170: Chapter 17 Internal Issues

"I told you, I won't let you take Youyou before the lawsuit is over."

He originally thought that Chen Ling would fly into a rage after hearing that, but to his surprise, she was very calm, even having the presence of mind to retort.

"Is that so? Are you so absolutely certain that Youyou's guardianship will definitely fall into your hands?"

Shen Yan had answered this question countless times.

He didn't want to answer it anymore.

Seeing Shen Yan's silence, Chen Ling stopped harping on the topic.

"Alright, I won't say any more. The child can stay with you temporarily, but I stand by what I said: Youyou's guardianship will ultimately be mine."

Shen Yan narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing Chen Ling seriously for the first time since their divorce.

In just one night, Chen Ling had changed her mind three times.

He wondered what had happened to make Chen Ling suddenly change her mind and agree to temporarily leave the child with him.

Before he could figure it out, Chen Ling took a few steps forward and approached him.

"Shen Yan, don't think that just because you've started a company now, you can keep being smug. I'm telling you, I beat you before, and I can do it again!"

Facing her provocation, Shen Yan scoffed, sarcastically saying, "You know very well how you forced me out of the Company Name before. Now that you're no longer my wife, do you really think you have the ability to trample me underfoot?"

With that, he lowered his head slightly, looked directly into Chen Ling's eyes, and said, "The reason you were able to collude with other shareholders to dilute my shares and drive me out of the Company Name was because I loved you, and I trusted you wholeheartedly."

"You yourself know that without me, you are nothing."

Chen Ling's greatest pain point in life was having ambition but lacking the ability to match it.

Shen Yan's last sentence precisely hit her biggest pain point.

"You're spouting nonsense! Without you, I can still run a good company, and I can still call the shots in the business world!"

Shen Yan curved his lips, shook his head, and took a few steps back.

"Is that so?"

"But if that's really the case, then how were you driven out of Fuchen Enterprise?"

As his words fell.

Chen Ling's face instantly turned pale.

Her lips trembled, and it was a long while before she managed to utter a rather feeble remark.

"Shen Yan, you won't be smug for long."

Shen Yan shrugged and replied, "Though I don't know if I'll be smug for long, I know I'll be smug longer than you."

After saying that, he slammed the door shut.

Her chest heaving rapidly, Chen Ling stared at the tightly shut door, took a deep breath to suppress her anger, and turned to get back into her car to attend to serious matters.

...

The next day, Shen Yan slowly woke up from bed.

He glanced at the clock and saw that it was already one in the afternoon.

He probably chatted too late with Liu Hui yesterday, and the alarm he had set early failed to wake him.

Thinking this, he threw off the covers and picked up his phone from the bedside table.

"Click!"

The phone unlocked.

Over a dozen unread messages from Chen Guangke appeared on the screen.

He tapped to view them and found that all these messages were documents.

His finger moved to a document and tapped it open.

The next second, Wang Tian's face abruptly appeared on the screen.

Wang Tian?

Shen Yan blinked, then slid his finger down, scrolling through the electronic document.

The content of the document was full of pointless chatter.

After reading through the whole thing, he only extracted two key points.

The first key point was that Wang Tian was embezzling company assets, and the second was that Wang Tian was currently arranging for people to transfer assets.

He closed the document and continued to open other files.

The contents of the other files were similar to this article.

The only difference was that the other documents contained evidence.

After a quick read, Shen Yan called Chen Guangke.

"Beep... beep..."

Before the call rang three times, Chen Guangke picked up.

"Oh! You're awake?"

Having just woken up, Shen Yan still had a heavy nasal voice. He responded softly and asked Guangke, "Where did you get these materials?"

Guangke replied on the phone, "Where did they come from? We investigated them, of course!"

"Didn't you ask us to investigate the internal problems of Fuchen Enterprise? Wu Ya and I went to check, and we found that they were indeed as problematic as you said."

"The most problematic is this Wang Tian. I never expected him to be bold enough to transfer assets from a listed company."

"You said we now have this evidence, should we just report him?"

Shen Yan shook his head and replied, "No need. You two stay put for now; you can leave the rest to me."

"Also, Chen Ling came to see me last night. She said the child would temporarily stay with me..."

Before he could finish, Guangke shouted agitatedly, "What do you mean the child will temporarily stay with you? The child is supposed to be with you! She really twists black and white!"

Shen Yan chuckled lightly, "What does it matter what she says? The point is, she won't bother us again for a while."

"However, even though she's not coming over, the child still needs to stay with you for a few days."

Hearing this, Guangke didn't ask for the reason and immediately agreed.

"Alright, of course, no problem. I really like Youyou. You can leave her with me for a lifetime, no problem!"

Shen Yan smiled and shook his head; Guangke was as fond of joking around as ever.

"Alright, I won't talk to you anymore. For investigating these materials, you and Xiao Wu have rendered great service. Don't worry, once this matter is resolved, I will definitely give you a raise."

Although promotions and raises are what workers like most, Guangke couldn't help but complain to Shen Yan.

"Besides bonuses and raises, can you think of any other ways to reward us?"

Hearing this, Shen Yan actually thought about it seriously, then realized he couldn't think of anything.

Perhaps all his talent points were invested in his profession, leading to some deficiencies in other areas.

Seeing that Shen Yan couldn't come up with a single idea, Guangke sighed, helplessly saying, "Forget it, forget it, I was confused myself. What's the point of asking you this? A raise is a raise, and Wu Ya and I both like it."

As his words fell, Shen Yan nodded in satisfaction, "Good that you like it. I won't be going to the Company Name for these two days. Please keep a close eye on them for me at the Company Name."

Guangke agreed.

After hanging up the phone, Shen Yan was about to get out of bed when his phone received another dozen messages.

He initially thought they were from Guangke again, but to his surprise, this time the sender was the Private Detective he had hired.

The dozen messages sent to him by this Private Detective were all documents as well. He opened them one by one.

The more he read, the more serious his expression became.

After finishing, he closed the files and outlined a smile of unknown meaning, saying, "Chen Ling, oh Chen Ling, there's no such thing as a free lunch in this world..."