Chapter 79: Choose Her or Apologize

  Xiao Qian's grip on the bread slice in his hand loosened as he frowned and asked into the receiver, "What do you mean?"

  "Just then, I received an email this morning and found a photo inside...I think if this photo is sent out, it will have an impact on General Gu, so I..." Zhang Yali's words were cut off, making Xiao Qian even more anxious.

  "Send me the photo. Urgent."

  "It is... but, Director Xiao, don't get angry."

  Xiao Qian's expression had already started to freeze when she said that, and soon Zhang Yali sent a photo. Xiao Qian indifferently enlarged the photo and saw that it was a very clear photo. On it, Jiang Xiaoxun was sticking to Gu Ye's ear, saying something unknown, with a smile on his face that looked complacent...

  Zhang Yali said, "Several senior executives of the company received this photo. Because Jiang wanted to withdraw his investment, Xiao said that he could only compensate according to the contract first. However, the company found that the original contract was missing, and a photocopy of the contract would be useless in court. Otherwise, if Jiang wanted to, he could determine that Xiaosheng's investment was illegal financing. That's why there is no contract. Even if there were notarized documents and other witnesses as evidence, Jiang could still sue us for illegal financing fraud and deceive investors. In the end, Jiang wouldn't have to pay compensation, and he could easily get his funds back while retaining the right to pursue legal action against Xiaosheng."

  In other words, the initiative is now in Chiang Hsiao-wu's hands. He can not only get back his investment but also decide whether the Hsiao family should compensate him and whether they should be held responsible for their illegal fundraising activities...

  Zhang Yali said, "Several executives said that now it seems that Gu and Jiang have a good relationship. Is it possible that Gu is sabotaging from the middle, destroying the contract, and colluding with Jiang to deceive the company? Given the recent rumors that Gu and Xiao are about to divorce... So they asked more directly, whether Gu has already secretly joined forces with Jiang."

  Xiao Qian asked in a cold voice, "Then what are they going to do?"

  "Just now, someone called me and asked if Director Xiao had arrived at the company. They said... If it's really true that General Manager Gu is leaving Shaoxi Venture Capital, then she might be the insider. This time, Jiang Xiaoxuan wants to sue Shaoxi Venture Capital, why not just say that the person in charge of this investment case is General Manager Gu? Let's see how Jiang Xiaoxuan will deal with it, whether he will collude with General Manager Gu or not. Anyway, General Manager Gu has to leave Shaoxi Venture Capital, and letting her take responsibility for protecting the overall situation won't affect other people at Shaoxi. If she really is an insider who collaborated with others, then let them bite each other, and see if Jiang Xiaoxuan will let Gu Yu go to prison."

  Xiao Qian closed his eyes, this woman...

  She went to see Jiang Xiaoxuan for no reason! This matter has become complicated all of a sudden.

  Other executives of the company are preparing to abandon Gu Yei, who may be a traitor.

  Yes, Gu Yanshan is a spy, she's an executive, has the ability, and she's going to divorce Xiao Qian, urgently needs to find the next one, she has this motive, everyone will directly think of her as normal.

  Now that the news of his divorce from Gu Yai is spreading, other members of the Xiao family probably think that Gu Yai leaving the Xiao family is a done deal. Since the Xiao family has already abandoned Gu Yai, letting her be bait doesn't matter anymore.

  But...

  Xiao Qian arrived at the company very quickly.

  "Director Xiao, in the past, Director Gu didn't have much contact with Director Jiang, but recently, probably because of the internet investment case, he had to get along well with Director Jiang. Since a third of the company's employees still don't agree with the investment plan, Director Gu knew that if he could convince Director Jiang to invest, those who opposed would definitely give up their opposition and support her internet investment plan. Who knew that Director Jiang had ulterior motives towards Director Gu? Recently, Director Gu and Director Jiang have been meeting frequently, but this time, somehow, they were being watched..."

  Xiao Qian entered the office, and after Zhang Yali came in, she closed the door, looked at Xiao Qian sitting behind the desk, and then said, "Director Xiao, you see..."

  Xiao Qian held the tablet computer, enlarged the photo and looked at it carefully, closed his eyes, and said, "Has the email been checked?"

  "Yes, I've checked, it's an overseas IP application, looks like they intentionally used a mailbox with no leads."

  Xiao Qian said, "Does Gu Yu still not know about this?"

  "I immediately told Director Xiao, so as to avoid any problems."

  "Alright... connect me with Jiang Xiaoxun." Xiao Qian said in a low tone.

  Zhang Yali helped him make the connection, and soon Jiang Xiaoxuan picked up the phone, his voice still full of pride. "What's going on today? CEO Xiao actually lowered himself to personally call me."

  Xiao Qian said, "You withdraw your capital, I agree."

  Jiang Xiaoxuan was taken aback for a moment, then asked in a daze, "What's the meaning of General Xiao being so generous all of a sudden?"

  Xiao Qian said, "You withdraw your capital, and from now on we won't interfere with each other, isn't that clear enough?"

  Jiang Xiaoxuan smiled and said, "Xiao Zong's sudden change makes me feel a bit embarrassed."

  Xiao Qian furrowed his brow and snorted, "Jiang Xiaoxun, stop pretending in front of me. This matter is my fault, so let's just consider it even between us, how about that?"

  Jiang Xiaoxuan snorted and said, "Hmph, Director Xiao still knows how to apologize, I'm truly honored."

  Xiao Qian didn't play hide-and-seek with him either, but just said, "You want to withdraw your capital, I agree to let you withdraw it. Isn't that good? Just ask Director Jiang when you can withdraw it."

  Jiang Xiaoxuan snorted, "That sounds really good, but... I just heard something interesting. It's said that... the original contract, you can't find it?"

  Xiao Qian's eyes changed color in an instant.

  Jiang Xiaoxuan saw that he didn't respond, and said, "How is it that you lost something as important as the original document? Didn't you take good care of it? It seems like your security system isn't doing a good job."

  Xiao Qian took a deep breath and said, "Just say it, what do you want to do?"

  Jiang Xiaoxuan hummed and said, "This wound on my face hasn't healed yet, it's still a big bruise. Whoever sees me asks me where I got this injury from, if I did something sneaky and got beaten up. You've been making things difficult for me lately, so...". Jiang Xiaoxuan paused for a moment, raising his tone, "Come on, there's nothing else to it. I have a small celebrity here, just starting out, not very famous yet. I was thinking of having her follow Director Xiao and create some hype. Nothing else, you just need to go with him to the Xiao family entrance and take a photo together, make headlines, and that's it. You don't need to worry about anything else. I'll withdraw my investment immediately, no need to thank me, we're even, this business isn't bad, right?"

  Xiao Qian couldn't help but find it somewhat amusing, "Help you with publicity? Are you taking me for an actor?"

  "What's wrong with that? Anyway, Director Xiao hasn't appeared on TV any less, just a kiss, what can happen? You're about to get divorced anyway, it's just creating momentum for your divorce."

  "I'm going to your mom's, the woman you've played with, I feel disgusted just touching her."

  "Hmm, then you'd better think it through carefully. If you don't want to ruin your reputation, let's settle this in court. I just wonder who the responsible person from your company will be. This is something the Xiao family should be familiar with, just find some high-ranking executive to take the fall and that's it. I estimate it'll only cost three billion, and you'll probably only spend a few years in prison... or... Mr. Xiao, aren't you afraid of being embroiled in a scandal and making Gu Yu jealous? Never mind, aren't you already planning to divorce her anyway? Take this opportunity to get a divorce quickly."

  Xiao Qian directly hung up the phone and sat there, his eyes rolling around.

  Jiang Xiaoxuan is forcing him to divorce, this is to make Gu Yanshen angry, to let Gu Yanshen have a complete falling out with him.

  All these years, although he had been rumored to be with someone outside and had taken many headlines, those were just photos taken casually without any intimate contact, so they didn't make a big fuss, and disappeared in a few days. Xiao Qian knew that it was some newspapers and magazines randomly taking pictures and making up news, but he didn't bother to explain.

  But taking pictures of kissing people, is it the same?

  What's going on? Is Jiang Xiaoxuan determined to get Gu Yai?

  So was he the mastermind behind this? Did he take the photos and find someone to steal the original documents?

  It's just that taking good photos is easy, but getting the original documents... is really hard to get, unless you're a high-ranking executive of Xiao Corporation, who can get this...

  Or is there really an internal ghost within Xiao's family?

  Xiao Qian's head hurt and he slammed his fist on the table in annoyance.

  Making a scandal is actually nothing, it's just being coerced by him, and feeling uncomfortable no matter what.

  Xiao Qian was mentally calculating, if the scandal really broke out, he would have to explain it to his family, and to outsiders, and be scolded for several days... and there was also Gu Yu.

  Gu Yu's office.

  Xiao Qian directly slapped the photo in front of Gu Yan.

  "Have you gone to see Jiang Xiaoxun?" Xiao Qian's dark eyes suppressed his anger as he looked at Gu Yalan.

  Gu Yu was taken aback, still worried, and looked down at the photo...

  Her beauty lost its luster, she stared at Xiao Qian in surprise, "Who took this?"

  Xiao Qian furrowed his brow and glared at Gu Yu, "I'm asking you, why did you go see Jiang Xiaoxun? What's the point of going to see him without a reason? The internet investment case? We don't need his few hundred million in investment, we can still operate just fine, who cares about his stinky money? Yeah, at first I didn't agree with your internet investment plan, so you shouldn't have come to ask me, but instead you went to ask Jiang Xiaoxun?"

  Gu Yu was scolded by him with a barrage of harsh words, and it wasn't until after a while that she came back to her senses.

  She stared at Xiao Qian, thinking that if it weren't for him, why would she go see Jiang Xiaoxuan? He refused to apologize, and she went to apologize just hoping the matter would be settled soon. But...

  "What's wrong? I'm not a newbie, I've met him many times before, why is it a problem this time?"

  She has been meeting with Jiang Xiaoxuan frequently recently, he also knew early on that the two of them had a professional connection, what's wrong with meeting openly in daylight?

  Xiao Qian angrily said, "I told you earlier that Jiang Xiaoxun is a scoundrel and you should have less contact with him. Now look what's happened, I'm telling you, someone has been keeping an eye on you, otherwise who would have taken the photo?"

  Gu Yan was shocked and stood up, saying inexplicably, "The photo wasn't taken by you?"

  Her eyes moved in her eye sockets, "This is nothing, just a photo, slightly intimate, but this is a cafe, at that time, many people were watching, we met and parted ways, who can find anything wrong with that?"

  Xiao Qian looked at Gu Yan, "I'm not going to take your picture for no reason? You really think too much, I'm watching you at home and it's not annoying enough, you're easy to get rid of, I don't hide from you and still go find someone to take your picture, am I perverted?"

  Xiao Qian furrowed his brow, supporting himself against the table, and said in a low voice, "It's not just about the photo. The company's original documents are missing, and now Jiang Xiaoxun can sue Xiao Shi with ease. Several high-level executives have received this photo... they've decided to make you the scapegoat. If Jiang Xiaoxun sues Xiao Shi, you'll be pushed forward as the person in charge of this case."

  Gu Xiang's heart sank...

  She knows.

  She knows this program and convention.

  She just didn't expect one day she would be abandoned by her own company and kicked out as a scapegoat.

  "Gu Yan looked at Xiao Qian and said, 'Why is it me?'"

  Xiao Qian looked at her, "Because of these photos, people in the company think you might be a mole."

  "Are they crazy? I'm a mole and they even took pictures of me with Jiang Xiaoxuan and sent them to them?"

  Xiao Qian looked at Gu Yan, frowning. "Don't you understand yet? What's with the internal ghost nonsense? It's all just an excuse. You want to divorce me, they know you can't stay in the Xiao family anyway. The photo as evidence isn't that clever, but it's enough as an excuse!"

  Gu Yu's expression paused for a moment, and she finally understood Xiao Qian's meaning.

  Anyway, she is now a scapegoat... ---By the way--- There are still 3000 words, updated tonight~