The third day of being back to Huaxia. The two returned to the capital after enjoying a day of leisure and travel in Ruby City and stayed the night in the Ye Mansion.
Who would have thought that the following day, while Jiang Li was eting a private investigator to locate his biological mother, an amusing scenario would arise sowhere the villainess randomly went to?
The supposed ending had been thrown to a bin. Since so elents in the story did not move accordingly to their supposed trajectory, the drama automatically extended to when the villainess returned to Huaxia.
In all honesty, the leads no longer needed sobody to matchmake the leads since they were now together. However, it seed the world was intent on forcing Ye Xinya to encounter the leads, cause so problems for them, and be in conflict with them.
Before going through the first conflict that arose between her and one of the leads, it had to be ntioned first that many changes had happened during the ti Jiang Li and Ye Xinya were out of the country.
Han Su, at the young age of 20, beca the shadow manipulator of his family's business empire. On his 21st birthday, his father had no choice but to pass the position of CEO to him due to his genius and machinations. So far, the result was positive. The stabilization of the whole organization took place even before he assud office. In this part, the male lead proved that he still had a brain.
As for Ren Lian, she had a high position in one of the main companies under the Han Conglorate. And she, of course, used the backdoor and Han Su's affection for her to get to where she was. Yet not many was criticizing her because the mont she assud the position of chief operating officer, she showed an acceptable rate in learning and had great brains and talent in leading.
Despite this though, she was yet to be Han Su's fiancee. Her origins deterred her from being engaged with the male lead. Everybody in the male lead's family stood against it and for so unknown reasons, even the major shareholders hinted that the male lead should be mindful of who he should make his spouse.
If Jiang Li's opinion would be asked though, he would reply that this was simply the plot's arrangent. Maybe the one manipulating fate was an actual god and he was bored to death so he wanted to add so dramas to his beloved leads' smooth sailing lives.
Anyways, the conflict happened at a reputable 5-star restaurant, when the extrely beautiful Ye Xinya appeared as her grandfather's representative for a talk with a potential client.
The client was sly, or more appropriately put, wise, inviting everyone bidding for the partnership with her at the sa table. Ye Xinya was one of them, so was Ren Lian, the female lead.
There was one more person who joined them for dinner but seeing the kind of aura Ye Xinya was giving off to everyone around, one both screaming of intelligence and influence, he just knew he should not waste energy fighting for the deal with her.
'Hah. Either my pay will be docked or I'll get scolded. Better enjoy the airconditioning and food then.'
The bespectacled guy from a fairly large rchandising company sat down and watched as the client herself, a middle-aged lady from overseas, treat the beautiful lady more attentively and warmly than him and the female lead.
The lady was already satisfied with Ye Xinya since even in the discussion part, the elegant villainess shone more fiercely and brightly than the others.
It was at tis like this that the world had no problem showcasing to everyone that she was sobody who grew up as a real aristocratic lady, a standard villainess with the beauty, behavior, brains, and wealth.
Had she been in love with Han Su and fully went a true villainess route, she would have definitely been reduced into a stupid woman who knew she could have any man in the world yet persist on that one damn man she could not have and also does not want her.
Thankfully, right now, she was not, and would never beco head over heels for the male lead. This made her shone more brightly in this small gathering because her greatest strong point was retained, IQ.
What did the others have to compete with her? Ren Lian's female lead halo?
Well, maybe it was indeed effective but just in a different way than usual.
While the other guest already knew the outco and was staying there for free food, Ren Lian had probably been pushed to the edge. By resentnt. She was jealous of the villainess' beauty, natural elegance and glib of the tongue. And she feeling impatient and indignant.
Ye Xinya was from that family that produced the malevolent spirit who was also partially at fault for her parents' death. Why would she easily let things go their way?
'She never ntioned her na so the lady is just assuming she is a normal representative of the Ye Corporation. Forgetting to disclose who you are? I'll help you then!'
When the foreigner lady finally showed signs of giving the hundred million contract to Ye Xinya, Ren Lian used the fact that they were still at the idle chatting phase to purposely blurt out sothing in malice sugarcoated with innocence.
"Lady You, by the way, do you know that Miss Ye and I were acquaintances? Because I was mostly busy in school while she was abroad, I couldn't check on her, I didn't get to know more about the incident five years ago." Turning to Ye Xinya, she asked. "So how did it go? Are you and your family okay now? I an, your uncle... has been accused of those. Are the cases already closed?"
Two things, the last na Ye, and the case five years ago.
As such, the female lead sohow managed to relay to the lady that Ye Xinya was from that family and was even the niece of that drug lord, Ye Jing.
"You're that Ye Jing's relatives?" The lady spoke fluently in the Huaxia language with a light accent. A change was obvious on her tone and facial expression, the kind not going in a good direction.
Ren Lian looked down to hide the faint satisfaction that crossed her eyes upon hearing the question.
anwhile, the spectator sitting opposite her was not slow and imdiately guessed that she had grudge against the beautiful woman. After all, no matter how disadvantageous one was in a talk like this, they wouldn't resort to this kind of low-level trick without extre justification.
Ye Xinya glanced placidly at the female lead before flashing a perfect smile at the lady and answering truthfully. "Madam, my na is Ye Xinya, granddaughter of the current patriarch, Ye Cheng. By blood, I'm indeed a relative of that person but by clan, he's no longer part of us."
"Still... I didn't know the Ye family I will be speaking with tonight is the one related to that man. To be honest, I initially didn't place much importance on it since I know that last na is quite common in Huaxia."
The scandal that year had been very big that those from the other countries nearby heard of it. Even though it had been a matter of the past already, if given a choice, not many would choose to work with the Ye family. At least not those from the other countries who were not updated to the latest events in Huaxia.
The other person was quite simple-minded and also straightforward so she did not hide her reluctance and feeling of repulse when saying 'that man'. After that, the madam's judging eyes went to Ye Xinya.
'This again... Extending the bla to the innocent just because of their flimsy connection to the criminal. What a foolish person. If you're going to a discussion, isn't it common sense to first study your conversation partner's backgrounds?'
Ye Xinya pursed her lips, pulling the corner of her lips a bit downward to show her disappointnt. "I see. Lady Yoo must have been shocked."
Since then the girl maintained perfect mannerisms and behaviors throughout the lunch, but she was no longer as enthusiastic for the partnership like before. The change in her persona was very apparent that even the client had noticed it.
But Ye Xinya did not change her ways.
If she was truly the inferior one here, she might try to humble herself in front of her. But that was not the case. Without ntioning her identity as the famous Nathan's fiancee, she was the prized strategist of Facebrick whose monthly inco was a hundred thousand dollars. Definitely, her qualifications was greater than all these three people combined. So why would she try to butter up this woman?
'It's okay to be sobody who not only sees potential profit but also judges character when selecting partners. But it has to be done in a rigorous and careful manner. Not in such a biased way. '
Eyelashes slanted forty-five degrees downward, the villainess smiled and glanced at the wall clock.
It seed the lady did not know, but it was actually her who was being judged, not the other way around. Ye Xinya was okay about her at first since she was very amicable, but the mont she showed contempt to the Ye family, the girl lost all the good thoughts she had for the foreign lad.
There was no way she would work with sobody who was not only easily swayed by sobody's words, but showed a lack of tack and awareness of the matters around her.
Without her knowing, due to offending Ye Xinya, the lady forever lost the chance to get connected to the Yes, and in extension, to the Zuckerbergs. Of course, she was not the only one. This sa goes to the eyesore who kept throwing glares to the villainess.
Ye Xinya retained the captivating curve on her lips when she excused herself from that table, expressing her intention to no longer participate in the discussion about partnership.
The lady, whose impression of her turned 180 degrees from the initial one, almost couldn't contain her frown as she asked using her slightly sharp accent, "Miss Ye. I thought your company is interested in a talk with us. May I know what's the aning of this?"
"Lady Yoo. No need for formalities anymore. I can see you no longer have any thoughts of cooperating with us because you learned we are that Ye family. Since this is the case, I wouldn't stay to be a nuisance to your talk with the COO of the Han Corporation and the director of Fortune Holdings." The girl was as softspoken as before when she lightly bowed and added, "I had a nice ti with everyone. Please excuse , I still have another matter to attend to."
The gazes which sent her off were either hostile or complicated. They watched for so ti until a young man appeared near the entrance and wrapped his hand around her thin waist. The smile that the woman gave him proved just how happy she was at being fetched by her dear one.
A couple of seconds later, sobody broke the silence that had unknowingly reigned upon the female lead's table. It was the bespectacled man who looked to be in his mid-thirties. His face sported a brooding look when he said,
"Now that I think about it, the son of Facebrink's CEO was reported to be a future son-in-law of the Ye family. Hmm. The na of that person's fiancee is Ye Xinya. Age is around Miss Ren's. This is too much of a coincidence."
The lady stilled and then gasped in horror after hearing what the bespectacled man stated, "Don't tell it is the young lady we just shared a al with?"
"I suspect so. After all, while there are other ladies in the Ye family, I've t all of them before. At least, all won from that family staying in the country. Only this girl is unfamiliar to . But given her looks and air of intellect and grace, it's impossible to forget her face or na once a person lays eyes on her."
"True."
Looking at the backs of the departing couple, the Fortune Holdings' Director hesitantly asked the other girl present in the eting, "Miss Ren, I rember that you claid to be acquainted with Miss Ye. I supposed you also know if I'm speaking the truth or not. So, is the man who she just linked arms with at the entrance Mister Jiang Li?"
The female lead was originally celebrating internally that she one-upped the villainess. When the question made its way into her ears, she felt caught off-guard and didn't know what to answer, but she did nod.
Since then, she began receiving unfriendly stares from Lady Yoo. And this did not simply end with that. Not long after, she could only feel at a loss for she ended up failing to get the contract.
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