Thirsty Skin - Chapter 7

Chapter 7 – Is this your work?

Zhu Chizhou found the project report of Qiuge Industrial from the pile of project materials.

When Zhu Chizhou turned to the section on financial analysis of the target company, his fingers felt numb.

Both the income statement and the balance sheet were professionally processed and adjusted to conceal any significant flaws.

Looking through the other parts, they are also written perfectly and there is no mistake to be found. The report was definitely written under the guidance of an expert.

Zhou Yuang was not in the company today, so Zhu Chizhou called him directly and asked, “Where are you?”

The tone was not very good, Zhou Yuang was puzzled, “Xiao Lan and I are having a meeting outside.”

Zhu Chizhou asked: “Who wrote the project report for Qiuge Industrial?”

“Qiuge Industry? Is the project going to be launched?” Zhou Yuang said, “I don’t know, maybe the boss wrote it himself.”

Zhu Chizhou suppressed his anger and said, “Didn’t he say he wouldn’t do it?”

“Oh, maybe things have changed,” Zhou Yuang said lightly, “He didn’t think it was going to work at first, but then he made some new discoveries and I think it’s normal to think the project can be done. What’s wrong?”

Zhu Chizhou didn’t answer and hung up the phone directly.

He still didn’t want to believe that Lin Wan would do such a thing.

Suddenly, he remembered that Zhou Yuang had said that Lin Wan wanted to buy a house… Wasn’t this four million quite tempting to Lin Wan?

Zhu Chizhou felt breathless, and his violently contracting heart squeezed the blood straight to his forehead.

He felt betrayed.

He didn’t have this feeling when Zheng Zexun brought people to bribe him with 4 million.

‘It’s not anger or fury, it’s just that I feel betrayed!’

He trusts Lin Wan so much!

When he first came to work at the company, he hated Lin Wan and felt that Lin Wan was targeting him and finding fault with him everywhere. But since he could hear Lin Wan’s inner voice, he found that this was Lin Wan’s style of doing things, striving to do things 100%, and being more demanding of himself than of others.

Now he understands and appreciates Lin Wan’s character. He is willing to be Lin Wan’s subordinate. He will be happy with a compliment from Lin Wan and will want to do his job well to gain Lin Wan’s approval.

But, in the end, the person he admired and trusted was such a person!

He turned out to be someone who could sell his soul for just four million!

Zhu Chizhou slammed the report on the table with a bang and strode out with his cell phone in his hand.

When the other people in the investment department heard the noise, they all turned to look at him, wanting to ask him what happened. But seeing his dark face, which was a bit scary, they didn’t dare to ask, and could only look at each other.

Zhu Chizhou wanted to call Lin Wan in the stairwell, but was afraid that other colleagues would hear him. It was not until he went downstairs and out of the lobby that he found a place where no one was.

At this moment, Lin Wan was in Mr. Zhang’s office on the 29th floor.

The phone was vibrating on the table. Lin Wan didn’t lower her head. She just pressed the side button to quiet the phone. After a while, it started vibrating again.

In the gap between words, he picked up his phone and took a look. It was Zhu Chizhou, but he didn’t answer.

But the opponent was very persistent and continued to call for four or five times.

Mr. Zhang said, “If it’s urgent, just take it.”

Lin Wan had no choice but to stand up with his phone in hand, “Sorry.”

When he walked out the door, the other end hung up automatically. He called back: “What’s the matter?”

Zhu Chizhou didn’t know what medicine he had taken wrong, and asked bluntly: “Where are you? What are you doing?”

Lin Wan was stunned for a moment and said, “At the company.”

Zhu Chizhou asked again: “Where in the company?”

The tone sounded like he was losing his temper.

The 29th floor was very quiet. Lin Wan whispered, “What happened? I’m in Mr. Zhang’s office.”

There was silence for a while, and the tone seemed less aggressive: “When will you be back?”

“Mr. Zhang wants to talk to me about something. He’ll be back soon.”

Zhu Chizhou said stiffly: “I’ll wait for you in the office. I have something to ask you.”

Lin Wan didn’t know for a moment whether he was the bods or Zhu Chizhou, but he still replied patiently, “Okay.”

After finishing his talk with Mr. Zhang, it was already time for lunch. Lin Wan politely declined Mr. Zhang’s invitation to have lunch together and took the elevator back to the 27th floor.

Most of his colleagues had gone to eat, and there are still a few people in the investment department working overtime.

Zhu Chizhou was sitting at his workstation waiting for him. Lin Wan walked into the office and Zhu Chizhou followed in.

“Bang!”

Zhu Chizhou threw Qiuge Industrial’s project report on the table.

Lin Wan pulled out a chair and sat down, looking up: “What’s wrong?”

Zhu Chizhou didn’t look at him, but pointed at something on the table and asked, “You wrote this, right?”

Lin Wan: “Yes.”

Zhu Chizhou excitedly turned to the financial analysis page in the report, pointed at the report and asked, “Is this your work?”

In order to ensure that the financial indicators met the basic requirements for investment, Lin Wan did ask the company to make some adjustments, but they were all within the scope prescribed by the law, including changes in accounting estimates and adjustments to the timing of revenue recognition. The entire process was guided by the accounting firm and there were no problems at all.

Lin Wan answered truthfully: “This is the data provided by the company itself.”

“I’ve seen the report Zhou Yuang sent me before,” Zhu Chizhou was very angry, his face flushed, “It’s not like that at all!”

“Yes,” Lin Wan said calmly, “I asked them to adjust it.”

“Why?” Zhu Chizhou asked, looking into his eyes.

Lin Wan was very calm and didn’t understand why Zhu Chizhou was so excited about adjusting a report. He thought, “Isn’t this a very normal thing?”

Zhu Chizhou looked at him and asked, “Do you think this is normal?”

Lin Wan was surprised: “What’s wrong with this?”

Zhu Chizhou suddenly felt very bored. He clenched his fists and unclenched them, looking down at the table: “I thought you were different from others.”

Lin Wan was slightly shocked. ‘I am different from others? How so?’ Normally, investors will not take the initiative to help companies improve their financial indicators, but isn’t this what the higher-ups ordered?

Lin Wan said, “There’s nothing we can do about it.”

“I didn’t expect you to give up your principles for this.” Zhu Chizhou said.

Lin Wan: …

‘What is my principle? No adjustment of financial statements?’

Lin Wan was silent. Zhu Chizhou raised his head again, looked him straight in the eyes, and asked, “Do you really not feel any guilt at all?”

Lin Wan was shocked. It was just a report. 【What’s there to feel guilty about?】

When Zhu Chizhou heard that Lin Wan was still taking it for granted, he immediately felt that he was an unforgivable sinner and beyond redemption: “What’s the difference between your behavior and fraud? Are you willing to do anything for money?”

His voice was a little loud and the office was not soundproofed, so someone was already peeking outside.

Lin Wan was completely confused. “Zhu Chizhou, what’s wrong with you? You can’t stand adjusting the meter? If you are so principled, you are not suitable to be an investor. Resign!”

“Is this about the watch?” Zhu Chizhou yelled at him, “Don’t you know what you did?!”

Lin Wan frowned, lowered his eyes, then raised his eyelids to look at him, with a warning in his eyes, and said word by word: “I don’t know, you’d better explain it to me clearly.”

Zhu Chizhou was tall and big, standing under the light, his handsome thick eyebrows knitted together, almost gritting his teeth: “Do you really want me to say it?”

Lin Wan stared at him, folding his arms across his chest, 【What, are you afraid to say?】

Zhu Chizhou asked in a different way: “When you went to the company, you rejected the investment on the spot. Why do you want to do it now?”

Under normal circumstances, Lin Wan might patiently explain that it was normal to not be optimistic about a project at first, but later find that it was worth doing. But now Lin Wan was annoyed by Zhu Chizhou’s unreasonable behavior, and he said coldly: “It has nothing to do with you.”

【It’s so funny, why should I do this? It’s just because my boss told me to do it.】

【Mr. Zhang said that Mr. Lei from Tingzheng Group personally told him that this project must be done!】

【This crappy business is very troublesome. Do you think I want to do it?】

【But the biggest investor has spoken, what can I do?】

【I am just a worker trying to make a living!】

【Do you think everyone is a rich second generation like you?! ! !】

After saying this coldly, Lin Wan saw with his own eyes that the expression on the boy’s face changed from surprise to astonishment, then from astonishment to annoyance, and finally from annoyance to confusion.

Lin Wan:?

Zhu Chizhou’s face, ears, and neck were all red. He was in a trance. He looked at him in despair and seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

Lin Wan didn’t know what happened, but he was still angry: “Just say what you want to say.”

Zhu Chizhou looked pitiful and timid, as if he had been bullied. He stared at Lin Wan for a long while, then lowered his head and said, “I… I don’t have anything to say.”

The boy’s red face and stuttering made Lin Wan once again recall Zhu Chizhou’s appearance in the swimming pool that night.

The wonderful touch in his memory suddenly came over him again, and the desire that had been suppressed all these days surged out from the depths of his heart, causing his skin all over his body to feel a tingling sensation.

His heartbeat also accelerated uncontrollably.

Lin Wan’s gaze moved down to the boy’s chest. The bulging pectoral muscles made the thin fabric of the shirt bulge out. Lin Wan still remembered the feeling of it sticking to his body.

It is precisely because of this that Lin Wan has tried his best to avoid Zhu Chizhou during this period.

The heart beats faster, the skin begins to itch and sting, and he would feel short of breath. These were the precursors to his illness.

Lin Wan propped his elbows on the table, clenched his fists and supported his temples, and said with a bit of weakness: “If there’s nothing to say, then get out!”