Chapter 095: Truly Heartless
After three days of indulgence, Qi Yu’s legs still felt soft on the day they set off for China. He felt weak and lacking energy as he walked. When he got on the plane and lay down in the cabin, he felt like he could turn into puddle of paralyzed mud.
Qi Yu had been planning for Fu Yansheng discuss with him about the technology companies while they were on the plane. But after hearing just a few words, he was already struggling to keep his eyes open.
Seeing how he was all muddled, Fu Yansheng also realized they’d overdone it these past few days. He said in a gentle tone of voice, “If you’re feeling sleepy then sleep a little longer. You don’t actually need to know so much about these things.”
“Tomorrow I’m going to see Blooming Lotus’ shareholders. How can I, as the deputy head, not have complete knowledge about the situation? Qi Yu closed his eyes and said, “Go on, I’m listening…”
His voice was languid and hoarse. He was clearly giving an order, but his tone held a sexy quality that couldn’t be ignored. Fu Yansheng couldn’t help thinking back on how he other party groaned in the bed while they did those things during the past few days…
He took a couple of deep breaths to calm himself down. Fu Yansheng spoke for a while. At first, Qi Yu hmm-ed in response, trying to keep the conversation going, but after a while, he drifted off into deep sleep.
Fu Yansheng shook his head and chuckled quietly. “Show off.” He said softly. He stretched out his hand to cover him with the blanket. Looking at the young man’s handsome sleeping face, he couldn’t help leaning in and kissing the other person’s lips.
Who would have thought that this scene would be caught by a passing flight attendant? The uniform-ed woman blushed. She nodded and threw a smile at Fu Yansheng, then left, pretending to be all cool and calm.
After the more than ten hour flight, the plane arrived at Haicheng.
After leaving the airport, the damp and cold air of Haicheng hit them in the face face. Qi Yu shivered from the cold, and Fu Yansheng immediately took out the down jacket he carried with him and draped it around his shoulders.
Qi Yu huddled into the spacious down jacket and chuckled softly. “I never had to wear something like this even in winter.”
Fu Yansheng: “Isn’t it because you just recovered from a fever? Be careful not to freeze.”
Qi Yu gave him a sidelong glance, reproach in his eyes, “Oh? Is it really because of the fever?”
Fu Yansheng put his fist against his lips and gave a light cough. “There’s nothing wrong with being careful.”
Qi Yu snorted softly and turned back around.
Because they were going to meet with Blooming Lotus’ shareholders the next day, after getting off the plane, they quickly got into the car Wu Shuang arranged for them and headed to the Group’s headquarters to have a meeting with Ye Qinru and others.
After getting in the car, Fu Yansheng then explained to Qi Yu, “The main of the meeting is to determine the purchase price for Blooming Lotus.”
Qi Yu rubbed the bridge of his nose a little tiredly and asked, “How much should we pay? I remember you said last time that the valuation of 285 million is too high.”
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Fu Yansheng: “En, after receiving my feedback, Chief Ye asked his subordinates to re-estimate the valuation. At present, they placed the estimate conservatively at 268 million. The two shareholders who will be meeting tomorrow together own 53% of Blooming Lotus’ shares. As long as their quoted price is around 140 million, 50 million more or less is reasonable. But if the price gap between their side and ours is too large, we’ll need to haggle it down a bit, we might not be able to close the negotiate in one go.”
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When they arrived at the Group’s headquarters, Qi Yu saw Ye Qinru and the two first exchanged greetings.
“I heard you had a fever a few days ago?” Ye Qinru looked at him up and down, “Your complexion isn’t very good and your voice is hoarse. Are you still not better?”
Qi Yu: “…”
His hoarse voice wasn’t caused by the fever at all. But in the face of Ye Qinru’s concern, Qi Yu could only respond awkwardly, saying, “I’m almost completely better.”
Ye Qinru said, “You’re still pursuing college. It’s fine if you can’t attend to matters with the company. Since you hired me, you can rest assured leaving some matters for me to handle.”
Qi Yu gave him an “en” and asked him, “I’ll be talking with Blooming Lotus tomorrow. What do you think?”
“It shouldn’t be difficult to get Blooming Lotus. They don’t have any better buyers besides the Si Yuan Group so the initiative is in our hands. It’s merely a question of how much.” Ye Qinru sighed and said, “It’s HZ we should be worrying about now. Since you went back to California, I’ve already taken people to meet with them twice. I’ve already brought people to dock twice during the half month you’ve been back in California. That Su Jing is simply too stubborn.”
Qi Yu asked, “If we really can’t acquire then, how about we form it ourselves?”
Ye Qinru: “If we form it yourself, it will take at least a year to reach HZ’s scale. But the crux of the matter isn’t the difficulty of forming it ourselves but the time it will take to do so.”
Qi Yu understood. Their competitiveness would decrease if they start out late. He asked, “So we must acquire HZ?”
Ye Qinru: “That would be best.”
Qi Yu thought for a moment then asked, “What did Si Ze say?”
Ye Qinru: “General Manager said that he’ll look for other channels.”
Qi Yu: “Other channels?”
Ye Qinru explained: “Since approaching him directly won’t work, we’re left with no other choice but to find other ways. In fact, I’m also looking for other ways. Soon, Su Jing will wants to grow his company and he’s going to need financing for that. With outside financing, the equity share in his hands will be reduced and we will have an opportunity.”
Hearing what Ye Qinru said, Qi Yu couldn’t help thinking about Little Pigeon and the Little Magpie. At the beginning, the two companies were battling it out, each refusing to budge an inch. But Little Pigeon had been too eager to win and fell into a trap. In the end, it was caught with the combined forces of Lin Huan and Wang Qun.
However, whenever he thought about Lin Huan and Xu Jing’s method, Qi Yu always felt a little upset. He too knew that competition in the industry was a matter of mutual deception. This kind of conspiring-like means wasn’t at all surprising. However, he hoped they could discuss business the same way Fu Yansheng recruited Ye Qinru for him — mutually plain-dealing, mutually profitable and beneficial.
After the meeting, once they had learned about the main situation they would be facing the next day, Qi Yu and Fu Yansheng returned to the hotel.
The two took a shower one after another. When Fu Yansheng came out of the bathroom, he saw that Qi Yu was sitting on the sofa, still wearing a bathrobe. He seemed to have something on his mind. He asked, “Why aren’t you asleep yet?”
Qi Yu hesitated for a moment but nevertheless, he still decided to tell Fu Yansheng what he thought. “I want to meet Su Jing in person.”
Fu Yansheng asked, sounding interested, “Oh? Why?”
“Ye Qinru said that they’ve met with Su Jing twice, but this person has remained stubborn and Si Ze has begun to find other channels. But this company was founded by Su Jing, after all…” Qi Yu He raised his eyes and said, “I still remember that you once told me that even ones favored by Heaven are but mere mortals and mortals have wants. If we want to move them, the important thing isn’t how much money we pay or what status we give. Rather, we have to know what it is they really want deep down in their hearts. If we can know Su Jing’s thoughts, see if there’s any part that aligns with the direction Si Yuan wants to take, and if there are any conflict, then we can analyze it and maybe there’ll be room to discuss this matter.”
After Fu Yansheng heard him say these words, his eyes were full of admiration. “You’re right. Su Jing came from a technical background and one the surface, it seems that HZ Technology is just a beauty and fashion sharing platform. I can’t think of any reason why Su Jing would want to control of HZ. The only possible reason is that he has a unique plan for the company’s direction or a plan for its technological development. If we come right off the bat, saying that we want to invest in his company and have controlling interest, its only natural that he would lock his doors and refuse to see us. This doesn’t mean that he’s stubborn.”
Qi Yu’s eyes lit up: “You think so too? I’ve always thought that for Su Jing to betray Lei Hong back then, to the point that he’d even sell Guangshen Technology to Zhongda’s rival company rather than accept Lei Hong’s high-priced acquisition, must be because rather than fame and fortune, this person cares more about sticking to his philosophy.”
Fu Yansheng nodded and said, “That’s right. When I heard Si Ze was looking for other channels, I thought that Si Holding’s network of connections might be very wide and he might be able to acquire HZ Technology by force but it would be impossible to use this kind of method to deal with people like Su Jing. If this is handled badly, he might just make it so that both parties lose out.”
Qi Yu was delighted that he and Fu Yansheng had reached the same conclusion. He couldn’t help himself from getting up and saying, “Then let’s have Chief Ye arrange it. Let’s take advantage of this holiday to meet Su Jing.”
The bathrobe was loosely tied and as soon as Qi Yu got up, the front of his robe opened up quite a lot, revealing the youthful jade-white skin peppered with yet to fade kiss marks.
“Okay…” Fu Yansheng’s eyes darkened and he walked over. Reaching out, he wrapped his arms around the young man’s waist and took him into his embrace.
Qi Yu immediately guessed what Fu Yansheng wanted to do and hurriedly pushed against him, saying “We can’t today!”
Fu Yansheng buried his face in his neck and sucked gently. “I know, I’ll just kiss.”
The three days of lovemaking he spent with Fu Yansheng came unbidden in his mind. He wanted to refuse, but his whole body was already going soft. He raised his head slightly and narrowed his eyes at him. “You said the same thing a few times before…”
——When has it ever not started out as just kissing? Saying anything would be useless once he teases him to the point that he’s unable to stop!
Fu Yansheng kissed him for a while and sure enough, Qi Yu’s feelings came again. He was so annoyed that he immediately thought of kicking up with his knee to push the other away.
Fu Yansheng let go of him with a smile. “Okay, I know when to stop. We really won’t do it today.”
“Go back to your own room to sleep.” Qi Yu said. Turning his back to him, he took off his bathrobe and put on cotton T-shirt and pajamas. When he turned around, he saw Fu Yansheng still standing there, staring at him.
His eyes swept over the other party’s certain something that was already standing erect. Qi Yu’s face was instantly sent burning. “Aren’t you going yet?”
Fu Yansheng looked at him for a while, then said, voice deep, “Then I’ll be heading next door.”
Qi Yu waved him away without the slightest reluctance. “See you tomorrow.”
He lifted up a corner of the quilt and climbed into bed. The room was very big and he couldn’t see Fu Yansheng leaving. He only heard the sound of the door being opened, followed by a “click” as it closed. When it was all quiet, Qi Yu felt an inexplicable sense of disappointment.
It’s been a long time since he slept alone, but thinking about what he needed to do the next day, in order to get enough rest, Qi Yu had to be rational.
He reached out and turned the light off. Qi Yu lay down for a while with his eyes closed. Suddenly, he felt a depression on the bed beside him and then something touched him.
He was sent shivering from fright. The next second, he was being hugged from behind.
He suddenly recognized the familiar presence and realized that it was Fu Yansheng. Qi Yu relaxed but he shouted in anger, “Are you trying to scare me to death!”
“I just wanted to see if you were really so heartless…” Fu Yansheng bit his ear and said, “Last night, you were even crying in bed, calling me “husband” and now, you won’t even let me sleep in the same bed with you…”
Qi Yu was so embarrassed that he flushed from head to toe. “Who the f*ck was crying! Don’t talk nonsense! Eh… What are you doing? You already said we weren’t going to do…”
Fu Yansheng smiled and said, “This is punishment.”
Soon Qi Yu was teased to the point of speechless-ness. However, Fu Yansheng really didn’t do anything. After tossing him about, he left Qi Yu hanging and quickly slipped away.
“Good night……”
Hearing the door closing with a ‘click’ once again, Qi Yu sent both legs kicking. He was so furious, his eyes almost rolled back into his head in a faint.
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【Little Theater】
Fu Yansheng: After I’ve trained my wife, I found out I was the one forced into a difficult situation. My self-control is being challenged more and more. Sigh…
Qi Yu: I see that day in day out, you just keep looking for a fight! (╰ 皿╯)
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Thank you for the chapter 🌸
Thank you for the chap ❤️ Qi Yu has learned so much XD then Fu Yansheng comes in with a smarter plan lol
Qi Yu become so much wiser 🥰 thank you for the update! happy CNY all!
Kehehehe so Fu Yansheng, did you find out if your little wife is ‘truly heartless’ or not? These two are so heckin adorable but the TEASE is killing both us readers and the two love birds over there QwQ
bot of you are teasers smh
thanks for the chapter!
I decide to think of ‘crying’ as ‘moaning’ 😂