Chapter 15: Surprised

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Once Huang Xudong had left, Huang Ruobing’s office returned to silence. While she had asked Ye Yang about his background, upon receiving an answer from him, Huang Ruobing didn’t press the question.

It was clear that Ye Yang was still hiding something from her, but Huang Ruobing wasn’t so egoistic as to demand that Ye Yang disclose his secrets to someone he had barely gotten to know.

Once she started working, Huang Ruobing’s efficiency was amazing. Remaining in her office, Ye Yang saw many higher management officials entering and leaving the room, all carrying proposals to be discussed with her. This proved how focused she was when it came to work.

In the afternoon, Huang Ruobing’s secretary came into her office, looking slightly distressed. This was a person who could be considered a veteran at work, which made it all the more concerning for her to wear such an expression.

“President Huang, that previous project of ours might need to be halted.”

Huang Ruobing paused. Compared to her secretary’s flustered state, she remained relatively well-composed.

Huang Ruobing replied calmly, “Explain to me what the problem is.”

Perhaps she was influenced by Huang Ruobing’s composure, the secretary gradually calmed down. “President Ruan has suddenly decided to pull back his investments and technical support on the project we’re been working on together with him.”

Huang Ruobing was startled to hear this. President Ruan, as mentioned by the secretary was none other than Ruan Wenxiong. While Huang Ruobing wasn’t well-acquainted with him personally, the man was not a bad person. Knowing this, Huang Ruobing wasn’t too worried.

“Did you contact President Ruan to ask him why he did this?” Huang Ruobing decided to ask this question because for the Ruan family to suddenly retract their investments would only result in damage on both sides.

For this reason, Huang Ruobing was confused about why this was happening. The secretary seemed hesitant to speak up so Huang Ruobing decided she would contact President Ruan on her own. “Forget it. You can get back to work. I’ll contact President Ruan.”

Although she didn’t understand why Ruan Wenxiong would suddenly do this because, in their collaboration, the Huangs had always been on the losing end of the bargain. Still, there wasn’t a better option so she could only try contacting Ruan Wenxiong to get his input.

On a regular basis, Huang Ruobing would never allow herself to be in such a state but in the face of profit, the merits of this collaboration outweighed the worth of her ego. Thus, Huang Ruobing accepted the collaboration plan and if she were told to let go right now, of course, she’d be unwilling to do so.

“President Ruan,” Huang Ruobing greeted. Her call was almost-immediately answered. Before Huang Ruobing could ask anything, Ruan Wenxiong started explaining himself. His honesty caught Huang Ruobing off guard.

“Is this President Huang?” Ruan Wenxiong still maintained a polite tone as amiability makes you rich in the corporate world. No matter how huge their conflict was, it was still wiser to maintain a good relationship. Moreover, their collaboration had been going well prior to this event.

“Yes, this is Huang Ruobing speaking,” Huang Ruobing answered.

The woman was still a member of the Huang family. Although retracting his investments would not damage Huang Ruobing too much, it was still quite a considerable sum of money. Hence, Ruan Wenxiong was reluctant to downright disrespect her.

Since she belonged to the Huang family, if Ruan Wenxiong ended up offending Huang Ruobing, he wouldn’t make it out unscathed either. “President Huang, are you calling about the collaboration? It’s like this, in consideration for our company as a whole, we will need to put the project on hold.”

While Ruan Wenxiong spoke politely, he was indirectly cutting Huang Ruobing off the project. And although Huang Ruobing didn’t know the exact reason why but she was reluctant to keep pressing the matter.

Suddenly, Ye Yang spoke up, “Is Ruan Wenxiong retracting his investment?”

Huang Ruobing was confused and found it odd. Ye Yang hadn’t interrupted her this whole time when he was in the office, but why was he asking this so suddenly?

Although Huang Ruobing didn’t know where the question came from, she still affirmed his question. In fact, it was when the secretary came in to report the situation that Ye Yang caught wind of it.

“It’s just a small matter. I’ll solve it for you,” Ye Yang said after pondering it for a bit. “But you have to help me get there as I need to make a trip to his office.”

Huang Ruobing was startled to hear this. While she didn’t suspect Ye Yang’s capabilities, the man shouldn’t be assuming that her problem was that easy to solve.

Just who exactly was he? Why did he suddenly appear in her life? Why was he helping her? These questions immediately came flooding into her mind.

But soon, she managed to suppress her suspicions and found a different way to phrase her question, “Will you have to force yourself to deal with this issue?”

Since Ye Yang had said it so easily, it meant that he had great confidence in his plans. Huang Ruobing had run out of options anyway, so if Ye Yang could help her with this problem, it would be fantastic.

“It’ll be fine. But do you actually trust me this much?” Ye Yang was curious.

“Just do what you can.” Huang Ruobing was keeping an open mind. “This is the worst possible outcome so there’s nothing you could do to make things any worse.”

Ye Yang smiled at her response. “Don’t worry, I won’t disappoint you.”

Huang Ruobing smiled back without saying more. She dialed the intercom to arrange for transportation for Ye Yang.

“You don’t have to make it so troublesome. I can drive myself,” Ye Yang rejected Huang Ruobing’s arrangement. “Just get me a car.”

At this, Huang Ruobing complied. She pulled her drawer open and took out a key for Ye Yang. “Be careful on your way there.”

Ye Yang didn’t spare a single second before grabbing the key. After saying a few more words to Huang Ruobing, he left for Ruan Wenxiong’s office.