I transmigrated into a book, becoming a money-grubbing relative in the female lead's family.
My money-grubbing mother, through moral manipulation, made me join the male lead's company...
After the contract was revised, a signing time was set with General Manager Li. Cheng Qicai and Gu Liji drove to the agreed location with General Manager Li, and she took the contract and seal and followed Gu Liji inside.
"Mr. Gu, hello, hello! Please have a seat!" A portly man in his forties or fifties greeted him warmly and extended his hand to shake hands with Gu Liji.
Gu Liji shook his hand and greeted him with a smile, "Mr. Li! Hello!"
The two sat down, and Mr. Li, who was sitting opposite them, took out the contract and handed it to Gu Liji.
He sincerely recounted the mistake from last time, "President Gu, this is the newly revised contract. Please check if there are any problems. I'm truly sorry about last time; my staff wasn't careful and made a mistake."
"It's okay, everyone makes mistakes sometimes. Just talk it out, these are minor issues."
Gu Liji smiled and returned the greeting, but whether he believed President Li's explanation was another matter.
"I was just worried that Mr. Gu might misunderstand. Only by putting your mind at ease can we cooperate better."
Gu Liji nodded, his smile unchanged, and replied, "Indeed."
Although they were talking, their eyes were constantly checking the documents in their hands.
Once both parties have confirmed that there are no problems, they sign their names and affix their company seals.
"It's a pleasure doing business with you!"
"It's a pleasure doing business with you!"
After shaking hands, Mr. Li extended an invitation: "Mr. Gu, how about we go out for a meal together?"
Gu Liji declined, saying, "It's really unfortunate. The company is a bit busy, and I have other things to take care of. Next time, I'll definitely treat you, okay, Mr. Li?"
"Alright, Mr. Gu, you can't refuse next time."
Gu Liji smiled insincerely and nodded repeatedly.
Once they were completely inside the car, Gu Liji complained to Cheng Qicai, "Tch, hypocrite, who would go out to eat with a lousy old man like him!"
Cheng Qicai laughed at Gu Liji's words.
"Seven Colors, thanks to you this time!" Regardless, Gu Liji was still very happy to have the contract signed. He waved his hand and said, "Come on, I'll treat you to dinner. You can choose the place."
Cheng Qicai's eyes lit up as she pondered where to eat, but unfortunately, she rarely went out to eat, and she couldn't think of a place to eat right away.
Seeing that Cheng Qicai was hesitant for a long time, Gu Liji said directly, "How about I treat you to dinner on the top floor of Qian'an Building?"
"Great! Thank you, Brother Gu, you're so generous!" Cheng Qicai cheered.
Gu Liji instructed the driver to take him to the Qian'an Building.
Cheng Qicai and Gu Liji went up to the rooftop restaurant. When the staff saw the familiar face, they immediately greeted them with a smile, "Young Master Gu, would you like to sit at the same table as before?"
Gu Liji nodded, "Yes."
The two were ushered by the shop assistant to the spot where Gu Liji often sat, a great location overlooking the entire city center.
"It'll be dark later, and the night view from here is beautiful. You can also see the light show across the street," Gu Liji said to her as he pushed the menu over.
Cheng Qicai glanced at it, then closed the menu and handed it back. "I don't know that flavor. How about you recommend one, Brother Gu? I'm fine with anything."
Gu Liji skillfully ordered several dishes from the waiter.
Soon, the dishes were served. The portions were small but exquisite, and the elaborate preparation made them look very classy.
Cheng Qicai picked up a piece of yellow croaker meat and put it in her mouth. It looked plain, but the taste was surprisingly good.
"Qicai, you did a good job spotting the flaw this time." Gu Liji took a sip of wine, carefully examined her for a moment, and said, "It seems you've improved a lot in the past six months."
Cheng Qicai said modestly, "It's all thanks to Brother Lin's excellent teaching. If you hadn't placed me under Brother Lin's tutelage, I wouldn't have learned so much."
Gu Liji sighed dramatically and teased her, "Sigh, you've learned these work-related platitudes too."
He added, "We're friends, so we don't need all this. Once I win Su Ni's heart, our relationship will be even better, and then all this will be unnecessary."
Cheng Qicai glanced at his wine glass; it didn't seem to have decreased much.
She thought to herself, "Why is he talking nonsense again after drinking so little?"
She didn't want to respond to him, but Gu Liji looked at her expectantly, clearly hoping she would say something.
Cheng Qicai felt obligated to help him, so she carefully considered her words before saying something that didn't reflect her true feelings: "I think so too. Brother Gu is witty and humorous, and good-looking. His personality is so much better than Lu Qi's. If I were my sister, I would choose you too!"
As Cheng Qicai continued talking, her lies became smoother and smoother, making Gu Liji feel incredibly comfortable and in a good mood.
"You have good taste!" Gu Liji happily raised his glass to clink with Cheng Qicai's, then couldn't help but ask, "What do you say..."
Gu Liji was about to say something when Cheng Qicai lowered her head, waved to interrupt him, and then pointed to the door.
He looked in the direction Cheng Qicai was pointing, not understanding why. He recognized the man and woman who came in through the door.
The man was his brother, and he vaguely recognized the woman as Zhong Yueya, the granddaughter of the old chairman of Andaler Company, whom his aunt had mentioned before.
Gu Liji was shocked; his brother had come for a blind date!
Cheng Qicai asked Gu Liji across from her in a low voice, "Mr. Gu, are you here for a date?"
"No, it's a blind date," Gu Liji replied softly, his eyes fixed on Gu Rongqi and the others not far away.
"A blind date?" Cheng Qicai frowned, recalling Gu Rongqi's words about "getting together directly." "Are you already together?"
Gu Liji shook his head. "It shouldn't be yet."
Cheng Qicai felt this contradicted what Gu Rongqi had said, and continued to press, "But didn't President Gu get together with his ex right away?"
Gu Liji was even more shocked. "You know that too? How did you know?"
Cheng Qicai replied truthfully, "That's what President Gu said himself."
Gu Liji never expected that Gu Rongqi would talk about this topic with others. Compared to this topic, he felt that Gu Rongqi talking about the economic situation with his blind date was more in line with his imagination.
"Sigh... I can't hear you." Cheng Qicai said with some regret, giving up and turning her gaze back to the food in front of her.
Gu Rongqi and the others were still a bit far away, so she couldn't hear anything even if she wanted to gossip.
Gu Liji, however, was not giving up and asked Cheng Qicai, "Do you want to hear it?"
Cheng Qicai nodded, "We want to, but we're not living next to them, so how can we listen to them?"
Gu Liji smiled mysteriously and waved to a passing shop assistant.
After the shop assistant came over, Gu Liji gestured for him to lower his head and whispered something in the shop assistant's ear. Cheng Qicai then saw him take out a large wad of cash from his wallet and hand it to the shop assistant.
Cheng Qicai estimated that there were around one or two thousand. Although she didn't know what Gu Liji did, based on her understanding of him, it certainly wasn't anything good.