Ye Yang thought about the problem as he drove. This situation was indeed tricky so he began speculating about the potential culprits. Who would desire this outcome and had influence over Ruan Wenxiong?
While it looked like Huang Ruobing would be the person to suffer the most, if Ruan Wenxiong really retracted his investment, he'd lose out as well. For this reason, the culprit must've been someone who could provide Ruan Wenxiong with enough benefits to cover this loss.
However, before Ye Yang could deduce who this mysterious individual was, disaster struck. While driving through an intersection, a truck suddenly ran past the red light and came hurdling straight for Ye Yang.
For a truck this hefty, it would take an eternity for it to come to a halt even after slamming the brakes. Even then, there was still a chance that it would collide with Ye Yang's car. However, this truck showed virtually no signs of stopping. It was coming right at Ye Yang.
Ye Yang was startled. He did not anticipate that a truck would come straight at him out of nowhere, but it was already too late for him to do anything.
Just as the truck was about to crash into his vehicle, Ye Yang snapped his fingers, and suddenly, the world ground to a halt.
The truck had yet to crash into him and the startled expressions of people around the would-be crash site remained visible.
Ye Yang slowly opened the door and got out. No doubt, this was the work of the time stop function.
The time stop had basically saved his life. Had it not been for this capability, Ye Yang wouldn't be as calm as he was now.
And then, Ye Yang undid the function. The truck crashed into the car Ye Yang had been driving, and due to the angle at which the truck smashed into the vehicle, his car immediately went up in flames.
This caused a huge commotion. Many onlookers had been staring with their jaws dropped before the crash, and now, tons of people were scurrying around hastily. Some were recording the scene with their phones, some were calling the police, and surrounding drivers swerved around the crash site to avoid being part of the accident.
While the scene was still a hot mess, Ye Yang hailed a cab in order to continue his journey to Ruan Wenxiong's office.
When Ye Yang took out his phone to contact Ruan Wenxiong, he realized that the battery had run dry. He usually had a habit of charging his phone, but after playing games while loafing around in Huang Ruobing's office, Ye Yang's phone was already out black.
Ye Yang's departure from the office upon hearing about Huang Ruobing's project was so abrupt that he had forgotten to charge his phone.
"What do I do?" Ye Yang stared helplessly at his phone. He was adamant about completing whatever task he had by the day's end.
Then, he gradually regained his composure.
After being mocked for his outfit the last time, Ye Yang was now sporting proper clothes, fit for the occasion. This meant that people took him seriously when he stood before the reception counter.
"I've contacted your President, Mister Ruan, but now that my phone is dead, I can't inform him of my arrival," Ye Yang said calmly. "I'm here to talk about our project."
The receptionist had never seen Ye Yang before, but upon hearing this, she subconsciously believed that he was telling the truth. "President Ruan's office is on the 23rd floor. I'll get someone to take you upstairs."
At this, Ye Yang knew that he had been given the green light to proceed. But if he were to stick around for too long, things might get problematic, so Ye Yang rejected the receptionist's offer. "It's alright. It's not my first time here anyway. I can go up on my own."
Ye Yang's confident demeanor meant that the receptionist accepted his proposal readily. "Alright, please go ahead."
And so, Ye Yang strolled leisurely toward Ruan Wenxiong's office.
Meanwhile, the car crash at Riverside was being reported on the news.
This wasn't supposed to be anything huge, but with Riverside being such a prosperous city, a massive jam was caused as it took quite some time to clear away the remnants of the disastrous accident of such a scale. For this reason, almost all media outlets in Riverside managed to cover the incident, which led to Huang Ruobing finding out about it while she was still in her office.
On regular days, Huang Ruobing rarely read the news on her phone. But due to the collaboration with Ruan Wenxiong, she started checking her phone more frequently as of late.
This ultimately led her to discover the news of the accident.
Without the need for any affirmation, Huang Ruobing could tell that it was her company's car.
While it was impossible for Huang Ruobing to remember every car the company owned, she was the one who handed Ye Yang the vehicle's keys so Huang Ruobing could recognize this one in particular.
'Did something happen to Ye Yang?!'
This was Huang Ruobing's first thought upon recognizing the vehicle.
"Look up the plate number of the car that got into the accident just now," Huang Ruobing ordered over the phone as her suspicion grew heavier.
In fact, this call had been unnecessary. The outcome was already set. Details of the car crash were open to the public so before the secretary could inquire into the matter, she received news about it straight from the police department.
"President Huang, it is our company's car, but no one got hurt in the accident. When they arrived at the scene, there was no one inside the vehicle," the secretary reported at one.
Huang Ruobing had been down in the dumps when she became aware of the accident. Although she hadn't known Ye Yang for long, this unexpected accident only happened because Ye Yang was trying to help her negotiate with President Yuan.
But after hearing her secretary's report, the look of relief was apparent on Huang Ruobing's face.
She quickly grabbed her phone to call Ye Yang.
What Huang Ruobing failed to notice was how her hand was trembling as she made the call.