Mr.CEO’s Ex-wife Escapes Again
Chapter 276 - 276 276 Theres Always Someone Who Dislikes Him

Chapter 276: Chapter 276: There’s Always Someone Who Dislikes Him Chapter 276: Chapter 276: There’s Always Someone Who Dislikes Him “Secretary Chen, I got the information. It was our top leader who signed off on the decision not to release the goods!”

Chen Xiaosen had waited for about twenty minutes, only to receive such news.

“What do you mean? There’s nothing wrong with our goods. Why won’t your leader let them through?”

“Secretary Chen, I really don’t know why you’re asking me this. How dare a minor director like me question the leader’s decision?”

Following this, the customs director hung up the phone.

Chen Xiaosen was so angry that he threw his phone as well.

But this wasn’t the worst of it. By three o’clock in the afternoon, as usual, the finance department would need to start filing taxes.

But suddenly, the newly appointed financial director also showed up.

“Secretary Chen, we just went to file taxes, and the tax bureau said there was a problem with our tax affairs, demanding to examine our accounts for the past ten years.”

“What did you say?”

Chen Xiaosen’s face completely changed.

Examining ten years of accounts, for a multinational corporation like theirs, how long would that take?

Moreover, if they found any irregularities, the company would surely face astronomical fines.

Chen Xiaosen couldn’t handle it on his own, so he immediately called Sheng Siyuan.

As it happened, Sheng Siyuan had also just arrived downstairs at the company.

“First, let’s head to the tax bureau.”

Receiving the call, Sheng Siyuan directed Xu Guannan to detour to the tax office as soon as they reached the company’s entrance, his handsome face clouding over.

Soon, outside the tax bureau.

“President Sheng, our director is not here, please come again another day.”

Unexpectedly, at the entrance of the tax bureau, the security guards who used to greet Sheng Siyuan’s car as if they were fawning over him now stood in his way.

This time, they were actually trying to stop him.

Xu Guannan came to a halt, rolled down the window, and gave the security guard a fiercely sharp glare.

“Dare to say that again?”

“X… Xu Team Leader, our director really isn’t here, I’m not lying to you,” the security guard stammered, nearly losing his footing in fear.

But he still insisted that the head of the tax bureau wasn’t in.

Sitting in the car, Sheng Siyuan’s handsome eyebrows were knitted tightly, and the chill emanating from him was ferociously intimidating in that instant.

“President, this…”

“Let’s go back. He’s probably deliberately avoiding me,” conceded Sheng Siyuan, uttering the words with restrained coolness.

The black Bentley made its way back to the mansion.

Back at the office, as soon as Sheng Siyuan walked in, the senior executives from the eighth floor came seeking him out one after the other.

“President Sheng, what is going on exactly? How did our marketing department get kicked out of the bidding project?”

“President Sheng, and our production department—after so many years without any inspections, why did the environmental bureau suddenly come today? They claimed our environmental standards are not up to par?”

“…”

A dozen people stood in front of Sheng Siyuan’s office desk, causing the veins on his forehead to throb visibly.

What was this new trouble?

The company had just settled down, so it was implausible for all departments to suddenly encounter problems. There must be some new turmoil brewing behind the scenes, right?

The man, exceptionally astute, quickly realized this.

“What is Tang up to these days?”

After sending the senior executives away, he sat at his desk in contemplation for a moment before suddenly raising his head to ask Xu Guannan.

Xu Guannan was startled: “Are you talking about Tang Wanlin?”

Tang Wanlin was the current person in charge of Jiangbei City.

Sheng Siyuan nodded, “Make a call and find out if anyone upstairs has taken a dislike to me, Sheng Siyuan, recently.”

“Sure!”

Xu Guannan immediately took out his phone.

Finally, after the call connected, they learned of some reasons.

“President Sheng, I don’t know what’s going on either. The documents being issued now are all aimed at suppressing Shengshi. I’m puzzled as well – didn’t you just resolve a crisis? How could you have stirred up such big trouble again? Who have you provoked this time?”

Tang Wanlin said on the phone with a palpable sense of dread.

As his words ended, the office fell silent, the atmosphere seeming to freeze over in an instant.

The chill was so intense it made Xu Guannan’s scalp tingle.

Who could they have provoked?

Lately, Shengshi had been following the rules strictly, and Sheng Siyuan even more so was just taking care of his wife.

Who could he have offended?

Sheng Siyuan hung up the phone, leaned his head back slightly against the chair, and stared ahead. In that moment, a flicker of weariness and hostility flashed through his deep, bottomless eyes, his entire expression cold.

He was truly sick of this. How many times had it been now?

He never thought that he as the president of a huge empire would be harassed like this.

Why?

Because he was too law-abiding?

His eyes shrouded in extreme cold, the air of murderous intent burst forth from him.

“President?”

“Make a call to Customs, and if my Sheng Siyuan’s goods can’t get out today, I’ll make sure the entire Customs office shuts down for good!”

“…”

“And tell the Tax Bureau, if they want to investigate Shengshi Group, that’s fine, but first return all the taxes I, Sheng Siyuan, have paid over the past decade. Then we can check everything down to the last detail!”

He spoke deliberately, one word at a time.

His sharp, clearly defined profile epitomized the disdain of one who held power, as though the people he was speaking of were mere ants beneath his feet.

With a flick of his finger, he could easily crush them all.

And that was indeed the case; the entire Jiangbei depended on Shengshi Group for its livelihood. Customs had been established here because of Shengshi Group’s massive maritime operations, and the Tax Bureau was even more dependent.

Over the years, relying on Shengshi Group, it had climbed to one of the top positions in the capital.

Xu Guannan made the call.

Soon, the heads of the two agencies, who had been refusing to meet or contact him just before, took the initiative to call him.

“President Sheng, let’s talk this over. We don’t want it this way either but… there’s pressure from above.”

The head of Customs said on the phone, sweating profusely.

Upon hearing this, Sheng Siyuan let out a cold laugh on the spot, “Which ‘above’? Provincial City?”

Customs Officer: “No… No, it wasn’t. The call I received at noon came from the capital.”

It was actually from the capital!

This revelation caused Sheng Siyuan’s brows to finally furrow.

Suddenly, he thought of Xiahou Yi and his expression changed while sitting in the office.

Xu Guannan: “If it’s Xiahou Yi, could it be because of the last time he helped and didn’t get what he wanted?”

“…”

The man’s face turned even uglier.

If one-fourth of Shengshi Group wasn’t enough to satisfy that man’s appetite, he truly didn’t know what more he could give him.

Sheng Siyuan left the company and made a special trip back to the old family home.

It seemed he had recently taken to going home to consult with his father whenever he encountered a problem.

“No way, Xiahou Yi holds the number one position in power – would he really be so greedy?”

As expected, the elder Mr. Sheng also found it hard to believe upon hearing this.

Sheng Siyuan fell into deep thought.

If not Xiahou Yi, then who could it be?