Chapter 27: Empress Feng

"Now those who go up are like this. Their business is not good, but their airs are bigger than one another!" Lao Qian threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, not without disdain.

Sure enough, it was not easy to meet Feng Yi. Qi Fei found her secretary. The young female secretary appeared cautious and asked many questions.

Qi Fei frowned: "Cooperating with the investigation is a citizen's obligation. Does this need an appointment?" He was somewhat unhappy with the secretary's mechanical execution.

The female secretary couldn't refute him, so she had to dial the phone. Even without the speakerphone, one could hear the scolding coming from the other end.

Qi Fei understood immediately. It seemed it wasn't the secretary's problem. Then, without waiting for the secretary to finish the call, he went up and pushed open Feng Yi's door.

Feng Yi sitting inside looked quite young, but her high cheekbones and mole made her look mean immediately, and the overly red lipstick highlighted this uncomfortable temperament.

She was stunned. Obviously, no one dared to break into her noble office. After reacting, she shouted sharply at the phone: "You get in here!"

The female secretary walked in tremblingly. From the moment she entered the door, Feng Yi had already set up a posture of reprimand, staring at the female secretary with that vulgar and rude look, as if she wanted to eat her.

"What's going on? How many times have I said that you are not allowed to let people in without my consent!"

Qi Fei was also very unhappy. A person who could treat her subordinates with such disrespect in front of strangers had visible quality.

Only silence responded to Feng Yi. The female secretary said nothing, just lowered her head.

"Qi Fei from the Nancheng Police Bureau. Vice President Feng, right?" Qi Fei couldn't bear it and immediately revealed his identity, saying coldly.

However, when Feng Yi heard the name Qi Fei, the shrew's face just now instantly turned into a flattering smile, without even a little transition. She turned her head and gave the female secretary another white look: "What are you still doing here? Go and pour tea!"

"You are that legendary special Qi Fei?" Feng Yi just finished throwing a face at the secretary and immediately started acting coquettish to Qi Fei. Her eyes with false eyelashes kept looking at him, and it seemed that there were a hundred ideas flashing through her mind.

Empress Feng... Qi Fei immediately knew what this nickname Lao Qian said meant. It was wonderful enough.

"I'm just a police officer. I came here today to investigate Niu Yinzhu's matter," Qi Fei ignored her and went straight to the point.

"Oh." When Feng Yi heard the name "Niu Yinzhu," a trace of disgust flashed across her face, not at all like the attitude she should have toward a confidant. "You have to find Yu Meiren in the Human Resources Department for this. Why come to me?"

Heh, buck-passing is really the style of this City Investment Group from top to bottom, Qi Fei thought contemptuously in his heart, then said:

"Good suggestion. I have already talked to Yu Meiren. Then, don't mind if we talk about your business cooperation with her?"

"Cooperation? I have nothing to do with her," Feng Yi immediately cleared herself.

In Qi Fei's view, this is "there is no three hundred taels of silver here" (a Chinese idiom meaning to reveal one's secret by trying to hide it).

"I heard that you looked for her for the project she handled before she went missing?" Qi Fei asked not politely.

Feng Yi sneered with her arms crossed: "I looked for her? Are you sure it wasn't her who took the initiative to stick to me?"

"How do you say that?" Qi Fei saw the meaning, and there was another way of saying it.

Feng Yi smiled, but her look at Qi Fei still had a bit of flattery: "Let's not talk about work first. How about adding a WeChat?"

Qi Fei stood up coldly and didn't take out his phone: "No need. When I need it, I will continue to come to your company to find you."

Feng Yi was bored, but her tolerance for Qi Fei was surprisingly high. She squeezed out a smile: "I often have to go out for meetings. Adding a WeChat is more convenient."

"You said Niu Yinzhu took the initiative to find you. What exactly did you talk about?" Qi Fei didn't hear it and continued to ask.

"If I say this is a commercial secret, is it okay?"

"No. Human life is at stake. You have to tell me."

Feng Yi knew she had met a hard stub, so she had to say: "Niu Yinzhu caught a good time. Our big boss likes this kind of high education and drive. Look, she has only been here for a few years and is already a department supervisor. Many old people in our group haven't reached this position even after ten or twenty years. She and I do our own things, and I didn't pay attention at first. Later, once I went to another place for a meeting, she served very well, and things like taking bags and clothes were all grabbed by her to do with my secretary. Although, on the way, her mouth was chattering and reporting the work in her hands, which was noisy. But the attitude is good. Who doesn't like the feeling of being served? She is so hardworking, of course I have to give her a chance. Whenever I have distinguished guests here, she is indispensable for serving tea and water. She likes it very much, and she comes very diligently. I know about the project you mentioned. I don't know what rumors are outside. Anyway, I didn't let her do it. As for her private dealings with this general and that general to engage in tricks in order to please me, who can know?"

Feng Yi cleared herself completely in a few words.

The Niu Yinzhu in her mouth was a different picture from what Lao Qian said—diligent and flattering, with a good temper. However, thinking about it, it is reasonable. Most of those who bully the lower ones are flattering to the upper ones, which is not strange.

"You said she often reported work to you. Did she mention anything to you before she went missing on her last business trip?"

"Isn't that a normal project docking? She asked me if I wanted to go to Hai City to see a digital finance project she liked. Hehe, I listened to this kind of routine, and it was played out many years ago. She asked me to go with her, just to let me see her credit. She didn't understand anything and was in a hurry to make achievements. Hmph. However, Niu Yinzhu is young, and I am still quite open-minded. Let her toss, isn't it just wasting some time and travel expenses? Oh, shouldn't I say it so bluntly? According to our boss Luo's words, this is training young people!"

Feng Yi's indifference made Qi Fei secretly unhappy. He could only pull the topic back to the investigation: "Do you have any specific situation about this project?"

Feng Yi rolled her eyes: "How could I have such specific things?" The implication was that this level of work was not worthy of her "vice president."

As she was talking, her phone rang, and her tone was incredibly flattering: "Boss, don't worry about this matter. Everything has been arranged. I have already greeted them. Yes, yes, yes..."

It sounded like the "big boss" she mentioned was calling. Her words were both reliable and active, and there was no meaning of buck-passing at all.

After hanging up the phone, she commented on herself not without pride: "This work, it still depends on relationships."

Qi Fei felt a chill in his heart. He had just heard this sentence—Lao Qian said it was what Niu Yinzhu often said. It was really "the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam is crooked." ===== CHAPTER 28 =====