Chapter 49 - Ignoring His Phone Calls

When Li Qin Yao went back to work the next day, the first thing she did was to give her former assistant, Bei Ruo Xi, a call.

"Have you heard anything about Li Mu Chen?"

"Second, Miss?" Bei Ruo Xi spoke in a low voice. She glanced at Zhao Wei's office door and her surroundings, sneakily. Once she was sure that there was no one around, Bei Ruo Xi exhaled. "I haven't heard anything. What's wrong?"

"I saw her in B City yesterday," Li Qin Yao then confided in the former assistance of her worry.

Yesterday, while going around B City with her mother and her best friend, Li Qin Yao, unexpectedly saw her cousin, Li Mu Chen. It was not something unusual for Li Mu Chen to visit B City. However, knowing Li Mu Chen, she was not someone who would come to a small city such as B City.

What Li Qin Yao was worried the most was for her cousin to find out that their grandfather had secretly assigned her to be in charge of the new project in B City. If that happened, her aunt, Zhao Wei, will lead the shareholder to oppose this project.

Li Qin Yao was confident that her grandfather would be able to convince the shareholders. However, she would not be surprised if her aunt might pull something to oppose her as the person in charge of the project. It would not be the first time that such a thing happen.

"Perhaps I was just too worried over nothing," Li Qin Yao said.

Bei Ruo Xi went silenced for a few seconds. "Well, I'll keep my eyes around for you."

"Thank you." Li Qin Yao chatted a little bit with her former assistant and caught up with a few latest gossips in QL Group. Once she hung up the phone and looked up, Li Qin Yao found her best friend stood at the door.

"Your assistant, what was his name again?" Han Yue Xiu frowned as she tried to recall the man's name from her memory.

"Liang Sheng?"

"Yes, Liang Sheng," she snapped her fingers and smiled. "Well, he's out there, waiting for you."

"Has he been waiting long?"

"No. He just got here and went straight to the table."

Li Qin Yao nodded. The table that Han Yue Xiu mentioned was the table where her employees who were working on QL Group's project sat.

Knowing that Liang Sheng was discussing with the others, Li Qin Yao took her chance to sort out the documents on her table first. She glanced at Han Yue Xiu and asked, "Sorry, I haven't got anything appropriate to assign you to."

"That's alright. It has been a long time since the last time I waited for a table," Han Yue Xiu laughed. The last time she waited for a table was during her college years.

At this time, the phone in Han Yue Xiu's pocket vibrated. She took it out, glanced at the screen and frowned.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing," Han Yue Xiu swiped her fingers at the screen and pressed it against her ear.

From earlier that morning, her former boss, Song Yi, has been trying to contact her. Han Yue Xiu was determined to ignore his phone calls. However, now that her colleague started to reach her, Han Yue Xiu thought that it would not be good if she rejected the call. After all, it might be an emergency.

"Hello? Ah Yun?" Han Yue Xiu spoke as soon as the phone was connected.

"Han Yue Xiu, you finally know how to answer your phone, huh? I did not think you would be daring enough not answering my phone calls?"

When she heard the angry voice, Han Yue Xiu's face turned pale. It was not hard to guess that the person on the line was not Ah Yun, but her former employer, Song Yi. However, upon hearing his voice, Han Yue Xiu subconsciously pressed the end call button and threw the phone away.

Fortunately, Li Qin Yao was agile enough to catch the phone before it hit the wall.

"Why did your face turned white as a ghost?" Li Qin Yao asked. She has been observing her friend for a while and noticed the change in her expression.

"What? No. You must be imagining things," Han Yue Xiu forced a smile.

"Imagining things? You're throwing your phone away, and you still say that I imagine things?" Li Qin Yao waved around her friend's phone in her hand. "You don't want this anymore?"

Han Yue Xiu smiled sheepishly as she took her phone and put it on silent mode. Her brow furrowed as she thought about the caller. "Yao Yao, do you think that my former boss will blacklist my name in the circle to get back to me? Hey, my boss can be a black-bellied person. What am I supposed to do if I cannot find a new job?"

As Li Qin Yao watched her friend paced back and forth, she shook her head and sighed. "Didn't you said you weren't worried?"

"If I cannot find a job, you have to employ me."

"Sure," Li Qin Yao nodded. "However, with your qualification, it would be a waste to work for my cafe or this small branch of QL Group."

"As long as I have some money to buy food and pay my rent, I don't mind."

Li Qin Yao snorted. Though Han Yue Xiu said she did not mind, Li Qin Yao did not want her friend to waste her talent.

After she finished tidying up her desk, Li Qin Yao walked out of her cramped office and walked over to the table where Liang Sheng and the others had gathered.

"Miss Li," the others greeted as she approached.

"Just be at ease," Li Qin Yao smiled. She pulled a chair and sat together with them.

Then, Li Qin Yao spent almost half an hour to listen to their reports. When everything was settled, Li Qin Yao stood up from her seat and headed to another empty table. Soon after, Liang Sheng joined her.

"Looking at the progress now, I think the first report will be done before we moved to the new office," Li Qin Yao said.

"Then, I will return to Capital City next week and hand over the report to Chairman Li."

Li Qin Yao nodded. "Once Chairman Li had read the report, then we can move on to the next phase. How about the new people we're recruiting? I have a few people I would like to recommend. They are the people with who I have worked with before. Later on, I will give you their contact, and you can tell them that I am inviting them to join in this project."

"Miss Li, you don't have to worry. I will arrange everything."