Chapter 288 - 198: Sudden Realization

Chapter 288: Chapter 198: Sudden Realization

The moment Zhao Xiangjun spoke, Chen Xiao was no longer in a rush.

Whether she was angry or not, this was a time to present a united front. Chen Xiao was fiercely protective of his people, and Zhao Xiangjun even more so.

"You’re not angry?"

"If I got angry every time some irrelevant person opened their mouth, I’d have died from anger long ago!"

"Chen Xiao, let’s go. We shouldn’t waste our time here!"

Just as Chen Xiao was about to agree, Xia Bin, seeing he couldn’t provoke Zhao Xiangjun, turned to him instead. "I had drinks with your boss yesterday!"

"Oh."

"And I even talked to President Feng about you!"

"Oh."

"Want to know what President Feng said about you?"

"Handsome and charming, an upstanding professional, diligent and dedicated, a man of peerless character!"

Xia Bin’s teeth ached just listening to him. When it came to shamelessness, this guy really took the cake.

He didn’t know about Chen Xiao and Feng Feifei’s relationship and was just spouting nonsense. Chen Xiao didn’t believe a single word of it.

’A guy like Xia Bin... Feng Feifei has probably forgotten he even exists. How can he be so full of himself?’

"I told President Feng that you have a character problem, that you go through a new girlfriend every day. I wonder, has President Feng had a talk with you?"

Chen Xiao chuckled. "She did!"

Xia Bin’s eyes lit up. He hadn’t expected Feng Feifei to actually have a heart-to-heart with an employee over their personal conduct.

"What did President Feng say?"

"President Feng asked me how I knew such a fucking idiot!"

Xia Bin’s face instantly flushed red with anger. "You have no class!"

He didn’t dare get physical with Chen Xiao; he was afraid of getting beaten up. The only reason he had the guts to provoke Chen Xiao today was because he saw the stunningly beautiful Zhao Xiangjun by his side.

Burning with jealousy, his courage was bolstered. Besides, with so many people in the mall, he didn’t believe Chen Xiao would actually lay a hand on him.

"If you don’t fuck off right now, I’ll show you just how low my ’class’ can go!"

Hearing this, Xia Bin quickly said, "I’m not going to resort to violence. Just you wait. We’ll see how I’m going to blacklist you!"

’Blacklist me? You must be insane!’

’Your brand is about to get destroyed, and *you’re* the one on the verge of being blacklisted. What a load of crap!’

In the Junxiao Business Management office, Zhao Hui finished up his work and prepared to go down to make his rounds. Sa Mo and Ledi were having their grand openings.

Even though it was the weekend, there had been so much going on recently that the mall’s management team had all chosen to come in and work overtime.

One was a business his sister held a controlling stake in, and Ledi was his uncle’s business, so of course he was paying extra attention.

On top of that, Chen Xiao had called a short while ago to ask him to make a reservation at the same private kitchen they’d eaten at last time. He figured Chen Xiao must be arriving soon, which was all the more reason to hurry down and welcome him.

The funny thing was, he wasn’t very familiar with that private kitchen, so he had to go ask Xu Jun.

Xu Jun had been busy with a commercial plaza acquisition recently, and his time in the office was almost entirely spent handling external affairs.

All of the plaza’s internal affairs had been handed over to Zhao Hui.

When Zhao Hui came to ask for the reservation number for the private kitchen, Xu Jun texted it to him and joked, "Who’s the VIP visiting us?"

Zhao Hui hesitated for a moment before saying, "President Chen is here. The reservation is for dinner tonight, but it’s just family."

Xu Jun was startled to hear that Chen Xiao was here, and then he registered the word Zhao Hui had used: "family."

He knew this was an explanation for why he hadn’t been invited, and at the same time, it gave him a much clearer picture of the relationship between Zhao Hui and President Chen.

’Family... Zhao Hui’s connections must go all the way to the top!’

Zhao Hui hurried downstairs. Xu Jun sat in his office, thinking. He couldn’t focus on his work at all. ’Should I go down and see President Chen, too?’

’After all, I know he’s here. If President Chen finds out that I knew he arrived but didn’t go report to him, will he hold it against me?’

For a moment, Xu Jun was overcome with a wave of conflicting emotions.

By the time Zhao Hui arrived, Xia Bin had just left. Otherwise, with Zhao Hui’s temper, he probably would have gone over and thrashed him if he had seen him provoking Chen Xiao.

"President Chen!"

Chen Xiao and Zhao Xiangjun saw Zhao Hui at the same time.

"Brother Hui."

Chen Xiao smiled and said, "Junxiao Square has great foot traffic, much better than the old Wansheng Square. You’ve really delivered results as the VP of Business Operations!"

Zhao Hui replied humbly, "It’s mainly thanks to the team’s efforts. I didn’t do that much!"

Chen Xiao pointed at Zhao Hui and said to Zhao Xiangjun, "See? His mindset has really improved, hasn’t it?"

Zhao Xiangjun was inwardly pleased by the change in her brother, but she suddenly said, "Brother, kick all of that Xia Bin’s brands out of all Junxiao Business Management properties!"

Zhao Hui was stunned. He knew President Chen was going after Four Seasons Clothing, but his sister usually didn’t get involved in these matters. He couldn’t understand why she would suddenly issue such a command.

He didn’t know about Xia Bin’s provocation just moments before. Zhao Xiangjun was seething with anger, and when a woman gets worked up, she isn’t always as rational as a man.

"About that, President Xu already called President Xu Jun this morning to arrange it. All Junxiao Square locations will be ceasing all cooperation with Four Seasons Clothing."

Zhao Xiangjun glanced at Chen Xiao, and he understood instantly.

Her look said it all: ’So, it seems Xu Wu understands you very well, huh?’

Xu Wu had also been at the annual party for Dr. Feng’s Industrial Park and had gotten genuinely furious after hearing Xia Bin’s accusations against Chen Xiao.

When the Emperor rages, corpses pile up for a thousand miles. When President Xu raged, Xia Bin was toast.

You have to understand, Junxiao Business Management was now locking down all the Class-A projects, investing without any regard for the cost. There weren’t many who could refuse such a deep-pocketed buyer.

And Xia Bin’s brands were almost all located in Class-A projects. If he were blacklisted by Junxiao Business Management, Xia Bin would be driven directly into bankruptcy.

All his years of savings would turn into a warehouse full of inventory that he couldn’t sell.

Although Xia Bin hadn’t realized things were quite this serious, he could already sense the crisis. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have rushed over to Junxiao Square on a weekend to check on the grand openings of Yinuo Jiangzhou Branch’s Sa Mo and Ledi.

The old President Xia would have spent his weekend drinking and hitting on women. Since when did he start making store visits?