Chapter 186: All Previous Efforts Wasted
In the car, Tan Zhixu casually glanced at Xu Yihuan while turning the steering wheel.
Chao asked casually, "Why are they so excited? I heard someone's going to confess their feelings during this team building activity?"
Xu Yihuan was preparing the materials for Tang Wanhua with her head down when she heard Tan Zhixu's words and casually replied, "I don't know either, it seems to be like what you said."
Upon hearing this, Tan Zhixu loosened his grip on the steering wheel slightly, a relaxed smile spreading across his face.
Just as he was about to say something, Xu Yihuan interrupted him.
"By the way, I have something to tell you. I might have to go away for two weeks."
"What do you mean?" Tan Zhixu's smile faded, a hint of unease flashing across his eyes, and he took Xu Yihuan's hand with one of his own.
Xu Yihuan noticed his reaction and couldn't help but find it a little funny; he was acting like a child.
But I still patted the back of his hand reassuringly.
She explained, “Professor Tang told me that from the end of May to mid-to-late June, the college will send two groups of people to Malaysia for exchange, each trip lasting two weeks. She asked me to give her the materials.”
"We'll see whether we want to go in the first or second batch before making a decision."
Grandpa Tan's birthday is in late June. She promised Tan Zhixu that she would go to celebrate Grandpa Tan's birthday, so she will most likely be among the first to go.
However, specific decisions have not yet been made, so she is not prepared to simply talk to Zhixu.
Upon hearing this, Tan Zhixu's brows relaxed.
He squeezed Xu Yihuan's soft little hand.
"That's a coincidence. I'm about to lead my team to a competition, which will probably take three days."
"After you left, I left too."
Tan Zhixu didn't actually participate in this competition; he only went because his teacher asked him to provide guidance, and he couldn't refuse.
Xu Yihuan nodded, but didn't say anything more.
He just kept busy with what he was doing.
After sending the materials to Tang Wanhua, Xu Yihuan was just about to log out of WeChat.
The next second, I saw a message from a familiar contact.
"We've found Tan Zhixu, but I feel a bit guilty towards Jiang Jinnan. What should we do?"
If this person is found, the possibility of Jiangjin South merging and taking over the surrounding land will be completely extinguished.
Tan Zhixu tilted his head: "What?"
...
At this moment, in an office on the 22nd floor of the largest office building in Beijing.
Pei Yuli watched the workers installing desks and occasionally gave them instructions.
The office is small, and can only accommodate a maximum of fifty people.
Pei Yuli stood to one side, patiently supervising the renovation work.
Although he was supposed to be urging them on, Pei Yuli could only stand by and watch; he couldn't really help at all.
"Hey Mr. Pei, could you come over and help carry this for a bit? We don't have any manpower available right now."
The worker stood at the door, carrying a wooden table. It was unclear how long he had been carrying it, but he was now sweating profusely and could barely straighten his back. His eyes held a hint of pleading as he looked at Pei Yuli.
Pei Yuli's gaze fell on the table in his hand. The table was new, but because of cost-saving measures, the workmanship didn't seem very refined.
It looks like there are still some burrs.
Pei Yuli glanced at his clean, slender hands subconsciously, and his body trembled. He would never touch such a thing.
But he still had to keep a smile on his face; after all, he was, in public, a charming university professor.
Just as Pei Yuli was thinking about how to politely refuse, a phone call came in.
"Excuse me, I need to take this call."
Seeing this, the worker could only take a deep breath and lift the table to put it inside.
Pei Yuli walked to the side in a cheerful mood and answered the phone.
After the call was connected, no one spoke for a long time.
Pei Yuli thought there was something wrong with his phone. He glanced at the caller ID again before frowning and saying, "Jiang Tingbai? Why aren't you saying anything?"
If it weren't for the faint breathing sounds coming from the other end of the phone, Pei Yuli would have thought he was seeing a ghost.
"Stop overseeing the office renovations; have them all withdrawn."
"Return the items intact, and sell the disassembled ones on Danyu secondhand market."
The two sentences were spoken lightly, yet they conveyed Jiang Tingbai's listlessness and weakness.
Upon hearing these words, Pei Yuli felt a tightness in his chest, and a bad premonition arose in his heart.
"What do you mean by that? You're not going to keep the studio open?"
"Continue driving? What are you going to use to continue driving? You really have a good sister, even at this point you can still pull the rug out from under me." Jiang Tingbai's tone rose higher and higher, and what was originally a calm feeling now made people feel angry.
Pei Yuli frowned: "What do you mean? Explain yourself!"
Jiang Huaiyuan only assigned two consultants to Jiang Tingbai, leaving everything else to them to handle themselves. So Jiang Tingbai tried to win him over, and the two planned to open a studio together, gradually transforming it into a company and raising funds for an IPO once it was on track.
If they decide to quit now, what will happen to their initial investments? Will they all go down the drain?
Jiang Tingbai didn't say anything and hung up the phone on his own.
Pei Yuli's brow twitched; a bad feeling crept into his heart.
No, he had to go find Jiang Tingbai and get to the bottom of things.
What do you mean by "cutting off the fuel supply"? What exactly did he mean by that?
Judging from Jiang Tingbai's words, there must be a problem with the contract they signed before?
But he really couldn't figure out which step would go wrong, since everything had already been agreed upon with Director Liu.
Pei Yuli pursed his lips, opened his phone, and asked a few people at random before finding out Jiang Tingbai's current location.
It's a bar.
It only takes twenty minutes to get there by taxi from here.
There aren't many bars open during the day, and even fewer people come to them.
Pei Yuli could spot Jiang Tingbai's location almost instantly.
Jiang Tingbai was wearing a thin long-sleeved shirt, and her face was as innocent as ever.
Many of his wine glasses were already empty, suggesting he had drunk quite a bit.
However, looking at him like this, there was no indication that Jiang Tingbai was drunk at all.
Pei Yuli approached with a frown, and after taking only two steps, he caught Jiang Tingbai's attention.
Jiang Tingbai turned his head and glanced at him calmly, without the slightest surprise.
"You've arrived?"
What do you mean by "drawing the firewood from under the cauldron"?
Jiang Tingbai had no intention of hiding it from him, and lowered his head again, turning his gaze back to the wine glass.
A slow and leisurely explanation.
“We want to carry out a project on that land, provided that the land belongs to the government.”
“Now, someone has come forward with a bunch of property ownership documents, claiming that the land belongs to his family and that the government has no right to misappropriate it.”
"The key thing is, that pile of certificates he has is actually fucking useful." Jiang Tingbai even laughed at himself.
It's clearly concise, but the content inside is dizzying to listen to.
"So this means that all our efforts over the past few days have been in vain?"
Jiang Tingbai scoffed lightly, giving Pei Yuli a mocking look from head to toe.
"Yeah, I thought you and Tan Wenye might have some connection, but it turns out you're completely useless. You've wasted my time."
Pei Yuli's face turned ashen under Jiang Tingbai's gaze.
His hands clenched into fists: "What do you mean? Are you blaming me?"
Jiang Tingbai didn't even bother to acknowledge him.
I wonder what funny thing came to mind again.
She turned her head to look at Pei Yuli, her gaze full of interest.
"Besides, do you know?"
"Because of this incident, Xu Yihuan signed a five-year contract with Jiang Jinnan."
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