Ying Hua glared at Mu Chen, “Get out of my way.”
“Aren’t you guys going to drink? My treat.” Mu said.
“Can’t we afford to buy our own drinks? Who asked you to pay for it? Did I say you can go with us?” Ying raged.
“You can’t drive after drinking. I’ll be your side and then I’ll get you home safely.” Mu said calmly.
“No need! We can take a cab or a Uber.”
Mu didn’t know what to say or do, so he looked to me for help.
I didn’t dare to help him. I had already pissed Ying off because of him. How I dare to speak for him now?
So, I shrugged my shoulders, indicating that I couldn’t help anything.
“If you don’t go, I’ll call Leon and say you’re harassing me.” Ying said pointing her finger at Mu’s face.
Mu turned his face a little to the right to prevent Ying from pointing straight, but Ying moved her finger again, still pointing at his face.
They seemed very tacit, so it must have been the action they used to do when they were together. They did this again unintentionally.
Sure enough, after this, both of their eyes dimmed.
Ying slowly put down her finger while Mu also moved his feet, no longer blocking her.
Silently ignoring him, Ying walked towards the door. I followed her and took a look at Mu, his head hanging slightly. I didn’t know what he was thinking about.
Out of the shop, Ying was quick on her feet, keeping walking forward.
I followed behind without saying anything. Although I was behind Ying, I could still feel her sadness from her back.
Just now, her pointing at Mu and Mu’s dodging away must have reminded her too much of the past.
The so-called men of story were not people who could tell many stories, but people who had experienced sorrows and joys in their stories, but buried them deep in their hearts.
When Ying looked back again, she regained her sunny smile, “That bastard ruined our happy time. I’m not in the mood to drink now. How about another day?”
“Yeah, I have to work tomorrow. And there is something important to deal with. Why don’t we meet at this weekend?”
“Fine, I’ll see you off then.” Ying and I walked towards the parking place together, “By the way, I’ve saw the news. You guys bought that cool tech company? Does your important thing mean something about that company?”
“Yes.” I didn’t hide anything, so I told her roughly what happened with Lanhai Technology. Although she no longer belonged to Hua family, she actually cared about the family’s affairs, and she was the eldest daughter of the family, deserving the right to know about it.
After I finished, she was silent for a while.
“Leon and I are actually similar in certain ways, being too rash and doing things only with righteousness and caring less about the consequences. Not willing to settle for anything, so he’s been excluded from the core of power of Hua family all these years. But he is the most capable person among Hua family’s children, and only he can lead Hua’s Group to keep moving forward. I’m an outsider and can’t do much, but I want you all to be safe. It’s good that he is going forward, but I’m worried about him. The closer you get to the core of power, the more violent and dangerous the struggle becomes. You two can never be too careful.”
“Thank you, Sis. I will tell your words to him.”
Ying reached out and took my hand, “I’ve clearly known my fate, doomed to be a tragedy. I only wish you regret less and be happier.”
I felt sad, “Sis, sometimes I actually want to advise you that if you let it go, you will be closer to happiness…”
Ying waved her hand to interrupt me, “Well, let’s not talk about that. Some knots can never be tied. When you go through it yourself, you’ll understand. Let’s go.”
I got in the car and waved goodbye to Ying. The city lights were just on and she was beautiful under the lights like a nightly blooming flower.
Such a beautiful lady, from a noble family, but with a troubled fate. How sad.
…
The next day, at noon, I finally received a call from the chairman’s office, asking me to the headquarter to attend a meeting in the afternoon.
Although I was as the CEO of Lanhai Technology, I still had my position at Hai City Telecom, so I was still an employee of Hua’s.
Yaohui Hua asked the office staff to inform me, so this was official business.
I asked Leon and he was informed too. So, I’m supposed today was going to talk about Lanhai Technology.
I just didn’t know whether they would accept Leon’s offer?
I had a discussion with Leon about why Xiang and her gang insisted on taking Lanhai Technology in Hua’s system. Were they really thinking for Hua’s strategic layout, or they had some other selfish thoughts?
Leon told me that it was true to think about the group’s strategy, and it was also true to have selfish thoughts. For Xiang, of course she wanted the group to get better and better, so that she could also be rich for the rest of her life. Therefore, she was really willing to do what was good for the group. The reason why she was fighting for power was because Feng family had a stake in Hua’s, and she didn’t feel safe. She was always worried that she would be ostracized by Hua family.
As for their selfish thoughts, it was understandable.
Leon never got along well with Feng family. Lanhai Technology, as the most potential company in Hai City, could be used by Leon to be developed much stronger, which would threaten Feng family. So, they wanted to incorporate it into Hua’s.
So, Leon bet that they would agree to the conditions we had put forward.
With Blue Sea into Hua’s, even if Leon got more equity in the company, it was still not as much as Feng’s, so they thought everything was still under control.
It was better than Leon using Lanhai to make a fortune and set up another business to threaten them.
In a word, Leon thought that he would win without a doubt.
I arrived at the headquarter half an hour early in the afternoon, but he didn’t show up yet. When I called to ask him, he said that of course he wouldn’t be there. It was better for me to make demands on his behalf. He also said that if the board asked why he didn’t show up, just tell them he was talking with Su family in Yang City about the development of Lanhai.
The participants arrived one after another. The board members were almost all arrived. As if this was a meeting of the board, and I was just a nobody.
“Where’s Leon? Why isn’t he here yet?” Xiang was very unhappy.
“He’s never been like this all the time, never caring the board.” Ruoxin Chen seized every opportunity to say something bad about Leon.
“He couldn’t come. He’s in Yang City talking to Mr. Su of Nanhe Group, and he asked me to say sorry to you.” I explained.
“How could he! He has been clearly informed to come to the meeting, but he even went about his own business. He was getting more and more reckless.” Chenxing Hua said angrily.
Obviously, Chenxing was on the opposite side. But that’s good, it’s good to do something when the enemy and friends were clearly distinguished. Otherwise, it would be more of a bother.
Yaohui, facing these people lashing out at Leon, didn’t take a stance, and he looked at his watch, saying a deep voice, “It’s almost the time, so let’s start!”