“Really? I think that although President Ji’s son looks a little cold, he should still be able to speak his mind. After all, he is now being manipulated by a tyrant like Cheng Liu.” Li Dong shook his head and sighed, “How come she is so successful in both love and business? She is so lucky.”

Yang Fanyu glanced at Li Dong: “Who has a grasp on whom, it is still unclear.”

“This one’s for sure. Cheng Liu must be taking advantage of President Ji’s son.” Li Dong pulled out his phone and began spreading the news of his lunch with Cheng Liu’s boyfriend to his friends. “Her ability to manipulate people is incredible. I’ve never seen anyone like her in my life.”

Yang Fanyu was speechless. Some people just didn’t have the ability to read other people’s expressions, like this husband of hers. She said coldly, “Stop gossiping with those people. Sooner or later, you’ll have your mouth sewn shut.”

“I didn’t say anything with my mouth.” After sending the message, Li Dong waited proudly for the people in their circle to come and ask about Cheng Liu’s boyfriend.

… …

Last night, He Bai received a message from Cheng Liu. She said she would not come to work today. He knew without asking that Cheng Liu must be with Ji Chaozhou.

Even so, He Bai still went to work on time. The last thing he wanted was for Cheng Liu to deny his work ability.

Ever since they met in college, He Bai had always wanted to gain Cheng Liu’s approval, like a child seeking recognition from an adult.

In fact, Cheng Liu was a qualified boss, or to put it bluntly, she was good at managing people’s hearts and never hesitated to praise her subordinates. At the same time, she has a stable temper and willingly guided them to grow.

She was more skilled than older veterans who have been immersed in the business world for decades.

Cheng Liu was good at this.

Anyone who has followed her since the founding of Shenyin Technology would never say that she was not a good person, and no one has ever left.

As far as He Bai knew, each of those senior technicians had received invitations from at least a dozen headhunting companies at home and abroad, with each offering a higher annual salary than the last and even shares and stock options.

But no one wanted to leave.

Some of them were brought up by Cheng Liu, and some were helped by Cheng Liu when they were in decline. Even without these experiences, normal people should know what the name Shenyin Technology represented. It was the name of the future top company.

If they left now, they would will only make room for others.

Even the He family did not want He Bai to follow Cheng Liu in the beginning, but now, during the last family dinner, they asked him to stay for a few more years to learn from Cheng Liu.

He Bai didn’t care about what the He family said. He just wanted Cheng Liu to occasionally look at him and express admiration and amazement.

But… He Bai looked down at his name card and smiled bitterly. He has never accomplished this in all these years.

He Bai sat alone in the huge office for a long time. Suddenly, he stood up to pack up all his documents and decided to visit the heads of those car companies first.

He stood in front of the desk, looking at the document from Tianqi Automobile, and finally reached out to take it and placed it on top of the other documents.

Even if Tianqi Automobile was Ji Chaozhou’s father’s company, he must at least do everything that Cheng Liu instructed perfectly.

… …

It was already afternoon when He Bai finished visiting several companies. He declined the invitation of the person in charge and prepared to have a quick meal and sort out the information he gathered.

He went to a cafe on the corner, ordered a cup of coffee and a snack, relaxed a little on the sofa chair, and turned to look at the passing vehicles and pedestrians outside the window.

There was a lunch shop opposite, and many middle school students were coming in and out at this time. He Bai felt bored after watching for a while. When he was about to look away, he saw a young man coming out with a bottle of water and bread.

The young man was in his early twenties, wearing an ill-fitting, cheap suit. He looked like a salesperson and had an acrylic nameplate on his chest. It probably had his name on it, but He Bai couldn’t see the words clearly from across the street.

Perhaps the seats in the convenience store were all occupied by middle school students, so he stood by the roadside, unwrapped the package, lowered his head to eat the bread in his hand, and occasionally drank water to wash it down.

He Bai frowned. He has seen this young man before.

When he was in college, he went to the office to get something and saw a photo in the drawer. It should be of her family. This young man across the street was in the photo, but he was a few years older now.

He Bai picked up his phone, stood up after a while, and walked across the street. His eyes fell on the nameplate on the young man’s chest, where the name was clearly written Cheng Gui.

“You……”

Without waiting for He Bai to ask, the young man was stunned when he saw He Bai’s face, then looked around, and after confirming that he didn’t see another person, he was obviously relieved.

“Cheng Liu’s younger brother?” Seeing his expression, He Bai became even more certain that he had not made a mistake.

Cheng Gui has never spoken to He Bai, but he had seen the live broadcasts of some press conferences where He Bai had been standing behind Cheng Liu. He tightly grasped the mineral water bottle and tentatively asked He Bai, “Is my sister at the company?”

“She didn’t go to the office today. I also had something to do so I went out alone.” He Bai pointed to the half-eaten bread in his hand, “Is this your dinner?”

“I have to work later, and I’m in a hurry.” Cheng Gui has already turned to the other side. 

He hesitated for a moment and said to He Bai, “Can you please not tell her I’m here?”

He Bai was surprised, “Why?”

He didn’t know much about Cheng Liu’s family. She seldom talked about her family to others. To be more precise, Cheng Liu basically didn’t reveal anything about herself to others.

The young man was tall but a little thin, with a tired look on his face and a faint dark spot under his eyes. He looked like an ordinary office worker on the street.

Apart from the vague resemblance, nothing about him was like Cheng Liu at all.

He Bai has never seen such fatigue on Cheng Liu, even during those times when she worked so hard and the project she was working on seemed to have no hope.

If It’s Wrong, Then It’s Wrong translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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