Chapter 352: The Past is the Past

Book:The Selfish CEO Published:2024-6-2

“What are you thinking about, so absorbed!” Sea Gu leisurely opened his mouth to interrupt her thoughts, Zoey looked back and saw him brewing instant coffee, Zoey quickly put down the water in her hand, “I’ll do it. Zoey put down the water in her hand, “I’ll take care of it. If you want to drink coffee, why do you come here by yourself, you pay for so many secretaries just for decoration?”. Zoey said, “I don’t want to be a secretary, but I’m not.
“I called you several times, but you didn’t answer. As soon as I came out, I saw you staring here. What’s on your mind?”
Zoey hands Sea Gu his coffee and smiles slightly before saying, “Thinking about MY company.”
Sea Gu glanced at her, “It’s not much use for you to think about such things.”
“It works.” Zoey looked at him, “This thing, it’s going to work out.”
“How to settle it? 5E is not a small amount. Now their stock has dropped so much, who dares to take such a risk? 5E thrown down, it would be good to hear an echo.”
Zoey smiles away and says lightly, “I have five E’s.”
“Ch, who believes that?”
“If you don’t believe me, forget it.” Zoey stopped talking to him and put her glass down, “I’m going out to do something.”
Sea Gu suddenly thought of something and tugged at her elbow with a probing arm, she turned her head to look at him, “What?”
“For your five hundred million dollars, you’re not selling your family’s stock, are you?”
Zoey’s jaw dropped, “How did you know?”
“Still?” Sea Gu skimmed his lips and snorted, “You’ve got a lot of nerve going down for him.”
Zoey just smiled, “It’s not about the money.”
“Understand. It’s about this heart of yours, and your sheer love, isn’t it?” Sea Gu looks like he’s so fleshed out he’s going to puke.
“You leave me alone!” Zoey glares at him.
“Okay, I won’t mess with you. Let’s get serious.” Sea Gu hugged his chest and looked at Zoey seriously, “If your family sells such a large amount of shares, have you ever thought that if it is acquired by a shareholder, it is very likely that their total shares will exceed yours. At that time, the biggest shareholders will not be your Baker family!”
“Father and I have already considered this issue. However, the share of each shareholder’s hand has been determined before the sell-off, and even if we add what we’ve thrown out, it won’t exceed 20% of our . Besides, with a 5% amount of shares, not everyone can swallow it all at once.”
“That’s fine. Still, it’s more or less a good idea to be wary. Doing business is different from doing unusual things.” Sea Gu shrugged, “Let’s go, go out and do something. There’s another case to go out and talk about this afternoon, how’s your information ready?”
“Well, it was all set up last night.” Zoey follows Sea Gu and walks out.

MY president’s office.
Ah Feng knocked on the door, got an answer and came in quickly, lowered his head over Jerry Xiao’s ear, “They’ve thrown out 3% of their stock.”
Jerry Xiao sank his eyes and dropped his sights outside the window. For a long time, did not say anything, only that pair of deep pupils flicker, so that people do not recognize his emotions at the moment.
Knowing his struggle at the moment, Feng said, “If we let them throw the shares out and we take 5E, there is still a chance for this matter to maneuver. The Baker family won’t realize that we already have 20% of the shares in our hands.”
“When things come to this point, there is no chance to maneuver.” Jerry Xiao pursed his lips, and in the middle of the day, he turned back and looked at Feng, the bottom of those eyes were bottomless, “Buy them separately, don’t make them suspicious, and the rest of the 2% will be thrown out one after another.”
Afon didn’t answer right away, just sighed softly and looked at him, “Secretary Baker’s side …”
A flash of pain assaulted the bottom of Jerry Xiao’s eyes and he looked away, taking a deep breath before speaking, “I promised my parents that the Baker family is what I came back for this time, so it can’t be unwanted! Do as I say!”
“Yes, President.” Only then did Feng nod his head and backed out.
Jerry Xiao stood by the window, staring at the traffic downstairs in such a daze. In a blur, it was as if the little face that had once looked up at him downstairs was still close at hand.
In his chest, a sharp pain crossed his chest, and with it, he tugged at the neuralgia in his brain.
He rubbed his forehead, turned and fished out his car keys to the side, pulled open the office door and headed out.
“President, are you going out now? Should I ask the driver to prepare a car.” Looking at his windy appearance, Feng couldn’t help but feel a little strange.
“No, you keep an eye on the stock!” Jerry Xiao instructed, walked quickly towards the elevator entrance, took the special elevator, and went straight downstairs.
Downstairs, there were reporters entrenched there. He didn’t go to the back, and appeared right at the door, and as soon as they saw his figure, the reporters immediately swarmed around like a pot exploding.
The security personnel immediately came over and separated a path for Jerry Xiao. But the reporter still couldn’t let go of this opportunity, “Mr. Xiao, you finally showed up, does this mean that there has been a good explanation for this incident?”
“Two days later, the company will hold a press conference, at that time, it will give everyone an explanation.” Jerry Xiao’s tone was light, and he just walked towards the garage, “I’m going out to do some personal business now, so please get out of the way.”
“A personal matter? May I ask what kind of personal matter? Some time ago I saw Ms. Baker coming in and out of here very diligently, is this so-called personal matter related to Ms. Baker?”
Jerry Xiao looked at the reporter who asked this question, and then, but under the sight of the crowd’s surprise, he paused in his steps. For the first time, he answered the reporter’s question in such a serious manner, “Yes, this time, it is indeed about Ms. Baker. I’m about to go and formally propose to her, so, please get out of the way.”
Once Jerry Xiao’s words came out, the crowd was in an uproar. Question after question, slammed at him, but he did not answer one more, just walked straight to the car, opened the door and sat in …
“Mr. Zhan, this is our latest design here, all of them are limited edition worldwide, see if there is any you fancy.” The service staff of the jewelry store brought over rows and rows of diamond rings. Jerry Xiao was looking at the sofa, flipping through the diamond ring brochures, pondering which one she was suitable for and which one she would like.
Drawing back his thoughts, he closed the booklet and focused on the one ring. Other than his mother, he’d never had any experience picking out jewelry for any woman, let alone a ring. While looking at it cautiously, he reached for his cell phone to call Zac White.
“Congratulations, the stock market had a big swing today and the Baker family actually did sell their stock. It’s about to dump to 5%.” Zac White’s voice came from the other end.
Jerry Xiao sank his eyes before asking, “What kind of diamond rings do women usually like?”
“That of course is the carat the bigger the better. Women, some small vanity, they are only concerned about the weight, do not pay attention to the color, so that … eh, not right, you good reason to pick what diamond ring ah? It will not be to propose to someone, right?”
“Yes, it’s just for a marriage proposal. Besides, she’s not one of those vulgar and vain women you talk about.”
“You … you really proposed?” Zac White was drinking his water when the news blew up and he sprayed a mouthful of water all over the computer in front of him.
“Uh-huh.”
“Still not vulgar and vain? Nabi Yan? No, no, you don’t like her … Then is it Zoey Baker? It’s not right either! Didn’t she betray you and you’re now trying to get back at her in every way possible? Eh, who the hell is this?”
Zac White is totally confused.
“That’s her – Zoey .”
“Oh my God!” Zac White rolled his eyes exaggeratedly on the other end, “You … you really have nothing better to do. Would she still marry you after something like this?”
A hint of darkness crossed the bottom of Jerry Xiao’s eyes, his thin lips pursed into a straight line, and he paused for a split second before saying, “I’ll take a picture of the ring and send it to you. You pick one out for me that she might like. You’ve always had a better understanding of women’s preferences.”
Zac White rolls his eyes.
He knew more about women than anything else, and, he also knew, as well as was certain, that the ring was something that his good brother could not give away at all!
In the end, Jerry Xiao neutralized the clerk, Zac White, and herself, and picked out a Galaxy diamond ring. There is no excessive ornamentation, just a very simple ring body, set with the bright diamonds. jerry Xiao held in the hand carefully look at, in the end feel that something is missing, and handed the ring back, “Please help me engrave two words on the ring.”
“Girlfriend’s initials?” The clerk asked with a smile.
Jerry Xiao drew his pen and wrote two letters on a piece of paper – “L” “Y”.
“Yes, we’ll be done in a minute, please wait.”
The clerk collected the ring and turned away, and Jerry Xiao leaned back on the couch and looked at the two letters he had written on the white paper.
L, Y. His meaning, is not an abbreviation of Zoey’s name. In fact, it’s, X, for ‘Song’ and Y, for ‘Feather’.
Suddenly he remembers the pair of pearl studs he had saved, which were also engraved with X and Y, and the explanation Nabi Yan had given him for liking Feather.
Could it really be like Yu? Was it really Nabi Yan that night five years ago?
The feeling in her memory didn’t seem to be her, but, on the contrary, that pair of pearl earrings belonged to her.
“Mr. Zhan, it’s already engraved.” The shopkeeper’s voice interrupted his thoughts.
“Well, wrap it up for me and pay the bill.” He didn’t think any further. What happened five years ago, no matter who it was, was already in the past. Even if it was really Nabi Yan, nothing would change anymore. If you don’t love it, you really don’t love it!
The Shu family.
Nabi Yan sat in her wheelchair in a daze, pinching food and putting it in her bowl, but unable to eat anything.
“Nabi, what’s wrong with you? Always in a trance lately.” Yan’s mother asked worriedly.
Nabi Yan then slowed down and forced a smile, “Mom, I’m fine.”
“The doctor Jerry hired for you is the best, so don’t lose your temper, just cooperate with the doctor to get your leg fixed.” Yan’s mother sighed and looked at her daughter again, “I know, you are still thinking about him. Mom also quite likes him, however, you also know that his disease …”
Nabi Yan’s eyes, looking toward her mother, were rather disapproving. “Don’t you look at me like that. The doctor said that sooner or later your leg is going to heal. A good daughter, of course you can’t marry him. That disease of his can be dangerous, who knows how long he can live?”
“Mom!” Nabi Yan was so annoyed that she threw her chopsticks heavily on the table.
“These words you do not like to hear, mom is also for your own good. You’re always in a daze, you don’t watch the news, you don’t know what’s going on out there. jerry Xiao’s company is full of difficult things at the moment, that’s fine, but the news has come out, he’s going to marry the Baker family’s daughter, and he’s not even thinking of marrying you!”
“Mom, are you … telling the truth?” Nabi Yan blanched and stared blankly at Yan’s mother.
“Did I even lie to you? I told you, you can’t focus all your energy on men. The good thing is, you just need to receive good treatment, and your leg is going to be fine, so you’ll be able to find any kind of good man by then.”