Chapter 54
When the alarm clock rang, Pei Qing turned it off, then washed up, put on the waiter's clothes, and went to the front desk.
She is currently scheduled for the day shift because she has classes in the afternoon, so she only works half a day in the morning. She has to wait until she comes back to continue the remaining half day.
Strictly speaking, her job is simple and she can do it well with just some training.
She stood at her seat. It was still early and there were not many people in the hotel.
So her thoughts gradually returned to yesterday's meeting with Kang Lening at the art museum.
She had to admit that she was surprised to learn that Kang Lening and Xue Xiaochen were actually cousins.
After all, these two people seemed to have nothing to do with each other. She had never even seen him in any major event of the Xue family, nor had she even heard of him.
Hearing her question, Kang Lening obviously knew what she wanted to ask. He nonchalantly played with the sculpture in his hand and said, "You're overthinking it. After all, what family doesn't have some dirty deeds?"
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"But, it's not good to know too much about some things. Don't you think so?" the young man asked casually. "Of course my name isn't mentioned in the Xue family now, because I died more than ten years ago. If my name was mentioned, wouldn't the entire family be in panic?"
"Is that so?"
"Ms. Pei, I personally think you're a smart person. You don't need me to remind you."
"In fact, I think so."
"That's fine." The young man nodded with a smile. "This is what you wanted. I'm looking forward to your wonderful performance."
"Thank you very much."
Pei Qing did not answer the first half of his sentence, but only thanked him for the second half.
After getting what she wanted, she left the art gallery.
She didn't know how he got these things. After all, as he said, "Some things, it's not good to know too much."
After returning to her room, she opened these things and took a look.
After reading it, I burned all of these things.
Even the remaining ashes were cleaned up without leaving any trace.
She gradually put on the agenda the things she had promised her father before.
Although she didn't have much money, she could still afford a plane ticket to Country M.
However, after seeing the information on those materials, the shock in her heart was beyond words.
That was also the first time she had a clear understanding of Joe.
In Country M, many businessmen have more or less collusion with local powerful people, but she has lived with Qiao Ye for a long time and has not found any contact between her and these people.
In addition, the fact that she was able to grow the company to such a scale is enough to prove that she is different from others.
She bought Pei Cheng a plane ticket for next week because next week was the beginning of next month. According to the hotel's regulations, they would pay salaries on the first of every month.
Although the salary is not much, she thinks it is enough.
"Hello, miss, would you mind giving me a room?"
A voice called her out of her thoughts.
She quickly looked at the person who came and nodded, "Okay sir, please wait a moment."
"certainly."
The person who came was a woman who looked to be about twenty-five years old.
She was wearing a casual white suit, but her petite face did not look like a pure Westerner.
After Pei Qing checked in with the documents she gave him, he heard her say, "You look quite unfamiliar. Did you arrive recently?"
"Ah, yes ma'am."
"No wonder." The woman nodded in understanding and took the room card from her. "Thank you for your help."
"You're welcome, ma'am."
This little episode between the two people did not leave any impression on Pei Qing.
At noon, as the number of customers gradually increased, she was busy until one o'clock. It takes at least half an hour to take the subway from here to school.
If you go now, you will definitely not be able to catch up.
Pei Qing hurried into her room, prepared to change clothes, and then returned to school for class.
Just as she arrived at the underground parking lot, a black car stopped in front of her.
At first she thought someone had just stopped there and was waiting for someone.
After all, at this time, some of their staff have gotten off work, so it is normal for family members to come and pick them up.
But the car window rolled down in front of her.
I saw Qiao Ye sitting in the driver's seat at a glance.
Pei Qing was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "Why are you here?"
But Joe didn't seem ready to answer her question. "Get in the car."
Seeing that she was still standing there motionless, Qiao repeated impatiently, "Get in the car."
Now, even if she really didn't want to go, she had no choice.
Pei Qing could only sit in the back of the car reluctantly.
She still didn't know why the other party appeared here.
Joe, who was sitting in the front, also saw her through the rearview mirror and saw that she seemed to want to know this. "Nothing, but isn't your class about to start?"
Her words made Pei Qing speechless for a moment, and he could only remain silent.
No one spoke in the car.
It wasn't until they were waiting at the traffic light that Qiao Ye said, "Little Black misses you. No one feeds him. Do you want to go see him?"
Xiao Hei is the little black cat that Qiao Ye picked up in the yard before.
Because its fur is black, I gave it this name casually.
Hearing her words, Pei Qing pursed her lips. In fact, she also missed the little black cat.
But there was always a strange feeling between them that she couldn't put into words, but her intuition told her that there was nothing wrong with it.
So she didn't refuse and went back to her house with Joe.
As soon as you walk in, you can smell the dusty smell of an uninhabited place.
"You...has no one lived in this house?" Pei Qing asked as he walked inside.
"I've been busy lately and have been staying in the company." Qiao also walked to the refrigerator and opened a bottle of beer for himself.
She was about to throw a bottle to Pei Qing, but suddenly remembered that she didn't drink, so she just took a bottle of soda.
But Pei Qing shook his head and refused.
"Well...I'm not very comfortable drinking cold things." She explained a little embarrassedly.
Joe understood and put the soda back.
"I've called the housekeeping lady to come over and clean up right away. Please help me feed Xiao Hei. If you don't want to rest, go to class."
"Okay. Then you..." Pei Qing was about to ask something when she saw that she had already walked into her room, as if she didn't hear her question at all.
She walked into the yard and the little black cat's nest was still there.
But the automatic feeder in front of it was out of food.
When he saw her coming, he started meowing. It seemed like he hadn't eaten for a long time.
Pei Qing brought cat food, filled the cat's bowl, and changed the water for it.
Qiao was also standing on the second floor. Her room just faced the small courtyard, and she could see Pei Qing changing the water and food for the kitten downstairs.
At this moment, a video conference was taking place on the table next to her.
The person in the picture looked at her and rolled their eyes speechlessly. "You threw away your own cat's food, and then it went hungry all day, just to call this person back and ask her to feed it? Why did you go to all this trouble?"
Qiao also glanced at him and snorted, "I'm happy to, what do you want?"
"...This is not like you, Joe." The man in the video sighed softly.
Joe didn't say anything either, just watched the people below feeding the cats.
"You are tempted, right?" The man chuckled, but his tone was very firm.
Qiao was also upset by his words. She walked back and sat on the chair. "Let's continue with our previous topic."
Seeing that she didn't want to talk about this matter anymore, the man tactfully continued, "We can certainly use other methods to get this land from Stephen, but the price he offered is a bit beyond our expectations..."
Qiao also rubbed his brows and said, "Then let's artificially lower the price of this land."
The other party hesitated when asked "man-made". "But this is not good for our company's reputation."
Qiao was naturally a little worried. Although the laws in Country M were much more relaxed than those in China, some red lines still could not be crossed.
She can do some gray things, but that must be under the premise of protecting herself.
"Leave this matter to me. You only need to negotiate with Stephen when the time comes. With his greedy personality, it should be possible to negotiate."
"Then I'll wait for your good news."
"Um."
After hanging up the video, Qiao walked to the window again and looked down.
There was no one down there at this time, they must have gone to class.
Joe also sat down and sent an email to Elros.
Not long after, an email came back, and then a phone call came.
Qiao also looked at the phone and picked it up.
"Hey. Can't you just let me have some fun for a few days?" Elros was a little annoyed.
"Only after we negotiate this piece of land can our cooperation continue, right?"
"Fuck!!!" The young man on the other end of the phone cursed. "You dare to covet Stephen's things? Aren't you afraid that he will bring his brothers and blow up your company right downstairs?"
"If he really dares to do that, it would be great. I can save a lot of trouble and even sue him and ask him to compensate me for a large amount of mental damages. If I'm luckier, maybe my employees can get some unemployment compensation, right?" Joe also smiled.
Elros on the other end of the phone was silent for a long time before he said, "You're a lunatic who's really not caring about your own life. But I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't help you with this matter. Although I really want to help you."
"..." Hearing him say that, Qiao knew that what he said was true. She nodded, "I understand. Sorry to bother you then."
"uh-huh."
Elros said that even he had no way to help, so maybe there really was no way.
Qiao also sighed helplessly. There will always be a way out when you reach the mountain, and there is no need for her to rush.
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