Xu Yiran was stunned for a few seconds upon hearing this. She knew that the Maple Leaf Hotel project had saved Song Nuan from her predicament, but she did not know that the Maple Leaf Hotel was a company under the Ouyang Group.
"Nuan Nuan, does the Ouyang Group have ulterior motives for cooperating with you?"
"Perhaps."
"Then why did you agree to cooperate with them?" she asked anxiously. "Don't you know what kind of person Ouyang Chengyi is?!"
Speaking of Ouyang Chengyi, Song Nuan was surprised to realize that she hadn't heard from her in a long time.
"Her hand shouldn't be able to reach the maple leaves."
Thinking of Ouyang Chengyi being expelled from school, Song Nuan slightly curled the corners of her lips, "Besides, she can't even protect herself, so she probably won't have the energy to cause trouble for me. Even if she did, her brother wouldn't allow her to act recklessly."
At the next table, a phone was recording the conversation between several people word for word.
The next day was Friday.
Song Nuan had been keeping track of the progress and was familiar with every detail of the Maple Leaf project. That morning, she went to the Ouyang Group with Fang Yu.
This was her first time stepping into the conglomerate of one of the four major families.
Even she herself was surprised that she was the first to have any dealings with Ouyang Zhoujing's company.
She thought it would be Li Jingchen, or at the very least An Sze.
"President Song, please have a seat."
The conference room was large, and Maple Leaf was there to hand over the project to the project manager and CEO Qiu Rong, which shows that they attached great importance to this meeting.
Qiu Rong spoke first: "President Song, Maple Leaf is a hotel with a charitable mission. Next month, we will be going to the mountainous area to participate in a charity event. As the project contractor, Song's Group hopes that Song's Group can send representatives to accompany us."
Song Nuan looked at Fang Yu, who shook her head, indicating that she knew nothing about it.
These words were completely unexpected by the two of them.
The new hotel's desire to use charity as a marketing tactic to increase brand awareness is understandable, but having partners cooperate is something Song Nuan had never heard of before.
"Would you mind if I could tell you why the Song family needs to accompany them?"
Qiu Rong smiled and said, "To be honest, this is an instruction from the group, and I have no way to answer your question, President Song."
Song Nuan understood.
She said she would cooperate and finish the meeting quickly. Qiu Rong said, "There should be at least two accompanying persons. President Song, please give me the list as soon as possible."
"OK."
The group left the conference room.
Unexpectedly, they ran into Li Jingchen while passing through the reception area.
There were many people in the reception area. Li Jingchen was inside, while Song Nuan was in the corridor. The moment their eyes met through the glass, Li Jingchen's brow twitched slightly, and he got up and walked out.
Song Nuan subconsciously stopped in her tracks.
She said to Fang Yu, "Go to the garage and wait for me."
Fang Yu nodded, took the documents from her hand, and left first.
Li Jingchen walked up to her.
For some reason, Song Nuan could sense that the atmosphere between them was a bit strange. She couldn't explain why, but it just didn't seem as comfortable as before.
Many things seemed to change slowly the moment his identity was revealed.
However, since she had previously chosen to flee to Country A, this change was less pronounced in the unfamiliar environment.
Now back in Liangcheng, and meeting again at the Ouyang Group, one of the four major families, this change that had been deliberately ignored suddenly came to the fore, standing between the two of them.
Are you here to see Ouyang Zhoujing?
It was Song Nuan who broke the silence first.
"Hmm." He reached out and gently pulled her coat tighter around her shoulders, his gesture intimate and natural. "What are you doing here?"
"We'll discuss some details when you come."
"A collaboration with the Ouyang Group?" His expression was indifferent, as was his tone, so much so that Song Nuan overlooked the fleeting gloom and displeasure in his eyes.
"No, Maple Leaf Hotel is a subsidiary of Ouyang Group. Their representative said they need to come to the group for a meeting."
She tucked her chin in, instantly burying half her face inside her collar.
Li Jingchen said calmly, "Maple Leaf Hotel is a new company. New companies under the Ouyang Group do have this rule: for the first three years, all major projects must be approved by the group."
Song Nuan didn't know what to say, so she just said "Oh".
Is your cold getting better?
She nodded, glancing up at him. "You helped terminate those Song Group projects, right? And there were the penalties for breach of contract..."
"We'll talk about the penalty later. You owe me a lot of money, it's not a big deal."
Song Nuan pouted slightly and muttered a complaint, "I gave you quite a bit of money before."
The man chuckled.
Li Jingchen always had a cold, aloof demeanor when he was out, but this sudden smile made everyone in the reception area widen their eyes, eager to see who the woman he was chatting with was.
"Young Master Li will still have a day to laugh."
"Could that woman be his rumored girlfriend?"
An Sze sipped his tea leisurely, then closed the blinds and chuckled wickedly, "Look, look, what's so interesting? Looking at his women, aren't you afraid he'll gouge your eyes out?"
Everyone gasped.
Outside the door.
Li Jingchen raised an eyebrow at her, "The profit sharing for Sze Club is out. You invested 80 million, and you haven't been there yet. Shall I take you to see it tonight?"
Um……
Song Nuan did not agree immediately. She originally planned to finalize the accompanying list with Fang Yu tonight.
"What's wrong? Is something the matter?"
"I have some work to do, how about we do it another day?"
Li Jingchen was, after all, a shareholder of the Song family. Although he didn't pay attention to every little detail, he was generally aware of the situation.
What kind of work can Song Nuan do now?
I estimate it's just the Maple Leaf Hotel project.
He narrowed his eyes, clearly annoyed, but still said, "Since Zhou Jing gave you the project, he won't leave you with so little time. He's meticulous, not hasty, so you don't need to rush."
"I don't want to make things difficult for you."
Li Jingchen raised an eyebrow. "What does this have to do with me?"
Song Nuan looked at him and asked the probing question: "Didn't you ask him to give me this project?"
Li Jingchen practically had a question mark branded on his forehead.
"Is that what he told you?" He chuckled, a laugh laced with an underlying danger. Was it his idea to lie to her in order to get her to take on the project?
Song Nuan was somewhat dazed.
So Ouyang Zhoujing withdrew the project from the Qin family and gave it to her, which had nothing to do with Li Jingchen.
She carefully recalled her negotiation with Ouyang Zhoujing that day, wondering where she had gone wrong.
It looks like a fight.
Yes, fighting.
"Wasn't it because you fought with Ouyang Zhoujing and threatened him that he withdrew the project from Qin's and gave it to me?" Song Nuan asked.
Li Jingchen smiled helplessly, "If I wanted to give you the project, would I need to go through all this trouble?"
That doesn't seem to be his style at all.
Song Nuan was embarrassed, "Then you guys fight..."
"It's nothing, I just don't like him," Li Jingchen explained casually.
She blurted out, "I hope there won't be any problems with this project."
Just as she finished speaking, a clear and gentle voice sounded behind Song Nuan, "What's wrong?"
Turning around, to his dismay, he saw Ouyang Zhoujing.
Song Nuan awkwardly picked at her fingers.
Looking down, Li Jingchen brushed her hands away and said, "Go back first. I'll pick you up at eight o'clock tonight. Don't eat too much at home, okay?"
She nodded, glanced at Ouyang Zhoujing, and then left.
Once the elevator doors closed, Ouyang Zhoujing spoke up, "A-Jing, why do you always create a bad image of me in front of her?"
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