Shen Qi was speaking very seriously with a look of utmost sincerity.
After finishing speaking, she found that Ye Moxuan was staring back at her with a scorching look that made her return to her senses. After realizing the words she had just said to Ye Moxuan, Shen Qi’s face became hot as she uttered flusteredly, “Okay, you can do your own activities now. I have something else to do today, so I have to go first.” With that, Shen Qi fled from the room.
When she went downstairs, she ran into Old Master Ye, and as soon as the old man saw her, he frowned and asked, “Shen Qi, have you told the girl from the Han Family about what I asked?”
Oh, no! Shen Qi’s expression immediately changed because she had almost forgotten about this, so she could only say, “Grandpa, I have rarely seen Xueyou recently, but I will definitely ask her on your behalf when I see her.”
Old Master Ye nodded with a smile, a glint flashing in his eyes. “The opportunity to cooperate with Fang Group can’t be messed up.”
Hearing this, Shen Qi became more nervous and nodded. “Of course, of course.”
After leaving the Ye residence, Shen Qi thought that she had to take the time today to help contact Fang Group.
At Ye Group.
After Shen Qi went to work, she called up the people from Fang Group.
Upon hearing the collaboration offer, the other party readily agreed, saying that he would like to meet first to discuss the details.
Shen Qi waited for Ye Moxuan to be in office before mentioning this to him, but he frowned when he heard that. “Are you really going to involve yourself in this matter?”
Hearing that, Shen Qi was taken aback for a moment. Then, she blinked rapidly and said, “I’m your assistant, so it’s normal for me to assist you in this.”
“So have you read up about them?”
Shen Qi paused and nodded. “Yes.”
“Hah.” Ye Moxuan looked into her eyes intently. “So, do you now understand the personality of the Chairman of Fang Group?”
Shen Qi paused before she answered, “Yes.”
The office became quiet, leaving only the sound of the shutters being blown by the fan, and she could feel the sudden drop in temperature around her.
“It seems that you didn’t learn from the incident last time.”
Before she could answer, Ye Moxuan added coldly, “If you want to meet them, go on your own.”
A look of surprise flashed in Shen Qi’s eyes. “But aren’t you going? They asked to talk to you.”
“Pfft, when have I ever said that I want to cooperate with Fang Group?”
Shen Qi was speechless to hear that. So, I was the one who misunderstood him? She then opened her lips and stated weakly, “Old Master Ye—”
“Since you’re taking orders from the old man, you can go and discuss this yourself, or you can invite him to attend the meeting in person.” Ye Moxuan had a mocking expression as he smiled, looking as if he was watching a comedic skit in front of him. Shen Qi’s face blanched immediately as she bit her lower lip. “So you have never thought about cooperating with Fang Group from the beginning?”
“Have I mentioned anything about it before?” Ye Moxuan’s eyes were cold, as if he was looking at a dead person. “Have I even spoken the words, ‘Fang Group’?”
Shen Qi finally couldn’t help but shudder. Her lips trembled as she said, “No, never.”
Indeed, she was the one who talked about this with Old Master Ye the other day, and Ye Moxuan didn’t utter a single word next to them. At this moment, she felt ridiculous recalling the situation that day. He probably thought that she was too assertive and annoying.
Thinking of this, Shen Qi’s eyes drooped, and her small face gradually became pale as her voice gradually became lower. “I see.”
“Even if you manage to seal the deal successfully, I won’t sign the documents, understand?” he added.
Shen Qi nodded. “Since you don’t want to discuss this, I won’t talk about it again. But Old Master Ye—”
“Has nothing to do with you.” With that, he had completely blocked the remaining words that Shen Qi wanted to say.
“Got it.” After saying her last sentence, she turned and left.
Shen Qi returned to her desk and looked at the pages full of information that were collected in the past two days to strike a deal with Fang Group, but she didn’t expect that Ye Moxuan had not even considered it.
She then rested her chin on her palms and stared at the computer screen. It seemed that Ye Moxuan was against Old Master Ye from the beginning, and their relationship was particularly poor. It was almost like Old Master Ye wanted to collaborate with the people whom Ye Moxuan didn’t like or didn’t want to cooperate with.
She heard from Ye Linhan before that Ye Moxuan did not live with them when he was a kid.
All of a sudden, Shen Qi became curious about Ye Moxuan’s life. When she returned to her senses, she opened the search engine and entered ‘North City, Ye Family’.
Following that, Shen Qi read up on some information on the Ye Family. There was a lot of information about them online, but they were all common news. For example, after Ye Moxuan took over Ye Group, their business began to flourish. Apart from that, there was news about his disability as well. There was really a lot of news about Ye Moxuan, but Shen Qi already knew about them.
Finally, when Shen Qi became a little tired, a special article entered her view—‘A Juicy Revelation of the Affair in Rich Families. Ye Moxuan Is an Illegitimate Child?’
Of course, it was a clickbait—the title and content was completely different.
At the start, the article revolved around the title, making everyone think that Ye Moxuan was the illegitimate child of the Ye Family. However, the content suddenly switched direction and pointed out that Ye Moxuan’s mother was the first wife, and that Ye Linhan’s mother was the despicable mistress.
Then, the first wife was chased out of the Ye Family by the mistress. Many years later, she returned to the Ye Family and moved into the main power of the Ye Family in order to take revenge. Thereafter, the conspiracy theories about Ye Moxuan’s disability began.
The author wrote that Ye Moxuan was not born with a disability, and he asked a rhetoric question on how he became a cripple. Although it was not mentioned explicitly, his words had an implied meaning that guided the readers to think along the same lines as him.
Seeing this, Shen Qi felt a chill run down her spine.
Although the author didn’t say it clearly, she could also feel the grudges between the rich and powerful families. Thinking of the words that Old Master Ye had said to her after calling her into the study before, she could tell that Ye Moxuan was the Ye Family’s common enemy.
Then, she remembered Ye Linhan’s gentlemanly and kind appearance. Ye Linhan probably isn’t that kind of person, right?
As she was deep in her thoughts, a cold voice suddenly came from her left, making Shen Qi jolt out of shock. “Why are you reading this during working hours?”
Shen Qi suddenly turned around and saw Ye Moxuan beside her. Although he was sitting in a wheelchair, he was much taller than her, and he looked at Shen Qi condescendingly. His eyes were as sharp as a dagger, and he pursed his thin lips as he exuded a cold aura.
Sh*t. He caught me! She blinked and looked at Ye Moxuan with an innocent expression. How should I explain to him?
“Umm I was just looking around.” It was indeed her fault; she shouldn’t be reading this kind of stuff when she was at work.
With that, Shen Qi held the mouse in her hand, but just when she was about to close the page, a pair of big hands rested on her little hands faster than her and enshrouded her hands warmly, catching her off guard.
She raised her head and looked into Ye Moxuan’s deep eyes surprisingly. Then, she heard his low voice. “I didn’t know that you care about my matters so much.”
