In the midst of everyone’s stunned gazes, Ye Chen slowly stood up.


All eyes in the banquet hall instantly focused on him.


“Ye Chen, what are you doing? Sit down immediately!” Ma Lan panicked and quickly reminded him.


Does he even realize where he is?!

With so many powerful figures present, not a single one dared to stand up. Yet, Ye Chen, this useless son-in-law, wanted to make a scene?


Wang Yunkai and Wang Yunfei exchanged a glance, secretly thinking, Could the chairman of Emgrand Group really be him?


But soon, they both shook their heads.


Impossible.

If he were truly the chairman, how could he be scolded by Ma Lan like a dog?


“You worthless piece of trash! Sit down right now!” Xiao Hailong shouted angrily from the stage.


Ye Chen gave him a cold glance and walked straight to Wang Dongxue, ignoring the shocked gazes from the crowd. He leaned close and whispered a few words in her ear.


Wang Dongxue listened attentively and nodded slightly.


This scene made everyone’s hearts tighten.


Wang Dongxue—Vice Chairman of Emgrand Group, and a famous beauty in Jinling!

How could a useless son-in-law like Ye Chen know her? And they seemed… quite familiar!


After speaking, Ye Chen ignored the crowd and calmly left the hall to find Xiao Churan.


Meanwhile, Wang Dongxue stood up, walked to the stage, and took the microphone. Under everyone’s confused stares, she spoke:


“Hello, everyone. I am Wang Dongxue. Just now, outside the venue, Mr. Ye Chen encountered our chairman, who asked him to deliver a message to me.”


Hearing this, the guests finally relaxed.


So Ye Chen wasn’t the chairman after all!


Wang Yunkai sneered under his breath, “He probably just happened to bump into someone important and is desperately trying to curry favor with their assistant. What trash.”


Wang Yunfei shrugged, smirking, “Typical behavior for nobodies.”


On stage, Wang Dongxue glanced coldly at Grandma Xiao and spoke again:


“The chairman has instructed me to announce…


Effective immediately, Emgrand Group is terminating all cooperation with the Xiao family. The signed contract is now void!”


“Boom!”


The hall erupted.


No one could believe what they had just heard.


This sudden turn of events left everyone utterly stunned.


Grandma Xiao’s face turned pale. She frantically asked, “Vice Chairman Wang, why?! Did our Xiao family do something wrong?”


She had invited Jinling’s most influential people tonight, hoping to elevate the Xiao family’s status.


But now, if the partnership collapsed in front of everyone, the Xiao family would become a joke!


Wang Dongxue coldly replied, “This project was initially agreed upon because our chairman admired Xiao Churan. But you arbitrarily assigned an irrelevant person to lead it.


I’m sorry, but we cannot accept this.”


After speaking, Wang Dongxue set down the microphone and left without looking back.


Grandma Xiao collapsed onto the stage, devastated.


She never imagined that her selfish decision would destroy this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.


Had she known, she would never have replaced Xiao Churan with Xiao Hailong.


Xiao Hailong was dumbfounded.


Why does it seem like Wang Dongxue is targeting me? I didn’t offend her!


He nervously asked, “Grandma, you already announced my appointment as Director. You’re not going to take it back, right?”


Struggling to her feet, Grandma Xiao slapped him hard across the face.


“You idiot! You’re still thinking about being Director?! Hurry and apologize to Churan!”


Meanwhile, Ye Chen had followed Xiao Churan, finding her crouched in a corner of the hotel, crying.


He gently approached, took off his suit jacket, and draped it over her shoulders.


“Wife, don’t be upset. Being Director of the Xiao family isn’t some great prize. Let it go.”


“You don’t understand… If I became Director, my parents could finally hold their heads high in the Xiao family. How could Grandma go back on her word…” Xiao Churan sobbed.


Ye Chen comforted her, “Just wait, they’ll be begging you to be Director soon. But if you keep crying, you won’t look pretty when they do.”


“That’s impossible… Grandma would never take back her words.”


Just then, Grandma Xiao and Xiao Hailong rushed out of the hall, panting heavily. A crowd followed closely, eager to watch the drama unfold.


Seeing Ye Chen and Xiao Churan, Xiao Hailong stormed forward and yelled:


“Churan, hurry up and apologize to Vice Chairman Wang! Tell her not to cancel the contract!”


Xiao Churan was stunned. “Cancel the contract? Why?”


Xiao Hailong snapped, “Don’t play dumb! You must’ve told Vice Chairman Wang to humiliate me. If you don’t fix this, I won’t forgive you!”


Slap!


Grandma Xiao slapped him hard.


“Idiot! That’s no way to speak to your sister! She’s our company’s Director!”


Xiao Hailong panicked. “But Grandma, didn’t you say I’d be Director?”


“If you keep this up, you’ll be kicked out of the Xiao family!”


Humiliated, Xiao Hailong could only grit his teeth and stay silent.


Turning to Xiao Churan, Grandma Xiao pleaded:


“Churan, please, you’re our Director now. Go explain to Vice Chairman Wang. If not, the Xiao family is doomed!”


Xiao Churan looked at Ye Chen, confused.


Ye Chen shrugged, smirking, “Didn’t I say they’d beg you for it? But now your face is all puffy from crying.”


Blushing, Xiao Churan wiped her tears and said, “I’ll call Vice Chairman Wang.”


All eyes were on her.


After a few rings, the call connected.


“Vice Chairman Wang, my grandma asked me to explain. I’ll be the Director and handle the cooperation. Could you give us another chance?”


Wang Dongxue chuckled, “As long as you’re the Director, there’s no problem. Otherwise, forget it.”


“Thank you so much, Vice Chairman Wang…”


But Xiao Churan was even more puzzled.


From start to finish, it seemed like Emgrand Group was going out of its way to support her.


But why?


Wang Dongxue laughed, “This is all the chairman’s decision. He’ll explain it to you himself someday.”


The chairman again…


Xiao Churan grew more curious. Who exactly is this chairman? Why is he helping me so much?


She hesitated but asked, “Could you… return to the banquet?”


To her surprise, Wang Dongxue agreed.


Soon, her car returned to the hotel entrance.


Seeing this, everyone stared at Xiao Churan with shock and admiration.