Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Two: A Powerful Comeback II (1/2)

Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Two: A Powerful Comeback (II)

Setting aside everything else, what left Xiao Yu so confused was——

Why did all the people around him look so happy?

“Is YL going to become a multinational corporation? Are we going to be paid in a different currency?”

“Our salary currency definitely won’t change. You’re thinking too much— becoming a multinational corporation isn’t possible either. How can these things change so suddenly?”

“Wow, Gabriel… It’s such a legendary family. I didn’t think the day would come where I get to see the heir to such a family.”

“Hello? We see one every day.”

“But Chairman Yan isn’t the heir yet. How can it be the same?”

“It only sounds a little more awesome. There’s not actually much difference.”

“What do you mean, ‘a little more awesome? It’s much more awesome. I can finally say I’ve made it…”

“When Gods fight, even chickens and dogs can ascend to Heaven.”

“What a great metaphor!! Did you learn how to speak from your physical education teacher?”

Over the lunch break, a few employees stayed huddled in their own teams excitedly conversing. Xiao Yu couldn’t find an opportunity to speak.

Normally, Xiao Yu definitely wouldn’t have tolerated such treatment, but this was a special occasion. Sucking up to the mystery designer could be done any time, whereas this was perhaps the only opportunity to discuss and gossip about the Gabriel Family.

“Hey…” With some difficulty, Xiao Yu managed to get the attention of someone else who didn’t seem to be participating in the discussions. Unexpectedly, the other person started talking first.

“Chief Xiao, what are you still doing here?”

Xiao Yu was stumped.

“Director Shao was looking for you all over earlier. What time is it already? The press conference has already started!” It was Shao Yue’s assistant Little Zhao. He’d been left behind at the company to wait for Xiao Yu because Shao Yue hadn’t been able to contact Xiao Yu.

In recent days, Xiao Yu’s situation was very awkward. Although YL had forbidden the media from interviewing him, it couldn’t stop the reporters’ devotion to their job. As a result, the time Xiao Yu arrived and left work was always random for the last half month. Chu Ge had even urged him specifically to spend less time at the company and more time at home and avoid going out alone. He couldn’t bear to imagine what would happen if Xiao Yu came across people with ill intentions.

Xiao Yu had originally protested that he didn’t need such extreme protection. He had thought that these matters wouldn’t affect his work. However, he had quickly discovered that while he could still single-mindedly devote himself to work, his colleagues, especially the more junior ones, couldn’t handle the media’s endless schemes. Since they couldn’t catch Xiao Yu, they went after the people close to him. In the end, Xiao Yu could still only listen to Chu Ge’s advice and randomize what time he went to work. Sometimes, he spent the entire day at home and worked entirely online.

It was fortunate that Xiao Yu’s occupation was rather special and didn’t require his physical presence.

In the end, Xiao Yu’s schedule had become extremely chaotic.

For almost a week, Xiao Yu hadn’t talked directly with his colleagues. Today was the first time he’d come to the office this week. He had arrived early to the company and went directly to draw designs until his tablet had frozen. Xiao Yu had carried his precious tablet to find his friend in the IT department. However, his friend had coincidentally left to go to his electronic maintenance store, so Xiao Yu had left the office to go find him. This had also been the exact time that Shao Yue and Chu Ge had searched for him throughout the entire office, which was why they had missed him.

When Xiao Yu had heard the strange topic the others were excitedly discussing, he initially thought that he’d been away from any social contact for too long and couldn’t keep up with the times.

Actually, he hadn’t been away for that long. The news had only broken two hours ago in the morning. In those two hours, Xiao Yu and his friend had been frantically trying to recover whatever designs they could in the event that the hard disk was irreparable. They hadn’t known anything about the earth-shattering changes.

“I…” Xiao Yu took out his phone. It was entirely pitch black.

“When I was drawing earlier, my tablet froze, so I urgently went to IT to get it fixed. It seems that my phone is out of battery. I was so rushed that I didn’t check it.

“What are you saying at this time? Just hurry up and go! Otherwise, the press conference will have concluded already.” Little Zhao took two steps back, grabbed a power adapter and cable off of a random desk, and shoved it towards Xiao Yu. Then, he hauled Xiao Yu with him to the ground floor as if they were escaping from a fire.

Xiao Yu had wanted to ask a few questions in the elevator, but the design department was only on the third floor. In the blink of an eye, they were already in the lobby. He was madly dragged to a taxi and shoved inside without the opportunity to regain his breath.

“To location X, as fast as you can!” Little Zhao gave his instructions and stuffed two bills into the driver’s hand. The moment he saw understanding and confidence dawn over the driver’s eyes, he slammed the door shut.

The word “wait” couldn’t even escape Xiao Yu’s throat before the cab took off like the wind.

Xiao Yu hadn’t even buckled his seatbelt when the back of his head thumped into the headrest. He let out a pitiful groan.

“Hold on tight. We’ll be there in ten minutes!” The driver confidently declared.

Xiao Yu took out his phone while cradling his head.

Ten minutes was probably enough to understand what was going on.