At the beginning, I found 100 million in a rental house.

"President Ye, aren't you being a bit too biased?" Zhang Youting teased from the side, her tone laced with sarcasm. "Such a large jewelry group, and you just give it to Sister Xuan like that?"

Ye Feng turned to look at her, a half-smile on his face: "What, you want it too?"

"How could I dare?" Zhang Youting stuck out her tongue. "I'm just a secretary, I don't have Sister Xuan's abilities."

"Just know that you're a secretary." Ye Feng smiled, then looked at Chen Xuan, "This group is a mess right now, you should be prepared."

Chen Xuan has calmed down.

She took a deep breath, the gentleness on her face fading, replaced by the coldness and decisiveness unique to a business queen.

“I know.” Chen Xuan’s voice was steady. “The Chen Dehan family has been running the company for so many years, and there must be countless corrupt officials and the finances must be a complete mess.”

She looked at Niu Songran: "Mr. Niu, I'll have to work hard from now on."

"Mr. Chen, you're too kind." Niu Songran quickly bowed his head. "It's what I should do."

"Alright." Chen Xuan nodded, then looked at Ye Feng, "Xiao Feng, I need time for the specific handover and investigation work."

"Here you go." Ye Feng said decisively. "If you need any support, just tell me."

"Mm." Chen Xuan smiled, a smile full of confidence and strength.

Ye Feng smiled too.

He turned around and looked at the other people in the hall.

The employees all hung their heads, barely daring to breathe. They didn't know how the new boss, the new person in charge, would treat them.

"That's enough for today." Ye Feng's voice echoed in the hall. "The next investigation will be handled by General Manager Niu and General Manager Chen. You all know who did what."

He paused, his voice turning cold:
“If someone confesses voluntarily, I can consider giving them a lighter sentence.”

"Waiting to be found out..."

Ye Feng didn't finish speaking, but everyone understood what he meant.

The hall was deathly silent.

Ye Feng said no more, turned to Chen Xuan and Zhang Youting and said, "Let's go to the office and get the basic handover done first."

"Okay." Chen Xuan nodded.

Zhang Youting quickly followed.

Just as the three were about to leave, Niu Songran suddenly spoke up: "Boss Ye, President Chen, I'll have someone prepare the meeting room, and I'll have the relevant documents and materials sent over immediately."

"Thank you for your trouble." Ye Feng nodded.

Niu Songran immediately arranged for someone to handle it.

Just then—

"Ring ring..."

A sudden, urgent cell phone ringtone sounded.

It's Zhang Youting's phone.

She frowned, took out her phone, and glanced at the screen. It was a subordinate's number. She wanted to hang up, but remembering that the other party was currently in charge of a charity project funded by Lingyun Real Estate, she hesitated for a moment and then answered the phone.

"Hey?"

She had barely uttered a word when a hurried, tearful female voice came from the other end of the phone: "Secretary Zhang! Something terrible has happened! We've been scammed! All those villagers are—" The voice trailed off.

Immediately afterwards, a chaotic noise came from the phone: a man's angry curses, a woman's screams, and the sound of things breaking.

Then--

"Beep beep..."

The call was disconnected.

Zhang Youting's expression changed instantly.

She almost instinctively wanted to rush outside.

"Youting? What's wrong?" Chen Xuan grabbed her arm and asked quickly, "Why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

Ye Feng also looked at her.

Zhang Youting raised her head, her face pale and her lips trembling slightly. She looked at Chen Xuan, then at Ye Feng, opened her mouth, but no sound came out.

"Speak," Ye Feng said, frowning.

Zhang Youting took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down, but her voice still trembled uncontrollably:

"Yes, it's the charity project we donated to... a call from a frontline worker..."

She paused, her voice filled with disbelief:

She said that the villagers in those so-called impoverished mountain areas we donated to...

"They're all scammers."

Chen Xuan's eyes widened instantly.

Ye Feng's brows furrowed even more deeply.

"Where's the phone?" Ye Feng asked.

"It hung up...it disconnected..." Zhang Youting's voice trembled. "I hadn't finished speaking when it cut off...it felt like...it felt like someone snatched my phone..."

The hall was completely silent.

Everyone was watching the three of them.

Niu Songran also sensed that something was wrong, but he wisely kept quiet and stood aside, waiting quietly.

Chen Xuan's expression also turned ugly.

She looked at Zhang Youting: "Try calling again."

Zhang Youting nodded, her hands trembling, and dialed the number back.

"Sorry, the number you dialed is currently switched off..."

A cold, electronic female voice came from the receiver.

Zhang Youting's face was as white as paper.

"It's off..." she murmured, then suddenly looked up at Chen Xuan and Ye Feng, her eyes filled with panic and fear. "Sister Xuan, President Ye, that staff member... she might be in trouble!"

Chen Xuan's breathing became rapid. (End of Chapter)