Chapter 79 (2/2)

“You…” Li Yu-Lan was gobsmacked. She’d thought that Xia Lei did not know who she was and even more so her husband Huang Yi-Hu. Furthermore, she realised from Xia Lei’s tone that he knew much more than what he had just spoken of!

Li Yu-Lan’s eyes suddenly turned cold.

“There’s such a thing going on?” Jiang Xin took out his mobile phone, “I’ll call our Director right now and ask him to help you solve this problem.”

“No, don’t!” Liao De-Sheng panicked right away and hurriedly clasped Jiang Xin’s hand, smiling as he said, “Mr Jiang, this is a misunderstanding. There’s no need to call your Director. It must be someone downstairs who misplaced some documents. I’ll go down right now and tell them to re-examine the documents.”

Jiang Xin’s and Zhou Wei’s statuses were enough to make Liao De-Sheng full of dread. If this matter went to their Director, he’d be so dead!

Jiang Xin put down his phone; he did not dial. He was here to help Xia Lei solve his problem so if Liao De-Sheng was willing to to solve it he would not need to get his Director involved. Zhou Wei and himself were not from Hai-Zhu after all and it was not so convenient for them to move around.

“Then make an exception and approve everything in one go,” said Zhou Wei.

“This…” Liao De-Sheng was only willing to re-examine the documents to drag the time on. He still wanted to confirm the identities of Zhou Wei and Jiang Xin and did not expect them to demand the expedition of all the processes. He could do this and make it convenient for Xia Lei to finish all processes in one go but if he did, he would have to answer to Huang Yi-Hu and Li Yu-Lan.

Liao De-Sheng looked sneakily at Li Yu-Lan, as if asking her for instruction.

Li Yu-Lan spoke indifferently, “The two of you sure can talk. I wonder what sort of relationship you have with this Mr Xia?”

“Is there a need to tell you?” said Jiang Xin.

“You have to at least show proof of identity if you want the Chief to do a special service, don’t you? There are a lot of con-men around these days who can act very well. Who knows, you may be actors hired by Xia Lei.” Li Yu-Lan emphasised weirdly. This was a hint to Liao De-Sheng - there is no way Xia Lei would get what he wanted unless they are sure about the real identities and power of these two people!

Xia Lei did not interrupt and just watched. He also wanted to be sure of something - how valuable he was to China Industrial Group. This was also very important for the next thing he wanted to do.

Jiang Xin and Zhou Wei exchanged looks, seeming to come to the same conclusion through eye contact. The two of them took out their respective identification but they were just normal identification documents and work badges from China Industrial Group. They did not produce their military documents.

Zhou Wei put the documents on Liao De-Sheng’s desk and said, “These are our documents. Take a look.”

Liao De-Sheng’s looked at Zhou Wei’s identification, then at Jiang Xin’s. The documents were real and he knew why they did not show him their military documents - he was too low in the hierarchy.

After he looked at the documents, Liao De-Sheng chuckled, “Heh heh, don’t misunderstand, dear Sirs, I’ll immediately…”

“Ahem.” Li Yu-Lan coughed dryly, “This can be done just by showing two sets of identification? What wonderful documents. What if they’re fake?”

Liao De-Sheng wiped the smile off his face. Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He knew what Li Yu-Lan was trying to get at, which was to not allow Xia Lei to have his way and get his company registered. However, the two godly beings in front of him from China Industrial Group were not to be trifled with either. He was caught between a rock and a hard place.

Xia Lei remained silent. This matter was about him but he was like a spectator watching all the action. He was getting more calm as the situation progressed.

Jiang Xin and Zhou Wei interpreted Xia Lei’s silence and calmness differently. One was from Procurement and the other from Human Resources, so they were quite good at reading people. How could they not know what Xia Lei was thinking with his seemingly indifferent attitude?

Jiang Xin and Zhou Wei looked at each other, then Jiang Xin sneered, “Chief Liao, I see you cannot make decisions here. You want to go with the wishes of this woman here, don’t you?”

Liao De-Sheng put on a smiling face, “Mr Jiang, your words are…” He looked at Li Yu-Lan out of the corner of his eye.

Li Yu-Lan gave no instruction. Xia Lei was calm but she was calmer. She had her backing - the Gu clan! The one who was troubled in the matter was Liao De-Sheng and even if these two people had some power, it was not going to faze her, Li Yu-Lan!

“Old Zhou, give the Director a call.” Jiang Xin put away both Zhou Wei’s and his own documents which were on the desk.

Zhou Wei went out the door with his phone in hand.

Liao De-Sheng wanted to stop Zhou Wei from leaving the room but Li Yu-Lan shot him a look and he shut his mouth.

Liang Si-Yao quietly pulled at Xia sleeve then spoke softly in his ear, “Why aren’t you saying anything, Mr Xia? Can those two people help you?”

A faint smile appeared in the corners of Xia Lei’s mouth and he also spoke softly to her, “If they can’t help me then no one else can. I’m not saying anything because I want to see how willing they are to help me.”

“Huh?” Liang Si-Yao was confused.

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