The Byoukidere Is Her Sweetie
Chapter 403: 403: Jiang Zhi is dismissed from his position, Jiang Family courting disaster in various ways (first update)

Chapter 403: 403: Jiang Zhi is dismissed from his position, Jiang Family courting disaster in various ways (first update)

Xue Bao Yi snorted, “Like hell I’d believe you!” He turned his head and asked Qiao Nanchu, “You knew it all along too?”

Qiao Nanchu didn’t deny it, he pinched a grape, and tossed it into his mouth.

Xue Bao Yi completely lost it now, yelling at Jiang Zhi, “Why is it that both he and Xue Bingxue know, and only I’m kept in the dark? Don’t you consider me a brother?!”

Thinking about how he had been protecting this guy like he would protect Sister Lin all these years, he was furious!

Jiang Zhi gave an explanation, “Your IQ isn’t high enough, you’re easily tricked into spilling secrets.”

“…”

Blame him then.

Xue Bao Yi scoffed, “Let’s cut ties then.”

Come on, beg me! Beg me and I might magnanimously forgive you!

Jiang Zhi plugged in his earphones, heard Zhou Xufang’s voice message, and then called out, “Fang Bao.”

Qiao Nanchu took off his earphones, “My girlfriend is asking if you still want the pickled radishes?”

“I do.”

“Then you’ll pick them up tomorrow.”

“Alright.”

Xue Bao Yi: “…”

Is he invisible? Is his forgiveness not important? Is his anger worthless?

Xue Bao Yi, so angry he was almost smoking, said, “Brother Zhi, you—”

Jiang Zhi pressed a finger to his lips, signaling him to be silent, and then answered a call, “Are you nearly here?”

That tender and gentle tone, it had to be Zhou Xufang calling.

Zhou Xufang said on the phone that she was stuck in traffic and would arrive a bit late.

Jiang Zhi told her to remind the driver to drive slowly, “Turn on the video call, let me have a look at you.”

Xue Bao Yi moved closer to the phone’s camera, planning to tell Xu Fang’s sister to properly deal with this guy. But as soon as the video call connected, Jiang Zhi gave him a cool glance and walked outside.

Xue Bao Yi threw a grape at him, and by some incredible chance, it hit his family’s old master’s forehead.

Old Master Xue wiped off the grape juice from his head, gave someone a glare, and turned to tell his daughter-in-law, “Call Lixiang, tell her Bao Yi is acting up again.”

Xue Bao Yi: “…”

He threw a resentful glance at that bastard Jiang Zhi.

Jiang Zhi was video calling with Zhou Xufang.

“Who picked out the dress?”

Zhou Xufang was wearing a navy blue embroidered dress, she seldom wore dresses, “Grandma picked it.”

Jiang Zhi brought the phone screen closer, leaning in to look at her, “Very beautiful.”

“Brother Zhi.”

Xu Jiuru called out to him from behind, but he didn’t hear, already having left the banquet hall.

The person in the video…

Xu Jiuru shook her head, it must have been her mistake.

“Chairman.” A middle-aged man hurried over.

Xu Jiuru asked, “What’s the matter?”

“We’ve found out about the Lu Family’s supplier.”

“Which one is it?”

The man replied, “JC Medical.”

Xu Jiuru’s expression changed dramatically, “JC Medical? How could it be JC Medical?” Why would Jiang Zhi help the Lu Family? Isn’t Jiang Zhi the person behind JC?

No, that’s not right, but what’s off?

At 8 o’clock sharp, the host of the anniversary celebration took the stage.

The host was a young man with the gift of the gab, his opening remarks were beautifully delivered, and while being calm and composed, he didn’t lack wit and humor. After thanking all the guests and leaders, he said, “Please welcome the general manager of our group to deliver a speech.”

Everyone looked at Jiang Zhi.

He leaned against the bar table set with red wine and desserts, holding a glass of wine, the red liquid swaying back and forth: “I have nothing to say.”

Why wasn’t he following the procedure?

The host turned his gaze to the deputy general manager of the group: “How about the deputy general manager?”

Jiang Xiaolin smiled with a gentle and scholarly air: “I also have nothing to say.”

“…”

The articulate host found himself at a loss for words and couldn’t round off the situation, so he had no choice but to turn to the chairperson.

Xu Jiuru then stood up: “Let me say a few words.” She walked to the front of the banquet hall, and the host quickly offered her the microphone. She waved her hand, not needing the microphone, her voice still loud and clear, “Thank you all for attending the Jiang Group’s anniversary celebration despite your busy schedules.”

The pleasantries ended with that single sentence.

“Recently, there have been quite a few rumors about our Jiang Family, true and false, good and bad,” Xu Jiuru spoke calmly and unhurriedly, “Our friends from the business world should know that I have two sons in politics.”

The guests below listened, unsure what medicine this old lady was selling in her gourd.

“Our Jiang Family has a family rule that business and politics must be kept separate without any crossover. I’m sure most of you have rarely seen my two good-for-nothing sons in commercial settings.”

Good-for-nothing?

A casual three billion, a stint in detention, and half of Imperial City Hall’s staff had to ‘drink tea’ at the prosecutor’s office. And they still call that good-for-nothing?

But what the old lady said wasn’t false; the Jiang Family always kept a clear distinction between business and politics.

“As for the Zhou Group’s financial case, I know as little as all of you here, just that it’s unrelated to our Jiang Family. As for the actual truth, the prosecutor’s office will deliver a just result in the future, so I won’t say more.”

She was clearing the name for the Jiang Family.

“Brother,” Lu Sheng nudged the person next to him with his elbow, “Doesn’t this feel like a press conference?”

“Mmm.” Lu Xinglan was lethargic, eyes tearing up, lacking any energy.

“Talking so much and still not getting to the point,” Lu Sheng said, bored, playing with the grapes on his plate, tossing one into his mouth, so sour.

Lu Xinglan yawned: “When is Lawyer Xu getting here?”

“He’s already on the way, should be here in ten minutes at most.”

Ten minutes.

Lu Xinglan glanced at his watch and picked up a glass of red wine from the table.

Lu Sheng snatched the wine away: “Red wine aids sleep, and if you drink it and pass out, I won’t be able to carry you.” She moved the glass aside and handed him a bunch of grapes, “Eat these, you hate the sourness, it’ll help wake you up.”

Lu Xinglan picked a grape and put it in his mouth, his eyes squinting from the sourness,

Lu Sheng laughed: “Still sleepy?”

“Mmm.”

Lu Xinglan disliked sourness, and his already teary, drowsy eyes became even more moist and misty.

Lu Sheng pushed the plate toward him: “Then eat a few more.”

He was truly sleepy, popping grapes into his mouth one by one, the sourness making him irritable, glancing at the stage: “Babbling on and on.”

The Jiang Family had always been low-key; throwing such a grand anniversary celebration surely had an ulterior motive.

Aside from clarifying for the Jiang Family, Xu Jiuru had another matter to announce in front of everyone: “I don’t know if you have heard, but recently, our Jiang Family has had some issues with a few orders.”

Imperial City was only so big; of course, they knew. Both the Jiang and Lu families had been having troubles recently.

“Many of our Jiang Family’s business partners are here today, and I will take a few minutes of your time to explain.”

“Thank you all for your concern. The Jiang Family’s operations are all normal. It’s just that last week there was a fire in the warehouse, and the company received consecutive orders from MK Hospital and Morniter for medical supplies, making the shipments a bit tight.”

This statement had two implications:

The Jiang Family was overloaded with orders.

MK Hospital and Morniter had abandoned the Lu Family and chosen the Jiang Family.

“However, on the matter of stock preparation, indeed it was an oversight on the part of the Jiang Family.” Xu Jiuru paused slightly, “It was Brother Zhi’s neglect.”

At this, the entire room buzzed with surprise.

Wasn’t Jiang Zhi this old lady’s precious darling? How could she bear to push him out?

What was this act about?

“If there are mistakes, there must be penalties. Today, I invited everyone here also to use the occasion of the anniversary celebration to announce something,” Xu Jiuru raised her voice a tad, solid and powerful, “On behalf of the shareholders of the Jiang Group, I officially remove Jiang Zhi from the position of General Manager of the Jiang Zhi Group.”