Chapter 111: Who Told You to Leave?
Fu Yansheng also had a laptop for work. For the next few days, Qi Yu observed him and found that most of the time, the other party used his own laptop. He only used that desktop computer occasionally to help him check information about his university subjects and stock movements.
Moreover, when using the desktop computer, Fu Yansheng acted completely normal. He didn’t bother to hide what he was doing from him at all.
Qi Yu felt that he might be making a bit of a fuss over nothing if were to find some information security expert just to find out what webpages the other visited. Moreover, it might attract Fu Yansheng’s attention instead.
On the eighth day after the Lunar New Year, Ye Qinru sent a message to Qi Yu, saying that he hoped they would go back to China at the end of the month. They were going to have a second round of negotiations with Yu Lian. Thinking that they were going to return to China soon, Qi Yu no longer focused on the computer in the study. Instead, he looked for a few people in China to help him check some other matter.
After the Lantern Festival, Qi Yuancheng called Qi Yu, replying to the matter he had asked about earlier.
“Dad asked around and there may be a possibility that the situation is as you suspected,” Qi Yuancheng sighed and said, “But Qi Yu, we can’t control this matter. They won’t show us the evidence and without any evidence, it would be hard for you to say whether Si Ze really is manipulating the stock price.”
Qi Yu gripped the phone tightly and asked back, “So, even if he is doing this, we can still acquire Blooming Lotus?”
Qi Yuancheng: “If we don’t know the specific circumstances behind it, the entire transaction process is legal and compliant and it won’t have any impact on us.”
Qi Yu: “But we already know.”
Qi Yuancheng: “No, Qi Yu, this is just your guess. Everyone can have their own assessment and conjecture as to why the price of a product is low. So long as your cooperative partner doesn’t clearly tell you that he is manipulating the price to drop and you bought it after hearing that, then this matter has completely nothing to do with you.”
Qi Yu was silent for a few seconds. He then said, “Okay, I get it…”
After hanging up the phone, Qi Yu fell into a brief moment of conflict.
He had a vague feeling that his dad might have found something. Or that his dad would soon be able to confirm something based on his past knowledge of Uncle Si… But they wouldn’t just clearly talk about that kind of thing and his dad was in no position either to interfere with what others do or do not do.
As long as there is no clear evidence, this matter had nothing to do with them?
But if under such circumstances, they had won Blooming Lotus at a low price, wouldn’t they also have “unintentionally” become a party with vested interests in this matter?
Qi Yu covered his face. Suddenly at a loss as to where the boundary between right and wrong lay.
Hearing the footsteps behind him, Qi Yu quickly schooled his expression and turned around.
“I’ve booked the plane tickets. We’ll go back after your birthday.” Fu Yansheng walked in and asked, “Who was it that called you just now??”
“My dad.” Qi Yu looked at Fu Yansheng and deliberately told the other party about it, “Remember how Ye Qinru said that he suspects that Si Ze is manipulating Blooming Lotus’ stock price behind the scenes? I asked my Dad to check if there really is such a thing.”
Fu Yansheng was startled. “What did he say?”
Qi Yu noticed that Fu Yansheng’s expression had gone faintly stiff. He continued to test, “My dad said he couldn’t find any evidence of it. But that the Si Family had a wide network so it wouldn’t be surprising that Si Ze could do such a thing.”
Fu Yansheng asked back, “Why did you ask your dad to investigate this?”
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Fu Yansheng was stunned for a while and then said solemnly, “Don’t make such an assumption if you don’t know.”
Qi Yu continued to ask, “If my father did something illegal, could you warn him?”
Fu Yansheng’s eyes suddenly became sharp and they looked at each other, as if they were engaged in some kind of contest at the subconscious level.
For a moment, Qi Yu felt that he must have guessed everything correctly. But he couldn’t say anything.
After a couple of seconds, he finally couldn’t bear it and looked away. His heart was beating wildly.
Fu Yansheng approached him. He put his arms around him and said in a low voice, “Your father is in a high position and he has a lot of people around him who would warn him. He doesn’t need me as one more.”
The corner of Qi Yu’s lps ticked up. “Yeah, how could I forget that you’re my person and you only work for me.”
Fu Yansheng kissed his cheek and asked softly, “How are you going to spend your birthday?”
“Birthday…” Qi Yu’s eyes changed direction. “I want to play something new.”
Fu Yansheng: “…”
Fu Yansheng: “What new thing do you want to play?”
Qi Yu grabbed Fu Yansheng’s tie and pulled hard, pulling the person closer to him. He then drew close to the other’s ear and whispered something.
Fu Yansheng: “…???”
***
On the 27th, the day after Qi Yu’s birthday, the two got on a plane back to China.
Like last time, the day of negotiation with Blooming Lotus was the day after they arrived in Haicheng. However, this time Yu Lian and her group no longer chose some a distant scenic spot but instead, they set the venue for negotiation in a scenic hotel in the outskirts of Haicheng.
After they returned to China and adjusting to the time difference, they met with Ye Qinru and headed for the negotiation venue.
On the way, Ye Qinru briefly explained the current situation to Qi Yu: “I have already talked with President Yu online about a price range acceptable to both parties. At present, our offer is 140 million yuan, and President Yu has persuaded President Yan to make an offer. No less than 180 million. We can try to haggle it down once the time comes.”
Qi Yu nodded. This was already within their estimated range. He asked, “What did Si Ze say?”
Ye Qinru said, a bitter expression on his face. “Sigh, Chief Si’s side isn’t satisfied with the price I negotiated. They said that with Blooming Lotus’ current market value, it can be bought with just a hundred million. If I quote this price to President Yu, she’ll probably just blacklist me immediately!”
Qi Yu frowned. Now that this matter has gone this far, he was very clear that it wasn’t Ye Qinru’s ability that was the problem but that Si Ze was too insistent on making people do what they were unable or unwilling to.
“You’ve worked hard.” Qi Yu said, “I’ll talk with Si Ze later.”
“En, have a good talk with him. It’s not that I don’t what’s most beneficial for the company but when it comes to conducting business, you also need to pay attention to what’s right. But please, talk quickly. We can’t delay this any longer”. Ye Qinru said.
Yu Lian’s selected hotel was built in a deep tunnel, facing the cliff and lake. It was quite famous in its locality.
They had booked a few rooms and a conference room. Si Ze and the others had come the night before to enjoy the hospitality. When Qi Yu arrived, he heard Huang Junwen say that Si Ze was still in his room. Qi Yu intended to simply go to him directly.
“Ei,” Huang Junwen held him back with a look of embarrassment, “Chief Qi, our Chief Si is still handling some matter.”
“…What matter?” Qi Yu frowned, recalling the voices he’d heard in the hot spring manor last year. He thought to himself, Si Ze wouldn’t be so inappropriate as to be engaging in that right now, right?
Huang Junwen warned, “How about you wait a little longer?”
Qi Yu’s face darkened. “We rushed straight here to discuss business. Is it possible that Si Ze makes everyone wait for him like this?”
Huang Junwen was stunned, as if he hadn’t expected for this “Vase President”, who had never expressed his opinion, to have such a terrifying aura when he opened his mouth.
Qi Yu glanced coldly at Huang Junwen. “Which room is he in?”
“1-1288…” Huang Junwen blurted out without meaning to.
Qi Yu straightened his collar and directly instructed, “Give him a call and tell him I’ll be there in five minutes.”
Huang Junwen: “…”
Fu Yansheng asked, “Shall I go with you?”
Qi Yu whispered, “No, I’ll go alone.”
Five minutes later, with Huang Junwen as his guide, Qi Yu rang the doorbell to 1288.
The door opened shortly after, and Si Ze appeared in front of the two with a sullen expression on his handsome face. The other’s shirt was unbuttoned, revealing slightly red skin from his interrupted matter.
Huang Junwen stood beside Qi Yu, trembling, not daring to raise his head. He secretly speculated that if these two princes had such bad tempers, they would quarrel on the spot.
But he never could have thought that Qi Yu seemed to change his face the moment he saw Si Ze. He said, smiling lightly, “Si Ze, I was looking everywhere for you. Why are you still in your room? ”
Si Ze’s expression involuntarily softened. He said, while buttoning up his shirt, “When did you arrive? I just got up.”
Qi Yu glanced at his watch. “It’s almost eleven o’clock. Which country did you get back from that you’re still suffering jet lag? I just returned yesterday and I’ve already adjusted to the time difference.”
“It’s really tough on you to be going back and forth.” Si Ze smiled and turned sideways, saying, “Come in and let’s talk.”
Seeing this, Huang Junwen also wanted to follow him in, but was stopped by a knife-sharp look from Si Ze. He immediately said respectfully, “I’ll be outside. If Chief Si needs anything, please call me.”
Si Ze’s room was a suite. After entering the room, Qi Yu looked around. He sat down on the sofa in the living room and asked, “How has Uncle Si been?”
“He’s been very good.” Si Ze asked after sitting down, “How about your dad?”
“He’s doing quite well too.” Qi Yu was about to continue talking when he saw a familiar figure “float” out of the bedroom.
The room was fully heated and the man was wearing only a shirt. He was as thin as a piece of paper and he made no sound when he walked on the carpet.
Si Ze saw him from out of the corner of his eye. Without raising his head, “Song Puxin, make us a pot of tea.”
The other party paused in his steps, then silently went to the tea counter.
Qi Yu calmly retracted his gaze, and said to Si Ze, “For my trip back this time, my dad specifically reminded me that we must secure Blooming Lotus.”
Si Ze smiled and snorted, “What’s so difficult about winning Blooming Lotus? If it wasn’t for those two girls digging in their heels and raising the price, we would have already had it a long time ago. If we don’t let them suffer, they’ll just keep overestimating themselves.”
Qi Yu: “This time it should be possible, right? I just heard Chief Ye say that he has narrowed the price range to 140-180 million.”
Si Ze leaned back on the sofa, raised his legs and said, “Actually, this is still a little too high for my liking, but forget it. The most we’ll pay is a hundred forty million. If they’re willing, we can do the turnover today.”
Qi Yu frowned and said, “Is 1.5-1.6 also ok? According to our previous valuation of Blooming Lotus, it would cost about that much to buy the both of their shares.”
Si Ze smiled and glanced at him. “That was back then. It’s been three months now. Have you seen how much Blooming Lotus’ stock price has fallen? That’s why we, the Si Yuan Group, are willing to take over.”
Song Puxin came over after brewing the tea. He put down the teapot, poured two cups for Si Ze and Qi Yu. He then straightened up and walked away.
When he’d withdrawn to a place where he was almost invisible, Si Ze finally reacted. He raised his head suddenly and stared at the direction Song Puxin was leaving to. He raised his voice and said, “Who told you to leave?”
Not only did the sound make Song Puxin stop, but Qi Yu was also startled.
He saw Si Ze pat the place next to him, an unusual emotion surged in his eyes. “Come here and make a cigar for me.”
The author has something to say: [Little Theater]
Qi Yu (takes out his tie): Teacher Fu, let’s play bondage.
Fu Yansheng: I didn’t expect you to be this kind of fish! (So exciting!)
On the night of the Little Fish’s birthday, Fu Yansheng, who was bound by his hands and feet:? ? ?
——I thought you wanted me to tie you up?
Qi Yu pressed him: Lie down, I’ll do it myself.
Fu Yansheng: …
I really hate this Si Ze character, sadly no one dies in this novel. Wish he would though . Thanks for the chapters. Appreciate your hard work.
Does he get punished at least? I hope he gets jailed for a long time. Poor Song Puxin! I don’t like this subplot!
Ok. I’ve given him the benefit of doubt. Si Ze is an asshole.
Aaargh. Si ze. Treat Song Puxin better!!!!
The little theatre! 😂
Thank you for your hard work!
Oh XD So it was bondage XDD But the “other” way around XDDD I love the little theaters haha
Qi Yu’s meeting with Si Ze is basically the kinda long story for “Si Ze is a scumbag, an asshole, and a shit excuse for a human being” and I’m all ready for this guy to be knocked off his high horse. 🔪 🔪 🔪
And I’ll say it again, Fck off si ze
thanks for the chapter!
can someone please save song puxin!!!!
;—; I wish for this Si family to collapse real soon so that xiao Xin can be free and get his revenge (and of course Fu laoshi could also come clean so our main CP’s relationship can start anew based on complete truthfulness) 🥺
At first I thought si ze is good but turns out he’s no better than si hang even worse