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Qi Yueran had been in the company for half a year. Master Qi asked him to develop his skills in the subsidiary company first, and then take over the family business completely after he had experiences. During this period, he talked about a couple of collaborations and there was no slip-up. He talked about it very smoothly. But that didn’t mean he was doing well in the company.
How many old and new employees were not accepting that Qi family’s little young master took the position of vice president as soon as he entered the company after finishing his studies? Those people’s heart was loftier than the sky[1] that they thought they were the best, others couldn’t compare with themselves. Therefore, Qi Yueran, even if he had the ability, was subconsciously put in the ranks of the second generation pampered son of a wealthy family.
As instructed by He Jian, Han Pinggao called Qi Yueran directly. Coincidentally, when the phone call came in, Qi Yueran was in a meeting and the two sides with different school of thoughts in the conference room were engaged in a heated argument.
Qi Yueran didn’t bring his mobile phone into the conference room. The mobile phone was left in the assistant’s place. The assistant would pass the message to him if there was anything. Only that, when the assistant answered the phone call, as soon the assistant heard ‘He family’s the third young master’, the assistant was stupefied.
It was not a secret that He Jian was coming to Quanlin City. The discussion in the commercial district was going ahead at full steam as they all racked their heads trying to figure out how to curry favor. But who would have expected that this third young master of He family had surprisingly called first.
The assistant did not dare to slight, took the mobile phone and knocked on the door before entering the conference room. The assistant approached by Qi Yueran’s ear and said, “Vice President, Mister He Jian’s assistant’s call. Look…”
Although the assistant didn’t talk too loud, the people around still could hear it. Qi Yueran was so surprised that his eyebrows were raised. He hadn’t contacted the He family before. He had no idea why He Jian would suddenly call him. But he knew it was a good opportunity.
Qi Yueran took his mobile phone and said something to the president next to him, then went out to answer the phone.
Han Pinggao only conveyed the meaning of He Jian, saying that He Jian wanted to have a meal with him if it wasn’t inconvenient for him and in passing, he would talk about cooperation.
Qi Yueran was even more surprised. This third young master of He family looked for him to talk about cooperation. He frowned. Han Pinggao at the other end of the phone said: “Third-shao will discuss with you face to face about the specific cooperation issues. If you can, please set a time now, so that I can inform Third-shao.”
He Jian didn’t call Qi Yueran in person. He just sat on the sofa of the villa and looked at the data of Qi family’s head office and several subsidiaries. He turned back and forth, not as calm as usual but a bit impatient. Someone with discerning eyes would see that his mind was not on the data.
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It was a complicated thing for almost everyone to face up to who they used to be for more than ten years ago. He Jian had been looking forward to it for a long time. He could immediately protect “himself”, correct the mistakes that should not have happened before, and prevent “himself” from a miserable ending. However, he felt unprepared and didn’t know what attitude and expression he should use to look at his young “self”. He had too much regret and exasperation for his past self.
Han Pinggao soon came back from the phone and said, “Mister Qi invited you to come over to Qi family’s house the day after tomorrow and can discuss regarding the cooperation during evening meal.”
He Jian nodded and let Han Pinggao leave.
The matter of He family’s third-shao took the initiative to contact Qi Yueran, the youngest gongzi of Qi family on the first day he arrived in Quanlin City was quickly spread. There had been no secret in the social circle and it took only a day [for news to spread].
Because He Jian’s reputation was so bad before, most people’s first reaction was that He family’s third-shao was probably interested in Qi Yueran and wanted to pursue him. Otherwise, how could He family and Qi family which were not related in anyway suddenly get together?
Qi Yueran also felt strange. Although his own family had a company and also mixed up in the commercial district, but it couldn’t be compared with He family, the kind of old and well-known family who had everything going their way. He had this clear estimation of himself. He had a cautious character and inevitably thought more about it, which led his thought to be askew. He was somewhat watchful of He Jian.
The Qi family’s master was so excited when he heard the news that he asked people to clean the villa thoroughly to prepare for He Jian’s appointment. If they could have a good cooperation with the He family, no one could be well matched with the Qi family’s position in Quanlin City.
Qi Yuexin was drawing in the studio. When he heard someone opened the door, he knew it was Qi Yueran who came in. He turned his head and looked at the other person as he said, “you came back really early today.”
Qi Yueran extended his head to look at the picture he drew. It was a still life sketch of the trees outside the window. He said, “Ge, He family’s third-shao will come later. Do you want to go out to see him?”
“Why would I go to see him?” Qi Yuexin said, “I don’t know how to discuss about business. Our company will depend on you in the future. Won’t I be a bother if I go?” After a pause, he added, “What did Dad say?”
“Dad asked you to go too. He said that it’s disrespectful to be missing a person.” Qi Yueran said.
“Then I’ll go.” Qi Yuexin nodded and thought what his Dad said was right. As soon as he looked up, he saw several black SUVs coming in through the gate from outside the window. He looked back and asked, “Is that the guests coming?”
Qi Yueran, who stood at the back, hurriedly went forward to look as soon as he heard that people were coming. The studio was on the second floor; it was not too high to see clearly and had a good view. He just happened to see the five black SUVs stopped. It looked like a big show of extravagance.
He Jian knew that it was not easy for him to enter the company at that time, so he specially wanted to save more face for Qi Yueran. This show of extravagance couldn’t be too shabby. It was better to let the people in the social circle to spread this as something miraculous. He specially brought over a dozen bodyguards and a river of black SUVs, which attracted a lot of attention along the way.
As soon as the vehicles stopped, the bodyguards came down first and then opened the door for He Jian, who only came out then.
He Jian wore a very formal suit, which looked expensive and fit. With a straight figure and a calm temperament, he truly capitalized on attractiveness.
Qi Yueran saw that He Jian had come ahead of time. After talking with Qi Yuexin, he rushed downstairs. Master Qi was also surprised. He didn’t expect that He family’s third-shao would arrive ahead of time, which evidently showed he gave ample face to them. Therefore, he took people to out of the villa to welcome the guest.
He Jian was surrounded by bodyguards. From afar, he saw several people coming out of the villa. None of them was unfamiliar to him. They were all his closest relatives. His mind was churning and his memories flashed through his mind. Of course, there were memories of joy and loss, but in the end, it stayed in the scene of when the company going bankrupt and him leaving Quanlin city alone……
He Jian felt that his heart had been turned over and only be left with a cold and gray piece, but his expression did not change. He had experienced the ups and downs of life, even death. It was difficult to say for him to be emotionally moved.
His gaze swept on the “relatives” for a turn before it finally fell on Qi Yueran beside his father. It didn’t seem too much to say that it was an unwavering stare. He Jian looked up and down at Qi Yueran, and every detail was not to be missed. Every detail was compared with the memories, just like finding out the flaws and verifying whether the person in front of him was the same as his young self or not.
He Jian was very familiar with this man, regardless whether it was his height or facial features; he was even familiar with the hair style and clothes. The watch Qi Yueran wore on his left wrist was his favorite at that time. He still remembered it very well.
Although he was very familiar to the bones[2], there were still some uncomfortable feelings. Looking at your reflection in the mirror and truly facing your living self was not the same feeling. The difference was too big, which made him feel both novel and excited.
Qi Yueran was even more uncomfortable when He Jian looked at him. That kind of fixed stare made him frown involuntarily. Of course, he didn’t know what He Jian was thinking, but He Jian had a bad reputation for being fickle in love and falling into bad company. Anyone would misunderstand it.
In fact, even the old Master Qi next to him misunderstood. He thought that He’s family third-shao had taken a fancy to their youngest son. Otherwise, why did he come all the way to talk about business? He felt at ease when he thought about it. Initially, he was still thinking about how to please He family, but now He Jian was infatuated with his son. If the two families joined by marriage successfully, the Qi family would be considered as a carp leaping into the dragon’s gate[3].
He Jian would not let go of any expression on Qi Yueran’s face. Seeing the frown on the other person’s face, he took back his eyes. He also felt that he was extremely unable to calm down that went as far as resembling an out of tune excited young boy.
He smiled at Qi Yueran apologetically and said, “I’ll be interrupting you today, I hope you don’t mind.”
He Jian spoke politely, with a sense of stability and reliability, which made people have to sigh that He Jian was indeed a young master from an old and well-known family background that his upbringing way was extraordinary.
Master Qi quickly said, “Third-shao is too polite. As a matter of fact, we haven’t had enough time to invite Third-shao, it’s really our slight.” Then he pointed to Qi Yueran and said: “this is my youngest son Qi Yueran. I presume Third-shao also knows him. Please come in, Third-shao. Let’s sit down and talk slowly, while eating and drinking.”
“Old Qi is too polite to actually regard me as an outsider.” He Jian smiled and went into the villa with Old Qi.
When they entered the villa, they heard the sound of “gedeng-gedeng”. He Jian looked up and saw that Qi Yuexin, leaning on crutches, came down from the upstairs and he looked like he was having a little difficulty. He Jian’s heart suddenly twisted and he didn’t know what to think of it, but his original resentment had somewhat softened.
As soon as Qi Yuexin saw them, he smiled gently and said, “Mister He has arrived. I have a walking inconvenience that I did not go to greet, please forgives me, Mister He.”
He Jian didn’t answer, but nodded to show that he didn’t mind. Contrariwise, Qi Yueran trotted in two to three steps to help his gege, who was on crutches and whispered, “be careful, ge.”
Looking at Qi Yueran’s careful movements, He Jian felt that he had returned to more than ten years ago; he had not changed a bit at all. If there was not that fellow from Wu family, maybe everything would go on normally. Or maybe as he once dreamed, Qi Yuexin could accept his feelings, maybe……
Note:
[1] extremely lofty-minded; very ambitious
[2] in one’s heart of hearts; between privates; in actuality; at bottom
[3] Dragon’s gate mean gateway of success
Xah: Hi! So, can anyone rate this book based on your first impression? @^@ Also, I open bonus ko-fi chapter for this book… feel free to visit my ko-fi page. Enjoy!
Qi Yueran had been in the company for half a year. Master Qi asked him to develop his skills in the subsidiary company first, and then take over the family business completely after he had experiences. During this period, he talked about a couple of collaborations and there was no slip-up. He talked about it very smoothly. But that didn’t mean he was doing well in the company.
How many old and new employees were not accepting that Qi family’s little young master took the position of vice president as soon as he entered the company after finishing his studies? Those people’s heart was loftier than the sky[1] that they thought they were the best, others couldn’t compare with themselves. Therefore, Qi Yueran, even if he had the ability, was subconsciously put in the ranks of the second generation pampered son of a wealthy family.
As instructed by He Jian, Han Pinggao called Qi Yueran directly. Coincidentally, when the phone call came in, Qi Yueran was in a meeting and the two sides with different school of thoughts in the conference room were engaged in a heated argument.
Qi Yueran didn’t bring his mobile phone into the conference room. The mobile phone was left in the assistant’s place. The assistant would pass the message to him if there was anything. Only that, when the assistant answered the phone call, as soon the assistant heard ‘He family’s the third young master’, the assistant was stupefied.
It was not a secret that He Jian was coming to Quanlin City. The discussion in the commercial district was going ahead at full steam as they all racked their heads trying to figure out how to curry favor. But who would have expected that this third young master of He family had surprisingly called first.
The assistant did not dare to slight, took the mobile phone and knocked on the door before entering the conference room. The assistant approached by Qi Yueran’s ear and said, “Vice President, Mister He Jian’s assistant’s call. Look…”
Although the assistant didn’t talk too loud, the people around still could hear it. Qi Yueran was so surprised that his eyebrows were raised. He hadn’t contacted the He family before. He had no idea why He Jian would suddenly call him. But he knew it was a good opportunity.
Qi Yueran took his mobile phone and said something to the president next to him, then went out to answer the phone.
Han Pinggao only conveyed the meaning of He Jian, saying that He Jian wanted to have a meal with him if it wasn’t inconvenient for him and in passing, he would talk about cooperation.
Qi Yueran was even more surprised. This third young master of He family looked for him to talk about cooperation. He frowned. Han Pinggao at the other end of the phone said: “Third-shao will discuss with you face to face about the specific cooperation issues. If you can, please set a time now, so that I can inform Third-shao.”
He Jian didn’t call Qi Yueran in person. He just sat on the sofa of the villa and looked at the data of Qi family’s head office and several subsidiaries. He turned back and forth, not as calm as usual but a bit impatient. Someone with discerning eyes would see that his mind was not on the data.
""
It was a complicated thing for almost everyone to face up to who they used to be for more than ten years ago. He Jian had been looking forward to it for a long time. He could immediately protect “himself”, correct the mistakes that should not have happened before, and prevent “himself” from a miserable ending. However, he felt unprepared and didn’t know what attitude and expression he should use to look at his young “self”. He had too much regret and exasperation for his past self.
Han Pinggao soon came back from the phone and said, “Mister Qi invited you to come over to Qi family’s house the day after tomorrow and can discuss regarding the cooperation during evening meal.”
He Jian nodded and let Han Pinggao leave.
The matter of He family’s third-shao took the initiative to contact Qi Yueran, the youngest gongzi of Qi family on the first day he arrived in Quanlin City was quickly spread. There had been no secret in the social circle and it took only a day [for news to spread].
Because He Jian’s reputation was so bad before, most people’s first reaction was that He family’s third-shao was probably interested in Qi Yueran and wanted to pursue him. Otherwise, how could He family and Qi family which were not related in anyway suddenly get together?
Qi Yueran also felt strange. Although his own family had a company and also mixed up in the commercial district, but it couldn’t be compared with He family, the kind of old and well-known family who had everything going their way. He had this clear estimation of himself. He had a cautious character and inevitably thought more about it, which led his thought to be askew. He was somewhat watchful of He Jian.
The Qi family’s master was so excited when he heard the news that he asked people to clean the villa thoroughly to prepare for He Jian’s appointment. If they could have a good cooperation with the He family, no one could be well matched with the Qi family’s position in Quanlin City.
Qi Yuexin was drawing in the studio. When he heard someone opened the door, he knew it was Qi Yueran who came in. He turned his head and looked at the other person as he said, “you came back really early today.”
Qi Yueran extended his head to look at the picture he drew. It was a still life sketch of the trees outside the window. He said, “Ge, He family’s third-shao will come later. Do you want to go out to see him?”
“Why would I go to see him?” Qi Yuexin said, “I don’t know how to discuss about business. Our company will depend on you in the future. Won’t I be a bother if I go?” After a pause, he added, “What did Dad say?”
“Dad asked you to go too. He said that it’s disrespectful to be missing a person.” Qi Yueran said.
“Then I’ll go.” Qi Yuexin nodded and thought what his Dad said was right. As soon as he looked up, he saw several black SUVs coming in through the gate from outside the window. He looked back and asked, “Is that the guests coming?”
Qi Yueran, who stood at the back, hurriedly went forward to look as soon as he heard that people were coming. The studio was on the second floor; it was not too high to see clearly and had a good view. He just happened to see the five black SUVs stopped. It looked like a big show of extravagance.
He Jian knew that it was not easy for him to enter the company at that time, so he specially wanted to save more face for Qi Yueran. This show of extravagance couldn’t be too shabby. It was better to let the people in the social circle to spread this as something miraculous. He specially brought over a dozen bodyguards and a river of black SUVs, which attracted a lot of attention along the way.
As soon as the vehicles stopped, the bodyguards came down first and then opened the door for He Jian, who only came out then.
He Jian wore a very formal suit, which looked expensive and fit. With a straight figure and a calm temperament, he truly capitalized on attractiveness.
Qi Yueran saw that He Jian had come ahead of time. After talking with Qi Yuexin, he rushed downstairs. Master Qi was also surprised. He didn’t expect that He family’s third-shao would arrive ahead of time, which evidently showed he gave ample face to them. Therefore, he took people to out of the villa to welcome the guest.
He Jian was surrounded by bodyguards. From afar, he saw several people coming out of the villa. None of them was unfamiliar to him. They were all his closest relatives. His mind was churning and his memories flashed through his mind. Of course, there were memories of joy and loss, but in the end, it stayed in the scene of when the company going bankrupt and him leaving Quanlin city alone……
He Jian felt that his heart had been turned over and only be left with a cold and gray piece, but his expression did not change. He had experienced the ups and downs of life, even death. It was difficult to say for him to be emotionally moved.
His gaze swept on the “relatives” for a turn before it finally fell on Qi Yueran beside his father. It didn’t seem too much to say that it was an unwavering stare. He Jian looked up and down at Qi Yueran, and every detail was not to be missed. Every detail was compared with the memories, just like finding out the flaws and verifying whether the person in front of him was the same as his young self or not.
He Jian was very familiar with this man, regardless whether it was his height or facial features; he was even familiar with the hair style and clothes. The watch Qi Yueran wore on his left wrist was his favorite at that time. He still remembered it very well.
Although he was very familiar to the bones[2], there were still some uncomfortable feelings. Looking at your reflection in the mirror and truly facing your living self was not the same feeling. The difference was too big, which made him feel both novel and excited.
Qi Yueran was even more uncomfortable when He Jian looked at him. That kind of fixed stare made him frown involuntarily. Of course, he didn’t know what He Jian was thinking, but He Jian had a bad reputation for being fickle in love and falling into bad company. Anyone would misunderstand it.
In fact, even the old Master Qi next to him misunderstood. He thought that He’s family third-shao had taken a fancy to their youngest son. Otherwise, why did he come all the way to talk about business? He felt at ease when he thought about it. Initially, he was still thinking about how to please He family, but now He Jian was infatuated with his son. If the two families joined by marriage successfully, the Qi family would be considered as a carp leaping into the dragon’s gate[3].
He Jian would not let go of any expression on Qi Yueran’s face. Seeing the frown on the other person’s face, he took back his eyes. He also felt that he was extremely unable to calm down that went as far as resembling an out of tune excited young boy.
He smiled at Qi Yueran apologetically and said, “I’ll be interrupting you today, I hope you don’t mind.”
He Jian spoke politely, with a sense of stability and reliability, which made people have to sigh that He Jian was indeed a young master from an old and well-known family background that his upbringing way was extraordinary.
Master Qi quickly said, “Third-shao is too polite. As a matter of fact, we haven’t had enough time to invite Third-shao, it’s really our slight.” Then he pointed to Qi Yueran and said: “this is my youngest son Qi Yueran. I presume Third-shao also knows him. Please come in, Third-shao. Let’s sit down and talk slowly, while eating and drinking.”
“Old Qi is too polite to actually regard me as an outsider.” He Jian smiled and went into the villa with Old Qi.
When they entered the villa, they heard the sound of “gedeng-gedeng”. He Jian looked up and saw that Qi Yuexin, leaning on crutches, came down from the upstairs and he looked like he was having a little difficulty. He Jian’s heart suddenly twisted and he didn’t know what to think of it, but his original resentment had somewhat softened.
As soon as Qi Yuexin saw them, he smiled gently and said, “Mister He has arrived. I have a walking inconvenience that I did not go to greet, please forgives me, Mister He.”
He Jian didn’t answer, but nodded to show that he didn’t mind. Contrariwise, Qi Yueran trotted in two to three steps to help his gege, who was on crutches and whispered, “be careful, ge.”
Looking at Qi Yueran’s careful movements, He Jian felt that he had returned to more than ten years ago; he had not changed a bit at all. If there was not that fellow from Wu family, maybe everything would go on normally. Or maybe as he once dreamed, Qi Yuexin could accept his feelings, maybe……
Note:
[1] extremely lofty-minded; very ambitious
[2] in one’s heart of hearts; between privates; in actuality; at bottom
[3] Dragon’s gate mean gateway of success
