The day after He Jian left Qi Villa, Master Qi called Qi Yueran to his study. He said, “Yesterday, when you took He Third-shao to the north of the city, Wu Kai came to our house. He made a proposal of alliance through marriage with our family.”
Qi Yueran’s heart thumped as soon as he heard about ‘alliance through marriage’. There was no girl in his family; it could only mean him or elder brother Qi Yuexin. He frowned as he said: “It’s not certain in whose hand the Wu Family will fall into. So, if we bet on Wu Kai, what to do if the bet is a mistake? Besides, I’m planning to discuss with He Jian about the cooperation of the land in the northern part of the city. That Wu Family…”
Master Qi raised his hand and interrupted him as he said, “If we are to cooperate with He Third-shao, we are bound to tear our faces away from the Wu Family. Now, Wu Kai came here expressing his goodwill to give in, which can be considered as a big bargain. What kind of waves can a woman overturn? She’s just a woman. Currently, Wu Kai’s power is not good. Now that we are talking, we take the opportunity to swallow up the Wu Family. Once we allied with marriage, we will be one family so that no one can gossip about it.”
Qi Yueran was about to speak but said nothing. According to Master Qi, it was obvious that they should occupy both sides; won over He Jian and swallowed up the Wu Family. Just doing so, Qi Yueran felt that it was not appropriate. He and elder brother were not familiar with Wu Kai, almost strangers, let alone had any good feelings. In the business circle, alliance marriage was too common. It didn’t matter whether one had feelings or not. What one needed was the relationships on the table, but when it was really his turn, he would still be uncomfortable and conflicted.
Seeing that he didn’t speak, Master Qi continued: “I listened to Wu Kai’s meaning that he meant you. To put it bluntly, we all know that Xiao Xin’s leg is not good. How many will still care [about it]?”
Qi Yueran felt a lump in his chest, he felt uncomfortable. He was silent for a while, but his face didn’t show much expression. After a long time, he said, “I’ll talk to Mister Wu about this.”
“Hn.” Upon seeing that he didn’t contradict him face to face, Master Qi nodded in satisfaction. “Contact Wu Kai yourself. I’ll wait for the result. Right, don’t tell Xiao Xin before it’s final, lest he be worried about his walking disability.”
Qi Yueran agreed and left the study.
As a matter of fact, Wu Kai did not say whether it was Qi Yueran or Qi Yuexin that he preferred. After all, he was in a weak position, so there was no reason to be choosy. In the same sense, Master Qi wanted to swallow the Wu Family, but he didn’t want to give up the chance to make friends with the He Family. Seeing that He Jian spent a lot of time to find a doctor to treat Qi Yuexin’s leg, he would let Qi Yuexin try He Jian.
Once Qi Yueran was out of the study, he went back to his bedroom. Although he pretended to be calm without a change of voice and expression in front of Master Qi, he was still a young man in his early twenties; his fidgety and indignant heart almost exploded.
He picked up the data on the table and threw it back to the table without looking at it. He used too much force that the data scattered onto the floor.
Qi Yueran knew that he had no right to refuse. It’s not his style to throw a tantrum. Born in a business family, alliance marriage was essential. Qi Yueran comforted himself; if the Wu Family could help him expand his power in the future, the marriage could be considered valuable, and so there would be nothing wrong with it.
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When He Jian heard what his elder sister said on the phone, he was stunned for three to four seconds. As soon as he heard surnamed Wu, he immediately thought of Wu Kai and asked: “Who is Qi Yueran engaged to? That Wu Kai of the Wu family?”
He Ying said: “I don’t remember the name; it’s not something I care about. Dad asked someone to inquire, which said that he is going to be engaged. Don’t tell me you’re innocent that you don’t know [about it].”
He Jian had a feeling of being struck by thunder. His disgust almost caused nausea. His tone became serious as he said, “Elder sister, I’ve a bit of an urgent matter now, I’ll call you when I have time.”
After that, he hung up. Then he called for Han Gaoping and said: “You go to check the matter between Qi Yueran and Wu Family. I heard that they are going to be engaged. You go to check whether it is true or not.”
As soon as Han Gaoping saw He Jian’s unpleasant look, he knew it was an urgent matter. He immediately went to check it.
From the beginning of hearing the news, He Jian felt restless and could not calm down. If Qi Yueran and Wu Kai were engaged, what a joke it would be.
He waited for 20 minutes, turned his mobile phone over and over again. Han Gaoing hadn’t come back yet. He Jian felt that he had waited until the limit. Therefore, he took his coat and car keys and went out. He decided to go to find Qi Yueran himself.
He Jian used to stay in Qi Family’s subsidiary company for a long time, he still remembered the place. He drove directly. Just after entering the building, a receptionist asked him who he was looking for and whether he had an appointment.
As soon as the receptionist heard that he was the He Third-shao He Jian, the receptionist’s eyes were wide open, and spoke more softly and attentively, asking him to wait for a moment in the seat at the side as they immediately called the internal line to ask for Vice President Qi Yueran.
As soon as He Jian sat down, someone came to the front desk again. That person was holding a big bouquet of roses. Although they were not close, the strong fragrance of the flowers still caused a headache.
Another receptionist, upon seeing the flower guy, smiled and said, “Is it Mister Wu sending flowers to Vice President again? It’s more beautiful than yesterday’s. Give me the flowers, I’ll send it up.”
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The guy who sent the flowers chatted with the receptionist for a while before he gave the flowers and then left after asking for a sign.
He Jian didn’t like flowers and grass very much, mainly because he felt the smell was bad that caused him a headache. As he frowned, he heard the receptionist said that Mister Wu had sent the flowers to Qi Yueran and his face turned blue. He couldn’t help but look at the bouquet of roses. It seemed that the statement of engagement was not an empty rumor.
When Qi Yueran heard the assistant said that He Jian was downstairs, he was surprised and said: “He Third-shao is here? Then I’ll go down to meet him. Put off the later meeting for me.”
Qi Yueran hurriedly went to the first floor to welcome He Jian. He was unable to make any sense of the matter for that person to come. He didn’t know for what He Third-shao suddenly came to the company. At the moment, his expression didn’t look good and seemed to be criticizing violently as he said: “Why did Mister He suddenly come? Also didn’t inform me in advance, making Mister He waiting for a long time.”
As soon as He Jian saw Qi Yueran, his face relaxed a little. He stood up and said, “Sorry to bother you. I’m free today and passed here by chance, so I came here to visit.”
“Let’s go upstairs first.”
Qi Yueran was about to take He Jian upstairs to the Vice President’s office, but the receptionist next to him who was still holding the roses stopped him and said: “Vice President, this bouquet from Mister Wu Kai, look…”
Qi Yueran swept a glance at the flowers. His face was not much better than that of He Jian. He supposed to throw it away and wouldn’t accept it next time, but Master Qi put pressure on him to save Wu Family’s face in any case. He said, “I’ll let the assistant take it later.”
He Jian followed Qi Yueran into the elevator and pretended to be casually joking as he said: “I just came across the flower sender and wondered whom the big bouquet of roses was for. Turned out it was for Xiao Ran. Xiao Ran likes roses?”
He Jian asked deliberately. Qi Yueran frowned slightly and said: “I made Mister He see something embarrassing. I suppose girls will like that.”
He Jian said: “It was from Wu Kai, the second-gongzi of Wu Family?”
Qi Yueran glanced at him and said: “Don’t worry, Mister He. Although the Qi Family will have contact with the Wu Family, it will not affect the cooperation in the northern part of the city…”
When He Jian heard this, his heart sank. Before Qi Yueran finished, he interrupted: “I didn’t know your relationship with the Wu Family is so close.”
Qi Yueran heard the unhappiness in He Jian’s tone. The Qi Family had planned to cooperate with He Family, but now they had some involvement with Wu Family, making the sincerity of the cooperation inconspicuous. So, He Jian’s anger was normal. It’s just that Qi Yueran thought differently: what He Jian most cared about was not this issue.
He Jian sighed in his heart and said nothing more until he and Qi Yueran came into the office. He said, “I heard that you are going to be engaged to Wu Kai, the second-gongzi of Wu Family.”
Qi Yueran’s heart was startled. There were not many people knew about this matter. He had a face-to-face talk with Wu Kai and of course, he listed many conditions but in the end, he didn’t make a decision. He didn’t know how He Jian got the news.
Qi Yueran laughed and joked: “Mister He is here today not just to say some rumors, right?”
Yet He Jian couldn’t laugh at all. He understood ‘himself’ and kept his eyes on Qi Yueran’s face, even the half a second expression was not to be missed. At this time, seeing that Qi Yueran mindlessly changed the topic, he knew that the news was true.
He Jian couldn’t understand why Qi Yueran agreed to be engaged. The partner of engagement was Wu Kai. It was as if he gave himself a resounding slap to the face, which made him furious and helpless, stunned him all at once.
“You don’t know the Wu Family, why did you agree to be engaged?” He Jian said: “I can tell you that the Wu Family is nothing good and especially that Wu Kai is not a good person.”
He Jian’s tone was a little deadly serious. Qi Yueran was shocked for a moment before he suddenly got a lot of anger in his heart. It was a forced decision, which he didn’t like, but someone came to question him. He said: “This is a private question. It doesn’t seem very appropriate for Mister He to ask.”
He Jian was very angry at Qi Yueran’s words. He Jian couldn’t tell much to Qi Yueran and could only hold them for himself. This kind of feeling was certainly not pleasant. After a long time, he calmed down and said, “Did Old Qi arrange it?”
Qi Yueran didn’t speak and He Jian’s cell phone rang. The cell phone rang sounded a little harsh in the quiet office. He took a few seconds to take a look before he picked it up. It was Han Gaoping who called.
The day after He Jian left Qi Villa, Master Qi called Qi Yueran to his study. He said, “Yesterday, when you took He Third-shao to the north of the city, Wu Kai came to our house. He made a proposal of alliance through marriage with our family.”
Qi Yueran’s heart thumped as soon as he heard about ‘alliance through marriage’. There was no girl in his family; it could only mean him or elder brother Qi Yuexin. He frowned as he said: “It’s not certain in whose hand the Wu Family will fall into. So, if we bet on Wu Kai, what to do if the bet is a mistake? Besides, I’m planning to discuss with He Jian about the cooperation of the land in the northern part of the city. That Wu Family…”
Master Qi raised his hand and interrupted him as he said, “If we are to cooperate with He Third-shao, we are bound to tear our faces away from the Wu Family. Now, Wu Kai came here expressing his goodwill to give in, which can be considered as a big bargain. What kind of waves can a woman overturn? She’s just a woman. Currently, Wu Kai’s power is not good. Now that we are talking, we take the opportunity to swallow up the Wu Family. Once we allied with marriage, we will be one family so that no one can gossip about it.”
Qi Yueran was about to speak but said nothing. According to Master Qi, it was obvious that they should occupy both sides; won over He Jian and swallowed up the Wu Family. Just doing so, Qi Yueran felt that it was not appropriate. He and elder brother were not familiar with Wu Kai, almost strangers, let alone had any good feelings. In the business circle, alliance marriage was too common. It didn’t matter whether one had feelings or not. What one needed was the relationships on the table, but when it was really his turn, he would still be uncomfortable and conflicted.
Seeing that he didn’t speak, Master Qi continued: “I listened to Wu Kai’s meaning that he meant you. To put it bluntly, we all know that Xiao Xin’s leg is not good. How many will still care [about it]?”
Qi Yueran felt a lump in his chest, he felt uncomfortable. He was silent for a while, but his face didn’t show much expression. After a long time, he said, “I’ll talk to Mister Wu about this.”
“Hn.” Upon seeing that he didn’t contradict him face to face, Master Qi nodded in satisfaction. “Contact Wu Kai yourself. I’ll wait for the result. Right, don’t tell Xiao Xin before it’s final, lest he be worried about his walking disability.”
Qi Yueran agreed and left the study.
As a matter of fact, Wu Kai did not say whether it was Qi Yueran or Qi Yuexin that he preferred. After all, he was in a weak position, so there was no reason to be choosy. In the same sense, Master Qi wanted to swallow the Wu Family, but he didn’t want to give up the chance to make friends with the He Family. Seeing that He Jian spent a lot of time to find a doctor to treat Qi Yuexin’s leg, he would let Qi Yuexin try He Jian.
Once Qi Yueran was out of the study, he went back to his bedroom. Although he pretended to be calm without a change of voice and expression in front of Master Qi, he was still a young man in his early twenties; his fidgety and indignant heart almost exploded.
He picked up the data on the table and threw it back to the table without looking at it. He used too much force that the data scattered onto the floor.
Qi Yueran knew that he had no right to refuse. It’s not his style to throw a tantrum. Born in a business family, alliance marriage was essential. Qi Yueran comforted himself; if the Wu Family could help him expand his power in the future, the marriage could be considered valuable, and so there would be nothing wrong with it.
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When He Jian heard what his elder sister said on the phone, he was stunned for three to four seconds. As soon as he heard surnamed Wu, he immediately thought of Wu Kai and asked: “Who is Qi Yueran engaged to? That Wu Kai of the Wu family?”
He Ying said: “I don’t remember the name; it’s not something I care about. Dad asked someone to inquire, which said that he is going to be engaged. Don’t tell me you’re innocent that you don’t know [about it].”
He Jian had a feeling of being struck by thunder. His disgust almost caused nausea. His tone became serious as he said, “Elder sister, I’ve a bit of an urgent matter now, I’ll call you when I have time.”
After that, he hung up. Then he called for Han Gaoping and said: “You go to check the matter between Qi Yueran and Wu Family. I heard that they are going to be engaged. You go to check whether it is true or not.”
As soon as Han Gaoping saw He Jian’s unpleasant look, he knew it was an urgent matter. He immediately went to check it.
From the beginning of hearing the news, He Jian felt restless and could not calm down. If Qi Yueran and Wu Kai were engaged, what a joke it would be.
He waited for 20 minutes, turned his mobile phone over and over again. Han Gaoing hadn’t come back yet. He Jian felt that he had waited until the limit. Therefore, he took his coat and car keys and went out. He decided to go to find Qi Yueran himself.
He Jian used to stay in Qi Family’s subsidiary company for a long time, he still remembered the place. He drove directly. Just after entering the building, a receptionist asked him who he was looking for and whether he had an appointment.
As soon as the receptionist heard that he was the He Third-shao He Jian, the receptionist’s eyes were wide open, and spoke more softly and attentively, asking him to wait for a moment in the seat at the side as they immediately called the internal line to ask for Vice President Qi Yueran.
As soon as He Jian sat down, someone came to the front desk again. That person was holding a big bouquet of roses. Although they were not close, the strong fragrance of the flowers still caused a headache.
Another receptionist, upon seeing the flower guy, smiled and said, “Is it Mister Wu sending flowers to Vice President again? It’s more beautiful than yesterday’s. Give me the flowers, I’ll send it up.”
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The guy who sent the flowers chatted with the receptionist for a while before he gave the flowers and then left after asking for a sign.
He Jian didn’t like flowers and grass very much, mainly because he felt the smell was bad that caused him a headache. As he frowned, he heard the receptionist said that Mister Wu had sent the flowers to Qi Yueran and his face turned blue. He couldn’t help but look at the bouquet of roses. It seemed that the statement of engagement was not an empty rumor.
When Qi Yueran heard the assistant said that He Jian was downstairs, he was surprised and said: “He Third-shao is here? Then I’ll go down to meet him. Put off the later meeting for me.”
Qi Yueran hurriedly went to the first floor to welcome He Jian. He was unable to make any sense of the matter for that person to come. He didn’t know for what He Third-shao suddenly came to the company. At the moment, his expression didn’t look good and seemed to be criticizing violently as he said: “Why did Mister He suddenly come? Also didn’t inform me in advance, making Mister He waiting for a long time.”
As soon as He Jian saw Qi Yueran, his face relaxed a little. He stood up and said, “Sorry to bother you. I’m free today and passed here by chance, so I came here to visit.”
“Let’s go upstairs first.”
Qi Yueran was about to take He Jian upstairs to the Vice President’s office, but the receptionist next to him who was still holding the roses stopped him and said: “Vice President, this bouquet from Mister Wu Kai, look…”
Qi Yueran swept a glance at the flowers. His face was not much better than that of He Jian. He supposed to throw it away and wouldn’t accept it next time, but Master Qi put pressure on him to save Wu Family’s face in any case. He said, “I’ll let the assistant take it later.”
He Jian followed Qi Yueran into the elevator and pretended to be casually joking as he said: “I just came across the flower sender and wondered whom the big bouquet of roses was for. Turned out it was for Xiao Ran. Xiao Ran likes roses?”
He Jian asked deliberately. Qi Yueran frowned slightly and said: “I made Mister He see something embarrassing. I suppose girls will like that.”
He Jian said: “It was from Wu Kai, the second-gongzi of Wu Family?”
Qi Yueran glanced at him and said: “Don’t worry, Mister He. Although the Qi Family will have contact with the Wu Family, it will not affect the cooperation in the northern part of the city…”
When He Jian heard this, his heart sank. Before Qi Yueran finished, he interrupted: “I didn’t know your relationship with the Wu Family is so close.”
Qi Yueran heard the unhappiness in He Jian’s tone. The Qi Family had planned to cooperate with He Family, but now they had some involvement with Wu Family, making the sincerity of the cooperation inconspicuous. So, He Jian’s anger was normal. It’s just that Qi Yueran thought differently: what He Jian most cared about was not this issue.
He Jian sighed in his heart and said nothing more until he and Qi Yueran came into the office. He said, “I heard that you are going to be engaged to Wu Kai, the second-gongzi of Wu Family.”
Qi Yueran’s heart was startled. There were not many people knew about this matter. He had a face-to-face talk with Wu Kai and of course, he listed many conditions but in the end, he didn’t make a decision. He didn’t know how He Jian got the news.
Qi Yueran laughed and joked: “Mister He is here today not just to say some rumors, right?”
Yet He Jian couldn’t laugh at all. He understood ‘himself’ and kept his eyes on Qi Yueran’s face, even the half a second expression was not to be missed. At this time, seeing that Qi Yueran mindlessly changed the topic, he knew that the news was true.
He Jian couldn’t understand why Qi Yueran agreed to be engaged. The partner of engagement was Wu Kai. It was as if he gave himself a resounding slap to the face, which made him furious and helpless, stunned him all at once.
“You don’t know the Wu Family, why did you agree to be engaged?” He Jian said: “I can tell you that the Wu Family is nothing good and especially that Wu Kai is not a good person.”
He Jian’s tone was a little deadly serious. Qi Yueran was shocked for a moment before he suddenly got a lot of anger in his heart. It was a forced decision, which he didn’t like, but someone came to question him. He said: “This is a private question. It doesn’t seem very appropriate for Mister He to ask.”
He Jian was very angry at Qi Yueran’s words. He Jian couldn’t tell much to Qi Yueran and could only hold them for himself. This kind of feeling was certainly not pleasant. After a long time, he calmed down and said, “Did Old Qi arrange it?”
Qi Yueran didn’t speak and He Jian’s cell phone rang. The cell phone rang sounded a little harsh in the quiet office. He took a few seconds to take a look before he picked it up. It was Han Gaoping who called.
