Whispers to the Soul: Surrendering to Love Snare

Chapter 1249: Chapter 1268: Fixing the An Family Mother and Daughter (14)

In the past, this kind of thing had happened many times. For the sake of the backing behind her, everyone hadn’t quibbled too much, just swallowed the loss in silence. But this time, they happened to run into someone just as stubborn.

That on-site general supervisor, Mr. Li, heard her scolding, directly threw the file in his hand onto the table, and said bluntly, "When we signed the contract back then, one of the clauses was that in the later stages of the project, if the work can’t go on because of the company or material suppliers, I have the right to resign. Since that’s the case, I am officially resigning from this moment on. Chairman Xi, please go find someone more capable."

As soon as he finished, he turned around and left.

He didn’t pay the slightest attention to the two twisted faces behind him.

The anger in Xi Xilan and An Yuya’s hearts still hadn’t found an outlet when the rest of the company’s executives started raising questions one after another, leaving the mother and daughter completely overwhelmed.

"Chairman, Mr. Li has resigned. The chief engineer for this development case has to be settled as soon as possible. Otherwise, if the project gets delayed, it’ll just make things even worse."

As soon as that executive finished speaking, another dissenting voice came: "I think the most important thing right now is to decide whether we should even continue this project. If we go ahead and then get shut down by the quality inspection authorities, we’ll suffer an even bigger loss. After all, our project is under a time limit; we can’t afford any delays."

It wasn’t that Xi Xilan wasn’t aware of these issues—far from it. That was exactly why she was flustered and at a total loss, unable to think of any solution: "Then hurry up and think about it. What exactly are we supposed to do now?"

Some senior executives who had already been dissatisfied with her for a long time felt a flicker of smugness in their hearts at this moment, and decided to play dumb to the end, not saying a single word.

After waiting and waiting without getting a single satisfactory solution, Xi Xilan grew more and more furious and slammed her palm hard on the conference table in front of her. "When it comes down to the critical moment, all you know how to do is stay silent. Then what the hell am I paying you useless trash for? I’m warning you: before you get off work tonight, you must give me a plan. Otherwise, every last one of you can get the hell out."

Some old hands who had been with the company for years couldn’t stand it anymore and immediately talked back on the spot: "Chairman, you can’t talk like that. All these years, even if we’ve made no achievements, we’ve at least worked ourselves to the bone for the company. You can’t just deny all of that over one incident, and insult our character on top of it."

Xi Xilan wasn’t about to listen to any of that. She slammed the table again, pointed at his nose, and cursed loudly, "Get out. Get out right now."

"Fine, I’ll get out. Just hope you don’t regret it later, Miss Xi." He didn’t even bother to call her chairman anymore, and turned to leave.

There were a few shocked voices behind him trying to stop him, but none of them managed to keep that receding figure from walking away.

When the heavy sound of the door slamming reached everyone’s ears, they all looked at each other, not even daring to breathe.

In the end, they still hadn’t come up with a solid solution, and they’d lost two big names in one go. The pent-up frustration in Xi Xilan’s chest was simply beyond words.

When she finally announced a thirty-minute recess, everyone silently breathed a sigh of relief.

Outside the conference room, everyone wore equally gloomy, worried expressions.

"Sigh, what are we gonna do? Looks like the company won’t make it through this time."

"Yeah, sigh... what should we do?"

No one could think of a single way out.