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Chapter 961 - 958: How is it, does it taste good?

Chapter 961: Chapter 958: How is it, does it taste good?

Qin Ming had gone out to handle some matters, so Tong Xiaohua, following Yan Bo’s instructions and combining them with what she had already thought necessary, wrote a detailed checklist for auditing the accounts.

That evening, she took out the detailed checklist and started to seriously review the bank account books for the year at home in the study room.

Since she mentioned auditing the accounts, Qin Ming had already delivered all the bank account books for the year by evening.

Tong Xiaohua had dinner with her parents, then buried herself in a pile of account books.

In the middle of her work, Mom Tong brought her some fruits and tea, and seeing the large pile of account books on the desk, felt very distressed.

"Xiao Hua, are you suddenly saying you want to audit the accounts because of what your dad said the other day?"

Mom Tong, after so many years, seemed never to have interfered in the family business, but she had a very clear understanding of many things in her heart.

"Mom, that’s not it. For a head of the family, isn’t regularly auditing the accounts the most normal thing to do?"

Tong Xiaohua had observed how Yan Bo, Di Xu, and other subordinates got along, and she envied their rapport and high level of coordination, which also prompted her to reflect on her own management team.

For now, she and her supervisors didn’t have the same level of understanding and coordination that Yan Bo and Di Xu had.

Therefore, the accounts were just a small part of the problem; right now, what she needed was to cultivate a group of management staff who were loyal to her.

These management staff, of course, couldn’t all be trained by herself from scratch, and those currently under her, who had served under her father, were undoubtedly capable individuals. Having followed her for nearly half a year now, she already had a rough idea of whom to keep and whom to move away from the center of power.

Auditing was one of the most direct ways to confirm the thoughts she held within her heart.

However, with the Tong Family’s numerous businesses, if she were to audit them herself, until what year and month would she finish?

After reviewing the accounts for a couple of hours, Tong Xiaohua finally realized this fact.

Massaging her slightly swollen temples, Tong Xiaohua decided it was time to ask for help.

And her rescuer was naturally Yan Bo.

The phone rang for a while before it was answered, "Hello, Xiao Hua?"

The voice on the other end of the phone was husky and didn’t quite sound like Yan Bo.

Tong Xiaohua paused for a moment, brought the phone in front of her eyes to check the name, confirmed it was correct, and then put the phone back to her ear, "Yan Bo? Why is your voice so hoarse? Do you have a cold?"

"No, I just drank a bit too much at a social event..."

Tong Xiaohua’s heart lurched. "Are you drunk? Have you taken any hangover cure?"

"I’m not drunk; I took some hangover cure beforehand, don’t worry. Aunt Xin had also prepared some soup in advance; I’ll be fine after I drink it when I get back."

Although Yan Bo’s voice was husky, his speech was coherent and his thoughts clear, which really didn’t sound like he was drunk.

Although Tong Xiaohua was still very concerned, she couldn’t possibly fly over immediately; besides, even if she did, she wouldn’t be able to do much for him.

"Then go home, take a bath, and get some sleep early; you don’t need to call me back, just send a safety message."

Tong Xiaohua swallowed the words she originally intended to say.

But Yan Bo understood her very well, "Are you calling me at this time because there’s something you need?"

Tong Xiaohua thought about it and decided to be direct.

"I’m planning to audit all the Tong Family’s accounts. Do you have any reliable financial companies you can recommend to me?"

Because some of the Tong Family businesses were of a special nature, Tong Xiaohua didn’t really trust ordinary financial companies.

Yan Bo seemed to understand what she meant by reliable almost immediately and after a while, he responded to her.

"I’ll contact you about it tomorrow—is it urgent?"

Obviously, he already had suitable options in mind.

"There’s no rush, a few more days is fine, you take care of your matters first."

It wasn’t clear whether Yan Bo had forgotten about it, hadn’t been able to contact the company he mentioned, or was simply too busy to care about other matters, but it wasn’t until Wednesday, when the two met for dinner, that Yan Bo brought up the matter of the company.

"Xiao Hua, the financial company I contacted for you is overseas, is that okay?"

Tong Xiaohua had assumed that he would find a financial company from the Capital City at most, but she didn’t expect he would look overseas.

"It’s fine, if you think it’s OK, then it is."

Tong Xiaohua brought a thermos of stewed soup because she heard Yan Bo had been dining out these past days.

In the midst of their conversation, she had already poured a bowl of soup and handed it to Yan Bo.

Yan Bo accepted the soup but didn’t rush to drink it, choosing instead to explain.

"This financial company is run by a good friend of mine. She’s very familiar with domestic systems, and most importantly, she’s trustworthy!"

Tong Xiaohua sat down, watching him earnestly and intently.

He seemed a bit melancholic having not seen her for a few days.

A concern stirred within her, and the matters of the accounts now seemed trivial.

"Mm, if you think she’s reliable, that’s good." She said, then reached out to touch Yan Bo’s face, "Have you lost weight? Have you been drinking too much these past days, or staying up late?"

Yan Bo touched the back of her hand, tapping it gently and giving her a reassuring smile.

"Don’t worry, I haven’t been drinking much, nor staying up late."

In fact, the two bank officials he had met with these last few days were extremely difficult to deal with.

For some reason, even though Yan Bo had prepared sufficient data, both officials flatly rejected Yanhuang Company’s loan application.

Yan Bo suspected this might be his father’s way of starting to apply pressure on him.

However, these were his speculations for now, so he had no intention of mentioning them to Tong Xiaohua yet.

Tong Xiaohua looked at him with a mixture of belief and doubt, ultimately not having the heart to press further.

"Have the soup first to pad your stomach, the dishes will take a while to come."

Since both were busy, they had scheduled dinner for eight o’clock.

Yan Bo uttered an acknowledgment and, lowering his head, drank half the bowl in one go.

Then, as if he remembered something, he asked, "Did Uncle Guan make this soup?"

Tong Xiaohua’s face reddened, "No, it’s not..."

Yan Bo raised an eyebrow, looking at her with a smile, "Did you make it?"

Tong Xiaohua coughed twice before admitting in a soft voice, "Yes..." She touched her nose, feeling quite embarrassed, and asked, "Does it taste terrible?"

Yan Bo just looked at her, his eyes unblinking, as though layers of shimmering light flickered within his deep gaze.

Yan Bo stared at her for quite some time and then drank the remaining soup in his bowl without a word.

Before Tong Xiaohua could ask about the taste, he leaned in, pressing his lips, still speckled with tiny oil droplets, against hers.

Soon, Tong Xiaohua discovered firsthand what her stewed soup tasted like.

When the warm liquid moved from Yan Bo’s mouth to hers, Tong Xiaohua felt as though she was scalded by hot oil, sending a shiver through her body.

Yan Bo’s eyes twinkled with mirth as he blocked her mouth, his tongue teasingly moving inside her mouth as if reminding her to swallow the soup quickly.

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