It was her mild tinnitus.
Her condition worsened faster than he had anticipated.
Will it affect my sleep?
Xi Jia: "I got up at five o'clock in the morning." The sound was quite annoying, but she had to endure it for the sake of her treatment.
Suddenly, she frowned, a thought forming in her mind: "Could it be that my illness is causing the tinnitus?"
Mo Yushen lied to her: "No."
What is the name of my illness?
"Anonymous".
"..."
"If you find the insects' chirping too noisy, listen to some music," Mo Yushen changed the subject.
Xi Jia rested her chin on her hand and said, "I can't listen to that while I'm sleeping, how can I fall asleep?"
After a long pause, she whispered, "It would be nice if you were here."
After their lovemaking, she was so exhausted that she could barely keep her eyes open and slept until dawn.
To be honest, she does miss the days when she could sleep soundly.
I don't know if it's because he was there.
Mo Yushen was busy and hadn't resolved the issues at the Mo family, so he didn't respond.
With nothing else to talk about, the two hung up the phone.
Annoyed by the chirping of insects, Xi Jia followed Mo Yushen's advice and plugged in her headphones to listen to music at a very high volume.
It's late at night, and the wind is quite strong outside.
Xi Jia closed the glass window, an old-fashioned wooden-framed window with an iron latch. She shut the window tightly, pulled up the curtain, and began writing the script.
The rain in Beijing gradually subsided, becoming a light drizzle.
Mo Yushen stood by the window for a long time without turning on the light.
The next morning.
After a rain, the temperature dropped to zero degrees Celsius.
Mo Yushen arrived at the company at seven o'clock, earlier than usual.
Secretary Ding received a call from Mo Yushen at six o'clock, and he was already in his office at that moment.
The feasibility report and all the investigation materials for the application for R&D investment are complete and bound, and can be submitted to the meeting today, much earlier than expected.
The entire team worked through several sleepless nights to finish it.
Mo Yushen was concerned about, "Are all the things related to Mo Lian resolved yet?"
Secretary Ding: "All done."
Mo Yushen: "After the meeting, send it to Chairman Mo. Send Mrs. Mo's portion tomorrow. Also, tell her that Chairman Mo received these a day earlier than she did."
Secretary Ding nodded and gave the instructions.
As expected, the proposal for R&D expenses was not approved at the meeting.
First, Chairman Mo voted against it.
Mo Yu Shen Qing Feng Yun Dan, it's only because he passed that it's so unbelievable.
The meeting ended, and just like last time, only Mo Yushen and Chairman Mo remained in the conference room.
Chairman Mo's face tightened. "Mo Yushen, this is a company. Don't treat this like a game! It's your business to treat Xi Jia's illness, but what's the point of you taking company money!"
Mo Yushen: "Don't try to come up with high-sounding reasons. You almost moved yourself to tears, didn't you?"
With a 'bang'.
The teacup landed heavily on the conference table.
A lot of tea spilled out.
Chairman Mo held back his anger and didn't lose his temper. He took out a few tissues and wiped the water stains dry.
Mo Yushen remained calm throughout: "If it weren't for the patent issues of the drug, I would have invested in other laboratories for research and development long ago. Why would I need to go through all this trouble and effort to bring it to the board meeting, which is thankless?"
If Mo's R&D center has the capability, why would he need to cultivate competitors for his company?
No matter what he does in developing this kind of drug, his 'righteous' father will always find a reason to oppose him.
If he invests in other pharmaceutical companies, the board of directors will definitely hold him accountable, wondering if he is intentionally going against his own pharmaceutical company because of family disputes.
If he invested in Mo's R&D center in his personal capacity and acquired shares, they would also have reason to wonder if they wanted to take over the R&D center for themselves.
To fabricate a crime.
Mo Yushen's phone vibrated. He glanced at it, then turned to Chairman Mo and said, "You have a package waiting for you at your office door. You need to sign for it in person." He deliberately used the honorific "you" at the end.
Mo Dong's brow twitched, and his right eyelid followed suit, twitching several times. He rubbed it vigorously, but it didn't help; the twitching only intensified. He scolded Mo Yushen, "What are you up to now!"
Mo Yushen: "It's getting cold, so I'm sending you a small gift to warm your heart."
Chairman Mo's lips twitched slightly. "Mo Yushen! You think you're so capable, huh!"
Mo Yushen didn't have the time to argue.
Finally, Mo Yushen mentioned Mo Lian, but didn't even bother to mention his name, saying, "If he continues to mess things up and ruins Mo's Real Estate, I won't let him off the hook!"
Chairman Mo softened his tone, "Mo Lian knows his limits. Everyone has their own management style. Just because someone's style is different from yours doesn't mean they're just messing around."
Since they couldn't see eye to eye, Mo Yushen left.
"Mo Yushen, you're not a child anymore. If you have any anger, take it out on me. Don't make a mess of the company! The company isn't a place for you to vent your frustrations!"
Mo Yushen walked to the door, his hand already on the doorknob, then paused.
He didn't even turn his head.
When a father and son reach this point, there is nothing but sorrow.
Mo Yushen said in a low voice, "I'll give you a week. After a week, you will announce to the public that you are resigning as chairman of the Mo Group board of directors due to health reasons."
"Heh." Chairman Mo sneered, "I'm not even dead yet, and you're already eyeing this position?"
Mo Yushen: "I have no interest in that position. Chairman Li is fully capable of serving as the next chairman of the board, and he should take over."
Chairman Li, the current Vice Chairman of the Mo's Group, has worked at Mo's for over twenty years and is a leader with outstanding personal charisma and ability.
He was also the only director on the board who treated him well.
Li Dong was both a teacher and a friend to him.
Chairman Mo's hands trembled with anger; he tried to grab the cup but couldn't hold it. "Mo Yushen, I truly underestimated you! You schemed against me, and now you've managed to absolve yourself so easily!"
Mo Yushen: "There's no need to take it off, everyone knows it was me who did it."
Chairman Mo clenched his fists tightly, veins bulging.
Even before he saw the so-called 'delivery,' he knew it wasn't anything good; it was definitely someone's leverage, leverage that could defeat them in one fell swoop.
Mo Yushen concluded by saying, "If Chairman Li becomes the chairman of the board, I will never interfere with him, and I will fully implement all his decisions."
He opened the door and reminded him again.
"You only have one week. After that, I won't be so easy to talk to."
"Mr. Mo, it's been delivered. The courier is still waiting at the door," Secretary Ding reported.
"Um."
The two left while talking.
Chairman Mo stood alone in the conference room, his face pale. He hadn't expected his son to be so ruthless.
When Chairman Mo returned to his office, the courier was waiting. He had been brought up by Secretary Ding, so no one dared to stop him.
The courier said, "Mr. Mo, your package needs your signature." The courier didn't know what it was; the sender had requested that the recipient sign for it themselves.
After Chairman Mo signed the document, the secretary silently carried the heavy box into the office.
Chairman Mo waved his hand, signaling his secretary to leave. He opened the package, which was full of documents. He randomly picked one out and flipped through it. After reading only a few pages, he tossed it aside and pressed his temples hard.
This was a project that Mo Lian handled after he joined the Mo family. The Mo family had failed to win the bid, and a foreign company had won the bid. The actual controller of this foreign company was Mo Lian.
Mo Lian abused his position for personal gain, secretly maneuvering to intercept projects that originally belonged to the Mo family and transfer them to his own company.
The bidding for this project took place six years ago, when Mo Yushen was still studying for his master's degree abroad. He had already started to be wary of Mo Lian back then.
All the evidence here forms a chain of evidence, and it's all original. Mo Yushen started investigating Mo Lian back then, when Mo Lian was completely unprepared.
Chairman Mo stared at the half-full box of documents, remaining untouched for a long time.
Mo Yushen meant that if he didn't resign, he couldn't cover up Mo Lian's situation. Mo Lian had damaged the group's interests, so it was impossible for him to stay.
If he resigns, Mo Lian can still remain with the Mo family.
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When Mo Yushen returned to his office, Secretary Ding made him tea, but Mo Yushen waved his hand and said, "Pour me a glass of cold water."
It's already zero degrees today.
Secretary Ding did as instructed.
"Mr. Mo, if Chairman Mo doesn't resign in a week, what should we do next?" Secretary Ding handed Mo Yushen a water glass, the glass of which was ice cold.
Mo Yushen said firmly, "No." He drank half a glass of cold water. "How could he bear to let his good son leave the Mo family?"
Secretary Ding did not respond.
Not only him, but people in the group had long suspected that Mo Lian was Chairman Mo's illegitimate son.
When Mo Lian was born, Chairman Mo and his first wife, who was also Mo Yushen's mother, had only been married for a little over a year.
It's probably because Mo Lian is older than Mo Yushen, and if his identity were made public, people would gossip about him. It's better to say he's a stepson.
But Mo Yushen always regarded Mo Lian as an outsider.
Perhaps it's a psychological rejection, a reluctance to admit it.