Chapter 1466: Chapter 1465: I Nearly Lost All Face Today
Gong Qingwan stomped out of the branch office in her high heels, her eyes glaring as if they could shoot flames. Her boundless anger was impossible to conceal, and anyone who saw her could tell she was furious.
Chu Xiran sat in the car, utterly bored, staring blankly out the window. Suddenly, she saw Gong Qingwan approaching. That look on her aunt’s face was something Chu Xiran was all too familiar with.
In an instant, a chill ran through Chu Xiran’s heart, leaving her uneasy.
Every time something happened with Gong Qingwan, it was always Chu Xiran who ended up unlucky, becoming Gong Qingwan’s punching bag. She had grown accustomed to this pattern, but over time, this unwarranted torment left her constantly on edge.
Gong Qingwan yanked open the car door and barged in without a word. She began to fan herself with one hand as if feeling very hot and said, "What’s wrong with this air conditioning? Why is it still so hot?"
Chu Xiran, with a chill in her heart, quickly turned the air conditioning up to the highest setting, fearing Gong Qingwan would become too hot, and asked, "Aunt, does this temperature feel right now?"
Gong Qingwan glanced at her without a word, continued fanning herself twice more, and then said, "I asked your father to follow Li Yan every day to see what exactly he’s been up to. After all these days, not only did he find nothing, but he missed something so significant."
Chu Xiran felt a bit flustered and asked, "Aunt, what is it?"
Upon hearing that it involved her father, she knew that no matter what, she couldn’t escape blame. Whatever trouble there was, it would inevitably be pinned on her.
Gong Qingwan sneered and said, "That little bastard, who knows where he got some new phone technology. Now it’s being implemented and is ready to launch in the branch office. Once this thing hits the market, it won’t benefit us in the slightest."
"Never mind who the technical personnel are, but your father didn’t find any clues about it and simply dismissed it, saying it’s just an Eldest Young Master and shouldn’t be capable of much."
"It’s truly useless, unable to even handle this small matter, and now it’s become such a laughingstock. I’ve completely lost face today."
Thinking of this, Gong Qingwan felt extremely furious. Inside the branch office earlier, Li Yan’s relentless pressure and mocking words were like needles piercing her heart, leaving her incredibly uncomfortable.
Chu Xiran bit her lower lip and said, "I’ve heard father mention this; he had people watching every day, but Li Yan never went anywhere special, just between home and the office, or occasionally out on dates with Gu Tong. It didn’t seem particularly unusual..."
Chu Xiran didn’t dare mention that there was more to it—that Li Yan drove so fast that the people sent to follow often couldn’t keep up and ended up losing him.
When her father mentioned it afterwards, he was dejected, feeling there was nothing that could be done.
Chu Xiran thought it through. To Gong Qingwan, they, father and daughter, were already seen as useless. If they couldn’t even handle this minor task, they might easily be discarded like abandoned pieces.
Thinking along these lines, Chu Xiran decided to deny everything, chalking it up to the Eldest Young Master’s odd behavior or special connections that they just couldn’t investigate. That would be the reasonable explanation.
Chu Xiran considered it thoroughly and added, "If there’s anything strange, it’s probably when he’s on dates and goes to other venues. We’re afraid of being exposed, so we don’t dare follow too closely."