“You’ve misunderstood!”
Manager He, suspecting his secretary had betrayed him, said, “My secretary misappropriated funds from the electronics factory. I intended to fire him, and he must resent me, which is why he’s framing me.”
Upon hearing this, Dongfang Xun’s brows furrowed slightly.
“Nonsense!”
Dongfang Xun exclaimed angrily, “Your secretary said you planned to give the project files to someone. You’re with Jiang Yi now, you must intend to give the files to Jiang Yi. Am I right!”
Hearing this, Manager He froze for a moment.
“You’ve truly misunderstood. I merely encountered Chairman Jiang by chance, so I invited Chairman Jiang here for tea.”
Manager He began to spin his tale.
“Besides, if I intended to give the project files to Chairman Jiang, why would I come to a place like this, making it so easy for you to find me? You’ve been deceived by my secretary.”
“Nonsense! Whether it’s true or not, to avoid future trouble, I must kill you today!”
Dongfang Xun said coldly.
Manager He panicked, fear flashing in his eyes.
Although he was adept at sophistry, Dongfang Xun was not swayed. He was determined to kill him.
“Chairman Jiang, you can’t just stand by!”
Manager He urgently said to Jiang Yi, “If you help me, I’ll do whatever you say from now on.”
Jiang Yi ignored Manager He.
It wasn’t time to act yet.
For Manager He to owe him a great debt, he needed to be utterly desperate before Jiang Yi intervened. Acting now would be too early!
Moreover, Manager He was no good person.
Jiang Yi wanted Dongfang Xun to teach him a lesson, to vent Oriental Mei’s anger.
Jiang Yi continued to drink his tea, not even glancing at Manager He.
Despair spread across Manager He’s face. He grabbed a nearby chair and hurled it at Dongfang Xun before bolting.
This tactic was useless; Dongfang Xun blocked the private room door.
“Pa!”
Dongfang Xun raised his hand and punched Manager He squarely in the face.
Following that, Dongfang Xun rained punches and kicks upon Manager He, making him cry out in agony.
Dongfang Xun attacked ferociously, wanting only to finish Manager He quickly and escape. Otherwise, he was sure to be caught by Jiang Yi today.
Dongfang Xun had been afraid since he entered the room. He hadn’t expected to encounter Jiang Yi here.
Seeing that he had inflicted enough damage, Dongfang Xun grabbed a dagger from the table and lunged towards Manager He’s throat.
His purpose in coming to find Manager He was to take his life.
Manager He was so terrified he was about to wet himself, his eyes filled with despair.
Just then, Jiang Yi threw his teacup, hitting Dongfang Xun’s wrist.
Dongfang Xun felt a sudden, sharp pain in his wrist, and the dagger clattered to the floor.
Seeing this, Dongfang Xun endured the intense pain and reached for the dagger with his other hand.
Before Dongfang Xun could pick up the dagger, Jiang Yi kicked him to the ground.
“Manager He is very useful to me. You cannot kill him!”
Jiang Yi said, looking at Dongfang Xun.
“Jiang Yi, you’re a man of your word! You said you wouldn’t intervene, but now you suddenly have,” Dongfang Xun roared angrily.
“I did say I wouldn’t intervene, but I’ve changed my mind!”
Jiang Yi said with a slight smile.
“This scoundrel!”
Dongfang Xun cursed as he got up from the floor.
“Do you know what price you’ll pay for insulting me?”
Jiang Yi stared at Dongfang Xun.
“Instead of being the young master of the Dongfang family, you chose to collude with them and cause trouble for me and Oriental Mei.”
“Even though you are Oriental Mei’s brother, I won’t hold back. Oriental Mei also told me not to hold back.”
“You think you can kill me? It’s not that easy!”
After speaking, Dongfang Xun ran to the window and leaped out.
Jiang Yi hadn’t expected Dongfang Xun to jump out the window to escape.
He was risking his life!
This was the third floor, at least ten meters above the ground, and the ground below was hard concrete.
Jiang Yi hadn’t actually intended to kill him, only to beat him up and leave him hospitalized for months, much like Changsun Hao.
Jiang Yi quickly walked to the window and looked down.
He saw Dongfang Xun climbing out of a garbage truck below, then limping to his car and driving away.
Jiang Yi didn’t plan to pursue him.
There was no need for that at all.
Dongfang Xun posed no threat to him whatsoever.
It would be fine to deal with him next time they met.
Meanwhile, Manager He, having narrowly escaped death, let out a long sigh of relief.
“Chairman Jiang, thank you so much. Fortunately, you intervened and saved me. Otherwise, that bastard Dongfang Xun would have killed me.”
Manager He said, his face full of gratitude.
Jiang Yi inwardly sneered.
Manager He was not a good person. Although Jiang Yi was his savior, the man might turn on him at any moment.
“Let’s talk about the real matter at hand,”
Jiang Yi’s gaze fell on Manager He as he spoke, “Although Dongfang Xun failed this time and couldn’t deal with you, he won’t give up. He’ll continue to hunt you. If you want to survive, you can only rely on me.”
“I understand. From now on, Chairman Jiang, whatever you say, I will do,” Manager He said quickly.
Manager He had no other choice now but to pledge his allegiance to Jiang Yi.
“Your secretary probably won’t come. Hurry back and bring the files to me. I’ll be waiting here for you!” Jiang Yi said to Manager He.
“Chairman Jiang, I don’t dare go back now. Dongfang Xun might be waiting for me on the way. If I go back, it’ll be suicide,” Manager He said helplessly.
“That makes sense!”
Jiang Yi nodded. “How about this, I’ll have someone escort you back.”
With that, Jiang Yi made a call to Shi Jin.
About half an hour later, a man in a suit entered the private room.
This man in a suit was one of the over fifty assassins.
“He’s my subordinate. With his protection, even ten Dongfang Xuns won’t be able to get near you!” Jiang Yi said.
Hearing this, Manager He relaxed.
“What’s your name?”
Jiang Yi asked the assassin.
“I am Number 27!”
The assassin said, “Captain Shi Jin said we cannot use our real names. Using real names makes it easy to expose our identities, so he gave us codenames using Arabic numerals.”
“En!”
Jiang Yi nodded and then instructed Number 27 to protect Manager He as he returned to the company to retrieve the files. Sudan Novel Network
After Manager He left, Jiang Yi picked up his teacup and continued drinking.
It would take Manager He a considerable amount of time to travel back and forth. Jiang Yi would have to wait until evening at least.
Jiang Yi recalled the codenames Shi Jin had assigned to the over fifty assassins. Using Arabic names instead of being imposing felt rather amusing.
But this was for the best. The simpler the codename, the more convenient it was.
After Jiang Yi had waited for over an hour, the private room door opened, and Oriental Mei walked in from outside.