At that moment, an incredible thought suddenly popped into Xiao Churan's mind.
Could the Young Master Ye Wang Dongxue had mentioned be her husband, Ye Chen?
But on second thought, it seemed too fantastical.
How could that be?
Ye Chen was an orphan who had grown up in an orphanage!
But apart from Ye Chen, who else in the world would treat her so well?
Thirty million had been a pipe dream, yet the other party had offered sixty million outright...
She couldn't help asking Wang Dongxue, "Vice Chairwoman Wang, may I ask if your chairman's name is Ye Chen?"
Wang Dongxue's heart skipped a beat. The young master had instructed her not to reveal his identity, and she could only tell outsiders that his surname was Ye. If the young mistress guessed the truth, wouldn't she be the one left holding the bag?
So she hurriedly said, "Ms. Xiao, please don't press me. Our chairman comes from a prominent Yanjing family. His identity is highly confidential, and I'm not authorized to disclose it."
Xiao Churan nodded gently. Wang Dongxue's remark about a prominent Yanjing family brought her back to her senses.
Ye Chen was an orphan. He couldn't possibly be from a prominent Yanjing family. It seemed she really had been overthinking things.
When Xiao Churan came out of Wang Dongxue's office, she was still in a daze.
In her hand was the sixty-million-yuan cooperation agreement between the Xiao family and the Dihao Group.
It all felt like a dream.
At the entrance to the Dihao Group, Xiao Churan spotted Ye Chen and ran over excitedly. "Ye Chen, I actually pulled it off!"
Ye Chen chuckled to himself. Your husband is the boss of the Dihao Group. How could you possibly have failed?
But he feigned surprise and said, "You managed to land such a difficult project? Honey, you're amazing!"
"Oh, it wasn't because I was amazing," Xiao Churan said. "It was practically handed to me by the Dihao Group."
"How so?" Ye Chen deliberately asked. "Why do you say that?"
Xiao Churan was afraid Ye Chen would get jealous if she told him about the Dihao Group's chairman, so she hurriedly said, "Oh, it's a long story. Let's go to the company now and tell everyone the good news."
Ye Chen laughed. "All right! This time, that bastard Xiao Hailong has to honor our bet and kneel and kowtow to me!"
Xiao Churan nodded. "He usually acts like his eyes are on top of his head and looks down on everyone. It's time he learned a lesson!"
Xiao Churan had a temper of her own. Xiao Hailong and the others had treated her and her husband with contempt at every turn. Now that she had secured the deal, it was only right to make them rein themselves in from now on.
A little over ten minutes later, the two arrived at the Xiao Group.
In the conference room, everyone from the Xiao family wore strange expressions.
They all knew Xiao Churan had gone to the Dihao Group early that morning, but none of them believed she could pull it off. They were all waiting to see her make a fool of herself.
To their surprise, she returned so soon.
When Xiao Churan and Ye Chen entered the conference room, everyone looked at them mockingly.
Xiao Hailong said bluntly, "Oh, Churan, you're back after barely half an hour? Don't tell me you couldn't even get through the Dihao Group's doors! Hahahaha!"
His younger sister Xiao Weiwei also sneered, "Oh, Churan, admitting defeat in under an hour? You've set a new record, haven't you?"
Old Madam Xiao's face darkened as well. The Dihao Group project was indeed extremely difficult, but even if Xiao Churan couldn't secure it, shouldn't she at least have taken it more seriously? Giving up so quickly left her furious.
Old Madam Xiao fixed her eyes on her and said coldly, "Xiao Churan, you've disappointed me greatly."
Ye Chen's brows immediately knitted together when he heard this.
These people are disgusting! They didn't even ask how it went before mocking her without knowing the rights and wrongs!
Especially you, Xiao Hailong, you turtle's bastard son. What the fuck are you so smug about? You'll be kowtowing to me soon!
Xiao Churan had been excited, but everyone's words were undoubtedly a basin of cold water poured over her. Furious, she said, "Sorry to disappoint you all, but Wang Dongxue of the Dihao Group has already agreed to cooperate with me on the project!"
"What? You got the deal?"
"Impossible! How could you? There's no way you could even have met Wang Dongxue!"
Everyone was dumbstruck.
"Xiao Churan, you expect us to believe that?"
Xiao Hailong came to his senses and slapped the table in anger. "Director Wang of the Dihao Group is a business elite known throughout the city. Why would she meet you? Don't you know who you are?"
Faced with everyone's doubts and accusations, Xiao Churan took out the contract and handed it to Old Madam Xiao. "This is the Dihao Group project contract. Please take a look."
The contract was like a bomb, making the atmosphere in the room explode!
Xiao Hailong still didn't believe her and shouted, "She must have forged that contract! I don't believe she could land a deal with the Dihao Group!"
"Exactly!" Xiao Weiwei added fuel to the fire. "What makes her think she could get a contract with the Dihao Group? It's a major thirty-million-yuan project! If she could do it, I'd have secured it long ago!"
Xiao Churan sneered. "Cousin, you're wrong. This contract isn't for thirty million. It's for sixty million!"
"Get lost!" Xiao Weiwei scoffed. "A sixty-million-yuan contract? How can you even have the nerve to say that? Do you take us for fools? If you can sign a deal for sixty million, then I say I can sign one for a hundred million!"
Xiao Hailong's face went cold as he said, "Churan, you're making monkeys of Grandma and all of us!"
Then he said to Old Madam Xiao, "Grandma! Churan's behavior is utterly outrageous! You can't let her get away with it!"
Old Madam Xiao was so angry that she ground her teeth. She had thought a thirty-million-yuan deal had a ninety-percent chance of falling through, yet Xiao Churan had returned after half an hour and told her she had signed one for sixty million...
Wasn't she treating her like a fool in front of all these people?
Did she think her position as head of the family meant nothing?
If she didn't drive out such an unfilial descendant, how could she establish her authority in the family in the future?
Overcome with anger, Old Madam Xiao slammed the table and roared, "Xiao Churan! Go to the personnel department and complete your departure formalities at once!"
Xiao Churan was utterly stunned. Had these people gone mad? Would it kill them to open the contract and take a look?
Just then, someone suddenly shouted, "Holy shit! The Dihao Group's official public account just posted an announcement! The sixty-million-yuan contract is real!"