Acquiring a few small companies wasn’t the goal for Li Zishen, just like Li Wanshan said, selling to others would be bad for the Li Family’s reputation.
Their own people taking over was rely a transfer.
He glanced at his wristwatch, thinking that Tang Xiaowan should have arrived at Jinyuan by now. So, he picked up his phone to make a call, only then realizing the white phone he had given Tang Xiaowan had been tossed into Lotus Pond at Jinda University by Leng Lingxiao.
If it were in the past, with his decisive nature, he would have rushed over imdiately and brought Tang Xiaowan back to Li Garden.
But now, he dared not act rashly.
Tang Xiaowan was no longer the vulnerable little thing who had just woken from an injury and would hide in the closet, feeling panicked in an unfamiliar environnt, where he could arrange everything for her.
"Xiao Wan, will you reach out to on your own? Will you? If I go to Jinyuan Academy to find you, would you invite to sit down? Will you?"
"You won’t fall in love with Leng Lingxiao, definitely not, it’s just a small acquaintance, that isn’t love."
"It’s ’ and You’ who are ant to be, only you’ve forgotten!"
Li Zishen stared at his phone, talking to himself, steadfastly believing that Tang Xiaowan loved him.
Suddenly, a ssage popped into view.
[Phone fell in water, call this number for important matters, don’t bother otherwise, Xiao Wan.]
"I knew it, you couldn’t be that heartless, it must have been Leng Lingxiao who insisted on throwing it."
"Right, Xiao Wan? It must be."
Li Zishen read the ssage several tis over, then saved the number in his phone, and left his office with a smile in his eyes.
Along the way, he even responded to greetings from employees, sothing unheard of before.
Happiness begets lightness of spirit, such is usually the case.
A casual word from Tang Xiaowan made Li Zishen happier than the acquisition of several companies.
...
Jinyuan Academy, Building 29.
"Why didn’t you ask Mr. Leng to join us for dinner, miss? It’s just a matter of an extra pair of chopsticks since he lives so close. You obviously like him!"
Wang ijuan whispered a slew of complaints to Granny Yu.
"The miss didn’t say she liked Mr. Leng." Cheng Shi quickly finished his rice and left without another word or a backward glance.
"What does he an by that?" Wang ijuan looked puzzledly at Granny Yu.
"It ans you should mind your own business!"
", mind my own business? I’m just worried about the miss, Mr. Leng is such an outstanding man, we must act quickly before soone else snatches him up..."
"Eat your radish, have more."
With that, Granny Yu slowly pushed the shredded radish salad, a daily must-have for Tang Xiaowan, towards Wang ijuan.
Refreshing and great with rice.
But Wang ijuan disliked it, the type who would rather eat plain rice than try a bite.
"Granny Yu, fine, I’ll let it be, let’s eat, really."
"These things can’t be rushed, haha."
At this mont, on the second floor, Tang Xiaowan took a phone call.
She had brought lunch into her bedroom and was eating while chatting and admiring her little gadget.
"Long life, long life!"
Leng Lingxiao asked with a smile, "Don’t you like it?"
"No, no, it’s just a bit, hahaha, actually it’s quite nice, thank you. It’s just a bit tacky, hahaha."
Tang Xiaowan laughed heartily, the gadget spinning idly between her fingers, opening and closing with ease, every chanism working smoothly.
"Do you plan to carry it with you all the ti?" Leng Lingxiao leaned against the couch, playing with a brass lighter, asking with a smile.
"Yeah, whenever I see soone I don’t like... swish, swish, swish, show it off, wow, just thinking about it feels powerful. I’ll be a female hero!"
"You, always the sa, mischievous since childhood, always on the verge of getting a spanking... wildly testing boundaries. If it weren’t for your cute and adorable appearance, big eyes twinkling, grandma might have tossed you out long ago."
"Nonsense, Cheng Shi said grandma adored , whatever I want, I get, she would never..."
Tang Xiaowan stopped mid-sentence when she heard Leng Lingxiao laughing and unconsciously touched her nose, putting down the gadget: "Really? Grandma really thought about... tossing out?"
"No, no, all jokes, who could bear it? You’re so adorable!"
"Isn’t that the sa thing?"
"Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue. Actually, I ant to complint you. But, as a child, you were indeed interesting. Every ti we went to i Garden, if you weren’t co-conspirators with to sneak into the kitchen for a snack, then you were climbing over walls to play outside."
"Psh, boring, I’m hanging up."
Annoyed, Tang Xiaowan abruptly hung up the phone and started nibbling on her roasted pork trotter.
She knew she wasn’t a ladylike figure, and what Leng Lingxiao said was true, but she just wouldn’t admit it – a girl’s innate pride had to be upheld.
Suddenly, hurried footsteps ca, followed by a loud shout.
"Miss, miss, you must co down and see, soone sent a huge basket of flowers, it’s full of red roses, so many!"
"Red roses?"
"Yes, a huge basket!"
Tang Xiaowan sprung to her feet at once, gazing steadily at Wang ijuan, still holding the unfinished roasted pork trotter in her hand.
Could it be that guy?
Deliberate, heartfelt, looking to cause trouble?
"Miss, won’t you go down and look?" Wang ijuan asked with a giggle.
"Go, of course I’ll go."
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