bookrandom 407: Name
407: Name
Takahashi opened his mouth, his face extremely grim: "An accident? Do you even believe that yourselves?"
His tone was laced with anger, and anyone could hear the strong undercurrent of hostility in it.
"Fujiwara-senpai was highly respected in our R country. His death is a heavy blow to us. Have you considered the consequences of your insistence on protecting the murderer?"
Tang Shan took a deep breath, his previously relaxed back straightening instantly, his voice deep and resonant, as if each word was being struck down.
“Mr. Takahashi, watch your words! You should know that every word you say represents the country behind you, and this is the second time you have threatened us.”
Reprimanded like that, Takahashi looked indignant. He opened his mouth, wanting to retort, but for some reason, he swallowed back what he wanted to say.
Although he was angry, he remained rational.
If they were to break off relations over this matter now, it would be absolutely detrimental to R country.
His face flushed red, his chest heaved violently, and finally he snorted coldly and hung up the phone.
"Damn it, is there really no way at all?"
Thinking of his selfless and great senior Fujiwara, Takahashi felt a pang of heartache.
He persisted with this matter for more than half a month, but made no progress whatsoever.
The hype both domestically and internationally has gradually subsided, and China is showing extreme favoritism towards the Xiao family, which is hardly befitting a great power!
Takahashi was so angry about this that he couldn't even eat lunch.
*
It was a little after 11 a.m. at the Xiao family's residence.
After Xiao Qingdai came out of the conference room, the housekeeper told her that Xiao Heng and the others had come today.
She simply hummed in response and said nothing more.
But the people following behind her couldn't help themselves.
"Are those people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs still making trouble? We haven't even investigated that old ghost's kidnapping of the young lady yet, and they're already going on and on."
"How can we investigate a case when the person is already dead? In my opinion, since this Takahashi is so shameless, we might as well send him down to reunite with that old ghost."
"This is a good idea, I support it!"
"I support it too!"
The group became more and more excited as they chatted. Usually, after a meeting, they would run away as fast as rabbits, as if being chased by wolves. But now, engrossed in their conversation, they weren't in a hurry to leave.
Xiao Qingdai didn't speak. Her slender fingers held her coat tightly as she looked at them expressionlessly.
Once the noise subsided, she spoke with a cold, beautiful face: "You were never so talkative during the meeting."
After he finished speaking, they fell silent, as if they had been choked.
That's not the same at all.
Talking too much in meetings can easily expose one's lack of intelligence, but not now.
Seeing the awkward expressions on their faces, Xiao Qingdai pulled her clothes tighter and left with Shuangjiang.
After her figure disappeared, the group of people who had been mute spoke again.
"What does the patriarch mean by this? Are you dissatisfied with our previous comments?"
"I guess they felt it was too cheap for him."
"Let's go back first, and we'll find out about Frost's Descent in the group chat later."
The group walked out together, chatting all the way, and each gave their own opinion on how to shut Takahashi up.
Once home, they started tagging Shuangjiang in the group chat, asking the head of the family what he meant.
Meanwhile, some who felt they hadn't had enough of chatting at the Xiao family's house started chatting again.
This is another group without Xiao Qingdai, so you can imagine how unrestrained everyone's comments are.
Shuangjiang, who was eating, took out her phone and looked at it. She didn't want to reply at first, but seeing that their words were getting more and more outrageous, she sent a message to them to behave themselves.
The moment she sent the message, they had already discussed more than a dozen ways for Takahashi to die in the group chat.
Now, Shuangjiang belatedly understands why the head of the household said that thing at the Xiao family's house at noon.
When these people are doing serious work, they're all listless and lethargic. But once they get involved in something they're interested in, they all transform into completely different people.
She typed helplessly and sent it.
[Takahashi isn't going to cause any real trouble; he's just a nuisance. If you deal with him, things will get really messy.]
The higher-ups have already intervened and helped a lot in this matter, so we should at least give them some face.
After the conversation about Frost's Descent ended, things finally quieted down in the group chat, though occasionally one or two messages would still pop up.
She then casually sent a work-related message to the group chat, and this time it went completely silent.
Aside from going to work, they are quite proactive in everything they do.
Shuangjiang knew about them, so she didn't pay any more attention and went to deal with her work after finishing her meal.
Around 3 p.m., Grandpa Fu returned with Qingqing.
The little girl happily skipped into the house, but after looking around, she couldn't find her mother.
She asked her aunt and learned from her that she was in the study.
The sensible little guy didn't disturb them and ran off to play with his uncle.
When Xiao Qingdai came out of the study in the evening, she went over to her and told her what she had done that day.
Xiao Qingdai listened patiently from the side, asked her if she was cold, and even asked the kitchen to cook some soup to warm her up.
She was worried that Qingqing would catch a cold, but she didn't know that the little girl had never been sick before.