267: Chapter 262: So He’s Still Alive 267: Chapter 262: So He’s Still Alive Yun Xinyan gave a look, and Bai Lan sighed, finally giving up on tugging and withdrew the shopping card.
In the following time, Yun Xinyan didn’t lead anyone away but chose to keep waiting.
Since they had come all this way, there was no reason to just walk away like this, and such setbacks were nothing to President Yun.
Since Fei Yusong was the key person to restart the project, waiting further was absolutely worth it for a project worth hundreds of millions.
It turned out that the old lady wasn’t so heartless after all; she brought everyone fruits and even juices, yet no one dared to drink since it would seem insincere if Fei Yusong caught them.
“Thank you so much, Auntie, we can’t eat; we had already eaten before we came,” Yun Xinyan said with a smile to the old lady, but in fact, she hadn’t touched a drop of water since morning.
Even the boss wouldn’t dare to eat, let alone the employees of the corporation, although everyone had been hungry for a while.
Time slipped away quietly during the wait, and soon it was one in the afternoon.
The employees of Yun Corporation were so hungry that their faces turned sour, and their stomachs were growling, but nobody dared speak out.
Since the boss was enduring hunger alongside them, no one dared to joke about their future and fate.
Yun Xinyan looked down at her Vacheron Constantin which showed it was half-past one, thinking that Fei Yusong would wake up from his nap soon.
She immediately drafted a speech in her mind, preparing lines to persuade Fei Yusong to help.
Before long, it was two o’clock, and Fei Yusong hadn’t come downstairs.
Whether he was still napping or busy with something else, Yun Xinyan didn’t dare to go up and inquire.
The old lady was absent, and snoring sounds came from the maid’s room; it turned out she was deeply asleep after a tiring morning.
At three o’clock, the doorbell suddenly rang, waking the old maid from her sleep, who immediately went to open the door.
A very elderly man stood outside the door, radiant and well-dressed in a Sun Yat-sen suit, with a youthful appearance despite his white hair, obviously a well-pampered big shot who wouldn’t have visited Fei Yusong’s home without good reason.
If only Yun Xinyan could make his acquaintance, it could prove to be very beneficial in the future, but regrettably, she didn’t recognize him.
“Mr.
Nie, come in, come in, why are you so free today?
Did you come to play chess with Mr.
Fei?” The auntie smiled broadly and hurriedly ushered Mr.
Nie inside.
She didn’t mention anything about appointments; it was clear from this that Mr.
Nie was an old friend of Mr.
Fei’s.
From beginning to end, Mr.
Nie didn’t even glance at Yun Xinyan and her group.
He took off his shoes at the doorway and expertly slipped into a pair of cotton slippers from the shoe cabinet, then silently went upstairs.
After Mr.
Nie left, the villa once again fell silent; it was so quiet, one could hear a pin drop.
If one didn’t know Yun Xinyan and her people were waiting again, one might think there was no one in the room.
The old lady also followed Mr.
Fei upstairs, and since going up, she hadn’t reappeared, presumably staying by his side.
The wall clock ticked away slowly, and Yun Xinyan’s heart grew heavier.
“President Yun, shall we storm upstairs?
Waiting like this isn’t getting us anywhere,” the sales department head suggested.
The fact was, this wasn’t just the sales head’s thought; each of those waiting was at least a department head.
They were used to commanding thousands at the company, and they’d never experienced such humiliation: to be left waiting while hungry and being disregarded in such a manner was really infuriating.
Fei Yusong knew very well they were eagerly waiting, yet he still didn’t come downstairs to meet them, which was no way to treat guests.
They were truly on the verge of bursting with anger.
Yun Xinyan said calmly, “Mr.
Fei is playing chess, it isn’t appropriate for us to disturb him; let’s just wait a bit longer, great achievements are not troubled by trifles.”
As the Controller of the company, her statements were crisp and to the point, instantly calming everyone down.
Even the President could silently wait; what could they, mere employees, say?
So they just waited, although their stomachs really were hungry, rumbling as one.
Time slowly passed in the wait, and soon it was four in the afternoon.
All company employees were on empty stomachs except for a morning burger, having not eaten all day.
The agony of this ordeal was driving them nearly insane; one couldn’t truly understand the bitterness unless personally experienced.
Yun Xinyan’s brows grew more furrowed.
By five o’clock, Mr.
Fei had still not appeared, and the employees of the corporation had already lost their patience; their endurance had completely turned into complaints, even hostility.
“Mr.
Fei really is assuming too much importance!
Isn’t he just a retired old man?
What’s so grand about him?” The employees grumbled.
The usually patient Yun Xinyan and Bai Lan had finally run out of patience themselves.
Enduring hunger was bearable, but the issue of convenience was not.
As the saying goes, “When nature calls,” despite having neither food nor drink, the body’s metabolism still continues, and some had already been holding it in for far too long, barely managing to endure.
Yun Xinyan hadn’t touched a drop all day, but at this point, her lower abdomen also started to ache; she had been holding it in for a long time, but sadly, she didn’t know where the bathroom in Mr.
Fei’s house was, remaining without a place to relieve herself and worried that Mr.
Fei might suddenly come downstairs, she didn’t dare leave, finding it extremely uncomfortable to hold it in.
Nevertheless, Yun Xinyan knew in her heart that the more difficult the situation, the more one must persevere, perhaps this was exactly Mr.
Fei’s intention, to make her retreat in the face of difficulty.
But for the Beneficial Project, Yun Xinyan was determined to succeed, and Mr.
Fei had no chance of making her give up.
Thus, President Yun led her employees in another half-hour wait, enduring the discomfort of needing to urinate, which was an excruciating experience, indescribably agonizing.
At half-past five, the upstairs door suddenly opened, and Yun Xinyan immediately perked up, thinking to herself, “Mr.
Fei has finally appeared!”
Unexpectedly, the person who came down from upstairs was not Old Fei, but the old lady who had opened the door.
She was surprised to see Yun Xinyan and the others still waiting.
“You haven’t left yet?
I thought you had already gone,” the old lady said.
“We won’t leave without seeing Old Fei,” Yun Xinyan declared resolutely, her words full of determination.
The old lady clapped her thigh and said, “Oh girl, stop waiting, Old Fei just left through the back door.
To tell you the truth, he won’t meet with you.”
“He left!” Yun Xinyan exclaimed, overwhelmed by an unprecedented sense of loss.
Bai Lan and the other employees were also shocked.
Everyone had been waiting in vain; Old Fei had already left.
It was utterly frustrating.
“Old Fei and Old Nie are good friends.
Every time they finish playing Go, they go out for fun,” the old lady explained.
“Where did they go?
How long will they be back?” Yun Xinyan immediately asked.
She was not willing to give up halfway.
If there was even a slight chance, she would firmly grasp it.
“I don’t know where they went.
Maybe they are in the province, or they might have taken a plane out of the province or even gone abroad,” the old lady continued.
“Sometimes they return after a few days; other times, if they go far, they might be out for several months.”
Upon hearing this, Yun Xinyan’s heart sank.
The old lady kindly advised, “Miss, I suggest you go back to Jiang City.
It’s clear that Old Fei is avoiding you.
He doesn’t want to see you, and you should be able to tell.”
She spoke the truth about Old Fei’s character; she knew him well.
He hated these kinds of visits from strangers, and he would not meet with people from Jiang City, or if he did, he would dismiss them hastily.
Yun Xinyan was silent for a long time; she had never felt such failure.
This trip to the provincial city was a great blow to her; her carefully prepared gifts and well-planned proposal crumbled instantly before the cunning Fei Yusong, proving utterly ineffectual.
If this was her first confrontation with Old Fei, then she had been utterly defeated without any hope of turning the tables.
All eyes were on Yun Xinyan.
These looks undoubtedly witnessed Yun’s complete failure and downfall.
“Back to Jiang City!” Yun Xinyan remained silent for a long time before finally squeezing out these words through clenched teeth.
The group’s high-ranking officials dressed in business suits, with dejected expressions, followed Yun Xinyan back to the Audi cars, trailing behind the leading presidential land cruiser as they left Old Fei’s villa.
The convoy did not immediately head back to Jiang City but instead found a star-rated hotel.
President Yun took good care of her employees, resolving accommodations and dining issues first.
After making sure everyone had eaten their fill, the presidential office started arranging the return journey.
The fleet then solemnly hit the freeway, heading toward Jiang City.
Throughout it all, Yun Xinyan remained silent, not eating or drinking, staring out at the night sky from the land cruiser.
Bai Lan felt deeply sorry but was unable to offer consolation.
At that moment, from the balcony of the presidential suite in a five-star hotel in Jiang City, Ye Tian was fully briefed on Yun Xinyan’s trip to the provincial city through his phone conversation with Bai Lan.
Thinking of the quirky-tempered Mr.
Fei, Ye Tian couldn’t help but smile bitterly.
It was not common for the usually dominant lady to be so affected; this old man was something else.
“Ye Tian, do you even have a heart to laugh right now!” Bai Lan yelled over the phone.
“Well, it’s not a big deal.
Do you want me to cry?” replied Ye Tian, also with a bitter smile, shrugging his shoulders, “Alright, alright, I’ll stop laughing, okay?”
Bai Lan, being Yun Xinyan’s close friend, immediately escalated the matter, scolding Ye Tian for not being supportive, not only failing to accompany Yun Xinyan to the provincial city but also managing to laugh about it.
Feeling helpless, Ye Tian didn’t want to be criticized by Bai Lan and promptly hung up the phone.
After pondering for a moment, he thought, after all, it’s a project worth several hundred million; it’s nothing to him, but it’s important to his wife.
He must help her.
It’s just about dealing with Fei Qingsong.
As long as he strikes accurately, it shouldn’t be too difficult.
After pondering for a moment, Ye Tian unlocked his phone, searched for a seldom-used number, and dialed it right away.
After the busy tone, the call connected to a pleasant female voice: “I am Assistant Wei.
May I know who you are looking for?”
Ye Tian gave a mischievous smile, deliberately flirting, “Hello Assistant Wei, remember me?
Long time no see, do you remember me?
How about a date, dare to come?”
On the other side of the phone, there was a moment of silence, then she said, “You are Mr.
Ye Tian, aren’t you?”
Ye Tian was stunned for a moment, “Wow, it’s been so long, and Assistant Wei still remembers my voice.
You wouldn’t have a crush on me, would you?
Oh my, just thinking about it gets me excited.
Seems like a date isn’t just a dream.
Hahaha.”
Assistant Wei calmly replied, “The chairman often mentions you.
I would find it hard to forget.”
“Is Old Lai still doing well?
So, he is still alive, haha,” Ye Tian joked, laughing merrily.