After Su Maomao gave birth, during the month she was confined to her room, she was treated like a pig!
Pork trotters, big leg bones, old hens – if she didn't eat five big bowls a day, she wasn't allowed to sleep.
The ones who treated her like a pig were neither Li Qianfan nor Su Nanyin.
It was Li Wujiang, an outsider—
If it were anyone else asking her to eat like this, Su Maomao would have ignored them.
Su Maomao didn't object to increasing high-nutrition food to ensure Su Xiaoxiao was well-fed, but it couldn't be too much.
Which woman didn't love beauty and want a good figure?
But the one asking her to do so was the "unrelated" Li Wujiang, so Su Maomao would only outwardly agree with a smile.
Thus.
After this confinement month was over, Su Maomao had gained a whole size.
Despite her skin being smoother than ever, Su Maomao still worried that Li Qianfan would find her unattractive.
Moreover, the matter of making Li Qianfan a happy father wasn't handled very properly by her.
Therefore.
With the strong support of Guanyin, she finally mustered the courage to come to the central courtyard, but she was still very nervous.
She was even a little scared.
Scared that Li Qianfan would be indifferent to her, looking at her with contempt.
In fact, Maomao worried too much.
An hour later.
Su Maomao finally opened her eyes and whispered, "Don't you think I'm fat?"
"You're not fat, you're voluptuous."
Li Qianfan said, "Truly mature men don't like skinny sticks. Besides, you're not naturally prone to obesity. The way you tremble when I playfully pat you now is because Sister Wujiang treated you like a pig."
Speaking of which.
Li Qianfan couldn't resist a playful touch—
*Slap!*
With a crisp sound, ripples of flesh ensued.
Su Maomao's eyes immediately became languid, and she let out a soft moan.
Li Qianfan spoke with an expert's tone, "After your confinement month, as long as you stick to scientific fitness, you can regain your former full and sexy figure in at most two to three months."
Su Maomao was quite confident that she could restore her figure to its original state, or even better, within two months.
She sat up, smiling dazedly, and asked, "Are you thirsty?"
Li Qianfan glanced around like a thief and whispered back, "Will Xiaoxiao scold me for shamelessly stealing her food?"
"No. Xiaoxiao is my daughter."
Maomao hugged Li Qianfan's head and closed her eyes blissfully, murmuring, "You are my son."
What?
You wretched Maomao.
Always talking nonsense—
Li Qianfan was instantly furious and opened his mouth to scold her, but his mouth was sealed.
Dawn arrived.
After finishing her confinement, Su Maomao, after kissing her Su Xiaoxiao multiple times, reluctantly took Xiaoluo to work.
From now on, Maomao would take over most of the work from Chongchong at the company.
Chongchong, like Maomao, was experiencing significant drowsiness as her pregnancy became more apparent.
In addition, at this stage, Guanyin Group had an abundance of capital and was expanding rapidly.
However, the expansion of Guanyin Group was mostly overseas.
Under Li Qianfan's arrangement, Guanyin Group targeted Southeast Asia and Indonesia as their expansion destinations.
Gao Lingwang and Qin Zhou, following the expansion of Guanyin Group, would also establish their own underground forces in those regions.
Choosing Southeast Asia was the optimal direction for Li Qianfan's business expansion.
After all, Europe, America, Seoul, Japan, and other places were territories where the four major powers had been in constant conflict for many years.
But they paid little attention to Southeast Asia, with its large population and less developed economies.
Especially the two major powers, the Royal Family and the Moses family, felt that Southeast Asia was not even as important as Africa.
This was mainly because Southeast Asian countries, to varying degrees, had been influenced by Eastern Confucian culture, and were not very enthusiastic about their faith in God.
This also left a large cake for Li Qianfan's overseas expansion.
Gao Lingwang and others, following the expansion of Guanyin Group, were currently facing local miscellaneous forces as their main opponents.
As long as they overcame the four major powers, it would not be difficult for Guanyin Group to deal with those miscellaneous local forces.
It was precisely with the accelerating expansion of Guanyin Group that manpower began to become strained.
Su Nanyin was even preparing to send out the two eunuchs, Shen Congdao and Miao Hanyu.
After talking with her, the two eunuchs were extremely excited.
It was precisely because they disregarded beauty that they valued power even more!
Overseas, domestic, and the Dark Blade all needed Su Nanyin to steer them (she always felt Li Qianfan was too young to handle it well).
This also caused her workload to increase significantly, with over ten hours of work each day.
Especially as Chongchong became increasingly sleepy, Su Nanyin finally started to falter.
That noon.
In the Vice General Manager's office at Dark Blade headquarters.
Su Nanyin, dressed in a white suit, black silk stockings, and high-heeled sandals, sighed with a headache as Gao Lingwang had just called to report that he had pacified another local gang in Indonesia, but two of his brothers were injured (many brothers were recruited from the retired military).
Alas.
However, upon seeing Li Qianfan sleeping soundly at the secretary's desk behind the door, she became instantly furious.
She stood up abruptly.
Wearing her high heels, she strode over with a *click-clack* and slammed her hand heavily on the desk.
Li Qianfan, who was dreaming about fighting Xiaoxiao for food, was startled and quickly looked up.
Seeing Vice General Manager Su's angry face, he asked with a bewildered expression, "What's wrong? Who upset you again? Or has your aunt finally come to visit?"
"You—"
Su Nanyin's face flushed, and she hissed in a low voice, "Why are you sleeping during work hours?"
"Respected Vice General Manager Su, please clarify, it is lunchtime now."
Li Qianfan looked extremely displeased, holding his phone in front of her, "Which means, this is my personal time. Whatever I do is my freedom. Stop putting on that air of yours as a General Manager."
Ever since the night Su Xiaoxiao was born, Li Qianfan's respect for her had plummeted.
Su Nanyin knew this clearly but was also helpless.
Because she knew very well that this was the consequence of her inability to control herself.
Now, the man surnamed Li was acting with impunity in the Su family.
While Yaoyao was on a business trip, he could visit three doors in one night.
He even became more audacious, wanting to play some kind of integration project.
Damn it!
"I'm tired."
Su Nanyin pursed her lips and could only say, "I want to resign from my position as Executive Vice General Manager of Dark Blade and focus on managing Guanyin Group."
Li Qianfan pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you want Helan to take over your position?"
Su Nanyin lifted her hips and sat on the edge of the desk.
Swinging one high-heeled shoe, she replied, "Although Yaoyao is working hard now and has achieved great success, I don't want her to take my position this year. After all, her qualifications are still shallow, and climbing too fast is not good for her. After I resign, it would be best for Helan to transition."
She made a lot of sense.
Li Qianfan's left hand traced circles in the air as he spoke seriously, "You mean, you want Helan to be a perpetual number two."
*Bang.*
Vice General Manager Su opened her hand and said, "However, it's best if you talk to her about this. Her extraordinary ambition has been pretty much crushed by you. Especially since she has no way out, she's become quite dejected. I think it's time to give her some motivation. Otherwise, she'll sink into complete despair."
"Okay. I'll go talk to her now."
Li Qianfan stood up and said, "Guanyin, you really don't need to be so tired. Don't try to do everything yourself anymore. Even if you're made of iron, how many nails can you hammer? You, you just value power too much. You're always reluctant to delegate power to those below you."
"What do you mean I value power too much?"
Su Nanyin, whose thoughts had been hit upon, was somewhat ashamed and annoyed, "Am I not working day and night just for you?"
"I'm so touched."
Li Qianfan raised his hand and patted her buttocks, "Your Majesty, then keep up the good work."
Before she could kick him, Li Qianfan quickly opened the door and left.
Next door.
Helan Tingmei stood by the back window, arms crossed, looking outside, lost in thought.
With a creak, the door opened.
She immediately frowned and turned back, hissing, "Why didn't you knock?"
She thought it was a subordinate who had entered.
But when she saw Li Qianfan, her rising anger immediately vanished.
Yet, her tone was cold, "What are you doing here?"
"Coming to your room for a nap."
Li Qianfan yawned and casually walked to the door of the rest room, opening it, "Come here, give me a leg massage."
Helan Tingmei froze.
"What, are you deaf?"
Li Qianfan entered the rest room and looked back, reprimanding in a low voice, "Hurry up and come over! The lunch break will be over in fifty minutes."
During lunch break, Li Qianfan dared to pat the Vice General Manager's buttocks and scold the Vice General Manager Helan.
Once lunch break was over.
He had to be well-behaved, even if he was scolded nose-to-nose by the two General Managers, he had to nod and bow.
Li Qianfan was very clear about public and private matters.
Lying on Vice General Manager Helan's embroidered couch, enjoying her leg massage, his left hand casually playing with her curves, it felt truly good.
And Vice General Manager Helan looked ashamed and angry, but her small swinging fists were very obedient.
"Prepare to take over from Vice General Manager Su."
Li Qianfan closed his eyes and got straight to the point, "In a week at most, she will resign from Dark Blade. I may also be nominally the Executive Vice General Manager's secretary. Occasionally, I will come here to serve you. As for you, you just need to practice your leg-rubbing and shoulder-kneading skills more. And prepare the cigarettes I usually smoke. That should be enough."
Helan Tingmei remained silent.
She really wanted to punch him to death!
Was this request of his equivalent to being a secretary for Vice General Manager Helan?
This was clearly acting like a master!
Li Qianfan frowned, "What, are you really deaf?"
"No."
Helan Tingmei said softly, "I heard you."
Li Qianfan asked again, "Then did you remember it?"
Helan Tingmei replied softly again, "I remembered."
Li Qianfan said, "Then repeat it."
Helan Tingmei—
Li Qianfan opened his eyes and looked at her with displeasure.
She quickly said, "After work today, I'll find a professional masseuse to learn massage techniques. Then I'll prepare your favorite cigarettes and place them in the rest room. I'll be waiting here anytime for you to be my secretary."
"That's more like it."
Li Qianfan closed his eyes and murmured before falling into a deep sleep, "Work hard. There will be bread, and there will be milk."
The sun outside continued to rise in temperature,
It was so hot that the leaves began to look listless.
Vice General Manager Helan's mood, however, was extremely complex!
She just couldn't understand—
How did that damned left hand of a certain little scoundrel, who was indeed asleep, pull her to his side, and then, then do that?
"Does he always sleep like a baby, suckling while sleeping, when he's at home?"
This question troubled Vice General Manager Helan for a full forty minutes.
The lunch break ended.
Secretary Li also woke up on time.
"Pfft, not a drop of water."
After spitting, Secretary Li ignored the blushing Helan Vice General Manager, got off the bed, and sauntered away.
A week later.
General Manager Zhao finally signed his name on Su Nanyin's resignation letter.
Helan Tingmei smoothly stepped up and took over the position of Executive Vice General Manager.
Du Junlin, the Head of Operations, was also appointed Second Vice General Manager on the same day.
Her position as Head of Operations would be selected through assessment from the leaders of the twelve teams (the expansion of the Shanghai branch).
Su Nanyin, the main founder of Dark Blade, was now completely disconnected from Dark Blade.
However, her secretary, Li Qianfan, remained nominally with Dark Blade, becoming Helan Tingmei's secretary (unofficially).
This made Yaoyao very unhappy.
It was most appropriate for Li Qianfan to be her secretary!
Yaoyao vowed to the heavens that she would make Li Qianfan the happiest secretary in the world.
But precisely because of this, Li Wujiang, the official General Manager of Dark Blade, firmly disagreed.
After resigning, Su Nanyin finally deeply experienced the freedom and ease of being without an official title.
That night, she got drunk and had a thoroughly enjoyable time.
The next morning, when she woke up, she found a note on the bedside table.
It bore the marks of a dung beetle crawling—
"Your Majesty, good morning. This young master is worth a hundred thousand cash and is driving to Qingyun."