The next morning, Qiu Hu got up early, put on heavy makeup, and covered her red and swollen eyes and dark circles.

After breakfast, she asked A-Yi to take her to the company. On the way there, she kept her eyes closed and rested until she arrived at the company, when she finally woke up completely.

Ayi shook her leg. "Miss, Miss, we've arrived."

"Okay," she replied, opened the car door, and got out.

Just as Qiu Hu was about to step into the company gate, he was startled by Fu Shen, who appeared from an unknown direction.

"Chou Hu, do you really not want to know where Chou Xi is?"

"No need, thank you." Idiot, she already knew where Qiu Xi was. But she was curious about Fu Shen and the Lin family. "As for you, how did you know Qiu Xi's whereabouts?"

Fu Shen knew that Qiu Hu was a very clever woman. Three years ago, he had gone to great lengths to deceive her, but he didn't expect her to react so quickly this time. "You don't need to worry about that. I just know it."

"Ha, idiot." Qiu Hu looked at him as if he were a fool, then walked away in her high heels.

Qiu Hu didn't pay much attention to it, and the little incident passed quickly. Until ten o'clock, Awan came to find her and said that people from the Ning family had come to talk about the last cooperation and wanted to see her.

She stopped what she was doing and followed Awan to the conference room.

I just didn't expect that the person sent by the Ning family was Ning Yizhan. He must have wanted to come on his own. He really went to great lengths to find her!

He was sitting in his office chair in the conference room. When he saw her come in, he turned the chair to face her. His hair was neatly styled, he was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, and he had a noble air about him, but his smile was unruly. "President Qiu, it's been a long time."

"Why is it you here?"

Ning Yizhan spread his hands, "As the company president, I should be able to personally oversee the project, right?"

"Okay, then tell me the purpose of this trip." If she remembered correctly, the Ning family had already sent someone over to discuss the project details. She had even had Awan take charge of the entire process, and it went very smoothly. The money had been transferred, so there couldn't have been any problems. Ning Yizhan's visit again was clearly unnecessary.

"Obviously, he's here to supervise the work." Actually, he came to see her, and incidentally to supervise the work as well.

"Alright, Awan, report the project's progress to President Ning, as detailed as possible down to each step." Qiu Hu instructed Awan, then turned and walked out of the conference room.

Ning Yizhan watched her leave, licking his lips. It seemed she really didn't want to be near him. Turning to Awan in front of him, he asked, "What happened to Qiu Hu lately? Is she this quiet even at home?"

"More or less." Awan couldn't say more.

Ning Yizhan listened to the answer and thought, "Oh, that's fine. It's not just him who's affected, which means it's not his problem."

Awan really started reporting to him, and he did it in great detail, mentioning every little point. Ning Yizhan couldn't stand it anymore, "Can you just get to the point?"

"No, Miss wants me to give a more detailed report."

Ning Yizhan smiled and nodded, "Alright, you can continue. No wonder you've followed Qiu Hu for so many years, you still know how to torment people."

Avan began his lengthy and detailed report again.

Two hours later, Awan finally finished his report. "President Ning, that's my report for the past period. Do you have any questions?"

"Chou Hu, have you seen anyone recently?"

"I have no comment on that, nor do I have the right to interfere." Awan still had this principle.

Ning Yizhan knew he wouldn't get anything out of her by asking, so he stopped. "Not only will she torment you, but she'll also keep her mouth shut like she does."

"President Ning, you're overthinking it!"

"Are you a robot? Your tone of voice is exactly the same from beginning to end." What kind of people surround Qiu Hu? One is stern and unsmiling, one is a robot, and one is a wicked woman. Qiu Hu's upbringing was really not good.

Ning Yizhan shook his head with worry and left the conference room. He planned to try to find Qiu Hu to have lunch, but he didn't know if he would succeed. When he got there, he would grab someone at random and ask them to take him to Qiu Hu's office.

He arrived at Qiu Hu's office without any hindrance. He saw a pile of documents in front of her, her brow furrowed, as if she had encountered some problem. "How is it? Do you need any help?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Qiu Hu looked up with her beautiful eyes, "How did you get in?"

"Of course they walked in."

What are you doing here?

"I was thinking of trying to have lunch with you. You haven't eaten yet, have you?"

When the topic of food came up, she realized she was hungry. She checked the time and said, "Hmm."

"Let's go then, I'll treat you to dinner."

"Can't you see I'm busy? I don't have time." She refused without thinking. First, she didn't want to have too much contact with Ning Yizhan, and second, she really couldn't get away. The documents in her hands made her feel like her head was full of weeds.

Seeing that she was staring at the document and didn't even want to eat, Ning Yizhan couldn't help but take a few steps forward. He knew that what he was doing might be immoral, but he did it anyway.

"let me see."

Qiu Hu really couldn't think of a solution. It was Qiu Bing's doing again. This time, it involved the interests of most of the shareholders. She vetoed it, but she figured the shareholders wouldn't agree either, and then there would be new trouble. She wanted to nip the trouble in the bud.

So she handed the document to Ning Yizhan.

Ning Yizhan immediately knew what was going on: "Not enough funds again?"

"Hmm, I want to put these funds into another project. It's not as profitable as Qiu Bing's, but Qiu Bing's character is questionable."

"You should also come up with a plan. Try to make it a longer-term project, use data to support your claims and increase credibility. Then use your silver tongue to paint an even bigger picture for those shareholders, whetting their appetites. People are always greedy."

"Will it work?" She had actually thought about it, but the shareholders might not believe her.

"The projects in this document have time limits. Once you get through this period, you'll have the funds to work on your plan."

A single word can awaken a person from a dream.

Ning Yizhan, of course, wanted to strike while the iron was hot, "Then, Miss, do you have time to eat now?"

Qiu Hu was in a great mood. "Let's go!" she said, not wanting to waste any time, and walked out.

Ning Yizhan thought to himself, Qiu Hu is really easy to coax; probably no one has ever coaxed her like this before.

Ning Yizhan followed her to a restaurant near the Qiu family's residence, where the two ordered dinner.

Ning Yizhan said the first thing, "Are you stupid, Qiu Hu? Don't let bad moods affect you."

"I don't know what you're talking about." Qiu Hu didn't dare to look her in the eye. He had guessed correctly again, and she felt a little guilty.

“You’re so smart, you definitely know what I’m talking about. Don’t think you can escape my eyes.” Ning Yizhan sat opposite her, taking in her reaction. “Why are you hiding from me? I’ll still appear in front of you. You can’t escape me.”