Chapter 487: Chapter 487: A Pleasant Encounter
Helan Yaoyue noticed the man had no intention of paying attention to her, and a strange look flashed in her eyes.
Suddenly, she beca a bit curious about who he was talking to on the phone.
But she had clearly checked; this man was not interested in won, and he had no won around him.
Yet, his tone had suddenly beco gentle, so the person on the other end of the line must be special to him.
Although she was curious, she knew better than to ask such questions at this mont.
Ella remained silent for a few seconds before changing the topic: “Just now, she ntioned she has evidence of my ssy private life. I’m a bit curious.”
Ye Jiuqing replied directly, “I’ll have Ah Gui give you a copy later.”
Ella suddenly felt curious, “You trust that much?”
He said, “You’re my person, if I don’t trust you, who should I trust?”
Moreover, he had known her for many years and was familiar with her personality.
Besides, he wouldn’t trust a woman he just t today.
Ella chuckled softly and didn’t ask further.
However, she teased him lightly: “Then, I wish Young Master Jiuqing a pleasant romantic encounter tonight.”
Ye Jiuqing: “…”
Before he could speak, she hung up the phone.
Well done!
At this mont, soone pushed the door of the private room open from the outside.
Ah Gui returned.
He looked at Ye Jiuqing and said, “Young Master, I have confird that it is indeed true.”
He was making it all up; he hadn’t even looked at the contents of the USB drive.
He had just taken the opportunity to visit the restroom.
Helan Yaoyue adjusted the dress by her legs, then flicked her hair, and said, “Young Master Jiuqing, you see, I wasn’t lying, right? So, does this an we’ve reached a cooperation?”
Ye Jiuqing curled his thin lips and said in a deep voice, “Miss Helan, this little sincerity might only fill a gap in the teeth, huh?”
Helan Yaoyue thought he agreed, but now…
“What’s the aning of this, Young Master?”
“Miss Helan, being so smart, should understand what I an.”
“…”
He wanted her to directly help him handle Lei ngde.
But…
Initially, she was the active party, but now she had beco the passive one.
If she refused now, it would an everything she did today would end in vain.
Ye Jiuqing wasn’t in a rush and didn’t force her to agree now.
He indifferently added, “Miss Helan can take her ti to think about it, I’ve got plenty of ti.”
After saying that, he moved a bit as if preparing to get up.
Helan Yaoyue imdiately said, “No problem, I can agree to your terms.”
Ye Jiuqing glanced at her, his brow slightly raised, “Then I’ll await your good news, Miss Helan.”
“It’s getting late, and Miss Helan shouldn’t stay too long in a place like this, it’s not very safe.”
His concern honestly caught her a bit off guard.
She blinked shyly, “Thank you for your concern, Young Master Jiuqing.”
Ye Jiuqing: “Do you need to take you ho?”
She went from being pleasantly surprised to being thrilled.
She didn’t expect him to want to take her ho.
She feigned modesty, “Isn’t that inappropriate, after all we…”
However, before she could finish, she was stunned.
The man quickly said, “In that case, Miss Helan, you can get back on your own, I have other matters to attend to, so I’ll be leaving first.”
After saying this, Ye Jiuqing stood up and left the private room without any hesitation.
“Young Master, I…”
Helan Yaoyue was dumbfounded.
She had just been politely declining.
How could this man just…
Seeing this, Ella turned off the monitor.
Now that everyone had left, there was no more drama to watch.
However, Ye Jiuqing’s move was quite effective on Helan Yaoyue.
At the very least, he had planted a seed of love in Helan Yaoyue’s heart that was about to sprout.
Knowing Helan Yaoyue as she did, she was sure Yaoyue would pursue various chance encounters with Ye Jiuqing next.
On the other side.
Once in the car, Ye Jiuqing coldly instructed, “Investigate the relationship between Helan Yaoyue and Lei ngde.”
For her to know he was competing with Lei ngde for the southern underground transaction center, soone either leaked the information or she knew soone from Lei ngde’s family.
Moreover, she firmly declared she could take down Lei ngde.
So, there must be a connection between the two.
Ah Gui replied, “Okay, I’ll have soone look into it.”
Ah Gui was very efficient, and as soon as he finished speaking, he took out his phone to instruct soone to investigate.
Then, he recalled the USB drive in his pocket, turned to the man in the seat behind him, and asked, “Young Master, what should we do with this USB drive?”
Upon hearing this, Ye Jiuqing initially wanted to tell him to throw it away, but then rembered what Ella had said.
“Give it to your lady when she returns.”
“Okay.”
Ah Gui thought for a mont and added, “Young Master, we haven’t checked the contents yet, do you want to look at it yourself?”
Ye Jiuqing replied with disdain, “No need.”
He had already verified whether Helan Lingshuang was truly a person with a ssy private life, and didn’t need anyone else to tell him otherwise.
Ah Gui naturally didn’t dare to look either, knowing the content wasn’t real but surely photoshopped with their lady’s face.
So, so things are better left unseen, as it’s safer and easier on the eyes.
Two days later, Ella returned.
Upon her return, she didn’t go ho but headed straight to the company.
At this mont, ng Ye, sitting in the passenger seat, suddenly turned to the person in the backseat and said, “President Ling, Fan Wen just sent a ssage saying Mr. Yu’s people have begun negotiating with DK Group.”
Upon hearing this, Ella asked, “When is this happening?”
ng Ye replied, “Today at three in the afternoon, at the Powan Hotel.”
“Alright then, go back and prepare, we’ll head to the Powan Hotel as well.”
ng Ye asked, “President Ling, are we openly going to snatch this contract?”
Ella lowered her gaze and said, “Who said we’re going to snatch it? We’re just going to watch.”
ng Ye: “…”
He really didn’t know what kind of plan President Ling had.
In any case, she wasn’t worried at all and even had the leisure to watch the show.
“President Ling, can I interpret this as aning their negotiation won’t succeed today?”
Ella nodded, “That’s one way to put it.”
ng Ye already greatly trusted her, and hearing her words put his mind at ease.
At two in the afternoon.
Ella received the USB drive sent by Ah Gui.
She inserted it into her computer and opened the files inside.
One minute later.
She clicked her tongue a few tis, then comnted, “This figure isn’t as good as mine. Where did they find this person? The photoshop is so bad, they didn’t even airbrush her features. Thumbs down.”
She flipped through a few more scandalous photos with her face photoshopped onto them, finding them increasingly absurd.
Such a lowly tactic could only be thought up by soone with Helan Yaoyue’s brain.
Then she picked up the phone next to her, pressed a number, and dialed.
Within seconds, the call connected.
She put it on speaker and tossed the phone aside.
A man’s magnetic voice ca through: “So, Mrs. Ye, the very busy lady, finally rembered ?”
Ella automatically ignored his sarcastic tone, “By the way, have you looked at the content on this USB drive?”
Ye Jiuqing countered, “Does Mrs. Ye want to have seen it, or not seen it?”
“With those kinds of photos, I’m afraid you might get an eye infection. Kindly reminding you to wash your eyes.”
The man chuckled coldly, “No need to worry, Mrs. Ye. My eyes are very clean.”
Ella smiled, “Who made Young Master Jiuqing unhappy? Why bring the sarcasm to ?”
“I’m impressed Mrs. Ye could tell I’m unhappy.” He replied with more sarcasm.
Ella’s hand on the mouse paused slightly.
This man, calling her “Mrs. Ye” here and there, isn’t he just telling her that she’s the reason for his unhappiness?
But she hadn’t done anything, right?
So why was he angry?
Thinking about it, the only thing was that she hadn’t replied to his WeChat. Could that be it?
But she hadn’t ignored it on purpose; she just intended to reply later and then forgot.
And when she rembered, she was already back, so there was no point in replying anymore. She could see him in person.
Before she could speak, the man on the other end said, “Helan Yaoyue invited to dinner tonight.”
Ella said, “Sure, go ahead. Don’t worry about . I can have dinner alone.”
“…”
“Is that all you have to say? Nothing else?” Ye Jiuqing almost gritted his teeth as he asked.
“Oh, you reminded . Don’t drink what she gives you, that’s all.” She added.
Then she heard the man’s laughter over the phone, “Mrs. Ye is really sothing, letting her own husband have dinner with another woman.”
Ella: … “You two won’t do anything, why should I worry? It’s just a al. I’m not that petty. You can eat in peace, I have no objections. I’m not an unreasonable woman; I won’t get jealous over such a small thing.”
Ye Jiuqing: “…”
Ella was being completely honest; she really had no issues with it.
But fearing he might misunderstand and refuse to cooperate with her, she quickly added, “Don’t overthink it. I trust you two having dinner together simply because I trust you, as you trust .”
“…”
Ye Jiuqing certainly felt like he shot himself in the foot.
And with her words laid out like that, what else could he say?
If he said more, he’d co across as petty and unreasonable.
Using his tongue to press against his cheek, he said in a deep voice, “Fine, whatever Mrs. Ye says goes.”
He had a habit when calling her – no matter how angry he got, he wouldn’t hang up on her.
“Then sorry to trouble you, Young Master Jiuqing. Just endure it for a while, it won’t be long. Once things are settled, I’ll repay you well. Or you can make any request, as long as it’s within my power, I’ll do it for you.”
After all, needing soone’s help, her tone was quite gentle; a little cajoling wouldn’t hurt.
Ye Jiuqing raised his eyebrow slightly, responding with a simple “Okay,” and then added, “Just rember not to go back on your word, Mrs. Ye.”
“Don’t worry, I won’t.”
At that mont, she didn’t think much of it and agreed.
…
At two-thirty, she left the company with Ah He and headed straight for Powan Hotel.
When they arrived, Helan Tianyu’s people hadn’t yet.
She chose the best spot to sit and waited for the show.
About five minutes later, Helan Tianyu appeared with his entourage.
“Second Miss, Young Master Tianyu ca personally.” Ah He said.
Ella glanced over, seeing Helan Tianyu sitting in a wheelchair, being pushed in through the main entrance.
She wasn’t surprised by his arrival one bit.
This was about whether he could secure the collaboration with HL’s chairman; he surely wouldn’t trust it to soone else.
“If he didn’t co, there wouldn’t be a show to watch later.” She said with a hint of amusent.
Soon, DK’s people arrived as well.
Once both parties sat down, exchanged a few greetings, they got straight to business.
Han Yu, the project head of DK’s branch, said, “Mr. Yu, originally this project wasn’t open for external bidding, but coincidentally, your company’s recently developed technology is related to this project, so the company decided to open up bidding for collaborations. But to achieve collaboration, we have one condition.”
Helan Tianyu looked at him, “Please go ahead, President Han.”
Han Yu gave a professional smile, adjusted his glasses, and spoke slowly, “It’s like this, I heard Mr. Yu has a piece of land up north. Is there any chance you could part with it?”
Helan Tianyu remained expressionless but furrowed his brow slightly.
Not many people knew about it because he hadn’t acquired that land under HL’s na.
But since Han Yu knew, it could only an they ca prepared.
No wonder his requests for etings were refused these past few days, but suddenly accepted yesterday.
The land was also important, but compared to the position of HL’s chairman, it was sacrificeable.
Han Yu smiled, adding, “Rest assured, Mr. Yu, we won’t take it for free. We’ll pay you. Our boss said if Mr. Yu is willing to part with it, we would pay fifty percent of your purchase price, aning half the price at which you acquired that plot.”
His words left everyone in the room stunned.
Zhuo Xiao imdiately retorted, “Are you kidding? This is nothing short of daylight robbery!”
Han Yu looked at him, smiling, “Assistant Zhuo, we’re not robbing anyone. It’s plainly consent between both parties. We’re not forcing anything but discussing it openly.”
After that, he turned to Helan Tianyu, “No rush to respond, Mr. Yu. We can give you ti to consider. If you can’t decide today, you can discuss it further.”
Initially, Helan Tianyu was willing to let go, but when he heard they wanted to take the land at half the price, he hesitated.
Han Yu maintained his smile throughout.
He glanced at his watch and stated, “I have another appointnt later, Mr. Yu, so I must leave. If you decide, you can directly contact my assistant.”
After that, he got up and left.
Watching them leave, Zhuo Xiao turned to the man in the wheelchair, “Second Young Master, they’re clearly robbing us. We spent twenty billion to acquire that land, and now they want it for ten billion? Where’s the fairness in that? And the land’s value in the north has increased since, yet they want a discount. They’re doing this on purpose.”
Of course, Helan Tianyu knew their intentions were deliberate.
“Oh, isn’t that the second cousin?”
Hearing the voice, Helan Tianyu and his group turned to see Ella, whom they’d not noticed until now.
Ella approached, giving him a once-over, “Second cousin, not even fully recovered, and you’re out here negotiating deals. Really dedicated. HL is lucky to have a leader like you.”
Helan Tianyu: “…”
“But your complexion doesn’t look too good. Did the deal with DK fall through?”
He squinted, watching her with a half-smile, “Ling Shuang, such well-inford news.”
Ella crossed her arms, looking relaxed, “I just happened to have a eting here and coincidentally ran into you. But seeing as the second cousin didn’t succeed, it seems I still have a shot. It looks like I still have hope for the chairman’s position, not that I particularly want it, but destiny always seems to give opportunities. What can I do?”
She seed both pleased and a bit gleeful.
Helan Tianyu sneered, “Ling Shuang, you’re quite confident.”
Ella lifted a hand, played with her hair, “Confidence is sothing I’m naturally endowed with; can’t be ignored.”
“…”
At that mont, Ella spotted a familiar figure.
Her lips curved into a smile, “Second cousin, the person I’m waiting for is here, so I won’t disturb you.”
And with that, she walked over to a woman who was looking around not far away, calling out, “He Miao, I’m here.”
Her shout left Helan Tianyu and Zhuo Xiao stunned.
They both looked over, recognizing the familiar face.
“Second Young Master, isn’t that…”
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