The way he behaved just now didn't seem like he'd simply forgotten due to being busy.
However, he did believe that the man hadn't had a good rest.
After all, his dark eye circles almost covered half of his face.
If it weren't for the excess flesh on his face, making him look overly slick, he would have resembled someone whose essence had been drained by a demon.
And that "demon" was probably the secretary standing at the door, dressed extremely provocatively.
Xia Sanghuan had heard before coming here that the customs in this country were relatively open.
But she never expected it to be "open" to such an extent.
Her experiences in the past few days had truly shattered her perception.
The middle - aged man was clearly frightened by Leng Chuanjin. Looking at the man's gloomy face, he stammered and couldn't get a word out.
Was he really the chairman of the company?
Wasn't this company just sending him here to fool them?
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but glance at Leng Chuanjin sitting diagonally in front of her.
As if sensing her gaze, he turned around and met her eyes.
With just this one look, they instantly understood what the other was thinking.
Leng Chuanjin stood up, and Xia Sanghuan followed suit.
"Since you're so busy, Chairman, we'd better come another day."
"I hope you won't forget everything like you did today."
He put away the cold look on his face and said to the middle - aged man in a calm tone.
Then the two of them turned around and walked towards the door.
"Wait, wait a minute!"
The girl heard the middle - aged man shouting from behind.
Her steps subconsciously paused, and then she was nudged on the back by the man.
"Keep walking," he whispered in her ear.
"Don't look back."
After leaving the office, under the secretary's constant scrutiny, the two walked straight into the elevator without even a glance.
When they got off the elevator, Xia Sanghuan found Yun Ye still waiting for them in front of the car.
"Master Leng, Miss Xia," he greeted them.
"Did the meeting end so soon?"
"We didn't have a meeting," Leng Chuanjin said as he loosened his tie.
"We'll talk about the rest in the car."
Seeing his serious expression, Yun Ye nodded understandingly and opened the car door for them.
"Come here," Leng Chuanjin said, reaching out his hand to Xia Sanghuan after getting in the car.
"Lean towards me."
The girl did as she was told and sat over.
He reached for her temples, and she felt a lightness in her ears.
After taking the item off, he showed it to her, palm up.
It was a pair of almost transparent ear clips.
"They can transmit voices and record," he explained as he put the ear clips away.
"I originally wanted to use them to record some clues.
But we got nothing."
"Where are we going next?"
"Are we still going to keep waiting?"
Thinking of her experiences in the past few days, she couldn't help but sigh wearily.
Moreover, the matter regarding Yun Tan didn't allow her to keep wasting time like this.
Seeing that she was in a hurry, Leng Chuanjin comforted her.
"Of course not."
"Didn't Fu Moning ask us to negotiate with that brand owner?"
...
"Are you sure it's okay to let that old guy negotiate with those two foreigners? Won't anything go wrong?"
The wheat - skinned woman was lying on a lounge chair, sunbathing. Most of her face was hidden behind her sunglasses, but her deep dissatisfaction could be heard in her tone.
"Of course, something will go wrong," the man swinging a billiard cue at the pool table beside her replied.
If Xia Sanghuan were here, she would recognize him at a glance.
He was the newly - appointed CEO of this company in recent years.
The mastermind behind all the accidents.
Alex.
"Then why did you send him?"
Hearing his nonchalant tone, the woman was infuriated.
She propped herself up on her elbows, took off her sunglasses, and threw them accurately at Alex.
The man didn't dodge and let the sunglasses hit him.
The next second, the sunglasses shattered on the ground.
"Sera, calm down.
These were the new sunglasses you bought last night," he said, but he bent down to play billiards indifferently.
"Aren't you afraid he'll damage our company's reputation?"
"But for those two guests, hasn't our company already lost all credibility in their eyes?"
A red ball smoothly rolled into the pocket after the impact.
"Moreover, I had a reason for sending that old guy to meet them.
Don't you always want the shares in his hands?"
He glanced at her out of the corner of his eye and wasn't surprised to see her hesitant expression.
"If this thing gets done, we'll split the benefits 40 - 60.
I'll take 40%, and you'll take 60%."
He put down the billiard cue and walked over to the woman.
"What do you think?"
He reached out his hand and pulled her up from the lounge chair.
"Isn't it a good deal?"
...
"If it weren't for August being the president's uncle, he wouldn't have been so arrogant in the company for so long."
Just thinking about the scene of that old man rubbing against her made Sera want to vomit.
"So what's the reason?
You can explain it to me now," she said as she changed into her daily clothes in the dressing room and walked out of the billiards room with Alex.
"I made a bet with him," the man strode ahead.
"What kind of bet?"
"I bet whether he would mess this thing up."
"Do we even need to bet on this?"
Sera sneered disdainfully.
"You actually made such a boring bet with him."
"Don't be so quick to mock me," Alex calmly took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, and lit it.
"The key to this bet isn't the bet itself, but the witness."
"What do you mean?"
Seeing the man looking so confident, Sera couldn't help but become interested.
"I told the president about this. Although he didn't show it on the surface, he's actually been trying to find a way to kick his uncle out of the board of directors.
But you know...," he shrugged. "The people in the president's family are extremely difficult to deal with.
So, I might as well use this as an excuse to drag August down."
"August is really stupid," Sera rolled her eyes.
"After being tricked by you so many times, he still dared to make a bet with you."
"Isn't there an old Eastern saying? 'Money makes the mare go.' I couldn't agree more."
"Don't get too carried away," Sera said angrily.
"Have you already thought of a way to deal with those two?
We already have a feud with them. Aren't you afraid they'll take revenge on you if you do this?"
"How much of a threat can they be?
Since we've already had a falling - out, we might as well squeeze out their last bit of value."
Just thinking of Fu Moning's face made Alex grind his teeth in anger.
"But it's Leng Chuanjin," Sera said seriously.
"Alex, it's Leng Chuanjin.
Don't you know what kind of person he is?"