Chapter 49: Parting on Bad Terms

  Qin Yue heard this and smiled slightly, her attention seemed to be all on Xia Qiu, her bright eyes were full of admiration, this was the feeling of being in love.

  Lin Zi Xian also appreciated Xia Qiu's sunny and refreshing personality. Just as he was about to respond, a loud voice came from outside the courtyard: "Which restaurant are we going to gather at? Don't leave me behind!"

  The sound of high heels echoed, and the three turned their heads to see Liu Yanzi running in with a smile on her face. Qin Yue chuckled and said, "Sister Yanzi, you're in a good mood! It seems like yesterday's work went smoothly." Then she whispered to Xia Qiu about Liu Yanzi's successful job hopping.

  Liu Yanzi was very pleased with herself, posing coquettishly, her beautiful legs crossed under her ultra-short skirt, and her hands also on her waist, exuding an aura of mature womanliness, saying with a smile: "You don't even see who this beauty is, everything's OK!"

  Xia Qi applauded and cheered: "Congratulations to Yan Zhi sister for successfully jumping out of the fishbowl, tonight is indeed worth gathering together."

  At this time, Tong Yunan walked over and said with some reserve: "Are you going out to eat tonight? Brother Lin bought a lot of dishes back in the afternoon, I've already cooked everyone's rice...". Her tone implied that it would be better for everyone to just eat at home.

  Lin Zile stood still, patted the horse's back and said: "Yun Nan's home cooking is better than outside, let's just solve it at home. Wait a moment, there will be good news to announce to everyone. Xia Qiu, if you two have a heart, go buy a bottle of wine and let's make some noise at home together."

  "Alright, I'll listen to Brother Lin. I'll go buy a bottle of wine and hear the good news from Brother Lin." Xia Qiujian smiled and stood up, but Qin Yue immediately got up and pushed him back down, laughing: "I'll go buy it."

  "Stop bustling about, why not use the readily available errand service?" Liu Yanzi waved her hand imperiously, pulled out her phone from her bag, dialed a number, and said: "Old miser, hurry back home for dinner, and remember to bring back a good bottle of red wine from your store... What? Heartache? Do you want me to pay for it? ...What are you mumbling about? Two bottles, I want two bottles... Can't I drink more if I want to? Don't try to cheat me with cheap stuff, and remember to bring back two bottles of drinks too, hurry up!"

  Bang, as soon as she hung up the phone, she sneered at everyone again: "That guy Li Mingcheng has a petty and stingy temper, just waiting for an opportunity to teach him a lesson."

  Everyone couldn't help but burst out laughing at the words. Qin Yue even walked over to hug her, laughing and saying: "His problem, I reckon only you can cure it."

  "That's it, and don't even look at who I am." Liu Yanzi brushed her short hair that reached her ears with a swagger.

  Everyone chatted and laughed for a while, and Li Mingcheng indeed brought back two bottles of red wine and drinks with a smile, flattering Liu Yanzi, and didn't forget to mention how good and expensive the red wine he brought was.

  Inside the house, Qin Yue helped Tong Yunan set up the bowls and chopsticks in the dining room, then came out to shout, and everyone immediately swarmed over, making a lively scene.

  After sitting around the table in the restaurant, under Liu Yanzi's urging, Li Mingcheng somewhat reluctantly opened two bottles of red wine and drinks, and poured them for everyone.

  Everyone raised their glasses to congratulate Liu Yanzi on her successful jump, and then couldn't help but ask Lin Zixian if he had any good news to announce.

  Lin Zi glanced at Tong Yunan and stood up, smiling: "I discussed with Yunan today, we're planning to partner up and open a clothing store together."

  Everyone was stunned, and they all looked at Tong Yunan for confirmation. Tong Yunan's face turned red, she hadn't expected the so-called good news to be this, and it wasn't even a settled matter yet, how could he have said it out loud?

  Little did she know, Lin Zixian was afraid that she would regret it afterwards, so he first made sure to make it public and then talk about it, leaving her no room for retreat.

  "It's not a partnership, it's Lin Ge's shop and I'm just helping him out." Tong Yunan hastily waved his hands to everyone.

  "Why not a partnership?" Lin Zixian said seriously to everyone: "I'm used to being lazy, and after the store opens, it will be completely managed by Yuner. I don't have the mind to interfere. So we've discussed it, I'll invest with funds, Yuner will invest with management, both sides complement each other's strengths and weaknesses. Does this count as a partnership?"

  Everyone was stunned for a moment, and naturally didn't want Tong Yunan to lose out, so they all nodded in agreement one after another: "Alright, alright."

  Everyone then expressed that such a big thing is worth cheering for, and for a time the wine cups clinked east and west, making quite a lively scene. Only Zhang Beibei occasionally cast glances at Lin Zixian's eyes, revealing a thoughtful tone.

  While eating and drinking, Li Mingcheng couldn't help but ask: "Lin Zixian, how big a clothing store are you planning to invest in?"

  He actually wanted to probe Lin Zixian's wealth, fearing that he would snatch the limelight of this Sakura Snow apartment's only 'big boss' in the end.

  "Not yet, I'm still looking around for a suitable storefront." Lin Zixian casually replied.

  Liu Yanzi, who was sitting opposite, suddenly seemed to think of something and bit her chopsticks, smiling at everyone: "Listen to me tell you a funny thing. Today is my first day working at the Ming Hua Group, and I discovered an interesting thing - our company's Deputy Head of Security, Lin Zixian, has the same name as Brother Lin."

  "Cough...cough..." Lin Zile's throat was filled with wine, but a sudden inhalation from his lungs forced it down, causing him to cough uncontrollably.

  "Is there such a coincidence?" Li Mingcheng looked at Lin Zixian with a suspicious face: "Lin Zixian, isn't it you?"

  Lin Zixian immediately said with some embarrassment: "Sorry, it's just me!"

  Everyone was stunned, but Liu Yanzi suddenly cut in and said: "Cut the crap! Although he's just a deputy director of the security department, that's still a mid-level manager at one of the country's top 100 enterprises, a genuine high-income earner. If you were really him, would you be here co-renting with us?"

  Everyone thought so, but Tong Yunan looked at Lin Zixian with a stunned expression. She had heard Lin Zixian mention it this morning and was still somewhat skeptical. Now that Liu Yanzhi said the same thing, she was certain that the two Lin Zixians were indeed the same person. So she thought to herself, no wonder he had money to invest in opening a store.

  "Do you know or not, this Vice Minister Lin is actually a legendary figure in our company, and everyone in the company knows him."

  Liu Yanzi laughed and gossiped to everyone: "Our company had a female general manager before, but she was actually beaten out of the Minghua Group by this Vice President Lin. I heard that she was even electrocuted with an electric baton and thrown out of the Minghua Group, her face was beaten into a pig's head."

  Everyone was shocked, and Xia Qiu scolded: "You hit women so ruthlessly, Yan Zhi, next time you meet him, be more careful."

  Lin Zixian was about to emphasize that he was indeed Deputy Director Lin, but after hearing this, he was shocked and speechless. Tong Yunan also looked at him in surprise...

  "Moreover, our general manager is a woman, and her boyfriend is the president of Shengqing Group, which is also one of the top 100 companies in China. Every day, he drives his sports car to send our general manager to work. Do you know what this Vice Minister Lin did? He actually led a group of security guards to smash the sports car of our general manager's boyfriend and even scolded our general manager in public! The whole company couldn't do anything about him. I heard he is now on paid leave. My colleague said that this Vice Minister Lin can be considered as half of the Minghua Group, don't you think he is awesome?"

  Li Mingcheng immediately slapped the table and asserted, "The matter is clear. This Vice Minister Lin is likely a relative of someone in your company's high-level management, or at least has some background. Yanzhi, when you encounter people like this in the future, it's best to steer clear."

  Lin Zi Xian heard the words and wanted to cry but had no tears, was he still talking about himself?

  It's not just Tong Yunan, even Zhang Beibei's gaze at Lin Zixian is a bit strange. If she didn't believe it at first, after hearing about the vice minister Lin hitting people and smashing cars, it seems to have some similarities with Lin Zixian who was beaten up at the school gate, and she starts to believe it a little.

  Liu Yanzi pointed with her chopsticks and said: "Lin Ge, do you still think that you and Deputy Director Lin are the same person now?"

  "Hmm..." Lin Zixian seemed to have experienced what it means to be intimidated by others, what it means to call a deer a horse, and what it means to distort facts. With a dry smile, he said: "Even if I were that Vice Minister Lin, I wouldn't be as arrogant as you described. Alright! I admit, I'm not the Vice Minister Lin you mentioned." After finishing speaking, he added in his heart, "Damn! What's going on here?"

  "Cut! I knew it wasn't you all along." Liu Yanzi looked down on her with disdain, and the chopsticks began to move towards the plate.

  Everyone was having a good time, eating and laughing, when Xia Qiu's phone suddenly rang. After looking at the caller ID, Xia Qiu signaled everyone to be quiet and then answered the call in a respectful tone: "Director Sun, hello!"

  A hoarse old man's voice came from the other end of the phone, saying with a smile: "Xia Xia, sorry about that! That order... something went wrong here and I'm afraid we can't do it for you."

  Xia Qi suddenly stood up and said urgently: "Director Sun, we have already signed the contract, you can't breach it!"

  Everyone immediately held their breath and listened intently with rapt attention.

  "Xiaoxia, you young man, I actually quite appreciate you. Young, clever, diligent, agile, and with a strong work ethic, just like me when I was young. There are some things that I might as well tell you frankly...!" The old man's voice became serious: "Xiaoxia, have you offended someone you shouldn't have? The pressure here is huge! How about this? You bring the person you've offended out, and I'll make an appearance to mediate. If it's possible, we can discuss a solution. Otherwise, why don't you just jump ship and come work for my company? I won't treat you unfairly."

  "Thank you, Director Sun, no need!" Xia Qiu hung up the phone directly and after a moment of melancholy, she forced out a smile and said: "I'm full, you guys take your time, I'll go rest first." She turned around and left for her own room.

  Qin Yue on the table bit her lip tightly, her face slightly pale, silently bowed her head and said: "I'm full too, you guys take your time." After finishing, she also left the seat and went upstairs.