"...I did everything the way you wanted me to but lately, she has been suspicious of me. How would you guarantee that she would not be able to find anything against me?"
Yu Mei's lips thinned. This familiar voice. It was him, the Vice President of Rosette.
"I left my family in Amaranthine before I came here. I wanted to play safe about that but I never expected things to go this way. Who knew that she would really turn out to be our CEO and not someone Director Xiang brought over to pretend to save the company?"
So her doubt was not that wrong after all. This man was really upto something. Yu Mei pursed her lips.
"I had full proof plan to get you inside the company in her absence so that you can take control of everything in time...."
"But you failed in your plans, didn't you? Your full proof plan was nothing but a failure," Another voice cut him off.
Yu Mei frowned, recognizing the voice within a moment. It was her, Han Jingyi.
Director Xiang was speechless as the deeds of the Vice President, the person he has been working alongside for years came out in open like this. What exactly was the man thinking?
"I did everything to get rid of that bitch but I don't know how she came here from Amaranthine to Beijing with a new identity," Han Jingyi said, "I had indeed promised you a huge amount of shares from Rosette but things did not turn out the way we expected them to be. I never expected her to make a comeback."
While Director Xiang stood there confused, it did not take Yu Mei a long time to understand what was going on.
After her death, Han Jingyi somehow brought over the Vice President's loyalty with his greed for the shares. Then as things look, the latter promised to get her more control in the company.
But Han Jingyi never expected her to be back.
Yu Mei frowned. In her previous life, not many people knew about her identity as the CEO then how did Han Jingyi know about it....Something clicked in her mind. She can"t know unless she is the one....
The trail of her thoughts snapped when she heard a muffled scream from behind.
Yu Mei turned around and her eyes widened when she witnessed the scene behind her.
Director Xiang was thrown into that open manual elevator and there was a cloth stuffed inside his mouth.
She had been distracted for five minutes and the man waa standing right behind her then... Realization dawned on her and she turned to look at the wall.
As expected, Han Jingyi walked out of there with a smirk on her face.
"You had it planned," Yu Mei mumbled.
"Planned what, cousin?" Han Jingyi asked innocently, "To corner you here like this? I indeed planned that."
Yu Mei turned around hearing some rustling sounds and she noticed the chains of the elevator being snapped, a person was restricting Director Xiang's legs with a rope.
"You assume too much, Han Jingyi. No wonder you are single. With such horrible assumption skills, which man would take a look at you?" Yu Mei casually said, "Who knew if you start assuming things about them and go crazy out of nowhere?"
"You..." Han Jingyi was annoyed. This matter was a wound in her heart. She was beautiful, talented, had a strong family background, Han Family backing but in the end she was single.
And why..? It was not like men did not pursue her. But her heart was set on Jun Zixuan. Initially, she wanted to marry him just for the sake of marrying in Amaranthine Royalty. But right now, she was madly in love with that charismatic man who swept her off her feet everytime she looked at him.
There was no going back on this for her. Han Jingyi was adamant on Jun Zixuan.
While she was lost in her thoughts, it was too late by the time she noticed another presence at the place. The man fought off with her guards single-handedly while holding the chain with the other hand, keeping the elevator from falling with a crash.
Yu Mei sighed. She was certain that this guard was around her so when Director Xiang insisted on coming here, she gave in.
Han Jingyi stepped towards Yu Mei and the Vice President also followed her.
Yu Mei glanced at the man who was once her right-hand man. Someone she trusted a lot.
"Don't look at me like that, President," The middle-aged man said, "I have always wanted more power and not just be your dog."
"I see. Go start your own company then. Why craving power in mine?" Yu Mei rolled her eyes.
"You..."
"You are a smart man, Mr. Hong, did you expect me to cry over your betrayal?" Yu Mei shook her head as she glanced at the man, "I did trust you so I was disappointed. But I don't really care. You betrayed, one more snake less. It's better that way, isn't it?" She sighed.
Yu Mei was not the kind of boss who would play family with her employees though this changed a bit after she woke up in this body. But before, since she had always been around with Han Jian Yu, she liked to stay away from most of the people. It was like she had trust issues around strangers and despite being her employees, she had made sure to draw a line when needed.
Unless the person is someone close to her heart, she will not go crazy over someone betraying her in any way. Things happen, people change. It was a fact that she had accepted and trivial things like this did not faze her.
"Tell me, cousin, how did you go from Han Mei to Yu Mei?" Han Jingyi asked straightforwardly, not caring about the Vice President's strange expressions.. It was the man's fault for selling his loyalty a few weeks after their CEO's disappearance and she did not care if he was regretting it at this point.
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