42 Chapter Forty Two

Although Zhou Jian Kong has been a reliable and smart man since his younger years there were still things that took quite a bit of time to prepare. Whether he was talented or not, whether he was capable of doing something or not. If one wants to reach the sky and hold a company in the palm of their hand it took dedication and tenacity. And although his position has been steady for many years, it cannot be wrong to say, he was getting rather old and weary. Sitting in a chair in front of the sharks around him Jian Kong's expression was cold and harsh.

His seat was the slab of meat surrounded by starving carnivores. They all wanted a slice of the meat yet they were too afraid to challenge the alpha directly. But now that they found a loophole, they did not need to. Jian Kong's knife-like gaze moved from one person to the next in a slow and hair-raising manner. The room was stuffy and hard to breathe in as they could all tell, the chairman was not happy. Wan Wu Xing silently enters the room with a large stack of folders in his arms. They all look over simultaneously, and half of them swallow harshly. But the other half? They relax a bit and keep neutral expressions to not give the chairman any reason to suspect them as well. The ones who finally connected the dots and knew the trouble they were in desperately tried to meet his gaze.

But Assistant Wan did not put these men and women in his eyes at all and only stared straight at the chairman before quietly handing him the folders one by one. "Rui Shen. Yang Yu Kang. Wan Wujin. Wu-" One by one he not too quietly but not too loudly either announced the names on the folders. His tone was detached and completely professional. Each name called out causes Jian Kong's expression to worsen till he resembled the devil himself in the eyes of those poor individuals. Listing out seven names in total only then did he stop. Assistant Wan straightens his back and pushes up his glasses once before taking his spot behind the Chairman's seat. There was an eerie silence that followed his name-calling. Like the dead silence in a forest when a hunter was approaching. The ones whose names were called all shrink back while nervously peeking at the dark-faced chairman who had yet to say anything.

They dared not speak a single word. Yang Yu Kang as one of the names called anxiously took a handkerchief and nervously wipes his sweaty palms under the table. Just as he was about to put the handkerchief back Jian Kong spoke in a heavy tone. "You all have nothing to say?" Yu Kang swallows harshly like the rest and they all look around for help only for those who were not called out to look away towards the chairman with pursed lips.

Paling considerably the seven shareholders held their breath and did not dare look straight at Jian Kong as the others did. Seeing their cowardly actions Jian Kong's dark mood rose even further. He gave a chilling chuckle, "If you have nothing to say then there is nothing else I can do." Looking up with alarm, a middle-aged woman who had just recently taken over her father's shares was the first to crack. Her eyes tear up and her lips quiver as she frantically makes her plea to Jian Kong.

"Chairman Zhou, please!! It must be a mistake! I was framed!!" Rui Shen was afraid the chairman would take action and quickly pleads her case. Jian Kong only looks on unmoved and without sympathy before he gestures to Assistant Wan to step forward. The man picks up the smallest folder, at least, the smallest compared to the rest. His voice could easily be heard in the large room with no chance of anyone mishearing information. "Rui Shen took over her father's shares at the age of twenty-seven. In the first year as a shareholder, she did not do her duties as a large shareholder and pushed her work onto others. In the second year, the Shen company begins to bankrupt under her care. In the third year, Rui Shen withdrew a large amount of money under the claim of construction funds."

"-Fourth year, Rui Shen and Wan Wujin take part in a secret relationship. Rui Shen sold her ten percent of shares to Zhou Feng Ming in exchange for three million US dollars in secret. During this exchange, Rui Shen enlisted the help of Wan Wujin to fill in the hole left by her the year previously." By the last sentence, Rui Shen had already gone completely pale and sat back in her seat. Her face was as white as paper as she was overcome with despair. It was over...The Chairman knew everything. Every single thing she had done, he knew all this time. She covers her face and no longer dares to plead her case while her body shook with muffled sobs. Assistant Wan took a glance at Jian Kong and saw he did not indicate for him to stop. So he places the folder down and begins reading every single one of them out loud.

One by one the seven faces all turn red with either shame or white with horror. The other shareholders smartly keep their mouths shut, they did not even dare give the seven looks of disgust. As Assistant Wan was about to pull out Yang Yu Kang's the man anxiously stood drawing their eyes. He shivers when he felt Jian Kong's eyes fall on him due to his abrupt behavior. His lips attempt to rise into a smile, the man gave Jian Kong a flattering look. He was not sure if the man had found out or not, but judging from how thoroughly the others were investigated. He swallows the lump in his throat and attempts to speak without trembling. "Ch-Chairman Zhou, perhaps there has been a mistake!" The terrified Tang Guang also pushes the terror from his face and stood with Yang Yu Kang. If the Chairman really found out and announced his family's secrets wouldn't he also be finished?!

"Chairman Zhou he's right! Surely you must have been mistaken! The people who told you these things are trying to frame us!" Assistant Wan once more glanced at Jian Kong's merciless expression before looking back at the two who spoke up, speaking for him. His narrowed eyes not hiding the distaste and contempt he held for the pair. "You are saying Chairman Zhou would be foolish and naive enough to fall for baseless lies framing all of you for no reason?" Tang Guang's eyes widened with even more terror as he shook his head vehemently. "No! No! That's not what I meant! The Chairman is a wise and honest man!" Assistant Wan doesn't hide his scoff this time.

These two were the worst out of the bunch. Not to mention they even dared to try and lay their hands on the young miss through their own daughters. Disgusting! To try and touch the Chairman's pearl, it was already a miracle he did not have them taken care of silently! Jian Kong did not restrain Assistant Wan's behavior. In fact, he even silently approved of his actions. Was he that much of a pushover these days that he would let them try and rebury their bloody weapons without care? But he will admit, he had underestimated Feng Ming's thirst for control. Jian Kong's glare moved onto Yang Yu Kang, making the other man step back unconsciously and swallow harshly. He did not expect the white-eyed wolf to be his own blood-related son...