Chapter 234: Chapter 232: Having Too Many Companies Is a Headache

Fang Chenyi jogged out of the residential complex, having completely abandoned his plan to go back and check on his old rental.

Only after settling into his Raptor did he finally let out a long sigh of relief. ’Phew... that was too close. Good thing I’m a fast runner, otherwise I’d have been a goner back there.’

He didn’t linger. He started the engine, slammed his foot on the gas, and sped off.

Back at the villa, he headed straight for the study without a second thought.

More than two hours later, Fang Chenyi looked at the exhausted Bai Menghan with a look of pure frustration. ’Sigh, I really should put a big bed in this study.’

He scooped Bai Menghan into his arms, carried her to the bathroom for a bath, and then brought her to the bedroom.

After Bai Menghan was sound asleep, Fang Chenyi sheepishly slipped out of the bedroom. Feeling his own body still raring to go, he resignedly took a cold shower, which finally helped him feel a bit better.

’For crying out loud! I’m already potent enough as it is. Giving me an extra two-hour boost... isn’t that just asking for me to suffer?’

RING RING RING~

Just as Fang Chenyi was complaining about the system’s previous special reward, his phone rang.

He picked it up and saw the call was from Selena.

He frowned and immediately hung up. ’She’s a total siren. I barely managed to cool off with that cold shower. If I let her tempt me, all that effort would be for nothing.’

The moment he hung up, his phone started ringing again.

He assumed it was that foreign woman again, but a glance at the caller ID showed it was Zhou Shuren from AW Company.

He slapped his forehead. ’I’ve been so busy lately... I totally forgot I own the world’s most expensive bottled water company.’

After answering the call, Zhou Shuren’s voice quickly came through from the other end:

"Chairman Fang, you must be incredibly busy! I’ve been trying to schedule a welcome dinner for you for half a month. You should at least swing by for a look around, haha."

Fang Chenyi chuckled, feeling a bit embarrassed. To be fair, he owned quite a few companies now, but he had actually visited very few of them.

"Haha, Chairman Zhou, it’s not that I don’t want to come, I’ve just been incredibly busy lately. I’m buried in work and can’t get away. How about this: I’ll definitely stop by the company to take a look as soon as I have some time."

Zhou Shuren was speechless on the other end. ’This must be what a real tycoon is like,’ he thought, ’spending hundreds of millions to acquire a company without even knowing where the front door is...’

He sighed in resignation and got to the point.

"Chairman Fang, it’s the end of the month. I’ve sent this month’s financial report to your email. Please review it when you have a moment."

Hearing that this was the reason for the call, Fang Chenyi nodded.

"Haha, I can take a look, but let’s not use the word ’review,’ haha."

They chatted for another moment before hanging up.

After hanging up, Fang Chenyi went back to the study, opened his computer, and logged into his email. He saw an email from Zhou Shuren.

He clicked it open and frowned at the massive amount of data. ’This is such a mess. How the hell am I supposed to understand any of this?’

Fang Chenyi scratched his head, faced with a screen full of technical data.

RING RING RING~

Staring at the computer screen, he grabbed his phone and answered without looking.

"Oh, my dearest Chairman, I hope I’m not disturbing you~"

Fang Chenyi froze. He brought the phone up to his face and saw that, sure enough, it was Selena.

Remembering the foreign woman’s forwardness, he frowned and asked, "Selena, why are you calling me? If you have something to say, just get straight to the point!" 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Hearing the tone of his voice, Selena let out a disappointed sigh on the other end of the line.

"Oh~ my dearest Chairman, don’t you like it when I call you~? I—"

Before Selena could finish, Fang Chenyi hurriedly cut her off.

"Enough. State your business. If you keep talking nonsense, I’m hanging up!"

That did the trick. Selena immediately got down to business.

"Oh, no, no, my dearest Chairman! It’s the end of the month, so I need to report this month’s financials to you. But there’s a lot of data, so if you have the time, it would be best to meet in person to discuss it. Of course, if it’s inconvenient for you to come here, I can fly to you. You just need to book a nice hotel~"

Listening to Selena say those words in her distinctive voice, Fang Chenyi felt a massive headache coming on. Annoyed, he rolled his eyes and cut her off again before she could finish.

"No need. Just send it to my email. That’s all. I’m busy here. Hanging up. Bye."

Without waiting for Selena to reply, he hung up the phone.

Over in her office, Selena stared at the disconnected call, her big eyes blinking in utter confusion as she muttered to herself:

"Oh, my dearest Chairman, if you won’t book a hotel for me, I can always book one for myself..."

After hanging up, Fang Chenyi let out a long sigh. ’Damn it.’ He was completely loyal to Menghan, but that didn’t mean he was a saint. He could control his mind and his actions, but a man’s primal instincts were another matter entirely.

He shook his head in resignation and turned his attention back to the computer screen. A moment later, his email pinged. A new message had arrived from Selena.

Fang Chenyi didn’t open it, instead continuing to stare at the AW Company report.

RING RING RING~

’What the hell is with today?’ he thought. ’This is never-ending!’

He picked up his phone and saw the caller ID: Lu Zhisen. Fang Chenyi knew at once. The current VP of Southern Airlines. He didn’t even have to ask to know that this was another call about a financial report.

Sure enough, that’s what it was. After telling him to send it to his email as well, Fang Chenyi hung up.

The moment he hung up, the phone rang again...

And so it went for the entire afternoon. Fang Chenyi didn’t get a moment’s rest. Wan Li from Baida Film and Television, Tang Ying from Lu Chao Technology, the director of Qinhuang Sunlight Private Middle School, the CEO of Apple Inc., and finally, even Wang Shoufu himself gave him a call.

At six-thirty in the evening, Fang Chenyi stood up from his computer and stretched, letting out a long sigh. ’This is no way for a person to live!’

In a whole afternoon, between all the phone calls, Fang Chenyi had only just barely managed to make sense of the financial report from AW Company.

Looking at the long list of remaining unread emails, Fang Chenyi felt the urge to just smash the computer in front of him.

With a CREAK, the study door was pushed open from the outside, and Bai Menghan walked in, wearing a cute bunny pajama set.

"What’s wrong? I heard you sighing all the way from the hallway."

[To be continued...]