TVSFPAG -Chapter 158 Is This Your Confidence?

Madam Chu gave him one week to handle the matter. If he failed to resolve it, she would have to step in personally.

After Madam Chu returned to her room, Chu Xiuye stood up from the floor and looked at Chu Jinhan. “You said that?”

Chu Jinhan didn’t answer the question directly. “What I want to know is—what are your plans? Are you really going to keep this secret and sneak around like Mom said?”

“Of course not!” Chu Xiuye said decisively. After speaking, his expression softened again.

He sat down on the sofa and looked at Chu Jinhan. “You really can’t give it up?”

What he was referring to was, of course, the shares. Compared to before, his tone now carried a hint of pleading.

“I already said it—if you want it, earn it with your own ability. Many things can’t be obtained by yielding; you have to have the capability to hold onto them.”

Chu Jinhan’s gaze lingered on his face for a moment, slightly disappointed. “I don’t see the composure and decisiveness that someone who leads should have in you.”

“Chu Xiuye, handing Yanjin over to someone who prioritizes personal emotions over the group’s interests—what do you think will happen?”

Chu Xiuye’s expression became complicated.

Yes, from the very beginning, he had never intended to manage a company.

From childhood to adulthood, he had never needed to worry about anything. Even if he did nothing, he could still live a life of wealth and comfort.

Until that day—when the woman he had secretly loved for years said she intended to marry the future head of the Chu family.

For Chu Xiuye, who had wasted so many years, it was as if he had been reborn—he suddenly had hope and expectations for the future.

Unfortunately, it was too late. His elder brother had been managing the company for many years. How could half a year possibly surpass the foundation his brother had built?

He still tried to argue, “Big brother, I like her. How does that conflict with running a company?”

“Then tell me—on the I2 project, when there were clearly more stable partners available, why did you insist on overriding everyone’s objections and choose the new company controlled by the Shen family? Did you carefully review the risk assessment report?”

“And those old-timers you privately approached—what did you promise them in order to gain their support? You agreed to such an outrageous proposal. How could I possibly entrust the company to you?”

Chu Xiuye looked at him in shock. “How do you know all that?”

The disappointment in Chu Jinhan’s eyes deepened further. “Her choosing you is your personal matter. But if you make any decisions that harm Yanjin’s interests because of her…”

“By then, you won’t need me to push you down—you’ll fall on your own. And it will be a very ugly fall.”

Chu Xiuye said, “You disappeared for more than half a year. How much do you actually understand about the company’s current operations and projects? During these months, it was me and others who kept the company running.”

“Now that you’ve returned, you want to reclaim everything based on past achievements and your identity alone. I’m afraid others won’t be convinced either.”

Chu Jinhan looked at him. The two stood facing each other at eye level, yet his gaze carried an overwhelming sense of superiority.

“So, is this your confidence?”

Chu Xiuye didn’t speak. His stubborn expression already said everything.

Chu Jinhan stood up, putting his hands in his pockets, looking down at his younger brother almost condescendingly.

“If Yanjin truly collapses just because I left, that would only prove one thing—apart from me, no one else is capable of sitting in this position.”

“On the contrary, if the company could continue operating more or less normally during my absence, then does my being gone for a few months really have any necessary connection to who should be in charge?”

After leaving those words behind, he no longer looked at Chu Xiuye’s expression, turned around, and walked out the door.

Meanwhile—

Song Yunfei looked at the packages in front of her and nodded in satisfaction. Everything that needed to be packed had been packed.

She scanned the surroundings—good, all the necessary items were ready.

The computer was too large to take with her, so she had no choice but to leave it behind.

She then took out her phone and placed an order for courier pickup, waiting for the delivery person to come collect the packages.

She planned to send the items ahead first. She had already contacted a homestay and booked a room for half a month. She also informed the owner in advance, who would help receive the packages when they arrived.

This way, she could avoid carrying multiple bulky bags downstairs and drawing suspicion from Wu Wei.

Not long after, the courier went upstairs and took her belongings away.

As for the two people sent by Chu Jinhan, although they had already arrived, they had been waiting downstairs the whole time.

When they saw the courier carrying so many items down, they didn’t know whose they were and didn’t pay much attention.

Song Yunfei sat alone in the empty room, looking at the place where they had once lived, her heart filled with mixed emotions.

It would be a lie to say she felt no attachment at all.

But compared to her life, no matter how reluctant she felt, it all became insignificant.

As the sky gradually darkened,

Song Yunfei went downstairs, rode her electric scooter around for a lap, and did not see Wu Wei.

For safety, she then went to a restaurant and ordered a full table of food for herself.

After eating her fill, she went to the supermarket, then wandered around a night market.

The night market was crowded with people and vehicles, making it busy and chaotic, but still not entirely safe. She parked her scooter at the entrance, then slipped out through another exit, hailed a taxi, and returned to the residential complex.

Who would have thought that while wandering the night market, she would end up taking a taxi back home?

Song Yunfei gave herself a thumbs-up for her cleverness.

After arriving at the residential complex, she immediately drove the Volkswagen and sped off.

Why didn’t she take a plane or high-speed rail? Because those would leave traceable ticket records—driving was the most secure option.

However, no matter how clever she was, she couldn’t outmatch professional trackers.

Just after her car drove off, another vehicle slowly followed behind.

After being absent for more than half a year, Chu Jinhan attended a company meeting for the first time.

The meeting lasted quite a long time—from a little past six in the evening until now, 9:30 PM—and the departmental reports were only halfway through.

At that moment, his phone rang.

He casually picked it up and glanced at it. His previously expressionless face instantly turned as dark as ink.

The manager who was speaking caught a glimpse of his expression and nervously checked his own presentation on the computer, thinking he had misread his report.

Beside him, Wei Ke also grew tense upon seeing this.

He stared at the pen in Chu Jinhan’s hand and could clearly hear the sound of his knuckles cracking.

If not for the pen being of excellent quality, it would probably have been crushed already.

“Boss Chu, is there a problem?” the manager asked cautiously.

Chu Jinhan snapped back to his senses, his expression returning to normal. “No, continue.”

The manager let out a sigh of relief and resumed his report.

Chu Jinhan lowered his head and sent a reply message.

Twenty minutes later, the manager finally finished speaking.

Chu Jinhan suddenly stood up and said to Wei Ke, “Organize the remaining materials and send them to my email. Let’s adjourn for today.”

After saying that, he ignored the others and strode out of the meeting room.

His steps were quick and purposeful, as if carrying a strong wind. As he passed by a senior executive, that person even caught a faint lavender scent.

Those familiar with the scent knew it was the fragrance of a 19.9-yuan bottle of laundry detergent from the supermarket.

Such an ordinary, down-to-earth scent—on President Chu, it somehow made him seem more approachable.

Indeed, times were tough— even a CEO had become so frugal.

Just as Chu Jinhan stepped out of the meeting room, he took out his phone and made a call.