They followed him all the way to the south city.
As the car exited the highway, Chen Jiaojiao called Hu Jiasheng.
Hu Jiasheng was driving back, his body weary.
"I just left the club and was heading back. Why aren't you asleep yet?"
"Don't go back tonight. I'll be there soon. Wait for me at the usual spot."
"What? You're coming over?"
"I said if I wanted to see you, I'd see you immediately. What, you're not welcome?"
How could that be?
A delicate young lady, traveling hundreds of kilometers in the dead of night to see him, Hu Jiasheng was more than touched.
"Okay. I'll go to the usual spot and wait for you."
The car sped on, finally arriving in front of the hotel where they had previously dated.
Hu Jiasheng, in a white shirt and black suit, tall with long legs, stood at the entrance looking out.
The car stopped, Chen Jiaojiao got out, called out "Asheng," and then ran towards him with joyful steps.
Hu Jiasheng descended the steps and embraced her tightly.
They clung to each other, sweet and happy, like lovers reunited after a long separation.
After embracing for several seconds, Hu Jiasheng released her, cupped her chin, and lowered his head to kiss her.
In the taxi, Lu Mingzhe watched the two with dark, gloomy eyes and secretly recorded the scene.
After savoring it for a moment, he sent the video to Zhan Beijue.
Zhan Beijue was not like these single dogs. He had a wife and children to look after and now lived like a health enthusiast, sleeping on time.
While he might not have truly slept soundly, he absolutely did not touch his phone during his interactions with Jiang Nanfang.
It wasn't until the next morning, after breakfast, that he discovered the video Lu Mingzhe had sent.
Jiang Nanfang had finished getting ready and was saying goodbye to the children, preparing to go to the company.
Zhan Beijue stopped her.
"Come and help me see if this woman is Chen Jiaojiao."
Chen Jiaojiao?
They hadn't been in much contact since she returned to Jincheng.
After not hearing her name for several months, it was strange to suddenly hear it from Zhan Beijue's mouth.
Jiang Nanfang walked over, clicked on the video on his phone, and watched it repeatedly.
"Isn't she Lu Mingzhe's fiancée? How did she get together with Hu Jiasheng?"
"It looks like they've been together for more than a day or two. Lu Mingzhe sent this to you after two in the morning yesterday? It seems he was furious."
Men and women think differently.
Through the video, Jiang Nanfang saw Chen Jiaojiao abandoning Lu Mingzhe and getting together with Hu Jiasheng.
Zhan Beijue, however, first felt Hu Jiasheng's untrustworthiness.
He shouldn't have had any intersection with Chen Jiaojiao, so how did they end up together?
Knowing Chen Jiaojiao's relationship with Lu Mingzhe, he still insisted on being with her, and secretly at that...
As men, he understood perfectly what such behavior implied.
And Lu Mingzhe, sending him this video was not just to complain about his broken heart.
Because normally, such an embarrassing matter would suffice to mention, there was no need to show details.
He must have wanted to guide something.
Thinking that the entire Zhan Corporation was now controlled by someone with impure intentions, he lost the mood to professionally accompany the children at home.
"I'll go to the company with you."
Jiang Nanfang felt he was overreacting somewhat.
"Why? Chen Jiaojiao isn't married to Lu Mingzhe yet. They have freedom to date."
"Even if Lu Mingzhe is your friend, you can't trouble your own brother over this matter, can you?"
Zhan Beijue glanced at her.
"Am I that bored?"
"I don't care about their dating. I just want to know how he pursued Chen Jiaojiao. Whether he used his position to transfer benefits to others."
"Zhan Corporation doesn't belong to Hu Jiasheng alone. I can't let him act recklessly."
Actually, Jiang Nanfang had also doubted Hu Jiasheng's qualifications to manage the company before.
After all, he had been sent abroad since he was young.
Although he had some Zhan family blood, no one knew his background.
Especially when Zhan Beijue had encountered trouble.
If the entire Zhan Corporation fell into the hands of someone with ill intentions, wouldn't the old man's lifelong efforts be in vain?
She had asked the old man directly.
The old man's answer was:
Although Hu Jiasheng had been raised abroad, he had people looking after him.
His life trajectory from childhood to adulthood had been arranged by him.
The old man knew everything about the people around him and his experiences.
If he hadn't fully trusted him, he wouldn't have handed over the company to him.
It seemed that Zhan Beijue would ask this question again.
After dropping Jiang Nanfang off at Grey Electric, Zhan Beijue went to the group headquarters.
Zhou Jinbei was quite surprised to see him.
"Why do you have time to come over today?"
Hu Jiasheng was not present, so Zhan Beijue went directly to the president's office.
He asked Zhou Jinbei to find all the project proposals he had handled from the day he left the company until now, as he wanted to review them.
"Did something happen?"
"Just do as you're told, less nonsense."
Zhan Beijue retorted coldly.
"You've been working for so long and still have no sense of professionalism. With you like this, do you expect me to get you a car?"
He really hit a sore spot.
Zhou Jinbei pouted and left instantly.
About half an hour later, all the documents were found.
Zhan Beijue discovered something amiss within ten minutes of flipping through them.
Shortly after he left, Zhan Corporation decided to invest in a major landmark project in Jincheng.
It was supposed to be a collaboration with a very old local company.
Later, it was replaced by another one.
Legal affairs had investigated that company.
After confirming everything was in order, Hu Jiasheng had signed it.
Zhan Beijue opened a certain software and entered the company name.
Soon, he found out that the company's controlling shareholder's surname was Chen.
With this name, he searched on Baidu.
He quickly learned that this person was Chen Jiaojiao's father.
No wonder he could get together with Chen Jiaojiao.
They had known each other for so long.
And he had given her such great convenience.
Hu Jiasheng was quite good at charming girls.
This one piece of evidence was enough.
Zhan Beijue didn't bother to look further.
He asked Zhou Jinbei to return the remaining documents, took the relevant files, and returned to the Zhan family.
The old man was playing with the children in the garden after finishing breakfast.
Zhan Beijue walked over.
In the living room, after finishing the documents, the old man looked at Zhan Beijue with a deep gaze.
"So what do you want to tell me?"
Zhan Beijue stated directly.
"Because I trust your judgment, I didn't hesitate at all when you said he should join the company."
"But now, I have to start questioning it."
"Grandpa, he dared to openly transfer benefits to others as soon as he took over the company. This unprofessionalism makes me fear that Zhan Corporation will have problems in the long run."
The old man picked up his teacup, took a sip, and after a long pause, said,
"Although Ah Sheng wasn't raised under my direct supervision, every move he made was within my control, and I always trusted him."
"I didn't expect this situation to arise either."
"I'm old, my eyes aren't working well. Do as you see fit. The company is yours now, you don't need to consult me."