Lu Mingzhe got into a taxi and continued calling Xiang Wan, but there was still no answer.
With no other options, he had the driver go to Tang Haichao's company.
The company doors were closed, but he could see lights on in the offices through the glass doors. Lu Mingzhe began banging frantically on the outside.
A moment later, Tang Haichao's assistant ran over.
Before she could speak, Lu Mingzhe loudly asked, "Is Tang Haichao here?"
The assistant recognized him. He had caused a scene at the company a couple of days prior, smashing things and yelling, even calling the police.
She instinctively lied, "Look at the time, our President Tang left work long ago."
"Stop with the nonsense. Open the door, I'll go in and see myself."
"Sir…"
Lu Mingzhe casually picked up a decorative bamboo from the corner by the wall.
"I know he's inside, don't try to fool me. Hurry up and open it, don't force me to smash the door!"
A man over 1.8 meters tall, looking down at the 1.6-meter-tall female employee with a dark expression and a fierce tone, terrified the assistant.
Reluctantly, she opened the door.
"President Tang drank too much and is sleeping in his office. I don't dare to wake him, so I haven't left yet…"
She wanted to say, finding a job isn't easy for us workers, please don't make me lose mine.
But before she finished speaking, Lu Mingzhe impatiently rushed in.
"Tang Haichao! Tang Haichao! Get out here!"
Following the lights, he quickly found Tang Haichao's office.
With a "crash," he pushed the door open and saw him lying sprawled on the sofa.
He walked over, grabbed Tang Haichao by the collar, and shoved him hard onto the carpet. Dazed, Tang Haichao fell to the ground.
The assistant rushed over, "President Tang, President Tang! Are you okay, President Tang?"
With the carpet as a cushion, his head didn't hit hard, but he was woken up in a daze.
Tang Haichao frowned, looked at the assistant, then at his surroundings. He weakly closed his eyes again.
"Is it time to go home then?"
"President Tang, you are on the ground. Let's get up and talk."
Tang Haichao was helped up forcefully by her. Only then did he see a pair of men's feet standing in front of him.
Following the legs up, he saw Lu Mingzhe's face contorted with rage.
"Am I the one who's drunk, or what? How did he get here?"
Lu Mingzhe reached out and grabbed his collar again.
"Still playing games with me? Where did Xiang Wan go to discuss work? Did she run into another perverted client, do you know?"
"You have the nerve to say you like her? You didn't show any liking when you pushed her out to talk to clients! You hypocritical piece of trash, tell me where she is now!"
Tang Haichao had gone to the hospital to see Xiang Wan at noon and had reconsidered getting back together with Lu Mingzhe. He was furious, lost in his thoughts, and had drunk heavily. His head still hurt, and he was somewhat disoriented.
Hearing Lu Mingzhe speak like this, he slowly looked at the assistant.
"Did Manager Xiang come to work today?"
"No."
"Then why would she go to meet a client?"
"Still pretending? Didn't her apprentice call her to go? Don't you know?"
Tang Haichao ignored his angry accusations and asked the assistant again.
"Which client did they go to meet?"
"It should be Vice President Li from Wanlong Mall. I only heard Xiao He mention it casually. That deal is quite large, and they are paying a lot of attention to it. They've been led around by the nose by Vice President Li recently, it's quite frustrating."
"Vice President Li… Vice President Li?"
Tang Haichao suddenly sobered up, slapped the table, and stood up.
"The two of them are really asking for death, going to meet Vice President Li privately? That guy… where's my phone?
Quick, call Xiao He!"
The assistant, not understanding what was happening, was startled by his roar and quickly handed him her phone.
"What's wrong, President Tang?"
"That guy surnamed Li has peculiar habits! I've heard many people say he's very adventurous!"
"I realized long ago that he was interested in Xiang Wan and her group, so I kept delaying their progress, wanting to wait for the right moment. I didn't expect…"
He asked Lu Mingzhe, "How long have they been gone? Did that guy Li bring anyone else?"
Lu Mingzhe was already worried about Xiang Wan suffering. Hearing him say this made him even more furious, wanting to punch him to death.
"You're asking me? Your client, your company, your employees, and you're asking me?"
"No matter what it takes, get them back here immediately! If anything happens to Xiang Wan today, even if nothing happens, Tang, I'll make sure you don't see tomorrow's sunrise."
When Xiang Wan rushed to the private room, three empty bottles of Wuliangye were already on the table.
There were three people, three empty bottles, meaning each person had drunk half a kilogram of baijiu.
She wondered if they had a chance to switch it to plain water today. If this was real baijiu, what would happen if they drank more?
Xiao He opened another bottle and was pouring wine for Vice President Li.
Vice President Li held the female apprentice's hand with one hand, while his other hand was somewhere else, stroking. His eyes were fixed on her eyes, and he was communicating with her affectionately.
Xiang Wan tidied her expression at the door, took a deep breath, smiled broadly, and raised her voice as she walked in.
"Sorry, Mr. Li~ I'm late~"
Normally, Tang Haichao and Xiang Wan indulged them, and they would use small tricks, secretly replacing baijiu with plain water, so the female apprentice never got too drunk and was always pretending.
Today, she had actually drunk half a kilogram and was now dizzy and unable to function.
Perhaps Vice President Li had noticed and was relentlessly taking advantage of her.
She and Xiao He could no longer stand it, yet this old man was still asking to be poured wine.
If this continued, they would either have to do whatever he wanted or the deal would be lost. Otherwise, they wouldn't get through the night.
Fortunately, Xiang Wan's voice came at this moment.
The female apprentice saw her as a savior, quickly pushed Vice President Li's hand away, and swayed as she stood up.
"Sister Wan!"
Xiang Wan saw her pale face and cold sweat and knew she was not feeling well.
She walked over, patted her shoulder, and deliberately put on a stern face.
"You're something else. It's not your first day at the company, and you still manage to get yourself like this after a drink?"
"You can't even manage your own image, are you afraid of disgusting Mr. Li? Go and touch up your makeup quickly, I'll sit with Mr. Li for a while."
The female apprentice gave her a grateful look, grabbed her bag, and ran out.
She asked Xiao He for the wine bottle, "Xiao He, leave this to me. Go and check on her. Being so careless, running so fast, don't bump into anyone."
Xiao He also gave her a grateful look and dashed out.
In a blink of an eye, only the two of them were left in the private room.
Vice President Li's face was flushed from drinking, but he was still quite energetic.
Skillfully, he placed his hand on her shoulder.
"It's good that you're here. I was just asking about your apprentices, why do they keep saying they value our Wanlong Mall, but at the critical moment, Sister Wan won't even show her face?"
"If you don't come, I absolutely won't sign this today!"
"You know, brother has always valued you the most. I want to keep all the good things for you…"
Xiang Wan looked at his disgusting face and couldn't help but curse inwardly.