Former Subordinate

Ye, I heard you lost your temper in the office? What is going on?

It is nothing, just some employees' behavior giving me a bit of a headache. Ye Shuang looked at Chen Qin beside him and briefly explained what had just happened. Moreover, with so many people in the company, there might be other hidden issues no one knew about.

Hehe, Ye, you are already doing great. At the very least, the corruption issues in the company are much better than before. Chen Qin stood behind Ye Shuang, her soft little hands squeezing his shoulders with a smiling face.

There are so many products in the company. If we really want to manage everything, one person simply cannot handle it all.

Yeah, so I want to establish a new auditing department, Ye Shuang said.

You are in charge of HR, so just do whatever you like. I support you unconditionally anyway. Chen Qin waved her fist, giving off a vibe that Ye Shuang could do whatever he wanted. After all, she trusted him the most in this regard.

But I am short on people I can trust, Ye Shuang noted. He had not been with the company long enough to cultivate decent subordinates. Although he could pick people from other departments, it was not a great long-term plan.

Hearing this, Chen Qin tapped her finger against her lips. Short on people? Hmm... want me to give you someone?

Give me who?

I will make a baby for you. Chen Qin's smiling eyes looked like a little fox, full of charm.

... Ye Shuang coughed lightly.

But then Chen Qin seemed to remember something. Ye, I remember you had a few really good subordinates at your old company, right?

How do you know that? Ye Shuang asked. After all, Chen Qin should not have known about the affairs of his previous company.

Hehe, I was definitely keeping an eye on your affairs back then. Chen Qin blinked playfully.

I even planted a spy in your company, specifically to gather intel on you~

Ye Shuang's mouth twitched.

This girl, Chen Qin. Although she had kept her distance, she was secretly keeping tabs on him.

And he had no idea to what extent, which was slightly terrifying.

My former subordinates were indeed very capable, but I have no idea what they are up to now.

Ye Shuang said, then suddenly thought about it. If his former subordinates were willing to come over, he could arrange for them to join the new department. However, they only worked at the Zhao family's company back then out of respect for him.

To put it bluntly, in a company where the management consists entirely of relatives who do nothing but eat and pretend to know what they are doing while dictating your work, no normal employee would want to work there.

I can try contacting them, Ye Shuang said.

Mhm.

In the evening, after a quick session together, Chen Qin returned to her office to continue working. Ye Shuang opened the window to let in some fresh air, then picked up his phone to look for the contact information of his former subordinates.

Hmm... Lao Guan, I will ask him. Lao Guan, whom Ye Shuang mentioned, was the oldest among his subordinates and, to Ye Shuang, the most capable one. If he could invite him to join his side, it would save Ye Shuang a lot of trouble.

Before contacting him, Ye Shuang opened Lao Guan's WeChat Moments.

Hmm...

Huh?

Setting up a street stall?

Ye Shuang noticed that Lao Guan's Moments actually featured photos of a street stall, and the caption read that he was setting up shop, listing the ingredients he had for the day.

After pondering for a few seconds, Ye Shuang could not help but feel a bit confused. With Lao Guan's abilities, he should not have been reduced to running a street stall, right?

Thinking of this, Ye Shuang was not in a hurry to contact him. Instead, he silently memorized the address of the stall.

After work, Ye Shuang drove straight to the destination.

The location was actually on the outskirts of Haizhu City, practically in the neighboring city.

Shisi Village Food Street, huh. Ye Shuang noticed there were a lot of residential buildings here, giving it a small-town feel. The roads were under construction, and both sides were quite crowded, packed with parked cars.

Speaking of which, they were always digging up roads over in Zhongshan, taking years just to fail at fixing a single road.

Although Ye Shuang often heard this saying, it was not until he arrived here that he realized people were not exaggerating. The road was indeed hard to drive on, with barricades everywhere. Judging by the rusted iron fences, they had probably been there for years.

Is Lao Guan here?

Ye Shuang muttered to himself. Then, his eyes finally found a spot to park.

It is really hard to park around here. What, ten bucks an hour? Ye Shuang glanced at the fee chart on the gate and his mouth twitched. Whatever, ten bucks it is.

Although Ye Shuang was rich now, deep down, he still had the mindset of saving where he could and spending only when necessary.

However, after getting out of the car, Ye Shuang did not see any food street, so he casually asked a passerby.

Just turn the corner over there. There are lots of food carts. It gets livelier at night; there are not that many people right now.

Alright, thank you.

Following the passerby's directions, Ye Shuang arrived at the so-called food street. There were indeed many stalls here, stretching so far you could not see the end at a glance.

Lao Guan's stall sold snacks like sizzling squid and pan-fried tofu, so Ye Shuang began to look for him based on the photos from his Moments.

Eventually, he paused in front of a cart that looked somewhat similar. Looking closer, Ye Shuang found a young girl watching the stall.

Comparing it with the layout in the photos, Ye Shuang confirmed that this was indeed the location of Sizzling Squid: Explosive Flavor.

Boss, what would you like to eat? the girl asked enthusiastically.

When Ye Shuang's gaze fell on her clothes, he froze slightly.

Yinshan Academy's school uniform...

Not only that, but Ye Shuang also found her little face somewhat familiar.

[Character: Luo Xi

A pretty girl]

Ye Shuang: ...

Are you the girl who often hosts events at Yinshan? As soon as Ye Shuang spoke, she paused for a few seconds before smiling and saying, Yes.

She curiously observed Ye Shuang for a few seconds, then looked a bit surprised. Are you our school doctor?

Yes.

Luo Xi— Right at that moment, a voice called out from the side.

Ye Shuang turned his head and saw a young man about his height, looking rather clean-cut and handsome.

Oh Luo Xi, you have a customer. The boy also sized Ye Shuang up.

Yeah, but he is the school doctor at our academy, did you know? Luo Xi pointed at Ye Shuang. The boy was also a bit surprised. The school doctor? Why is he here?

I came here looking for Lao Guan. Um... Guan Shi, do you know him?

Hearing this, Luo Xi was about to speak when a surprised voice came from the side—

Mr... Mr. Ye?

Ye Shuang turned around and saw a man holding a foam box, looking completely astonished.