As soon as Shao Yinan said this, Father Qi's face changed several times.
Father Qi had been in the business world for decades. How could he not tell?
His failure this afternoon was clearly a result of someone's deliberate actions.
It was like a bolt from the blue.
"My strength is insufficient. There's no reason to be happy," Father Qi replied, which was an indirect answer to Shao Yinan's question.
But he also sensed that Shao Yinan didn't intend to pursue the matter.
Qi Siran looked at them in confusion. She had been staying at home and knew nothing about the company's affairs, so she had no idea what had happened this afternoon.
However, she also noticed the strange atmosphere between Shao Yinan and her father.
Qi Siran felt deeply confused for the first time.
"What's wrong, Dad? Is there something wrong with the company?"
Although Father Qi knew that Qi Siran wasn't his biological daughter, he had raised her for twenty years.
Even though there had been some unpleasantness between Qi Siran and his wife because of the engagement, Father Qi still doted on this daughter.
Father Qi didn't want to put this pressure on Qi Siran, so he shook his head.
"This banquet is not the right place to talk about business."
"I'll handle it."
Shao Yinan and Wen Yin interlocked their fingers, and the smile on his lips was full of meaning.
The man's mellow voice came out of his throat.
"In that case, Uncle Qi, we'll go over there first."
Shao Yinan politely nodded to the two elders in front of him as a farewell.
And Mrs. Qi didn't want Wen Yin to notice anything abnormal, so her eyes were always on others.
She did it on purpose.
Because every time she saw Wen Yin, tears would uncontrollably well up in her eyes.
Qi Siran was kept in the dark by her father. It wasn't until she reluctantly watched Shao Yinan and the others leave that she heard the whispers of others.
It was a junior manager from some company. It seemed that he had also participated in the bidding this afternoon.
"I heard that the Qi family was originally the most likely to win this bid, but the Shao Corporation snatched it away!"
"Yes! Their family has suffered a great loss from losing this project. The deficit is at least tens of millions!"
"Well, Shao Yinan is really capable! He's also very ruthless. Otherwise, how could he come up with such a good business plan in such a short time?"
"Right! Even the partner praised him. I have to say that General Manager Shao's plan is really good!"
All of a sudden, everything was like the fog that had been covering it, slowly dissipating.
Qi Siran finally understood what they had been talking about just now.
A chill ran through her heart.
She never thought that the surprise Shao Yinan had mentioned just now would be this!
Qi Siran knew very well in her heart.
This was clearly Shao Yinan taking revenge for Wen Yin!
What a bullshit surprise!
Qi Siran turned her head. Just as she was about to talk to Wen Zhi beside her, she found that Wen Zhi had disappeared.
Wen Zhi had just gone to the bathroom, but unexpectedly, she saw several familiar figures in the corridor.
All the past embarrassments suddenly flooded into Wen Zhi's mind.
Wen Zhi wanted to pretend not to see them, but this was the only way from the bathroom to the banquet hall.
So she had to pretend not to see them and lowered her head, trying to walk past them in a hurry.
But the leading man spoke first.
The moment the familiar and cold voice entered Wen Zhi's ears, her mind was in a mess.
Because their existence always proved her own disgrace.
"Aren't you going to say hello?"
Wen Zhi couldn't remember how long it had been since they last met.
Her blood seemed to freeze. So she slowly turned around and looked at the man -
Jiang Shihuai.
"Long time no see," Wen Zhi said stiffly as she turned around.
A smile that was uglier than crying appeared on her face.
And the somewhat young man beside Jiang Shihuai spoke up and snorted.
"Indeed, it's been a long time."
"I didn't expect you to be so shameless, roaming around in all kinds of high - class banquets."
Lu Ziqiu looked at Wen Zhi with disdain.
"So it was you who had been teaming up with Qi Siran to frame Wen Zhi?"
The gloomy man who had been standing not far away finally spoke for the first time.
The powerful pressure from Xiao Mo made Wen Zhi completely out of breath.
Although his aura wasn't as strong as Shao Yinan's, he had been through a lot in the business world.
After experiencing many things, Xiao Mo's temperament had become more steady and sinister.
"I didn't! I just helped Siran a little. I didn't do anything immoral for her," Wen Zhi stammered and tried to defend herself. She naturally wouldn't admit it in front of them.
"Do you think we would talk to you about these things without any investigation?"
Jiang Shihuai and the others clearly had done their homework.
The words Wen Zhi was about to use to defend herself were completely blocked in her mouth.
Wen Zhi's face turned red and then white, and finally turned ashen.
But seeing the three men who had once liked her so much now all come to question her for another woman.
Wen Zhi shouted at them in a self - destructive way.
"So what!"
"So what else do you want from me! I've already been to prison because of Wen Yin!"
"What else do you want me to do?"
Just thinking about what she had been through in prison, Wen Zhi's heart couldn't help but collapse.
"Do you know what kind of life I lived in prison!"
"I've tried my best to make up for my previous mistakes. Now I just want to live the life I want. Why are you doing this to me!"
Hearing Wen Zhi say this, the smile on Lu Ziqiu's lips became even more cold and mocking.
"So when you treated Wen Yin like that before, why didn't you think that you would end up like this?"
After hearing his words, the madness on Wen Zhi's face gradually disappeared.
Instead, there was more guilt.
"So you always thought I deserved it?"
When Wen Zhi asked this question, all she got was Jiang Shihuai's full - fledged mocking voice.
"Otherwise?"
This time, they didn't give Wen Zhi a chance to defend herself.
"If you're determined to be Qi Siran's lackey, then you'd better be prepared."
Although the three men were standing in different positions, they all looked at Wen Zhi in unison.
Their dark eyes were filled with mockery and coldness.
"We'll make you a hundred times, a thousand times more miserable than you were in prison before."
Things had come to this point, and Wen Zhi finally realized where those cold looks she had felt in the banquet hall had come from.
Wasn't it them, always paying attention to her every move!
"Although we don't have Qi Siran's superior family background, if we join forces, it's not impossible to have a do - or - die struggle."
Even the gentle and jade - like Jiang Shihuai's tone was subtly cold.
Wen Zhi had been out for a long time, so she had heard of the companies of these men.
All three of them had, to some extent, taken over their family businesses.
This was clearly a warning. After saying that, the three men didn't look at Wen Zhi again and left directly.
Wen Zhi slumped against the wall.
She hugged her head painfully.
So now she could be said to have nothing.
No family background to back her up.
No one to handle the aftermath for her.
Only beatings and scoldings.
Wen Zhi closed her eyes painfully.