Chapter 225: Chapter 225
Ji Rui returned to the Ji Family, pushed open the office door, and immediately saw Yang Sheng sprawled casually on the sofa in the lounge.
When Yang Sheng saw Ji Rui return, he didn’t move an inch, only rolled his eyes and asked, "You’re back?"
Ji Rui glanced at him, not minding his impoliteness and casualness; probably, in these ten years of acquaintance, he had seen this side of Yang Sheng many times.
Ji Rui sat down, picked up the tea made by Lin Ling, took a sip, and casually opened the file on the table, his eyes falling on it, "Heartbroken?"
That remark was clearly directed at Yang Sheng.
Yang Sheng propped himself halfway up and said, half-jokingly, "Yeah, Tongtong left, I’m so sad!"
Ji Rui’s hand paused as he flipped the file, "Yang Sheng, it’s work time now, no personal talks!"
Yang Sheng sat up, feigning a tragic face, "Rui, you have no sympathy, an able assistant got dumped, and you don’t offer a word of comfort, but instead kick me when I’m down."
Only then did Ji Rui lift his eyes, staring straight at him, "Alright, stop acting! Let’s get down to business."
Yang Sheng straightened up and pointed at Ji Rui’s computer.
"The data in your email was just sent to me by the police over there. I looked it over, and it should be enough to get Second Young Master Ji and Ji the Third Young Master locked away for several years. See for yourself, I can’t decide this."
Ji Rui closed the file and opened the computer, "What about the old man, any reaction?"
Yang Sheng shook his head, "No, is he giving up? Also, that person is really tight-lipped, refusing to say anything."
Ji Rui coldly stared at the screen, "He won’t give up! If it were me being caught, he might not care, but since it’s his two beloved ones, he won’t let it go!"
Yang Sheng was silent for a moment, then suggested, "How about we set a trap?"
Hearing Yang Sheng’s suggestion, Ji Rui wasn’t the least bit surprised. He opened his email and then said, "I already instructed someone to leak the news."
Yang Sheng was taken aback, "You anticipated this would happen long ago?"
"Mm, seeing you’ve failed to catch any dirt on him for so long, I guessed as much."
Yang Sheng looked at him, thinking, indeed, they are father and son.
"And the stock market?"
"Mm, he’s in such a hurry, probably because that woman wants him to get his precious sons out for the New Year. In that case, I’ll let them stay in a few more years!"
Ji Rui could never forget when he was four years old, on New Year’s Eve, the old man brought that woman and the twin brothers who were only two months younger than Ji Rui into the house, his mother’s heartbroken expression.
Moreover, that woman put on a pitiful face, "Sister, please, just pity Ah Wen and Ah Wu, let them come home for the New Year, it was my mistake, I’m willing to be a horse to you. Ah Wen and Ah Wu are innocent, they are Brother Kang Cheng’s own flesh and blood."
What a commitment to being a servant. Within a year, his own mother was driven to the end of the road by that always pitiful-looking viper woman.
Yang Sheng nodded, "Alright then, I’ll talk to the police there and let them handle it by the book."
Yang Sheng stood up and walked out. At the door, he turned back to ask Ji Rui, "Lunch together?"
"Why don’t you check out the construction site and have lunch there!"
Yang Sheng turned around and looked at him, "Rui, are you doing this on purpose?"
Ji Rui looked over innocently, "What do you mean?"
Yang Sheng pointed at him, wanting to say something, but in the end, he put his hand down, "Sigh, forget it, I won’t meddle in your affairs anymore, do whatever you want!"
He wanted to ask Ji Rui to lunch because he wanted to talk about Le Tong with him. Just now, when he had tried to bring it up, Ji Rui had blocked him by saying that work time wasn’t for personal matters. Now, suggesting lunch but finding an excuse to send him away.
It seemed that something indeed had happened between the two of them.
After saying that, Yang Sheng dashed out and slammed the door shut with a bang.
Ji Rui stared at the closed door for a long while before snapping back to reality and carefully examining the file.
At noon, Lin Ling handed a file to Ji Rui.
Ji Rui flipped through it casually, slightly surprised, and looked up at Lin Ling.
"Didn’t you say you couldn’t do this analysis report?"
This report was exactly what Le Tong had previously mentioned about the Yangtze Company.
Lin Ling hesitated for a moment, "Actually, I didn’t make it, Tongtong did."
The night before last, Lin Ling received a call from Le Tong, asking her to send the postponed file on Yangtze Company to her. Lin Ling hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she emailed the data to Le Tong early the next morning.
Just now, she received an email from Le Tong, and when opened, it was the completed report.
Originally, Le Tong repeatedly urged Lin Ling not to reveal the truth, but Lin Ling knew her own capabilities. Not only did she know, but the CEO surely knew as well, as she couldn’t have produced such a perfect, flawless document, or it wouldn’t have been postponed for nearly a month.
Therefore, after hesitating for a moment, she chose to confess.
She expected that Ji Rui would scold her a bit, but to her surprise, he seriously reviewed the file and nodded, "Hmm, not bad, take this directly to the planning department, they’re probably getting anxious." Follow current novels on novelꜰire.net
Lin Ling took the file, murmuring, "President, I’m sorry."
Ji Rui waved her off, signaling her to leave.
After Lin Ling left, Ji Rui leaned back, closed his eyes slightly, leaned against the chair, and rubbed his aching temples.
By this point, he had to admit that since Le Tong left, it felt as if he had lost a nimble right hand; all the materials he used to easily access now required him to organize and classify them himself.
There’s no help for it; Lin Ling’s abilities cannot compare to Le Tong’s by several levels.
It was also because of this that when he heard Le Tong say she didn’t want to return to the Ji Family, only to come back to help with that analysis report, he got so angry!
He was angry at his own lack of resolve, clearly, she had left, so why did he keep thinking of her all the time?
Thinking of her during work, thinking of her while drinking coffee, thinking of her at lunch, thinking of her during social engagements with clients...
He couldn’t understand why just hearing her voice on the phone made his heart nearly leap out of his chest?
He was equally baffled by why his lips would involuntarily curl up when he heard her say she came back?
And he was even more puzzled as to why, when hearing her say she came back to the Ji Family just to clean up the mess left behind, not intending to return, he got so angry he almost wanted to strangle her!
[Fourth update complete. Because I had to step out just now, time is a bit tight, and I’m not sure if there’ll be a fifth update. Zhu Zi will try, but girls don’t need to wait up, save it for tomorrow.]