Chapter 322 Alarmist Speeches
It is a tough task. However, someone is needed to finish it.
Xia Ning is clear that even if she refuses, Leng Weiwei will send someone else to do it.
This is an opportunity, but also a challenge.
“I have thought about it clearly. I am going for it.” Xia Ning responds seriously.
Leng Weiwei puts on a bigger smile, “Good. It is not surprising that Gu Luan likes you so much. You are a very responsible person. I only want to remind you of the worst possibility. If anything happens, we will try our best to protect you, especially Gu Luan.” Leng Weiwei leans to Xia Ning and says by her ear, “You know it.”
Xia Ning pauses after hearing this. At the time, Leng Weiwei waves her hand, “I may go. It is the most comfortable thing to drink a cup of coffee in the morning.”
Xia Ning looks at the back of Leng Weiwei. She feels a little helpless. Gu Luan protects her openly. There is no affair between Gu Luan and her, but it is unavoidable to make people misunderstand.
Leng Weiwei didn’t say the words with bad intention. However, the implication in her words is so obvious that there is no need to be told.
It is not surprising that Wan Liqing hates her so much. The working circle is complicated. It can’t be explained clearly in a few words.
It is in the Chief Editor’s office.
“Director Wan, you may go to the point directly.” Leng Weiwei has no qualms about her patience at work. However, she feels it a headache to listen to Wan Liqing’s beating around the bush in her speech.
Wan Liqing puts down the coffee. She says, “Fine. I may say frankly. If I say anything wrong, I hope you can forgive me.”
“It doesn’t matter. You may say directly.”
“The doctor said that Luan had to stay at the hospital for another month and it would take around half a year for him to be fully recovered. After Luan woke up, All he worries about is the company. Actually, everyone understands that Luan is concerned about Xia Ning.”
Wan Liqing glances at Leng Weiwei. Leng Weiwei doesn’t respond. Wan Liqing continues, “Weiwei, you are the Chief Editor. You are the highest manager but Gu Luan of the company. However, Xia Ning is nominated by the headquarters of the company. If you ever make any mistakes, she will displace you directly.”
Leng Weiwei lifts her eyebrows. She holds her arms around her chest, “It is possible. However, it won’t be as bad as you said.” Leng Weiwei is aware of the tiny changes on Wan Liqing’s face. She continues, “It is OK. You may continue. Maybe I am not cautious enough in thinking about this.”
Wan Liqing hesitates for quite a while. She says, “You may imagine that. If you and Xia Ning take charge of the same project while some mistakes happen, Gu Luan will surely defend Xia Ning and you will be the person to be blamed. He is obviously partial to her. Now, you arrange Xia Ning to interview Tang Qieying in Beijing. Everyone knows that Tang Qieying is not a normal person. If anything happens, you are supposed to take the chief responsibility. Contrarily, if Xia Ning finishes the exclusive interview excellently, she will simply be given a chance to get promoted. Weiwei, you may think it over. If it ends up good, you will get no benefits from it. If it ends up bad, you will be responsible for it. It is simply hard with no good at all. You have to think it over carefully.”
Leng Weiwei ponders. She knows that Wan Liqing hates Xia Ning. It is impossible for her to speak good words for Xia Ning. However, what Wan Liqing said seems to be rational and reasonable. Leng Weiwei should think about it carefully.
“Do you mean that I should go to Beijing for this interview in person?”
Wan Liqing shakes her head, “That is not a good idea. If you leave the Weekly for quite some time, I am afraid that when you come back, it will have been completely different here.”
Leng Weiwei smiles, “As to Xia Ning, I know her quite well. I don’t think she will be so…”
“I don’t mean her.” Wan Liqing interrupts, “I mean Gu Luan! In a month, he can come back directly. At that time, if you are not here, he will definitely promote Xia Ning. Weiwei, I feel sorry for you. You worked so hard to be promoted to be the Chief Editor. Now, you become a thorn in their eyes. It is unfair to you.”
Leng Weiwei’s face freezes. She doesn’t respond.
“We may not compare her with other people but me. I have been working in this company for eight years. Though I left the company for some time, it didn’t mean any differences. As to qualification, the headquarters shouldn’t have noticed her first. It is imaginable that Gu Luan has done something secretly. Weiwei, for excellent people like you, to change the job means nothing but changing a boss. However, don’t you feel wronged to be kicked away in this way?”
Leng Weiwei takes a sip of the coffee. She slowly says, “Director Wan, you may tell me what you mean directly.”
“I don’t have any special opinions. I am a nobody. No one will feel sorry if I am kicked away. I come to remind you only. Chief Editor Leng, you are clever. You must know what to do. Xia Ning is too arrogant.”
She does need to be suppressed!
Leng Weiwei thinks for a while. She nods, “Well. I see. You may go out to work.”
When Leng Weiwei speaks, she shows no emotions on her face. It can’t tell what she is thinking about. Wan Liqing hesitates. She secretly plans that she can’t make it a rush. It is fine since she has spoken out her ideas.
“Then, I may leave.”
When the door is closed, Leng Weiwei puts down her pen. She turns the chair to look through the large French window.
Outside, it shows the scenery of half of the C City.
To sit on this position brings a strong sense of success.
However…
She doesn’t care about struggling for power or position at all!
She only wants to peacefully lead the life she wants to have.
At the time, a special ring is heard from her phone. Leng Weiwei mildly turns pale to hear the ring.
She takes up the phone and presses the answer button.
“It is me.”
“Get ready to take actions.” The voice over there is specially treated. It can’t be told whether it is from a man or a woman.
“OK. I know.”
Nothing else is heard. The speaker at the other end of the phone has hung up. Leng Weiwei puts down the phone. She frowns.
It has been planned for such a long time. Now, are they finally going to take actions?
It is in Duke Davis’s mansion.
“Father.” Leon stands politely. He dares not to move at all. He looks completely different from his normal reckless attitude.
Even when he speaks, he mumbles.
He looks a totally different person.
In this world, only one man can make Leon look like a different person.
That is his father, Duke Davis Widdison.
The Duke, who is over ninety years old, sits on an antique mahogany chair. He has got a lot of wrinkles on his face. However, vaguely, his face still shows the dignified manners of him. The old man is carefully wiping the crystal ball in his hand, even though the ball looks clean with no dirt at all. He pays all his attention to the cleaning. However, he looks dignified without anger.
He is born to be so, a dignified and honorable duke.
“Are you OK?”
“Yes. Father.” Leon lowers his head to respond. His father is strict with him. Every time when he stays with his father, Leon feels his whole body tightened.
The man in front of him is old enough to be his great-grandfather. He remembers that ever since he was a kid, his father has never smiled to him. Most of his memories of childhood are about how his father trained him. Leon had no friend when he was a kid. He stayed with all kinds of famous teachers. Under the forcible education of high pressure from his father, he even hardly saw the outside world.
Till he was twenty years old, his father sent him to manage a law firm on Wall Street. It took him two years to enlarge the profit and connection of it by five times. Then, he started to manage World Era Weekly when he was twenty-three years old. He has run it till now.
He doesn’t know anything about his mother. His father has never mentioned anything happened to him in the past. Leon only knows that he himself is the son of Duke Davis Widdison and the heir of his title of nobility. And, he is very clear about what on earth the old nobility means to the British royalty.
He is the seventeenth Duke Davis.
“Have you found out who launched the attack?”
Leon feels his heart jump, “It is still under investigation.”
The old Duke’s eyes freeze. He carefully puts the crystal ball into a box decorated with rubies, “Leon, it has been two weeks. I feel very disappointed with you.”
Leon lowers his head again, “Sorry. Father, it is my fault. You may punish me.”
Leon feels the man staring directly at him. It is so overwhelming that he can hardly breathe.
Leon is afraid of his father when he doesn’t speak, which looks really frightening.
His father has a privilege in Britain. He can execute criminals directly. When Leon was a child, he saw himself that his father killed dozens of people!
Among those people, there were some from Davis family!
Leon can still remember the scene that blood was smelt all over the house.
His father didn’t even blink his eyes when killing.
Time goes second by second. Leon feels the pressure gets gradually heavier.
“Come here.”
Leon gives a sigh of relief lightly in his heart. He walks to his father.
Duke Widdison takes out some photos and puts them on the table one by one, “Are these all your friends?”
Leon glances at the photos. He feels his heart jump!
He was very careful when he visited China. However, he was still tracked by his father.
The photos are all of Gu Luan, Wan Liqing, Leng Weiwei, Xia Ning and him in the Amusement park.
“Yes, Father.” As if he remembers something, he adds, “Father, you know Gu Luan. The other girls are all Gu Luan’s subordinates. They are all from innocent families…”
Leon’s speech is interrupted by a light laugh of Duke Widdison. Leon stops at once.
The Duke stares at the photos. After a while, he points at a girl in one photo, “Who is this girl?”
“Father, her name is Xia Ning. She is married. Her husband is Commander Yi Yunrui.”
There is nothing that his father doesn’t know or can’t do. Leon would rather tell the truth honestly than make his father investigate it.
The Duke’s calm eyes mildly flash, “Oh. She is the wife of Commander Yi Yunrui.”
Yi Yunrui is an awesome young man.
The Duke turns silent again. Leon feels worried. He knows that it can’t be a casual mentioning for his father to ask about Xia Ning.
“Next time when you go to China, you don’t need to go stealthily. People of Davis family always act openly.”
“Yes, Father. I see.”
The old Duke collects the photos slowly and piles them up. He says: “Did you have enough fun in your trip to China?”
Leon feels confused. For a while, he can’t understand what his father means and dares not to answer at once.
“If not, you may bring me next time. I am old and haven’t taken any trips for a long time.”