Chapter 616: Chapter 616: He Won’t Give Up Easily Chapter 616: Chapter 616: He Won’t Give Up Easily Li Qiao cocked her head and watched Shang Yu’s unpredictable handso face, gave a smile, and candidly revealed the matter of Xiao Yeyan seeking her out.
The man pinched the docunt in his hand, his knuckles turning white, “Have you agreed?”
“Not yet,” Li Qiao stood up, leaning against his shoulder, gazing at the material, her fingers gently brushing over the third word in a few lines, “Take a close look at these parts.”
The docunt Xiao Yeyan had given her was entirely in English, and the top right corner even bore the Ducal Residence’s family crest logo.
Simply looking at Xiao Yeyan’s approach, use of the family’s letter paper so openly, ant either he was careless or… it was done on purpose.
Clearly, the latter possibility was the greatest.
Li Qiao leaned against Shang Yu languidly, and when she saw that he remained silent for a long ti, she nudged him with her shoulder, her eyebrows lifted in suspicion.
The man’s lips slightly curved up, and he turned his head to say, “Bacon cipher.”
Li Qiao chuckled awkwardly, “I thought you hadn’t noticed.”
In no ti, the two went to the dining room.
Li Qiao sat opposite Shang Yu, sipping congee in small bites.
Just after swallowing her food, she heard the man start to speak, “The encrypted content might not co from Yin Mo.”
“I think so too,” Li Qiao, with one hand guarding the bowl, poked at the white congee with her spoon, “The Bacon cipher is what Yin Lao Er taught us, if she’s not from the Ducal Residence, the credibility is about eighty percent.”
She paused, loosening her grip on the spoon, and pushed the bowl of congee forward a little, “But since she grew up in the Ducal Residence, what she knows, Xiao Yehui is also skilled at.
When Xiao Yeyan gave the docunt, he specifically instructed to look closely, so that’s why I brought it back.
He and his brother are not on good terms, including the several tis Xiao Yeyan has hinted to that Xiao Yehui is still alive.
Maybe he really does want to cooperate with , but it’s also possible that his actions might be discovered by Xiao Yehui.”
At that mont, Shang Yu’s stern expression softened sowhat.
He glanced at the docunt on the corner of the table, nodding leisurely, “Your analysis isn’t bad.”
Li Qiao glared at him, “Even if the ssage is from Yin Mo, I wouldn’t let my emotions get in the way.
Xiao Yeyan wants to use to deal with Xiao Yehui; that’s his true purpose.”
If Xiao Yeyan were Xiao Yehui’s opponent, he wouldn’t have co to seek her cooperation.
Putting aside abilities for the mont, after all, Xiao Yehui is the current Duke Charlman, whose power and status are a notch above.
Although Xiao Yeyan is the second son, he is rely an illegitimate child, in na but not in reality.
As for the translation of the Bacon cipher in the docunt, it was an ambiguous sentence: Xiao Qi, trust him.
The man’s eyes contained a hint of satisfaction as he pursed his lips and gestured to Li Qiao through the air, “Co here.”
She got up, walked over, and naturally sat on his lap.
Shang Yu picked up the docunt once more, unfolding it, while looking at her exquisite profile, his eyes hiding a fierceness, “Shall I take care of it, hmm?”
“No, let’s just wait and see,” Li Qiao wrapped her arms around his shoulders, flicking the paper, “Xiao Yeyan told today that he ca to the South Sea for .
If that’s true, he won’t give up easily.”
Xiao Yeyan was also capable of using strategic power plays, always managing to keep himself out of the fray when he frad his elder brother.
Creating pretexts to benefit from a situation was his forte.
If the translated text in the docunt really is the handiwork of Yin Mo, it seems to indicate that Yin Lao Er is not in a good situation right now either.
Using this thod to communicate implies that it’s not by her own choice, unless… she’s compelled.
But what if it wasn’t Yin Lao Er, but instead Xiao Yehui who was simply going with the flow?
…
Ti quickly passed, and two days went by.
Xiao Yeyan didn’t look for Li Qiao again, and she was happy to enjoy the quiet, busying herself with her own affairs at the foundation company every day.
This day, during the lunch break.
Li Qiao stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the conference room, quietly listening to the report from the other end of the phone.
Not far away, in the pantry, a few clerks were looking at the conference room and gossiping.
“What do you think, who is she really?
President Xi is particularly lenient with her.
Originally there weren’t enough eting rooms, yet he still cleared one for her.”
“She must have quite the background.
Our HR specialist Zong Yue has lunch with her every day, and it doesn’t look like she’s just trying to curry favor.”
“How do you know she’s not currying favor?
Don’t forget, Zong Yue’s probationary period isn’t over yet.”
A group of n and won huddled together, whispering among themselves.
Their curiosity about Li Qiao had overwheld their enthusiasm for work.
Just then, an HR manager Liu Ying entered the pantry.
Hearing their discussion, she chuckled, “You really have so nerve, openly discussing our great contributor.
Aren’t you afraid of having your bonuses docked?”
“Sister Liu, what great contributor?
Her?”
Liu Ying, about twenty-seven or twenty-eight, had joined the fund company at its inception and was considered a fairly senior employee.
Holding her cup, she glanced towards the conference room, “You all know about Guan Mingchen who joined us recently, right?”
“Damn, that gruff tough guy?”
“Don’t say that.
Guan Mingchen has a strong ntal arithtic ability.
I heard that he’s given the elites in the trading departnt a hard ti.”
Liu Ying casually leaned against the water cooler next to her, nodding at the eting room, “Guan Mingchen was recomnded by her.
I handled the onboarding process.
He didn’t even finish middle school.”
The group exchanged glances, each looking sowhat uneasy.
Nepotism is commonplace in the workplace.
But aside from his ntal arithtic skills, Guan Mingchen really didn’t have much else to offer, not even educational qualifications.
No wonder he can’t use a printer; he really does seem like a brute.
“Sister Liu, what’s Zong Yue’s relationship with her?”
Liu Ying thought for a mont and shrugged, “I don’t know.
I feel like Zong Yue tries pretty hard to ingratiate herself with her, almost like a lapdog.”
In a company with more n than won, Zong Yue’s arrival attracted quite a few male colleagues’ attention.
Rumors said she ca from a wealthy family.
Later, news of her marriage got out, but it seed like it wasn’t a happy one.
At that mont, a manager from the business departnt dropped another bombshell, “You guys might not know this, but all of our company’s confidential docunts and contracts, President Xi has shown them to her.”
“Is that true?”
“Of course it’s true.
I sorted them myself.
And now, she’s already getting involved in our company’s investnt business.
I’m quite curious if she’ll directly participate in an upcoming major control rger and acquisition deal.”
…
anwhile, Li Qiao, the focus of the company’s rumors, ended the call with an impassive face, her expression slightly cool.
Soone knocked on the glass door behind her, and Xi Luo entered pushing the door open, “I’m going on a business trip to Myanmar the day after tomorrow.”
Li Qiao turned around, her eyebrows slightly raised, “By yourself?”
Xi Luo, leaning on the doorfra with her arms crossed, responded, “If you want to go, I’m not stopping you.
Want to co along?”
“It depends,” Li Qiao gave a non-committal answer.
Xi Luo smiled unphased, “Well, take your ti deciding.
Oh, and one more thing, our smart team has developed an intelligent prosthesis that can connect to brain nerves, there’s an introductory eting next week.”
Her smile deepened as she added, “You should know who we collaborated with for the developnt of that prosthesis, right?”
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