Chapter 55 Chapter 55 Utilization Value
Chapter 55
Ruan Yan guessed that he would come to her in a rage, but she didn't expect him to be so impatient and expose himself before she could question him.
"What are you talking about? I've never mentioned Pioneer Group to you, let alone Woqi Technology. Brother Yan, what do you mean? Who harmed you?"
Ruan Yan's gentle tone, like the soft rain and gentle breeze, made Jia Yanyuan regain some clarity.
She had indeed never told him anything about the Ruan Company, and she kept silent about the new retail project. Her contact with Woqi Technology had been his speculation from the beginning to the end. Although it seemed like he was being used now, he had no evidence to prove that it was Ruan Yan who set him up.
After gradually regaining his senses, Jia Yanyuan regretted being so impulsive. He tried to make his brain work at full speed, racking his brains to come up with a suitable excuse to make amends for himself.
"I... I'm talking about Sister Wen Ying's illness. Why didn't you inform me about such an important matter right away? Instead, you hid it from me?" He abruptly changed the subject.
"Everyone around me has been asking me about Sister Wen Ying's condition, and my parents are also very concerned, but I was kept in the dark the entire time. Only after today's press conference did I learn that Sister Wen Ying is not only fine, but she's also successfully negotiated a project with Pioneer. The entire process, I was like an outsider, knowing nothing about it," Jia Yanyuan said, looking very aggrieved. "Xiaoyan, I'm your boyfriend. I'm very sad that you're doing this."
"I'm sorry. I didn't intend to hide the truth from you after my sister's pathology results came out, but the circumstances at the time were special, so I had to do it." Ruan Yan didn't expose his flawed story, but played along with him. "Only my sister and I knew about this. I was really conflicted when I made this decision..."
This must be Wen Ying's idea, Jia Yanyuan thought. Ruan Yan didn't have such a scheme, and she had no reason to do so.
Ruan Yan's attitude made him more convinced of his own opinion, but when he thought about her hiding things from him for Wen Ying, he still felt very uncomfortable.
But now is definitely not the time to hold people accountable and make things awkward. He has already offended Yang Zhitao, and he definitely cannot fall out with Ruan Yan and Wen Ying again.
Thinking of this, Jia Yanyuan softened his tone again. "Alas, it's not that I can't understand. You're facing so many difficult situations right now. You must have your own thoughts and difficulties. I'm just very sad. I feel like my girlfriend doesn't trust me."
"Brother Ayan, I'm sorry..."
Jia Yanyuan continued to deepen her guilt: "Besides being sad, I also blame myself. I'm not strong enough and don't have the ability to solve your problem directly. That's why you didn't trust me."
Ruan Yan suddenly discovered that he was quite good at playing green tea. He was very good at suppressing others first and then praising them. His pretentiousness was disgusting.
She could only compete with him in acting: "Don't say that, I don't distrust you, really, I know you are very angry, if you want to scold me, scold me..."
"How could I bear to scold you? I feel so sorry for you." Seeing her so humble, Jia Yanyuan didn't know what to say. At least he had already made up for her and his goal had been achieved. As for what to do next, he had to think carefully about it.
After hanging up the phone, Jia Yanyuan threw the phone aside and sat on the sofa in the office. He scratched his scalp anxiously, his heart in turmoil.
How to give an explanation to Yang Zhitao is his first priority.
He and Yang Zhitao have known each other for quite some time, but in the past few years he had always been Yang Zhitao's supporting role. Only after he started dating Ruan Yan did Yang Zhitao start to take a liking to him a little.
Yang Zhitao is an extremely petty person and will definitely hold a grudge about this incident. Not only did he lose a big order from Hengli, but Yang Zhitao will definitely find an opportunity to take revenge and make things difficult for him.
When Jia Yanyuan thought of this, he became terrified and anxious.
He definitely couldn't defeat him on his own. Hengli's orders have always accounted for the bulk of their company's total revenue. If he offended Yang Zhitao, not only would the company suffer heavy losses, but his future in their circle would also be difficult.
How can we reverse this unfavorable situation? Jia Yanyuan slowly sat up from the sofa.
The only and most reliable way he could think of to make up for the loss of Hengli, a major client, in front of his family without having to fear Yang Zhitao's constant harassment from him was...
"Xiaoyan, is this Jia Yanyuan calling?"
After Ruan Yan hung up the phone, she heard Wen Ying's voice coming from behind her.
They were in the hotel lounge at the moment.
Ruan Yan was present throughout the press conference.
"Yes, a little earlier than I expected," Ruan Yan said. "He was so anxious, I guess he was being questioned by the person behind the scenes."
In fact, at the beginning of this matter, Ruan Yan had no intention of taking advantage of Jia Yanyuan.
He suddenly changed his behavior and came to the hospital every day.
Ruan Yan was originally wondering what his purpose was, until he always pretended to be casual and asked her about the new retail project from the side, Ruan Yan realized that something was wrong.
He said he was visiting Wen Ying, but in reality it was more like surveillance.
He didn't ask Wen Ying directly about the things in the company, but instead asked her indirectly from time to time when she had no idea about the situation. There must be something fishy about this.
So she immediately told Wen Ying about this.
Wen Ying initially thought that Jia Yanyuan was deliberately trying to show off in front of them, so even though it was so embarrassing every time, he still came to the hospital frequently to accompany Ruan Yan.
But after hearing Ruan Yan's reminder, she realized that things were not that simple, so she began to sort out the whole story.
From analyzing the new retail project that Jia Yanyuan was concerned about, to Hengli Group, the biggest obstacle to this project, and then connecting with the network of relationships around Jia Yanyuan, until deducing the relationship between him and Hengli's Yang Zhitao, Wen Ying suddenly realized it.
One of the biggest obstacles to this cooperation with Pioneer Group is Ruan’s long-time competitor, Hengli Group.
The two companies are extremely similar in terms of business nature, market scope, and business model. The two former leaders, Ruan and Yang, appeared to be on good terms on the surface, and would occasionally shake hands and chat cheerfully when attending events together. However, this did not prevent the two companies from fighting fiercely in private.
Stealing clients, poaching talent, spreading rumors, stealing confidential information... In order to bring down their rivals, both sides have used all kinds of dishonorable means.
The Ruan and Yang families had been fighting openly and secretly for decades. Later, when Ruan Xingkun passed away and Wen Ying took over the Ruan family, she decided to make major changes to the company after careful consideration.
Abandoning the traditional and outdated concepts, we began a comprehensive transformation starting from market positioning, talent structure, strategic planning, etc.
A crucial step is to cooperate with Pioneer Group.
Whenever Ruan launched a new product model, Hengli, with its keen sense of smell, would follow closely and quickly seize the market with Ruan.
Wen Ying guessed that there were spies planted by Hengli inside the company, but she did not take any action on the matter. She remained inactive and pretended to know nothing.
If Hengli gets the news about this project, they will definitely interfere and obstruct it. Then the Ruan family will have to pay a higher cost than expected, and the cooperation plan may even fail and suffer serious damage.
This is undoubtedly a serious problem for the Nguyen family during its transition period.
Therefore, Wen Ying strengthened the confidentiality measures in the early stages. Except for the core team members and a few senior executives, no information related to Pioneer Group's cultural and tourism projects was leaked to the outside world.
They even released a smokescreen of "Qiwo Technology" and pretended to accidentally "leak" the news.
Sure enough, Hengli soon followed the scent and came up again.
Taking advantage of Wen Ying's most vulnerable moment, Yang Zhitao bribed Jia Yanyuan to be his spy and obtained information from Ruan Yan. This move was really vicious.
So Wen Ying decided to play along, just like she did with the spies before, and continue to lay traps quietly, waiting for him to fall into the trap she had woven.
She had thought about how furious Jia Yanyuan would be afterwards, and also thought that Ruan Yan might take this opportunity to expose his bad behavior on the spot and break up with him directly.
But from the call Ruan Yan just received, she didn't seem to hear the two people arguing.
"Xiaoyan, you and Jia Yanyuan..." Wen Ying was a little confused. "Didn't you say before that you would break up with him after this matter was over?"
Ruan Yan took a sip of coffee slowly: "Yes, but it's not the right time yet."
After all, he still has a little value left to be used before getting rid of him.
*
When Lu Zhenlin called, Lu Peishi had just returned home from the company.
"I heard that Wen Ying is fine now, is that right?" Lu Zhenlin asked.
Lu Peishi opened the car door and got out: "Yes."
"How are you and Ruan Yan doing now?"
When he heard this name, Lu Peishi remembered the scene of being rejected that night, and his ears couldn't help but feel hot.
"Just like usual." His voice sounded a little muffled.
Lu Zhenlin said "oh" and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Lu Peishi asked: "What's the matter that made you call?"
Lu Zhenlin cleared his throat and said, "I don't want to get involved in the emotional entanglements between you young people, but I still have to say a few words on some issues of principle."
Lu Peishi waited quietly for the next words.
Lu Zhenlin paused, then continued, "I heard that Ruan Yan's boyfriend isn't you, but the second son of the Hongsheng Group. Furthermore, they've been dating for years and are about to get engaged. What's going on?"
In fact, Lu Peishi knew from the beginning that pretending to be Ruan Yan's boyfriend would be easily exposed. The circle in City C is so small, and there are only a few well-known old wealthy families. Everyone's network of relationships is crisscrossed, and basically they are all "old acquaintances."
It was only a matter of time before Lu Zhenlin knew the truth.
"I'm sorry, I kept it from you before." Lu Peishi apologized to him immediately.
Hearing his son admit it himself, Lu Zhenlin's mood completely plummeted.
"You...you..." Lu Zhenlin was furious. "That's outrageous! How can you do such a thing so casually!"
He rarely lost his temper with Lu Peishi, but this time he really couldn't help it. His original joy and relief turned out to be just an empty fantasy. How could he not be angry?
Knowing that he was in the wrong, Lu Peishi let him vent without saying a word.
Lu Zhenlin said sternly: "Tell me yourself, what is your relationship?"
Lu Peishi thought for a moment and said, "Actually, I have been pursuing her, but she didn't agree to me."
In fact, this is not an excuse. He did not lie. The facts were exactly as he said. He confessed his love to her, but she rejected him.
Lu Zhenlin pondered for a moment: "Is that really the case?"
"Well," Lu Peishi recalled the look in her eyes when she rejected him, and his heart, which had been pierced with a hole, broke open again, "I didn't catch up with her. I failed."
It is rare to hear this line coming from the mouth of the always proud Lu Peishi.
Lu Zhenlin was shocked for a moment, and it took him a long time to say, "Then...then why did Ruan Yan help you hide it and lie to me?"
"She wanted to explain, but I stopped her. The last time you were at my house, that was the same situation," Lu Peishi reminded him of the incident that night and said, "She was forced to work under me, so she could only cooperate passively..."
There was so much truth in the information that Lu Zhenlin didn't know where to start criticizing.
"You...you...you...ah, she already has a boyfriend. If you can't catch up with her, then don't force it. Why are you forcing yourself on her?"
"You are not only disgraceful yourself, but also affects the reputation of other girls, do you know that?
"Ruan Yan is very outstanding, but the other girls are not bad either. You don't have to hang yourself on the same rope. I'll introduce you to some other girl someday..."
"I only like her," Lu Peishi interrupted him succinctly, "I don't like anyone else."
"You..." Lu Zhenlin sighed helplessly. His son was a stubborn person. Once he made up his mind, he would not give up easily. This was just like him.
"Ah Shi, I know you like her very much, but some things can't be forced. You will only hurt yourself and others..."
Lu Peishi gradually became distracted as he listened to his father's lecture on profound principles.
He still couldn't understand why Ruan Yan rejected him.
It was obvious that she didn't like the guy named Jia, so it would have been easy for her to break up with him directly. If she didn't leave him, there must be other reasons.
So what is it?
Lu Peishi reviewed what had happened in the past few days, remembering that at the beginning, the man surnamed Jia took another woman away from the party, and that he had been ambiguous with that woman.
According to this timeline, it is very likely that the man surnamed Jia had already cheated on Ruan Yan before she "lost her memory".
But Ruan Yan pretended to be ignorant and continued to stay with him. Combined with Lu Peishi's previous speculation, might she be doing it for revenge?
"Ashi, Ashi? Are you listening to me?" The voice on the other end of the phone raised Lu Zhenlin's voice, interrupting his thoughts.
"I understand, Dad. I'll see to it." Lu Peishi said, but his mind was elsewhere.
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