My Lady, To Defeat Scumbags You Must Start Early

Chapter 279: 279: Trip to Jinghe (1) Lure the Snake Out of the Hole

It was Yin Qin who drove her home and he sincerely thanked her.

Luo Xiaolang wasn’t exactly clear about what he was thanking her for, but since he wanted to express his gratitude, she accepted it.

She pulled out her completely discharged mobile phone to charge it.

Then she swiftly took a shower, changing into a clean set of clothes.

Coming out of the bathroom, she directly picked up her charging phone, seeing that Song Zhizhi had made a lot of calls to her, she returned his call.

“Xiaolang.” Song Zhizhi called her name somewhat excitedly.

“Sorry, my phone ran out of battery.” Luo Xiaolang apologized.

“Are you alright? Where are you now?”

“I’m fine, I just got home.”

“That’s good.” Song Zhizhi sighed with relief.

“I wasn’t able to take you to work today, I’ll pick you up after work right away.”

“No need for that. You should rest. We have a department dinner tonight, and I’ll be coming back quite late. I’ll call you if I need anything.”

“Okay.” Luo Xiaolang didn’t say much either.

After hanging up the phone, she felt really sleepy at that moment.

So she climbed into bed and quickly fell asleep.

Song Zhizhi put down his phone.

Finally, Luo Xiaolang had returned home safely.

Even though he knew nothing bad would happen, he couldn’t help but worry.

Her eyes flickered slightly.

There was a knock at the door. She said, “Come in.”

Zhang He walked in from outside, “Zhan Song is holding a department meeting.”

“Now?”

“Yes.”

“Okay.” Song Zhizhi nodded.

She picked up her notebook and went to the planning department’s meeting room.

Everyone settled down.

Zhan Song began, “Yi Wenhan’s suggestion of visiting Jinghe village for an on-site investigation has been approved by the upper management, and everyone is allowed to go. We’ve been given one week. I’m now going to announce the list of people who will go on this trip.”

Song Zhizhi furrowed her brows.

This was the first time, without consulting anyone, that he issued an order directly. She hadn’t even received any notification. This was truly baffling.

She listened as Zhan Song read the names on the list one by one.

Surely enough.

She was among those people.

It seems like a very fair list, all three planning department managers have to go, Song Zhizhi had no reason to refuse.

Moreover, Yi Wenhan, one of her team members, was spearheading this project, as his direct supervisor, she couldn’t possibly not support his work.

She listened quietly.

After Zhan Song finished reading the list, he declared, “Due to the urgency, we did not discuss the spaces with everyone. If there are any objections, you can raise them right now, and I will try to accommodate them.”

He brought it up during the meeting, not privately afterwards.

It was clear that he was leaving people no way to refuse. After all, who dared to openly contradict a leader’s decision during a meeting?

Zhan Song waited for two minutes. Nobody spoke up.

Zhan Song smiled, “Then let me ask the managers. Song Zhizhi, do you have any thoughts?”

Song Zhizhi forced a smile onto her face, “Of course, I fully support it.”

“What about the other two managers?”

“Naturally, we will do our best too.” The two managers hurriedly responded.

Zhan Song cheerfully said, “Then we are settled. The meeting is now concluded. Everyone, wrap up your work for today, make the necessary handovers. Commercial management will send a car to pick everyone up early tomorrow morning. Furthermore, I already reminded everyone before, we’ll have a department dinner tonight. Let’s consider it as a pre-celebration for the successful completion of this project. Everyone should try to attend.”

“Yes.”

Zhan Song got up and left.

Everyone started leaving one after the other.

Song Zhizhi went back to her desk.

She swiveled her office chair.

It appears that she was still a thorn in Ye Taiting’s side.

After contemplating for a few moments, she picked up the phone, “Dad, are you in your office?”

“Yes.”

“I’m coming to see you.”

“Hmm.”

Song Zhizhi rose to her feet, heading straight to her father’s office.

Just as she opened the door.

Yi Wenhan was about to knock.

Song Zhizhi took a step back, instinctively maintaining a distance from him.

Yi Wenhan’s brows furrowed slightly.

Song Zhizhi’s disdain for him was not feigned.

Displaying no emotion, he spoke bluntly, “I want to discuss tomorrow’s travel arrangements with you.”

“No need. Since the directives came directly from Director Zhan, I trust that they have been thoroughly considered. There’s no need to go over them. You just need to follow them.”

With that, Song Zhizhi retreated.

As Yi Wenhan looked at Song Zhizhi’s receding figure, his face darkened even more.

Why was it that without him saying anything, Song Zhizhi could guess that everything was arranged directly by Zhan Song, even when he himself had no idea why Zhan Song would suddenly curry favor with him? It was obvious that Zhan Song was helping him.

This also applied to the personnel assignment for the trip. Everything was arranged according to his plans. Why would he assert himself so firmly? It was inconceivable to him.

Upon further reflection, maybe his abilities were truly being recognized by the leadership. After all, the rural revitalization project plan was indeed flawless. Maybe… he truly did have a strong background, but it just wasn’t time to tell him yet.

With this in mind, he felt a bit smug.

He even began to imagine that if he really had an impressive background, Song Zhizhi would definitely regret it!

At that time, he would severely humiliate Song Zhizhi!

He would ruthlessly trample on her arrogance and stupidity!

At this moment, Song Zhizhi hurriedly arrived at her father’s office.

Song Zhidao happened to be there too.

As a new employee, he was on rotation and just happened to be working as a clerk in the Department of Foreign Affairs, which was closer to Song Shan. This was a good opportunity to guide him.

When Song Zhizhi entered, she closed the door.

Seeing her, Song Shan guessed she had something important to discuss and reminded her, “Make sure to lock it.”

Song Zhizhi nodded.

After locking the door, Song Zhizhi approached Song Shan, “Dad, there’s a project in the planning department that’s headed to Jinghe Village.”

“You mean the rural revitalization project?” Song Shan seemed to have heard of it as well.

“Right,” said Song Zhizhi, “I have been assigned to this project, and I feel that this trip may be fraught with danger.”

“And yet you still plan to go!” Song Shan was visibly upset.

“Exactly! If you know it’s dangerous, why would you even consider it?” Song Zhidao was equally displeased.

Song Zhizhi explained, “Obviously to draw them out. Dad, I suspect that Mr. Ye is growing impatient. Consider that we have been thwarting the Qin family for a while now without providing him with any solid information. He gave us a two-month deadline. Now, I suspect that his health condition is fabricated and that he won’t die in two months. If he doesn’t die, and all of us are still here, how would he explain his health condition? Isn’t it clear that he’s trying to incite conflict by deceiving us with his health?! Besides, now that Mr. Ye has made a move, I believe he wouldn’t want to wait any longer. This time, he might want to use me as his target.”

“Knowing all this, why would you put yourself in danger? If anything happens to you, there’s no point to me living!” Song Shan was vehemently against her going.

Song Zhidao was filled with rage, “Knowing Mr. Ye’s hidden intentions, why would you walk into his trap? We should just wait him out. After all, he’s old and bound to die eventually. I don’t believe our youth won’t outlast him! All he can do is frantically attempt to shake our top three executive positions before he dies!”

Song Zhizhi shook her head, “You’re oversimplifying things. Ye Taiting wouldn’t just sit idle. Instead of being caught off guard by his surprise attack, we might as well wait for him to strike with our guard up!”

“But sis, how do you know that Ye Taiting is targeting you? He should be targeting Dad, shouldn’t he?”

“Yes, but can Ye Taiting directly confront Dad? Without any solid evidence, Dad isn’t someone who could be easily taken down by word alone. Furthermore, I’m currently in the limelight at Commercial Management. Surely Ye Taiting would want to diminish Dad’s power first. Don’t forget, we have the backing of the Ji Family Consortium. When push comes to shove, the Consortium’s support will be crucial!”

“So sis, what you’re saying is that Ye Taiting will target you first to ensure Dad loses his capable assistant and the immense support of the Ji family, then gradually confront Dad!” Song Zhidao deduced.

Song Zhizhi nodded.

Although her brother had only recently been exposed to this world of scheming, he picked up the ropes faster than she had expected.

In the past, she didn’t notice it, but now she couldn’t help but admire her brother’s talents.

Indeed.

His death in their previous life was indeed a pity.

Her younger brother could have a much brighter future. Even if… he had to stay in the shadow of someone, he would still have his day in the sun!

She was even envisioning, that future glory!