Chapter 113.2: I Can't Say It Now
That evening, before leaving get off work, Ren Yan texted
Chu Qianmiao, saying he wanted to take her to the movies. After the movie, they
would each start their own business trip the next day.
It was only then that Chu Qianmiao realized she had never
seen a movie with her boyfriend.
They had just entered the theater, before they could buy
tickets, when she received a call from Tang Jie.
Tang Jie's voice was anxious. He said to Chu Qianmiao,
"Qian Miao, are you done with your company work? If
possible, could you catch a late flight back?"
Chu Qian Miao hurriedly asked what had happened.
Tang Jie said, "Mr. Du was discharged from the hospital
today. He called Liu Zheng this afternoon, and we all discussed Zhufeng Auto
Parts acquiring Xiaolin Auto Parts. But things fell apart mid-way through, with
Liu Zheng firmly disagreeing."
Chu Qianmiao was stunned and asked, "Why didn't he
agree? This is a good thing."
Tang Jie said, "Liu Zheng said he and Lu Fenglin have
different business philosophies and don't mesh well. He absolutely refused to
work with him. He even slammed the table and yelled at Mr. Du, 'It's either me
or Lu Fenglin, it's either Lu Fenglin or me. You choose one of us.'"
Chu Qianmiao: ""
How could she hear such a thick chorus of love, hate, and
vengeance between three men in their late 40s?
Tang Jie continued, "Lu Fenglin will be at the company
tomorrow for a meeting. I'm worried Liu Zheng and him will clash, and it'll be
a mess. You need to come back and make the decision."
Chu Qianmiao said, "Okay, I'll be back right
away."
After hanging up the phone, she apologized to Ren Yan,
"Senior, something's happened on the project. I have to rush back
overnight to make it in time for the meeting tomorrow."
Ren Yan's eyes gleamed with regret, but he said nothing. He
walked her home to pack her luggage and then to the airport.
Before going through security, he pulled her into a hug.
Chu Qianmiao felt her heart pounding again from that
embrace. It was even more frantic than when they were on the black sheets.
Ren Yan hugged her and said, "Get back to the project
and do what you can. If the problem can't be solved, don't force it. I'll take
care of everything."
Chu Qianmiao listened with her head tilted back, her heart
pounding.
She thought he was truly a good man worth relying on. But
she still wanted to try to solve the problem on her own first.
The next day's meeting was so intense that Chu Qianmiao
almost asked Hou Lin to go out and buy her blood pressure medication.
Liu Zheng and Lu Fenglin were at loggerheads, arguing
furiously.
Liu Zheng said Lu Fenglin knew nothing and was nothing more
than a rough-and-tumble person. Any business dealing with him would inevitably
fail. If he hadn't tricked Du Xiaofeng into opening a joint company with him in
the north, there wouldn't be this mess.
Lu Fenglin said that Liu Zheng, aside from some technical
skills, was capable of pretending to be an intellectual and had the worst
temper of anyone. He spent his days tying Du Xiaofeng down. Du Xiaofeng was an
independent individual, not his private property. He could open a company with
whomever he wanted without being bullied and nagged by Liu Zheng. He was simply
bored.
Du Xiaofeng was caught in the middle, his palms and backs
brimming with tenderness, torn between the two.
Hou Lin, stunned, leaned against Chu Qianmiao and whispered,
"Boss, if Liu Zheng weren't married and Lu Fenglin wasn't wearing a
wedding ring, I'd really think this was a pure love triangle."
Chu Qianmiao glanced at Hou Lin, silencing her.
Just as Liu Zheng and Lu Fenglin were about to leap onto the
conference table and tear into each other, Chu Qianmiao intervened.
"Mr. Liu, Mr. Lu, please calm down and listen to me for
a moment," Chu Qianmiao said, raising her voice, temporarily halting the
exchange.
Du Xiaofeng also shouted, "Calm down, both of you!
You're all brothers. Why is this happening? Hey, let's all hear what Ms. Chu
has to say first, okay?"
The two men paused their fight.
Chu Qianmiao first asked Du Xiaofeng, "Mr. Du, what
will you do if Mr. Liu insists on not agreeing to the acquisition?"
Du Xiaofeng looked embarrassed. "Well, there's nothing
I can do. Old Liu is my brother, and Old Lu is also my brother."
Chu Qianmiao understood; Du Xiaofeng couldn't persuade Liu
Zheng.
She asked Liu Zheng again, "Mr. Liu, you're absolutely
determined not to agree to Zhufeng acquiring Xiaolin Auto Parts, right?"
Liu Zheng angrily replied, "Of course I don't
agree."
Lu Fenglin couldn't help but respond, "You're so good,
who would want to buy you out?"
Liu Zheng and Lu Fenglin argued again. The peace lasted less
than a minute.
Chu Qianmiao felt a headache.
She ignored them and went straight to Du Xiaofeng, saying,
"Mr. Du, if this is the case, if you still want to take Zhufeng Auto Parts
public, there's only one solution left: transfer your Xiaolin Auto Parts shares
to an unrelated third party."
Du Xiaofeng later decided to transfer his Xiaolin Auto Parts
shares to an unrelated third party.
This unrelated third party was Zhang Yuanting, a good friend
of both Du Xiaofeng and Liu Zheng.
Before accepting the share transfer, Zhang Yuanting even
tried to dissuade Liu Zheng, "Old Liu, why are you doing this? Lu
Fenglin's actually a good guy, why are you picking on him?"
Liu Zheng scolded him, telling him to shut up. The moment he
brought up Lu Fenglin, he lost all his intellectual grace.
Zhang Yuanting refused to shut up, even smilingly
admonishing him, "You're just jealous. You're afraid that Old Du's
relationship with Lu Fenglin will be stronger than yours."
Liu Zheng told him to get out.
Zhang Yuanting then went to Du Xiaofeng's office and signed
the share transfer agreement with him.
At this point, Du Xiaofeng and Liu Zheng became shareholders
of Zhufeng Auto Parts. Zhang Yuanting and Lu Fenglin were shareholders of
Xiaolin Auto Parts. Du Xiaofeng and Xiaolin Auto Parts no longer had any
connection.
At this point, the issue of intra-industry competition
should have been resolved. The project continued to move forward smoothly.
But Chu Qianmiao still felt something was off.
A few days after the share transfer was completed, Chu
Qianmiao received a call from the Litong front desk.
They told her there was a package for her, delivered in a
briefcase.
Chu Qianmiao asked who the sender was, but the receptionist
said they couldn't see clearly. After a moment's thought, Chu Qianmiao asked
them to send the package to Zhufeng Auto Parts.
After the package arrived, she opened it and pulled out
several postcards.
They were of famous landscapes from across the ocean.
She flipped the postcards over and saw Tan Shen's
handwriting on the back: "Qianmiao, the package is too expensive, so you
won't accept it. But you can accept these postcards. These are every beautiful
place I visited while working on a project abroad. Every time I go there, I
think, 'This place is so beautiful! I want to bring you with me someday.'"
Chu Qianmiao looked at the postcards, feeling a sense of
unease.
She texted Tan Shen, "I received the postcard. It's
very nice. Thank you. But, Shen, you're quite busy, so don't mail it to me
anymore."
A moment later, Tan Shen replied with a message, "Qian
Miao, are you going to take away even my right to be friends now?"
Chu Qian Miao put down her phone and sighed helplessly.
She stood by the window to get some fresh air.
Looking out at the lush greenery, her thoughts suddenly
shifted. She suddenly realized what was so strange about Du Xiaofeng's share
transfer.
She quickly called Wang Jun, "Lawyer Wang, I think we
need to verify whether Mr. Du has truly transferred his shares to Zhang
Yuanting, and not just publicly transferred them while actually asking Zhang
Yuanting to hold them on his behalf."
Wang Jun immediately said, "Yes, we need to verify. If
it's really proxy holding, there will be a big scandal later."
The author has something to say: This
Zhufeng Auto Parts dub will be finished soon. Then, the conflict will gradually
intensify.
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