Chapter 16 Don’t you need to accompany your girlfriend?
The grass on the golf course glows green in the sun.
Meng Yanchen adjusted his grip, and his white polo shirt made his shoulders look particularly straight.
"Old Meng,"
Chu Hengming wiped the sweat off his face. "I'll introduce you to a friend later. Their chemical company's new material project is quite promising. Isn't Guokun planning to invest in new energy recently? Let's chat and see if we can cooperate."
He paused and added, "Although they are small in scale, they have good prospects."
Small scale, good prospects?
Instead of talking about output value, let’s talk about prospects?
Meng Yanchen understood instantly.
He took the towel handed to him by the caddy, wiped the club slowly and chuckled,
"He was able to be personally connected by President Chu. It seems that this friend's connections are more solid than his prospects."
Chu Hengming shook his head helplessly. He had been dealing with Meng Yanchen for many years. This man was good in every way except that he was too smart.
He smiled bitterly and said, "I knew I couldn't hide anything from you. My aunt makes a fuss every day, saying how difficult it is for her nephew to start a business. Old Meng, can you just give me some face and go through the motions? If it's really not nice, I won't say a word."
Meng Yanchen's lips curled slightly, "Since it's President Chu who asked, I naturally have to meet him. But..."
He swung the club again, "You know, Guokun's investment has always only considered the value of the project."
"Of course!" Chu Hengming nodded repeatedly and suddenly pointed to the distance, "Here it comes."
As he was speaking, a man in a navy blue golf suit came from a distance.
Meng Yanchen's eyes narrowed slightly behind his glasses - he was the man who picked up Fan Shengmei from get off work that day.
Chen Jiakang walked forward quickly with a modest smile on his face.
He nodded to Chu Hengming first, then turned to Meng Yanchen and extended his hand.
"Mr. Meng, I've heard a lot about you. I'm Chen Jiakang from Yongkang Chemical."
Meng Yanchen nodded slightly, and returned the handshake with a moderate strength.
"Mr. Chen."
Chen Jiakang said warmly, "I've wanted to meet Mr. Meng for a long time. Our company has made some breakthroughs in new environmentally friendly materials, which is very consistent with Guokun's new energy layout..."
Meng Yanchen's lips curled slightly. This person was too purposeful. He interrupted him in time.
"Mr. Chen, how about we play a game first?"
On the golf course under the sun, the shadows of the three people were stretched very long.
Meng Yanchen's swing was clean and neat, and the white ball drew a beautiful arc.
Chen Jiakang originally wanted to let him go, but later he found that with Meng Yanchen's strength, there was no need to do so.
"Mr. Meng has great ball skills!"
Chen Jiakang praised at the right time, with a perfect smile on his face.
"I haven't seen such a beautiful swing in a long time."
Meng Yanchen took off his gloves and said with a half-smile, "Mr. Chen, thank you for your compliment. It seems that Mr. Chen is very dedicated to his work and still comes out to discuss work during holidays. However..."
He changed the subject and said, "Wouldn't that mean I won't have time to spend with my girlfriend?"
"yes,"
Chu Hengming immediately interrupted upon hearing this, "Jiekang, how are you and Miss Qu getting along? Why didn't you bring her with you today?"
Chen Jiakang's expression froze.
He originally wanted to pursue Qu Xiaoxiao, and Chu Hengming's wife also knew about this.
But later Qu Xiaoxiao directly introduced him to Fan Shengmei... Naturally, he didn't tell his family about this.
"Ms. Qu?"
Meng Yanchen frowned slightly, and his voice unconsciously became a little deeper.
"She's Mr. Qu's daughter, Qu Xiaoxiao."
Chu Hengming smiled and said, "You should know him too."
Chen Jiakang keenly noticed the change in Meng Yanchen's expression and thought quickly in his mind.
In front of Meng Yanchen, the name of the Qu family is indeed a good endorsement.
He stole a glance at Meng Yanchen's expression and found that he was looking at him with an inquiring look.
——Is this a reassessment of my value?
He smiled modestly, neither admitting nor denying it.
Meng Yanchen's eyes were slightly cold behind his glasses.
Since this person did not deny his relationship with Qu Xiaoxiao, then what is going on between him and Fan Shengmei?
Having the best of both worlds?
Or, they weren't together at all...
"Guokun will have a new energy investment briefing next week,"
Meng Yanchen suddenly spoke, his voice devoid of any emotion.
“All relevant companies can come to participate in the roadshow.”
He looked at Chen Jiakang and said, "I'll have my secretary personally deliver the invitation to Mr. Chen."
Chen Jiakang was overjoyed and thanked him immediately.
"Thank you, Mr. Meng, for your appreciation! I will definitely prepare well!"
Meng Yanchen came out of the golf course, got into the car, closed his eyes and rubbed his eyebrows.
"Mr. Meng,"
Assistant Qin Yu reminded softly, "Miss Xu called just now and said that you didn't answer her call or reply to her message."
Meng Yanchen opened his eyes and took out his cell phone.
The screen displayed three unread messages from Xu Qin, the last one from half an hour ago:
"Brother, I'm craving Xuji's chestnut cake. Can you send it to the hospital for me? I'm so tired from working the night shift today."
His fingertips lingered on the screen for a moment, and finally he turned off the phone.
"Let's go to La Douceur first."
Meng Yanchen threw his phone aside and said, "After buying it, send me back to the company, and then you can take the cake to the hospital for the young lady."
Qin Yu glanced at his boss through the rearview mirror.
"Do you need to bring anything?"
"Need not."
Meng Yanchen turned his head to look at the scenery passing by outside the window. "Let's go to La Douceur and get a card. Tell Qinqin to call the restaurant directly whenever she wants to eat there, and they'll arrange for someone to deliver it."
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Fan Shengmei sat in the corner of La Douceur dessert shop with a small chestnut cake in front of her.
This is the rule she set for herself after working - she must celebrate her birthday no matter how difficult it is.
When she was a child, her family only celebrated her brother’s birthday, and she could only hide behind the crack of the door and peek.
When she grew up, this became her way of making up for her childhood, although her annual wish was never fulfilled.
The phone suddenly vibrated and the word "Mom" appeared on the screen.
Fan Shengmei's heart skipped a beat—her mother actually remembered her birthday?
"mom......"
She picked up the phone cautiously, her voice filled with disbelief and anticipation.
"Xiaomei, your brother lost again in gambling and owes 80,000 this time!"
Her mother's sharp voice pierced her fantasy, "Hurry up and send the money back, they've already found our home!"
"mom!"
Fan Shengmei interrupted her, "You called just for money? Do you know that today I..."
"You what?"
Mother Fan yelled at the top of her voice, "Even if the sky falls today, you must return this money to me. I raised you to this age, and yet you can't even spend this little money... Your brother is the only child of the Fan family. If anything happens to him, you will be the sinner of our family for the rest of your life!"
The call was rudely hung up.
A drop of wax dripped from the candle on the cake, like a tear dripping on her heart.
Today is her birthday, she is the biggest!
She turned off her phone, took a deep breath, put her hands together and made a wish.
"Happy birthday, Fan Shengmei."
She whispered a wish to the flickering candlelight and blew out the candle in one go.
Tears couldn't stop falling, and she kept trying to hold her head back to prevent the tears from falling.
"Fan Shengmei, don't cry, you can't cry, you can't cry on your birthday!"
Meng Yanchen, who was sitting in the car, accidentally saw this scene through the glass window.
She was wearing a light blue shirt today and her hair was casually tied up, which was completely different from her usual workplace image.
What surprised him most was the small cake with candles in front of her - was it her birthday today?
He looked at her wiping her tears and suddenly remembered the scene where the whole family gathered around Xu Qin and sang birthday songs on her birthday every year.
"Mr. Meng, please wait a moment. I'll go downstairs to buy a cake." Qin Yu said.
"Please park your car,"
Meng Yanchen suddenly said, "I'll go down with you."
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