Chapter 72 You want fairness from me, Mr. Xiang?

Yu Yan has never gone shopping or had milk tea with him.

Now, she's doing all the things she never did with him with Shao Muyan.

Thinking of this, Xiang Jingheng felt as if a bottle of mixed emotions had been spilled in his heart. All the flavors of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty surged up at once, turning into an overwhelming smell of vinegar!

Xiang Jingheng led Xiang Chu into the milk tea shop, asking the waiter to take Xiang Chu to buy drinks and pastries, while he walked towards Yu Yan.

He paused briefly at his seat, then sat down next to Yu Yan without saying a word.

"..."

Yu Yan was forced to shift her position to the side.

When it comes to shamelessness, no one can compare to President Xiang.

Xiang Jingheng looked at the half-finished milk tea on the table, and at the two straws stuck in the cup, his eyes darkening.

"Yu Yan, come sit here with me."

Shao Muyan gave up his seat and sat opposite Xiang Jingheng.

Just as Yu Yan was about to get up, Xiang Jingheng suddenly looked up and asked, "You dare to go?"

One sentence was enough to make Shao Muyan and Yu Yan's faces darken instantly.

Yu Yan: "Why wouldn't I dare?"

Shao Muyan: "Why doesn't she dare?"

Threats had no effect on Yu Yan and Shao Muyan.

Yu Yan got up and walked towards Shao Muyan. Shao Muyan shook Yu Yan's hand, moved his bag to his side, and let Yu Yan sit down.

...and so, a two-on-one situation was created.

"I..." Xiang Jingheng's momentum inexplicably weakened, "That's not what I meant just now."

He looked at Yu Yan and apologized to her.

Yu Yan had no patience left. "What do you want?"

If it weren't for the cake to pick up, Yu Yan and Shao Muyan would have left long ago and wouldn't have had time to listen to Xiang Jingheng's nonsense.

She just couldn't understand it. The person she barely saw during the year of marriage suddenly changed completely after the divorce. Not only did he bombard her with text messages and phone calls every day, but he also had to find all sorts of excuses to meet her and make his presence known.

It's like he's really fallen in love with her.

Businessmen are driven by profit, especially someone like Xiang Jingheng who prioritizes profit above all else. Only profit can motivate him.

"I heard that General Manager Shao Min and General Manager Hua of Huaxiang Technology came to Shangzhou."

Xiang Jingheng said, "I've met you before."

Yu Yan and Shao Muyan raised their eyebrows in unison, thinking to themselves: The news came fast enough.

"Yes, I've seen him," Yu Yan replied. "What's wrong?"

Xiang Jingheng's expression tightened. "You want to cooperate with Huaxiang Technology?"

Just as Yu Yan was about to say something, Xiang Chu finished picking out the items, the waiter brought the bill, Xiang Jingheng paid, and his eyes were fixed on Yu Yan.

"Hello," Yu Yan asked the waiter, "How much longer will our cake take?"

Waiter: "It'll be ready soon, the chef is packing it for you."

"OK, thanks."

Yu Yan nodded to Shao Muyan, and the two of them stood up at the same time, carrying their things. Xiang Jingheng followed suit, standing up as well. "Yu Yan!"

Shao Muyan was thoroughly annoyed by Xiang Jingheng's persistent harassment.

"President Xiang, let's talk about cooperation in a proper manner. Has this always been your approach—running around to potential partners, pestering and threatening them?"

Shao Muyan's expression was already very unpleasant. "If that's really the case, I'm afraid Xiang's Technology won't amount to much even if it's handed over to you."

Xiang Jingheng's expression tightened.

He knew he had lost his composure, but he didn't know why. No matter how much he had prepared himself mentally, all his rationality and self-control vanished when he was in front of Yu Yan, and he became completely flustered.

He didn't want it to be like this either. He wanted to act like a negotiator, but Yu Yan... was Yu Yan an outsider?

They should have been the closest couple.

Even if they weren't a good couple when they were married, not every couple is inseparable. In any case, they were husband and wife in name only.

Moreover, they have a child.

Although he knew that business is business, why would Yu Yan rather give this cooperation opportunity to someone else than to him?

"I want to have a serious talk with you and fight for a fair chance to compete."

Xiang Jingheng straightened his posture and said to Yu Yan, "I also want you to see my sincerity, as well as Xiang's Technology's sincerity towards WD Research Lab. Feel free to make any requests. In terms of financial resources, Xiang's is definitely not inferior to Huaxiang."

“You want fairness from me, Mr. Xiang.”

Yu Yan almost laughed when she heard his words. "But tell me, have you ever been fair to me?"

She could never forget how, during her marriage, Xiang Tai tormented her while she was in confinement. Before her confinement was even over, she was already being forced to work in the fields. She, a young mistress of the Xiang family, was treated worse than a rural wife in her husband's family.

During that period, Xiang Jingheng only made a brief appearance on the day she gave birth before going on a business trip.

During her postpartum period, he didn't even make a single phone call to her.

Oh, I did call Mrs. Xiang. Every time Mrs. Xiang talks to me on the phone, she complains about me, saying that I'm fussy, picky about food, and have little breast milk. She also says that she didn't have as many problems when she gave birth to her child.

Did Xiang Jingheng say a single word in her defense back then?

Yu Yan shed many tears during her postpartum period, and now she often feels weak, which is also related to the fact that she did not take good care of herself during her postpartum period.

The tears a woman sheds in marriage are the result of the foolishness she had before marriage.

A grudge from the postpartum period can last a lifetime!

"Yu Yan, don't be willful."

Xiang Jingheng said, "I know you have a problem with me, but business cooperation should not be mixed with personal feelings. Let's stick to business and let bygones be bygones, okay?"

"not good!"

"no!"

Yu Yan and Shao Muyan spoke at the same time.

Xiang Jingheng's jaw muscles twitched as he looked at Shao Muyan, "Third Master, I was talking to Yu Yan, please..."

"I don't want to hear this. Are you even speaking human language? It doesn't sound like it to me."

Xiang Jingheng's eyes turned cold.

Shao Muyan wouldn't give him any face. "You say Yu Yan is willful, but in my opinion, you're not just willful, you're a scoundrel."

"You say it's all business, but Yu Yan has said many times that she doesn't want to cooperate with you. Are you deaf or what? If we're really talking business and not mixing in personal feelings, why do you think you can just show up like that?"

Shao Muyan said coldly, "You yourself have repeatedly confused business cooperation with personal feelings, and then you blame others for being emotional. How dare you say such shameless things? Xiang Jingheng, don't be so hypocritical in your dealings with others."

Neither of them spoke loudly, but their presence was powerful, and their tense atmosphere still attracted a lot of attention.

The waiter stood nervously to one side, carrying the packaged cake, unsure whether to go in or back.

"Give it to me."

Yu Yan reached out and took the cake, then said to Shao Muyan, "Uncle Yan, don't waste your breath on him. I've said everything I needed to say. If he keeps bothering me, I'll have someone talk to him."

Xiang Jingheng was completely humiliated and wanted to try again, but Xiang Chu suddenly rushed up.

They blocked Yu Yan's path.

Xiang Chu's tense little face looked just like Xiang Jingheng's.

He looked straight at Yu Yan.

"Why can't you give my dad a chance? He's begged you so many times, how can you be so heartless?"

When questioned by her son on the spot, Yu Yan felt numb, and her hands, hanging by her sides, tightened again and again.

She said calmly, "Just because he begs me doesn't mean I have to do what he wants. Nor does it mean I have to give him a chance just because he wants one."

"I owe him nothing, and I owe you nothing either."