Chapter 67 From now on... I will never enter the Song family again...
Why does he have to personally tell me such a trivial matter?
Luo Yunqing opened her mouth, but the door was already a crack open. Chen Zhao stood outside and said a few words in a low voice.
Before he could hear what was said, Pei Yanli walked out and closed the door completely.
Less than ten minutes after I left, there was another knock on the door.
It was Cui Yuzhen who came to bring the hangover soup.
A little tail followed behind, tilting its head, calling "Grandpa," and running over with a patter.
Luo Yunqing knelt down to catch the swaying little girl, noticing her red eyes. "Xiaoshuang, what's wrong? Why are you crying?"
“It’s nothing serious.” Cui Yuzhen put down the tea, her eyes flickering as she avoided eye contact. “She probably rubbed it herself while yawning because she was sleepy. I’ll take her to sleep in a bit.”
It's not even 12:30 yet, so it's a bit too early to take a nap.
Sensing that she was deliberately hiding something, and with Pei Yanli still not back, Luo Yunqing had a pretty good idea of what was going on. She gently lifted the little girl onto her lap, her voice softening as she coaxed, "Xiao Shuang doesn't seem very happy. Who made our Xiao Shuang upset?"
The little girl grabbed the strap in front of him, buried her head, and said in a soft, aggrieved voice, "Second Grandpa."
"Pei Yanli?" Luo Yunqing looked up in shock: "What happened to Pei Yanli?"
Faced with his repeated questioning, Cui Yuzhen had no choice but to sigh and tell the truth: "Xiao Shuang was naughty and secretly followed her father to private room number 7. Unexpectedly... she ran into her second uncle who was in a bad mood."
Luo Yunqing: "Did Pei Yanli yell at the child?"
No, not at all.
Cui Yuzhen waved her hands repeatedly and then refused to say anything more.
The fact that the Wang family had booked rooms at the winery beforehand was something they dared not even mention.
Seeing her distress, and guessing that Pei Yanli had specifically instructed her not to tell him, Luo Yunqing didn't pursue the matter further. After finishing the hangover soup in a few gulps, she stayed in the room with Xiaoshuang and watched her favorite cartoon to distract her.
They had no idea of the tense atmosphere that was brewing downstairs.
Upon receiving the news, Wang Ruiming, the head of the Wang family, and Song Jingguo arrived one after the other.
Upon entering, they saw Wang Yizhou lying on the ground, half-dead, clutching his chest, while Song Xuechen, her face covered in alcohol and tears streaming down her face, huddled to the side.
There was still a whole jar of unopened Fenjiu raw liquor left on the table.
Pei Yanli sat in the armchair, slowly turning the gold ring on her ring finger. Without raising her head, she first questioned Song Jingguo: "Mr. Song, your good son dares to bully Xiao Luo!"
Bullying Xiao Luo?
Song Jingguo glanced at the person in the corner, took two steps closer, and adopted a humble and apologetic posture: "Second Master, is there some misunderstanding here?"
The hand that was turning the gold ring suddenly stopped.
Pei Yanli remained silent and opened the call recording on her phone.
From the moment Song Xuechen started urging people to drink, his and Wang Yizhou's voices, echoing back and forth, resounded throughout the private room once again.
Song Jingguo's face gradually turned ashen, and he glared fiercely at Song Xuechen, who was so frightened that she quickly hugged her legs and shrank back.
“Xiao Luo clearly stated that she wouldn’t drink alcohol, yet she still brought such a strong liquor…” Pei Yanli picked up a porcelain wine cup from the table next to her and suddenly threw it at Wang Yizhou, who was lying on the ground.
In an instant, the fine porcelain glaze shattered and littered the ground.
Everyone else present was too afraid to utter a sound.
Everyone says that the second master of the Pei family is exceptionally capable and has an excellent temper. This is the first time he has ever lost his temper like this.
Pei Yanli: "Patriarch Wang, since you're already here, say something."
Although they took a step back after the previous car accident, the facts are still there, and it's impossible for them to be completely without resentment. Now they're setting their sights on Xiao Luo.
The room was booked in advance...
Pei Yanli couldn't help but sneer when she thought of the information Chen Zhao had found out.
What are they trying to do?
What do you want to do to his wife!
Wang Ruiming took a deep breath, slowly walked up to Wang Yizhou, and before he could get up from the ground and call out "Grandpa," he kicked him, sending him sprawling. He cursed, "You bastard! You dare to bully the Pei family head's people!"
"Nephew." Then, he turned to Pei Yanli and said in a kind voice, "We will definitely give a satisfactory explanation for this matter."
After he said that, he didn't say anything for a long time.
Wang Ruiming immediately ordered his bodyguards to drag away Wang Yizhou, who had completely lost consciousness.
Just as he was about to leave, Pei Yanli suddenly called out, "Wait!"
Secretary Chen walked to the table, opened the remaining unopened jar of Fenjiu liquor, poured half a jar, and handed over one of the glasses, kindly reminding her: "This matter of getting our boss's wife drunk isn't over yet."
Do you think you can just take them away like this?
That's far too easy.
Wang Ruiming turned to look at the person in the armchair, narrowed his eyes, and said in a low voice, "Nephew, don't go too far in anything."
"You reap what you sow." Pei Yanli met his gaze directly: "The main problem is that the Wang family is too old to drink, so it's fine if someone else does it for them."
In short, the Wang family has to drink this wine.
Finally, a younger member of the Wang family who had come along stepped forward, drank half a jar of liquor, and left in a sorry state.
Only Song Jingguo remained.
Fortunately, Song Moyan arrived at that moment, and in an instant, all the gun barrels were pointed at him.
"I told you to arrange an internship for Xiao Luo, and this is how you arranged it!"
“It was my son, Shuhu.” Song Moyan quickly explained, “I originally asked the manager to pick a few simple projects, but who would have thought he would take it upon himself to do so…”
"Alright." Pei Yanli was too lazy to listen to this nonsense. "We're all family, so we shouldn't be so fussy, but this matter needs to be resolved. There's still half a jar left."
…………
I rested for half the afternoon.
Luo Yunqing was completely restored.
When he returned and heard what had happened downstairs, he couldn't help but sigh, "My internship is ruined now."
Pei Yanli: "Let's just skip the hot springs. We can go to the Pei family later, it'll be the same."
Internships can be done anywhere, but it's just more convenient to go to Song's.
"We'll see," Luo Yunqing said, resting her chin on her hand and staring at him.
Pei Yanli stared at him, unsure what to do with her hands, and asked, "What's wrong?" Then, curiously, she asked, "What are you like when you're angry?"
"Want to know?"
"...I don't want to." As soon as the words left her mouth, Luo Yunqing regretted them, but then added, "You've scared Xiao Shuang."
“No wonder he was avoiding me when he left just now.” Pei Yanli sighed, hugged him and rubbed her face against his. “Wife, what should I do? Xiao Shuang is going to hate me.”
"Then... invite her over to our house another day." Luo Yunqing actually tried to come up with an idea for him. "You play with her for a while, maybe that will work."
Pei Yanli thought for a moment and nodded: "That's a good idea."
However, before Luo Yunqing could formally invite Xiao Shuang to her home, Song Jingguo brought up the internship again.
"I blamed your brother for not taking this seriously last time, leaving such an important matter to his subordinates. Don't worry, I've already had him fired by HR," Song Jingguo said, explaining the outcome of the matter.
After Wang Yizhou returned home, his leg was broken by the Wang family. He then packed up Song Xuechen and sent her to the Wang family to take care of the person with the crippled leg.
As for the others, sales manager Sun Bin was dismissed on the spot, and due to the non-compete agreement, they will not be allowed to engage in sales work in related industries in the future.
All full-time employees will have their salaries reduced.
Of the two interns, only Ji Xiaoxiao remained.
"Father wants me to do an internship?" Luo Yunqing chuckled and said directly, "I'm scared."
Song Jingguo replied, "This is a project I personally selected. The government has decided to renovate the old city area, and our Song family plans to invest in building a factory there. But as you know, the land isn't large, and there are many companies bidding, so..."
"You want me to bid?"
"This is also one of the Song family's projects."
Luo Yunqing turned on the speakerphone and tilted her head to look at Pei Yanli.
Since so many companies are bidding, is Pei's one of them? The old man won't set a trap for him again, making him do something that pleases neither side, will he?
Pei Yanli shook her head silently at him.
Then, on the other end of the phone, a voice with a hint of flattery said, "You'll be in charge of this project, choosing the people yourself. Just make sure you win the bid for this land."
It sounds simple.
Song Jingguo did not urge him, but instead gave him time to consider it carefully.
"I'm starting to smell a conspiracy again." After hanging up the phone, Luo Yunqing sniffed twice, leaning back into the other person's arms. "You just shook your head, the Pei family isn't bidding?"
“That piece of land isn’t very good.” Pei Yanli put her arm around him, squeezed his hand, and then touched his face. “Pei’s subsidiaries are all over the country, and there are several overseas. There’s no need for that.”
"I see." Luo Yunqing nodded in realization, then asked, "Do you think I should agree?"
Pei Yanli did not immediately give him an answer, but instead asked, "What does Xiao Luo think?"
"From what he said, he wants me to lead a team to complete the bidding project independently. Whether it goes well or not, I can learn some experience." Luo Yunqing paused. "If that's all, I'd be happy to do it, but I'm afraid..."
“I’m afraid he’ll do what he did before.” Pei Yanli expressed his concern, lifted his chin and kissed him. “I can’t say for sure, but at least this time, he shouldn’t do it openly. But secretly… Xiao Luo, you can decide for yourself.”
"He told me directly that he didn't want me to go." Didn't Luo Yunqing know him well enough? "Are you implying I should agree?"
Pei Yanli used his earlier words to shut him up: "At least you've learned some experience."
The main purpose of an internship is to learn and gain experience, rather than to achieve a specific result.
Of course, it's better to have a result.
Luo Yunqing understood immediately.
After pretending to consider it for two days, I reluctantly agreed to the task.
The first step is to establish a project team.
There were five people in total, including him. One was a long-time employee who had worked at Song's for over fifteen years and knew everything about Song's business. The other two had been with the company for three years and were involved in the bidding process and data analysis.
In the end, Luo Yunqing chose a newbie like himself, Ji Xiaoxiao, another victim of the previous incident.
I heard that although she was lucky enough to stay and continue her internship, she was ostracized because of what happened last time.
But she clearly didn't do anything.
Luo Yunqing felt reluctant to do it, but also considered that the others were all long-time employees of the Song family, and could not rule out the possibility that Song Moyan might secretly sabotage things.
"Young Master, thank you for last time!" Ji Xiaoxiao brought over a stack of documents and pushed up her black-rimmed glasses.
Upon hearing this, Luo Yunqing waved her hand, "In the end, that matter also implicated you."
"How could that be? It was clearly them..." Ji Xiaoxiao was indignant, but suddenly deflated halfway through, "Forget it, I won't say anymore, I can't afford to offend them. Young Master, here are the documents you requested, I've gotten them from the warehouse department."
"Okay." Luo Yunqing took the bag and piled it on the conference room table. Hearing her call me "Young Master" this and "Young Master" that, he couldn't help but say, "Don't call me Young Master anymore. Just call me Xiao Luo or Yunqing, it's fine."
"Oh, then... Xiao Luo?"
"Eh."
…………
The bidding process is proceeding smoothly.
Luo Yunqing had never been involved in this field before, and started almost from scratch. She often had to study Song's profit and loss reports and various R&D project data until late at night.
I got so busy that I didn't even have a meal with Xiaoyu for many days.
"Brother is so busy every day." After glancing at the study, Xiaoyu quietly ran to the kitchen, leaning on the stove and standing on tiptoe: "What extra meal did Brother Ali prepare for you today?"
The lid was opened, and a wonderful aroma wafted out.
Xiaoyu took a deep breath and asked, "What is this sticky stuff?"
"Bird's nest, red dates, and longan are good for replenishing qi and blood." Pei Yanli took a bite, and when it was almost ready, she turned off the heat and ladled out a small bowl for him. "It's still very hot. You have to let it cool down before you eat it."
Okay~
Xiaoyu immediately withdrew her hand, watching him pour the rest into another large bowl and take it to the study.
Pei Yanli knocked on the door before going in.
The desk was already filled with all kinds of documents, and Luo Yunqing buried herself in them without even looking up, until a fragrance wafted to her nose. In the midst of her busy work, she put down the documents, raised her hand to press her neck, and said, "I'm exhausted."
“It won’t make a difference if you wait a little longer. The tender documents are almost finished.” Pei Yanli immediately went over and massaged his neck.
Luo Yunqing narrowed her eyes slightly. "Yes, it was completed, but it was rejected again."
Song Jingguo was dissatisfied with this and that, but the biggest problem was the budget. He wanted to get the land, but didn't want to spend too much money.
"I can understand those complaints about clients online now. Song Jingguo was no different to me." He was even more demanding.
"Look at it another way: his nitpicking might be because you did a great job."
"Wow!" Luo Yunqing opened her eyes wide, crossed her arms and turned her head: "Honey, you're so good at comforting people."
"Still in the mood for banter?" Pei Yanli gently flicked his nose. "Eat something first, then we'll talk."
…………
A week later, they submitted their bid again, with the same proposal as before, without any changes.
After that, Luo Yunqing and the project team worked overtime to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of other competitors and estimate their bidding points.
On top of that, Luo Yunqing secretly revised the final bidding points, but it was still far from what Song Jingguo had expected.
"This is currently the most reasonable solution."
He showed it to Pei Yanli beforehand, and the success rate of bidding with this plan was very high.
After reviewing it twice, finding not a single error, not even in the formatting characters, Song Jingguo finally had to relent, "Then let's go with this plan. We must win the bid."
Winning the bid and acquiring that piece of land is the primary goal.
We can talk about the rest later.
Leaving the president's office, Luo Yunqing breathed a sigh of relief, but before she could fully relax, she ran into Song Moyan around the corner.
"Judging from my brother's expression, the bid has been approved."
During the two months of summer vacation, Song Moyan didn't cause him any trouble. Even when Song Xuechen was forcibly sent to the Wang family, he didn't say anything.
They seem to have settled down.
Luo Yunqing hugged the folder tightly and walked over to him, stopping right next to him. "Big brother, aren't you happy? This is a good thing for the Song family too."
“Yes, it’s a good thing.” Song Moyan followed his words. “Then I wish you all the best, little brother.”
Luo Yunqing turned to look at him, then walked away quickly.
To hear such words come out of his mouth felt like being lurking behind a venomous snake, flicking its tongue and waiting for its chance to strike.
Song Moyan would certainly not sit idly by and watch him successfully complete this project.
Back in the meeting room, Luo Yunqing glanced at the other members of the project team one by one, and quickly replaced the prepared plan with another one and placed it on the table.
"Xiaoxiao and I went together on the day of the bidding."
…………
On the day of the bidding.
Luo Yunqing then brought the truly approved plan.
"Huh?" On the way, Ji Xiaoxiao finally noticed, "This plan..."
“Yes,” Luo Yunqing nodded in agreement, “that’s the real thing.”
Ji Xiaoxiao was extremely puzzled: "Why are you making two portions?"
"Sister Xiaoxiao," Luo Yunqing said, "One should always be wary of others."
"There's no need to keep it from Sister Yu and the others, what if they find out..."
"I know, I know." Luo Yunqing rested her chin on her hand and looked out the window.
Undeniably, the other three had put in a lot of hard work for the project, but they... Luo Yunqing had seen them secretly entering and leaving Song Moyan's office more than once.
They're all his people, how could he trust them?
Luo Yunqing sighed inwardly: "Let's deal with this matter first."
Successfully winning the bid is the key.
Ji Xiaoxiao adjusted her glasses and nodded. Looking out the window, she saw that the sky had suddenly become overcast. "Didn't the weather forecast say it would be sunny today? Why is it so cloudy?"
"The clouds are very thick; it looks like it's going to rain soon."
Luo Yunqing's words proved prophetic.
Half an hour later, the raindrops began to fall, turning into a torrential downpour before anyone could react.
Inside the bidding hall, Luo Yunqing stared intently at the technology company behind him, a company of similar size to Song's. The company's bid was much lower than expected, and it just happened to be overshadowed by Song's.
I watched helplessly as the Song-style font turned gray on the screen.
The bid failed.
"You were so confident before, and look what happened!"
Back at the Song family compound, Song Jingguo, who had received the news first, flew into a rage, yelling, "How arrogant! Now look what happened! You lost the bid, and Yuanshan snatched that land away! You... what can I say to you!"
Luo Yunqing was unusually flustered: "Impossible, I personally compiled the data for Yuanshan."
"You handle it yourself." His words only fueled Song Jingguo's anger. He abruptly stood up, pointed at Song Jingguo's nose, and yelled, "And in the end? I wanted the result! And they still took it from me! I shouldn't have entrusted this to you!"
An angry shout came from the office.
Along with the pent-up dissatisfaction she had been suppressing, she also erupted: "Tell me, why didn't you just stay put and serve Pei Yanli well, and make him happy? Why did you have to come here for an internship? Now look what happened, the land is gone! That's all you're good for, you think you're so clever!"
"What did you say?"
The bucket of cold water poured over her calmed her panicked heart a little. Luo Yunqing clenched her fists and couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Serving Pei Yanli well? You mean, this is all I'm fit to do?"
"Then what else can you do?"
Without saying a word, Luo Yunqing took off her employee badge and threw it on the table. "You're right. I'm incompetent, I'm presumptuous, and I can't meet your expectations. From now on... I will never intern at Song's again. Are you satisfied now?"
Are you blaming me?
Luo Yunqing didn't say anything more, turned around and left the office to go to the human resources department to resign.
"Is big brother happy?"
As he came out of the HR department, he bumped into Song Moyan. Since things had come to this point, there was no need for him to continue arguing with the other party.
“What are you saying, my brother? I’m also very sad that we lost the bid.”
"Is that so?" Luo Yunqing took two steps closer. "I hope that you can put this same effort into your work and continue to strengthen the Song family. I won't keep you company any longer."
He turned around, took out his phone, and called Pei Yanli.
"Honey, come pick me up."
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