spring bite mark

Chapter 84 The Madam Has Arrived
Yan Changye answered naturally, "He and I are as close as father and son."

He spoke so openly and honestly that Jiang Manman no longer suspected him and joked, "When you have time, you can mention it to Xie Yunxi and bring the child to the capital so I can play for a few days."

Yan Changye paused for quite a while this time.

He didn't give a definite answer: "I'll talk to you when I'm done with my work."

Outside the video call, one could already faintly hear someone urging them. Yan Changye was slightly annoyed: "Then I'll go take care of things first, and I'll contact you when I have time."

Jiang Manman smiled gently and hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, she didn't go to sleep immediately. Instead, she put on a coat and stood by the window, gazing at the starry sky outside in a daze.

After a while, she called Jiang Rong: "Shorten my recent schedule and free up two days to book a flight to Gangdu."

On the afternoon of the day the college entrance examination ended, Jiang Manman accompanied Jiang Che to pick up the car, using Yan Changye's black card.

A cool blue lizard roamed the street, attracting glances from passersby. Jiang Manman, sitting in the passenger seat, asked Jiang Che, "Have you estimated your scores? Are you confident you can get into a 985 university?"

"It's alright." Jiang Che paused for a moment, "but I haven't decided what to major in yet."

Jiang Manman glanced at him: "You've always been a very opinionated person."

“I really want to do scientific research, but I am the only heir in the Jiang family. My parents may need an heir who studies finance.”

Jiang Manman pondered, "Can't we cultivate both?"

"We'll see," Jiang Che laughed boastfully. "Don't worry about your studies until the scores come out! Sis, I've made plans with some high school classmates to travel to another city together."

"Be careful and don't cause trouble," Jiang Manman instructed, but decided to secretly arrange for two bodyguards to accompany her.

Jiang Rong booked Jiang Manman's plane ticket on the same day that Jiang Che left the capital.

The two went to the airport together.

Jiang Che drove his new sports car with great affection, driving slowly and attracting plenty of attention.

"I never realized you were such a show-off," Jiang Manman teased.

“This car was given to me by Yan Changye.” Jiang Che chuckled. “Sister, go and ask around. There are definitely fewer than five people in the entire capital who have received a car from Yan Changye.”

"Alright, your boarding time is approaching. If you don't speed up, you'll miss your flight."

Jiang Che stepped on the gas and arrived at the airport twenty minutes before boarding. Inside the airport, several other classmates were already waiting at the check-in gate. Upon seeing Jiang Che, they first complained, and then they saw Jiang Manman behind him.

"Jiang Che, your girlfriend?" Several boys' eyes lit up. "No wonder you didn't even look at the school beauty when she was pursuing you. Turns out you already had someone prettier."

Jiang Che rolled her eyes at them: "This is my sister."

The boys' eyes lit up even more, and one of them couldn't help but ask, "Do you need a brother-in-law? I can be one."

“The last person who dared to covet my sister was sent to mine in Africa by my extremely jealous brother-in-law.” Jiang Che looked at the group with disdain. “With your ugly faces covered in pimples, you can’t even compare to a single hair on my brother-in-law’s head. Don’t even dream about it.”

After saying that, he turned to Jiang Manman and said, "Sister, we'll be going now. We'll bring you a souvenir when we get back."

After saying that, he immediately ushered a group of people to have their tickets checked.

From afar, Jiang Manman could still hear two men persistently inquiring about Jiang Che's brother-in-law:

"Jiang Che, don't you know, relationships between older women and younger men are all the rage these days? No matter how good your brother-in-law is, can he compare to the novelty of a younger brother like us? You should at least ask your sister if she really wants this, right?"

"What does your brother-in-law do? If my sister is with me, my entire department store will belong to her in the future."

"Department store my foot! My Jiang family owns several buildings, what are you compared to me!" Jiang Che's tone turned cold. "It's fine if you joke with me normally, but don't mess with my sister, or don't blame me for turning on you." His voice gradually faded away.

Jiang Manman stood outside the ticket gate, watching the two bodyguards she had arranged follow them, before calmly withdrawing her gaze.

She instructed the bodyguards standing not far behind her: "Let's go, we need to prepare to board the plane."

Port city.

Headquarters of the Xie family conglomerate.

Less than two months after Yan Changye returned to the Xie family, he had already purged three waves of disloyal directors. The most serious incident was when someone inside leaked Xie Yuheng's whereabouts abroad, leading to an unexplained attack on the hotel where Xie Yuheng was staying. Although Xie Yuheng was unharmed, five or six of his bodyguards were killed.

Enraged, Yan Changye spent an entire week thoroughly purging the remaining board members, creating an atmosphere of unease at every meeting.

Today was another routine liquidation meeting. All the directors sat obediently in the meeting room, their hearts filled with unease, wondering who would be the unlucky one this time.

The Xie legal team and the supervisory team sat solemnly on either side of the banquet hall.

The handsome, arrogant young master of the Xie family, with his refined features and air of a playboy, coldly tossed a document in front of the supervisory team: "Read it."

The representative of the regulatory team opened the documents and said in a cold tone: "According to our comprehensive investigation, three board members violated regulations by selling shares to rival companies, falsifying data, and leaking confidential Xie Group documents in order to compete for the position of president of the Asia-Europe division. One of the leaked confidential documents involved part of the chairman's overseas itinerary."

Several board members' expressions changed.

The representative of the regulatory team continued, "We, together with our legal team, have filed charges against the three individuals for commercial offenses. The list of those involved will be released later."

Yan Changye's peach blossom eyes swept over the group of people with unpleasant expressions, then he leisurely took out another document and tossed it over: "Read it again."

This time, the legal team took over personally: "An investigation revealed that a director within the group colluded with overseas entities, using the guise of recruiting assistants to infiltrate the Xie family business. Last month, they stole important documents, leading to the sinking of 36 cargo ships overseas and the collapse of five subsidiaries of the HL Group. The directors involved will be investigated and dealt with in a unified manner later."

Finally, one of the directors turned pale, his voice trembling: "President Xie, you...you're being unreasonable! Those thirty-six cargo ships that sank overseas didn't belong to the Xie family, they belonged to the HL Group..."

The legal team looked at him coldly: "That's because the documents stolen by the industrial spies were fake. The coordinate data inside was replaced with that of the HL Group; otherwise, it would have been the Xie family's shipping company that was in trouble."

"Everything must be based on evidence..."

“We have the evidence, of course. We’ll hand it over to the Commercial Crime Investigation Bureau when they arrive.” The legal team waved a thick stack of attachments under the documents.

"So, those five branches of the HL Group..."

Yan Changye lazily replied with an "oh," "I ate it."

He sat up slightly, his tone slightly sarcastic: "Five HL branch offices have increased the value of your shares by three percent. Are you all happy?"

Only a very few board members who had a clear conscience were happy. Most of them looked ashen-faced; after all, no matter how valuable the shares were, you still needed to be alive to receive them. It was anyone's guess when this sinister heir would have a change of heart and stop the liquidation.

But at least, not right now.

Because, in front of one pale-faced director after another, Yan Changye tossed another document at them, his tone even more elegant and casual than before: "Continue reading."

Several more directors' legs went weak.

An hour later, officers from the Commercial Investigation Bureau, accompanied by several police cars, escorted six or seven members of the board of directors away.

Yan Changye looked at the remaining twenty-odd directors, his peach blossom eyes cold and sharp. Just as he was about to speak, Shen Zongqian walked in, steeling himself.

Yan Changye gave him a cold look: "Can't you see I'm busy?"

Shen Zongqian's expression was complicated as he spoke in a voice only he could hear:
"Boss, Madam has arrived in Hong Kong and just got off the plane."

(End of this chapter)