Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife
Chapter 186: The Mother Gains Status Through Her Son (9)

Chapter 186: Chapter 186: The Mother Gains Status Through Her Son (9)

Donald Duck couldn’t grasp the hidden meaning in her words, thinking how could that man, whose voice over the phone exuded such authority, possibly say anything wrong. Of course, Donald Duck hadn’t considered that this man was a typical henpecked husband at home.

Whatever his wife said, Mr. White didn’t dare to object. Because if he did, he’d find himself going home to no dinner, potentially starving to death.

"Senior, I heard someone was looking for me this morning?" Gu Nuan shifted Donald Duck’s attention away from her husband, as discussing her husband at work was clearly inappropriate.

Tang Qingzhong recalled the incident, hesitatingly asking, "Actually, I didn’t see those people myself, but a colleague mentioned he saw a few women loitering around our Business Development Department. When he approached them, they said they were looking for you. Of course, since you weren’t at work today, having taken the day off, they had no choice but to leave."

"Did they say who they were?"

"No," Tang Qingzhong felt the puzzle lay in the fact that, in a large conglomerate like Changda, all visiting personnel in the office area should be registered at the entrance. It wasn’t just anyone could come and go as they pleased—if the security measures were so lax, things would be unmanageable.

Thus, Gu Nuan could imagine which women they might have been.

Tang Qingzhong went on to finally share an exciting piece of explosive news with her, "For now, we no longer have to stay in this Business Development Department."

Huh? Gu Nuan couldn’t help feeling surprised.

Tang Qingzhong’s mouth was clearly struggling to conceal a smile, "The HR department notified us, saying that because the Finance Department is short-staffed, the higher-ups have decided to temporarily transfer two people over to the Finance Department for support, and we’ll decide whether to return to Business Development after our team leader is discharged from the hospital."

Upon hearing this, Gu Nuan immediately understood. That person knew she had paid a price for his plan, and now he was starting to protect her.

Tang Qingzhong’s emotions were indescribable as he said, "I feel, I suddenly feel, that all the hardships I endured at Changda were worth it. No wonder why our team leader endured the humiliations and still chose to stay at Changda."

Because there was such a person at Changda, who would never let those who shouldn’t suffer, suffer any longer.

Gu Nuan suddenly felt a wave of warmth, especially thinking about how that person was her father-in-law.

Her father-in-law’s personal integrity was outstanding, absolutely unyielding.

After receiving the transfer orders, the two of them quickly tidied up their stuff on their desks. Since the only project they had been working on was Mingyue, and since the Mingyue project was on hold for the time being and didn’t require a handover, they didn’t need to say goodbye. They grabbed their personal belongings and prepared to leave the Business Development Department.

Even so, as they were about to leave, the door to the department head’s office opened, and Team Leader Jiang stepped out, telling Qiu Wenduo, "Check the things they’re taking with them."

Tang Qingzhong and Gu Nuan thus placed their boxes on the table for inspection.

Qiu Wenduo carefully went through both boxes, which only contained stationery and no documents.

Team Leader Jiang, with arms akimbo, seemed somewhat helpless—perhaps this meant they’d let them go. Hence, he shot a covert glance at Qiu Wenduo.

Therefore, Qiu Wenduo’s hand slipped into his jacket pocket. Just as he was about to slip something into Tang Qingzhong’s box, a pair of eyes suddenly locked onto his hand, accompanied by a cold female voice saying to him, "Senior, don’t you feel ashamed of the title ’senior’ when doing things like this?"

Stunned for a moment, Qiu Wenduo looked up to meet Gu Nuan’s eyes.

He never knew that the eyes of a deaf person could possess such astonishing color and an invisible deterrence.

At this moment, the sudden arrival of someone caught everyone by surprise.

"Director Chen—" someone blurted out first.

Hearing that Chen Jiaming had made a surprise visit, Director Meng hurriedly emerged from his office to greet him.

"Director Chen, what brings you here?"

Confronted with Director Meng’s eager, ingratiating question, Chen Jiaming simply cast a cool glance around, his gaze falling on Qiu Wenduo’s hand, poised to commit an act.

Qiu Wenduo instantly recoiled as if electrocuted, wishing in that very moment that he could sever his own hand.

Chen Jiaming pointed at Donald Duck and Gu Nuan, "You two, come with me."

Having said this, and clearly not wanting to waste words with the others, Chen Jiaming turned and left.

Imagine the unsightly look on Director Meng’s face.

Riding on Chen Jiaming’s words, Tang Qingzhong and Gu Nuan promptly picked up their boxes and followed him. Whatever happened in the Business Development Department after that was no longer their concern.

Still, thinking of Director Meng’s expression, Donald Duck couldn’t help but snicker to himself.

Gu Nuan was not in as good a mood as Tang Qingzhong, because the man leading the way, Chen Jiaming, did not seem to be in the best of spirits.

No doubt, someone had suddenly transferred the two of them to his care, and his mood must have taken a turn for the worse. After all, they were clearly hot potatoes.

Upon entering the elevator, Chen Jiaming, seeing that nobody else was around, finally said to them, "We have a business trip tonight. Get your things together and call your families. The company car will take us to the airport this afternoon."

This completely unexpected news left Tang Qingzhong dumbfounded.

"What, weren’t you always going on trips with Team Leader Fang before?" Chen Jiaming swept over the expression on Donald Duck’s face with a cool gaze.

Tang Qingzhong quickly composed himself, replying, "Yes."

Chen Jiaming’s gaze then settled on Gu Nuan, "You studied finance, that’s what he said."