Chapter 73: Ex-husband?

Chapter 73: Chapter 73: Ex-husband?

"I own twenty percent of the company’s shares."

"Besides, I’m not hiring you for the whole company, but for our sales department."

"And I have the final say in the entire sales department."

Li Muwan said this with great confidence.

She was someone who had truly earned her current position step by step, not through other means.

"That’s fine and all, but I have a question."

"Go ahead."

"Why are you being so good to me? I don’t have anything you could possibly want. I’m broke, you know."

"Even my car just got repossessed."

Li Muwan was at a loss for words.

’To be honest, she wasn’t even sure herself why she had come here or why she had made this offer.’

’On one hand, she genuinely might not want to lose a talent like Jiang Fan. On the other hand, there were those strange and complex emotions at play.’

Jiang Fan was the only man whose proximity didn’t trigger a physical revulsion in her.

For her, this was already incredibly unbelievable.

She stared intently at Jiang Fan’s face, and it faintly began to overlap with a person from the depths of her memory.

"Hey, what are you thinking about?"

"Don’t play dumb. I asked you a question."

"You’re not planning to harvest my kidney, are you?"

Jiang Fan scratched his head, a wary look on his face.

"Get lost. With that kidney of yours, you’d have to pay someone to take it."

Li Muwan spat back irritably.

"I’ll have you know, that’s slander! I’m in top form!"

When a man’s dignity was on the line, Jiang Fan wouldn’t back down an inch.

"Oh, really? Should I find someone to test that for you?"

"I can still afford a 3,000-yuan escort."

Li Muwan looked Jiang Fan up and down and pursed her lips.

"If you want to test it, you can try it yourself."

"Don’t be such a waffler. Are you in or out?"

"If you agree, I’ll have the company draw up a contract right now. In the entire sales department, you don’t have to worry about anyone but me. The same goes for the rest of the company."

"There’s a condition, though. If you don’t do your job well, you’ll get your pay docked."

Jiang Fan stroked his chin, lost in thought.

’There’s no denying the job is a sweet deal. At least it’s better than his food delivery gig, hustling through wind and rain.’

’And the pay is better!’

His only hesitation was that this was, after all, the company Yin Ruxue had built.

Although their relationship wasn’t completely hostile because of Mengmeng, they had still torn away all pretenses.

"I’d better pass. As a friend, if you run into any trouble, I can definitely help brainstorm ideas. I’d never refuse."

"But my advice isn’t professional, and it’s certainly not worth that much money."

After thinking it over, Jiang Fan still decided to refuse.

He really didn’t want to have to face Yin Ruxue again.

"Jiang Fan, please reconsider. Can’t you just help me out as a friend?"

Li Muwan’s eyes darted, and she immediately said.

"I really can’t handle everything at the company by myself. The pressure is immense right now..."

As she spoke, Li Muwan’s eyes started to well up.

"Hey, don’t cry."

"Alright, alright! I’ll do it, okay?"

Jiang Fan was speechless. His greatest weakness was a girl crying.

But it seemed Li Muwan had found his Achilles’ heel.

"A gentleman’s word is his bond. Since you’ve agreed, pack up and come on over."

"Today counts as your first day, so you don’t need to clock in."

Li Muwan’s expression instantly went from cloudy to sunny. She had been crying just a moment ago, and now she was beaming.

Although they hadn’t known each other long, she had accurately identified Jiang Fan’s soft spot. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ

He responded to a soft approach, not a hard one.

’I’m good,’ she thought, giving herself an internal thumbs-up.

"Fine, fine. You can go now."

Jiang Fan waved his hand dismissively.

"Don’t you want me to drive you? I can wait. Otherwise, how will you get there right away?"

"I’ll just grab a rental bike. Don’t worry about me."

"As the special consultant I personally hired, how can you ride a rental bike? That would be a disgrace to me!"

"Here, take my car. You can drive this to get there."

Without another word, Li Muwan shoved the car keys into Jiang Fan’s hand, then turned and left, giving him no time to react.

’Looking at the car keys, then at her departing figure, I can’t shake the feeling that I’ve been press-ganged onto a pirate ship!’

Back in his room, he sat on the bed in a daze for a while. It all felt so unreal.

Then, he changed into a set of casual clothes, took the keys, found the car, and drove straight to the Xuerong Group.

"Huh? Didn’t Mu Wan already go to the office? Why is her car here?"

Su Qingci was chatting and laughing with two of her team members when she saw the white BMW pull up, looking puzzled.

"Why does the person in that car look so familiar?"

"Isn’t that Jiang Fan? Why is he driving Manager Li’s car?"

"Isn’t Manager Li an androphobe... How dare Jiang Fan drive her car? Does he have a death wish?"

The two female security guards standing behind her looked like their eyes were about to pop out.

"But... didn’t he say he quit?"

Su Qingci was also a bit unsure what to do.

"Should we call Manager Li and ask?"

But while they were still standing there, stunned and indecisive, Jiang Fan had already driven in.

There was no need for them to open the gate; the pre-registered license plate made it fully automatic.

"He... he just drove right in?"

Su Qingci took out her phone and dialed Li Muwan’s number.

"Jiang Fan? That’s right, just let him in."

"From now on, he’ll be driving my car. Don’t stop him. He’s our sales department’s new special consultant."

"Specially recruited with a high salary."

After getting the affirmative reply, Su Qingci thought for a moment and decided to send Yin Ruxue a message, explaining what had happened.

After receiving the message, Yin Ruxue was silent for a moment. She glanced at the man sprawled carelessly on the sofa, a strange light flashing in her eyes.

She sent a message to Li Muwan before putting her phone down.

"I’ve said it before, it’s impossible between us. Since you did what you did back then, you naturally cut off any possibility of a future for us."

"Xue’Er, don’t be so absolute. I’ve already explained what happened back then to you so many times."

"It’s really not what you think. She and I were just discussing a script."

"Hmph. A man and a woman, alone, discussing a script with the lights off?"

"Was your script glow-in-the-dark?"

"Besides, I already told you, I’m married now. It’s not like you haven’t met Mengmeng."

"Hmph, I don’t believe it! What man is worthy of you besides me?"

The man in the gold-rimmed glasses’s expression turned ugly, and his words were tinged with a teeth-gritting resentment.

"Whether he’s worthy of me or not is none of your business."

"What’s more, this has nothing to do with you, understand? If you keep pestering me, don’t blame me for calling security."

"Qingci isn’t as easygoing as I am."

...

Meanwhile, Jiang Fan had just appeared in Li Muwan’s office when he was given a task.

"Why does my job involve going to the Chairwoman’s office?"

"To be honest, she knew the moment you arrived. I’m starting to suspect someone tipped her off."

Li Muwan shook her head with a wry smile.