  He took two steps forward and told Fang Shu behind him: "Cancel tomorrow's ticket, let Li Jie come to the branch company to find me tomorrow."

  "Yes."

  Yang Mu Xiao turned her head and looked at Gu Qing Cheng's profile. The empty feeling in her heart just now seemed to be filled again.

  Still looks cool though.

  Yang Mo rubbed his nose.

  She can now tell Gu Qingcheng and Xu Mochen apart, at least until she confirms whether Gu Qingcheng's buttocks are burned or not.

  Fang Shu turned around and walked towards Li Jie's car, leaning over the window: "Manager Li, let's talk about it tomorrow morning, it's too late tonight, General Manager Gu needs to rest."

  Li Jie had already seen Gu Qingcheng pulling that girl into the car behind them through the rearview mirror, and he was already clear in his mind, "Alright."

  ………………

  The next morning, words like "Ya Huan", "sell/prostitution" and "sweep yellow" appeared together in the newspaper.

  Before leaving last night, Gu Qingcheng did not instruct Li Jie to inform the crisis management department to minimize the harm of this matter.

  And this Li Jie, indeed did not notify the crisis PR team, until the next morning, the newspapers were filled with such news, and Ya Huan's shares fell by two points as soon as trading began.

  In the president's office, Gu Qingcheng sat behind his desk with an ambiguous expression, one hand tapping on the desktop and the other holding a cigarette that he twirled between his fingers without any intention of lighting it.

  Yang Mu Xiao, dressed in a professional attire, stood at the back and felt a bit down. He wanted to speak up, but thought that at this moment, it's better not to be the spark that sets off the bomb, or he would be scolded to death.

  A spacious office with only two people in it looks a bit empty.

  The mobile phone ringtone cut through the silence in the office on the desk.

  Gu Qingcheng picked up his mobile phone and took a look at it before answering the call.

  "Uncle."

  Yang Fu Xiao's eyelid twitched slightly.

  Uncle?

  Following Gu Qingcheng for over a month, I have never seen him contact anyone from his family. There is only one person by his side, Fang Shu, who seems to be the company's highest-ranking secretary. Dong Zhe is a bit mysterious and elusive. As for Tiana, she appears to be a good friend of Gu Qingcheng's. Also, according to what I heard from Tiana, there is another good friend named Pei San, who is in America.

  This was the first time she had heard a term of endearment from Gu Qingcheng's mouth.

  "Uh-huh, I know, I'll handle this matter well... I'll be back within this week, right? Yeah, okay, I'll make some time to pick him up."

  Just two simple sentences, and then hung up the phone.

  Yang Fuxiao was slightly surprised, from Gu Qingcheng's words, she could also guess what Gu Qingcheng's uncle said, no more than the hotel's prostitution scandal that was widely publicized on the internet this time, and the key point was that the client was none other than Gu Qingcheng himself.

  He hung up the phone and put his mobile phone on the desktop, rubbed his eyebrows, closed his eyes, as if thinking about something, feeling a bit tired.

  After a long while, Gu Qingcheng spoke up and said: "Do you know who made the anonymous call last night?"

  Yang Fu Xiao shook his head: "I don't know."

  "It was me," said Gu Qingcheng.

  Yang Furong couldn't hide the look of astonishment on her face.

  "Why?"

  The office door knocked twice, and Fang Shu's voice came from outside: "Manager Li has arrived."

  Gu Qingcheng suddenly opened his eyes and looked up at Yang Fu Xiao who was standing still beside him, "Because I want to exterminate the mouse."

  Having said that, Gu Qingcheng straightened his body and said, "Come in."

  Yang Fengxiao immediately wiped away the surprise on his face, with Gu Qingcheng in front of him, he had a bit more confidence.

  Exterminate mice?

  Anyway, she is not afraid of mice.

  However, Li Jie, who walked in, was nervous.

  He thought that after what happened last night, Gu Qingcheng would take some measures to suppress the news, so he was at ease. Who knew it would become like this on the second day, and after one or two hours, it continued to escalate.

  "Director Gu, I was thoughtless about what happened last night, I reflect on it and..."

  "I want to know the current progress."

  "Now......" Li Jie felt a cold sweat on his back and said: "The public relations department is making an emergency response..."

  Before he could finish his sentence, Gu Qingcheng slammed a blue file folder on the table towards him. Li Jie closed his eyes and didn't dare to dodge to the side.

  "What's the emergency procedure? You can't make it clear, then find someone who can tell me clearly."

  This was the first time Yang Mu Xiao had seen him get angry while staying by Gu Qing Cheng's side. Before, there were times when he had a gloomy and eerie feeling with Yang Mu Xiao, but he had never truly gotten angry before. Now, it seemed like a volcano had been ignited on his head.

  How scary.

  However, it was only later that Yang Fu Xiao understood that the truly terrifying aspect of Gu Qing Cheng was not when he was like this, but rather when he was quietly staring at you with an eerie gaze, and could kill you with just a flick of his wrist. The anger that could be shouted out loud was not the kind that had entered one's heart, but rather only floated on the surface.

  Li Jie called over Feng Lili, the manager of the public relations department. Feng Lili walked in and placed the schedule on Gu Qingcheng's desk with both hands. "To clarify this matter, we must first hold a press conference. It has already been ten hours since it happened, missing the best opportunity, so this matter must be handled immediately."

  Gu Qingcheng raised his eyes and took a glance at the pale-faced young woman in front of him, gesturing with his hand for her to continue speaking.

  "At the press conference, General Manager Gu of MSC must go up and speak, and also hope that Miss Yang, who is involved in this matter, can also go up and clarify the situation."

  Yang Mu Xiao was staring at Li Jie who was standing behind the public relations manager, looking like he was about to faint, and naturally did not hear Feng Li Li's words.

  Gu Qingcheng raised his hand and swept a document off the table to the ground, Yang Fuxiao was startled and quickly squatted down to pick it up.

  The PR department manager could tell that Yang Xiao had not been paying attention earlier, so she repeated what she had just said again.

  Yang's hand paused for a moment as he picked up the file, and his heart skipped a beat.

  She wasn't afraid of speaking in public, but as soon as the press conference started, the media reporters would definitely find out about that string of questions and how to explain why she was in Gu Qingcheng's room at midnight. After all, her current identity is still Shen Jia San Shao's fiancée, and it would undoubtedly be another label of a loose woman.

  Gu Qingcheng said to Feng Lilai: "I'll go and talk, you don't need to. You prepare, send out the message now, hold a press conference at 2 pm this afternoon."

  Feng Lilili was visibly stunned, having not expected time to be so tight.

  But now it's also a matter of seconds.

  "Yes."

  When Li Jie and Feng Lilili walked to the office door, Feng Lilili suddenly turned around again, "General Manager Guo, I forgot to bring my plan book."

  Just as Feng Lilai turned around and walked back to the table to pick up the plan book, Li Jie had already left the office.

  She stood in the office, her face somewhat solemn, and raised her head: "Director Guo, I actually have something else to say."

  "Uh-huh."

  Feng Lilili's gaze fell on Yang Fuxiao and Fang Shu, who were still in the office, clearly wanting to talk to Gu Qingcheng alone.

  Gu Qingcheng said: "You can say it, they won't tell outsiders."

  Feng Lilili let out a sigh of relief in her heart and said, "Before, it was someone inside the company who intentionally leaked water and took people's money, so every week there would be a few scattered days when some professional three accompaniments came in. No one checked, even if the guest room department staff saw them, they would pretend not to see."

  In this case, Yang Wuxiao had already guessed it after talking with that professional lady for a few words yesterday.

  "Have you seen him?" asked Gu Qingcheng.

  Feng Lilili nodded.

  She said: "He is the chief secretary under Manager Li and the high-ranking official in the administrative department. As for whether this matter was instructed by Manager Li, I don't know."

  Gu Qingcheng rested his elbows on the table, looking at Feng Lilili with a faint gaze: "I couldn't possibly believe what you're saying now based on your subjective conjecture."

  "No! I'm not making subjective assumptions! I've seen it before," said Feng Lili, "because in the company, Manager Li Jie is not often in the company. In terms of financial approvals, it's always been Chief Assistant Gao Bang who signs off. There was a time when we were doing a batch order for potted plants at a hotel, and I overheard colleagues from the finance department whispering that a lot of money had gone missing within two days, but there were problems with the potted plants afterwards. Later, they ended up using potted plants from another nursery instead. That's when I started investigating."

  When Feng Lilili's voice fell, the entire office was silent and very quiet.

  Then, Gu Qingcheng waved his hand and let Feng Lilili go down to prepare for the press conference. After Feng Lilili left, Gu Qingcheng said to Fang Shu: "Secretary Fang, you go check on those people that Feng Lilili mentioned."

  "Okay, I'll go and take care of it right away," said Fang Shu.

  "I'm giving you two hours, get the materials delivered to me before 12 o'clock noon today."

  Fang Shu's footsteps paused for a moment, and when he spoke again, his voice was already tinged with urgency: "Yes."

  Watching Fang Shu leave the office, Yang Xiaodong was also sweating for this matter.

  The press conference is at 2 pm and now Fang Shu only has two hours to investigate, will he make it on time?

  Start investigating from the Public Relations Department Manager Feng Lili, to Li Jie, and then to Li Jie's Chief Secretary Gao Bang and Financial Manager, as well as the Housekeeping Department that was mixed in but turned a blind eye. There must be other relevant personnel involved, such as the flower market nursery that Feng Lili mentioned regarding the potted plant procurement incident.

  It's absolutely impossible to finish in just two hours.

  Gu Qingcheng leaned on his arm, slightly turned his face to look at the fleeting changes on Yang Fu's face, and asked: "You think it's unlikely, right?"

  Yang nodded: "Yes, time is too tight, even if it can be investigated, its authenticity needs to be verified."

  "I also think it's impossible."

  "Ah?" Yang Wu Xiao said, "Then why did you set a time limit of two hours for Fang Shu?"

  Gu Qingcheng suddenly pulled Yang Fuxiao, Yang Fuxiao violently pulled back, lost balance, took a step back, and her knee bumped into Gu Qingcheng's leg, sitting on his lap.

  Yang Mu Xiao: "!!!!!!"

  "Because if you don't push yourself, you'll never know what extent you can reach, just like how you wouldn't learn to swim if you didn't push yourself."

  Yang Furong rolled her eyes.

  That choking water experience was truly unforgettable for her.

  Gu Qingcheng said, "If you want to do management, this is very important, but also need to be targeted, for example, if I now hand over this matter to Li Jie, it's like trying to prop up a wall of mud."

  When Gu Qingcheng spoke, his breath brushed against Yang Xiao's ear. She struggled with her arms trapped by him while grabbing the key words from Gu Qingcheng's mouth: "Manager Li?"

  His title as manager was bought with money, but he actually didn't understand anything. Feng Lilai was very cunning, including his chief secretary Gao Bang. Working under such a useless person, there were two paths to take: either be mediocre and ordinary, or create one's own path to wealth. It's just that Feng Lilai and Gao Bang chose different shortcuts.

  Yang Mu Xiao understood some of the situation and furrowed his brow: "How did you know so clearly?"

  "I'm guessing."

  Cut, who believes? It must have been investigated beforehand. Now it's going to let this Feng Lilili take the fall for this matter.

  Yang Fengxiao continued to struggle and squirm on Qing Cheng's body, only to discover that at the position where his buttocks were pressed against, something was gradually poking out, becoming harder and hotter.

  Gu Qingcheng tightly hugged Yang Muxiao from behind: "Still not moving?"

  Yang Buruoxiao hastily shook his head: "Don't move."

  Gu Qingcheng's profile was pressed against Yang Fu Xiao's shoulder, his eyes narrowed, "Just let me hold you for a while, I'm very tired."

  This sentence doesn't sound like Gu Qingcheng at all.

  Yang Mu Xiao: "......"

  She lowered her head, and could see the top of Gu Qingcheng's head, his hair was a bit disheveled, it was just that he had been struggling to smooth it out on one side, and the light reflected on his face, covering half of his profile.

  Maybe Gu Qingcheng is really tired?

  Yang Furong stopped moving and let him hold her, using her shoulder to support him, and she could still look at him as if he were Xu Mochen.

  If they didn't look at people with that cold gaze, Gu Qingcheng and Xu Mochen actually looked quite alike. Occasionally, the corners of their mouths would curve up into a sly smile, and they were especially skilled at using violence to solve problems.

  It seems like I've already developed some feelings for him, even if he's not Xu Mochen.

  She was startled by her own idea and hurriedly patted her cheek.

  The mobile phone rang.

  This time it wasn't Gu Qingcheng's, but Yang Mochen's ringtone instead.

  Gu Qingcheng opened his eyes, supported Yang Muxiao's waist and let her stand up, turned around, "I'll go to the bathroom."

  Yang Mu Xiao stared at the name "Shen Jia Yu" on her phone screen and slapped her forehead.

  That's right, I said we were going to meet last night! And even sent the address over, could you be in the coffee shop downstairs at the hotel now?

  However, there were no missed calls from Shen Jia-yu on her phone.

  As soon as Gu Qingcheng entered the bathroom, Yang Fuxiao answered the phone.

  "Shen Shao, sorry about that. Something urgent came up last night and I didn't end up waiting for you at the coffee shop. Sorry."

  "What coffee shop?"

  Yang Mu Xiao: "......"

  "I just wanted to tell you that something has come up at the company, so I'll be quite busy for the next two days. Can we schedule another time?"

  "Okay!" Yang Fuxiao thought that the text message probably didn't get sent out, or was swallowed by the mobile network, anyway it's good that Shen Jiayou didn't see the address. "My flight has been changed to the day after tomorrow, I have time for the next two days."

  Shen Shao said: "Then tonight, I'll call you again?"

  "Good."

  There's an inexplicable feeling when talking to Shen Jia-Yu, Yang Mu-Xiao put down her needlework and started thinking about how to bring up the topic of breaking off the engagement with Shen Jia-Yu tonight. She thought Shen Jia-Yu should be relatively easy to talk to, at least as long as the money was returned, everything would still have room for maneuver.

  In the bathroom of the office, which wasn't very soundproof, Gu Qingcheng leaned against the door of the toilet and smoked a cigarette. He heard that Yang Fu had already hung up the phone outside, hooked his lips upwards, raised his hand to block the light coming from the edge of the lampshade above his forehead.

  Xu Muhuang, you're going to have a love rival.

  ………………

  Near noon, Gu Qingcheng took Yang Fuxiao to the plantation mentioned by Feng Lilili.

  Outside the nursery stood a large cargo truck, and a pushcart was pushed down with saplings on it, being placed onto the cargo truck by the hands of the movers.

  On one side, an old man was talking to a boss-like person about the precautions for planting poplar tree saplings and how to dig deep into the soil without letting the saplings wither and die.

  Yang Fuxiao walked forward and asked: "Old man, we want to see the dripping water Guanyin's ornamental potted landscape, do you have it here?"

  The old man turned around and saw that both of them were wearing professional attire, so he asked: "Do you have any goods to sell?"

  Yang Mu Xiao smiled and said: "Can we go take a look?"

  The old man led the two through an open area, with particularly large greenhouses on both sides, where some rare and precious tropical flowers were transported from afar because the outside temperature was not suitable for them.

  Inside the cultivation venue, you can see various potted plants. Ficus ginseng is a type of ornamental potted plant that companies and business units often transport. Hundreds of pots have been transplanted into white ceramic pots and are neatly arranged on the ground.

  Yang brushed off his pants and squatted down to look at this potted plant, seemingly very interested. "Uncle, how much does this batch cost?"

  "How much do you want?"

  Gu Qingcheng wrapped his arm around Yang Moxiao's waist and took a step back, holding up one finger.

  The old man was also surprised to see that it was a large sum of money, the same amount as the previous batch of dripping Guanyin purchased from the Asia Hotel, so he quoted the same price.

  "This price..."

  Gu Qingcheng shook his head and pulled Yang Muxiao to turn around and leave.

  The old man said: "This price is already the lowest, it really can't be lower. You know the Ya Huan hotel chain? They also bought from our plantation before at this price."

  Gu Qingcheng raised an eyebrow: "Ya Huan? They seemed to have booked a room at the Jade Emperor's Garden in front."

  "It was initially," said the old man, "but later heard that the plantation and the person in charge had some contradictions, so it was settled here."

  Finally, Yang Fu Xiao wrote down the old man's phone number and said, "We will have someone come over to discuss this with you."

  Next, Gu Qingcheng and Yang Fuxiao went to Yu Tai's plantation again.

  Quite far away, it has gone from the suburbs to the rural areas, with some dust flying around.

  The plantation looks smaller than the previous one and doesn't look as neat, a bit messy.

  After entering, there was only one little brother holding a hose connected to the faucet watering the trees. Yang Fuxiao walked over and this person also loved to ignore him, "What's up? If you want to buy saplings, go talk to the manager."

  "No, we are employees of Ya Wan, and we want to ask if the last batch of dripping Guanyin can be taken away?"

  Yang Mu Xiao felt that his ability to tell lies with his eyes open had also been upgraded.

  The little brother narrowed his eyes: "Are you people from Ya Wan?"

  Yang Duoxiao nodded slightly.

  "Are you guys a group of unscrupulous businessmen?! You've already had us prepare the goods and now you're withdrawing your funds and saying you don't want them?! Do you even understand what integrity means?! You're just going to discard thousands of pots like that and invest the money elsewhere?! Shameless! Do you know how much we lost on that batch of Slipper Orchids?!"

  How did things escalate to scolding someone all of a sudden?

  "Big brother, let's talk it out. We're new here and don't understand much yet. Maybe you think that plantation over there is offering a lower and more reasonable price..."

  "What's wrong with you! Can't even understand numbers under 100! Our family's Jade is absolutely the most reasonable price!"

  Yang Fuxiao slightly furrowed her brow and took a step forward, just wanting to continue speaking, but this little brother directly turned around and sprayed Yang Fuxiao with the water pipe in his hand.

  He quickly pulled her behind him with a swift motion, shielding her from harm.

  "Get out! All of you get out now!"

  Yang Mo Xiao stretched her head out from behind Gu Qing Cheng, Gu Qing Cheng directly pulled her over, pressing her head back, without saying a word, and dragged her away.

  "Why didn't you say it clearly?!"

  "Do you want to be sprayed with water?"

  Yang Fuxiao: "Of course, I don't want to think about it anymore, but isn't this matter not over yet? Now this nursery has lost so much money, and the finances have mysteriously added a huge hole. As a result, the potted plants haven't even been taken back, so whose pocket did all this money go into?"

  Gu Qingcheng stopped in his tracks and turned around to look at Yang Fuxiao, "What do you think?"

  "I..."

  Yang Fu Xiao had just opened her mouth to say a word when the high-pressure water column behind her suddenly sprayed towards her, and of course, Gu Qing Cheng was not spared either, completely drenched.

  Gu Qingcheng's hair was all stuck to his scalp, "Is there anything else?"

  Yang wiped his face with a towel, rearranged his hair that had been messed up by the water flow, spat out some water and said, "Alright, I'm leaving."

  When he came out of Asia, he was dressed in a suit and tie, looking radiant and elegant.

  As a result, on the way back, they became two drowned chickens.

  Adding dust and dirt flying everywhere, everything looks a bit miserable.

  Yang Wenshuo pinched his own clothes and surprisingly was able to squeeze out water.

  Dong Zhe had already prepared two dry towels for the back seat, drove directly to the back door of the branch office, went to Gu Qingcheng's office, and the two people took turns going to take a bath and change into clean clothes.

  Before coming out, Gu Qingcheng had already asked the financial manager to bring over this quarter's accounts and specifically checked on the matter of purchasing potted plants for the garden mentioned by Feng Lilili.

  Financially, the invoice opened by Gaobandai is 500,000, but if it's priced according to what the old man said, it would only cost less than 200,000 to get it in hand.

  So this matter is not only related to Gao Bang, the chief secretary of the administrative office, but also to the director of the logistics department who is responsible for purchasing goods.

  This is an unexpected discovery of a clue, and another clue is that Secretary Gao Bang accepted bribes from the hotel's entry and exit personnel, as well as the housekeeping manager's turning a blind eye...

  This is really a very long chain, no wonder Gu Qingcheng would say "exterminate the mouse" before, it's indeed too arrogant, and also because there is no strong leader above.

  Yang Mu Xiao was blow-drying her hair, the wet strands slipping through her fingers as she mentally wove these people into a web of relationships, lost in thought for a moment.

  Gu Qingcheng casually smoothed out Yang Fuxiao's hair: "Understood?"

  Yang Fu Xiao nodded: "Understood."

  But there is still one thing I don't understand.

  "Why did you bring this up now that you're about to leave? Weren't you supposed to get things in order for the company?"

  "Then tell me, which one is more beneficial?"

  It's not even worth considering, the cooperation benefits between Fangda are definitely greater, rectifying internal affairs, reassigning high-level management personnel internally, losing financial and material resources, and needing time to adapt. In the long run, it may bring benefits, but if you want to gain benefits immediately, it's the former.

  "But wasn't there a saying before that 'to deal with the outside world, one must first stabilize the internal'? If things are all messy inside, how can we discuss cooperation with outsiders?"

  "Who said this sentence?"

  Gu Qingcheng lifted his hand to pick up the teacup beside him, and the water inside had already been drained. This time, he didn't call his secretary to refill it, but instead walked to the water dispenser to get a cup of water himself. Turning around, he looked at Yang Fu's appearance leaning against the office desk with his eyes cast down, and said: "It was Chiang Kai-shek who said that, but what about the final result?"

  There's no need for Qingcheng to say anything, Yang Xiaodong also understood this time.

  ………………

  2:00 pm, at the press conference site.

  All newspaper media reporters have been notified and are packed into the lobby of the Asia Hotel.

  Yang Mianxiao did not appear in public view. She asked Gu Qingcheng to absent herself, and Gu Qingcheng agreed without asking for the reason.

  She is upstairs, watching the live broadcast of the press conference on her computer through a camera.

  There are still ten minutes left.

  On the computer screen, a black business car slowly drove by and stopped at the hotel entrance. A security guard came over to open the door, and Gu Qingcheng, dressed in a crisp suit, walked out from inside with a faint smile on his face. However, Yang Fuxiao could notice that his smile didn't quite reach his eyes, it was just superficial.

  This is the biggest difference between Gu Qingcheng and Xu Mochen.

  Xu Muhuang is either laughing or he's absolutely furious, no need to coax him like a big boy.

  But Gu Qingcheng was different, Yang Mochen had never seen a smile in his eyes.

  On the screen, each reporter's microphone was almost poking into someone's chin, and they couldn't wait to raise it to the sky. Yang Xiao couldn't help but frown.

  "Director Guo, I heard that Miss Qin Shuang is going to get engaged. What's your take on this?"

  "Director Gu, you haven't changed girlfriends recently, are you settled down?"

  Yang Mo Xiao twitched the corner of his mouth.

  Can you all be a bit more professional? Can't you just not have a gossiping heart all the time?

  Yang Fuxiao thought that Gu Qingcheng would not answer these silly entertainment reporter's questions, but as a result, Gu Qingcheng actually slowly and calmly asked a question back.

  "So you're saying my private life was a mess before?"

  Yu Jing's hand shook slightly, and the microphone almost fell out of her hand. "No! I just want to ask you what is the reason for your current restraint?"

  This question is even worse than not asking at all. He's really an incompetent journalist, I reckon he'll be fired tomorrow.

  However, Gu Qingcheng replied with one sentence: "Kidney is not good."

  Yang Mo Xiao was drinking water, and as soon as he heard these three words, the water in his mouth sprayed onto the computer screen all at once.