On the day they went to Shanghai, Jiang Shenghe took out his wedding ring to put on later.
Luo Qi had gone to Shanghai before on a business trip to visit important clients.
Regarding whether to move their offices to Yuanwei Building, Shu Rui and her disagreed. She had given him notice to move after the new year, but he refused to move and continued to work at the original location.
The employees were used to Shu Rui and Luo Qi not getting along, but after a while they fgured out some patterns and discovered that it was always Shu Rui who compromised in the end, so they all voted unanimously in favor of the relocation.
It wasn’t like they were being merged into a certain department from head office, so there was no need to worry about being excluded. It was just working in a newer, better environment. Who wouldn’t want to?
On the high-speed train, Luo Qi received a message from Chi Xin: [Ms. Luo, Mr. Shu has agreed to move. But he wants your offices to be as far apart as possible.]
Out of sight, out of mind.
Luo Qi: [You don’t need to move the desks, chairs, and filing cabinets. They already have those in the new offices. Please organize the files that need to be organized in advance.]
She tilted her head to look at the man beside her. Jiang Shenghe felt her looking at him, so he turned his head.
Luo Qi looked away and didn’t meet his gaze.
For breakfast today, he made her pumpkin glutinous rice cakes.
Her ears became hot when she saw the pumpkin rice cakes—how could she have pleaded with him in bed that night using the little pumpkins?
Jiang Shenghe’s eyes returned to the laptop, “We don’t know anyone in the carriage, why are you pretending to be unfamiliar with me?”
“I’m not.”
“Come here for a while.”
Luo Qi turned around; he took out his wedding ring and asked her to help him put it on.
“When you move to Yuanwei, I think you won’t even say hello.”
His thoughts ran in an entirely different direction from hers.
Luo Qi didn’t explain; she put the ring on his slender finger, its joints distinct, and said, “Didn’t I say I would visit you often?”
Jiang Shenghe looked at the wedding ring and said, “One day, when you’re willing to make it public, you can take out the ring and put it on me to wear. Then I will know.”
Luo Qi agreed with him, but she hasn’t decided yet when to make it public.
She had just adjusted the market positioning of several medical companies, and there were constant doubts surrounding her at the moment. She didn’t want to make their relationship public before Ruipu and Yuanwei Medical were on the right track. By that time, the board of directors couldn’t accuse him of abusing his power for personal gain.
She also planned to take her career to the next level.
Jiang Shenghe smiled and said, “You don’t have to think about me. Didn’t I say that I abuse my power for personal gain more often than you think?”
Yuanwei Medical itself was a product of him abusing power for personal gain.
… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com
When they arrived in Shanghai, Xu Xiangyi’s driver came to pick them up.
Xu Xiangyi was in a semi-retired state. He may only go to the company no more than twice a month and usually just worked from home.
The sun shone brightly today, and he was playing chess by himself in the backyard.
Jiang Shenghe was familiar with the place and took Luo Qi directly to the backyard.
Xu Xiangyi had just picked up a chess piece and hasn’t put it down yet when they came over.
He sat up straight, “You really know how to pick the time. Your aunt1 took a plane to visit your Aunt Jiang last night.”
“I’m only brave enough to come here because Aunt wouldn’t be here, otherwise I’d be urged to marry again.”
“Uncle Xu,” Luo Qi followed Jiang Shenghe’s way of calling him.
“I’ve been waiting for you to visit. Shenghe has long said he would bring you over for a meal.”
Xu Xiangyi and Luo Qi were no strangers to each other. He pointed to the chair next to him and said, “You’re welcome. Sit wherever you want.”
Jiang Shenghe sat across the chessboard and chose the black chess piece.
There were some fruits on the table next to them, all prepared for Luo Qi, except for the mandarin oranges which Jiang Shenghe asked Xu Xiangyi to prepare for him because he liked them.
Luo Qi took a mandarin and peeled it.
In the past, she liked to eat mandarins when she was under a lot of stress, mainly because the fragrance of the mandarin peel was particularly soothing.
Jiang Shenghe saw that he was about to lose, “Let’s take a break.”
Xu Xiangyi teased him, “How tired can you be? Do the chess pieces weigh a hundred pounds?”
Jiang Shenghe smiled and admitted defeat.
He didn’t play chess much, so how could he be a match for Xu Xiangyi?
Xu Xiangyi put away the chess, picked up a file bag from the chair next to him and handed it to Luo Qi, “This is a wedding gift for the two of you. Others don’t know how hard it is for you, but I do. Especially for you, these seven years have not been easy. I won’t say anything sentimental, I only hope that you and Shenghe live well.”
The document was not a red envelope. One could tell the amount of money involved at a glance. If the things in the document bag were equity shares, they could easily be worth millions or tens of millions.
How could Luo Qi just accept it?
Jiang Shenghe accepted it for her and said to Xu Xiangyi, “Thank you, Uncle Xu.”
“Open it and take a look. The lawyer is waiting in the reception room to help you with the transfer procedures. You just need to sign a power of attorney and the lawyer will handle everything for you.”
Luo Qi opened it and found a risk agreement signed between Lingjia Capital and her father’s company.
“All the shares held by Lingjia will be transferred to your name. I said at the beginning that this is a wedding gift for you.”
Xu Xiangyi smiled and said, “You now have a bet with your father. If he fails to meet the requirements of the risk agreement, all his technical expertise will belong to you.”
Luo Qi looked at Jiang Shenghe, and her eyes told him that this gift was too valuable and could not be accepted.
Jiang Shenghe put the risk agreement back into the file bag and said, “Uncle Xu has a lot money. If you don’t take advantage and fleece him now, when else would you do it?”
Luo Qi was amused.
Xu Xiangyi also laughed and gestured with his chin towards the villa, “Go find the lawyer.”
Luo Qi took the file bag and went to find a lawyer. Jiang Shenghe did not accompany her because he had something to discuss with Xu Xiangyi about the proprosed strategic cooperation with Linghong.
Xu Xiangyi didn’t involve himself in Linghong’s operations, and Cui Ran was basically in charge of domestic business.
He looked at his watch, “I asked Cui Ran to come over, she should be here soon.”
“Cui Ran, does she know what the relationship is between Luo Qi and me?”
“She doesn’t know.”
As they were chatting, a car came into the yard.
Cui Ran received a call from her uncle in the morning, saying that Jiang Shenghe was coming. She was at the airport to send her younger cousin off to travel abroad to relax. She was so angry with her cousin that she felt uncomfortable for several days, but she couldn’t just ignore her, so she bought her a ticket and told her to go out and play for a few days and come to see her after she has thought matters through.
Cui Ran got out of the car and walked over quickly.
“Mr. Jiang, long time no see.”
Jiang Shenghe nodded.
Cui Ran sat down next to her uncle and inadvertently glanced at Jiang Shenghe’s wedding ring.
Seventh Year of My Secret Love for You translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com
T/N: To fleece someone is an English thing, it means to scam someone out of their money.
The term used here is ‘grab wool’ which means getting a good bargain, like a discounted sale or 2-for-1 promo or freebie voucher. It comes from shepherds grabbing wool off the sheep little by little, and by the end of the season, the would have enough to spin and weave into clothes to be used for winter.
Luo Qi has been shown to eat fruits in several scenes and I’ve always translated it as ‘orange’. It just now dawned on me that it was mandarin oranges. They are much sweeter and easier to peel. My bad.
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A list of all advance chapters is HERE.
Chapter 59.1 — Hold Me For A While and Don’t Let Me Down
Chapter 59.2 — Hold Me For A While and Don’t Let Me Down
Chapter 59.3 — Hold Me For A While and Don’t Let Me Down
FOOTNOTE:
- This is Xu Xiangyi’s wife. ↩︎
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