123: Chapter 123: Haste Makes Waste 123: Chapter 123: Haste Makes Waste Tuesday.
The bidding meeting of Su Group was held at Xingchen Hotel.
An Chengyuan and An Xiao represented An Group to attend this bidding.
At twelve noon, the bidding meeting ended.
The final successful bidder was a subsidiary of DK Group.
Lin Yue had been waiting outside the venue of the bidding meeting.
When she saw An Chengyuan and An Xiao come out together, she greeted them with a beaming smile.
She did not notice the expressions on their faces, mainly because she was very confident.
“How did it go?
Did it succeed?”
She asked in a very certain tone.
However, the next words from An Chengyuan instantly froze the smile on her face.
“Lin Yue, let’s end this matter here, do not use your despicable methods to tarnish the reputation of the company!”
An Chengyuan’s face was cold, his words sharp and indifferent.
Lin Yue was stunned: “What…
what happened?”
“What happened?” An Chengyuan looked at her sarcastically: “If you want to bribe someone, at least find the right person to bribe.
This time, you’ve not only lost face for An Group, but also for the whole An Family.
Go explain this to the chairman yourself!”
After saying that, he walked past her without hesitation and left.
Lin Yue was left confused and bewildered.
She puzzledly turned to An Xiao, who was still standing there, and asked: “An Xiao, tell me, what exactly happened?”
An Xiao looked at her with a disappointed expression.
“Sister-in-law, you have really brought disaster to the An Family!” An Xiao’s tone was not very pleasant: “Just now at the bidding meeting, it was simply disgraceful, and this time you’ve really put me in a miserable spot!”
“You told me this matter was foolproof, and I believed you, but the person Lou Ruozhi introduced you to, he’s not the head of the Su Group at all!”
“That person does have the surname Su, but just shares it by coincidence, that Su Family has absolutely nothing to do with the Su Family in Beijing.
He even publicly accused An Group of using unethical methods to win the bid.”
“The person in charge of Su Group kicked us out of the game publicly.”
Hearing his words, Lin Yue felt like her mind was exploding.
How could this be?
Mrs.
Lou clearly said that he was the eldest young master of the Su Family.
An Xiao saw her looking lost and rolled her eyes, then turned and left as well.
Immediately, Lin Yue called Lou Ruozhi.
The call was quickly answered.
“Hello, Mrs.
Lou, you clearly told me that the man was the eldest young master of the Su Family, why is that not the case now?”
On the other end, Lou Ruozhi was at a beauty salon having a skincare treatment.
Hearing Lin Yue’s accusing tone, her face instantly darkened.
No one had ever spoken to her in such a tone before.
“Mrs.
Lin, Su Ming is indeed the eldest young master of the Su Family, what’s wrong?”
“But he is not the eldest young master of the medical Su Family in Beijing, they are completely unrelated.”
After hearing this, Lou Ruozhi responded with an “Oh,” “Mrs.
Lin, you never told me it was the medical Su Family.”
Listening to the light tone of Lou Ruozhi, Lin Yue was filled with anger.
Then, Lou Ruozhi added: “Besides, I only know of this one Su Family, as for another Su Family you mentioned, I do not have the connections to help you there.”
“You…” Lin Yue was so angry she didn’t know what to say.
Lou Ruozhi scoffed and said: “Mrs.
Lin, since there’s nothing else, I’m going to hang up now, I need to continue my beauty treatment, I don’t have time for your nonsense.”
With that, she hung up the phone without waiting for a response.
[The wife of An Group, in an attempt to win the bidding, secretly engages in bribery]
This news spread quickly online.
An Residence.
“Slam!”
Chen Shurong sat in the main seat, angrily picked up a water cup beside her, and harshly smashed it to the floor, creating a crisp sound.
The shattered glass pieces flew everywhere, making a slight cut beside Lin Yue’s foot.
But she didn’t dare to move, and with the An siblings standing beside her, she didn’t dare to say much either.
“Do you just want to see the An Family fail?” Chen Shurong bellowed loudly, her voice full of vigor.
An Xiao muttered, “Mom, it’s not our fault.
It’s sister-in-law who thought she was being smart and fell for someone else’s trick.”
Lin Yue turned pale at An Xiao’s words.
A sharp glance from Chen Shurong’s intense gaze aimed at An Xiao as she sternly said, “Do you still have the face to talk?
An Xiao, don’t think you can escape responsibility for this.
If it wasn’t for your haste to achieve success, believing in others’ flattering words, would today’s situation arise?”
An Xiao was immediately at a loss for words.
Chen Shurong glanced at Lin Yue.
For many years, she was quite satisfied with Lin Yue, her eldest daughter-in-law, at least more than Su Wanqiu.
But now…
“Ah Yue, for this matter, you have to take full responsibility!
You caused this mess, and now the only way is to hold a press conference.
You go and clarify this matter to the public yourself, stating that this was your individual act alone and has nothing to do with the An Group, or the An Family.”
“At the same time, An Group’s PR will cooperate with you.”
Chen Shurong’s words froze Lin Yue completely.
She wanted Lin Yue to bear all the public opinion and responsibility alone.
The An siblings stood by, expressionless.
As if they anticipated this already.
After all, this was Chen Shurong’s way of doing things.
To protect her own interests, she could sacrifice anyone.
Moreover, Lin Yue was just a daughter-in-law of the An Family, not truly a member of the An Family in her eyes, interchangeable.
Lin Yue glanced at An Chengyuan, but regrettably, An Chengyuan had no intention of helping her.
Chen Shurong was very efficient; she called a press conference at four o’clock that afternoon.
Lin Yue followed Chen Shurong’s words and accepted all the blame.
Suddenly, Lin Yue became the target of everyone’s criticism, losing face among the circle of high society ladies.
An Group.
Brothers An Chengyuan and An Chengming sat in the office.
An Chengming looked at the tall silhouette in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and asked, “Brother, did you do this intentionally?
You didn’t plan to bid for the Su Family’s project, did you?”
An Chengyuan looked at the busy street in the distance, pondering for a moment, “This is just the beginning.”
Originally, he could choose not to attend this tender.
But Lin Yue came to him, claiming she had a way to secure the project for the An Group.
He had people investigate her recent actions and had guessed what she had planned.
So, he just went along with the plan.
For him, the losses of the An Group and the An Family didn’t concern him.
“Aren’t you afraid that the Old Madam will find out about this?” An Chengming asked.
“She won’t know,” An Chengyuan said, turning around, then continued, “And even if she finds out, so what?
She can’t drive me out of the An Group, and she wouldn’t dare.”
Although Chen Shurong is the largest shareholder of the An Group now, in fact, for the past few years, An Chengyuan has been managing the operations of the An Group.
Chen Shurong has aged, her abilities not as strong as before, yet she does not want to give up her shares, nor does she want to relinquish her position of power.
Elsewhere.
Su He, who was working in the hospital, naturally heard about this news.
However, she didn’t expect that Lin Yue, who seemed quite clever, could make such a huge blunder.
She didn’t know whether Lin Yue trusted Lou Ruozhi too much, or if she was really out of her mind.
However, she was somewhat surprised that Lou Ruozhi would set Lin Yue up.
In Wen Xiaguo’s hospital room.
Wen Xiahai looked at Wen Xiaguo lying on the hospital bed, somewhat weak, and furrowed his brows, “It’s been so many days, why hasn’t the surgery been arranged yet?”
By Wen Jun’s side, he immediately said, “Second Great-Uncle, you can’t blame this one named Su He.
If she hadn’t been dragging her feet and not performing surgery on my grandfather, he wouldn’t have been lying in the hospital bed all this time.”
“Su He?” Wen Xiahai gave him a look.
Wen Jun: “Yes, Su He is the attending physician of my grandfather.”
Wen Xiahai’s face darkened: “Go and call her over.”
Su He was in Si Qianqian’s ward, who was recovering well.
“Observe for a few more days, and then you can be discharged.”
Su He told her after checking up on her.
Upon hearing she could be discharged, Si Qianqian became upset.
“Ah?
But I don’t want to be discharged.
If I’m discharged, I won’t be able to see you anymore.”
At these words, Su He gave her a look: “You can’t stay in the hospital forever, right?
You have to come back for follow-up visits.
Besides, didn’t you say earlier that you want to go back to school after getting out?
Who will attend your classes in the hospital?”
Si Qianqian: “But…”
Su He ruthlessly interrupted her: “No buts.
You promised me yourself, after you recover, you should go back to school.
Moreover, if you are well, according to the regulations, you can be discharged.
Staying here any longer would just be wasting medical resources.”
Si Qianqian pouted and did not persist.
Lu Zhenyu looked at her well-behaved appearance and wondered if this girl had two faces.
When she faced him alone, she was like a little witch, retorting sharply to any remarks, leaving you speechless.
At this moment, the head nurse walked in.
“Director Su, Wen Xiaguo’s family is looking for you.”
Su He responded: “I know, I’ll head there now.”
In Wen Xiaguo’s ward.
As soon as Su He entered, she was met with the imposing figure of Wen Xiahai sitting on the sofa.
She had just walked in, without the chance to speak.
Wen Xiahai spoke first: “Dr.
Su, why haven’t you performed the surgery on my elder brother until now?”
His stern face carried an accusatory tone as he spoke.
Su He knew, this old man didn’t like her; at the banquet, his smiling and polite demeanor towards her was because Jiang Yan was there.
But now, with just her alone, he had no need for pretense.
Su He didn’t dwell on it too much.
Her gaze swept over Wen Jun, who was taking delight in her predicament.
Then, she spoke lightly: “Mr.
Wen, didn’t your granddaughter explain the situation to you?”
Wen Xiahai slightly frowned: “What do you mean by that?”
Su He put her hands in her pockets, slightly bowed her head, smiled, and lifting her eyelids, said: “Well, because Mr.
Wen Jun thinks I am an incompetent doctor, unworthy of performing surgery on Mr.
Wen.
Without family consent, of course, I wouldn’t arbitrarily operate on a patient.”
Wen Jun was stunned, he didn’t expect Su He to be so forthright.
Wen Xiahai’s face darkened, turning his gaze towards Wen Jun.
Wen Jun instantly shivered.
Wen Xiahai asked Su He several questions, to which she answered truthfully all.
While he originally intended to find faults, he couldn’t find any flaws.
Su He’s answers were impeccable.
After ten minutes, she left.
Lu Zhenyu had also been present, hearing Wen Xiahai’s sharp questions for Su He.
“Director, why do I feel like this family member was purposely asking these tricky questions?” he gossiped.
Su He responded: “Do more, gossip less!”
“…”
Back in the office.
The spare mobile phone on Su He’s desk rang.
She glanced at it; it was Jiang Zhongzhen calling.
She waited a few seconds before picking it up.
“Hello, Uncle.”
She still called him respectfully, after all, one must play their part well in a charade.
“Su Su, have you found the seal?” Jiang Zhongzhen didn’t waste time and got straight to the point.
Two days ago, Jiang Zhongzhen messaged her, asking her to find a way to get the official seal from Jiang Yan’s hands.
Su He sighed and said, “Uncle, you have to give me some time.
I’ve been searching at home for two days and haven’t seen it, and I don’t have the password to Ah Yan’s study, I can’t get in.
I can’t blatantly ask him for the password.
You know, he has been in high positions for years, naturally, he is very alert.
Since he intentionally locked the study door, he obviously doesn’t want me to enter.
So, rushing will get us nowhere, haste makes waste, I believe you understand this principle, Uncle?
Besides, he will be back soon, when he does, I will find a way to enter the study and help you successfully get the seal.”
Su He’s words were reasonable.
Having heard this, Jiang Zhongzhen couldn’t argue.
From his observations over the past few days, she hadn’t been harboring any bad intentions.
“Alright, girl, hurry up.
Uncle is also trying to help you escape from misery as soon as possible.”
A cold smirk flashed across Su He’s eyes.
But what came out of her mouth was insincere, “Thank you, Uncle, I know you mean well for me, don’t worry, I will get the task you assigned done as soon as possible.”
After hanging up the phone, she logged into a hacker website called “Night of Roses” using her office computer.
On this site, real-name registration is required, but the information is protected.
Here, you can be a contractor or an issuer.
To become a contractor, one must pass the site’s test, and after passing, you can receive tasks assigned by the system.
However, there are different levels, as everyone’s technical level and capabilities vary.
There are three levels: Platinum Level, Star Shining Level, Legendary Level.
The difficulty of Platinum tasks is two stars, Star Shining is four stars, and Legendary is eight stars.
There are only four people with the Legendary level symbol on this site.
But no one knows who they really are, as everyone here uses aliases.
Just the other day, Bai Yang told her that someone had posted a task on ‘Night of Roses’, looking for a hacker to infiltrate someone’s mobile phone for monitoring.
This task, Bai Yang didn’t assign to anyone, but intercepted it himself.
Because ‘Night of Roses’ has a rule that the tasks issued must be legal and compliance before they are assigned to a hacker to complete and earn the commission.
Bai Yang got in touch with the issuer, who wanted him to hack Su He’s phone.
After knowing this, Su He let him proceed.
But it was her spare mobile phone that was hacked.
Now, she logged into ‘Night of Roses’ using the highest authority account, this account could access all registered users’ real data, both issuers and contractors.
She hadn’t logged into this account in years.
Mainly because this time someone reached out to her directly, she needed to know who it was, and to confirm her suspicion.
She quickly found the information of the issuer from that day.
The displayed information belonged to a woman named Li Ruping.
She immediately sent the information to Bai Yang for further investigation.
Half an hour later, he gave her a reply.
“Boss, following your hint, I checked the data of people around Jiang Zhongzhen directly, Li Ruping is Luo Yong’s wife, and Luo Yong is the assistant by Jiang Zhongzhen’s side, all the information matched,” Bai Yang said on the phone.
Su He wasn’t surprised upon hearing this, as she had already suspected, just hadn’t confirmed yet.
“Alright, I know.”
As Su He was about to hang up, Bai Yang hurriedly added, “Also, Boss, Young Master Ye has been to the base looking for you several times, he said if you don’t show up, he’s going to blow up the base.”
Su He said unhurriedly, “If he’s really that bored, let him explode it, but make sure Hu Yang records the losses, we’ll have him reimburse the renovation costs.”
Bai Yang: “…”
In the evening.
Moon Gift Villa.
Su He was sitting in Jiang Yan’s study, a mobile phone in front of her on the desk, speakerphone on.
Inside the study, Jiang Yan’s magnetic voice came through: “The official seal is in the safe, the password is your birthday.”