He lowered his head, yawned, closed his laptop, and picked up a folder from the side to start looking through it.
"If it's about share transfer, then there's no need to discuss it."
Dissatisfied with his attitude, Song Qing snatched the documents from his hand and said with slight displeasure, "We can talk about this again, but I hope that you will give an explanation regarding the capital injection into Shen's factory before the shareholders' meeting."
"This is none of your business."
"Zhengwei, I sincerely want to talk to you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to you alone. I also don't want you to force me to bring this up at the shareholders' meeting and have everyone raise their hands to vote."
Yi Zhengwei smiled slightly, lifted himself off the table, crossed his arms, and scrutinized Song Qing for a long time before saying, "This is a small matter. I thought you would always be very generous."
"Recently, some unfavorable news has come out regarding Yinkong and Fuhua. I don't care about the millions you invested in the Shen family, but rather their small-scale, workshop-style market operations will have a negative impact on us. I think the Shen family has borrowed more than just your funds; Yinkong's reputation has probably benefited quite a bit as well."
Yi Zhengwei squinted, toying with his pen, neither admitting nor denying it. He knew perfectly well that without this connection, the Shen family wouldn't have made a fuss about him and Song Qing's marriage for so long. He knew very well what kind of person Shen Huidong was; in Cambridge, he was just a rich rogue.
"What do you want me to do?" he finally asked after a long silence.
Song Qing took a deep breath, stood up and said, "Zhengwei, no matter what, Fuhua and Yinkong are now closely linked because of us. In short, I don't want people like Shen Huidong to hold us back."
Yi Zhengwei replied indifferently, "Xiao Qing, it's difficult for me to do that."
"I know you feel guilty about what happened to Miss Shen Xing, but I hope you can make amends in another way."
"Another way?" He stood up with a sneer, looking down at Song Qingyi's righteous and stern face, and suddenly said sarcastically, "Your so-called way is to allow that plaque to continue hanging there, and that proves you don't care at all. You don't respect anyone else!"
"Yi Zhengwei, you're completely unreasonable!" Song Qing said angrily, turning around somewhat awkwardly, picking up the cold coffee and taking a big gulp, which caused a sharp pain in her stomach.
"Since you can handle it, don't bring up the withdrawal of investment again." Yi Zhengwei's good mood vanished instantly when he thought of Song Qing's behavior, and he turned and left the study.
Song Qing stared blankly at his back, then slumped back in her chair, her mind blank. In her heart, the plaque was private, while the investment was public. What was unreasonable about her request?
Since everyone knows that Shibing Building already belongs to Song Qing, what does it matter if that small space is at the top? It's like she got the title of Mrs. Yi, but Yi Zhengwei doesn't have a place for her in his heart. She accepted this fact from the very beginning.
Although the longer she wore the hat of being Mrs. Yi, the more certain her position in Yi Zhengwei's heart became, it wasn't something she could decide. At least, it wasn't something she could ask for.
She followed him into the room, feeling very tired, while Yi Zhengwei lay reclining on the headboard reading a financial magazine, still full of energy. In terms of energy, a woman can never surpass a man.
"Zhengwei, I don't want to argue with you. I genuinely want to discuss with you what kind of relationship we should maintain?"
Yi Zhengwei felt Song Qing's somewhat cold body leaning against him. He sighed slightly, put down the magazine, helped her sit up, and sat upright against the headboard.
"Xiaoqing, I like your decisiveness in business matters, but I don't want you to bring that habit into our lives."
Song Qing lowered his head and remained silent, but then talked about something else.
"Zhengwei, how are you going to decide about your relationship with Miss Shen? Shen Yang came to see me."
Yi Zhengwei hugged the back of his neck, looking slightly at the ceiling, his breathing a little uneven.
Song Qing continued, "Shen Xing is a good woman and deserves to be treated well. She is different from the other women. I know you are reluctant to let her go, but you can no longer give her what she wants."
Yi Zhengwei closed his eyes and let out a soft hum from deep in his throat.
Song Qing sadly pulled the blanket up, "Once we chose to get married, there was no turning back." She knew it was a road of no return, a road that would never allow her to turn back. Under those circumstances, the various clashes of reality led her to ultimately choose Yi Zhengwei.
She left Linchuan back then, but her heart was still empty. Even though ten years had passed since they parted, she couldn't control her heart on her own.
From the moment she accepted Yi Zhengwei's proposal, she knew that this marriage carried not only Song Jingmo's expectations and promises, but also the stability of Fuhua. She could no longer let her heart dictate her actions, and in fact, her decision was the right one. Because of this, her relationship with Yan Xunan truly became a thing of the past.
If there is anything more important than love, it is undoubtedly the sense of responsibility that Song Jingmo instilled in her from a young age.
"Are you so selfless for the sake of Fuhua? Or is it because it doesn't matter who you marry if it weren't for Yan Xunan?"
Song Qing was the first to lie down in bed, and after a long while, she said in a low voice, "Yi Zhengwei, what's left of your words besides belittling ourselves?"
The two slept back to back, yet they both knew that the other was not asleep; they were each re-examining their current relationship.
"I know about my mother-in-law's situation, so I know you won't argue with me about anything."
When she delivered the share certificate to him that day, and heard his resolute refusal, she knew that Yi Mantian and Chen Zinan's failed marriage had already given him a warning, and that her constant vigilance was somewhat petty.
Yi Zhengwei's breathing was a little heavy. He only said, "It's too late, go to sleep."
Suddenly feeling a pang of sadness, Song Qing turned and gently embraced him, burying her face in Yi Zhengwei's broad back like a lost child. She also wanted to be a good daughter-in-law of the Yi family, but Song Jingmo's dying words often left a thorn in her heart. The moment she relaxed, that thorn would be pointed at her, and she could be pricked at any moment.
"Zhengwei, let's settle Shen Xing's matter and then live a good life together."
Yi Zhengwei pondered Song Qing's words carefully. He turned around and they embraced, but their eyes were stung by the small glass bottle on the dressing table that was faintly glowing in the night light.
"Mom has gone home. Let's go see her together tomorrow."
Okay, go to sleep.
The next day, Shen Yang arranged to meet Song Qing at the bamboo garden. She had already resigned and was managing the bamboo garden business with Shen Xing.
"President Song, I wonder if you and I have reached an agreement on the matter I asked you to handle?"
Song Qing had always liked Shen Yang. She liked her straightforwardness and flamboyance; it was rare to see such a pure girl in the business world, so she had always had a good impression of her.
"I've thought about what you said carefully. If it's good for your sister and for me, then why not do it?"
Shen Yang chewed his gum and nodded, saying with a hint of sarcasm, "Of course, this business is extremely profitable for you; you're a businessman, after all."
Song Qing was somewhat worried. Given Zheng Wei's indecisiveness and Shen Xing's good nature, wouldn't doing this cause some problems?
"Hey, you don't need to feel guilty. Although I've always been angry that you took what she wanted, it takes two to tango. Yi Zhengwei's stance isn't firm, and he's not good enough for my sister. Besides, my brother is a bloodsucker. I've disliked him for a long time. In the past two years, he's taken advantage of my sister and now he's become rich and powerful. I bet he'll do something drastic one day! It's time to wake him up." Shen Yang waved his hand dismissively.
Song Qing smiled slightly, indicating that she would follow up on the progress of this matter and expressed her gratitude.