Ye Yanxi thought she had misheard and asked again, "Who did you say is here?"
A Su immediately looked excited and repeated at once, "The former president, that is, the president's father. I heard from the company that the president seems to be busy with other things, so the former president took over first."
Listening to A Su's words, Ye Yanxi felt worried again.
She knew that since Xiao Yu took over the Xiao Group, his father had never been to the company once. One of the reasons was the tense relationship between the two of them. They simply avoided seeing each other. Another reason was that since Xiao Yu took over, the company's performance had been on the rise every year, more prominent than before. So the former president completely handed the company over to Xiao Yu.
Now that the former president suddenly showed up and temporarily took over the company, while Xiao Yu didn't come. This made Ye Yanxi can't help but worry if something serious had happened.
A Su beside her was still gossiping tirelessly, "The last time the former president came to the company was when the president was in Italy. He came to deal with some matters. Now, is he on a business trip again? Maybe he won't be back for a year or two?"
But Ye Yanxi didn't listen to what A Su said. She was just immersed in her own thoughts.
After forcing herself to calm down, she translated all the urgently needed materials and went to the office to send them to Sister Yang. Sister Yang thought she was busy, so she asked someone to send the materials directly to the president's office.
Ye Yanxi's eyes immediately lit up. As soon as she heard the president's office, she immediately claimed that she was free at the moment and could send them up to the former president.
When walking upstairs, Ye Yanxi's hand holding the materials was a little sweaty, and her heart was also uneasy. But there was also a glimmer of vague expectation. She didn't know what she was expecting. Would Xiao Yu suddenly appear?
The elevator door opened. Ye Yanxi walked out nervously. Her eyes immediately looked towards the president's office. The office door was open. In the position where Xiao Yu usually sat, there was an old man with a somewhat grayish - white hair sitting there.
That person was Xiao Zhenwei. Ye Yanxi had met him once.
Suddenly seeing him made Ye Yanxi feel a mixture of nervousness and disappointment for not seeing Xiao Yu. She stood at the door and adjusted her breathing for a while before knocking on the door.
Xiao Zhenwei was dealing with documents. Hearing the sound, he looked up. Seeing Ye Yanxi standing at the door with the materials in her arms, he glanced at her and then his eyes fell back on the documents on the table. "Come in."
Ye Yanxi was extremely nervous. Her heart was pounding, and her steps were a bit stiff. With great difficulty, she walked in. "President, this is the newly translated material. Sister Yang asked me to send it."
Xiao Zhenwei continued to read the documents without raising his head. "Just put it on the table."
In the past, Xiao Zhenwei was also a prominent figure in the business world and was very famous at that time. After years of experience, there was still a lingering aura in his words.
This made Ye Yanxi's heart seem to stop beating for a moment. She only felt the invisible pressure coming towards her. She felt nervous and seemed to be completely exposed in front of him. Let alone asking him about Xiao Yu's situation.
Ye Yanxi gently put the materials on the table as he said and turned to leave. But she was still a little worried. This worry gave her the courage for a moment.
Finally, she turned around and looked at the man behind the broad desk. "Pre...President."
Xiao Zhenwei immediately looked up. He seemed a little dissatisfied at being interrupted. His eyes were full of doubts.
"Is there anything else?"
"Do you know what happened to President Xiao?" Ye Yanxi finally asked. She had no other choice but to ask Xiao Zhenwei at this moment.
Although Xiao Zhenwei's eyes were a bit cloudy, they were still sharp. He glanced at the translated materials on the table and then at the signature: Ye Yanxi.
"Are you Ye Yanxi?" His steady voice showed no emotion.
Ye Yanxi was so nervous that her breathing almost stopped. It took her a while to clench her hands and answer bravely, "Yes, President. I'm Ye Yanxi."
There was no sign of emotion on Xiao Zhenwei's face. He just said calmly, "You can go back after delivering the materials."
Ye Yanxi bit her lip. She was still a little unwilling and asked again, "President, I just want to know if something happened to Xiao Yu?"
Xiao Zhenwei frowned. His tone was displeased. "What's your identity to inquire about this matter?"
This... Ye Yanxi hesitated in her heart. The relationship between her and Xiao Yu hadn't been made public yet, so she wasn't qualified to inquire. But she just wanted to know if Xiao Yu was okay.
"Employee." Ye Yanxi lowered her voice. She lacked confidence.
"Since you're just an employee, you have no right to inquire about this matter."
Xiao Zhenwei's words were sharp and imposing, making it hard to resist.
An ordinary person would probably have slipped away trembling after being sharply scolded like this. But Ye Yanxi was even more worried.
"President..."
She was about to say something else when there came a sound of footsteps outside the office. Someone was coming here.
The office door was open at the moment. If she said anything else, the people outside would definitely hear it. So Ye Yanxi swallowed back the words that were on the tip of her tongue.
So she changed her words and said, "Then, President, I'll go back to work first."
Xiao Zhenwei continued to read the materials without raising his head and just gave a faint hum.
Ye Yanxi had just left the office when the person behind walked in. "President, there's a document here that needs your signature."
Back in the office, Ye Yanxi still felt a bit disappointed. She didn't find out about Xiao Yu's situation. And judging from Xiao Zhenwei's attitude, he didn't seem to intend to tell her anything.
A wave of disappointment welled up in her heart.
Ye Yanxi continued to sit in her seat uneasily. She checked her phone for a while and then tried to find something to do to divert her attention.
Finally, it was time to get off work. Ye Yanxi was extremely worried. She thought about who else might know about Xiao Yu's situation. After thinking for a long time, she decided to ask Shen Moshu.
Shen Moshu had just finished dealing with his work and was walking out of the company building. When he received Ye Yanxi's call, he immediately beamed. "Goddess, you actually called me on your own initiative. Do you miss me?"
Ye Yanxi was speechless. But she was already used to Shen Moshu always teasing her verbally.
"I have something to ask you. You can't hide anything from me."
"Tsk tsk. Look at what you said. When have I ever kept anything from you?" Shen Moshu immediately declared his stance. "Tell me. Whatever you want to ask, I, Shen Moshu, will definitely ensure you get a satisfactory answer."
Ye Yanxi was just waiting for him to say this. She rolled her eyes cunningly. "Then you swear first. You must tell me the truth about what I'm going to ask."
"Are you being so serious?" Shen Moshu became serious. "You're not going to ask me about the photo again, are you? I really can't do that."
"It has nothing to do with that!" Ye Yanxi added another sentence. "I promise it's not about that."
"That's good. I can tell you anything else."
"No, you have to swear first. If you tell a single lie, you'll never be able to get out of being single in this lifetime!"
Isn't this a bit too harsh?
"Okay, I swear." Shen Moshu said with a smile. "Don't worry. If you want to know about Yu's childhood, I'll tell you every detail. For example, at what age did he lift a girl's skirt? When did he beat..."
"What I want to ask is not this. It's something else." Ye Yanxi interrupted him impatiently. What good words could come out of Shen Moshu's mouth?
"Then what else? I also know that when he was seven, he pinched a kindergarten kid and made him cry."
"..." This is all such nonsense. "Brother Shen, listen to me. What I want to ask is about the night before last. You should know about this, right?"
"How could I not know?"
Ye Yanxi's heart tightened. She pressed the phone closer to her ear and deliberately told a lie. "Then how is he now? Is he seriously injured?"
Sure enough, Shen Moshu fell into the trap and blurted out, "He's just been detained. He won't get injured."
"What did you say? Detained?" Ye Yanxi's heart skipped a beat. Her voice became sharp. She pressed on, "You just said he was detained. Where?"
Only then did Shen Moshu realize that he had fallen into the trap. He asked in surprise, "You... Don't you know about this?"
"Everyone has been keeping it from me and saying that he's okay."
"Well... Now he's okay. It's not a big problem. Don't worry. He's just been detained first. He'll be released after the investigation is clear." Shen Moshu stammered, deliberately making it sound very easy.
"I want to know the reason why he was detained. And what exactly happened the night before last. I want to know everything."
"Well..." Shen Moshu hesitated for a long time, trying to gloss over it. "I actually don't know much about this. Maybe you should just wait for someone else to tell you."
But Ye Yanxi wouldn't let him off so easily. "You've already sworn. You must tell me the truth. Otherwise, you'll really be single for the rest of your life. All the women around you will leave you one by one, leaving you alone." Ye Yanxi paused and added, "Think it over."
Why did he swear casually? Shen Moshu regretted it so much. He really wanted to slap himself.
"Can you stop bullying me like this? I've already told you so much. Yu will definitely not let me off in the future." Shen Moshu regretted it too late. Every time he heard Ye Yanxi's voice, he would be completely captivated and his IQ when speaking would drop a lot.
"Are you really not afraid that what you just said will come true?" Ye Yanxi ignored him and just said casually.
Sure enough, Shen Moshu surrendered. "Okay, I'm really afraid of you. I'll tell you. The night before last, in one of the warehouses of the Xiao Group, a large number of smuggled arms were reported to be found. And the warehouse keeper insisted that Xiao Yu was the mastermind. So the warehouse was temporarily sealed up, and Xiao Yu was naturally isolated and arrested."
"Arms?"
"This is obviously a frame - up. Yu has never touched anything related to arms, so it can't be his doing. As long as the matter is investigated clearly, he'll be released."
"Do you know who framed him?"