Like a Proposal

Hearing Lin Chen's words, Chen Xiaoxiao snapped out of her daze and smiled. "President Lin, you're too polite... What did you want to talk about?"

"It's like this. I heard from Lu Hai that your company suddenly stopped supplying Dingsheng Pharmaceutical. That seems a little off, so I wanted to ask why."

Lin Chen got straight to the point.

"Oh, so it's about that. I'm truly sorry. It was an order from our president. You know how it is—we're just subordinates, and following orders is what we're supposed to do. If he ordered us to stop supplying you, there's nothing we can do. You can probably tell that I still have feelings for working with your company. If we could continue, I definitely would."

"Sorry, but I really can't tell."

Lin Chen directly cut Chen Xiaoxiao off, then continued, "As the product manager, your position isn't low. Before your president gave that order, it was impossible for him not to explain the reason to you. Saying that just makes this conversation pointless."

Chen Xiaoxiao had originally wanted to handle the matter more subtly, but she hadn't expected him to be so direct. After taking a deep breath, she said, "Someone threatened our president. They said that if we continued supplying you, they'd sanction us."

"What kind of sanctions? Violent intimidation?"

"Something like that. You know, our boss may be rich, but he's still afraid of people from the underworld. He has plenty of family members at home, including elderly people in their seventies. He wouldn't dare go against those people. Although cutting off Dingsheng Pharmaceutical will cost our company quite a bit, at our boss's level, he doesn't care much about that money. Safety is what matters most."

Chen Xiaoxiao paused before saying, "Originally, I wasn't going to tell you