Zhou Jinbei had never seen Zhan Beijue be so subservient to anyone.
Yesterday, she had watched him busy at the company all day, his feet never touching the ground, utterly overwhelmed. That’s why he was even more displeased with her today.
After Jiang Nanfang finished her question, Zhou Jinbei raised an eyebrow.
“What? Are you disappointed that my second brother didn’t personally bring you breakfast?”
“Good for you. Even after divorcing for so many years, you can still make your ex-husband so infatuated with you that he’d rather skip his own breakfast to deliver yours. You’ve got some skill.”
The inexplicable grievances between women were something only women could understand.
Although Zhou Jinbei didn’t show it often, Jiang Nanfang knew she didn’t like her.
However, she didn’t have the time to argue with her now.
She had seen yesterday’s news and her attention was focused on Zhan Beijue.
“Did something happen to him?”
Zhou Jinbei asked directly.
“Yes, something very serious happened to him. You must have seen the news.”
“Not only was there an uproar online, but he was also summoned for a talk by the Technical Security Bureau and ordered to rectify the situation. Now, not only are the shareholders dissatisfied with him, but his grandfather is also returning from abroad to discipline him.”
“Someone avenged you and retaliated against him, are you feeling great?”
Was it that serious?
He was actually summoned by the Technical Security Bureau.
And his grandfather, she hadn’t heard from him in a long time, and now even he knew?
As a senior executive of a company, Jiang Nanfang understood the gravity of the situation.
“How is he now?”
“How should I know? He hasn’t been back all night, probably got scolded badly.”
Zhou Jinbei sarcastically handed her the breakfast.
“But he still messaged me early this morning to bring you food. He’s good to you, isn’t he? Hurry up and eat!”
No matter how heartless Jiang Nanfang was, she couldn’t possibly eat at a time like this.
She took the breakfast and, using her own reasoned perspective, asked Zhou Jinbei.
“You just took over the products from Xinshijie. According to the contract terms, they bear the primary responsibility. Did Zhan Beijue contact CEO Li?”
“Isn’t he very familiar with him? He developed the product himself, so he should be the one to resolve it. Why haven’t I heard him say anything?”
Zhou Jinbei wasn’t very familiar with the details and only said.
“I already told you he was summoned for a talk all day yesterday, and after returning in the afternoon, he was called by the old man. He’s been busy all day, his feet haven’t touched the ground…”
“You can’t help anyway, so there’s no point in saying so much. Just take care of yourself.”
Neither of them was in the mood to talk, and the door soon closed.
Lu Mingzhe, who was happily immersed in his romance, came to pick up Chen Jiaojiao for school.
After bidding farewell to the two, Jiang Nanfang went to the company and the first thing she did was open her computer to check the news online.
Fortunately, the overwhelming news from yesterday was gone.
When she searched for keywords, she could find some discussion posts with very little attention.
It was likely that the Zhan Corporation had suppressed the heat.
However, at the bottom of the posts, people were still continuously insulting the Zhan Corporation.
Seeing that people were becoming more and more exaggerated, as if they had been truly harmed by the Zhan Corporation, Jiang Nanfang couldn’t help but register a small account and retorted a few words below.
Although this wouldn’t have any effect on the current situation.
It was at least a little bit of psychological comfort.
After doing this, she still felt uneasy.
Thinking of that CEO Li, she couldn’t help but enter his name and check his recent activities.
It was better not to check, but after checking, she discovered that this guy, whether he was mentally prepared or it was just a coincidence, had actually gone abroad the day after all the handover was completed.
He was currently in Switzerland.
Once a person goes abroad, the issues involved become troublesome.
With that, Jiang Nanfang knew with her toes that Zhan Beijue had been framed.
However, Li Shiyan seemed quite familiar with him and knew Zhan Beijue’s status in Nancheng well.
How could he have the audacity to publicly frame him?
Zhan Family.
Zhan Beijue had been awake all night.
He sat by the window, a cigarette burning continuously between his fingers.
In just over 20 hours, a layer of stubble had appeared on his chin, and he looked much more haggard.
He kept replaying his grandfather’s words.
“Regardless of past events, your elder brother is your father’s biological blood relative. At this critical moment when the Zhan family needs people, we should still let him come back.”
“Before, out of consideration for your mother’s feelings, he has always lived alone abroad. In fact, our Zhan family has wronged him.”
“Women like to dwell on personal gains and losses, but men always need to have a broad perspective.”
“It hasn’t been easy for you to manage the company alone all these years. Your elder brother has accumulated a lot of experience in smart products abroad. Let him come back to help you.”
“For the sake of this old bone of mine. For the sake of the Zhan Corporation’s brand that has been maintained for so many years. You two should get along well.”
“Brothers working together can break metal. We cannot let outsiders laugh at us.”
Not many people outside knew that Zhan Beijue was ranked second in the Zhan family.
Because by normal standards, he was the legitimate eldest grandson of the Zhan family.
However, before his father and mother’s marriage, his father had a girlfriend and had already had an elder brother for him.
Because his elder brother’s mother was just a nightclub hostess, he couldn’t enter the Zhan family’s door.
After marriage, his mother gave birth to Zhan Beijue and regarded him as a thorn in her side.
She made his father send him far overseas, to be thrown abroad, out of sight, out of mind.
Zhan Beijue had always known about this person’s existence since he was young, but he had never interacted with him.
With his sudden return, the grandfather demanded that the two of them manage the company together and that they should get along harmoniously as brothers.
He found it difficult to accept.
But whether he accepted it or not, the fact already existed, and Zhan Beijue didn’t want to dwell on it.
If it were a few years ago, he would still have cared a lot about money and reputation.
Men are born with a desire to conquer.
He wanted to prove his abilities through one successful project after another.
But after so many years, he was tired of it.
Every day, he was like an emotionless robot, shuttling through various businesses.
No friends, no rest, no love.
He was tired of such a life.
Especially now that Jiang Nanfang was back.
He knew he had four lovely children.
Career or not, it was no longer important to him.
As long as the Zhan Corporation’s banner didn’t fall, and his grandfather’s reputation wasn’t tarnished by him.
From now on, whoever wanted to prove themselves could go ahead and do so.
He wanted to withdraw.
Taking Jiang Nanfang and their children.
To a place where no one knew them.
To do a job that was neither too big nor too small, and live out the rest of his life peacefully.
After dawn, he went to the bathroom to wash up, shave, change into clean clothes, and greet his grandfather and elder brother, who were having breakfast downstairs.
“Morning.”
This was the first time Zhan Beijue had spoken to his elder brother proactively since they met yesterday.
His elder brother immediately looked at him with a complex expression.
Zhan Beijue pulled out a chair and sat down opposite him.
“Come to the company with me after you finish eating.”