I'll Call Her Myself

"Excuse me, who are you looking for?"

After entering Qingcheng International, there was a reception hall. It was said that the entire district belonged to Qingcheng International.

There were no fewer than seven buildings, including employee dormitories, conference halls, and offices for every department.

In addition to several factory areas across the street, which had also been developed on land bought by Qingcheng International.

"I'm looking for Nie Han'er." Zhuang Xin revealed a gentle smile.

He was already quite handsome to begin with. After obtaining the Ultimate Fighting Technique, his physique had become even more perfect, and he had grown quite a bit taller. The young receptionist blushed slightly. "You're looking for the chairwoman? She's in a meeting right now, so I'm afraid she doesn't have time. Besides, if you want to see the chairwoman, you need to make an appointment in advance."

"Alright... I'll call her myself." Zhuang Xin shrugged, found a place to sit, hesitated for a while, then sent Qu Hongyun another message to ask for Nie Han'er's phone number.

The other receptionists nearby all watched Zhuang Xin curiously.

"Is he here to see someone? He's such a handsome guy. I've never seen him before."

"Yeah. I remember all the company's partners who come here often, but I have no impression of this handsome guy. Did he leave his phone number? I really want to pursue him."

The girl who had received Zhuang Xin earlier shook her head. "He came to see Chairwoman Nie and didn't leave a phone number. I told him he needed an appointment, and he said he was going to call the chairwoman."

"Call the chairwoman? At a time like this? Is he crazy?"

The women were startled.

Every Friday afternoon was when Qingcheng International's upper management held meetings. Everyone knew that.

No one dared call the chairwoman at such a time. There had once been a major client who would call every time he came by. He had even called several times during meetings, regardless of the consequences. And what happened?

After a few incidents, Nie Han'er directly terminated the partnership with that company and cut off dealings with all of its affiliated businesses as well. The company had boldly declared that it would make Nie Han'er pay. Three months later, it went bankrupt.

Although no one knew exactly what had happened, everyone understood perfectly well that the chairwoman must have made a move.

Since then, no one had dared call the chairwoman on Friday afternoons.

Even though Nie Han'er had her phone turned off most of the time during this period.

Qingcheng International, conference room.

Nie Han'er wore a light-blue long dress. Holding a pen, she pointed at a red dot on the projector screen. "I've told you about this location many times. It's full of wealthy people, and what they want is service. Yet something goes wrong every time. Was the staff training there all for nothing? This time, it even made the news?"

The people below sat in utter silence.

Everyone chose to remain silent. Only the Area Manager for that district stood up reluctantly. "Chairwoman... this isn't our fault. That customer was being completely unreasonable. He was obviously there to cause trouble."

"Hmph, cause trouble? Why did I hear that you have a personal grudge against this customer?" Nie Han'er's gaze turned cold as she swept her eyes over him.

"I..." Fine beads of sweat appeared on the Area Manager's forehead. He said bitterly, "It is indeed related to me. That customer is from a supplier company whose contract was terminated. Because I refused to cooperate with them, they often send people over to make trouble."

"They sent people to make trouble? Why are you only telling me now?" Nie Han'er's jade-like fingers tightened slightly around the black pen.

The Area Manager sighed. "I thought they were just angry and would stop after one or two times. Who knew they would keep going?"

"Oh? Fine. You don't need to handle this matter anymore. I'll send someone to deal with it..."

Before she could finish, a loud ringtone echoed through the conference room.

Nie Han'er frowned and lowered her head to glance at her phone. It was an unfamiliar number.

That made her expression turn even uglier.

The people below exchanged looks as well.

Who was bold enough to call the chairwoman at a time like this? Were they tired of living?

Some were even beginning to snicker, waiting to see the show.

The last person who had done this had seen his company go bankrupt.

Nie Han'er picked up her phone, glanced at it, and hung up immediately.

Normally, she would have turned off her phone.

However, because of some matters at home this time, she needed to keep her phone reachable, so she had not turned it off.

All of her family's numbers were labeled. An unfamiliar call would never be one of them.

In other words, this number had not come from home.

"Let's continue!" After hanging up, Nie Han'er picked up her pen. But just as she raised her hand and pointed it at a district, the phone rang again.

Nie Han'er's expression darkened further. Her watery eyes narrowed slightly as she answered the call.

"Hello, I'm Zhuang Xin. Are you... Nie Han'er?"

The voice on the other end sounded somewhat hesitant, as though he was not sure whether it was really Nie Han'er.

Upon hearing that voice and that name, Nie Han'er's expression softened considerably in an instant. The frost on her face faded, returning to normal. "It's me. Do you need something?"

"Oh, oh, oh... It's nothing. I heard that you were the one who saved me before, so I came to see you. I'm at the reception desk. If it's inconvenient for you, I can come back another day." Zhuang Xin spoke with a smile in his voice.

"It's convenient."

Just two simple words.

Without saying anything further, Nie Han'er hung up.

She then glanced at everyone, said, "Meeting adjourned," and walked out on her own.

Seeing this, everyone was too shocked to say a word.

Nie Han'er usually hated being disturbed during meetings. If this had happened before... her expression definitely would not have been pleasant. Yet this time, she was unusually calm, without the slightest hint of anger.

Even her voice had become noticeably gentler when she answered the call.

"President Nie, this is..." The Area Manager swallowed, utterly incredulous.

"Who do you think called President Nie? She actually adjourned the meeting? This has never happened before."

"Yeah, I'm curious too. Whoever it was even made President Nie stop holding the meeting."

After recovering from their shock, the group began speculating about who had called.

"Stop guessing. I heard the company recently landed a major order from another province. You all know President Nie intends to build the group's reputation and expand its scale. Perhaps someone from out of province has arrived."

"That makes sense. Other than that, I really can't think of anyone else capable of this."

The group nodded and began packing up to leave the meeting.

As for the person who had called...

He was currently sitting in the reception hall with one leg crossed over the other, holding a cup of coffee made by the receptionist and taking occasional sips. Bored of waiting, he took out his phone and scrolled through short videos.

The receptionist girls kept glancing his way from time to time. One or two bolder girls had even already come over to ask Zhuang Xin for his phone number.