150: It seems to be... our group chairman! ?
Jiang Chen immediately asked in a low voice, "I am. Who are you? Where is Yuran? Why do you have her phone?"
"Oh, I'm her colleague. We had a colleague dinner today..."
The male voice said vaguely, "Li Yuran drank too much. I saw her phone kept ringing, and the contact name was 'Brother', so I called back. Come pick her up quickly."
"Drank too much?!" Jiang Chen abruptly stood up from his chair and asked anxiously, "Where are you? Tell me the address quickly!"
"We're at... Sauce Bar in Chegongmiao." The man gave an address, then added, "Come quickly, she seems a little unwell."
"I'll be there right away!" Jiang Chen said, and without waiting for a response, he immediately hung up the phone.
He said to his shocked parents and younger brother, "Yuran drank too much outside. I'm going to pick her up now!"
"What?!" Zhao Fen also became anxious, quickly stood up, "How could she drink too much? With whom? Go quickly, and be careful on the road!"
"Mom, I don't know the situation yet, but don't worry!"
Before Jiang Chen finished speaking, he had already rushed out of the restaurant and was running towards the door.
Li Zha had long been accustomed to waiting in the bungalow on one side of the villa entrance. Seeing Jiang Chen come out so hurriedly, he immediately realized something urgent had happened and quickly pushed open the door.
"Chairman Jiang, what's wrong?"
"Chegongmiao, Sauce Bar! Hurry!" Jiang Chen said urgently as he got into the car, "At the fastest speed!"
"Yes!" Li Zha didn't ask further. He didn't even have time to call the driver, directly getting into the driver's seat and starting the car.
The Maybach, like an arrow shot from a bow, silently sped out of the Half-Mountain Villa area, racing towards the city.
Following closely behind were three black range rovers. They received Li Zha's message and quickly caught up with the Maybach.
Jiang Chen sat in the spacious back seat of the Maybach, his hands tightly clenched with worry.
The news that Li Yuran had drunk too much kept replaying in his mind, and various terrible consequences kept surfacing, making his anxiety and self-blame grow stronger.
Yuran, you must not be in trouble!
The car drove smoothly in the night, and the scenery outside the window rapidly receded.
After the initial surge of anxious panic subsided slightly, a calmer Jiang Chen began to review the incident in his mind.
Colleagues? Dinner? Drank too much?
Li Yuran had only been in the Group for less than a week. What kind of colleagues would make her go out drinking, and even drink too much at a dinner?
Especially since he had specifically told her to come home early for dinner today.
Li Yuran couldn't possibly disobey him, but how could she go out for dinner with colleagues and drink too much?
What exactly is the situation? Did she go because she couldn't refuse the invitation from colleagues to fit in? But it's impossible that she wouldn't tell me, right?
Now that she drank too much, and at a colleague dinner, a guess instantly appeared in his mind: Li Yuran probably couldn't refuse her colleagues' invitation to dinner, and then she was forced to drink.
At the same time, Jiang Chen was also quite angry with Li Yuran. This stubborn girl, going to a dinner without even saying anything, making them so worried.
But after thinking carefully, it still didn't feel right. Li Yuran was always obedient. A dinner was one thing, but getting drunk was absolutely impossible, because she simply doesn't drink alcohol.
So... there must be a problem here!
If his mother hadn't suddenly asked about it today, he probably would have just sent an early message, preparing for tomorrow's Group meeting. If it weren't for his mother, if it weren't for that colleague calling back, he couldn't even imagine when he would have discovered that Li Yuran had drunk too much.
If Li Yuran had drunk too much, and if something really happened, how would he explain it to Aunt and his uncle!
Anger, self-blame, worry—all these emotions intertwined, making Jiang Chen's face look terrible.
Now that he knew where she was, it was easier to handle. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and forced himself to calm down.
As a qualified superior now, he absolutely could not let anger cloud his judgment before the situation was clear.
The motorcade quickly arrived at the roadside of Sauce Bar. Jiang Chen had been here before, so he knew the place.
Jiang Chen didn't wait for Li Zha, directly opened the car door, and was the first to get out. Immediately after, Li Zha got out, and with about ten other bodyguards who had gotten out of the range rovers behind, they surrounded Jiang Chen and walked towards the entrance.
"Hello, sir, do you have a reser..."
The security guard at the entrance saw Jiang Chen and his Group approaching with fierce expressions. Out of professional duty, he still spoke up and asked.
"Get out of the way!"
Jiang Chen said coldly.
A Group of bodyguards stood behind him, each tall and serious, exuding a powerful aura that quieted the once bustling crowd at the bar entrance considerably.
If passersby were like this, let alone the security guard. He immediately moved aside without a word, allowing Jiang Chen to lead them inside.
Jiang Chen ignored the gazes of the passersby at the entrance and walked directly into the bar.
As soon as he entered the bar, deafening music and air mixed with the smell of smoke and alcohol rushed at him.
Jiang Chen frowned, his gaze quickly scanning the dim, flickering lights. The dance floor was packed with moving figures, and the booth area was also full of people. It was almost impossible to spot Li Yuran at a glance among so many people.
Without the slightest hesitation, he whispered to Li Zha behind him, "Li Zha, have the brothers spread out and search. Focus on the booth area, and look for a young girl slumped on a table."
"Yes, Boss." Li Zha immediately turned and made a dispersing gesture to the ten or so bodyguards behind him.
Those well-trained bodyguards immediately scattered silently, moving quickly and orderly through the crowd. Their gazes were sharp, carefully checking every corner, neither causing unnecessary commotion nor missing any details.
Jiang Chen stood still, waiting anxiously for news. Every second of waiting felt like an agony. He couldn't help but clench his fists, silently praying that Li Yuran would be alright.
Soon, a bodyguard quickly walked over and whispered in Jiang Chen's ear, "Boss, found her. In the booth over there near the DJ stand, sitting with a few people. She's already passed out."
Jiang Chen's heart tightened, and he immediately walked quickly in the direction the bodyguard indicated.
Indeed, in a booth next to the DJ stand, there were both men and women, and he saw Li Yuran.
But the scene before him made Jiang Chen's pupils contract sharply, and an uncontrollable surge of anger instantly erupted from the bottom of his heart.
Li Yuran was already completely drunk and unconscious, slumped like a pile of mud in the arms of a man. And that man was a middle-aged man in a suit and glasses.
He had one arm around Li Yuran's waist, the other hand holding a wine glass, his face showing a hint of drunkenness and a sickening smugness, as he spoke to a colleague next to him.
Seeing this, Jiang Chen's eyes instantly turned cold. He walked over quickly, directly pushing away the middle-aged man's hand that was wrapped around Li Yuran's waist, then carefully picked up Li Yuran.
"Yuran! Yuran!" Jiang Chen called her name softly, his voice full of heartache and suppressed anger.
Li Yuran vaguely lifted her head, her face covered in tear stains, her eyes unfocused. When she saw Jiang Chen, her lips moved, and she let out a faint sound: "Brother..."
Then, as if she had found her anchor, she leaned her head against Jiang Chen's chest and fell unconscious again.
At this moment, a Group of bodyguards immediately surrounded them, completely blocking off the small booth.
The middle-aged man was stunned by Jiang Chen's sudden action, and a large part of his drunkenness wore off. He looked at Jiang Chen and the bodyguards, then at Li Yuran in Jiang Chen's arms, suddenly feeling at a loss. He stammered, "You... who are you? What do you want to do?"
The other people in the booth were also scared into silence by the sudden turn of events, lowering their heads and not daring to speak.
Just then, a young man in the booth looked at Jiang Chen. It was fine when he didn't look, but when he did, his eyes instantly widened, his mouth opened into an 'O' shape, and his face was filled with disbelief.
He rubbed his eyes hard, then looked carefully again, and then suddenly tugged on the arm of another colleague next to him, lowering his voice, his tone full of shock:
"Old... Old Wang, look... look at that person... isn't that... isn't that the Chairman of our Group?!"
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