Seeing this, Jiang Cheng couldn't help but frown. "Don't make it look like we're the mob. Keep a low profile."
The big guy leading them scratched his head in embarrassment upon hearing Jiang Cheng's words. A simple, honest smile suddenly appeared on his face full of scars and rough features. "I understand, President Jiang."
Seeing Jiang Cheng with Zhou Ying, the group of onlookers began whispering again.
"That mother and daughter seem to live on the fifth floor. I remember they usually take the bus."
"Luxury cars, Bodyguards? Could it be some wealthy family taking their daughter-in-law home?"
"You're overthinking it. If you ask me, she probably hooked up with some rich, handsome guy—that young man there."
"Hey, hey, hey, then who do you think hooked him? Was it the mother or the daughter?"
...Ignoring the pointing and gossiping of the elderly aunties and uncles.
After Jiang Cheng got into the car, Zhou Ying habitually opened the passenger door.
Before she could get in, she noticed Fang Yuan had already taken the back seat.
Seeing this, Zhou Ying stuck her tongue out at Jiang Cheng, closed the door, and walked to the back seat as well.
It really wouldn't be right to leave Fang Yuan sitting alone in the back.
Looking at Zhou Ying's playful manner, Jiang Cheng shook his head helplessly and took on the role of the driver.
Compared to the relaxed atmosphere here, Fang Wende and the other two, who had sped all the way home, were now sitting in the living room with ashen faces.
Seeing their masters return, the household servants immediately brought out tea and fruit.
Unlike Fang Wende and Chen Haiyan, Fang Yuhao appeared completely heartless and unconcerned.
At this moment, acting as if nothing had happened, he simply picked up the fruit plate and crossed his legs.
While eating seasonal fruit, he said to Chen Haiyan with a frustrated look, "Mom, didn't you say you were going to take me to buy a watch?"
Seeing that Fang Yuhao didn't care about anything else and was only thinking about his watch, Fang Wende stood up abruptly in a fit of rage.
He had already endured a bellyful of humiliation earlier at Fang Yuan's house.
He was just looking for a place to vent this anger.
Now, his face full of fury, he cursed directly, "Buy your mother's ass! You spendthrift, all you do is think about these useless things every day. When will you stop thinking about buying stuff?"
Fang Yuhao was instantly terrified into silence by Fang Wende's angry and disappointed tone.
Seeing her son lower his head in fear and stare at the floor, Chen Haiyan frowned and looked at Fang Wende with displeasure.
Clearly, she was very dissatisfied with Fang Wende's crude behavior and felt he shouldn't treat their son this way.
However, she knew Fang Wende was currently in a fit of temper.
Chen Haiyan turned her head and scolded, "Look at you, being so senseless at a time like this."
Fang Wende suppressed his anger and pulled his phone out of his pocket.
Seeing that his phone had many missed calls for some reason, Fang Wende's brow couldn't help but furrow.
Trying to keep his cool, he handed the phone to Fang Yuhao. "Adjust the volume for me; it's on silent again."
Seeing it was this sort of thing again, Fang Yuhao gave Fang Wende a look of disdain.
But since Fang Wende was angry, he didn't dare to provoke him. He took the phone and muttered, "I've taught you so many times, why can't you adjust this yourself?"
He skillfully opened the phone's settings and turned the volume to the maximum.
With a crisp notification sound, the phone's volume returned to normal.
Fang Wende was a typical member of the 70s generation; his acceptance of new things was extremely low.
Before he had made his fortune by relying on Fang Yuan, he had always used an old-fashioned handheld mobile phone.
Even after he had the money to switch to a new phone, he didn't know how to use it and was even too lazy to learn.
It could be said that he was a man stuck in his old ways.
Aside from eating, drinking, having fun, and bragging every day, he was ignorant of many things.
Furthermore, many of the positions in his company were arranged with the help of Zhou Ying's father.
He relied on his parents as a child and his sister as an adult; it could only be said that his current wealth was purely a result of good luck.
After adjusting the phone, he handed it back to Fang Wende.
Fang Wende took the phone and opened the missed calls log.
His finger slid across the screen as one missed call notification after another popped up, all from the company's management staff.
Seeing that the company managers had called him so many times, Fang Wende's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately dialed back.
The call was answered quickly.
"President Fang, you finally picked up."
Seeing that the voice on the other end was extremely anxious, like an ant on a hot pan, Fang Wende became even more panicked. "What's wrong? Why did you call me so many times?"
"Tianlong Real Estate suddenly cut off cooperation with us and is even blacklisting us externally."
These words were like a bolt from the blue, making Fang Wende's face turn pale instantly.
His lips trembled as he tried to say something, but his throat felt as if it were blocked by something, and he could only make a hoarse sound.
"What did you say? Tianlong Real Estate?? Why??"
"If I knew, would I still need to call you? Tianlong Real Estate is our company's biggest client, and they've even declared that no company cooperating with them is allowed to work with us."
"What? On what grounds??"
Hearing Fang Wende ask such a brain-dead question, the person on the other end of the phone let out a sarcastic sound. "On the grounds that they are the second-largest real estate company in Chengdu. Our company only grew to what it is today by relying on Tianlong Real Estate. Now that they want to kick us aside, what can we possibly do?"
Fang Wende's heart sank; he felt as if his world were collapsing.
Tianlong Real Estate was their company's largest client. Suddenly losing such an important partner was undoubtedly a fatal blow to their company.
He could feel his heart rate constantly accelerating.
He could only take a deep breath and force himself to calm down.
However, having been away from actual business for so long, he had no ideas at all right now.
"Then what should we do? Liu Ming, you have to think of something."
Liu Ming on the other end also knew the severity of the situation.
This was a life-or-death moment for their company.
"I'm already trying to find a way. As soon as it happened, I contacted other clients to see if we could recover some losses. At the same time, I'm contacting lawyers to see if we can resolve this through legal channels."
After hearing this, Fang Wende breathed a slight sigh of relief.
After all, Liu Ming was their company's top manager, highly experienced, and had been recommended by Zhou Ying's father to help Fang Wende start the company.
He was instrumental in the company's development to this day. Therefore, Fang Wende trusted him implicitly.
Liu Ming spoke again with some displeasure. "Do you have some conflict with Tianlong Real Estate? Otherwise, why would they blacklist our company? I asked just now, and they said this was an order personally given by their chairman. Now our company's orders can't go out, and operations have stopped. I'm telling you, if we don't find a proper solution to get the company running normally, given the backlog of goods, the capital chain will soon have problems. At that time, the company might face the risk of bankruptcy."