Chapter 117: Do You Believe It or Not?
Su Jing: “What software?”
Qi Yu briefly described it, telling him about the security issues that Davis had mentioned at the time. Su Jing listened and said, “What are you doing cracking this software? Who do you want to spy on? Or are you being spied on? ”
It wasn’t easy for Qi Yu to answer these questions but after asking, Su Jing responded and said with a smile, “Fine, I won’t ask anymore. Just send me later that thing you told me about and I’ll help you take a look.”
Qi Yu breathed a sigh of relief. “Then, thanks in advance.”
This incident was just a small episode. Afterwards, Su Jing asked him about how their group’s Technology Development Department was doing. “I heard that you’re planning to acquire Blooming Lotus. How is it? Have you acquired it already?”
Qi Yu pretended to be calm and said, “We’re still negotiating.”
After their meeting that day, Xu Jing did manage to help him release information about Blooming Lotus. Qi Yu didn’t know if Lin Huan really had taken the bait, but Si Ze seemed to actually believe that Lin Huan had plans for Blooming Lotus. He already asked Ye Qinru to increase the original offer from 140 million to 160 million but Yu Lian still didn’t accept it.
The day before yesterday, they held a meeting at the Si Yuan Group Headquarters. When Ye Qinru relayed that Yu Lian still insisted on 180 million yuan, Si Ze was so angry that he walked away right on the spot.
Huang Junwen and the others managed to negotiate Ark Investment’s 25% shares at 70 million. A pre-purchase contract was signed but Si Ze still delayed it, saying that he would wait until he took Yu Lian and Yan Xiu’s 53% shares before handing over the payment.
However, all these matters were confidential information to be kept within their group so Qi Yu couldn’t tell these to Su Jing. Su Jing knew it as well and so, he changed the subject after only a few words.
After the meal, Su Jing took the initiative to pay the bill and Qi Yu didn’t rob him of the opportunity. When the two were about to get up, Su Jing stopped him and said in a low voice, “For the 10 million from Shanyu, I’m going to do you a favor…”
Qi Yu: “What?”
Su Jing: “Lin Huan has been following Blooming Lotus privately for a long time. If you’re negotiating its acquisition, then negotiate fast. Otherwise, once he gets involved, it’ll be difficult for you.”
Qi Yu was startled: “How do you know?”
Su Jing: “After the New Year, Lin Huan mentioned it when he signed the contract with me. He said that if he hadn’t gotten HZ Technology, he wouldn’t even think about Blooming Lotus. But since he already has HZ, he wants to take Blooming Lotus too. Acquiring it and integrating it into one platform with HZ will also facilitate HZ’s backdoor listing in the future.”
The more Qi Yu thought about it, the more incredulous he felt. He had asked Yu Lian to use Lin Huan’s name to agitate Si Ze, but it was just a hoax. How could he expect that he’ be right? So Lin Huan really planned to get his hands on Blooming Lotus?
However, if Lin Huan was already following Blooming Lotus privately, why had he never heard Yu Lian mention it?
What benefit was it to Su Jing to tell him this?
Qi Yu’s eyes narrowed. He looked at Su Jing and said, “Su Ge, let me ask you one more thing, since Lin Huan has already acquired HZ Technology. You and he have shared interests. Once the HZ Technology becomes bigger, you can get more benefits. Why are you telling me about this?”
Su Jing’s face immediately sank and he said coldly, “I know that I have no credibility to speak of outside. So bear in mind I’m the one telling you this; whether you believe it or not is up to you.
After speaking, he got up, wanting to leave. But Qi Yu hurriedly stood up and stopped him. “I’m sorry.”
Su Jing glanced at him from out the corner of his eyes. A trace of anger flashed in them. “What’s with the apology?”
Qi Yu looked into his eyes and said slowly, “Thank you.”
Su Jing looked at him for a couple of seconds. The corners of his lips finally ticked up again. He leaned closer to Qi Yu and smiled evilly, “If I told you I just don’t want Lin Huan to succeed, would you believe it?”
Qi Yu: “…”
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Later, when they actually met Su Jing, the other’s behavior was pretty much in line with their presumed character.
Qi Yu prided himself on understanding Su Jing. So, he really shouldn’t have asked that question.
But thinking about it this way, what Su Jing said about “accepting reality” before selling HZ Technology to Lin Huan was also not likely true.
Based on the Little Pigeon and Little Magpie incident, Qi Yu thought to himself, maybe Lin Huan had used some means to get HZ Technology. Su Jing compromised on the surface, but in his heart, he was unconvinced by Lin Huan. And this was why he had told about what Lin Huan planned to do regarding Blooming Lotus. In this way, the other party saying “I don’t want Lin Huan to succeed” was quite reasonable.
While thinking about it, his phone buzzed. Ye Qinru had sent a message, “How is it going?”
Qi Yu replied, “It’s over, I’ll be at the hotel in a while.”
After arriving at the hotel, Qi Yu went directly to the business bar on the fourth floor – Ye Qinru and Fu Yansheng had been waiting for him here since they found out that Su Jing had made an appointment with him alone.
When the three met, Ye Qinru asked anxiously, “What did Su Jing tell you?”
Qi Yu: “He said he sold HZ to Lin Huan.”
Ye Qinru said in shock, “It’s already sold!?”
Qi Yu nodded. In fact, not many people knew about Lin Huan buying HZ Technology. If Xu Jing hadn’t mentioned it beforehand, he wouldn’t have been able to guess.
He told Ye Qinru and Fu Yansheng what Su Jing said to him. When Ye Qinru heard that Lin Huan was planning to buy Blooming Lotus, he was just as surprised as Qi Yu. “How much of a coincidence is that?”
Qi Yu: “En…”
Ye Qinru pondered, “If Lin Huan really does want to, then it seems that his wishful thinking is going to fail. He probably doesn’t even know that we have signed a buyout agreement with President Yu already, right?”
Qi Yu said, “Call President Yu tomorrow and ask if anyone from Lin Huan’s team has contacted them.”
Ye Qinru’s feeling were joy mixed with worry. “Lin Huan swiping away HZ Technology is still a blow to our Si Yuan Group. Once Chief Si finds out, he’s going to go crazy again.”
“I know…” Qi Yu frowned and said, “Later, I’ll go to Si Ze and explain.”
Ye Qinru said hurriedly, “It doesn’t matter if I go.”
Qi Yu shook his head: “It was my decision to have Si Ze stop in the beginning. Si Ze already has some opinions about you for being unable to negotiate Blooming Lotus’ price down to 140 million. I won’t let you take the blame for this matter.”
Ye Qinru was moved when he heard these words. Qi Yu glanced at the time and said, “It’s getting late. Chief Ye, go back to rest first. We’ll continue discussing tomorrow.”
After seeing Ye Qinru out, Qi Yu and Fu Yansheng headed upstairs back to their room.
Fu Yansheng saw that he was in a bad mood and so comforted him, saying, “Since you made this decision in the beginning, you must have thought that this conclusion was a possibility, right?”
Qi Yu: “I just didn’t expect Lin Huan to succeed so quickly.”
Fu Yansheng: “So, do you regret it?”
Qi Yu: “No…”
But saying that Qi Yu didn’t feel somewhat disappointed regarding this matter would be a lie. Especially when Su Jing said at the table, “You’re not the sole decision-maker for your Technology Development Department.” Qi Yu felt powerless from the bottom of his heart.
Fu Yansheng walked over, massaged his shoulders for him and comforted him, “Didn’t our analysis show that Su Jing and his technical team are the core assets of HZ Technology? Lin Huan may have bought HZ, but if in the future, Su Jing leaves and makes some ‘HX’ or ‘HY’ then Lin Huan would have bought HZ Technology for nothing…”
Qi Yu chuckled, what was with this 'X,Y,Z'. Did he think this was the alphabet?
Fu Yansheng: “It doesn’t matter if you gain or lose at the moment. You have to take on a long-term view.”
Qi Yu grabbed Fu Yansheng’s hand on his shoulder and said in a low voice, “Teacher Fu, you really know how to talk.”
Fu Yansheng: “Right now, I’m comforting you as your boyfriend.”
“Boyfriend?” Qi Yu turned around, raised his leg and rubbed Fu Yansheng’s certain spot, “A boyfriend would be more suitable for doing something like this.”
Fu Yansheng narrowed his eyes and moved his lips to the side of Qi Yu’s face and then to his chin. While kissing, he whispered, “You’re this hungry after not doing it for a week?”
Qi Yu put his arms around the other’s neck and took Fu Yansheng to bed. “Stop talking nonsense. If you don’t do it, I’m going to start to suspect you can’t get it up anymore.”
Fu Yansheng: “…”
……
The satisfying sex temporarily relieved Qi Yu’s dejection and allowed him to sleep peacefully. Early the next morning, Qi Yu was woken up by the sound of his phone buzzing. When he looked at the caller ID, it was his mother.
“…Hello?” Qi Yu’s voice still carried that laziness of having just woken up in the morning.
“Are you still sleeping? I didn’t disturb you, did I?” Jiang Ying’s voice came from the other end of the phone.
“no……”
“I heard that you have returned to China, so I called you at this hour.” Jiang Ying said.
“I’m just about to get up…” An arm wrapped around his waist. Qi Yu held down Fu Yansheng’s restless hand and said to the phone, “Is there something wrong?”
“When are you free to go home? Mom has something important to tell you and Xiao Feng.” Jiang Ying said.
Qi Yu was stunned. Something important, could it be…
“How about tonight?” Hot breath brushed against the back of his neck and Qi Yu instinctively tightened his hold on the other’s hand, warning that someone behind him not to mess around.
“Xiao Feng, is he going back too?” Qi Yu asked.
“You’re busier than he is so I’m checking the time with you first. I’ll call him to talk to him later.” Jiang Ying paused, “Qi Yu? Is there someone next to you?”
“No…” Qi Yu was so frightened that he almost dealt a giant kick to send Fu Yansheng tumbling out of bed.
“Why do I feel your voice is a little strange…?”
“What about it is strange?” Qi Yu quickly sat up and pushed away Fu Yansheng’s face with one hand.
“Forget it. Are you sure you can come tonight?” Jiang Ying asked.
“Yeah, if there is any emergency, I’ll let you know.”
After hanging up the phone, Qi Yu realized that Fu Yansheng’s face had been twisted by all his pushing. He quickly retracted his hand, glared at the other party and said, “What were you doing just now?”
Fu Yansheng frowned and said, “What do you mean ‘what was I doing’?”
Qi Yu: “Didn’t you hear me on the phone with my mom? Why were you groping me?”
Fu Yansheng said in a deep voice, “I hadn’t waken up completely yet. I heard you say that you wanted to get up. Was it bad that I wanted to have you stay a bit longer?”
Qi Yu was so angry that he lifted off the quilt and went to the bathroom.
Fu Yansheng looked Qi Yu’s retreating back, helplessly rubbing the bridge of his nose.
Qi Yu came out after taking a shower. His anger had subsided. While putting on his clothes, he said to Fu Yansheng, “I’ll be going home for dinner tonight.”
It was a while before Fu Yansheng gave a sound of assent.
Qi Yu tilted his head, looking at the man’s dazed look. He asked, “What are you thinking?”
Fu Yansheng looked at him with a deep light in his eyes. “I was thinking, did I not satisfy last night? Why are you getting even more bad tempered?”
Qi Yu: “…”
Fu Yansheng murmured, “Although I think you enjoy it a lot, if you think it’s not enough, you can tell me. Research shows that an inharmonious sex life can have a negative impact on a person’s mood…”
Qi Yu grabbed a pillow and threw it over, blocking Fu Yansheng’s next words.
In the morning, Qi Yu received a call from Ye Qinru, saying that he had already contacted Yu Lian. Recently, someone had actually sent a message to Yu Lian on Lin Huan’s, expressing an interest in their shares in Blooming Lotus. Yu Lian thought it was Qi Yu working behind the scenes,
In front of Ye Qinru, Yu Lian praised Qi Yu for being efficient and capable. However, they had not decided yet whether to meet with Lin Huan or not. They wanted to ask Qi Yu what he was planning.
Qi Yu explained to Ye Qinru: “You ask them to meet and see what conditions Lin Huan is willing to offer. Don’t let her reveal that she had already signed a buyout agreement with us.”
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【Little Theater】
Fu Yansheng: Wife, why are you in a bad mood?
Qi Yu: Are you telling me you don’t have any f*cking idea why I’m in a bad mood?
Fu Yansheng: Hey, I also have my own difficulties that I’m reluctant to mention. For the time being, we can only work on the physical aspect. Came, let’s do it a few more times.
Qi Yu: …
Damn.. why is QY suddenly this upset? Did he find out something?!? Little fish, do hurry and catch him, so that you can punish FYS soon!
Also, QY is getting a better business sense than most – good gamble with Lin Huan.
“Mom has something important to tell you and Xiao Deng.” << Most likely a typo on Xiao Feng’s name there. Unless they’re secretly a triplet with a Xiao Deng floating somewhere unknown lmao
Also, really tiny but it’s bugging me. There’s a quotation mark missing here >> “You’re busier than he is so…”
Hehehe F1S trying his best to cover his sockpuppet (alter ego) using one hand and coaxingly massage his wife with the other XD
Corrected with thanks!
thanks for the chapter!
This is,,, a lot of work for our Qi Yu,,, and there’s the whole relationship problem too im stressed just thinking about QY’s situation
Fu laoshi reduced himself to being just Yuyu’s sexual satisfyer bf now lol