Chapter 223

"President Pei, the Fairyone project team's plane has taken off, and it seems they are quite satisfied with our proposal."

Before Zhang Zhu even left the airport, he immediately called his boss to report.

"What about the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce?" The man on the other end of the phone spoke in a tone that was unusually less aggressive than usual.

As Pei Yuqing's right-hand man, Zhang Zhu naturally noticed the boss's subtle changes, but although he was curious, he didn't ask any further questions.

"Several members of the Chamber of Commerce have threatened not to attend the bidding meeting," Zhang Zhu said tactfully.

Ever since Fairyone officially announced that it would be held in Suzhou, the Chamber of Commerce immediately took notice: the main organizer of Fairyone was actually the Pei Group!

Many business owners were discussing this privately:

When did Pei Yuqing start eyeing the lucrative virtual game market?

They gossiped behind his back, and then immediately had their subordinates contact Pei's president's office, but for a long time no one could schedule an appointment with Pei Yuqing.

Finally, someone couldn't hold back any longer and contacted Mr. Yuan, the chairman of the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce. After several twists and turns, they finally got in touch with Zhang, Pei Yuqing's most capable assistant.

As Pei Yuqing's messenger, Zhang Zhu "inadvertently" revealed some things:

For all bidding projects undertaken by the Pei Group – “fairyone”, an additional agreement clause will be added to the traditional bidding contract:

All winning bidders will automatically sign an additional profit-sharing contract.

The CEOs in Suzhou clicked on the image of the profit-sharing contract with suspicion. The eight points clearly marked on it almost made them vomit blood with anger.

That day, the business leaders gathered at the Chamber of Commerce and berated Pei Yuqing for being greedy and ruthless, even coming up with tricks like profit-sharing.

Unexpectedly, the very person they were cursing was recuperating well in the hospital these past few days, and Pei Yuqing was leisurely listening to the report on the phone.

He then slowly began to speak:

“For those people in the Chamber of Commerce, 8% is the level they can accept.”

"They're just trying to mislead their competitors by threatening not to bid."

"After all these years, why are the old guys in Suzhou still playing these pointless tricks?"

Assistant Zhang listened quietly to the phone on the other side. Only when he heard his boss's voice coming from the sound of children playing did President Pei's voice return to its usual tone.

"especially...!"

It seems that the gentleness just now was just an illusion.

"I'll be back at the company in a couple of days." The man hung up the phone hastily.

Pei Yuqing impatiently touched the bow hair clip in his hair, which startled the children next to him, who quickly ran away. He turned around and saw Ying Ning, dressed in a hospital gown, squatting down and talking to a few children next to her.

Then, one of the little boys ran over, cautiously observing Pei Yuqing's sour face:

"uncle..."

Pei Yuqing simply pulled the hair clip off her head and ignored it.

"Uncle, Sister Ningning said you have a magic ability to turn anything into candy." Although the little boy was a little scared, he mustered his courage to ask Pei Yuqing, remembering how gentle Sister Ningning had been these past few days.

"Can Uncle turn Xiaowen's hair clip into candy?"

Pei Yuqing glanced coldly at the little boy, then shifted her gaze to Ying Ning, who was a few steps away. Ying Ning took out the last candy from her pocket, and her unmade-up face looked somewhat childish.

She quietly mouthed to him:

She had no more candy.

Pei Yuqing was helpless.

He said fiercely, "Yes."

"I can turn into candy."

"Wait... I'll turn your Ningning sister into candy." He practically bit the words out of his mouth.

Upon hearing Pei Yuqing's words, the little boy immediately ran back to Yingning's side, his voice trembling with tears, and said:

"Sister Ningning..."

"Uncle said he's going to... he's going to turn you into candy." The little boy was so frightened by the terrible thing that tears welled up in his eyes. When the other children heard his words, they immediately surrounded Yingning and hugged her tightly.

"I don't want to, waaaaah!"

"No...no, I don't want Ningning to turn into candy."

"Waaaaah..."

"I don't want to eat Sister Ningning."

The instigator, however, rose from the bench. Pei Yuqing coldly watched the children huddled together in agony, and a sense of relief washed over him.

Do these kids have any sense of propriety?

What sister/uncle...

*

Ten minutes later, at a large import/export supermarket near the private hospital.

Pei Yuqing pushed a shopping cart full of candy toward the garage, but his gaze lingered on Ying Ning, who was eating candy beside him. He finally couldn't help but speak:

"You Yingning".

"You seem very relaxed."

Only then did Pei Yuqing finally come to her senses.

He was, after all, the president of a company, yet he was now pushing a shopping cart full of candy behind You Yingning.

Who is he?

Santa Claus?

If those children hadn't been crying so much, he wouldn't have bothered to come with her to buy candy.

"really."

"I've rested enough these past few days and plan to be discharged today." Yingning's words reached the ears of the man behind her, and the shopping cart visibly paused.

“Your body still needs a full check-up,” Pei Yuqing said, suppressing his displeasure.

"I will make arrangements in advance."

"The checkup is complete, you..."

"The doctor said I'm fine now." Yingning didn't accept Pei Yuqing's suggestion, but instead grabbed a piece of candy from the shopping cart.

"Whatever you want."

The next instant, he suddenly felt a sweet, cloying lump being stuffed into his mouth.

"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Pei." A face as radiant as a summer flower flashed before him, making him hesitate to bite into the candy. Instead, after tasting it, Pei Yuqing spoke proudly:

"I'm not worried about you."

"I just don't want my investment to end up being a complete waste."

Pei Yuqing slowly pushed the shopping cart. His figure was different from most men who were full of hormones; he was slightly tall and thin, and what caught people's attention at first glance was his overly fair skin.

There was also a hint of disrespect between his brows.

His appearance makes it hard to associate him with the head of the Pei family.

At most, one might assume he was a rich young master who enjoyed a life of pleasure and debauchery.

"Trying to draw water with a bamboo basket is futile."

“Gaining and losing are only eternal changes,” Yingning said.

"But I only like to gain, not to lose."

The beads on Pei Yuqing's wrist made a crisp sound, as if affirming their master's words.

"Then, have you never lost anything?" the girl asked Pei Yuqing with a curious voice.

The person in front of him was also walking at a leisurely pace.

Compared to him, this person was far more charming.

Pei Yuqing once thought that a charming woman must have a certain amount of experience and the wisdom of time, but he never expected to see it in a girl who was several years younger than him.

She didn't need to wear makeup; her fox-like beauty with deep black lips and light pink skin was enough to capture everyone's hearts.

"We've lost too much."

From that day on, he lost everything.

Only Pei Yuqing knew the few words he uttered so casually; they represented a memory he could never heal.

His voice was deathly still:

"Therefore, I dislike losing even more."

He dislikes loss and separation.

Even though everyone around him had forgotten, it seemed that only he was still wandering in an endless dream.

If one day, what he cherishes is about to leave him, he certainly won't, like when he was a child, helplessly watch everything vanish before his eyes.

Because that would be too painful.

He will stop at nothing to keep her.

Even if...

She was ruined.