BXBX NOVEL Chapter 291 - Two-Hundred and Ninety-One: Big Brother
Yun Liu got into her car. She looked at Lin Yu’s figure, let out a breath, and smiled disdainfully, thinking, ‘It seems like the heavens haven’t forsaken me yet; every cloud has a silver lining.’
After she perfunctorily entertained Han Yuan and sent her off, Madam Ye—Lu Ying—immediately called her eldest son, Ye Tang. “Ye Tang, son, come home quickly. Mom can’t take it anymore. I really can’t take it anymore! I can’t!” Lu Ying groaned over the phone.
There wasn’t a hint of fluster in Ye Tang’s voice as he replied, “Mom, if you have something to say, say it. If not, I’m hanging up. I’m in a meeting.”
“Ye Tang! If you dare hang up on me, I’ll go to your office and cry!” Lu Ying energetically retorted.
“Okay, Mom! Then tell me, what exactly is the matter? I have a meeting to get back to,” Ye Tang said patiently.
Lu Ying knew her sons’ temperament and hurriedly told Ye Tang, “You really need to come home. It’s about Ye Kun. Something happened, something important.”
Lu Ying could imagine her son’s frown over the phone as he demanded, “What’s that kid done now? Is he there? Get him to answer the phone!” The boys’ father had passed away early on in their lives, so Ye Tang had taken up their father’s role. He was their mother’s pillar and his younger brother’s mentor.
“Oh, just come home. This is about his marriage; I can’t explain it all in a few sentences. I need you here, son. Only you can handle such an important matter,” Lu Ying pleaded.
“I can’t handle this alone. You know I—I’ll surrender once Ye Kun whines and makes puppy eyes at me. You have to come home and keep an eye on him. Besides, I heard that this matter is quite troublesome.” Lu Ying was somewhat rambling because she was thinking about what to say as she spoke.
Ye Tang paused for a moment before saying, “Alright. I’ll go home after the meeting ends. Don’t worry, I’ll handle it.”
Ye Tang put down his phone and glanced at the others in the meeting before impassively uttering, “Let’s continue.”
As he listened to the others’ report, Ye Tang took out his phone and entered his younger brother’s name, ‘Ye Kun,’ in the search box. The content that popped up on his screen made his eyes widen.
“Meeting dismissed!” he suddenly shouted at the person currently giving a report. “Everyone, go back and reorganize your info; I’ve already heard no less than ten errors in the data. I’ll give you all three days to update your report and reconvene!” Ye Tang said and left.
Everyone in the conference room fell deafeningly silent; some took out tissues to wipe the sweat off their foreheads. A brave soul asked Yu Xin, the secretary packing up documents for their chairman, “Secretary Yu, what’s going on?”
Yu Xin was always the grease between their big boss and everyone else. “Don’t worry, everyone,” he answered. “There is indeed a discrepancy between your data and Chairman Ye’s, so hurry up, get back, and recheck your data.”
“I repeat, don’t take things lightly, everyone. Our boss has a photographic memory for all kinds of data, and his mental arithmetic skills can compete with those who work in finance, so don’t take any chances.”
His words made everyone feel even more uneasy. The year-end accounts were coming up; this meeting was just the beginning. Everyone secretly had some private intentions, but they didn’t expect their big boss to reject them before they could finish suggesting them. Everyone quickly wiped off their sweat and silently packed their things before leaving the meeting room.
Yu Xin shook his head as he packed the documents, thinking, ‘When will these people learn their lesson? Don’t they realize who they’re trying to fool? Our chairman had single-handedly taken over the entire Ye family and corporation at the age ofsixteen. The Ye family would probably have collapsed countless times ifhe could be so easily deceived.’
Ye Tang sat in the car, fury mounting as he read all kinds of news about his younger brother on his phone. However, he was a rational man; after some thought, he made a call.
“Shi Nian, this is Ye Tang speaking.” There was a hint of pressure in Ye Tang’s voice. Even though, like him, Shi Nian was already the chairman of a corporation, he was still several years younger than him. Before him, Shi Nian would always be his non-related younger brother.
Aside from Ye Kun, Ye Tang also treats his little brother’s three buddies like his own siblings. Even now, he and Shi Ke still occasionally lectured each other’s younger brothers. Thus, Shi Nian treats Ye Tang like he does his older brother, Shi Re.
“Ye Tang, I’m a witness in Ye Kun’s matter. Don’t believe those rumors out there.” Shi Nian spoke bluntly, not wasting any time.
“Okay, then tell me what all this is about,” Ye Tang replied as he loosened his tie.
Not knowing that his good friend had helped him, Ye Kun mustered up the courage to go home. He’d made countless drafts in his mind and planned numerous steps in advance. He thought, ‘I’ll appeal to and move Mom first and get her on my side. Then, I’ll go and beg my big brother; no matter if Ye Tang beats or scolds me, I’ll accept it. This time, I’ll use all the strategies I can think of, including the 36 Stratagems.. It doesn’t matter how much I have to suffer; for Fang Xi’s sake, I’ll do so gladly!’