ASTNovels Chapter 935 Two Men Acting
Chapter 935 Two Men Acting
It turned out that Ji Xiuhan on the other end of the phone realized that Lu Wanqing was suspicious of the call, as if he had something to hide, and her attitude changed drastically. This made Ji Xiuhan feel increasingly uneasy, and he had no choice but to call Zhou Renjie to prove his innocence.
Zhou Renjie's phone number was saved in his phone, so Lu Wanqing must have seen it.
Of course, Ji Xiuhan didn't save Zhou Renjie's name in the contact list; instead, he saved it as a senior executive in the group's human resources department.
Ji Xiuhan had no idea that Lu Wanqing hadn't seen the phone number and assumed it was her lover calling again.
"Quickly answer it, see what this bastard has to say!"
Gao Xiao'e quickly handed the phone to Zhou Renjie and pressed the answer button.
Before Zhou Renjie could speak, he heard Ji Xiuhan's polite voice from the other end: "I pressed the wrong button just now. I wonder what brings you here, sir? Please speak, please speak!"
what?
Gao Xiao'e's eyes widened involuntarily.
When had she ever heard Ji Xiuhan speak so politely, even referring to Zhou Renjie as "leader"?
"That bastard is definitely trying to get me to play along with his act again. It seems Lu Wanqing is right next to him."
Zhou Renjie instantly understood, secretly rolled his eyes, but quickly cleared his throat, coughed deliberately, and put on an arrogant air: "Manager Ji, I called you because I had something to discuss with you. You dared to hang up on me so quickly; it seems you've been too unrestrained on your honeymoon!"
Huh? What's wrong with Zhou Renjie? How dare he reprimand Ji Xiuhan?
Gao Xiao'e, who was standing to the side, was completely stunned, her mouth agape.
She was well aware of Zhou Renjie and Ji Xiuhan's status. Zhou Renjie had always been at a disadvantage and was always suppressed by Ji Xiuhan. Ji Xiuhan had never been polite to Zhou Renjie.
But now, the situation seems to have completely reversed! Zhou Renjie is actually reprimanding Ji Xiuhan!
"No, no, I absolutely wouldn't dare!"
The voice on the other end of the phone was even more polite than Ji Xiuhan's, with a hint of trepidation, "What are your instructions? Please tell me!"
But that voice was clearly Ji Xiuhan's; it wasn't faked.
Gao Xiao'e wasn't as shrewd as Zhou Renjie, and couldn't tell that Ji Xiuhan was acting; she was completely bewildered.
"It's nothing serious, I just wanted to ask how your trip was going."
Zhou Renjie said in a pretentious manner, "Also, I just happened to see a headline with news about Xiao Ran. At first, I thought it was fake, but after looking at the photos carefully, I realized that Xiao Ran from the capital is your former female classmate. And I heard that your female classmate used to like you quite a bit. I wonder if you saw this news?"
"I see, Xiao Ran is indeed my former classmate. You actually remember her?"
"Of course I remember. We even had dinner together at a restaurant when she came to see you before."
Zhou Renjie continued, "Your classmate is not only outstanding himself, but I didn't expect him to come from such a good family."
"You really didn't seize the opportunity! If you had won her over back then, you'd be the son-in-law of the Xiao family in the capital now, how glorious would that be? Why would you be working here for someone else?"
Taking this opportunity, Zhou Renjie naturally wanted to teach Ji Xiuhan a lesson, leaving him speechless with bitterness.
"That bastard, he actually dared to teach me a lesson?"
Ji Xiuhan cursed inwardly.
He made this call to get Zhou Renjie's cooperation, so as not to make Lu Wanqing overthink things.
Sure enough, Lu Wanqing quickly realized from Ji Xiuhan's respectful and polite manner that the person who had just called must have been the manager from the group's human resources department. He had seen Xiao Ran's news and that's why he called to express his regret for Ji Xiuhan.
She shook her head; she had been overthinking things.
Finally, after Zhou Renjie offered some words of "regret" and "education," the phone call ended.
Ji Xiuhan breathed a sigh of relief. While on the phone, he kept a close eye on Lu Wanqing's expression.
Lu Wanqing had just graduated from university and wasn't very shrewd; her emotions were easily read on her face.
As soon as she hung up the phone, Gao Xiao'e exclaimed, "Honey! I never knew you had such a powerful side! You actually managed to reprimand that cold-hearted guy? Tell me quickly, why is he being so respectful to you now?"
Zhou Renjie looked at this simple-minded woman and chuckled inwardly. His wife was too naive. He deliberately raised his chin and said, "Of course! In this situation, no matter how I scold him, he has to listen. He would never dare to turn against me!"
"Tell me quickly, why is that?"
"It's actually very simple."
The reason he hung up the phone so quickly was, frankly, because he was afraid Lu Wanqing would overhear the conversation and expose his identity.
"Then why is he daring to fight back now?"
"It seems he's with Lu Wanqing now, and his failure to answer the phone has already aroused Lu Wanqing's suspicion."
He's trying to prove his innocence; he's making this call to get my cooperation and prevent me from revealing his identity.
Zhou Renjie explained, "So I can only cooperate with him, pretend to be a senior executive at headquarters, and give him a good scolding. Only in this way can Lu Wanqing be completely at ease."
"So all of this was to put Lu Wanqing at ease and prevent her from suspecting him? Your scolding of him just now was all an act?"
Gao Xiao'e then realized what was happening, and her face was immediately filled with disappointment.
Every woman wants her man to be the best...
"What do you think, honey? You don't think that guy has changed his ways, do you?"
Zhou Renjie shook his head and smiled.
"I never imagined there would be so many twists and turns!"
It seems that Ji Xiuhan has truly fallen for Lu Wanqing!
Gao Xiao'e immediately lost interest. "Let's not talk about them anymore. Let's go out and get something good to eat. I'll help you relax when we get back!"
On the other side, Lu Wanqing also sorted out her thoughts: "This guy actually figured out that I suspected him?"
It turns out the person who called earlier wasn't his mistress, but the HR manager at the company—the one who had helped me before.
After figuring it out, I felt much better.
But at this moment, Ji Xiuhan was deep in thought as he looked at the news online. It was just two people dating and going on a date, how could it cause such a big commotion?
Moreover, according to the information he received, Ye Boxiong had always been very resistant to Xiao Ran, so why would he announce their relationship now and act as if he had already integrated into the Ye family and was about to become the eldest young mistress?
For Ji Xiuhan, although Xiao Ran had gone too far in the past, out of consideration for their past relationship, he really didn't want to completely break off relations with Xiao Ran and reach a point of life and death.
Last time, even though he clearly found out that Ye Haixia's actions against Lu Wanqing were instigated by Xiao Ran, and the methods used were so despicable, he still only targeted the Ye family and didn't cause trouble for Xiao Ran.
But things are different now; the Ye family has become his "target." Ever since he took over the Feilong Group, he and the Ye family have been locked in a life-or-death struggle.
He must gradually erode the Ye family, and even completely take over the entire Ye family, in order to penetrate the capital.
He had a complete plan and calculations in mind long ago, but now, Xiao Ran was actually going to marry Ye Haitao, which was definitely not what he wanted to see.
In this way, if he takes action against the Ye family, it will be the same as taking action against Xiao Ran, and the two will be completely on opposite sides.
He knew Xiao Ran best. This woman was no simpleton. Once she married Ye Haitao, even if Ye Boxiong got into trouble and Ye Haitao became the head of the Ye family, it wouldn't be so easy for him to use Ye Haitao to take over the Ye family.
Now that Xiao Ran has become the mistress of the Ye family, she certainly doesn't want her husband to be controlled by others, and she certainly doesn't want the Ye family to be swallowed up by Ji Xiuhan.
In this way, he and Xiao Ran will inevitably become complete adversaries!
"Xiao Ran, oh Xiao Ran, I really don't want to see that day..."
Ji Xiuhan sighed inwardly.