Chapter 7 Heartbeats 7 "Don't misunderstand her again"

I will marry you...

Wen Huai traced these three words in his heart and clenched his fingers.

Xu Youjing didn't know what she was thinking and thought she was still stubborn, so he said, "You decide whether to go or not. If you change your mind, tell me."

Wen Huai agreed, and there was a knock on the door.

"Enter."

Jiang Han appeared at the door.

Touching the person in front of the sofa, he only said: "Mr. Xu, I have found out what you asked me to investigate."

Wen Huai said goodbye and paused before leaving. "Mr. Xu, Vice President Li's plane landed in Beicheng tonight. He asked you if you would like to attend the dinner tonight?"

In addition to the chairman and manager Sui Censhan, there are two vice presidents under him, one is his son Sui Jianwen, and the other is Li Qicheng.

Li Qicheng has always been smooth and never got involved in the dispute between the father and son over mining. He always agreed with both sides and acted as a good guy.

Xu Youjing nodded: "There are other things that I will summarize for Jiang Han later."

"OK."

Jiang Han made way for her, waited until she left before closing the door and coming in. He explained the whole story and added at the end, "Mr. Xu, you really misunderstood my wife."

The man leaning against the black and gold desk looked up, his eyes narrowed slightly: "Do you really want me to teach you how to scream?"

Jiang Han quickly lowered his head: "No, I really remember Mr. Xu."

He crossed his long legs, glanced at the time, and said, "Go tell Sui Jianwen that he will take full charge of the matter downstairs. If he can't handle it well, you can join in. I don't mind reviewing one more resignation."

Jiang Han: "Okay."

Turning to leave, I heard him say, "Since you are busy with other things, ask Wen Huai to gather everything and come directly to the office."

-

"Sister Wen, here are all the client information you requested." Dong Chen handed over the documents and a contract. "Secretary Jiao brought this contract. He said that Mr. Sui specifically instructed it to be given to Mr. Xu."

"Okay, take it over when I'm done." Wen Huai was finishing the form in his hand.

Dong Chen confirmed that no one else in the CEO's office was paying attention, so he leaned in and asked, "I secretly flipped through the document, and it turns out to be a new proposal to increase energy extraction, something that was strictly prohibited when President Sui was in office. What does it mean, President Sui, to bring out this document now?"

Hearing this, Wen Huai's attention fell on the blue folder.

The predecessor of Peak relied on the mining industry for its capital. After being acquired and merged by the Xu family, Peak immediately complied with national regulations and government subsidies to enter the new energy field, which led to its current unshakable position in the industry.

Therefore, Sui Censhan placed special emphasis on energy extraction and strictly implemented government policies. During his many years in office, he had never suffered losses due to over-exploitation. As soon as he left, his son immediately proposed... Wen Huai placed this document on top.

Half an hour ago, Jiang Han came to tell her that everything had been summarized and reported directly to General Manager Xu. Along with that, there was also additional transfer information in the mailbox.

Wen Huai took a quick look and saw a major shakeup in the technical department. Veteran engineer Tong Zhenyuan remained, along with Jiang Xuechao. Several other team leaders and managers involved in the incident had been dealt with accordingly. The company hadn't dismissed or silenced any of the individuals involved in the morning's unpleasantness; instead, they had provided compensation and well-earned rewards to those affected.

However, a man named Meng Ting was parachuted in to become the new director of the technical department.

I heard that it was Xu Youjing who arranged it personally, and he took office immediately.

This suggests that the new president had completely reshuffled the company's crucial technical department upon arrival, even assigning a position to one of his own to be second only to the CEO. For a time, some speculated that the vacant Technical Director position would also go to Xu Youjing, and the group chat became very lively.

Dong Chen broadcast the event in real time, but Wen Huai had no intention of listening.

After finalizing the symbols, she checked them, picked up the folder, and knocked on the door of the meeting room.

"Enter."

Simple, cold and distant.

Wen Huai took a deep breath, straightened his back, opened the door and entered.

She placed the documents on the table, took a step back, and spoke in a slightly faster tone, "Mr. Xu, these are the documents that need your signature. The blue folder on top is from Mr. Sui. He said he hopes you will personally review it."

It was quiet all around. After she hung up, the only sound was the sound of the pen tip scratching across the A4 paper.

The tip of his nose felt itchy, and Wen Huai raised his hand to touch it, thinking something was wrong.

The temperature in North City reached over 35 degrees Celsius again today. The sunlight that rushed through the floor-to-ceiling windows was blocked by the half-lowered blinds. The cold air from the central air-conditioning was everywhere, spreading even more widely throughout the CBD.

Wen Huai usually stood on the left side when reporting to Sui Censhan, as this was the perfect spot to avoid the cold wind. But today, as she stood there, a familiar feeling of tightness in her nose immediately made her realize that Xu Youjing had adjusted the ceiling vents.

She quickly twirled her nose with her fingertips, then straightened her expression and reported the following contents. Finally, she added:

"The above is all of Mr. Sui's unfinished schedule. In addition, yesterday, Mr. Zhou, the secretary of Hengyuan Group, called to ask if we had time to meet. We haven't responded yet."

Xu Youjing closed the document in his hand and took another one: "Leave this to Jiang Han."

"OK."

Wen Huai picked up the signed document and was about to say, "If there's nothing else, I'll go out first." Before she opened her lips, a familiar omen made it too late for her to rub her nose.

Three sneezes sounded in her place, and her blocked area finally got a brief relief.

Noticing the gaze coming his way, Wen Huai awkwardly lowered his hands that were blocking his face and subconsciously wanted to apologize, but was interrupted by Xu Youjing.

"Have a cold?"

"No." His gaze was too direct, so Wen Huai could only say, "It's rhinitis."

He quickly realized something and looked up at the air vent.

"drop."

Putting down the remote control in his hand, he pushed the tissue box forward and said, "Next time, tell me about this situation earlier."

"I understand, Mr. Xu. I'm very sorry."

Wen Huai had no intention of taking the boss's paper. He was so embarrassed at the moment that he just wanted her to escape from his sight as quickly as possible.

I was thinking of saying goodbye and leaving, but before the words came to my lips, the phone on the table vibrated.

It belongs to Xu Youjing.

He glanced at the notes and said to Wen Huai, "Wait a moment."

She held the document: "Okay."

His fingertips touched the screen and he looked again.

Noticing his gaze, Wen Huai was stunned, thinking that he had something to tell him, so he met his gaze and listened.

Their eyes met, and time passed in shock.

After a few seconds, no one pulled away first.

Suddenly, he laughed angrily, and looked a little speechless.

Before she could even admire his handsome face, she heard him say helplessly, "Go sit and wait. There's less air conditioning over there."

Realizing that he had just asked her to go to the sofa, she didn't understand and...still stared at him stupidly -

After figuring it out, I wanted to dig a crack in the ground and crawl in.

What kind of heavenly law did she violate to be in such an embarrassing situation in front of Xu Youjing!

The person behind him withdrew his gaze, took out a box from the drawer, and then answered the phone.

"Brother Jing, why did you take so long to answer?" the person on the other end complained. "I thought you were in Siberia."

Xu Youjing: "What's the matter?"

"Oh, Nandi can't get over his ex-girlfriend. I heard from somewhere that his ex-girlfriend is coming home tonight, and she's going to have a party at Bustin tonight, inviting everyone she knows to come, leaving her ex-girlfriend without friends. Do you think he's crazy?"

"Of course, this is secondary. The main purpose is to celebrate your appointment, Brother Jing. How about coming?"

He signed his name neatly with the tip of his pen and said, "I have something else to do tonight."

"Then wait until you're done. They always get together until the early morning."

"A-choo!"

There was a moment of silence beside him, and Xu Youjing exchanged glances with the person on the sofa, and then—

one time.

Again.

......

Seven times in a row.

"......Feel sorry."

No matter how Wen Huai pretended to be calm, he was too embarrassed to face anyone in this situation. He covered his face with his hands while wiping his nose, pretending that what had just happened had not happened.

Xi Guan on the other end of the phone took a long time to speak: "What's going on? Brother Jing, shouldn't you be at work now? Why is there a woman here?"

Xu Youjing withdrew his gaze from the pair of red ears exposed outside and said abruptly: "Come here."

Xi Guan:?

Wen Huai didn't hear it.

He reluctantly stood up, took the box, walked around the desk and stood in front of the sofa.

"Valentine's Day gift."

Wen Huai raised his head, puzzled: "Didn't you give it to me yesterday?"

"Grandma gave it to me." He said briefly, put the box in the folder in her arms, and made way for her. "Let's go."

The door was closed, and Xi Guan, who hadn't heard the whole thing, discovered something new: "Brother Jing, are you in love?"

Xu Youjing didn't expect that he could hear it: "Eavesdropping?"

"You're just blaming me. It was you who forgot I was there and flirted with me like no one was around."

The man frowned, and the other party added, "It's a Valentine's Day gift. How thoughtful."

Then, remembering how mysterious he was, he suddenly said, "Giving gifts during working hours, why don't you talk to your employees about it?"

"Xi Guan."

Interrupt without a trace of indulgence.

Xi Guan realized that he had gone too far in joking and fell silent.

Xu Youjing's eyes fell on the sofa where she had sat.

"She was misunderstood once today."

"Don't misunderstand her again."

-

Wen Huai returned to her workstation, her heart still pounding. She raised her hand to press it, feeling she could never get used to it again, fearing she would die sooner or later.

She had to quickly adapt to the fact that Xu Youjing was her boss.

Her eyes fell on the box on the file. Inside the brocade box was a pair of pearl earrings, bought by Grandma Xu exactly to her liking. She pulled out her phone, found Grandma Xu, and sent her a message of thanks, but she seemed busy and hadn't replied yet.

Wen Huai had not yet fully recovered from his embarrassment. He mechanically put the documents in order, checked the air conditioning in the conference room and the paper in the printer, and finally returned to his workstation.

She noticed a cup of milk tea on the table and asked Dong Chen, "What is this?"

Dong Chen looked up and said, "It was sent by Jiang Xuechao from the technical department. He said it was for today's event. Thank you and I wish you a happy Valentine's Day."

After sneezing again, Dong Chen said with concern, "Sister Wen, your rhinitis seems to be getting worse again. Fortunately, you are not at the drinking party tonight."

She paused and said, "Assistant Jiang has something to do tonight, I'll take his place."

Dong Chen was stunned: "Why?"

Wen Huai told Jiang Han about how she had just passed by the tea room and heard her talking to her girlfriend on the phone. She was blamed for having a social event on Valentine's Day. She said, "I don't have anything to do tonight anyway."

"Damn it! Sister Wen, you're so nice! Why isn't there another one like you? I wasn't happy when Secretary He came to swap with me, but who told him to bring me food?" He got quieter and quieter as he began to feel sorry for Wen Huai. "Sister Wen, you're such a good person, but you don't have a partner. Why do they have one? The world is so unfair."

Wen Huai scratched the tip of his nose: "Stop complaining, quickly memorize the preferences of the bosses and don't make any mistakes tonight."

"oh oh!"

-

At the dinner party in the evening, Xu Youjing was surprised to see Wen Huai.

He knew Jiang Han was switching shifts, but he didn't expect it to be with Wen Huai. Without saying anything, the group headed to the restaurant.

It was a five-star hotel, hosted by Dongyang Enterprises for tonight's dinner, which was mainly held in conjunction with the upcoming summit on energy utilization and mining.

Dongyang, Hengyuan and Dianfeng are all leading enterprises in the mining field in Beicheng. The three companies are in a three-way competition and control the most priority industrial resources. Similarly, the intentions of the three CEOs also affect the intentions of the small enterprises below.

Tonight's dinner can be said to be of vital importance. All the prominent bosses in the mining industry in North City are here.

However, the name of Hengyuan Group was not on the list provided by Dongyang.

"Hello, let me show you the way." The waiter walked in front, and three people behind him followed him into the elevator.

"Thanks."

On the way here, Wen Huai was explaining the relationships between the companies to Xu Youjing. Before being interrupted by the waiter, she noticed that Xu Youjing seemed to have something to say, so she said to the waiter, "No need to lead the way, thank you for your hard work."

"Okay, that's what I should do."

The waiter left and the elevator door closed.

Within the one-inch space, Xu Youjing stood at the front, while Wen Huai and Dong Chen stood behind him, staring at the rising numbers with bated breath.

Wen Huai continued, "Ming Zhenlian, the president of Dongyang Enterprise, lowered the reserve price of energy sales by one percentage point last year and ultimately won the five-year energy agency rights of EF. The company earned hundreds of billions of yuan, and the stock price rose for two consecutive weeks. However, this project has always been tracked by Hengyuan."

Xu Youjing seemed to have an impression: "So Hengyuan is missing tonight, and this is the reason."

Wen Huai reminded: "Among the three families, Peak has remained neutral. President Ming has always intended to win over President Sui but has received no response. In the month since President Sui took over, the two have been in frequent contact."

"Where's Li Qicheng?"

"Vice President Li is on business trips most of the time."

Xu Youjing sneered: "He knows how to hide."

When a few people arrived at the box, they found that the round table was full of people. They were the last to arrive.

"I've finally got you here." The man at the main seat greeted them with a smile, "Mr. Xu, long time no see."

Wen Huaigang's whispered reminder of his identity came to an abrupt end.

She didn't know that Xu Youjing knew Ming Zhenlian from Dongyang. She pursed her lips and followed behind.

Xu Youjing stopped and asked: "Have we met before?"

The ending tone is upturned, neither too loud nor too soft, just right for everyone present to hear.

The air froze for a moment, and even Wen Huai couldn't help but look up at him, his tongue tightening. He then looked at Ming Zhenlian's expression.

Even if he was doing well in the business world, Ming Zhenlian was embarrassed to be publicly discredited. However, he quickly recovered and smiled, "Noble people tend to forget things. You met me when you were a child, so it's normal that you don't remember me now. Now that you've taken over Peak, and our two families have a close relationship, there will be more opportunities for interaction in the future. There's no need to rush."

After these words were spoken, the tense atmosphere eased somewhat. Wen Huai noticed that Li Qicheng had stood up and seemed to be about to come over.

He just raised his foot and stopped again.

Because he heard Xu Youjing say in a neither loud nor soft voice: "That was quite a long time."

The house was completely silent.

Everyone was stunned and looked at each other silently.

I thought to myself that this was a tough nut to crack and I must not offend him.

"Hahaha, Mr. Ming has a really good memory. Mr. Xu, please come this way."

Li Qicheng didn't dare to look at Ming Zhenlian's expression. He hurried forward to introduce himself and quickly pulled out a chair for them to sit down.

"Our President Xu is really looking forward to meeting you all. He just took office today and heard there was a dinner party tonight, so he came right away, without needing anyone else to do it for him!" Li Qicheng raised his glass and said warmly, "We're late today. On behalf of Peak Group, I'll drink three glasses of wine as punishment!"

After three glasses of wine, the atmosphere eased somewhat.

As the food and drinks arrived, everyone settled down, their glasses and chopsticks in hand, quickly forgetting the opening incident. Halfway through the meal, someone subtly steered the conversation back to the summit, and two groups, with differing opinions, nearly erupted in a quarrel. Finally, Ming Zhenlian spoke to smooth things over, taking the opportunity to inquire about Li Qicheng's opinion.

Xu Youjing did not express any opinion throughout the whole process. This was also the first time he met the person in charge of the Xu Group tonight, so he did not dare to act rashly. He had to try to smooth things over to the end. In the end, Ming Zhen glared at him several times, but he pretended not to see it.

Later, someone else tried to speak, but Ming Zhen kept changing the subject. He tactfully steered the conversation towards the latest gossip in the industry.

"Why haven't we seen anyone from Chenxi Technology here? Wasn't it always Mr. Chen's son-in-law who attended these kinds of events before?"

"You mean Zhou Yao? Forget it. He only achieved a little success by marrying into the family, and he's having an affair with his secretary. He was caught cheating on his wife. How dare he come here?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone at the table showed expressions of contempt and ridicule, and echoed them one after another.

Wen Huai's hand flickered as she poured the water, and the juice in the cup fell onto the back of her hand. However, no one paid attention to her little action. After putting the kettle aside and sitting down, they noticed two more napkins next to the plate.

Then, look at the owner of the hand.

Xu Youjing was looking away casually.

Retracting his gaze, Wen Huai whispered thank you, and wiped away the drop of water with paper, regardless of whether he heard it or not.

Seeing that it was almost over, Ming Zhenlian glanced over here and finally couldn't help but pick up the wine glass: "Come, Mr. Xu, I'll toast you a glass."

Pay attention here, everyone at the table put down what they were doing tacitly.

The young man picked up the wine glass in front of him and, with a gentle movement, toyed with the red wine in his palm. His slender fingers were bony, yet he lifted it with a carefree, unattainable air that made the goblet seem so cold.

Clinking his cup with the one that came over, he opened his lips and said his third sentence of the night: "Mr. Ming, you're welcome."

Seeing the situation ease, Ming Zhen quickly changed the subject. Although Xu Youjing was the only one listening the entire time, occasionally uttering simple monosyllables, Ming Zhen was not impressed at all and even drank a lot of wine.

Having laid the groundwork, he got to the point: "I wonder what Mr. Xu thinks about the summit?"

Xu Youjing didn't answer but asked, "What does Mr. Ming mean?"

He waved his hand: "Mr. Xu, you know what I mean. After all, I think profiteering is not a derogatory term, but a compliment."

The man turned his wrist, looked at the red wine in the glass, and did not respond.

Ming Zhen understood that his sincerity was insufficient. "I can assure Mr. Xu that everyone here tonight is one of us. Mr. Xu, you can tell me what's really on your mind without any worries. I guarantee that no one outside of you will know."

He leaned closer and lowered his voice: "Your third uncle and I are very close. You took over the peak and he and I went through the bottom, otherwise I wouldn't have invited you tonight."

"As long as you agree to continue mining at the meeting, I will give five percentage points of future profits to Peak. How do you do that?"

Xu Youjing lowered his eyes and did not respond, as if he was thinking.

Wen Huai felt her phone vibrate and her wrist tapped. Li Qicheng next to her gestured for her to check her phone.

On the screen, he sent a message: [Has Mr. Xu and you guys gone through the details?]

Wen Huai replied: [Mr. Xu did not disclose this to us.]

Li Qicheng: [Has Mr. Xu arranged a meeting with Hengyuan?]

Wen Huai: [Boss Xu asked Jiang Han to handle it and didn't let me get involved.]

Are you trying to hide this?

Li Qicheng glanced at the young man's profile.

He had originally thought that Xu Youjing's presence at the dinner in Sui Jianwen's place was a sign of his support for continued mining. But his initial barbs had seemed like a tactic to disrupt the situation, and now he had reversed his attitude, clearly showing a willingness to talk. For a moment, he couldn't quite fathom what he was up to.

"squeak--"

Several people looked at their vibrating phones.

Xu Youjing took the phone without even looking at it, and said, "Excuse me."

Then he walked out without waiting for anyone to answer.

Everyone: “…”

As the waiter closed the heavy door, the quiet room was filled with whispers:

"Even though the Xu family is powerful, he's still a junior, and yet he's so arrogant! He's truly presumptuous!"

"After all, he has the talent and background to lead the Xu family's small business, even at such a young age, and in just three years, he's brought it to the top three in the industry. If I gave you this honor, you'd probably be so proud of yourself that you'd sit on my head and shit."

“…”

corridor.

“Almost.”

Xu Youjing hung up the phone and was about to leave, but stopped when he heard Wen Huai's name.