In the meeting room, after that collapse sound echoed, no other sound could be heard.

Su Shouzi now looked surprised, staring blankly at Xu Fan, who leaned against the wall with his eyes closed, resting.

"What, worried they'll ask us to compensate them later?"

"Don't worry, we won't be paying."

"..."

Xu Fan's attempt at humor was not amusing, causing Su Shouzi to grimace awkwardly, thinking to himself, with actions like that, who, without sight, would dare ask you to pay...

"Master, why do you do this?"

Su Shouzi didn't understand, as logically, the relationship between Xu Fan and Xia Yanyu should have been very tense, yet why did he step forward to help Xia Yanyu...

"The kind of people I hate the most are those with wolfish ambitions."

"Since Xia Group bears the Xia name, there's reason for it. The position Xia Family holds today was built up bit by bit by the ancestors of Xia Yanyu. Now that they are gone, thinking about seizing power—Su Shouzi, don't you think that such ungrateful people should be suppressed?"

"The effort put in matches the amount served. Greed, even a little, will be punished. That's the rule, got it?"

"This..."

Su Shouzi grimaced, unable to help but recall the matters regarding Lingyan Pavilion, and he nodded without hesitation.

"Su Shouzi understands."

...

The two of them were in the hallway, and after not too long, they saw Xia Yanyu approaching from the other side.

She seemed to have tried washing the despondency off her face, and it was noticeable that there were still a few drops of water on her fair face.

The delicate makeup on her face had already been washed away by water, but this didn't affect Xia Yanyu in the slightest.

Makeup, to her, was merely a gild on the lily.

"Xu Fan, wait here a moment, I'll go in and be right out."

Previously in the restroom, Xia Yanyu had thought a lot, considering from all sides how to logically persuade the shareholders who disagreed with her.

Now she was full of confidence that it wouldn't take long to successfully get everyone to accept her proposal.

Perhaps, a word of encouragement from Xu Fan could give her even more confidence.

However, at this moment, Xu Fan didn't even deign to open his eyes.

"..."

She smiled a bit disheartenedly, nodded at Su Shouzi, and then headed for the conference room door.

With both hands, she pushed open the doors forcefully, as if startled by the scene inside the conference room, Xia Yanyu hesitated to step inside.

After a brief moment of daze, she turned her head blankly toward Xu Fan.

The professional composure she had barely managed to gather in the restroom became complex again.

Xia Yanyu's lips parted slightly, saying something indistinct, and after a deep look at Xu Fan, she stepped directly into the conference room.

...

This board meeting, without a doubt, Xia Yanyu's proposal was unanimously approved by all the shareholders.

Less than five minutes later, Xia Yanyu walked out of the conference room again.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Xu Fan, let's go to my office now."

Xu Fan opened his eyes, glanced at Xia Yanyu, and followed her toward her office.

"Wait outside."

Now at the office door, Xu Fan stopped and instructed Su Shouzi.

"Alright, I understand."

By the time they were in the car, Xu Fan had already fully understood every aspect of the cooperation, whether Su Shouzi was present or not made no difference.

Moreover, Su Shouzi was well aware that Xu Fan was more suited to handle this business deal than he was.

"You sit first, I'll make you a cup of tea."

After entering the meeting room, Xia Yanyu let Xu Fan sit down and then went off to prepare tea for him on her own.

As the CEO of Xia Group, Xia Yanyu's office was the epitome of simplicity, showing no signs of lavishness.

With her power, she could have decorated the office like a palace without any issue, yet she seemed not to overuse her authority, earnestly taking on the responsibility her father had entrusted to her.

"Alright, you drink first…"

After seriously preparing the tea for Xu Fan, Xia Yanyu hurried over to him, but before she could hand him the tea, she just froze.

It was visible that Xu Fan had a picture frame in his hand.

And the framed photograph was undeniably that of her younger sister.

Xia Yanyu remembered clearly, it was a photo she took of her sister when she was sixteen, who, as cunning as a fox, insisted on making a funny face.

"Just leave it there, I'm not thirsty."

At this moment, Xu Fan coldly placed the picture frame back in its place, and Xia Yanyu, holding the tea, stood still in front of Xu Fan, finally just giving a bitter smile and placing the tea on the table.

"Xu Fan, just now, thank you…"

The atmosphere in the office was somewhat awkward; Xia Yanyu, looking at the expressionless Xu Fan, really didn't know what to say.

She was very aware that without Xu Fan's help, it would have been impossible for her alone to so easily convince so many shareholders to accept her proposal.

"Don't be so formal, I never intended to help you."

To his gratitude, Xu Fan was unappreciative, and for some reason, Xia Yanyu felt a bit hurt.

With a lump in her throat, she glanced at Xu Fan's waist and then asked, "Let me see your wound…"

Xu Fan had just sustained a gunshot wound a short time ago and had rashly acted out for her, which must have affected the wound. At this moment, Xia Yanyu was concerned and wanted to lift Xu Fan's clothes to see if it had affected his injury.

"What are you doing?"

Before she could touch Xu Fan's clothes, he had grabbed her wrist.

At this moment, Xu Fan's indifferent gaze made Xia Yanyu somewhat scared; she weakly looked at him and said, "I, I'm worried…"

"Rest assured, you need not worry; I am perfectly fine."

Perhaps there was a misunderstanding between Xu Fan and Xia Yanyu, but he found it hard to forgive her for the matter regarding Xia Xiao Die.

At this moment, he coldly let go of her hand and placed the contract on the table, then said, "Let's just talk about the contract directly."

"No, let me see first…"

This woman was more stubborn than he had expected; she took advantage of his distraction and reached out to him again.

Time and again, Xu Fan, now frowning, simply pulled Xia Yanyu into his arms, directly making her sit on his lap.

"Xu, Xu Fan, what are you doing…"

Being firmly embraced by Xu Fan, Xia Yanyu couldn't break free at all; her face was both red and hot, and she was utterly at a loss.

Xu Fan looked at Xia Yanyu with a cold smile and said, "Xia Yanyu, didn't you want to check my body?"

"Fine, since it's just the two of us in this office and no one else to see, I'll let you check to your heart's content."

"Don't…"

As he spoke, Xu Fan directly grabbed Xia Yanyu's wrists and then stretched her hands inside his clothes…

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