inspire-indiana Chapter 24 At least 5 million
Chapter 24 At least 5 million
Upon hearing Cheng Shuyan's words, Yunzhi was stunned. She met Cheng Shuyan's gaze, and this man, who was always gentle in front of her, revealed a slightly forceful look at this moment, leaving Yunzhi nowhere to hide.
Yunzhi frowned absurdly.
Cheng Shuyan had always been silently by her side. Yunzhi knew what he was thinking, but she never accepted his advances.
Because her goal has always been Ye Chengyan.
I don't have much time left to stay in this time and space, so why waste these feelings?
These things never belonged to her.
Yunzhi now understands that she has always been an outsider in this world.
She operated outside the rules, so when the real female lead returned, everything she had built was back to square one.
"I'm sorry." Yunzhi lowered her eyes, not even daring to look at Cheng Shuyan's expression.
After a moment of silence in the room, Yunzhi heard Cheng Shuyan chuckle softly beside her.
"Zhizhi, you've misunderstood."
Cheng Shuyan still had that gentle smile on his face, which made Yunzhi look up in surprise.
What does it mean?
"I wanted to ask if you could pretend to be my girlfriend for a moment, not really..." He paused, his throat bobbing as if he were swallowing some emotions.
"They're not really with me."
Even as he said that, the hand he was resting on his leg tightened slightly.
Despite knowing what answer he would get, Cheng Shuyan still chose to ask in this way.
Just what if, just what if there's even the slightest possibility?
Yunzhi was truly confused now: "What?"
Cheng Shuyan clenched his fist and pressed it to his lips, coughing lightly twice, somewhat embarrassed.
"You heard it just now, the old man has been wanting me to go back. Actually, the reason I left home in the first place was because my family was pressuring me to get married too much."
These were things Yunzhi had never heard Cheng Shuyan mention before.
Cheng Shuyan continued.
"It's just that the old man is really old, and his birthday is coming up soon. I want to take this opportunity to go back, but I don't want to be pressured into marriage by my family, so I want to find someone to pretend to be my girlfriend to appease my parents."
His voice was soft, and there was a hint of helplessness in his eyes.
"After searching around, I still wanted to trouble you. I feel more comfortable with you around, and we know each other well, so it won't be exposed later."
Seeing that Yunzhi was staring at him without saying anything, Cheng Shuyan seemed a little embarrassed and quickly said, "It was my fault for being so abrupt. Actually, this matter..."
"Okay." Yunzhi nodded directly, catching Cheng Shuyan off guard.
Yunzhi laughed: "I can help you deal with it. You've helped me so many times, I should repay you."
this is the last time.
Perhaps from now on, he and Cheng Shuyan will have no further connection.
Cheng Shuyan looked pleasantly surprised. He smiled gently, his handsome eyebrows and eyes relaxing like a spring breeze.
Yunzhi remained calm.
When are we going? Is there anything I need to prepare?
Just like the tasks assigned to her by the system, she had long since mastered them.
Suddenly recalling everything she had done to win over Cheng Shuyan, Yunzhi raised the corners of her mouth.
What a waste of her youth and passion.
"How come you're even more enthusiastic than me?" Although he didn't show it on his face, Cheng Shuyan's aura seemed to have subtly changed, and he even teased Yunzhi, "You should rest well first, there's no rush for this."
Yunzhi sighed. Just then, her phone, which was on the bedside table, rang. She turned her head and saw that it was Ye Chengyan's number.
Although she had deleted the person from her contacts, Yunzhi already knew this number by heart.
Yunzhi pursed her lips, pulled up the blanket, and lay down.
"Hey bro, can you hang up this harassing call for me?"
"Okay, you get some sleep." Cheng Shuyan's lips twitched slightly, and she hung up the phone.
……
In the conference room of the Ye Group.
After receiving the call, Ye Chengyan rushed to the company, only to be greeted by a complete mess.
"How could such a perfectly good project suddenly run into problems!" Ye Chengyan was furious. This project was extremely important to the company. They had already reached an agreement and were just about to sign the contract when their partner was poached.
Isn't this like the duck that was about to be eaten flying away?
The project manager had a long face. Without the project, he would be the first to bear the brunt of Ye Chengyan's anger. He knew that speaking out about this would not do him any good, but he had no other choice.
"Mr. Ye, it seems someone has reported that the materials we used in our engineering contract are of substandard quality and pose a very high risk, which is why our partner chose to terminate the cooperation."
As he spoke, the project manager handed a stack of documents to Ye Chengyan. Ye Chengyan glanced at them and his expression turned even uglier.
The project manager was trembling with fear, bracing himself for Cheng Shuyan's wrath.
Snapped!
Ye Chengyan slammed the documents on the table, his temple veins throbbing.
He couldn't understand what was written in the documents at all, which made him wonder if he had been secretly plotted against by someone in connection with this so-called report.
In the past, Yunzhi would always be by my side during meetings, and she would review all the documents.
Ye Chengyan suddenly remembered Cheng Shuyan's sarcastic remark at the hospital earlier that day: "A good-for-nothing who can't even read a word."
His expression became increasingly distorted, and he crumpled the document in his palm into a ball of waste paper.
"How much will the company lose if this project cannot continue?"
The project manager swallowed hard: "After calculation, it's at least 1.5 billion!"
"What did you say!" Ye Chengyan growled.
1.5 billion?
These losses are enough to bankrupt a medium-sized enterprise.
"The company doesn't have much cash flow available right now. If we want to fill this 1.5 billion gap, we have to sell company shares and raise funds."
Stacks of documents were placed in front of him, but Ye Chengyan felt as if they were written in a foreign language. The only thing he could understand was the continuously falling company stock price on the computer next to him.
A ruthless glint flashed in Ye Chengyan's eyes. He left the conference room and slammed the door shut, startling the employees present.
"It's over, the sky is going to fall this time."
Cheng Shuyan stood in the corridor and called Yunzhi directly. Yunzhi owned shares in the company and was involved in its management. She had also been in charge of this project for a period of time, so Cheng Shuyan needed to see her now, not only for the documents, but also because he urgently needed a translator.
The phone continued to ring.
Ye Chengyan was certain that Yunzhi would answer the phone; she had never refused him, no matter what she was doing.
If Yunzhi were to come to the company now and help him resolve this crisis, he would forgive her.