Supreme Heir Son-in-law

Chapter 1260 - 1259: Asking Ye Jingli for 2 Million

After Xu Ke finished speaking, he stopped paying attention to the Finance Department Director. Naturally, the Finance Department Director knew he was done for, so he could only sigh and quietly exit the president’s office.

Once outside, his expression immediately darkened. Two million, how could he ever make that up? Thinking of this gave him a headache. If he had known, he wouldn’t have agreed to that woman; agreeing to that woman was one thing, but now he might have even lost his job.

But now it’s not easy to cover it up here. Even if he made those accounts right, the president probably wouldn’t tolerate him.

"Isn’t the word going around that you were injured? How come you’re back at the company so soon? Don’t worry, with Secretary Zhou and me here, the company will be well taken care of, and Secretary Zhou has been performing quite well recently."

Hearing Chang Jingshu’s praise, Xu Ke nodded in agreement. Secretary Zhou had been doing a remarkable job over the past six months, so it was time to consider promoting and giving him a raise.

But who spread the word that he was injured? It was just a bit of blood loss, after all.

Xu Ke wasn’t in the mood to dwell on these things. He looked at Chang Jingshu, who, some time ago, had said she had family issues. It seemed her parents from her hometown had some trouble, which would take half a year to deal with, and unexpectedly, she was back in less than half a month.

"Of course, she deserves a promotion and a raise, but why are you back so soon? Didn’t you say there were family matters? Take care of your family matters first."

Upon hearing this, Chang Jingshu poured Xu Ke a cup of tea, and the two sat down.

She felt quite helpless. How was she supposed to explain her family’s issues to Xu Ke? But seeing Xu Ke’s inquisitive eyes, she decided to tell him.

"Originally, my child was with his grandparents. Recently, they said they wanted to go abroad to visit their daughter, so no one could look after the child. So, my husband and I discussed it and decided to leave the child with his maternal grandparents."

"We even planned to give his maternal grandparents some extra money every month to help with the child. However, my brother is against it, saying a married daughter is like spilled water, plus my child is a girl, my brother disagreed, sigh!"

"And my mom is a bit prejudiced too, thinking it’s a girl and she doesn’t want to take care of her. So, we brought the child back. I heard things at the company were unattended, so I rushed back. Worst case, I’ll hire a nanny for the child."

As Chang Jingshu spoke, she felt quite troubled. She hadn’t expected her parents to be so stubborn, and they treated her child poorly just because she was a girl. Thinking of this, Chang Jingshu thought it was better to bring her child back than to leave her to suffer there.

Upon hearing this, Xu Ke was quite upset. He didn’t expect that because of a preference for sons over daughters, they wouldn’t want to take care of Chang Jingshu’s child. What’s more, he had heard that Chang Jingshu was very filial. She would send a lot of money to her parents every month.

"If people like your parents take care of her, it might not be good for your daughter. It would be better to find a nanny. As for the nanny, I hear the Xiao Family has experience. Why not have me ask Xiao Jia and see if the Xiao Family can find one for you?"

Upon hearing Xu Ke’s words, Chang Jingshu felt especially grateful. After all, the nannies from the Xiao Family are well-trained and quite different from those outside. With a Xiao Family nanny looking after her daughter, Chang Jingshu would be more at ease.

"President, I’m really troubling you with this. I shouldn’t have burdened you with such matters. I didn’t expect to spill everything to you, so please forgive me. If it’s really inconvenient, then don’t worry about it."

Xu Ke shook his head, "During this time, and even before, you’ve helped me a lot. It’s just a small favor; if I don’t help you, that would be unreasonable."

Hearing Xu Ke’s words, Chang Jingshu felt particularly grateful. She hadn’t expected Xu Ke to remember her kindness.

"President, I really haven’t done much, so there’s no need for you to take it to heart. It’s because of you that the company has been prospering all along. Now that you’re back, everything’s stabilized."

Thinking of this, Chang Jingshu felt quite sentimental. During this period, if it weren’t for Xu Ke’s courage to innovate and bring the branch company to this level, the branch might have stayed stagnant forever.

Even since the branch had always been losing money, they might have outright shut down the branch’s operations.

Thinking of these things, Chang Jingshu felt particularly grateful for everything the branch could achieve with Xu Ke’s help, and she planned in her heart to work harder in the future to be worthy of Xu Ke’s trust.

Meanwhile, the Finance Department Director, stepping out, felt totally dishonored upon seeing everyone casting glances at him. Just now, Chang Jingshu’s voice was so loud that many around had heard it.

Seeing the Finance Department Director walk out, people began whispering to each other.

"I never thought the Finance Department Director would embezzle. Luckily, it was caught by the Vice President. Otherwise, we wouldn’t even have gotten our salaries. We really have to thank the Vice President."

"Although the Vice President is usually quite strict and doesn’t tolerate anyone, why do I feel that the Vice President is so kind now, even fighting for salary on behalf of us ground-level employees? Without him, who knows how long it would have taken for our salaries to be paid."

Hearing these two speak, someone interjected, "If it were the previous President Li as the vice president, no matter what was said, President Li would have tolerated the Finance Department Director. So we should thank our president. Without him backing us, would the vice president dare do this?"

Thinking of Xu Ke, these people were emotional. They were the remaining employees, and in this competition, they found their value, so they saw Xu Ke as a talent scout, and themselves as a thousand-mile horse. Thus, they wanted to work harder to live up to Xu Ke’s trust.

Meanwhile, after the Finance Department Director left, he immediately drove to find that woman. The woman was the mistress he supported.

The woman he found was actually Ye Jingli. Upon seeing it was the branch’s Finance Department Director, Ye Jingli sneered.

"What are you doing here? Did anyone see you? If they did, you should leave immediately. You’re disrupting my plans."

Upon hearing Ye Jingli’s words, Zhang Shuai was particularly panicked. He grabbed Ye Jingli’s arm anxiously and said, "I beg you, return that money to me. That old hag is already arguing with me, and that shrew has been complaining in front of everyone at the company. I fear I can’t hold onto this job. Give me that money so I can balance the company’s accounts tomorrow, and I’ll wire some money back to you later."