Beg Me to Remarry
Chapter 387 Chairman’s Office

Chapter 387: Chapter 387 Chairman’s Office

Huangpu Group.

As dusk fell upon the earth, neon lights, street lamps, and various electronic screens lit up, transforming A City, the city that never sleeps, into a place even more beautiful than in daylight.

A white Audi stopped in the square in front of the Huangpu Group headquarters. Su Cheng got out, looking up and trying hard to see if the lights were on in the CEO’s office or the Finance Director’s office at the top floor, but he couldn’t make them out clearly.

He had originally gone home first, but the servant told him that the master and mistress hadn’t returned yet. He didn’t want to call his parents. After some thought, he decided to check the company.

In the end, Su Cheng headed toward the main entrance. Since he was here, he thought he might as well up and take a look.

During the day, the Huangpu building was bustling with activity, but at night, it was as quiet as could be, with only the indicator lights on. The building seemed as if it was deserted.

But it wasn’t completely deserted—at least not now, for inside the Chairman’s office, three people were present. The Huang family couple each sat on a single sofa, while an uninvited guest—Yi Lixing—sat on the long sofa.

The conversation had been going on for almost an hour, and it wasn’t near the end yet. To be precise, they didn’t know when it would end.

At this moment, the Chairman’s office was unusually quiet. Mr. and Mrs. Huang exchanged glances, both filled with suspicion and uncertainty. With over a decade of tacit understanding, they both felt this method was too risky.

The couple sat to the left and right of Yi Lixing, cornering him, but Yi Lixing seemed utterly calm, as if nothing was happening at all. Between his two fingers, he held a coffee cup, sipping it bit by bit.

To the uninformed, it might look like a particularly tasty cup of coffee but in reality, it was the simplest kind, and it had long since gone cold. At this moment, the coffee was both bitter and astringent.

After exchanging glances, Mrs. Huang was the first to speak, "Mr. Yi, why should we trust you? If you betray us, won’t we end up losing both the lady and the troops?"

"How could that be possible?" Yi Lixing laughed, his features fairly distinguished, and his smile carried a certain scholarly charm typical of middle-aged men. However, even while smiling, his eyes flashed with a gloomy light that made it difficult for anyone to feel the slightest bit of affection.

His low voice echoed in the empty office, eerie as a ghost, "Mrs. Huang, we’ve been classmates for many years, and you know what kind of person I am among our peers. We may not say we are close friends, but with my character, do you really think I would do something as treacherous as crossing the river and demolishing the bridge?"

Mrs. Huang and Yi Lixing were university classmates. Back in their college days, they were both exemplary students, well-known in the school and holding an equal reputation.

If they had followed a normal life trajectory, the disparity between them might not have been significant. After graduation, they would work for a decent company, one specializing in public relations, the other in finance. Thanks to their hard work in university, years later, one would be the head of the Public Relations Department, and the other, the Finance Director.

At first, Yi Lixing did follow this trajectory. The peak of his life was the moment he officially became the head of the Public Relations Department at He Group. Had he continued to excel in his position, He Xing would have rewarded him, but there were no ifs in life, and greed overpowering contentment leads to disaster.

Before he became the director of the Public Relations Department, Yi Lixing advanced quickly, with promotions and pay raises clearly visible. However, in the two years after attaining the position of director, apart from the biannual raises, he saw no further promotional opportunities.

That’s when Xia Guoxiong appeared. If Xia Guoxiong was an omnipresent fly, then Yi Lixing was an egg with a crack, neither of them innocent.

Once Pandora’s box was opened, there was no way to close it again.

After Yi Lixing sold He Group’s sealed bid specifications to Xia Guoxiong for the first time, taking advantage of his position, it was destined to happen a second time, a third time...

Even today, Yi Lixing had to admit that He Xing had hinted to him many times, both overtly and covertly, but the Yi Lixing of that time was more enamored with the constantly rising numbers in his bank account—how could he have clearly heard He Xing’s warnings?

As for his classmate, Mrs. Huang, after graduating from university, she found an opportunity to work for the Huangpu Group. During a chance encounter, she met Mr. Huang, who was then the heir apparent of the Huangpu Group.

It was said that Mr. Huang fell in love with Mrs. Huang at first sight, and not long after meeting her, they married. A few months later, Su Cheng was born.

Before Yi Lixing left He Group, at the occasional class reunion, everyone was in awe of Mrs. Huang, envious and resentful, with only Yi Lixing able to hold his own against her.

Unfortunately, after Yi Lixing left He Group, his reputation in the industry was completely destroyed, and no company was willing to hire someone who would betray company secrets.

As for Xia Guoxiong, in order to maintain a superficial peace with He Group, he was unwilling to include Yi Lixing in Xia Group. Instead, he introduced Yi Lixing to Yang Kaitai.

After experiencing the dark side of society, the last shred of conscience in Yi Lixing’s heart disappeared. The combination of him and Yang Kaitai could only be described as birds of a feather flock together.

One must never assume that Yi Lixing and Yang Kaitai held each other in high regard. Throughout their collaboration, they were wary of each other. Unfortunately for Kaitai, who had Xia Ning as his weakness—an advantage for a man not concerned about losing anything—Lixing ultimately had the upper hand.

As Yang Kaitai looked at the skylight in his prison cell daily, one wonders if he realized that his downfall was largely his own doing; after all, the person who dealt him the fatal blow was none other than himself. If not for his assistance, how could Xia Ning have managed to have Yang Kaitai taken away at his engagement ceremony?

If Yi Lixing were still with He Group, given the prestige of those four words, Mrs. Huang’s collaboration with him would have been unproblematic. But the unfortunate reality was that Yi Lixing’s reputation was too tarnished now, making a partnership with him highly risky.

Since Yi Lixing walked in, Mr. Huang’s furrowed brows had never relaxed, an indication of his profound wariness of Yi Lixing.

Yi Lixing, of course, noticed their expressions and, after waiting a while without getting an answer, doubled down on sincerity, "I know you’re worried, but my time at He Group wasn’t for nothing. If I weren’t confident, I wouldn’t have come to you."

With that, he turned his head toward Mrs. Huang, and said something seemingly out of nowhere, "Do you know why I’m still unmarried to this day?"

A hint of red flushed Mrs. Huang’s cheeks. She glanced at Mr. Huang before whispering to Yi Lixing, "Please give us half an hour to discuss."