If we swapped lives, I'd be the CEO and you'd take care of the kids.

Before Zhu Tingyue returned to the Shen family home, she received a call from Shi Yuan, which was the first time she had ever received a call from him.

"Yan Qiu, something's happened!" His voice sounded extremely anxious, as if the world was about to collapse. "The company is doomed!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Tingyue frowned, thinking to herself: What's going on? It's not like I'm pregnant, so why is this about whether I can keep the pregnancy? This person's words are all over the place!

So she replied irritably, "Can you explain yourself clearly? What exactly happened?"

The other person seemed completely oblivious to Zhu Tingyue's impatient tone, continuing to say to themselves, "Hey, stop interrupting! The company is being acquired! Our dream of becoming bosses has been completely shattered!"

Zhu Tingyue's eyes widened, and she asked incredulously, "What? How could a perfectly good company be suddenly acquired? Who is so bored as to acquire our little-known little company?"

At this moment, Shi Yuan no longer cared about Zhu Tingyue's unfriendly description of the company. He eagerly asked, "Oh dear, it's really hard to explain over the phone. Where are you now? I'll come over right away to discuss our strategy in person."

However, Zhu Tingyue had some doubts: Find me? What can I do? I know nothing about these business operations; even if they find me, it won't help!

Seeing how anxious Shi Yuan was, she couldn't bear to refuse in the end: "Tell me where you are, and I'll come find you."

Shi Yuan gave her an address, and Zhu Tingyue immediately called Shen Yanqiu after hanging up the phone, knowing he would definitely have a solution.

The phone rang several times, but no one answered.

Are you still angry? Don't you see the situation you're in? Is this the time to be angry? You're really disregarding the bigger picture!

Zhu Tingyue concluded that Shen Yanqiu was angry, so she hurried to the place Shi Yuan had mentioned.

"Why are you so slow? Aren't you in a hurry at all?" Zhu Tingyue heard Shi Yuan ask her before she even sat down.

"Is this slow? It's fast enough, okay? Tell me what's going on now." Zhu Tingyue said irritably; she didn't want to come!

"The company has been acquired!" Shi Yuan's expression was grave.

"You've already said it, I want to know what your plans are now?" Zhu Tingyue felt that he was missing the point.

"I have no thoughts. I'm at their mercy, like a fish on the chopping block. What can I think?"

"Don't say hurtful things. Can't we think of another way?"

"I called you here so you could come up with a solution! Otherwise, what would you be doing?" Shi Yuan said matter-of-factly.

"No, you're the boss! Shouldn't you be the one figuring out a solution?"

"We'll invest together, so don't try to push the blame onto me now!"

"Oh!" So Shen Yanqiu wasn't lying to me; these two really were partners.

"Stop 'oh,' brother, now we're broke again!"

"We're not poor! Doesn't an acquisition require payment? We may not have the company anymore, but we still have money!"

"Shen Yanqiu!" Shi Yuan suddenly stood up. "What did you say back then? You said you'd sell everything you own to never abandon the company. Now you're trying to run away with the money over a little problem? Do you have no conscience? Those people in the company are still waiting for us to pay their salaries! You can't run away now!"

Zhu Tingyue didn't expect him to be so excited, so she quickly stopped him and made him sit down.

"It's not that I want to run away, it's just that we're broke and don't have many people. Do you have any other ideas?"

"I...I didn't, but I will never abandon the company!"

His attitude was resolute, and Zhu Tingyue couldn't think of a solution for the time being.

"Hey, who would be so foolish as to want to acquire our little company?" Zhu Tingyue was very puzzled.

"The industry leader, Baisheng Group."

"What? The Parsons Group!"

Shi Yuan was startled by her suddenly raised voice and quickly asked her, "What's wrong? Do you know this company?"

Zhu Tingyue didn't have time to pay attention to him. No wonder Shen Yingchu hadn't given her a second glance these past two days and hadn't said a word about her not going to work. So this was what was waiting for her here!

That old bastard is wicked!

"What's wrong? What's wrong? What did you think of? Tell me quickly!" Shi Yuan asked anxiously.

"Don't worry about it, I'll handle this!" Zhu Tingyue was very confident.

“Okay, I’m in your hands. I don’t mind.” Shi Yuan waved to her.

No, she just said it casually and then handed it over to me? That's too much trust in her!

Zhu Tingyue was initially very confident, but seeing him like this, she felt a little uneasy. This inexplicable trust put a lot of pressure on her!

After saying goodbye to Shi Yuan, she went to the company to find Shen Yingchu in one go.

Isn't he just trying to make her back down? He resorts to such despicable tactics! And he calls himself the chairman?! So narrow-minded!

Zhu Tingyue sped all the way to the company building, and was about to go in when she was stopped by security personnel outside.

No matter how she explained, the security personnel wouldn't let her in!

Zhu Tingyue was so anxious that she paced back and forth, inwardly cursing Shen Yingchu for being shameless.

Just then, she saw a familiar figure: Manager Wu!

The other party was also surprised to see her there: "Yanqiu? Why aren't you going in yet? You don't know, we...we've missed you so much these past two days!"

Don't they know they've quit?

Exactly!

She made up her mind, looking slightly hesitant: "Manager Wu, thank you for your concern. Let's go in together."

Her unexpected enthusiasm pleased Manager Wu even more. He took out his work badge, swiped it, and the door opened automatically.

Zhu Tingyue darted inside and slipped in smoothly.

Manager Wu eagerly opened the elevator, waited for her to get on, pressed the floor button, and tried to find some topics to talk about to win her favor.

Zhu Tingyue spoke first: "Could you press the button for the president's office floor for me? Thank you!"

Manager Wu pricked up his ears, making sure he hadn't misheard: Shen Yanqiu was going to the president's office? Was he really President Shen's son? He'd really hit the jackpot!

He was secretly delighted, and while quickly pressing the floor button, he reminded her, "At this time, President Shen should be in a meeting. He is so busy with work, he never misses a day!"

Zhu Tingyue wanted to tell him: Your flattery is worse than no flattery at all; it's completely backfired! She wouldn't pass on a single word for him!

Seeing that she didn't speak, Manager Wu wisely kept quiet. When the planning department arrived, he smiled, greeted them, and left.

Zhu Tingyue was thinking about what she would say later and didn't notice when he went downstairs.

With a "ding," the elevator doors opened, and Zhu Tingyue arrived at the president's office.

Unsurprisingly, we encountered obstacles once again.

"I am Shen Yanqiu, and I'm here to see Shen Yingchu!"

The person who stopped her was a stranger; Zhu Tingyue had never seen him before. In fact, she only knew Assistant Yang.

The assistant noticed that she dared to call Shen Yingchu by her first name, and that they shared the same surname, so he had a guess in his mind, but he couldn't let her in without permission.

"I'm sorry, sir, you cannot enter without Mr. Shen's permission."

Zhu Tingyue doesn't necessarily have to go inside; she just wants to see Shen Yingchu, no matter where he is!

Where is the meeting room?

She wouldn't let herself into the office; she went to the meeting room to find it herself.

"Sir, you can't just do that..."

Zhu Tingyue ignored the nagging and went to find it herself.

Sure enough, after walking a short distance, the words "Conference Room" came into view.

Zhu Tingyue did not rush in. This was a family matter of the Shen family, and it would be unseemly to bring it to the company. She would wait until Shen Yingchu finished her meeting before making a move.

The long and tedious wait wore down Zhu Tingyue's patience.

Why hold such a long meeting? Aren't they tired? I was almost falling asleep while waiting!

Zhu Tingyue sighed, wanting to go straight in. After much deliberation, she decided against it.

After a long, long time, the meeting room door finally opened, and a group of people, led by Shen Yingchu, came out one after another.

He walked straight to the office without glancing at Zhu Tingyue.

Zhu Tingyue followed angrily, refusing to look, she had legs of her own and would walk over herself!

The crowd pretended not to see anything and dispersed.