Fu Xiaoxiao walked them out the door. When she saw the speed of the elevator closing, she felt a sharp pain in her heart, and then she felt empty.

Was returning to the country a mistake?

It had only been a few days, and Gu Gengchang had already found her son. He had probably solved the problem of the Fu's. It wouldn't be easy for her to take her son away.

She grabbed her bag and headed out the door. She had to get back to work as soon as possible and solve the problem with the Fu's. Only then would she be able to move on to the next step.

She went downstairs, got into the temporary rental car, and drove to the company.

Not long after she arrived at the company, Minister Yang from the Marketing Department and Director Ge from the Finance Department came to her office.

"Miss!"

"Miss!"

The two of them shouted in unison.

Fu Xiaoxiao turned around and met their gazes. She smiled. "Please take a seat."

Minister Yang lowered his head slightly and said apologetically, "I'm really sorry for letting you down. I didn't manage the marketing department well for you and caused the company to lose a lot of orders."

Minister Ge also took a step forward, "You trusted me so much in the past. I didn't expect to disappoint you."

No one knew that they had known each other for a long time. Fu Xiaoxiao knew that working for the Fu's was extremely complicated, so she deliberately hid the fact that they knew each other so that they could stay in the Fu's and take control of the two most important departments.

Fu Xiaoxiao stepped forward. "You two are too kind. I know the situation of the Fu's better than you do. The fact that the Fu's have been able to hold on until now is already a huge credit to you two. I am very grateful. Thank you for everything you've done for the Fu's over the past five years."

She bowed low, and the two men helped her to her feet.

The three of them sat on the sofa one after another.

"I want to know the current situation." Fu Xiaoxiao had been informed by Fu Zhenghui before she had returned home that the Fu's were in a very difficult situation, but she wanted to know exactly what the situation was like.

Minister Yang from the marketing department said, "Let me start by saying that the company has been running well for the past two years since you left. There have been contracts for housing and commercial real estate projects. Later, it began to decline. At the end of last year, the situation began to deteriorate. The company signed fewer and fewer projects, and the bids for several large projects failed. "

"Not only that, but there are problems with several of the projects under construction, and the money-making projects have become money-losing projects. We haven't had a single project since March, and there are still some under construction."

Fu Xiaoxiao had thought about how difficult it would be for the company, but she didn't expect it to be even more difficult than she had imagined. It was already September, which meant that she hadn't signed a new project for half a year.

Her brows were furrowed as her mind raced.

Director Ge also reported on the company's current situation, and from his description, Fu Xiaoxiao knew that the company's financial situation was now in a precarious state. It would only be two months at most, and if the situation did not improve, it would not be long before the company went bankrupt.

Fu Xiaoxiao thought for a moment before turning to Minister Yang. "Is Gu's the only one who attacked us?"

It was not a secret that Gu Gengchang had publicly attacked the Fu's. When she returned and met Gu Gengchang for the first time, he had already admitted it.

Minister Yang shook his head. "I have also sent people to investigate, but the other party hid it very well. At least for now, it is not clear."

Fu Xiaoxiao's heart was filled with worry as she listened to the two of them. She and Minister Yang carefully analyzed the current situation and the new projects that they could fight for at the moment. After deciding on two projects that could be followed up, she discussed the funding problem with Director Ge.

She sat alone in her chair, deep in thought.

She glanced at the notes she had just made. The biggest obstacle to the company now was the Gu's. Several of the ongoing housing projects were actually due to be handed over, but some of the renovation materials were not available, which seriously affected the progress of the project, so now the workers were paid every day and had nothing to do.

On the other hand, the owners, who had already bought a house and were waiting to move in, saw that there was still more than a month to go before the delivery date.

The Gu's had deliberately cut off the supply of cement with their absolute strength. This alone wasn't enough, and it affected the progress of the entire project.

Some of the owners had already threatened to sue the Fu's if they could not deliver the work as scheduled. At that time, they would have to pay a large sum of penalty fees.

All of this was really one chain after another. Just thinking about it gave him a headache.

Thinking about the domineering Gu Gengchang this morning, her mood became even gloomier. He had always misunderstood her. If she begged him now, she was afraid that he wouldn't listen to her and would instead invite his ridicule.

Now that Fu Zhenghui had fallen ill, she was the only one who could make the decisions, and she had to face such a complicated situation as soon as she came up. She couldn't help but feel stressed. Even if she had the ability, it would take a lot of time to solve so many difficult problems. Besides, she didn't have the ability, and she didn't have the money to replenish it.

A clever woman could not cook without rice, and she was in a difficult position.

While she was thinking about it with a headache, a sharp female voice came from the door." Oh, I was wondering who it was. It turns out to be Miss Fu, who has been away from home for five years. Why? Now that your father is sick, are you here to watch the joke or to rob the company? "

The voice belonged to a middle-aged woman in a black cheongsam. She was tall and well-preserved.

What had changed?

This person was Fu Zhenghui's mistress, Wang Lu. In the past, she was Fu Zhenghui's secretary. She coveted Fu Zhenghui's money, so she went to great lengths to climb into his bed.

The reason why Fu Xiaoxiao's mother was ill and not in a good state of mind was because of the woman in front of her.

Seeing Wang Lu walking towards her arrogantly, Fu Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes and said softly, "When I come back, what I come back for, these are all our family matters. It's not up to an outsider like you to point fingers."

Wang Lu had always been very afraid of this Fu Xiaoxiao. Just now, as soon as she had entered the company, she had heard people talking about how the young lady was doing when she came back. She had come here with a lot of pent-up anger, but now that she was being stared at by Fu Xiaoxiao, her momentum had dropped a lot.