Journalists surrounded Feng Shi Yi, seizing the opportunity to question her about the day's events.
Facing their barrage, Feng Shi Yi found herself speechless. While the actions were indeed hers, the current predicament was beyond her anticipation.
Zhan Mo Han watched her silently, knowing she lacked the ability to salvage the situation.
Her prolonged silence was an implicit admission of guilt. As for how the reporters would portray her in the news, that was beyond her control.
Now, not only were the reporters pressing her, and Zhan Mo Han awaiting her solution, but a contingent of her subordinates also demanded an explanation.
She watched as Zhan Mo Han leisurely found a seat, taking a spot opposite her, as if waiting for something.
Before she could speak, the finance manager burst in, "Ms. Feng, this is bad. The company's cash reserves are insufficient. If no new funds are injected, we might face bankruptcy!"
The already unsettling stock plunge had everyone on edge. The mention of bankruptcy sent shivers down the spines of those present. With their livelihoods at stake, how could anyone remain calm?
"Ms. Feng, what are we to do? You said the company's finances were ample, how could it come to this?"
Faced with so many questions, Feng Shi Yi didn't know what to say. She had expected Ji Tong to continuously inject funds into the company, and even if she couldn't change much, she could at least hold on with financial support.
She never expected Ji Tong to put her in such a predicament. Now, far away, she had no control over Ji Tong's actions.
As everyone pressed her, she could only stammer, trying to placate them, "Our company will definitely overcome this difficulty. Please give me some more time."
"Where do we have more time to give you? If we delay further, our employees won't even get paid!"
Fortunately, the new year's return to work wasn't too long ago; otherwise, the unpaid wages would have been a significant expense.
She tried to explain, but even she didn't believe the company could survive. She knew she had exhausted all her options; she felt it most acutely.
Seeing her unreliability, some employees stood up. "I must have been blind to choose this company. You better have a solution, and don't delay our salaries. I'm not staying here for a pointless struggle."
The person removed his employee badge from his neck and threw it on the table. "I can't stay in a company like this. You all fend for yourselves."
With that, he turned and walked out of the conference room. Undoubtedly, before the company declared bankruptcy, he was the first to fire the boss.
With one person taking the lead, more followed.
The few managers in the conference room, one by one, left their employee badges and exited.
Only Zhan Mo Han, Feng Shi Yi, and the reporters remained, facing each other in an awkward silence.
Zhan Mo Han waved his hand, "You can all leave now. Ms. Feng and I would like to speak privately. The information you've gathered today is enough for you to write many articles."
With his directive, the reporters respectfully withdrew. After all, without him leading them in, they wouldn't have passed security.
Once they were alone in the conference room, Feng Shi Yi gritted her teeth, "Brother Mo Han, I never imagined we brothers and sisters would reach this point."
"Is that so? I also didn't expect my sister to be so disobedient, helping outsiders against her own family."
Zhan Mo Han's mention of "family" seemed to strike a nerve with Feng Shi Yi. Her eyes reddened slightly as she stubbornly glared at him, "Brother Mo Han, you forced my hand! You wanted to send me abroad, simply because you didn't want me to bother you and Wei Meng Ya. You were the first to be unkind, how could I be content?"
Zhan Mo Han offered no defense to her accusations. Time had passed, and she could interpret these events as she pleased.
"If you had listened to me and studied well over there, perhaps you could have resolved today's predicament. Unfortunately, you didn't. Then don't blame me for not giving you a chance to transmit news."
He looked at the newly renovated building and said regretfully, "After your company declares bankruptcy, I will acquire this place. Yi Chen is also settling down and starting a business. I've been wondering what gift to give him."
Seeing Feng Shi Yi frown and stare at him with a complex expression, Zhan Mo Han stood up, preparing to leave.
Feng Shi Yi called out to him, "Brother Mo Han, are you really going to be this cruel to me?"
He didn't turn back. "From now on, I don't have you as a sister. There's no need for you to return to the Zhan family. Whether you choose to collude with Ji Tong and continue to be her puppet is your decision. But if you offend me, I will show no mercy. Take care of yourself."
He left the conference room without looking back. Zhan Mo Han had not been unaware of Feng Shi Yi's feelings for him. However, feelings that were already inappropriate and not restrained were harmful to oneself and others.
He had not failed to remind Feng Shi Yi to understand her position, but Feng Shi Yi's choices had been deeply disappointing. Since she was ungrateful, why should he show leniency?
He knew Ji Tong was not in the country recently. The reason she hadn't continued to inject funds to save the company was likely because she saw it as beyond saving.
However, Ji Tong had come for revenge and would not stop here. If Feng Shi Yi continued to be an accomplice, he would deal with both of them.
The company's situation was a small warning to Ji Tong.
From that day on, Feng Shi Yi quickly applied for bankruptcy. That afternoon, after she declared the company bankrupt, Zhan Mo Han acquired it at a minimum price.
The Zhan Corporation's sign was placed on the building, and this place, once deserted, would become Zhan Corporation's second battlefield.
Feng Shi Yi witnessed all of this with her own eyes. Her last shred of fantasy about Zhan Mo Han was finally shattered that day.
It turned out he not only had no romantic feelings for her but now no brotherly affection either.
She remembered someone and drove to Jiang Si Yu's home, whom she hadn't seen in a long time.
Although Jiang Si Yu hadn't surfaced for a while, she had been quietly following everything happening with the Zhan family, waiting for an opportunity.
"Why haven't you made a move yet? Have you forgotten how Wei Meng Ya treated you, how she humiliated you?"
"I haven't forgotten!"
In the resplendent mansion, she certainly had not forgotten. "I'm just waiting for the right moment. As you know, Zhan Mo Han has always protected her very well."