It seems Lin Yao has quite a background. He knows Situ Hao and Zhang Zheng. As soon as he came to Hongyuan, he became sworn siblings with Zhou Xiaoqi, a talented businesswoman. And now he's showing this kind of behavior. If anyone says Lin Yao is an ordinary person, his old lover will definitely be the first to despise him.
"Oh," Gu Xiaoran withdrew his sharp gaze and turned around. "Come on, old Qingsheng, the old man is here this time and specifically asked to see you. Come with me to see the old man."
"Hmm." Qin Xuan replied, saying as he walked, "You said the old man is coming over to meet his future granddaughter-in-law, which is a big deal. Why did you drag me along too?"
"My sister is here too."
Ah~~~
Qin Xuan, who had always acted nonchalant and carefree, immediately became somewhat displeased and abruptly stopped in his tracks. He glared at Gu Xiaoran, "Are you serious?!"
“Of course.” Gu Xiaoran regained the initiative and pulled Qin Xuan, who had stopped, along. “I’m warning you, even though my sister is divorced, if you dare to make a move on her, be careful my brother-in-law might shoot you.”
"Pshaw, no way!"
Qin Xuan clearly didn't admit his ulterior motives. "I just admire your sister, this business prodigy, and want to learn more from her experience. Don't make things up."
"It's best if it's not there."
Gu Xiaoran continued to warn without any politeness, "That matter can't be entirely blamed on my brother-in-law, so from the old man to all the relatives below, everyone thinks my sister was a bit heartless. But you know my sister, she's more stubborn than anyone else. It's been a year and a half, and she hasn't seen my brother-in-law even once. He doesn't even dare to show up in front of her."
“If my sister had a gun, she would definitely shoot my brother-in-law when she saw him. All the relatives believe this, and I guess my brother-in-law believes it too, so he doesn’t dare to come to my house.”
Gu Xiaoran laughed as she spoke, which only made Qin Xuan's face more gloomy.
In the car, Gu Xiaoran spoke up, "Xinyue, don't work here anymore. The old man came here specifically to see you. I reckon he wants you to go back to Jiangsu to manage the Gu family business."
"Aran, is your sister still unwilling to come out of seclusion? It's been so long. Keeping herself cooped up all the time will be bad for her health."
Qin Xuan's voice was full of concern.
"That's right, that's why the old man came to Beijing in person to see his granddaughter-in-law. My Xinyue is also a business prodigy, no less than my sister."
Gu Xiaoran's tone was full of pride and self-satisfaction.
“I still have to keep working. I was too arrogant in school. I have really learned a lot working here. If I could do it all over again, I could do even better than I did in school.”
Ming Xinyue resumed speaking gently, but the content of her words was anything but gentle; instead, they were full of domineering power.
"You still have to work?!"
Gu Xiaoran's voice sounded somewhat discouraged, "It's been almost a year, shouldn't I have earned enough by now?"
"It'll be soon. Once Hongyuan finishes this deal, we can leave." Ming Xinyue raised her hand to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear. "By the way, the main reason I'm staying here to work is because of a colleague. He's the one who made me stay for almost half a year longer. When I leave, I'll have to poach him."
"Oh? You have such a capable colleague?"
Gu Xiaoran also became interested. "Anyone who can catch my Xinyue's eye must be a great talent. When the time comes, just set the conditions and we must poach him from Hongyuan."
"The conditions don't need to be too high. If you give him any conditions, he'll probably be willing to come. Right now, his position in the company is even lower than mine. He's a junior staff member in the domestic business department, but he's too clever. In some aspects, I'm not as good as him. So, for the past six months, it's more accurate to say that I've been learning from him rather than learning experience at Hongyuan."
Ming Xinyue smiled, thinking of Chen Zhili sitting opposite her, the boy who was always busy organizing data and planning schemes.
"Is Guangdong really wasting talent like this?!"
Stopping at a red light, Gu Xiaoran turned to look at Ming Xinyue in the back seat. In his mind, aside from someone like Ming Xinyue who deliberately concealed her identity, anyone who caught his eye shouldn't be overlooked. Especially not a small trading company.
"Ah Ran, I know that. Hongyuan is just wasting talent like this."
Qin Xuan picked up where Gu Xiaoran left off, "Zhou Xiaoqi, such a prodigy, is just a lowly deputy manager in Hongyuan's finance department. That's a waste. Xin Yue, such a remarkable woman in the business world, is actually working as an office clerk at Hongyuan. Although it's a senior office clerk position, even the highest office can't accommodate such a great person as Xin Yue."
"And Xinyue must be talking about Chen Zhili, right? This young man is quite good. Although he has no formal education and hasn't studied much, he is truly a talented person. I've heard about him too. If it weren't for the fact that our majors are so different, I would have poached him to my company long ago."
"And then there's Lin Yao, whom we just met. Although I heard he's a slacker at Hongyuan, I think he's definitely not that simple. He must have some connections. Just look at how obedient those two new guys are to him, and that makes it clear."
"By the way, those two new guys definitely have impressive backgrounds. Judging from their performance alone, they don't belong to you, the eldest young master of the Gu family."
Qin Xuan rattled off a list of the unusual employees at Hongyuan Company, leaving Gu Xiaoran completely bewildered. She didn't even notice when the red light turned green until the car behind her started honking its horn.
"Brother Qin is amazing! You, an outsider, know so much. Gu Panpan must have told you, right?"
Ming Xinyue's teasing question made Qin Xuan blush, a rare occurrence for him.
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"Brothers and sisters, it's my treat today!"
Lin Yao shouted as soon as he entered the room, severely impacting the work of all the office staff.
The reason for treating everyone was simple: Lin Yao was happy.
Lin Yao was genuinely delighted to have unearthed an even larger "Tai Sui" than before from the courtyard house in Dengcao Hutong. Most importantly, he had conducted experiments and found that even a "Tai Sui" brimming with "vital energy" couldn't be absorbed by the vampire Witt without his own refining process. Therefore, he didn't need to worry about the vampire finding a way to rapidly increase his strength.
More than 1,400 "Year-Round Pills" were refined, almost half of the previous batch. People tend to squander money when they have it, and Lin Yao was no exception. He even had Xiao Cao inject a "Year-Round Pill" into Witt's heart as an experiment, gaining the benefit of 100 drops of "human core power" at the level of a vampire duke.
Since more than 3,333 years of "Tai Sui" could be found in Beijing, Lin Yao was full of expectations for his future travel plans. Although he hadn't figured out how to use "Nian Nian Dan" yet, no one can have too many good things. Lin Yao just wanted to collect all the "Tai Sui" that met the criteria in the world, so that the leaves of the grass would be covered with "Nian Nian Dan". At this moment, Lin Yao finally understood the psychology of some people with a collecting hobby. It was purely for a kind of spiritual comfort.
"Boss, do you have any good news to share with everyone? I also have some good news to tell you. We can talk about it privately later."
Chen Zhili asked the gossip question on behalf of everyone, showing unusual enthusiasm.
"Boss, I want steak. The black pepper steak last time was pretty good. I want one and a half servings this time, and Xiao Lizi can finish the other half."
Xiang Honglian was overjoyed to see her father's job restored. She was so happy she was practically beside herself.
"Who said we'd eat steak? I said we'd treat everyone in the cafeteria downstairs. No need to bring your meal cards today, I'll swipe them for you."
"cut!"