Chapter 843
Su Yayun then couldn’t help but purse her lips and after a pause, she suddenly asked, “Miss Xu, we’ve all met, but I don’t know what you call it yet.”
Xu Yuan’s face instantly changed and a panicked look flashed across her eyes as she subconsciously looked towards Ji Feng, and her delicate pretty face couldn’t help but show a look of help. It was obvious that Su Yayun’s sudden question had left Xu Yuan at a loss as to what to do and she simply did not know how to answer.
Ji Feng, however, nodded slightly to Xu Yuan, with an encouraging smile on his face.
No matter what mistakes one made, one always had to face them, one could not always run away from them, unless from then on, one died of old age!
What’s more, according to Ji Feng’s guess, Xu Yuan should have done nothing wrong, only that because Xu Long was her father and he had done those things that made it hard for Su Yayun to forgive, killing Elder Su and killing Xu Yuan’s mother, that was why Xu Yuan felt ashamed to meet Su Yayun and was unwilling to admit her identity in front of her.
“What, Miss Xu is a little embarra*sed?” Those small movements of Xu Yuan did not escape Su Yayun’s eyes, she immediately smiled and asked, “If it’s not convenient to answer then forget it, besides, please forgive me for taking the liberty.”
“No, I ……” Xu Yuan was in a hurry and was just about to speak when she was interrupted by a knock on the door.
“Knock knock knock!”
“Please come in!” Su Yayun said, then stood up and smiled, “Two, please wait a moment.”
With that, Su Yayun turned around and walked out of the parlor, leaving only Ji Feng and Xu Yuan in the room.
“Whew…!” Xu Yuan sort of breathed a sigh of relief, but her face was still a bit lost.
Ji Feng’s heart was secretly going off as he looked at Xu Yuan, he stretched his hand and laughed in a low voice, “Look! The words were stammering and in the end, you could only say nothing. Don’t be so insipid, either you be brave and say it directly, or if you really don’t want to say it, I’ll take you away from here and we’ll return to Jiangzhou now and never set foot in Hangcheng in the future …… Now there are only these two options, which one will you choose?”
“Boss, just don’t force me.” Xu Yuan laughed bitterly in a low voice.
Ji Feng immediately shook his head and said firmly, “That won’t do, be cool, two options, you can only choose one of them, immediately!”
Xu Yuan couldn’t help but be silent and didn’t say anything for a long time.
Ji Feng didn’t rush her, he just smiled, “It’s okay to take your time to consider, but you have to give your answer before Su Yayun comes back, and then, I will help you finish your idea!”
He knew Xu Yuan’s character very well, this woman had a strong appearance and, moreover, carried a faint air of wind and dust. However, Ji Feng knew that all of this, was forced by this society, Xu Yuan was such a girl wandering in the society, in order to make a living, she had to think of all ways and use any means she could.
So, Xu Yuan has developed this seemingly strong and fierce character.
But in reality, she is very soft inside, and this is no different from other girls.
Apart from a few rare exceptions, few girls aspire to be strong. What the vast majority of women desire most is to have a strong shoulder to lean on and a pair of hands that will shelter them from the wind and rain.
Xu Yuan is no exception!
Therefore, her heart is definitely not as strong as it seems on the surface.
In this situation, Ji Feng would have to use extraordinary means to force her into a corner, so that she had no way back, either stay or leave, and there could never be any ‘talk about it later’, any ‘I want to think about it for a while’ or any other words.
She had to be forced to make a choice.
Seeing Xu Yuan’s look of deep thought, with a hint of struggle, Ji Feng couldn’t help but secretly nod his head, Xu Yuan was really thinking about it.
Ji Feng also stopped bothering her, leaving her alone to think it over carefully, while he himself kept an eye out for some movement outside to see if there was anything going on.
A voice faintly came from outside, “Big Sister, those shareholders have all been informed.”
Ji Feng immediately heard out that this person who was talking to Su Yayun was the general manager of the East China Sea Group, Zhao Yafan.
“Well, those people are all still cooperating, right?” Su Yayun asked.
“Many of them are very cooperative and said they rushed over immediately when they received the call, but ……” When the words came out, Zhao Yafan hesitated a little.
“But what?” Su Yayun’s voice sank, “Did someone say something strange again?”
“Big Sister you also know, just a few people from Qi Lao San’s side, you should not care, anyway, this time after exterminating Xu Long, I’m afraid even Qi Lao San can’t say anything, they have nothing to jump about!” Zhao Yafan said comfortingly.
“Humph!”
Su Yayun coldly snorted, “That old thing, he really thinks he’s a meritorious member of the East Sea Gang? Often saying that he is the oldest of the two dynasties …… Yafan, remember, it’s half past six, but anyone who’s not here by eight, don’t come!”
“Yes!” Zhao Yafan immediately nodded his head and said.
“Go in first, there are still guests!” Su Yayun eased her tone and said.
……
Ji Feng couldn’t help but frown slightly, it looked like this East Sea Gang wasn’t ironclad, that what’s-his-name, Qi Laosan, seemed to be very much at odds with Su Yayun. If she wasn’t furious, Su Yayun would definitely not have said those words.
“Boss!”
Xu Yuan suddenly spoke up.
Ji Feng immediately turned back and asked with a smile, “What, have you figured it out?”
“Mm!”
Xu Yuan’s face was ugly, obviously having made an extremely difficult decision, “I plan to leave here and go back to Jiangzhou after watching Mr. Su dispose of Xu Long, and in the future …… I will never set foot in Hangzhou again!”
“What?!” Ji Feng was taken aback, he really didn’t expect that Xu Yuan had made such a decision, it was really out of his expectation. Originally, in his opinion, Xu Yuan must have wished to identify with Su Yayun, otherwise, why would she follow to the East China Sea Group instead of returning to the villa directly with Zhou Fei Fei?
But now it looked like he had miscalculated.
“Not …… Then what ……” Ji Feng was a little lost for words, he just wanted to speak when he heard the sound of the door opening, he could only swallow the words that were on his lips back into his stomach and shook his head helplessly, but in his heart he was puzzled to the extreme, how did Xu Yuan make such a decision?
“Ka ka ka!”
Su Yayun and Zhao Yafan walked in with smiles on their faces, “Ji Shao, how is this tea? It still suits your taste, right?”
Ji Feng nodded his head and smiled, “Not bad! In fact, I’m just a native old man, I don’t know how to taste our tea at all, but I’ve been exposed to some of the alien drinks, so ah, I can’t even drink any difference between Iron Guanyin Da Hongpao and the like.”
“Puff!”
Su Yayun couldn’t help but laugh, “Young Ji, I can’t see that you still have dealings with aliens? Then if it’s convenient, I wonder if you can show me some aliens?”
Ji Feng instantly laughed, “No problem!”
“Young Ji, I’ve just seen your humour!” Zhao Yafan also followed and laughed.
“What I said is true!” Ji Feng said seriously, “I’m not going to hide it from you guys, I’ve really come into contact with alien drinks.”
Su Yayun and Zhao Yafan both couldn’t help but smile as Ji Feng joked with them, which was also an expression of goodwill.
But they didn’t know that Ji Feng had really come into contact with extraterrestrial drinks.
In the training space of the intelligent brain, Ji Feng had learnt about etiquette, and distinguishing drinks was one of the skills. Only, these things could not be explained to Su Yayun and the two of them.
“Mr Su, I wonder what you plan to do with Xu Long?” Ji Feng asked with a smile.
“This old dog has done so many bad things, I want to take him as a sacrifice to my father!” The moment Xu Long was mentioned, Su Yayun’s face instantly turned cold.
Next to Xu Yuan, a complicated look flashed across her eyes then, and she opened her mouth, but could not say anything.
“But before that, I have to call a meeting of the group’s shareholders, so that everyone will know that we have destroyed Xu Long!” Su Yayun said in a hateful voice.
“By the way, Young Ji, I wonder if the two of you can come to our meeting as well?” Zhao Yafan suddenly asked.
“Hmm?”
Ji Feng was stunned, then he laughed, “Your group’s internal meeting is not very convenient for us to attend, right?”
“No, no, this is just a briefing, it’s okay!” Zhao Yafan laughed, “Young Ji, if you stay here, you’ll be representing the Shengshi Group, so it’s better to speak up when the time comes.”
“What does that say?” Ji Feng was a bit puzzled, “Mr. Zhao, from what you’re saying, it seems like there might be trouble at this meeting?”
“This ……” Zhao Yafan looked at Su Yayun and found that she didn’t say anything, so he nodded and said, “To be honest, young Ji, within our Donghai Group, there is also more or less …… In order to prevent anyone from not believing it, we would like to ask Ji Shao to stay for our meeting and be a witness!”
“Not amicable?”
Ji Feng couldn’t help but shake his head with a smile, “I’ve always heard that the East China Sea Gang is sincere and united, but I didn’t expect that you guys are also full of conflicts here.”
“Humph!” Su Yayun coldly snorted and said in a cold voice, “It’s just that some people are leaning on the old and have inflated ambitions.”
“Hehe ……” Ji Feng smiled faintly, and it was not convenient to pry any further.
“There are people in the gang who don’t obey you?” Xu Yuan suddenly asked.
Su Yayun hummed, “Just some jumping clowns, not worth mentioning.”
Zhao Yafan, however, explained, “Young Ji, Miss Xu, don’t misunderstand, our General Manager Su is not targeting you, but there are some people in the gang that have been thinking about this position of our General Manager Su ……”
“Yafan!” Su Yayun interrupted him, “No need to talk about these things to annoy Ji Shao and the others as well.”
Zhao Yafan laughed, “Big Sister, it’s better to explain something clearly to Younger Ji and the others, after all, when Qi Laosan arrives later, something might happen.”
Su Yayun also stopped saying anything.
“Ji Shao, actually the thing is like this ……” Zhao Yafan smiled apologetically at Ji Feng and the others, and then gave a detailed introduction.
Through Zhao Yafan’s telling, Ji Feng finally understood the original story.
Chapter 844
Through Zhao Yafan’s account, Ji Feng finally understood what had happened.
It turned out that because the East Sea Gang was not founded by Su Yayun, but after her father, Elder Su, was taken out by Xu Long, the Hungry Wolf’s son-in-law, she was ordered to continue to maintain the name of the East Sea Gang and fight against Xu Long with some of her men who were loyal to Elder Su.
But apart from these people, there were some others, who were originally at odds with Xu Long in the gang, so after Xu Long rebelled against the East Sea Gang, those people stayed in the original East Sea Gang.
However, at this time, Xu Long had the absolute upper hand. Not only had he formed the Dragon Tiger Gang, but he also had many men under him, and the East Sea Gang was no match for the Dragon Tiger Gang at this time. Because of this, those who were already at odds with Xu Long acknowledged Su Yayun’s status as the heir of Elder Su and allowed her to take over the East Sea Gang and become its leader.
Over the years, thanks to Su Yayun’s efforts, Liao Qichang became the top warlord of the East Sea Gang, brave enough to keep the Gang alive and not swallowed up completely by the Dragon Tiger Gang, despite being on the losing end. And with the addition of Zhao Yafan, the East Sea Gang began to take off.
The East Sea Gang was slowly able to compete with the Dragon Tiger Gang, and although they were always on the bottom, they did not suffer too much, so it can be said that although the East Sea Gang was slightly weaker, they had no problem living in a comfortable manner.
Under such circumstances, those who had joined the East Sea Gang due to Xu Long’s pressure and were forced to acknowledge Su Ya Yun’s position as the gang’s leader could not help but start to move and their ambitions began to swell.
The most obvious manifestation of this was one of the hall masters who had fought alongside Master Su before, Qi Yangzhou, known as Qi Sanshu.
Of course, in secret, Su Ya Yun called him Qi Lao San.
Especially in the last year, Qi Yangzhou has become even more arrogant and domineering, openly opposing Su Yayun’s opinions on many occasions, sometimes even making Su Yayun uncomfortable.
Not only that, but even the brothers under Qi Laosan’s hall have started to provoke the other hall members, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally. Sometimes, the brothers under Qi Lao San’s hall would go to other hall’s venues to cause trouble, to fight on the pretext of fighting, or to create some trouble.
On top of that, and even more so, on a few occasions when several other halls were doing business, news was leaked and they were either taken advantage of by people from the Dragon Tiger Gang or when they were doing something improper, they were wiped out by the police!
And when it came to the recent past, Qi Lao San’s people started to let the wind out, saying things like the East China Sea Gang being overseen by a woman was tarnishing the image of the other grand masters, and so on, the intention was naturally self-explanatory!
“In that case, is this Qi Yangzhou trying to separate from the East Sea Gang? Or does he want to be the leader of the gang himself?” Ji Feng couldn’t help but ask with a smile after hearing this.
“So, this time at the group meeting, this Qi Lao San should still say some strange things, or even question the words of our General Manager Su.” Zhao Yafan said, “That’s why I want to ask Ji Shao to stay, so that he can also be a witness for us then.”
“That’s not a problem!”
Ji Feng nodded slightly and said, “However, I really can’t represent the Shengshi Group, and frankly speaking, we also have a cooperative relationship with the Shengshi Group, but it’s still no problem to give you guys a testimony!”
“A cooperative relationship?” Su Yayun couldn’t help but be stunned.
“That’s right.”
Ji Feng nodded slightly, “We are from Jiangzhou Xiao Pharmaceutical Factory, and our pharmaceutical factory has a cooperative relationship with the Shengshi Group, but it is only a cooperative relationship. I can’t represent the Shengshi Group.”
“That’s okay.” Zhao Yafan laughed, “After all, you are involved in this matter, after all, Ji Shao, and besides, it doesn’t necessarily mean that there will be problems.”
“Don’t worry, I will testify for General Manager Su when necessary!” Ji Feng faintly nodded his head.
“Then, thanks a lot!” Zhao Yafan nodded and smiled.
“However, I would like to take the liberty of saying that it is better to remove a tumour like Qi Laosan as early as possible, after all, staying here might lead to other big problems!” Ji Feng laughed.
“Ugh!”
Zhao Yafan shook his head and laughed bitterly, “Saying so, but …… How easy is it to talk!”
Ji Feng then stopped asking more questions, because this might involve some secret secrets of the East Sea Gang, which was not something outsiders should ask.
However, just from what Zhao Yafan said, Ji Feng could conclude that this Qi Laosan must be arrogant to the extreme within the East Sea Gang, and, also, strong to the extreme.
Everyone knew that organisations like those on the Dao would usually have several halls underneath, each responsible for different businesses or receiving different tasks. Therefore, the strength of each hall is also different. There may be some halls that specialise in fighting, so they are very strong in fighting, and some halls are responsible for business, so this hall is very strong in financial resources.
And the fact that Qi Laosan was able to let his men go to the other Tong’s field to spill the beans and cause trouble meant that his Tong’s strength should be the strongest.
Perhaps, this was what Zhao Yafan and Su Ya Yun feared most about Qi Laosan.
After all, to remove such a strong hall master, a slight mistake might cause the East Sea Gang to suffer a great deal of damage, or even, perhaps, Qi Laosan might even turn against them, and at that time, it would be a big trouble.
While Ji Feng was chatting with Su Yayun and Zhao Yafan, Xu Yuan sat next to them without saying a word, her delicate face showing a trace of sadness and silence.
Next, Ji Feng and the others had a few idle chats, but they did not get involved in these matters anymore, but chatted about the sky and the earth, or talked about some current affairs, experience in running the company and so on.
It has to be said that Zhao Yafan is indeed a talented person, at least Ji Feng’s feeling is like this.
This man was polite and courteous, but he spoke in a clear manner and got to the point in every sentence, with little nonsense.
It could be seen that he was clear in his thinking and had a far-sighted vision, and this was what Ji Feng appreciated most about him.
Just as a few people were chatting idly, a sound of footsteps suddenly came over, followed by a mid-toned voice ringing out in the corridor outside.
“Where is the Ya Yun gang master, this cold weather, having to wake us all up early in the morning, saying something about a meeting, isn’t that a bit too much of a toss?” The person who spoke had a loud voice, without the slightest intention to disguise it, obviously wanting Su Yayun in the office to hear it, “You youngsters are fine, but my old bones can’t stand such a torment.”
“Qi Laosan, too arrogant!” Su Yayun suddenly turned blue, the other party’s meaning in these words was obviously saying that she was young and ignorant, tossing about recklessly.
Zhao Yafan immediately whispered, “Big Sister, don’t get angry, just treat it as a gust of wind blowing by.”
Ji Feng’s heart twitched, so this person who spoke was Qi Laosan, but listening to his voice, he was full of mid-air, not like any old bones.
“Tell him to wait in the meeting room!” Su Yayun said in a cold voice.
“Yes!” Zhao Yafan stood up, went out and opened the office door, and said aloud, “Manager Qi, the chairman is busy, the others are not here yet, you can go to the meeting room first, and the meeting will be held when everyone arrives!”
“What’s so busy so early in the morning, the chairman is working so hard, don’t tire yourself out!” Qi Laosan’s voice came over again.
“Manager Qi, the chairman told you to wait in the meeting room!” Zhao Yafan’s voice was a little displeased.
“Humph!”
Qi Laosan snorted coldly, “Who are you talking to! When I was fighting side by side with the old gang leader, you were still wearing crotch trousers! Not to mention you, even your father was only the old gang leader’s driver at that time!”
“Manager Qi, I hope you won’t disobey the chairman’s words!” Zhao Yafan said in a low voice, obviously suppressing his anger.
Snap!
The door of the office was directly pushed open, and a tall figure walked in.
It was a middle-aged man in his early forties, with slightly white hair, a tall figure, a Chinese face, and a somewhat serious look that seemed to be very decent.
But at this moment, this man’s face was wearing an open smile, which made people look very uncomfortable. His eyes, too, were not of a gloomy cold light flickering.
“This is a person who is similar to Xu Long!” Ji Feng instantly said in a dark voice, wary.
“Ya Yun, why are you busy early in the morning, watch out for your body, now the group can’t do without you!” This middle-aged man laughed harshly.
“Qiyang Zhou, can’t you see I’m entertaining guests?” Su Yayun’s face sank as she rebuked, “If you barge in like this, what will the guests think of our Donghai Group? Do you think that we are all people who are rude and do not know the rules?!”
Qi Yangzhou’s face instantly changed, a cold light flashed in his eyes, then he laughed heatedly and lowly, “Ya Yun, now you’re really good, how can I say I’m also from your father’s generation, you don’t even address my position without saying “uncle”?”
“Public is public and private is private! Manager Qi, don’t get confused!” Su Yayun said with a sober and pretty face.
“What a great righteousness!”
Qi Yangzhou laughed with a carefree grin and looked at Ji Feng and Xu Yuan again, “These two are …… How do you address them?!”
Ji Feng’s gaze swept over without speaking.
Qi Yangzhou’s face instantly sank and was about to snap.
“Manager Qi, I am receiving guests, please go to the meeting room and wait!” Su Yayun coldly shouted, “Don’t make me say it again!”
“Su Yayun, this chairmanship of yours is carried by these brethren underneath, treating the patriarchs in the group like this will make people’s hearts chill!” Qi Yangzhou said meaningfully, while giving Su Yayun and Ji Feng a deep glance, before flinging his sleeves and leaving.
“Humph!”
Su Yayun coldly snorted, her face was blue and her chest was heaving sharply, obviously infuriated.
Ji Feng couldn’t help but frown slightly and secretly said, “It looks like the conflict within the East Sea Gang is even more serious than what Zhao Yafan introduced.”