Chapter 112: Su Qingying Rebels

Chapter 112: Su Qingying Rebels

Madam Su was nearly out of her mind with anger. This was the first time she had lost her temper at Su Qingying like this inside the company, in front of a room of company executives.

Su Qingying had always been very obedient. Even when something she did failed to satisfy Madam Su, Madam Su would spare her daughter’s face and never scold her in public.

But today she truly couldn’t bear it.

A little over an hour earlier, when Su Qingying first came back, everyone had been too busy for Madam Su to exchange more than a few words with her. She had planned to talk properly at lunch. Though she had sensed something wrong with Su Qingying, and though she suspected Li Ruobing’s influence, she hadn’t thought it a serious problem.

She knew her own daughter. A few words later on would be enough.

At ten there was an executive meeting.

At first everything went smoothly. Her daughter smiled less than usual and seemed more severe than before, but Madam Su only assumed she had something on her mind, and thought little of it. As long as nothing went wrong, that was enough.

And then, just now.

Su Qingying had raised a proposal Madam Su could not possibly accept.

Madam Su hadn’t wanted to oppose her daughter outright in the meeting. The effect would be bad. So she had only shot her warning looks, hinting that she should not do this. And she had never imagined her daughter would look straight into her eyes, repeat the proposal, and do it with an attitude of absolute resolve.

Which made Madam Su realize her daughter was doing it deliberately. It was aimed at her. She was no longer being obedient. She meant to rebel.

One point is worth mentioning: Madam Su held no management position inside Jinfu Group. She was not a Jinfu senior executive, had no division of responsibilities, and personally held no shares in Jinfu Group.

But she did have an “identity.”

She was special adviser to the chairman of Jinfu Group.

In truth it made no difference whether the title existed. Its only purpose was to make her activity inside Jinfu Group more reasonable, less strange. When she attended meetings, for instance, strictly speaking she was sitting in as an observer. She could offer suggestions, but she possessed no voting rights whatsoever.

But.

She was the chairman’s wife.

Most of the time her wishes were the chairman’s wishes. Who would dare oppose them? When she sat in on a meeting, even a casual cough from her could change the direction it took.

Most of the time, though, Madam Su had a sense of proportion.

She supervised. She didn’t go about pointing fingers.

Nor did she come to the company every day. The reason she had come today was that Su Ruiwen had flown to the capital for meetings on the afternoon of July 8 and still hadn’t returned. So these past few days Madam Su had been coming in to “work.”

She was simply keeping an eye on things for her husband.

Judged purely as a capable wife, she was exceedingly well qualified.

“You’d call a board meeting?! Su! Qing! Ying! Are you trying to rebel?!” Madam Su was so furious her hands trembled slightly. The more obedient a person had been, the greater the anger once they began to disobey.

“I am the company’s executive vice president, and a member of the board. I have the right to call a board meeting.” Su Qingying looked her mother straight in the eye. In truth she was forcing herself to say it, but she showed not a trace of weakness.

The conference room was so quiet a dropped pin would have rung.

This was only a regular meeting, so a little over twenty executives were present—but counting the assistants and secretaries taking minutes and handling materials, there were forty or fifty people in the room.

Every one of them was frightened.

Some wore expressions of outright horror.

What was happening?

What was happening today?

They hadn’t seen the chairman’s wife lose her temper in a long time, because nobody dared clash with Madam Su openly. The last…