Fu Fangxi said, "No."
He added, "Presumably, he's waiting until President Ji has fully recovered so he can handle this personally."
Yan Jinyue closed his eyes slightly and said nothing more. The car soon arrived at the Grand Prosperity Hotel.
Yan Jinyue did not rush to get out. He lifted his chin toward Fu Fangxi. "Call Jiang Yuzhuo."
Fu Fangxi acknowledged the instruction, took out his phone, and dialed a number. It rang for a long time before someone answered.
"Mm... Who is it, calling so early in the morning?"
Fu Fangxi said, "President Jiang, this is Fu Fangxi."
"Fu, Fu Fangxi... Oh, Assistant Fu..."
The voice on the other end was muddled and groggy. Fu Fangxi glanced briefly at Yan Jinyue.
Yan Jinyue nodded. "Put it on speaker."
Fu Fangxi quickly turned on the speakerphone.
"Assistant Fu, didn't, didn't I already give you the surveillance footage?"
The voice coming through the speaker carried a measure of impatience.
Yan Jinyue snorted coldly. "Jiang Yuzhuo, still not sober?"
Hearing Yan Jinyue's voice, the other end suddenly fell silent.
Bang!
A loud crash came through, immediately followed by a string of ingratiating words:
"Brother Yan, so, so you're the one looking for me."
"I looked into everything you asked me to, seriously. I really couldn't find anything. If you don't believe me..."
"I'm at the entrance to Grand Prosperity."
Yan Jinyue cut Jiang Yuzhuo off directly. The other end went still again, followed by rustling sounds.
"Brother Yan, why didn't you tell me you were coming? I would've come to meet you!"
Yan Jinyue raised his hand and lowered his eyes to glance at his watch, his voice level:
"You have ten minutes. I'll wait in your office."
He waved a hand at Fu Fangxi, who understood immediately and hung up.
"President Yan, shall we head over now?"
"Yes. Straight to Jiang Yuzhuo's office."
As the younger son of the Jiang Family, the leading family in City A's hotel and tourism industry, Jiang Yuzhuo controlled its most luxurious hotel, Grand Prosperity. His office there was also on its top floor.
Yan Jinyue was the man Jiang Yuzhuo regarded as his elder brother, and Young Master Jiang had long since declared that there was nowhere in Grand Prosperity Yan Jinyue could not go.
Even Grand Prosperity's employee training included a requirement to remember Yan Jinyue's face.
Yan Jinyue and Fu Fangxi reached Jiang Yuzhuo's office on Grand Prosperity's top floor without any obstruction.
The Grand Prosperity Hotel's manager was already waiting at the door, having received a call from Jiang Yuzhuo earlier.
Seeing Yan Jinyue approach, the manager greeted him with a smile. "Hello, President Yan."
As he spoke, he opened the door and invited Yan Jinyue inside. Yan Jinyue looked up at the empty office and knew Jiang Yuzhuo had not arrived yet.
The manager hurriedly offered an apologetic smile:
"President Yan, President Jiang will be here shortly."
Yan Jinyue said nothing and stepped inside, with Fu Fangxi following.
Not long after they entered, several hotel staff brought in tea and refreshments.
Yan Jinyue stood in front of the office window, looking into the distance.
The manager and Fu Fangxi stood meekly to one side, not daring to breathe loudly. The staff withdrew after setting everything down.
The moment Jiang Yuzhuo stepped into his office, the suffocating atmosphere hit him. His face fell. Brother Yan would not let him off today.
He forced a smile. "Brother Yan, what brings you here today?"
Only then did Yan Jinyue turn around and raise his hand to check his watch. "Eight minutes late."
Jiang Yuzhuo's heart trembled:
"Brother, you're my own brother!"
"I know I was wrong this time. Next time, I definitely won't keep you waiting!"
Yan Jinyue said, "Would you have been eight minutes late if you hadn't gotten blind drunk?"
"It's already eleven thirty."
"And your own brother is Jiang Yujing. Don't call me that."
Jiang Yuzhuo looked miserable. Yan Jinyue had even brought up Jiang Yujing being his own brother.
Who didn't know that the Jiang Family's eldest son, Jiang Yujing, and its younger son, Jiang Yuzhuo, shared a father but had different mothers, and had fought from childhood into adulthood?
They were brothers-brothers who tripped each other up and wished the other would die.
"Brother Yan, I really know I was wrong!"
Yan Jinyue walked over to the sofa and sat down. Jiang Yuzhuo followed him.
Seeing this, Fu Fangxi nudged the manager's arm. The manager understood, and the two left the office together.
Just as Yan Jinyue reached for his teacup, Jiang Yuzhuo picked it up first and looked at him with an apologetic smile. "Brother Yan, here you are."
Yan Jinyue cast a disdainful glance at Jiang Yuzhuo, accepted the cup, and took a sip.
"Yuzhuo, tell me. If Jiang Yujing finds out that you're in charge of Grand Prosperity, yet got blind drunk and still weren't in your office at eleven thirty, what do you think he'll do?"
Only now did Jiang Yuzhuo wake up completely. The fright instantly dispelled the lingering effects of the alcohol.
If Jiang Yujing gets hold of something he can use against me, he'll definitely report it to the old man! He'll even embellish things to make me look bad!
When that happens...
Jiang Yuzhuo panicked completely and looked toward Yan Jinyue as though pleading for help.
A few days earlier, the Grand Prosperity Hotel had hosted this year's business networking conference for City A, and it had been a great success.
Well, on the surface, it had. On closer examination, there had been plenty of incidents.
For example, Ji Hanxing and Yan Jinyue had both been drugged and had ended up in bed together.
Still, that did not stop the business networking conference from appearing to be a great success, and Jiang Yuzhuo had let it go to his head.
Yan Jinyue narrowed his eyes slightly. "With Grand Prosperity hosting this business networking conference, Jiang Yujing is certainly watching you. Getting this carried away plays right into his hands."
He abruptly raised his eyes and stared steadily at Jiang Yuzhuo:
"A few people praise you, and you really think you did a good job?"
"Leaving aside the fact that Ji Hanxing and I were drugged, let's just talk about Ji Hanxing being hit by an unidentified object in the corridor. If he decides to pursue it, do you think Jiang Yujing will let this opportunity slip?"
Frightened, Jiang Yuzhuo instinctively reached to grab Yan Jinyue, but before his hand could touch him, Yan Jinyue's gaze forced him back.
He was so anxious that he had forgotten Brother Yan disliked being touched.
"Brother, I was wrong. I really was wrong!"
"I shouldn't have let it go to my head. I'll never drink again!"
"As for Ji Hanxing-ah, no, President Ji-I'll definitely give him a satisfactory answer!"
"I'll investigate both the incident where he was hit and the drugging thoroughly, and I'll definitely compensate him for his losses!"
As Jiang Yuzhuo spoke, he watched Yan Jinyue's expression. He had guessed a little of what had happened between Yan Jinyue and Ji Hanxing that day. Coupled with the importance Yan Jinyue placed on Ji Hanxing, Jiang Yuzhuo was no fool.
Yan Jinyue had most likely taken a fancy to Ji Hanxing. If he could not even see that, all his years as the Jiang Family's young master would have been wasted.
Yan Jinyue curved his lips. "Compensate for losses? Compensate Ji Hanxing?"
He leaned back slightly against the sofa in a relaxed posture, his languid air dispelling some of his chilling edge.
"Ji Hanxing suffered losses. Does that mean I didn't?"
Jiang Yuzhuo was somewhat speechless. What losses had Yan Jinyue suffered? Anyone with eyes could see that Ji Hanxing was the one who had lost out!