"Your company has grown so quickly, and you've taken on so many projects, yet Weiwei hasn't given you any commission?"

When money is mentioned, Wang Ying becomes less composed.

"That's a private matter, so what? You want to find out my salary? I won't tell you? Besides, you came to see me because you need something, right?"

Anjing leaned back a little and said her purpose without hesitation, "Didn't we meet yesterday? Zhang Peng, my girlfriend has a brother who is single, Weiwei has a boyfriend, and Yan Yan is still studying and definitely won't consider it, so I wanted to ask you if you'd be interested in getting to know him."

"Ah, well... I have a boyfriend."

An Jing clearly didn't believe it. "I know I came abruptly, but you don't need to lie to me. It's okay if you don't want to. After all, we're on different social classes now."

"No, I really do have a boyfriend. He's a classmate of yours, and coincidentally, he shares the same last name as your boyfriend, Zhang Wei."

I have an impression of Zhang Weijing.

Average looks, average height, everything about him is ordinary, he's really not that remarkable.

But after seeing him in the crowd just now, I definitely felt that he was very different from before.

Even more so than Zhang Peng—

"Oh, is that so? I was really being presumptuous. Since you already have someone, I won't bother you any longer."

After speaking, An Jing got up to leave.

Wang Ying quickly asked, "Oh, you're leaving already? Let's have lunch together."

"I'm not eating anymore."

An Jing didn't turn her head back, and even after Wang Ying saw her off at the elevator, she still didn't understand the purpose of An Jing's trip.

The receptionist asked quietly, "What's wrong? Did you have a bad chat?"

"It's not a matter of whether it was pleasant or unpleasant. We hadn't seen each other for years and had long since run out of things to talk about. The first thing she did was try to introduce me to someone..."

Wang Ying shook her head after she finished speaking.

The receptionist, An Jing, also felt a bit abrupt after hearing this. "Anything that comes knocking on your door so suddenly is bound to be something bad. Besides, Manager Wang, you have a boyfriend, yet you came over without even knowing that. It seems you two really don't have any connection."

"Um."

After responding, Wang Ying turned and went back to her office, where she made another call to Lin Wei.

This time, I was able to accept it smoothly.

"What's up? Why are you calling me at this hour?" Lin Wei asked curiously.

Knowing she had to go to school, the two agreed that unless it was an emergency, she was not allowed to call during class time; if there was anything, they could talk during lunch break or in the evening.

If there's an emergency, just come to the school to find her; it's not far away anyway.

But—

This matter is neither too big nor too small, and Wang Ying wanted to communicate about it as soon as possible.

"Do you know who came looking for me? Anjing, we just met at the buffet yesterday, and we clearly parted on bad terms, but today she's shamelessly showing up here."

"She said a lot of things, that she was an old classmate and we hadn't seen each other in a long time, and we exchanged a few pleasantries. But listening to her talk, it didn't sound like a pleasantry. Instead, she looked around my office for a while. She didn't even drink the tea I made for her. I couldn't figure it out, so I called you."

Lin Wei frowned. "Who are you talking about? Someone who came to catch up with you quietly?"

"She said she wanted to catch up with old friends, but she was actually trying to introduce me to someone, saying it was someone her boyfriend knew. My God, her boyfriend is that kind of person..."

Lin Wei interrupted her, "Stop talking for now. Check if anything is missing from the office. I remember you've been bidding on a project recently, right? It's not a big project, but it's very profitable. Or check if anything is missing from the office."

"Don't blame me for being petty, it's just that we haven't been in touch for so long. Who knows what has happened in the past few years? What if..."

"This is too much! They're a higher-level unit, why would they need to treat a little thing like you like this... Hey, where are my files?" Wang Ying flipped through the files on the table and suddenly panicked. "Where are my files? That can't be right, I was watching her the whole time, how could the files really be gone?"

Wang Ying hung up the phone and searched her office thoroughly before finally finding the document in her bag.

"You're really being petty. The files are here, and nothing's missing from my desktop. You're being petty this time."

Lin Wei also hoped that she was being petty. "I can't help it, there have been too many business battles lately, I'm exhausted. I can't miss the slightest movement around me. But did you really watch her the whole time? Nothing unexpected happened?"

Of course there are—

Two months later, at a bidding conference, a company won the project that they thought was a sure win by bidding one yuan less.

Upon closer inspection, who else could be in charge but An Jing?

"Damn, this guy is too cunning. He must have seen the budget on my desk. It's just a number, not something I need to remember, but this is too despicable. I have to go and find out."

Lin Wei pulled the person back, "Alright, I said before that if someone you haven't seen in a long time suddenly shows up at your door, it's definitely a case of a weasel visiting a chicken to pay New Year's greetings with ill intentions. You said I was being paranoid, but they've already won the bid. If you go over and make a scene, it will only make us look negligent in our work. If things get out of hand, how will we handle the project in the future?"

"So we're just going to swallow this bitter pill?"

"I'm very curious, why did they want to acquire this land?"

Wang Ying understood this perfectly. "Our company has invested in several projects, and almost every project is very profitable. Your boyfriend is Shen Jize, and he believes in the master. Everyone is talking about the projects you've invested in, saying that the master has calculated them. So whatever our company invests in, they will follow suit."

After saying that, Wang Ying added, "Although not every company does this, since they have their own plans, there are indeed some small companies that follow our investment strategy and don't miss out on a good location."

Lin Wei had never heard of this claim before.

But this land—

Before Lin Wei could explain to Wang Ying, An Jing walked towards them and greeted them naturally.

"Weiwei, Yingying, you're here too."

An Jing's eyes showed no sign of guilt, as if their judgments were all false.

"Hello, I didn't expect to see you again so soon."

Seeing that Wang Ying beside her remained silent, Lin Wei tugged at her sleeve, "This is An Jing, Ying Ying, don't you remember?"

"I remember, it's been a long time."

Anjing seemed to have found a sore spot and quickly said, "Yingying, what's wrong? You seem to be in a bad mood. Could it be because our company won the bid while your company didn't?"

The quiet volume kept rising, as if afraid that the people around wouldn't hear it.

Lin Wei chuckled and said, "It's not that serious. It's just a piece of land. Boyuan Building Materials has so many projects. One more or one less won't make a difference. However, this piece of land is in a remote location. I'm very curious what your company plans to do with it?"

“Our company is just starting out and we need a piece of land at a reasonable price. As for what to do with it, the company has its own plans, but I’m curious, if Boyuan buys this land, where does it plan to develop it?”