FDL 09

Chapter 9

Cheng Yuan’s face turned cold. He felt that Rong Ci was using her identity to act special.

“Secretary Rong, correct your work attitude. Do you think this is your home?!”

Rong Ci picked up her bag. Her tone remained calm. “If you’re not satisfied, you can fire me right now.”

“You—!”

Before this, he had gone to Country A with Feng Tingshen. But he also knew that Rong Ci had already submitted her resignation.

Although he was trusted by Feng Tingshen, the company was not his alone. He did not have the power to fire Rong Ci whenever he wanted.

Besides, Rong Ci was favored by Old Madam Feng. If Rong Ci complained to her, even if Feng Tingshen protected him, he would still suffer.

Rong Ci ignored him and walked past him.

Cheng Yuan’s face turned green with anger as he left the secretary department.

Jiang Zhe noticed something was wrong with his expression and asked, “What happened?”

Cheng Yuan told him everything.

Jiang Zhe was very surprised.

Usually, he had more contact with Rong Ci and understood her personality somewhat.

He could not help saying, “This doesn’t seem like something Rong Ci would do. Is there some misunderstanding?”

“There’s no misunderstanding. That’s exactly what happened. In my opinion, she’s relying on her identity to act special. She’s not as good as you usually say.”

Jiang Zhe paused. “Maybe she’s about to resign, so she’s starting to slack off?”

But recently, Rong Ci had still been very proactive at work. She was no different from before.

At that moment, Feng Tingshen walked over from a distance. “What’s going on?”

“It’s Secretary Rong. She left work before finishing her tasks.”

“If you’re dissatisfied, follow the procedure and fire her.”

It was clear that Feng Tingshen did not care about this matter at all.

Jiang Zhe and Cheng Yuan were stunned.

It wasn’t that they thought Feng Tingshen was too cold toward Rong Ci.

But from his tone, it seemed that he did not know Rong Ci had already submitted her resignation.

Wasn’t her resignation his decision?

Had they misunderstood?

They were about to speak when Feng Tingshen’s phone rang.

It was a call from Lin Wu.

Without looking at them again, he walked toward the elevator while answering the phone. “I’m getting off work now. I’ll be there soon…”

Jiang Zhe and Cheng Yuan looked at each other.

Jiang Zhe said, “Maybe President Feng forgot?”

“That’s possible.”

After all, Feng Tingshen had never paid much attention to Rong Ci’s matters.

On the other side.

Feng Jingxin was very close to Old Madam Rong.

In the past, whenever Feng Jingxin was at home and Rong Ci returned to the Rong family house, she would usually bring her daughter with her.

But now, although Feng Jingxin had returned to the country, she had not called Rong Ci once in so many days. Instead, she called Lin Wu every day. If she did not see Lin Wu for a few days, she would miss her terribly.

Since that was the case, there was no need to force it.

Besides, now that Feng Jingxin was so close to Lin Wu, if Old Madam Rong found out, she did not know how angry she would be.

So this time, even though Feng Jingxin had returned to the country, Rong Ci did not go to Feng Tingshen’s place to pick her up. She went back to the Rong family alone.

There was some traffic on the way. When Rong Ci arrived at the Rong house, it was already past six in the evening.

When Old Madam Rong saw her, her smile paused. She gently touched Rong Ci’s face with concern. “You’ve lost weight.”

Rong Ci’s eyelashes trembled slightly. “Work has been busy recently.”

The old lady sighed. “No matter how busy you are, you must eat well.”

“I know, Grandma. I’ll pay attention.”

Rong Ci sat beside her and leaned her face against her shoulder, drawing warmth from her.

Seeing that the lamb stew was almost ready, the old lady told someone to serve her a bowl of soup first to warm her up.

Listening to her grandmother’s caring words and thinking about what had happened recently, Rong Ci’s eyes became red.

Afraid that her grandmother would worry, she quickly controlled her emotions and asked, “Has Aunt come back from her trip yet?”

“Not yet. They’re having too much fun. They said they’ll come back a week later.”

“What about Uncle? Does he still have business dinners tonight?”

“Your uncle heard you were coming back. He canceled his dinner and said he would come home to eat with us. He should be back soon.”

“Okay.”

Just as they finished speaking, Rong Changsheng returned.

When he saw Rong Ci, he smiled. “Xiao Ci, you’re back?”

Then he frowned. “Why have you lost weight? Haven’t you been eating properly?”

Rong Ci smiled. “I’ve just been too busy… I’ll definitely eat more in a while.”

Rong Changsheng sighed. When the food was served, he kept putting meat into her bowl.

Although he said she had lost weight, Rong Ci could see that he also looked tired.

Even though she did not work at Rong Corporation, she knew the company was not doing well. Rong Changsheng was overwhelmed by company matters every day, but he could not improve the situation for the time being.

Over the years, if Feng Tingshen had helped with a few projects, Rong Corporation would not have fallen to its current state.

But except for the two times when Old Madam Feng gave strict orders, Feng Tingshen had never helped her.

She thought that if Old Madam Feng had not been there, given Feng Tingshen’s misunderstanding of her, he might not only refuse to help but might even destroy Rong Corporation.

Thinking of this, Rong Ci gave a bitter smile. The delicious lamb suddenly tasted bland.

Knowing she was in a difficult position, even when in need, Rong Changsheng had never asked her to seek Feng Tingshen’s help.

After dinner, while the old lady was dozing, Rong Ci handed Rong Changsheng a bank card. There was seventy million inside.

“Xiao Ci, Uncle doesn’t need—”

“It’s not very useful for me to keep it,” Rong Ci said, pushing the card back to him. “I can’t help in other ways. This is the only thing I can do.”

It was true that she had always been good at studying. She could do research and development, but she was not suitable for business.

Fortunately, she had applied for several artificial intelligence patents years ago. The tech company she had founded with Yu Moxun and the others also gave dividends every year. Altogether, even if she did nothing, she could receive tens of millions annually.

Rong Changsheng felt ashamed. “You’ve already given Uncle money many times, but the company is still…”

Still barely surviving.

“It’s because Uncle is incapable.”

“It’s normal for a company to invest heavily during transformation. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself.”

At this point, she remembered what Yu Moxun had said when they met that day.

“The AI field is developing very fast now. With your development skills back then and my operational ability, if you hadn’t run off to get married, our company would probably be worth hundreds of billions by now. It wouldn’t be hard to become a leading company in this field. Fortunately, AI still has huge room for growth. We still have a chance. I hope you can return as soon as possible.”

If she could still regain her former ability, once she returned to the company and developed it further, she would be able to provide more financial support to her uncle.

When Feng Tingshen arrived home, it was already past ten at night.

Feng Jingxin rubbed her eyes. “Dad, you’re back?”

“Yes,” he said lightly. “If you’re sleepy, go to bed.”

“Okay. Good night, Dad.”

“Mm.”

Feng Jingxin went upstairs to sleep. Feng Tingshen took the water handed to him by the butler, drank it, and went upstairs as well.

The bedroom was still completely dark.

It seemed empty.

Feng Tingshen paused and turned on the light.

Sure enough, no one was there.