Xue Mingliang hesitated for a moment and decided to keep the matter secret and not tell Xue Wangjun the truth.

Otherwise, Xue Wangjun would definitely accuse him of incompetence if he found out, but there was still the question of how to explain this to Brother Wang.

Coincidentally, Brother Wang called again to ask where he was.

"Xue Mingliang, I'm waiting for you in the hotel. Where are you? Are you here?"

"Brother Wang, I'm on the way and something went wrong. How about you wait for me?"

Brother Wang was a little impatient. "Why did you fail at the critical moment? Tell me, what happened?"

"The file is corrupted."

Xue Mingliang answered with gritted teeth, and Brother Wang instantly became furious.

"Broken?! How could it be such a coincidence that it broke when I was delivering it to you!"

Brother Wang was furious, "You obviously don't want to send me this document, so you don't have to pretend."

Xue Mingliang was speechless. "Brother Wang, if I didn't want to send it to you, why would I say that? But there really was an accident. The document was damaged while I was delivering it. Now the whole document has been ruined by the pickled cabbage—"

Xue Mingliang tried his best to explain but Wang Ge didn't listen to a word he said. He just thought it was Xue Mingliang's excuse.

"If you don't want to deliver the documents to me, you should at least make up a better excuse! Do you think I'm a three-year-old child?!"

No matter how Xue Mingliang explained, Brother Wang just didn't believe that the documents were damaged by the sauerkraut.

"Xue Mingliang, don't blame me for not giving you a chance! Either bring the documents or pay me back! It's your choice!"

"Brother Wang, I really want to send the documents, but I——"

"If I don't see the documents within half an hour, be prepared to return the thirty thousand dollars to me."

Without waiting for Xue Mingliang to answer, Brother Wang hung up the phone in frustration.

Xue Mingliang sighed helplessly and wanted to call Xue Wangjun to explain.

However, the explanation that the documents were damaged by pickled cabbage was too ridiculous. Not to mention Brother Wang, anyone else would think it was a lie.

So Xue Mingliang thought about it and said to Xue Wangjun: "Wangjun, I have delivered all the things."

"Delivered?!" Xue Wangjun glanced at the time. It was delivered within an hour, which was a normal time. "Brother, then come back and have a quick meal with me."

"No need!" Xue Mingliang still had to deal with Brother Wang, so he politely declined Xue Wangjun's invitation and wanted to hang up the phone.

Xue Mingliang asked again: "Are you sure you didn't give it to the wrong person? Did you give it to Director Xu?"

"yes!"

Xue Mingliang insisted, and Xue Wangjun wanted to call Director Xu to confirm, but was stopped by Xue Mingliang.

"What? You don't believe me?!"

"No, brother, how could I not believe you? It's just that this project is so important that I have to confirm it in person."

"Wangjun, if you really have me as your big brother in your heart, you don't need to confirm it. Just wait for the result."

Since he had said so much, Xue Wangjun couldn't insist.

"Okay, big brother, when are you free to come over to our house for dinner? I'll ask my mom to cook more of your favorite dishes."

"Okay."

Xue Mingliang still felt guilty after hanging up the phone, but Xue Wangjun got away with it.

When the time comes, the government will announce the failure of the cooperation but will not disclose the reason. Xue Wangjun will not even know that it was because the documents were not delivered in time.

Xue Mingliang now only has to deal with Brother Wang.

He had a headache, and walked to the hotel where Brother Wang had arranged to meet him, then nervously took the documents to the private room.

The file bag gave off a smell of pickled cabbage, which was very disgusting and even people in the elevator were disgusted by it.

"Where does that smell come from? Take it out quickly, it's killing me."

"Can anyone come to the hotel to eat now? This is not a beggar's house!"

Fortunately, someone came to the rescue, "This pickled cabbage smells like it's been pickled. I want to eat it."

As soon as he reached the floor, Xue Mingliang went out immediately.

He found the private room without any effort. He heard Brother Wang loudly ordering food inside. He felt guilty for a moment and hesitated whether to go in.

Unexpectedly, the door suddenly opened from the inside and Li Minxue came out.

“You’re here.”

Li Minxue frowned, "Hurry up, Brother Wang has been waiting for you for a long time."

"Um."

Xue Mingliang walked in with gritted teeth, but was stopped by Li Minxue.

"You brought all this stuff in there."

“The taste of pickled cabbage that my aunt made.”

"...Xue Mingliang, do you know that this is a hotel? Why did you bring sauerkraut here? Take it out quickly!" Li Minxue threw the things out rudely without even giving Xue Mingliang time to explain.

Xue Mingliang had already planned to kowtow and apologize to Brother Wang when he came in, but who knew that after he came in, Brother Wang patted him on the shoulder straightforwardly.

"Good job, bro."

"Brother Wang, you must be joking. I haven't done anything yet." Xue Mingliang thought that Brother Wang was mocking him, so he answered with a stiff upper lip, "Brother Wang, I messed this up."

"No, it wasn't smashed. Didn't you tell Minxue that you should hold back the Xue family? Then she arranged for someone to steal the documents. Here, everything is here."

Xue Mingliang looked in the direction Brother Wang pointed, and indeed saw a document whose packaging was very similar to the document Xue Wangjun had given him.

He looked at the document in astonishment, not daring to open it and read its contents.

Brother Wang patted his shoulder and said, "What? Are you stupid? Isn't this a document you handled before? Don't you recognize it?"

"Of course I recognize it." Xue Mingliang laughed dryly and looked at Li Minxue, wanting her to give him an explanation.

Li Minxue said, "Didn't you say that the Xue family had already suspected it and asked me to bring it to Brother Wang first?"

"Yes." Xue Mingliang understood what Li Minxue meant and agreed without saying a word. The two of them cooperated perfectly and coaxed Brother Wang around.

After three rounds of drinking, Brother Wang successfully got drunk.

Li Minxue and Xue Mingliang worked together to carry Brother Wang into the car, and Brother Wang was still clamoring for a few more drinks.

Xue Mingliang closed the car door and grabbed Li Minxue who was about to leave.

"Why are you so eager to help keep it secret all of a sudden, Brother Wang? What do you want to do?"

"Nothing." Li Minxue raised her chin, "I just want to make a deal with you."

"What deal?"

"I'll help you keep it a secret from him, and you're not allowed to tell him that I have a daughter."

"This matter is easy to deal with." Xue Mingliang is not the kind of person who likes to meddle in other people's affairs or gossip.

If Li Minxue hadn't known Brother Wang, he wouldn't have bothered to care about her affairs.

"Well, I will do my best to keep it a secret for you, Brother Wang. But first you have to tell me, where did you get this document?"

Li Minxue then told the truth.

"I asked Qiu Dongji to steal it."

I knew it from the look on Xue Mingliang's face.

"I have long reminded the Xue family that it is impossible to raise an adopted daughter, let alone the child of an enemy."

Li Minxue did not refute, "I will keep it a secret from Brother Wang, and you keep it a secret from the Xue family. If it is exposed, we will all be finished!"