"Shut up! Are you now arguing with me for a woman with a bad reputation? What kind of spell did she cast on you that you not only scold your own sister but also ignore the rules of hierarchy?!"
Pei Mingyuan said, "She doesn't have a bad reputation. You've all misunderstood her! The incident back then wasn't her fault at all! She was the victim!"
Pei Jun interrupted him sharply:
"Regardless, I won't allow this woman to stay at Pei Corporation any longer! Fire her immediately! As for her project plan, since the Yan family is satisfied with it, just spend some money to buy it!"
"Dad!" Pei Mingyuan was in disbelief. "How could you do this? This is turning one's back on someone after using them!"
"If you don't fire her, I'll unite with the shareholders to remove you from the position of CEO. Think carefully about whether you want to keep your position as CEO or keep her."
This woman was truly a disaster. Back then, she had caused quite a stir in Fengcheng, and now that she was in Haicheng, she still couldn't stay out of trouble! If the Yan family was angered by this woman and withdrew their investment from the Bay Project, they would be finished. Before the Yan family took action, they had to kick her out of the project.
Pei Jun gave Pei Mingyuan a deep look and then turned around and left.
Pei Mingyuan lowered his head, his hands unconsciously clenching into fists.
His father really knew his weakness well. On the surface, he, Pei Mingyuan, seemed to be the powerful CEO of Pei Corporation, but who knew that he didn't even have the power to oppose his father?
Dragging his weak legs, Pei Mingyuan turned around and walked towards his room. He locked the door, threw himself on the bed, and stayed awake all night.
At Haicheng Airport, Yan Zhen was flanked by two tall and strong bodyguards as he boarded the plane back to Fengcheng.
It had been four years. He had finally found the person he had been longing to see, and he was simply unwilling to leave Haicheng like this. However, Yan Yancheng's bodyguards were extremely difficult to deal with. Along the way, he had tried various means to escape, such as pretending to be sick, going to the toilet, and looking for the police, but all his attempts had been foiled. In the end, he could only watch helplessly as the plane's cabin door closed, taxied, and took off.
Two hours later, after the plane landed safely at Fengcheng Airport, the bodyguards took Yan Zhen into a car that had been waiting there and drove him straight to the Yan family's old mansion.
Pang Qing was an old butler of the Yan family and naturally knew Yan Yancheng very well. When he saw Yan Zhen being brought back by two of Yan Yancheng's bodyguards, his face showed shock.
"This is..."
Bodyguard A Qiang said, "Young Master Yan Zhen caused trouble for the Third Master as soon as he arrived in Haicheng. The Third Master specifically instructed us to send Young Master Yan Zhen back to Fengcheng and hand him over to the Chairman."
Yan Zhen struggled desperately and finally managed to break free. By now, he had completely lost his temper due to anger. He rushed forward, grabbed a vase at random, and smashed it to the ground with a "bang".
"Let me tell you, I won't let this go like this!"
Butler Pang was too late to stop him and could only watch helplessly as the vase turned into pieces. He sighed: It was a porcelain vase worth five hundred thousand!
It was close to dawn. Yan Haikun was just about to go to bed when he heard the commotion outside. He pressed the shoulder of the person beside him who was about to get up and walked out with the help of his walking stick.
Seeing the messy living room, he frowned and said,
"What's all this noise about? Don't you know what time it is?"
Yan Yancheng's bodyguard repeated what he had just said. Yan Zhen turned around with red eyes and roared, "Grandpa, it's not like this! It was Uncle who did something wrong first—"
Yan Haikun said with a straight face, "Yan Zhen, didn't you promise me that you wouldn't bother your uncle when you went to Haicheng? Since he sent you back, you should stay in Fengcheng obediently and not go anywhere."
Yan Zhen said, "But Grandpa, do you know what Uncle has done?!"
Taking a deep breath, Yan Zhen said recklessly, "Grandpa, do you still remember Yuan Xi? Uncle personally admitted that it was he who ruined Yuan Xi's innocence back then! Moreover, they even had a child!"
Yan Haikun was almost stunned by this news. He exchanged a look with Butler Pang and said, "So what?"
So what? Yan Zhen really wanted to laugh. He looked up at Yan Haikun and said, "Grandpa, Uncle ruined my fiancée. Don't you think he's going too far? If it weren't for him, why would I have broken off the engagement with Yuan Xi? Shouldn't he give me an explanation?"
Why? His uncle had done such a thing, but Grandpa could still ask the question "why" so lightly? Uncle could go wherever he wanted and do whatever he wanted, while he had to prove himself first just to go to Haicheng!
This was so unfair!
Yan Haikun only asked, "So, do you want to break off the engagement with Yuan Ya'er and get engaged to Yuan Xi again? Have you thought it through?"
Yan Zhen's anger was extinguished by a bucket of cold water, and his chaotic mind was also awakened by this slap.
The legitimate daughter of the Yuan family was Yuan Ya'er, while Yuan Xi had an ordinary background. For him, marrying Yuan Ya'er would be more beneficial for him to take over the Yan Corporation. It was already obvious who he should choose between the two.
He said in a hurry, "It's not like this, Grandpa! I, I only regard Yuan Xi as my younger sister now..."
"Then there's nothing more to say." Yan Haikun said, "Back then, it was you who personally refused this marriage, and now, it's also you who personally told me that you want to marry Yuan Ya'er. Since you've fallen in love with someone else, there's no point in pursuing what happened back then. Remember, Yuan Ya'er is your fiancée. If you're really envious that your uncle became a father before you, then hurry up and complete the wedding with Yuan Ya'er and let her have a child too."
Yan Zhen lowered his head and was silent for a while, then said, "I understand, Grandpa."
Yan Haikun said, "Take him back to his room."
In Haicheng, at the Second Hospital of Pei Corporation, Huang Zhenzhen was sitting beside the hospital bed, peeling an apple while talking to Cui Jiandong who was lying on the bed.
"Just now, Dai Sha called me. She said the competition is over. Yuan Xi won the first prize, and Zhou Yaru won the second prize! As for that Miss Pei, guess what happened to her?"
Cui Jiandong was surprised. "Yuan Xi won the first prize? She... is that good?"
"Right! Unexpected, right?" Huang Zhenzhen said excitedly. "Her work even had the highest initial score! Dai Sha said that when the scores were announced, everyone was shocked! Because her score was almost a perfect score!"
Cui Jiandong said, "What happened to that Miss Pei you mentioned?"
Huang Zhenzhen took out her phone, tapped on the screen, and then held it in front of Cui Jiandong. Someone had recorded the video of Pei Weiwei being exposed on stage by the guest for plagiarizing someone else's work in the competition and had uploaded it to the employee group.
When they saw Pei Weiwei shouting angrily, "I'm the daughter of the Chairman," but then having her signal cut off, Cui Jiandong couldn't help laughing. He accidentally pulled his wound and cried out in pain.
Huang Zhenzhen quickly turned off the video. "Are you okay? I shouldn't have shown you this."
Cui Jiandong finally stopped laughing and said, "I'm okay, I'm okay. Yuan Xi won the first prize, while Miss Pei has become the laughingstock of the entire Pei Corporation. Miss Pei lost the challenge, and she lost so miserably. It's really satisfying. I hope this lesson will make her behave herself in the future and stop causing trouble."
Huang Zhenzhen snorted. "Even if she causes more trouble, Yuan Xi won't be afraid of her."
Noticing that Cui Jiandong seemed a bit absent-minded, she suddenly remembered that he should have been able to be there at the scene to watch all this. He even had a chance to win a prize. Huang Zhenzhen lowered her head guiltily and said,
"I'm sorry. It's all because of me that you lost this chance to participate in the competition. I heard that there was a work called 'Sea Forest' at the scene that no one claimed. That was your work, right? That work even got the third highest initial score."
"Sea Forest?" Cui Jiandong was stunned for a moment and then denied it. "My work doesn't have this name."
Huang Zhenzhen said, "Ah? Really? Then what's the name of your work?"
Cui Jiandong smiled and said, "From what you've said, the only work that no one claimed at the scene was 'Sea Forest', which means my work didn't even qualify for the next round. I won't say its name. I don't want to be embarrassed."