Although Catherine had not yet become the acting president, she had received special permission to work in the president's office.
"Uncle Qian, I will have to rely on you more in the future."
However, Qian Yuhua did not give her a warm reception. "Fine, as long as you don't cause trouble, everything can be discussed. Also, stay away from that Zhao Li."
Qian Yuhua's voice carried a warning tone, which undoubtedly told Catherine directly that he was aware of the previous transaction between Catherine and Zhao Li.
Catherine clearly had not expected Qian Yuhua to know. Fortunately, she did not intend to use the same methods this time, nor did she need to. As long as she handled the project Feng Zhenhua had given her, she could secure her position.
"Uncle Qian, please rest assured. I've thought a lot since I returned and won't do such things again."
"That's good. I hope you truly know what you're doing."
Qian Yuhua left immediately after saying this.
As Catherine watched Qian Yuhua's retreating back, she began to plot how she would one day drive the old man out of the Feng Corporation.
The project that Catherine needed to work on was already placed on the desk, prepared by Qian Yuhua earlier.
When she opened the file and saw the contents, she froze on the spot.
Because Wei Yumeng had resigned from her job at Feng Corporation, she now had a rare period of leisure. When Mu Linjing learned of this, she naturally came to find Wei Yumeng.
"Yumeng, did you really hand over the presidency to Catherine so easily? That's ownership of an entire company."
Hearing Mu Linjing's words, Wei Yumeng felt helpless. "Linjing, I was never aiming for that. Actually, if possible, I really wanted to hold on until Uncle Feng was discharged from the hospital. But Catherine had already threatened the children, so I had no choice but to do this."
"That woman is truly detestable. How can you always let her get away with it?"
Mu Linjing said this, clenching her fists as if she couldn't wait to punch Catherine right then and there.
Wei Yumeng explained, "We haven't let her get away with it. The two of us are now like two entwined lines, already in complete disarray. And for so long, we haven't found any direct evidence that points to Catherine as the perpetrator of those actions."
"Or I could..."
Mu Linjing was about to say that she would go and vent Wei Yumeng's anger, but Wei Yumeng quickly interrupted her.
"Don't make things worse. Do you remember what happened last time? Wasn't the media frenzy enough?"
Hearing this, Mu Linjing felt ashamed. If she hadn't impulsively fought with Catherine that time, the media wouldn't have captured such videos.
"Oh, that incident seems to have been cleared up," Mu Linjing said awkwardly, as she bore some responsibility for it.
She took out her phone, which was playing a press conference with Catherine as the main speaker.
"Everyone, I want to solemnly announce one more thing. I have no relationship with Mr. Zhan Mohan. The previous videos and news were all deliberately sensationalized by the media, and the videos were edited. We have officially sent lawyer's letters to those media outlets. Please take heed."
Seeing this video, Wei Yumeng was relieved. Regardless of the outcome, their transaction this time had been successful, and it was a good thing. The issue of the scandal was considered over.
"I truly admire you," Mu Linjing said. "If such a scandal were to break out about my husband, I would have lost my composure long ago. But you've remained remarkably calm. I don't know if you're too nonchalant."
At that moment, two children ran out.
"Aunt Jingjing, what you said is wrong," Zhan Shiqing said with a serious expression. "Mom isn't nonchalant; she trusts Dad. It's precisely because Mom trusts Dad that she doesn't believe Dad would do such a thing."
Wei Yumeng smiled. "Yes, Shiqing is right."
Hearing this, Mu Linjing was suddenly at a loss for words. She truly envied Zhan Mohan and Wei Yumeng. She wasn't even sure if she could achieve the same level of mutual understanding as them.
"Yumeng, what are you planning to do next? Are you really going to let things go like this?"
Wei Yumeng shrugged. "What else can I do?"
Zhan Jinzhi said, "Even if Mom doesn't sit in that position, Catherine won't be able to ascend so easily. Perhaps she'll personally invite Mom back."
Wei Yumeng smiled lightly. "You're not wrong. I'm just waiting for Catherine to personally invite me."
Mu Linjing was even more confused. It seemed like the two children understood things better than she did. This was quite unreasonable, wasn't it?
At Feng Corporation, Catherine looked at the documents, her hands clenched into fists. She didn't know if Feng Zhenhua had done it deliberately, but the contact person for her new project was Zhan Mohan.
Wasn't this deliberately throwing her into Zhan Mohan's grasp?
Catherine began to regret clarifying her relationship with Zhan Mohan to the media so quickly. At least then she could have had some leverage over Zhan Mohan. But now, she had nothing left to control Zhan Mohan with, which meant Zhan Mohan could deliberately make things difficult for her in this project.
Catherine paced restlessly in the office. She had to find a way to deal with this, or she would be like a lamb led to the slaughter, and it would be too late once she fell into Zhan Mohan's hands.
Just then, Wu Yi walked in. "Miss Catherine, President Zhan said he wants to discuss the new project with you, so he's sending Manager Fang over."
"Why is he here so soon?" Catherine was suddenly flustered. She hadn't prepared anything yet.
Wu Yi looked at Catherine's frantic state with disdain and then directly said to Catherine, "Miss Catherine, this is my resignation letter."
"Denied!" Catherine blurted out without thinking.
She had originally thought she would have some time to handle things and then replace Wu Yi. But now, she clearly hadn't been given time to settle in, so she still needed Wu Yi to help her for a while.
However, Wu Yi looked at Catherine and said, "It doesn't matter. I'm just informing you. Whether you approve it or not, I won't be coming to work tomorrow."
With that, Wu Yi turned and walked out of the office.
"You come back here!"
But Wu Yi wouldn't listen to her.
Catherine had no choice but to put on a brave face and meet Fang Xun to see what they wanted.
When Fang Xun saw Catherine, he showed no personal emotion and spoke politely. "Miss Catherine, I am here to discuss the cooperation with your company. I hope Feng's will not make any mistakes."
From Fang Xun's eyes, Catherine saw a hint of cunning.