Lu Mingzhe got into a taxi and continued to call Xiang Wan, but there was still no answer.
With no other options, he asked the driver to go to Tang Haichao's company.
The company's main door was closed, but through the glass, he could see that some offices were still lit. Lu Mingzhe began to bang frantically on the door from the outside.
After a moment, Tang Haichao's assistant ran over.
Before she could speak, Lu Mingzhe loudly asked, "Is Tang Haichao here?"
The assistant recognized him. He had caused a scene at the company a couple of days ago, smashing things and shouting, even calling the police.
She instinctively lied, "Look at the time, our President Tang left work long ago."
"Stop the nonsense, open the door. I'll go in and check myself."
"Sir..."
Lu Mingzhe casually picked up a decorative bamboo pole from the corner outside the door.
"I know he's inside. Stop fooling me, open it quickly, don't force me to break down the door!"
The man, over six feet tall, looked down at the five-foot-tall female employee with a grim expression. His tone was menacing, and the assistant was quite frightened by him.
Reluctantly, she opened the door.
"President Tang drank too much and is sleeping in his office. I didn't dare to wake him, which is why I haven't left work yet..."
She wanted to say, "It's not easy for us workers to find a job, please don't make me lose mine."
However, before she could finish, Lu Mingzhe impatiently rushed in.
"Tang Haichao! Tang Haichao! Come out here!"
Following the light, he quickly found Tang Haichao's office.
With a "bang," he pushed the door open and saw Tang Haichao sprawled on the sofa.
He walked over, grabbed Tang Haichao by the collar, and shoved him hard onto the carpet. Tang Haichao, groggy, fell to the ground.
The assistant rushed over, "President Tang, President Tang! Are you alright, President Tang?"
With the carpet cushioning the fall, his head didn't hurt, but he was groggily woken up.
Tang Haichao frowned, looked at the assistant, then at his surroundings, and weakly closed his eyes again.
"We're off work, right?"
"President Tang, you're on the ground. Let's get up and talk."
Tang Haichao was helped up by her. Only then did he see a pair of men's feet standing in front of him.
Looking up his legs, he saw Lu Mingzhe's furious face.
"Am I the one who's drunk, or what? How did he get here?"
Lu Mingzhe reached out and grabbed his collar again.
"Still playing dumb with me? Where did Xiang Wan go to discuss business? Did she encounter another perverted client, do you know?"
"You have the nerve to say you like her? You didn't show any liking when you pushed her out to meet clients! You hypocritical dog, tell me quickly where she is now!"
Tang Haichao had gone to the hospital to see Xiang Wan at noon and had considered getting back together with Lu Mingzhe. He was furious and drunk, his head still aching and feeling groggy.
Hearing Lu Mingzhe's words, he slowly looked at the assistant.
"Did Manager Xiang come to work today?"
"No."
"Then why would she go to meet a client?"
"Still pretending? Didn't her apprentice call her to go? Don't you know?"
Tang Haichao ignored his angry tone and asked the assistant again.
"Which client did they go to meet?"
"It should be Vice President Li from Wanlong Mall. I overheard Xiao He mentioning it. This deal is quite large, and they're taking it very seriously. They've been strung along by Vice President Li lately, it's been quite difficult."
"Vice President Li... Vice President Li?"
Tang Haichao suddenly sobered up, slammed the table, and stood up.
"The two of them are really asking for death, going to meet Vice President Li privately? That guy... where's my phone?"
"Quickly call Xiao He!"
The assistant, startled by his sudden shout, quickly handed him the phone.
"What's wrong, President Tang?"
"That Mr. Li has peculiar habits! I've heard many people say he's very unconventional!"
"I knew he was interested in Xiang Wan and her colleagues a long time ago, so I kept delaying their actions, waiting for the right moment. I didn't expect..."
He asked Lu Mingzhe, "How long have they been gone? Did Mr. Li bring anyone else?"
Lu Mingzhe was already worried about Xiang Wan being taken advantage of, and his words made him even more furious, wanting to punch him to death.
"You're asking me? Your client, your company, your employee, and you're asking me?"
"No matter what method you use, hurry up and get them back! If Xiang Wan is fine today, that's good. But if anything happens, Tang, I'll make sure you don't see tomorrow's sunrise."
When Xiang Wan arrived at the private room, three empty bottles of Wuliangye were already on the table.
There were three people in total, three empty bottles, meaning each person had drunk half a liter of baijiu.
She wondered if they had a chance to switch it for plain water today. If it was real baijiu, what would happen if they drank more?
Xiao He opened another bottle and was pouring wine for Vice President Li with the bottle.
Vice President Li held the female apprentice's hand with one hand, while his other hand was somewhere else, stroking. He looked into her eyes, exchanging affectionate glances.
Xiang Wan composed herself at the doorway, took a deep breath, put on a smile, and raised her voice as she walked in.
"Sorry, Mr. Li~ I'm late~"
Normally, with Tang Haichao and Xiang Wan indulging them, they would use small tricks to secretly replace the baijiu with plain water, so the female apprentice never got too drunk and was always faking it.
Today, having actually drunk half a liter, she was already dizzy and unable to function.
Perhaps Vice President Li had noticed and was aggressively taking advantage of her.
She and Xiao He could no longer stand it, and this old man was still asking for more wine.
If this continued, they would either have to go along with his desires or lose the deal. Otherwise, they wouldn't get through the night.
Fortunately, Xiang Wan's voice was heard at this moment.
The female apprentice looked as if she had seen a savior, quickly pushed away Vice President Li's hand, and shakily stood up.
"Sister Wan!"
Xiang Wan saw her pale face and the cold sweat on her forehead and knew she was not feeling well.
She walked over, patted her shoulder, and deliberately put on a stern face.
"You're really something. It's not your first day at the company, and you're getting yourself into this state after just a drink?"
"You can't even maintain your own image, aren't you afraid of offending Mr. Li? Go and touch up your makeup quickly, I'll sit with Mr. Li for a while."
The female apprentice gave her a grateful look and ran out with her bag.
She asked Xiao He for the wine bottle, "Xiao He, leave this to me. Go and check on her. She's so careless, running so fast, don't bump into anyone."
Xiao He also gave her a grateful look and ran out.
In a blink of an eye, only the two of them were left in the private room.
Vice President Li's face was flushed from drinking, but he was still quite energetic.
Very skillfully, he placed his hand on her shoulder.
"You've come at the right time. I was just asking about your apprentices. They kept saying they valued our Wanlong Mall, but at the crucial moment, Sister Wan wouldn't even show her face?"
"If you don't come, I absolutely won't sign this today!"
"You know, brother has always valued you the most, and I want to keep the good things for you..."
Xiang Wan looked at his disgusting face and couldn't help but curse inwardly.