Chapter 417 - Chapter 417: Chapter Four-Hundred and Seventeen: Unwilling to Accept (1/2)

Chapter 417: Chapter Four-Hundred and Seventeen: Unwilling to Accept

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

That sentence was a most effective reassurance. Xi Cheng finally obediently followed John to the car and headed straight to the corporation headquarters.

‘With Lin Yu around, everything in our family would go smoothly,’ Xi Cheng thought. His mind finally returned to the business at hand.

“I didn’t sign any contract selling those companies. I must have fallen into their trap! John! It must’ve been that b*tch, Gu Man! She must’ve tricked me into signing the documents when I was drunk!”

John remained silent. He had seen Xi Cheng’s signature on those papers with his own eyes. The handwriting was neat and smooth; Xi Cheng couldn’t have signed those contracts while inebriated.

However, John believed that his boss must’ve been deceived. But that person’s deception was so brilliant that, even now, his boss still didn’t know when he’d signed those contracts. Whoever it was, it couldn’t be Gu Man. John didn’t think that bimbo had such capabilities.

The Xi Corporation’s board of directors was already in an uproar. Shi Nian got called into the meeting room halfway because the situation there had gotten so out of control that they had no choice but to bring in an outsider for some balance.

The Shi and Xi families were old friends so those of the Xi family were willing to respect Shi Nian’s words, and the directors not of the Xi family trusted Shi Nian’s family background and character so they didn’t object to him being the middleman, either.

The current situation was: The Xi family members were firmly doing their utmost to defend Xi Cheng. After all, Xi Cheng represented the Xi family, and his failings would shame the family name. Even if what he did made them want to bury him six feet under, how they would deal with him was their own business. They couldn’t let the Xi family’s reputation get dragged through the mud so they could only silently endure.

Those not of the Xi family naturally wouldn’t tolerate such a thing. No one’s reputation was more important than money in the face of profit and interests, let alone the Xi family’s. It was usually difficult for the other directors to gain the upper hand in the corporate power struggle with the Xi family faction, so how could they give up such a good opportunity?

Shi Nian could guess how heated the situation was even if he hadn’t gone in. So, when he was invited into the meeting room, he wasn’t in a hurry to appease everyone. Instead, he sat there and listened as both sides argued and disagreed, but under his calm exterior, he was anxiously waiting for the people he sent out to find Xi Cheng as soon as possible.