Fang Chenyi took the folder from the man’s hands, opened it, and glanced inside. His brow furrowed slightly.

After reading through it once, he snapped the folder shut, and a faint, inscrutable smile played on his lips.

At that moment, Lu Zhisen was completely dumbfounded. The words of the man named Ma Dacheng were still ringing in his ears.

’An audit firm? It’s really an audit firm? This shouldn’t be happening! Besides the management, you could say the entire finance department is full of my people. Why didn’t I get any word about an audit firm coming over?’

A storm of questions flashed through his mind. Then, as if remembering something, he hastily pulled out his phone. Seeing it had no signal, everything suddenly clicked into place. He didn’t even have to ask; he knew someone must have used a signal jammer.

Remembering his conversation with the Finance Director earlier that day, Lu Zhisen’s heart sank. The director had said the doctored books would be ready to swap in by noon, but it was still morning!

With this thought, his gaze immediately shot to the Finance Director seated below, hoping to see some sign of hope.

But when his eyes met the Finance Director’s, his heart went completely cold. The man was utterly dumbfounded, his eyes filled with nothing but terror and despair!

Not only that, but the Deputy Finance Director behind him also looked completely crestfallen.

Seeing this, Lu Zhisen thought to himself, ’This is bad!’

At that moment, he had only one thought in his mind: run!

So, he stood up impassively. Without a word, he lowered his head and started walking toward the door, his eyes fixed on the floor, never once glancing at Fang Chenyi.

He had only taken a few steps when a pair of casual leather shoes appeared in his line of sight.

He looked up and saw the new chairman, a grin on his face, who had appeared in front of him at some unknown point.

"Heh, the meeting isn’t over yet. Where might President Lu be going?"

Although Lu Zhisen was frantic inside, he put on a calm facade and snorted coldly.

"Hmph! Since you’ve already fired me, I’m naturally going back to pack my things. What, are you going to keep me here just to humiliate me?"

Seeing his forced composure, Fang Chenyi sneered.

"Heh, trying to leave now? A man of President Lu’s stature can’t just leave all by himself. Why don’t you go back and sit down for a bit, President Lu? I’ve already had someone arrange for a special car. We’ll be sure to escort you to where you need to go! Nearly six hundred million in just one month... You’ve got some real nerve, President Lu!"

When Lu Zhisen heard this, his last shred of hope was shattered. Just as Fang Chenyi said, he and the finance department had embezzled six hundred million in funds just last month. Fang Chenyi’s words made it obvious that he had already found out.

He took a deep breath. Looking at Fang Chenyi, who was half a head taller but seemed rather slim, he gritted his teeth and roared at the senior executives behind him, "What are you all waiting for? Let’s rush them together!"

After shouting, he slammed his shoulder hard into Fang Chenyi. His plan was simple and practical: the executives behind him weren’t clean either, so they could all make a run for it in the chaos. He would knock Fang Chenyi aside and immediately dash out. The others would follow right behind, giving him a better chance to escape.

Even though the auditors were outside, he figured they might not recognize him. Besides, with all the connections he’d built over the years, escaping the company building shouldn’t be a problem.

But he had underestimated Fang Chenyi’s abilities, as well as the bodyguard’s.

Just as his shoulder slammed into Fang Chenyi, the expected outcome—sending him stumbling—didn’t happen. Instead, it felt like his own shoulder had crashed into an iron plate.

With a muffled grunt, he was the one who was sent staggering backward.

Not only that, but as Lu Zhisen recoiled, Fang Chenyi lifted his leg and kicked.

Lu Zhisen felt as if a sledgehammer had smashed into his chest. The next moment, his somewhat portly body fell backward, skidding five or six meters across the smooth wooden floor and knocking over two rows of tables before finally coming to a stop.

At that moment, some of the executives who had snapped to their senses also started rushing for the door. While they hadn’t embezzled as much as Lu Zhisen, they were still taking several million a year.

They just couldn’t understand it. In the past, Lu Zhisen had always been meticulous about cleaning up the books. Why was there a problem today? Little did they know that if the audit had happened tomorrow, or even this afternoon, absolutely nothing would have been found.

In an instant, a full twenty people were charging toward the door.

Seeing this, Fang Chenyi tugged his father-in-law, trying to pull him back. But to his surprise, his father-in-law reacted even faster. The moment the crowd surged forward, he had already strode out to meet them.

Not only that, but with a swing of his fists, the fifty-or-sixty-year-old man instantly knocked a middle-aged man in gold-rimmed glasses to the ground.

’Damn, he’s got some serious skills!’

This was no exaggeration; that move just now was truly clean and efficient.

Qi Xiaotian, who was at the door, was also stunned. The boss’s father-in-law was actually using military-style combat techniques.

’That must mean the old man was in the military,’ he thought.

It all happened in a flash. The crowd gave them no time to think, swarming forward in a rush.

Fang Chenyi no longer hesitated. He kicked out, knocking one person down and taking two more down with him.

A punch from his right hand sent another person stumbling back to the ground.

While his father-in-law was taking men down one by one, Fang Chenyi alone had already felled nearly ten people in just five or six seconds. The remaining five or six had reached the doorway. Seeing only Qi Xiaotian standing there, a spark of hope ignited in each of them. Facing so many of them alone, no matter how good a fighter he was, surely one or two of them could get past.

And in their hearts, each one of them believed they would be one of those two.

But it seemed they were being far too optimistic. Due to the limited width of the doorway, combined with Qi Xiaotian’s ferocity, he held his ground. In a one-on-six fight, he may have only knocked down two, but the others were completely unable to get past.

Once Fang Chenyi had dealt with the rest behind them, he arrived at the door. As if plucking up little chicks, he grabbed two men and tossed them back into the room with a flick of his wrist.

The last two men remaining saw the situation, a bitter taste filling their mouths. Gritting their teeth, they thought, ’To hell with it!’