Chapter 522 - Why Should I Believe You? (1/2)

Huo Jinyao put down the phone and said, “Qiao Hong, you’re a smart person. I admit that you’ve greatly contributed to the project. I’ll give you two-million today. You take the money and then give me the data. As for coming back to Tianyu Group, you can stop wishing for that. After getting the money, you are not allowed to take up this kind of occupation for two years.”

“Why should I believe you?”

“You have no choice,” said Huo Jinyao, sounding icy cold. “If I want, I can make sure that no company ever hires you again, not only in Rong City but in the entire country. It’s up to you if you want to believe me or not.”

Qiao Hong stayed silent. He knew that Huo Jinyao was capable of doing what he said. He struggled to make his last request. “I want a bank transfer, not a cheque.”

“Alright. I’m going to transfer a million to you right now. The rest will be transferred to your account after you have given me the data. Let’s go.”

Without using too many words, Huo Jinyao managed to make Qiao Hong accept his terms by both threatening and luring him.

Ever since Huo Jinyao started talking, both Yang Wenchang and Ding Qing did not get a chance to say a word.

Yang Wenchang had been working under Huo Jinyao for a long time. He had already seen the fierce and sharp side of Huo Jinyao long ago.

Unlike Yang Wenchang, it was the very first time Ding Qing saw Huo Jinyao like that. Sitting next to him, she started to develop an unexplainable feeling toward him.

At that moment, she was no longer the person who had come to Tianyu Group to work under Huo Jinyao for a special purpose.

She was now a mere employee of Huo Jinyao, who had just seen a different side of her boss.

She looked at Huo Jinyao carefully. What surged in her heart was an emotion that she could not restrain.

She clearly realized that she was attracted to him.

It was already midnight by the time they returned to the company.

Before that, they had followed Qiao Hong to the place that he mentioned earlier, to fetch the data.

None of them thought that Qiao Hong would be bold enough to put the data in the safe box of a suite, in a four-star hotel.

Huo Jinyao hadn’t searched Qiao Hong’s apartment, nor did he send people to search the hotels to find him. He probably never thought that Qiao Hong could be so bold.

He hadn’t registered the room with his own name, though. Therefore, Huo Jinyao might not have been able to find out which hotel he was living in.

The lost file was finally retrieved. Huo Jinyao put it somewhere safe.

He turned and looked at his employees. Yang Wenchang had worked for him for years. He had been through a lot of experiences in the office. Surely, he knew what Huo Jinyao wanted.

Yang Wenchang always got things done even before his boss asked him to.

Ding Qing had come to the company only recently, but she was doing a great job nevertheless.

“You’ve both worked hard today. Go home and rest.”

Huo Jinyao rubbed his temples. He felt that the problem was solved a little too easily.

He wasn’t surprised to see Qiao Hong surrender. After all, he had left the man with no other choice.

Two million was nothing to him. But still, he felt that the problem was solved too easily. It didn’t feel real.

Yang Wenchang didn’t leave immediately. Huo Jinyao gave him a glance, then turned to Ding Qing.

“Miss. Ding, go home and get some rest.”

“Okay.” Ding Qing knew that Yang Wenchang had something to say to Huo Jinyao in private. She didn’t linger, but dropped her head and left quickly.

After walking out of the office, she didn’t leave immediately. Instead, she closed the door and then passed her ear against it.

The door of Huo Jinyao’s office was soundproof. She couldn’t hear a thing, so she left at last.