Zhan Mohan got back into the car, and Fang Xun glanced at him cautiously through the rearview mirror.
"President Zhan, you still care a lot about Madam, don't you? Why not ask Xin Ran again to clarify things? What if Xin Ran is selfish and wants to keep Madam to herself, so she's talking nonsense? If Madam is pregnant, it would be a great joy."
Fang Xun felt an uncontrollable surge of excitement just mentioning it. If Madam could resolve the misunderstanding with President Zhan and reconcile, even he, as an assistant, would suffer less.
Whenever it involved Madam, President Zhan's mood would be affected, and where would his anger be directed? It would inevitably be at himself.
His current role was less about helping President Zhan with work and more about being a punching bag.
Zhan Mohan took out his phone. "We'll discuss this later."
Right now, he had something that needed to be done.
Fang Xun then heard him say to the person on the other end, "Chairman Wei, your daughter spoke with me today, but her words made me very uncomfortable. So I must warn you: people must pay the price for their actions. I hope you can control your daughter better in the future, so she doesn't bring further disaster to your Wei family."
Wei Anguo received the call from Zhan Mohan inexplicably and was still in a daze.
"Uh... President Zhan, wait a moment, may I ask which of my daughters has offended you?"
"Wei Jin."
With that, the man hung up the phone. Wei Anguo slowly came to his senses, and the expression on his wrinkled, deeply lined face gradually turned ugly.
Wei Jin had just returned, also in a bad mood, and was preparing to go upstairs.
Wei Anguo suddenly called out sternly, "Stop right there!"
Wei Jin flinched, reluctantly stopped, and pouted unhappily at Wei Anguo.
"Dad, what is it now?"
"How long has it been since you left the hospital? What did your mother tell you? To rest well at home. You've already miscarried two children. If you can't conceive again, I'd like to see who you'll marry!"
Wei Anguo was utterly helpless with Wei Jin. In the past, she seemed more obedient than Wei Yumeng. Now, he felt it would have been better to focus on cultivating Wei Yumeng. If he hadn't fallen out with Wei Yumeng.
Now, the Wei family and the Zhan family would be proper in-laws. Zhan Mohan would surely pull the Wei family along out of consideration for Wei Yumeng, instead of him having to solicit business partners and find investors at the age of fifty.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and his tone grew tougher.
"I ask you, where did you go just now?"
"I... I went out for a bit."
"Did you meet Zhan Mohan? And did you offend him?"
Seeing Wei Jin's dazed expression, Wei Anguo could roughly guess.
Since Wei Anguo already knew, Wei Jin felt it would be more awkward to hide it any longer, so she lifted her head with a sense of righteousness.
"I know, he must have said something to you. But Dad, this matter really has nothing to do with me. It's all Wei Yumeng."
"What exactly did you say to Zhan Mohan?" Wei Anguo's question carried a hint of intimidation.
Wei Jin's neck shrank. "I... I really didn't say anything. Wei Yumeng being pregnant is a fact, I don't know whose child is in her womb. Zhan Mohan is out of his mind. Even with Wei Yumeng treating him like this, he's still defending her."
"You dare say you didn't say anything? If you hadn't said anything, would Zhan Mohan have called me? Did he bring up again how you crashed into him and Zhan Lin back then?"
Seeing Wei Jin's guilty look, Wei Anguo could guess almost everything.
Wei Jin was terrified. "Dad, can you stop blaming everything on me?"
"If it weren't for you crashing into Zhan Mohan and Zhan Lin, we wouldn't have had to marry Wei Yumeng off. Would our Wei family be like this now? I've had eight lifetimes of bad luck to have kept you at home!"
Wei Anguo's anger grew with every word.
"What's the use of blaming me now? It's better to think of a solution. Wei Yumeng is pregnant now, this is our best chance. Whether we can bring her down depends on this."
"You still want to bring her down? Our family needs her to survive right now. You want to bring her down? Wei Jin, has your brain been flooded?"
Wei Jin let out a sarcastic laugh. "Dad, I think your brain is the one that's flooded. How could Wei Yumeng possibly help us? She's already severed ties with our family."
"You..." Before Wei Anguo could finish speaking, his phone rang again. He pointed at Wei Jin, "I'll settle this with you later."
He walked to the side and swiped to answer. "What is it?"
"Mr. Wei, this is bad. President Zhan of Zhan Corporation has intercepted two projects we were about to sign."
Wei Anguo exclaimed in shock, "What did you say!"
Those two projects were something he had spent a whole month painstakingly negotiating. If they were signed and operated, the profit would be at least hundreds of millions, yet Zhan Mohan had so easily intercepted them.
His assistant asked from the phone, "Mr. Wei, what do we do now?"
"First, call the person in charge of those projects and see if we can salvage anything."
"I don't think it's very hopeful. It seems the other party is already planning to sign with Zhan Corporation. And since President Zhan personally intercepted them, they will definitely choose Zhan Corporation."
Zhan Corporation had a very strong reputation in the industry, and many people wanted to cooperate with them, but President Zhan was quite discerning about his partners.
Wei Anguo hadn't expected Zhan Mohan to act so quickly. It had only been about an hour since that phone call, and he had already intercepted the deals Wei Anguo had spent a month securing.
His face turned extremely grim. "Alright, I'll think of a way and call you back."
After hanging up, Wei Jin saw that Wei Anguo's expression was as terrifying as if he had emerged from hell. She cautiously stepped forward.
"Dad... Ah!"
Before Wei Jin could even finish calling "Dad," Wei Anguo slapped her across the face. Wei Jin immediately lost her balance and fell to the ground.
"Dad!" Wei Jin clutched her aching face, staring in shock at the furious Wei Anguo.
"I don't care what method you use, you must apologize to your sister." Wei Anguo's tone was commanding.
"I won't! Why should I apologize to her? Besides, what good would it do if I apologized to her!"
Wei Jin hated Wei Yumeng to death. How could she possibly apologize to her? What a joke.
"If you don't apologize, what will happen to us? What about the company? Are we just going to watch Zhan Mohan swallow both those projects?" Go and beg Wei Yumeng. Wei Yumeng will definitely have a way to make Zhan Mohan return the two projects to us."
Wasn't the purpose of Zhan Mohan calling him to get them to show weakness to Wei Jin?
"I don't want to. Wei Yumeng caused me to be like this, and you're still asking me to apologize to her."
Where would that leave her pride?
"This is your problem. The projects must be retrieved, or you are no longer my daughter, Wei Anguo!"
With that, Wei Anguo angrily flicked his sleeves and walked upstairs.
Wei Jin watched Wei Anguo's retreating back, her eyes filled with hatred and sadness. She actually had to go and personally apologize to Wei Yumeng!
Zhan Mohan returned to the company and instructed Fang Xun.
"Tomorrow night, invite Wei Yumeng over. Tell her I agree to her resignation, but there's one condition: she has to have dinner with me."
Fang Xun understood Zhan Mohan well. Seeing the glint in his eyes, he knew it wouldn't be that simple.
"President Zhan, you want to... take this opportunity to verify if Madam is pregnant?"