Chapter 415: Soberly Falling
Song Xu withdrew his gaze awkwardly, but fortunately, he had developed strong psychological qualities after running a company for many years, so he did not panic.
Ji Lan's eyes trembled, and she pursed her red lips a little awkwardly, "How about... let's stop here for today. I'll go back and reorganize the publicity plan, and show you the new plan in a couple of days."
"Okay." Song Xu tidied up the desk piled with documents and drove her back.
Forty minutes later, the car stopped downstairs of Ji Lan's rental house.
She unbuckled her seatbelt and hesitated for a long time. Finally, before pushing open the car door, she mustered up the courage to turn her head and look at him. She said, "Are you free the day after tomorrow? I won two vouchers for Menongji Restaurant in the raffle. Can I treat you to a meal?"
Song Xu was stunned for a moment, "Invite me to dinner?"
"Yes, you have helped me so much, I would like to treat you to a meal as a thank you." Ji Lan looked straight into his eyes, his eyes were particularly pure and sincere.
Song Xu seemed to see Ji Lan in college, so he nodded blankly, "Okay."
Ji Lan immediately laughed as if relieved, "Then it's settled. I'll give you the new promotional plan when the time comes."
She pushed the door open and got out of the car.
It was not until the graceful figure disappeared in the corridor that Song Xu slowly came back to his senses.
Scratching his head in regret.
Depend on!
He also said that Qin Mu was a top-notch love-brained person.
It's obviously me.
Not only is he a love-brained person, he's also a bootlicker.
Having been hurt once, he still does not repent and sinks into depravity again and again.
Reality did not allow him to be blinded by beauty, and his father called.
"Song Xu, I heard that you've been very close to Ji Lan recently?"
Song Xu leaned back in his chair and replied calmly, "It's just a project collaboration."
“Bullshit project cooperation!”
Song Chunlai suddenly became furious and threw the teacup with a loud bang.
"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. Don't you know what Ji Lan's reputation is? Are you with her because you want the entire Beijing community to laugh at our Song family?!"
Song Xu pinched his brows wearily, "Dad, she and I are really just collaborating."
"Cooperation, huh? Fine!" Song Chunlai slapped his thigh and ordered without a second thought, "Go to the Tang family tomorrow and finalize your marriage with Tang Qianxue. I don't care how or with whom you want to cooperate."
"Dad! I know how to handle my own affairs, so please stay out of my own way!"
Song Xu was tired of hearing this. He had clearly refused many times, but his father still insisted on urging him to get engaged to Tang Qianxue.
Isn’t the current scale of Lihai Group enough?
Do you have to use his marriage to exchange for business interests?
"I don't care what your current relationship with Ji Lan is, and I don't care what your plans are. Anyway, the marriage with the Tang family is a done deal! You can't make your own decisions!"
Song Chunlai didn't give his son any chance to resist and hung up the phone directly after he finished speaking.
Song Xu threw his phone to the passenger seat in annoyance.
He just couldn't understand why there were always people in this circle who thought that marriage was more important than ability.
He is able to manage the company well and make the business prosper.
Isn’t that enough?
If cooperation can be achieved through negotiation, why must marriage be used as a bridge?
Occasionally, he would have an idea: what if he was not the chairman's son, not the heir to the Lihai Group, but just an ordinary person who became the CEO of the group through hard work?
Isn’t it true that life doesn’t have to be so tiring?
The ringing of the phone once again broke the silence of the carriage.
He didn't even bother checking the caller ID and answered directly, his tone particularly harsh: "Who?"
"Hmm? Mr. Song seems to be in a bad mood tonight."
Meng Anran sat on a high stool by the terrace with her legs crossed, and with her other hand, she poked a piece of cake with a small steel fork and put it into her mouth.
Hearing her voice rise slightly, as if she was in a very happy mood, Song Xu suppressed the restlessness in his heart: "Aren't you on a date? How did you find time to call me?"
"Of course I wanted to cooperate with you, but I didn't expect to run into trouble." Meng Anran smiled leisurely, "Let me guess, could it be that your father is urging you to get engaged to Tang Qianxue?"
Song Xu's eyes shone, "You guessed so accurately, I should suspect that you sent someone to monitor me."
"I don't have the time to monitor you." Meng Anran put down her fork. "Currently, the several major projects taken over by the Lihai Group are progressing smoothly. I can't think of anything else that could bother you, except for the engagement with the Tang family."
"So, does Miss have any good ideas?"
"I don't have any clever ideas, but I do have one for cooperation."
Song Xu narrowed his eyes, "The cooperation you mentioned is related to my marriage?"
"Hmm." Meng Anran's red lips curved up slightly, and she stopped joking with him. "Tang Qianxue knows that I'm quite close to you, so she wants me to arrange a meeting with you."
"Meet?" Song Xu thought for a few seconds and seemed to have guessed something. "She doesn't want a marriage either?"
"She has a boyfriend she's been dating for three years, but his family is average, and the Tang family doesn't like him." Meng Anran said succinctly, "Tang Qianxue wants to work with you to ruin this marriage."
Song Xu raised his eyebrows. This was really great news. "Okay, when will we meet?"
"I'll send you her WeChat, you guys can chat on yourselves." Meng Anran said and hung up the phone.
Qin Mu handed over a glass of sparkling water and said, "It's rare to see you interfere in other people's love affairs."
"It's not really meddling, I'm just acting as a middleman."
Meng Anran took the sparkling water and took a sip to wash away the sweetness in her mouth.
"Song Xu will eventually take over the power of the Lihai Group. Even a fool can see that he still has feelings for Ji Lan. Occasionally helping out a little and building a good relationship will be of great benefit in the future."
The only people with whom you can share your private life are close friends and confidants.
For people like Song Xu and Situ Huajian, who are only friends colluding with each other for business interests, Meng Anran naturally has to look at the problem from the perspective of interests.
Qin Mu nodded in approval.
After all, he had persuaded Song Xu to get engaged to Tang Qianxue on Song Chunlai's behalf just to allow Yunduan Group to join the South City Planning Project.
Now that the project is complete, whether Song Xu and Tang Qianxue can succeed has nothing to do with him anymore.
"Let's go back and rest." Qin Mu took Meng Anran's hand and leaned over to whisper in her ear, "Fiancée."
The voice was low but not deep, like the pleasant sound of a violin, which made Meng Anran shiver unconsciously.
She feigned displeasure and hit him lightly, "Tease me again!"
Qin Mu smiled without saying a word, his expression showing undisguised happiness and sweetness, as if he was the luckiest person in the world today.
Different from the pleasant atmosphere here.
In Xiao Han's apartment, smoke was silently filling the air...
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