I'll kill you!

  The mall was actually quite quiet, the sound of high heels fleeing in a panic echoed through the corridor. Qiu Mingjun initially thought it would be better not to make a scene in public, but Shen Xuan didn't care about her image and ran away with big strides.

  Run away!

  That's interesting, he had never found such a charm in Shen Xuan before.

  In his eyes, asking Shen Xuan to hide and escape was even more terrifying than asking her to give him money.

  He waited until he ran out, and the sound of high heels had disappeared. His eyes were limited to some counters and neatly arranged clothes, as well as those smiling or arrogant salespeople.

  All I could hear was some sparse and faint low voices and some not-so-loud music playing in the mall broadcast.

  "Damn it! With a contract, you turn your back!" Qiu Mingjun cursed and couldn't help but snort.

  That woman, if she could be tied down with a contract, it wouldn't be bad either.

  In the safety exit stairwell of a shopping mall, a beautiful woman stood barefoot, holding her high heels. She bit her cherry-red lips and leaned against the wall in fear, breathing lightly as if being extremely careful. Although her back was against the wall, her eyes behind her sunglasses stared fixedly at the entrance of the stairwell. After waiting for a while, she patted her chest and muttered to herself, "Good grief, almost got into trouble."

  In the bustling metropolis, what is busy at this time is not the traffic on the road, but the rolling numbers of money in the major office buildings.

  Although Xuan Shen wore a professional attire, it was all privately tailored. Every inch of the fabric fit her figure perfectly.

  Although the dress fit perfectly, the button-front area of the blouse seemed to be stuck together as if glued, no matter how she moved, that spot would never reveal even a glimpse of her skin from the seam.

  The blouse was tucked into a black skirt with a waistband, and the good figure thus boldly entered people's line of sight.

  The sound of high heels stepping on the carpet, although muffled but rhythmic and powerful.

  She was the last one to enter the conference room.

  She pushed open the door and all the management levels in the large conference room, as well as the major shareholders who were not usually seen, nodded slightly to show respect.

  She just pursed her lips for a moment, and walked towards the position of the projection screen with a clear and cold gaze. There is a popular phrase nowadays, "noble and elegant", which has some derogatory connotations when used to describe others, as if it's pretentious. But when used to describe Shen Xuan, it only sounds like praise.

  She doesn't need to pretend, she has always been like this.

  The president is absent, and the vice-president takes charge.

  Secretary Wang Qing arranged her meeting materials one by one in order on her desk.

  She nodded slightly and sat down.

  "Regarding the controversy over Tianran C's endorsement, although the newspaper issued an apology, it still led to a 6-point drop in Jin Cheng Holdings today. There are still investors selling off their shares, and shareholders are worried about being affected. Does anyone here want to sell off their stocks?"

  Xuan spoke straightforwardly, still with that noble and icy demeanor, even her voice carried a cold elegance that made people involuntarily fall silent.

  Her gaze shifted to the right, just a faint glance, and caught sight of the man closest to her, in his 40s, who also seemed to be a high-ranking executive in the company, otherwise he wouldn't have been sitting in the first seat on the right.

  It's only when you're in a high position that you realize how capable someone is. She is also the company's vice president and major shareholder, with a close relationship to her family, she should call him uncle, following Pei Jincheng's lead, Ji Chunlai is Ji Rong's younger brother, always belonging to the type of person who doesn't have outstanding achievements but also won't make big mistakes.

  In this company, only this uncle knows her relationship with Pei Jin Cheng, and it's because the old man has given him a heads up, so he never dares to speak randomly.

  Ji Chunlai looked at Shen Xuan's gaze, startled for a moment. Shen Xuan then swept his gaze past each person, lingering in each of their eyes for an instant.

  The meeting room is silent as a cicada in winter.

  The woman sitting in the third seat on the left, around thirty years old, with a pretty good charm, occasionally looked at Ji Chunlai, and when he looked back at her, she would raise her chin slightly and play with her eyebrows. This woman was also a shareholder of Jin Cheng Holdings, named Zhou Fangyue, but even if she had an ambiguous relationship with Ji Chunlai, she still didn't know Shen Xuan's identity.

  After several eye contacts, Ji Chunlai, who had been putting his hand under the table, squeezed it a few times and slightly lifted his chin towards Zhou Fangyue.

  Zhou Fangyue saw the situation and seemed to be very angry, took a deep breath, and finally looked at Shen Xuan, "Vice President Shen, I think with the stock falling like this, it may continue to fall tomorrow, you should take main responsibility."

  Xuan Xiu's eyebrows flew up, and her eyes sparkled with a hint of a smile. The corners of her mouth still curved upward slightly, "What kind of responsibility?"

  "This case was originally your call, and the image spokesperson also went through you..."

  "What am I agreeing to?" Shen Xuan asked with interest, "Agreeing to let her come and take the assessment? If so, this responsibility, I should bear it, how can I bear this responsibility?"

  Zhou Fangyue saw Shen Xuan's calm and icy attitude, couldn't help but feel anxious, "You, you, you should make a public apology, and resign as vice president, give an account to all shareholders of Jin Cheng Holdings!"

  Shen Xuan didn't hold back this time, smiling a bit more, "What if I don't?"

  Zhou Fangyue swept a glance around the people in the conference room, took a deep breath, and said, "In that case, I'll withdraw my shares!"

  Below, there were some echoes of approval. Shen Xuan nodded and ignored Zhou Fangyue, continuing to speak on her own: "Today, I called this meeting with the major shareholders and the management team for two reasons. Firstly, after what happened, the shareholders will definitely have opinions and will investigate who is responsible. Earlier, someone said that I was responsible, so now I'd like those in charge of management to explain to the shareholders how their actions led to these consequences."

  Manager Li of the Planning and Promotion Department immediately stood up, "This matter, I am responsible for it. At first, General Manager Shen did not agree to use it, but I thought we should find a more popular star. Later, General Manager Shen sent someone to investigate that star and paid a high liquidated damages to replace him. So the one who should apologize is me, but as for resignation...I don't want to resign, and I am willing to make up for my mistakes in future work."

  She raised her hand to signal him to sit down, and did not express her own opinion. She continued, "Secondly, today's meeting also includes high-level officials from the finance department, mainly for the convenience of shareholders who intend to withdraw their shares..." After a pause, she added, "I deeply apologize, but this apology is only for today's six-point drop and the possibility that it may continue to fall tomorrow. It is not an apology for the absurd behavior of a female artist who has not even formally launched her endorsement campaign. This is my stance, as well as the company's attitude!"

  "Major shareholders want to withdraw their shares, I'm worried about the huge amount, if the company uses a large amount of funds to buy back at one time, I'm afraid there will be short-term problems with funding. So, shareholders can sell directly and let individual investors take some, while I'll think of ways to recover the rest within a week. I think everyone doesn't mind waiting for these few days, right? If everyone agrees on this plan, we won't discuss the stock price issue anymore. All senior executives in charge of natural C will stay behind for a meeting, others can disperse."

  Xin Xuan's speeches have always been like this, mainly conveying the content without comforting anyone's emotions. If you do well, you will be rewarded; if you make a mistake, you will be punished! Not even her secretary has ever made an exception so far.

  Moreover, she is a person who says one and sticks to it. If she says something like "one week", no matter how hard she tries, she will stick to it.

  The entire office was shrouded in an eerie silence, Zhou Fangyue expected someone to stand up and support her, after all, they had all discussed it beforehand, but unexpectedly even Ji Chunlai didn't dare look at her.

  Xuan's voice broke Fangyue Zhou's meditation, "What? Does everyone have objections to my plan?"

  "There is no retreat, Shentong's approach is correct and I agree with it. Of course, I will definitely not withdraw from the stock."

  "I won't either, I'll rise and fall with Jincheng Holdings."

  "United we stand, united we fall."

  Zhou Fangyue was so angry that she gritted her teeth, all because of this Ji Chun who came to ask for her help, saying that Shen Xuan was suppressing him in the company and taking advantage of the opportunity to get rid of Shen Xuan. Now he's pushing her out, but he himself has become a turtle with its head withdrawn!

  Shen Xuan's gaze fell lightly on Ji Chunlai, and when he looked up at her, she didn't say a word. She slightly raised an eyebrow, and her bright eyes seemed to be smiling as she asked, "Good uncle, do you want to withdraw your shares?"

  Ji Chun came over with a smile and said, "This little matter, we naturally won't make a fuss about withdrawing our shares."

  Xuan Xin thought, "You're still holding onto that bit of stock, and you have the nerve to ask for a refund? I knew you'd be a troublemaker!"

  Pei Jinrui sat in the office for a whole half day, except for drinking water and going to the toilet, he didn't even eat lunch.

  There was a newspaper on his desk with big black headlines on the front page: Apology Statement!

  Apology Statement!

  Why didn't Pei Jin Cheng pursue Shen Xuan's responsibility?

  Shouldn't he be dissatisfied with Shen Xuan? Not even a small flaw is allowed? Such a big thing, the stock has fallen so much, and yet no one is held accountable?

  Bae Jin-rui kept thinking and thinking, the more he thought, the more he felt anxious and afraid. He hated Bae Jin-cheng's indulgence towards Shin Eun!

  This is absolutely indulging!

  What does this mean? It means Pei Jin Cheng has started to not dislike Shen Xuan anymore!

  Pei Jinrui got up and grabbed the phone on his desk, smashing it against the wall!

  He was still fuming, but his phone rang at the right time. Looking at the caller on the screen, he calmed down and picked up, "What?"

  "Jinrui, Jinrui, will you come and pick me up?" The woman's voice was trembling with fear.

  "What's going on? Are you picking me up? Where did you run off to?" Pei Jinrui's face was dark and cold, very unhappy, and he disliked her speaking with a sobbing tone.

  "I'm so bored, I just came out to stroll around, but then I got caught by someone who seemed to know me, but I don't recognize him. I hid in this alleyway and didn't dare come out. Jinrui, can you come pick me up?"

  "!!" Pei Jinrui suddenly stood up, his face darkening as he clenched the phone tightly and gritted his teeth in a curse. "I really want to kill you!"

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