Chapter 74

In order to urge Yan Xi to hurry up, Zhou Qingyu had already walked to the door of the library. Zhou Yanci was caught off guard by this and even she didn't have time to react.

Zhou Qingyu rushed to Zhou Yanci and pointed at him: "You, you, you...you don't have any hands!"

Zhou Yanci shrugged, "The glass is too cold."

Zhou Qingyu:?

"What a damn excuse!"

Zhou Qingyu immediately looked at Yan Xi, "Did he hurt you just now? Did he..." take advantage of you?

Yan Xi blinked her eyes and just reacted, with an indescribable feeling in her heart.

"Not bad."

It was just a handshake. It's not like they haven't shaken hands before. She's also grabbed Zhou Yanci's wrist.

Zhou Qingyu was disappointed that her husband could not make her become a better man.

She grabbed Yan Xi's hand and said, "Come on, let's go to the gym and ignore this old green tea!"

The room suddenly became quiet.

Zhou Yanci played with the glass and found that this simple glass was quite beautiful.

Aunt Zhang came in to clear the fruit tray and saw Zhou Yanci's expression. "Young Master, what are you grinning at?"

"Nothing much," Zhou Yanci said, "I just think this water is really sweet."

——

The night was as dark as ink, and a gloomy haze shrouded the villa.

In the living room, Meng Xuanyu was smoking a cigarette and scrolling through videos of sexy beauties on his phone. Meng Yingrong was pacing back and forth beside him.

"Are you crazy? What if you are caught using a high-end imitation instead of the real thing?"

In the past two days, Meng's internal quality inspection was conducted. This was originally just a face-saving project, but it turned out that the company's quality inspection department discovered that there were quality problems with the new products this fall.

This year's autumn new products were in charge of Meng Xuanyu. Before the matter was reported to Meng Huaigu, Meng Yingrong hurriedly called Meng Xuanyu over, only to find out that a lot of high-end imitations were mixed in with the autumn new products.

"Mom, you're too worried. The quality of the imitations I found is comparable to the originals! And those people buy our brand just to save face. They bought them from the counter, so they must believe they are authentic!"

"We're not afraid of a thousand things, we're just afraid of one!" Meng Yingrong gritted her teeth, "No, we must notify the store and remove all these new products!"

Meng Xuanyu leaned on the sofa and said, "It has been sold for two days."

Meng Yingrong's eyes widened. "Tell me honestly, how many high-quality imitations are there in this batch of new products?"

"Only... about 100 million."

One hundred million!

Meng Yingrong's eyes went dark.

"Mom, don't worry too much. We'll sell the real and fake goods together. Nothing will go wrong!"

Meng Yingrong couldn't stand steadily and had to hold on to the sofa.

How could nothing go wrong? This is a landmine! It would be fine if it is not discovered. If it is discovered, Meng's stock price will definitely plummet! It seems to make 100 million now, but it may lose 100 million in the future!

"You have recorded the anti-counterfeiting codes for this batch of high-quality imitations, right?" Meng Yingrong asked.

Meng Xuanyu was complacent, "Of course, I arranged it all, I have records."

Meng Yingrong: "I will help you fill this 100 million hole! Recall this batch of products immediately!"

For products that have not been sold, the store manager can tell the anti-counterfeit code and let them be responsible for recycling. As for the products that have been sold, this is more troublesome. Fortunately, luxury stores will keep customer information after selling products, and customers can be found through information. Meng Yingrong plans to use the method of exchanging new ones to get all the high-end imitations back.

The most valuable item among this batch of high-end imitations is the pink diamond bracelet, which is priced at 22 million yuan, accounting for one-fifth of all the high-end imitations.

The assistant was sorting out the information of the buyers and the counterfeit products. Meng Yingrong came over and asked, "The bracelet hasn't been sold yet, right?"

After all, the jewelry is worth 20 million and has only been on sale for a few days. How can it be sold out so quickly?

The assistant's hands trembled, "It's already sold."

Meng Yingrong took a deep breath and veins popped up on her forehead, causing her to throb with pain.

Those who can afford this bracelet must be either rich or noble. People like this cannot be fooled by simply replacing it with a new one!

"Who is the buyer?"

The assistant opened the system to check and breathed a sigh of relief after a moment.

"It's Mr. Zhou."

"Banquet speech?"

As the president of Zhou Group, Zhou Yanci is bound to have some personal connections, mostly to take care of his own business. If he is giving a gift to a female customer, Zhou Yanci will most likely choose jewelry from M.

However, in this kind of business dealings, a gift of jewelry worth one million is the maximum that can be given, but this time he actually gave a bracelet worth 20 million.

Meng Xuanyu came over, "Hey, Zhou Yanci is coming to his senses? Pink diamond bracelet, this guy must have bought it for a girl!"

Meng Yingrong frowned.

She thought Zhou Yanci was a jerk when he refused to go on a blind date with Lu Wanning some time ago, and now it seems that he has fallen in love with another woman!

Meng Yingrong walked to the balcony and called Zhou Yanci, "Yanci, Assistant Xu said you went to M's house today to choose a bracelet. Who did you give it to?"

Zhou Yanci had just left the study and was walking slowly towards the room with his cane.

"This is my business."

The corners of Meng Yingrong's mouth twitched for a moment. She admitted that she had neglected Zhou Yanci after she and Zhou Hongsheng divorced. Over the years, no matter how kind she acted, Zhou Yanci was always distant from her, as if he was unfamiliar with her.

"Is Wan Ning not good? Are there any better girls around you?"

Zhou Yanci paused.

If Yan Xi hadn't shown up, since it was just a business marriage, it wouldn't be impossible to cooperate with Lu Wan Ning and become a contracted couple.

But Yan Xi appeared.

"Lu Wanning is nice," Zhou Yanci said calmly, "but I already have someone I like."

Meng Yingrong bit her lip, "Who? Did you give the bracelet to her?"

"yes."

There was a hint of impatience in Zhou Yanci's affirmative answer.

Meng Yingrong sensed the displeasure in Zhou Yanci's tone. She was sometimes afraid of this son, and felt that he was so cold and indifferent that he was not of the same species as her.

The Lu family is busy looking for a little daughter recently and has no time to consider the marriage. Let's put it aside for now. The imitation issue is more important.

"There's something wrong with that bracelet," Meng Yingrong didn't say it directly, but used a more tactful way of saying it. "Find an opportunity to have that girl return the bracelet to you, and take it back to M's house to have it repaired."

Zhou Yanci's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, but his words were still calm, "Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yanci walked to the door of the room.

The wound on my ankle has scabbed over, so it won’t have much impact if I just walk, but running and exercising are not allowed. I guess I’ll have to wait for a while, otherwise it will tear the wound.

He walked into the room and contacted Special Assistant Sun.

"Check the M family to see if anything went wrong recently."

Zhou Yanci thought for a moment and said, "We can start with Meng Xuanyu. He probably got into trouble again."

Special Assistant Sun: "Understood!"

——

Meng Yingrong hung up the phone and returned to the living room.

She breathed a sigh of relief, and a huge stone fell from her heart.

At least this bracelet is in the hands of someone Zhou Yanci knows. Even if they know it is a high imitation, with Zhou Yanci around, it is unlikely that anyone will make a fuss.

But Meng Yingrong also felt a headache. Zhou Yanci actually had someone he liked? Was there a new woman around him?

Meng Xuanyu was playing a mobile game when he suddenly teased, "The girl Zhou Yanci likes is probably a foreign girl~"

Meng Yingrong was surprised, "How did you know?"

Meng Xuanyu was so absorbed in the game that he answered Meng Yingrong's question distractedly, "I ran into Zhou Yanci at the airport a few days ago. This guy postponed a very important meeting and flew to Hancheng. He also went to Yunbai Mountain to see the snow."

"What kind of job requires watching snow with customers in Yunbai Mountain? It's obvious that he went to Hancheng to pick up a girl and then went to Yunbai Mountain. I used to think Zhou Yanci was focused on work, but I didn't expect him to be so good at flirting!"

Meng Yingrong's brows furrowed even deeper. How could someone make Zhou Yanci give up his work and accompany her to see the snow? Even on her birthday, Zhou Yanci could use the excuse that he was too busy at work!

The assistant interrupted, "If this happened a week ago, Mr. Zhou might have gone to see Miss Zhou, who was recording a show in Hancheng at the time!"

"You're not here to accompany your girlfriend!" Meng Xuanyu said with regret, "Damn, this guy is really awesome! He's actually going to work?"

Meng Yingrong's face changed slightly. Given the relationship between Zhou Yanci and Zhou Qingyu, it was impossible for them to be so close, but Zhou Qingyu had a restless best friend by her side.

Meng Yingrong: "Xingyao appointed a new VP a week ago. What was his name?"

Assistant: "It seems her last name is Yan, Yan Xi."

Because Zhou Qingyu is still the spokesperson for M Company, Meng and Yan Xi have contact.

Meng Yingrong asked again, "Was she in Hancheng at that time?"

The assistant was stunned for a moment, then quickly opened the computer to check and found that Yan Xi was there too!

Meng Yingrong suddenly realized.

Back in the Blue Studio, she dropped her eye mask, but Zhou Yanci picked it up. She should have realized something was wrong at that time. How many girls had thrown themselves into Zhou Yanci's arms before? What gifts had he not given her? Zhou Yanci just ignored it and threw it into the trash can. But he actually picked it up this time?

The little girl was so cunning. She used a piece of junk worth a dozen dollars to cheat her son into giving her a diamond bracelet worth 20 million dollars!

Meng Xuanyu finished playing the mobile game. He looked at the photo of Yan Xi on the screen and said, "Wow, she's a pretty girl. Zhou Yanci has good taste!"

Meng Yingrong sneered, "She just wanted to marry into a wealthy family! Yan Ci has too little experience, so she was deceived by such a woman!"

Meng Xuanyu narrowed his eyes and stared at Yan Xi.

Yan Xi is not a glamorous beauty like Zhou Qingyu. She is a pure little white flower. But when she wears a cool summer halter petal dress, her skin is so white that it shines, and she has an inexplicable pure desire.

Meng Xuanyu licked the corner of his lips greedily, "Mom, let me do this!"

Meng Yingrong said nothing, but looked at Meng Xuanyu deeply.

Meng Xuanyu is not serious about his job, but he is quite good at picking up girls. If he can get Yan Xi, Yan Xi will be Zhou Yanci's aunt in name. How can Zhou Yanci be with Yan Xi in the future?

Meng Yingrong said coldly, "Just play around, don't go too far."

"Don't worry, I know my limits!"

——

The next day, Yan Xi got up as usual.

Normally, when she got up, she would usually only see Zhou's father coming back from practicing Tai Chi. Zhou Yanci would go to work earlier, and Zhou Qingyu would get up even later.

But today, Zhou Qingyu and Zhou Yanci are both here.

Yan Xi drank sweet bean milk silently, while Zhou Yanci on her left was slowly cutting bacon and eggs, while Zhou Qingyu on her right was holding a sharp fork, staring at Zhou Yanci with her big eyes, and clinking her salad.

There is a clear distinction between carnivores and herbivores.

They were obviously not happy about it, but Zhou's father was happy, "Good! Good! This is how the family should be together!"

Yan Xi was totally confused.

Didn't the relationship between these two people ease up some time ago? Although after Qu Yan appeared, the two of them had a brief confrontation, but Qu Yan also left! Why are these two people at odds again?

Yan Xi glanced at Zhou Yanci, who had gotten up later than usual and probably slept for a while longer, so he looked quite energetic. Yan Xi then looked at Zhou Qingyu, who was yawning and drowsy. Her head swayed a few times, and she suddenly sat up straight, staring at Zhou Yanci intently.

Like...a kitten guarding its food.

Yan Xi whispered, "Do you want to go back and catch up on your sleep? You have dark circles under your eyes!"

Zhou Qingyu covered her eyes sadly and applied a tea leaf egg to her eye sockets. "Really? I have dark circles under my eyes?"

"Just a little bit." Yan Xi said, "But it was only ten o'clock last night after you worked out. Didn't you go back to sleep?"

Zhou Qingyu: "..."

She went back to sleep, but she couldn't sleep when she thought about Zhou Yanci coveting her best friend!

Normally, she would sleep until 10 in the morning, but this morning, she woke up at around 7, her heart pounding. So she went to the dining room and saw Zhou Yanci there, who had deliberately delayed coming to work by an hour!

A cunning man!

Yan Xi persuaded Zhou Qingyu, "You should go back to sleep. The photo shoot will be in the afternoon."

"No!" Zhou Qingyu insisted. She wanted to wait until Zhou Yanci went to work before leaving!

Zhou Yanci postponed work for an hour mainly because of the bracelet. If it was just a minor problem, Meng Yingrong would not have called him so late at night, and Special Assistant Sun told him that the M store suddenly worked overtime last night, and it was estimated that there was a problem with the quality of M's products.

After the meal, Zhou Qingyu's eyelids were drooping. She had barely taken a bite of a bowl of salad and was now lying on the table, drowsy.

Yan Xi called Aunt Zhang and helped Zhou Qingyu back to her room to catch up on her sleep.

Zhou Yanci waited in silence.

To be honest, it was hard for him to accept the gift he had given away. But if the bracelet had quality problems, it would be even worse to find out later.

"Yan Xi," Zhou Yanci called her, his eyes dodging, "M's designer contacted me and said that the bracelet was an unfinished product and there was still one step missing..."

Yan Xi suddenly realized that Meng Yingrong actually already knew about it?

Faster than she thought!

However, Zhou Yanci avoided her gaze, and it seemed that Meng Yingrong did not tell him the truth.

Yan Xi deliberately made trouble, "Zhou Yanci, do you regret giving me such an expensive bracelet?"

"That's not what I meant..."

"But I like it very much! This is the first time I have received such a beautiful gift..." Miss, I'm sorry! I can only kick you out for now!

Zhou Yanci was startled and his heart seemed to skip a beat.

She said she liked...

Zhou Yanci pursed his lips, with a faint smile in the corners of his eyes.

Yan Xi was wearing the pink diamond bracelet on her wrist, which set off her fair skin. She guarded the bracelet like a hedgehog, fearing that Zhou Yanci would snatch it away.

Zhou Yanci said helplessly, "I'll give you a better-looking one."

"I don't believe a man's lies!"

"Really, I'm not lying to you."

"Then bring me the new bracelet and I'll return it to you!"

Zhou Yanci thought about it and decided that even if the quality of the bracelet was problematic, it would not harm human health. It was probably because the quality of the diamonds was not up to standard. It was not a big problem for Yan Xi to continue wearing it.

"Wait until I get a better-looking one and exchange it with yours."

Yan Xi rolled her eyes. It was a pink diamond bracelet. With Zhou Yanci's ability, it would not be difficult for him to get a similar one in a short time.

This is important evidence, she must at least wait until the quality inspection is completed.

"I heard that red bracelets look better. I want one with red diamonds!"

Zhou Yanci smiled and nodded, "Okay."

Yan Xi pointed at the pink diamonds on the bracelet and said, "It can't be smaller than this diamond, and it can't be less than ten!"

Zhou Yanci rubbed Yan Xi's head and said, "I'll do whatever you say."

——

Afterwards, Zhou Yanci left the old house to go to work.

Looking at his receding back, Yan Xi breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Zhi will come over later and take the pink diamond bracelet to an institution for testing. If Zhou Yanci takes it back now, wouldn’t the acquisition plan be aborted?

The system was speechless: [Host, do you know how rare red diamonds are? A one-carat red diamond is worth tens of millions! There are only about 20 red diamonds circulating in the market that meet the standards! ]

Yan Xi blinked her eyes. "Are red diamonds so expensive?"

【It’s so expensive! 】

Then the system said, "But you want to hold your brother back, right? It's okay to say that, just hold him back!"

Yan Xi sighed, "What a mistake. Zhou Yanci probably guessed our plan."

【Why? 】

"I thought a red diamond would cost at most three to five million, so I could make things difficult for Zhou Yanci and delay him for three to five days. But if a diamond costs tens of millions, and I want ten of them! This is obviously not a normal request. I don't know the price of red diamonds, but Zhou Yanci must know it."

"Several hundred million is too expensive. Zhou Yanci will soon realize that I don't want the red diamond bracelet. I just don't want to return the one from M's house to him."

The system was annoyed, "I should have warned you earlier!" It suddenly changed the subject, "But what if brother didn't think too much and really got a bracelet like this?"

Yan Xi curled her lips, "He just had a tumor removed from his ankle, it's not like he has water in his brain!"

…

Half an hour later, Lin Zhi arrived at Zhou's house.

Yan Xi packed the pink diamond bracelet and handed it to her.

Last night, she had asked Lin Zhiqiao to pretend to be an ordinary customer and buy M's new products, and then sent them to the agency for inspection, recording the entire process to ensure the authenticity of the data. But it was too late yesterday and the agency had gone off work, so the inspection only started today.

Lin Zhi: "Yao Chi and I went to many counters, but not every store has a complete range of products. Some limited editions are not available in Haicheng, and they are mixing real and fake products. We don't know if what we bought is fake or not."

"It's okay, we still have the bracelet!" Zhou Yanci would know what happened, but by that time it was done and there was nothing he could do to help the M family.

Yan Xi asked again: "When can we get the results at the earliest?"

Lin Zhi: "I asked the agency, probably before get off work ends."

——

In the Rolls-Royce, Special Assistant Sun reported to Zhou Yanci the information he had found last night.

"In addition to the new products that were temporarily removed from the shelves last night, M has also recently contacted customers who purchased new products previously. There is a high probability that there are problems with their batch of new products."

Zhou Yanci flipped through the information, "Where is Meng Xuanyu?"

"Mr. Meng went to Macau a while ago and lost 100 million in the Macau Casino. But these two things seem to be unrelated.

. "

Zhou Yanci said coldly, "M's new autumn products this year are in charge of Meng Xuanyu."

Special Assistant Sun's eyes widened. "So Mr. Meng owed money from gambling and couldn't pay it back, so he cut corners and made the quality of this batch of new products poor?"

Zhou Yanci knew that this was not the case specifically because Meng Xuanyu had gone to Australia City last month and did not have the time to cut corners on the new product, but the general direction was similar to what Assistant Sun had guessed.

It was already quite good that Special Assistant Sun was able to find this information in one night. Zhou Yanci had only vague guesses at first, but seeing Yan Xi's attitude in the morning, he was sure that there was something wrong with M's products.

Yan Xi probably also knew about this and wanted to use this information to cause trouble.

Zhou Yanci: "Is there any news from my dad?"

Special Assistant Sun turned around and made a phone call. After a moment, he replied to Zhou Yanci, "Chairman Jay went to play golf, and he was accompanied by his financial advisor."

However, Assistant Sun was confused again, "Does Jay Chou's movements have anything to do with the M family?"

Zhou Yan did not answer, but curled his lips and his eyes were full of admiration.

Little girl, you have quite an appetite!

How old is she? How dare she swallow up a company of Meng's level?

Special Assistant Sun asked cautiously, "Boss Zhou, should we help the Meng family?"

"That's their own business," Zhou Yanci said indifferently. He no longer planned to clean up the mess for Meng's company, and this time was no exception.

"Please help me keep an eye out for some auction houses recently. I want to buy some red diamonds."

“How many?”

"Ten."

Special Assistant Sun swallowed his saliva. This thing is very expensive. Why did Zhou Yanci want ten of them?

"Mr. Zhou, are you sure?"

Zhou Yanci said with certainty, "Ten, each one must be over one carat."

——

Zhou's House

Zhou Qingyu went back to her room and took a nap. When she woke up, it was already ten o'clock.

She was going to try on a dress from M this morning in preparation for the Weibo Night in a few days. She had already tried on the dress once at the Blue Studio. It was a limited edition from M. She only tried it on for the style, and then took it back to M to have it altered to fit Zhou Qingyu's body.

Because of this incident, Yan Xi did not go to Xingyao this morning and stayed at Zhou's house to accompany Zhou Qingyu.

At 10:30, the M staff arrived at Zhou's house on time and delivered the revised dress. There were two sets in total, one for walking the red carpet and one for receiving the award in the backstage.

Usually, the designers of M company are the ones who deliver the dresses. They can adjust the size on the spot to see if there is anything wrong with it.

But today, in addition to the designer, Meng Xuanyu was also here.

Meng Xuanyu sat on the sofa in the cloakroom and pointed at the jewelry on the designer's tray. "I want to try on a set of jewelry. It's over 50 million! Of course I have to deliver it myself!"

Zhou Qingyu glared at Meng Xuanyu fiercely.

"Meng Xuanyu, you'd better behave yourself and stop causing trouble!"

Meng Xuanyu blew Zhou Qingyu a kiss, "How could that be?"

Then, the moment Zhou Qingyu walked into the fitting room, he immediately moved to Yan Xi's side.

"My sister whom I have never seen before~ She is so sweet!"

His hand restlessly hooked onto Yan Xi's shoulders and pinched her round shoulders.

Yan Xi was looking at some data on her laptop and looked at Meng Xuanyu when she heard this.

Meng Yingrong has good genes, and her son Meng Xuanyu is also a handsome man. The same action would be considered sexual harassment by an ordinary person, but would be considered flirting by a handsome guy.

"Mr. Meng, I'm working." Yan Xi shook off his hand.

Meng Xuanyu didn't give up at all and continued to put his arm around Yan Xi's shoulders. "Work is so hard, how much can you earn in a month? Follow me, and I'll support you."

The words "I will support you" are extremely charming, especially when they come from a handsome and rich man.

Meng Xuanyu has always been so direct when pursuing girls, and it always works.

Yan Xi understood that Meng Xuanyu was not coming to give her jewelry, but was coming for her.

Why? Because Meng Yingrong knew that she cared about Zhou Yanci before? She doubted her motives? Or did Meng Yingrong know that Zhou Yanci gave her a bracelet worth 20 million yuan and wanted to drive her away from Zhou Yanci?

I guess it's all of that, the rich mother playing the Cinderella role.

It’s just that the wealthy mothers in the novels all used checks to send Cinderella away, but Meng Yingrong actually wanted to use her eldest son to send Yan Xi away.

Yan Xi held her chin with one hand, "Mr. Meng, who wouldn't say 'I'll support you'? But this is just a blank check. You want to get me with this sentence? Am I too easy to pursue?"

Meng Xuanyu grinned.

He didn't mind Yan Xi's explicit behavior at all. Women approached him just for money and his skin, right? As a human being, it would be better to be simple.

He approached Yan Xi, "Sister, what do you want? I'll give it to you!"

Yan Xi smiled sweetly, and called the system frantically in her mind: "Tongzi! Help me contact Lin Zhi! See if she has any new products that she hasn't got yet! Now is the chance!"

The system was dizzy and didn't understand why the host was flirting with Meng Xuanyu, but it still controlled Yan Xi's phone and sent a message to Lin Zhi.

Lin Zhi replied immediately.

The system synchronized the message into Yan Xi's mind.

Yan Xi's smile became even sweeter. At this moment, Meng Xuanyu was not a scumbag in her eyes, but a big fat sheep that would spit out cotton automatically!

"Mr. Meng, I heard that your new lychee pattern bag is very beautiful, and there is also that lizard skin shoulder bag. I went to the store early this morning but couldn't buy it. Can you give it to me as a gift?"

Yan Xi's voice was sweet and soft, and Meng Xuanyu turned around dizzy when he heard it.

Depend on!

No wonder Zhou Yanci fell. She was so good and obedient that he was almost moved!

Anyway, the high-quality imitations are tagged with anti-counterfeiting codes, and Yan Xi, a country bumpkin, can’t tell the real thing from the fake. So what’s wrong with giving her a few more?

Meng Xuanyu was very excited, "Just wait, I'll ask someone to deliver the bag!"