novelraw Chapter 406
Chapter 406
Ye Yuning, the company’s boss, was the shortest person there, and she absolutely hated it when people mentioned her height! Xiao Shuo, however, had no qualms about brazenly attacking her on this point.Ye Yuning suppressed her mounting fury and patiently read through Xiao Shuo’s messages, one by one.
Once she finished, her eyes blazing with anger, she slammed her phone onto the desk with a BANG.
The phone screen instantly shattered into a spiderweb of cracks!
Chen Wei quickly called the brand provider to request a new phone.
Gritting her teeth, Ye Yuning picked up the landline, dialed Xiao Shuo’s number, and he answered quickly. "You saw it, right? This is what you get."
Xiao Shuo obviously recognized Manlang’s landline number and immediately greeted her with a taunt.
Ye Yuning retorted, "Xiao Shuo, you bastard! Just you wait! You’d better not walk alone at night!"
"Oh? Even my Seventh Uncle doesn’t want you anymore, and you still dare to act so tough with me? Believe it or not, I can find people to take care of you."
At this moment, Xiao Shuo, freed from his earlier restraint, radiated the aura of a common thug.
Ye Yuning scoffed, "Go on then! If you don’t, you’re a coward!"
"Ye Yuning, you wretched woman!"
"Your Seventh Uncle is nothing! Him dumping me? Your Xiao Family is rotten from top to bottom! I look down on every single one of you. Your Seventh Uncle? What kind of joke is he?!"
Chen Wei: "..."
Xiao Shuo: "..."
At that point, Ye Yuning, utterly infuriated by Xiao Shuo, lost all restraint. She cursed not only Xiao Shuo but also viciously tore into Seventh Uncle Xiao, whom Xiao Shuo had dragged into the mess.
Xiao Shuo’s breath hitched. "You... you woman! You actually dare to insult my Seventh Uncle!"
"That’s right, I’m insulting your Seventh Uncle! He’s an old man, still unmarried. Obviously, nobody wants him!" Ye Yuning retorted.
"You vile woman, shut up! My Seventh Uncle isn’t old!"
"He’s old enough to be from a different generation and still not old? Still unmarried at his age—he’s just an unwanted old relic!"
Chen Wei: "..."
Xiao Shuo: "..."
When it came to slanging matches, he truly couldn’t outmatch Ye Yuning; her mouth was like a machine gun.
He had only managed to vent a couple of sentences before she unleashed a full barrage on him!
"You damned woman, just you wait!" Xiao Shuo threatened fiercely.
Ye Yuning shot back, "I’ll wait! Just don’t lump me together with your Seventh Uncle. I’m not into old men!"
Chen Wei: "..."
Xiao Shuo: "..."
With just a few words, Ye Yuning had made her stance regarding Seventh Uncle Xiao crystal clear.
Listening to her tone, it wasn’t that she was clinging to Seventh Uncle Xiao. Instead, it seemed like *they* were the ones trying to push her and Seventh Uncle Xiao together. She had always been the unwilling party, and her tone suggested she was the one suffering a great injustice!
"You woman! You woman! You just wait for me!" Xiao Shuo, overwhelmed by her articulate retaliation, could only spit out another threat before slamming down the phone.
Hearing the disconnect tone, Ye Yuning, still fuming, couldn’t stomach it and immediately called back to curse him out again.
What followed was a ten-minute tirade during which Xiao Shuo couldn’t get a word in edgewise. She verbally eviscerated Xiao Shuo, Seventh Uncle Xiao, and the entire Xiao Family, from top to bottom.
Chen Wei had never seen her so utterly furious.
It was as if she had unleashed all her pent-up resentment against the entire Xiao Corporation from this whole period!
「After ten minutes.」
Xiao Shuo sat at his desk, his face deathly pale.
"Ye... Yu... Ning...!" he gasped, her name escaping his lips in short, sharp breaths. He nearly fainted.
This woman... she’s truly not to be trifled with!
Even if he didn’t give in to her, he couldn’t afford to offend her. That summed up Xiao Shuo’s entire feeling about Ye Yuning right then.
Meanwhile, Ye Yuning, having finished her tirade, finally felt a little better.
Chen Wei handed her a glass of milk. "Boss~!"
Ye Yuning was still fuming. "Tell me, do you think Xiao Shuo is sick in the head? What possible relationship could I have with his Seventh Uncle? Have I ever even *met* his Seventh Uncle?"
"No!" Chen Wei shook her head.
Everyone at Manlang knew this.
The boss usually dealt with lower-level managers for collaborations, meeting them in person only once or twice. Other communications were handled over the phone.
When Third Uncle Xiao from the Xiao Corporation was previously in charge, Ye Yuning had only met him once in two years.
And since Seventh Uncle Xiao had returned not long ago, she hadn’t met him at all.
People say there’s no smoke without fire, but in her case, a huge storm had brewed out of absolutely nowhere!
Realizing the Xiao Family had insisted on meeting her at noon today all because of Xiao Shuo, she fumed, "I really want to tear his mouth off!"
Chen Wei nodded. "Yes, it should be torn! But... hasn’t the Xiao Corporation settled our design fee yet?"
Ye Yuning: "..."
Hearing this, Ye Yuning’s back went rigid. She nodded. "No, not yet."
Speaking of the design fee, after so much back-and-forth, she had no idea how it would ultimately be settled.
Moreover, Xiao Linye had said he would try to get the full amount approved for her, but she was somewhat uncertain if he could actually manage it. Thıs content belongs to N0velFire.ɴet
That Seventh Uncle Xiao was completely different from Third Uncle Xiao; he utterly lacked Third Uncle Xiao’s straightforwardness.
It was quite possible that this time, the Nanjia Peak design might end up being a free gift to the Xiao Corporation...!
The thought made Ye Yuning even more furious.
"Don’t even mention the Xiao Corporation to me! They’re too much bad luck!" Ye Yuning vented again.
As for the Xiao Corporation, regardless of whether the design fee was settled, she had no desire to work with them ever again.
Logically, she should stay far away from anyone surnamed Xiao. And yet, her own husband was a Xiao.
Fortunately, her husband was a good man; otherwise, her head would be throbbing.