Chapter 141 — Old Buffon's Origins
Years of Heartflutter · Page 209 of 214
"Brother!" Li Dagang reached out to stop him, but his hand stopped halfway. He could hold him back for a moment, but could he hold him back forever? The urgent thing now was to call Yang Ce and give him a heads-up.
Wasting no time, he quickly dialed Yang Ce's number, only to hear the voice on the other end say the phone was turned off. Li Dagang slapped his forehead—this was bad.
A harassing call had come through earlier—an insurance salesman. Yang Ce had been discussing matters with Zhao Sisi, and to prevent further interruptions, he had simply turned his phone off. Little did he expect Li Dagang to call at that very moment.
Lin Yanhe, however, had not turned off her phone. When it rang, she glanced at the caller ID—it was Li Dadong. So she looked at Yang Ce questioningly and said, "It's Brother Dadong."
"Answer it. Maybe he's come around." Yang Yu nodded, unconcerned.
"Oh." Lin Yanhe picked up. "Hello, Brother Dadong?"
"Zhiyun, where are you now? I have something important to tell you," Li Dadong said anxiously.
"I'm still at the company, Brother Dadong. Is something the matter?" Lin Yanhe asked.
"Can you come down for a moment? I'd like to talk to you alone about something." Li Dadong paused before speaking.
"Alone?" Lin Yanhe was taken aback, then looked up at Yang Ce and said softly, "Brother Dadong says he wants to talk to me alone."
"Alone?" Yang Ce fell silent for a moment. He trusted Li Dadong's character well enough—otherwise he would never have hired him to help at the company—but one should never be too careful. He would not allow anything to happen to Lin Yanhe. So he turned to Zhao Sisi and said, "Is there a private reception room in the company?"
"Yes," Zhao Sisi said, immediately catching on. She turned to the newly hired secretary beside her. "Xiao Ma, you know the reception room, don't you?"
"Yes, Manager Zhao," Secretary Xiao Ma said.
"Good. Zhiyun, go with Xiao Ma to the reception room in a bit and have Li Dadong come see you here," Yang Yanzhou said. Within the company, Yang Ce was not worried that Li Dadong would do anything to harm Lin Yanhe.
"All right." With that, Lin Yanhe uncovered the receiver and said, "Brother Dadong, come to the company then. I'll have someone bring you to the reception room."
"Fine. Wait for me—I'll be right there." After hanging up, Li Dadong flagged down a taxi at the roadside and headed for Yang Juehuan's company.
Normally Li Dadong did not take taxis, but this matter was urgent, so he indulged himself just this once.
Yang Ce did not think much of it. The company had plenty of security guards, and the reception room was under surveillance from the security office. He doubted Li Dadong would be foolish enough to do anything reckless.
After Lin Yanhe left, Yang Ce continued his conversation with Zhao Sisi. "Does Uncle Zhang know about Zhang Bin being beaten?"
"Zhang Bin told me not to say anything. Uncle Zhang still doesn't know." Zhao Sisi sighed. "He told me not to tell, so I can't go spreading it around."
"That's true. Since Zhang Bin doesn't want Uncle Zhang to worry, then let it be," Yang Ce said. "But there's nothing to worry about now—the company's security will protect this place around the clock."
"Yes, it's much safer now. Otherwise, the new employees were all on edge. It was only after seeing so many security guards arrive that they finally settled down," Zhao Sisi said.
"Sisi, although we still haven't figured out who did this, rest assured—I will never let the person who hurt Zhang Bin get away with it," Yang Ce said with absolute certainty.
"I know you'll stand up for Zhang Bin, but if you really can't find them, then let it go. Maybe it was just troublemakers from a rival company," Zhao Sisi said, shaking her head.
Zhao Sisi did not know the inside story. Probably no one from a rival company would dare come making trouble, but Yang Ce could hardly say such things to her.