Uncle Fu thought for a while before saying, "General Manager Lu said to leave it all to you. But judging from the situation, if we can't find her mother, this child will probably be sent to the welfare home."
Watching the child playing with the jigsaw puzzle with her tiny hands so intently, she just couldn't make any decision.
"What does the second young lady plan to do with this child?"
"Let's wait a few days. There's no rush," Yan Xia said as she kicked off her slippers, strode onto the carpet, and walked up to the child.
Seeing someone coming, the little girl just glanced at her, then silently moved a bit to the side with her toys and continued playing on her own.
Yan Xia sat cross - legged opposite her and tried to get on friendly terms with her.
"What's your name?"
The childish voice replied, "Lan Mengfan."
"How old are you then?"
"I'm five years old."
She was a very polite child. Even though she was a bit scared of this stranger, she still answered the questions obediently.
Yan Xia casually picked up a piece of the Frozen jigsaw puzzle. "Do you like playing with this jigsaw puzzle?"
Lan Mengfan hugged her Elsa doll and said, "Yes."
Yan Xia moved closer to her and coaxed her with the jigsaw puzzle.
"Then how about auntie playing with you?"
"Okay."
The girl's face was full of collagen, with chubby cheeks. Especially when she bit her little lips, she was just so cute. Yan Xia couldn't resist reaching out to pinch her face. For a moment, she felt her heart melting.
After playing with her for a while, perhaps having gotten a bit more familiar with Yan Xia, Lan Mengfan suddenly looked up and asked Yan Xia.
"Auntie, daddy said I have to listen to you and then he'll come pick me up. When will daddy come pick me up? Mengfan has been listening to you obediently, eating well, and sleeping well. Why hasn't he come yet?"
Yan Xia's hand holding the jigsaw puzzle froze instantly. Her heart was in turmoil and she couldn't hold back her emotions.
"Because daddy has gone to study. He'll come back when he graduates. Mengfan has to be good and study with daddy. I'll take you to the place where daddy is studying to see him when I have time later. Okay?"
"Okay."
Feeling a bit sad, Yan Xia stood up and told Uncle Fu.
"Uncle Fu, could you please take care of this child for me recently?"
Uncle Fu nodded. "Don't worry, second young lady."
She hadn't shown up for a long time. In the next two days, Lu Qianzhou had made an appointment for her for plastic surgery. In fact, it had been less than a year since her last plastic surgery. There was a great risk in undergoing another full - face surgery. So after discussing with Lu Qianzhou, they decided to only operate on a few key parts.
Most importantly, she didn't want to keep looking like Lu Sheng.
That person's life, the freedom and vision she yearned for, were not something she could imitate.
Before the plastic surgery, she went to Shengshi Company.
Although Lu Qianzhou didn't want her to go, fearing that she might run into Fang Jiangyi, the man who now coveted her.
But she still went without hesitation. Although Cheng Hua didn't want to return to Shengshi Company to work, he still came back under Lu Qianzhou's persuasion. She didn't know what situation he would face and whether he could handle it now.
After arriving at the company, she went straight to Cheng Hua's office. It was then that she learned from Li Hong that Cheng Hua had just gone to the meeting room as a board meeting was being held today.
It was easy to guess that not long ago, two high - level executives of the group, herself and Fang Jiangyi, had been arrested. Although they were finally acquitted, the news was still not good for the company's reputation, and the stock price of Shengshi had dropped sharply.
It was really not a good time for Cheng Hua to come back.
So Yan Xia also went to the meeting room. When she arrived, the meeting had just started. Seeing her, both Cheng Hua and Fang Jiangyi looked a bit surprised. Especially Fang Jiangyi. After seeing her, his eyes had been following her.
She didn't know what the scene was like when Cheng Hua and Fang Jiangyi met. Their relationship was quite sensitive.
They used to be father - in - law and son - in - law, and also in a superior - subordinate relationship. Now they had become enemies.
Even though enemies should be filled with hatred when they meet, they still had to pretend to be in harmony in front of others.
Facing the whispering discussions of the people, Yan Xia smiled slightly. "Sorry, I'm late."
Although the company was founded by Cheng Hua, after Fang Jiangyi took over, some of the company's founding members were forced to leave. Now most of the people in Shengshi were Fang Jiangyi's cronies.
Cheng Hua still had a long way to go if he wanted to get back what belonged to him.
She found her seat and sat down. The secretary distributed the materials to her. She glanced at them casually. It included a detailed and solid report on the profit points of Shengshi in the past few months and the rise and fall of the stock price.
Director Cao was the first to speak. "We've gathered here today mainly to discuss the current situation of Shengshi and the remedial measures. Everyone has heard the news that General Manager Fang and General Manager Lu were arrested some time ago. Although the trial result was good, it still had a negative impact on the company. The stock price has been dropping continuously. We must come up with a countermeasure and give an explanation to the shareholders and the public."
"This incident was caused by General Manager Lu and General Manager Fang. The losses they brought to us are immeasurable. Since everyone is here today, we must come up with a rescue method."
Yan Xia sneered inwardly. The incident was clearly caused by Fang Jiangyi, but they insisted on putting her name in front. They were clearly deliberately picking on her.
Fang Jiangyi said in a deep voice, "I've also devoted a lot of effort to Shengshi in the past six months. No one wants to see the interests of Shengshi damaged."
Some people said in a hubbub, "Now that General Manager Fang's injustice has been cleared, he can start to stop the losses. We all naturally believe in the chairman's ability. Does the chairman have any remedial measures?"
"The chairman doesn't seem to be very familiar with the current situation of Shengshi. His heart is not on Shengshi at all. He probably can't come up with a good solution. In my opinion, we might as well vote to elect a new chairman. We should choose a prestigious person to lead Shengshi so that we can stop the losses in time and reassure the people."
Yan Xia looked at Fang Jiangyi sitting opposite, only to find that he was also looking at her.
She didn't know how much Fang Jiangyi was involved in this matter or if this was his plan all along. Taking advantage of the unstable situation now, he was forcing the palace to eliminate future troubles.
After Cheng Hua was imprisoned, when Fang Jiangyi hadn't fully grasped the real power yet, the new chairman was Lin Wei, a founding member of the company who had founded the company with Cheng Hua.
He knew that he didn't have the real power now and his words didn't carry much weight, so he had been just watching the situation.
Finally, Lin Wei slowly spoke up. His dignity was still the same as before. "I've never said that I can't come up with a loss - stopping plan. Some people are so eager for quick success. Their behavior is just too ugly."
He was referring to Fang Jiangyi.
Probably because they didn't know Yan Xia's real identity, everyone thought that Yan Xia and Fang Jiangyi were on the same side. So they naturally thought that Lin Wei was isolated.
Now that he had lost his power and was unpopular, but still occupied the position of the chairman, it would naturally arouse dissatisfaction.
Moreover, only when Fang Jiangyi became the chairman could they get the maximum benefits.