Chapter 1639: Chapter 1640: She Found Out
You suddenly realize, smiling at Wei Yingyue and say, "It’s an honor to be invited by a beautiful lady. However, I’ve already signed a slave contract, oh no, an employment contract. At least the one-month probation period has to be completed to show some integrity, don’t you think?"
Wei Yingyue nods, though she’s not sure what you’re capable of, she has never seen Li Qiyi being so harsh towards a man, and Cen Nong looking at you differently, that’s why Wei Yingyue chooses to wade into these troubled waters.
Of course, her subjective role plays a part, mainly because this is the second time she’s seen your back, which looks too much like Li Tian’s.
The first time might have been a coincidence, but the second? Definitely not!
Li Tian is a worry that weighs on Wei Yingyue’s mind.
To put it harshly, he is like a tumor growing on Wei Yingyue’s heart, his existence constantly threatening her life; but his absence seems like entirely removing her heart, making the current Wei Yingyue even more cold and extreme than before, to the point of being ruthless.
Now she conducts herself strictly by principles, disregarding affections. In a short time, every employee in the company is on thin ice, afraid of doing something wrong and getting fired.
Just this morning, Wei Yingyue fired one of the founding members of this fashion brand, who was also her high school classmate.
The reason was simple, because this person had secretly hinted for the third time that he liked Wei Yingyue, and to prevent this from happening again, she fired him directly. Even though over half of the people in the fashion company didn’t support and even opposed this, Wei Yingyue did it regardless and declared bluntly, "Anyone who speaks up goes with him!"
Some say Wei Yingyue swallowed all the powder kegs from a military district base, others say she’s in early menopause; anyway, rumors abound, but Wei Yingyue can’t hear them, nor would she care.
All of this is because of Li Tian.
About her impression and feelings towards Li Tian, Wei Yingyue’s timeline seems forever frozen on the day Li Tian left.
After learning of Li Tian’s death, Wei Yingyue habitually rises early to cook porridge every morning, but for some reason, she just can’t replicate the taste Li Tian gave her.
Before knowing Li Tian, Wei Yingyue often drove out for a spin and occasionally attended parties, but now, she spends more time at home, only showing a hint of a smile when facing her sister Liang Xinyue, other times, she almost wears a cold, stony face, which is how it came to be.
Many believe Li Tian is dead, after all, this is the information Wei Tong got, from within the military.
But for some reason, Wei Yingyue stubbornly believes Li Tian is still alive, just not knowing where he is.
Since the day she learned of Li Tian’s death, every night Wei Yingyue has dreams, where many scenes appear, each with Li Tian’s shadow. The only thing causing her pain is in the dream, she seems never able to get close to Li Tian, every time she wants to hold his hand, the dream shatters, waking her up, each waking time is different, sometimes even in the middle of the night.
However, after seeing Li Jiu’s back last night at the square, from closing her eyes to opening them, surprisingly not a single fragment of a dream, as if she briefingly closed her eyes and it was daylight upon opening them, only feeling a few minutes had passed.
This feeling hadn’t been felt in a long time, at least not since the time she learned of Li Tian’s death.
So, Wei Yingyue stubbornly believes this Li Jiu in front must be connected to Li Tian somehow.
Especially just now, Wei Yingyue found Li Jiu’s back almost identical to Li Tian’s, her female intuition tells her, this Li Jiu could very well be Li Tian.
As for the news of Li Tian’s death, Wei Yingyue thinks Li Tian must have executed some very important mission, requiring him to change identities.
That’s why Wei Yingyue unusually said something akin to recruiting you.
Of course, Wei Yingyue will not startle the snake in the grass, if it really is Li Tian on an important mission, she could very well cause the mission to fail, even endangering Li Tian’s life.
As you and Lan Weiwei leave, the eager-to-know-the-truth Wei Yingyue still holds her composure, finding a relatively secluded place to sit down, and orders two dishes.
Cen Nong and Li Qiyi are not far from Wei Yingyue, although the two speak softly, Wei Yingyue has learned lip reading, instantly reading their conversation.
"Little Yun, I think what you’re doing is a bit beneath you. After all, you tested Li Jiu’s abilities yesterday, and making a Yale University honor student manage the warehouse, if word gets out, our group’s reputation will be affected."
Li Qiyi, expression calm, tone cold: "CEO Cen, I’m doing this purely from the group’s perspective, this man’s appearance is way too eerie. Of course, if speaking from a personal standpoint, if you have feelings for him, I naturally have no right to stop you from pursuing your happiness, just that I hope you’ll still consider the bigger picture."
Cen Nong slowly lowers her head, takes a sip of her drink.
Li Qiyi continues, "If purely from a personal standpoint, I personally suggest firing Li Jiu, referring him to another company, so even if you two eventually get together, it won’t involve group internal secrets. Meanwhile, during this process we can also test if he entered the group with ulterior motives."
Cen Nong still doesn’t speak, at this moment she no longer carries the sharp demeanor of a businesswoman, completely like a girl caught in love.
Li Qiyi says no more, she turns to look at Wei Yingyue, Wei Yingyue then picks up a wine glass, gently swaying the blood-like red wine towards Li Qiyi, opens her red lips, elegantly sipping the wine in the glass.
In that moment, Wei Yingyue laughs, laughs in her heart.
If earlier she was sixty percent confident Li Jiu was Li Tian, then now it’s definitely seventy percent!
Wei Yingyue knows Li Qiyi’s personality too well, this person does things flawlessly, extremely rigorous. It’s exactly because of this, Cen Nong habitually lets Li Qiyi handle Haitian Investment Group’s investment plans involving over a billion dollars.
Although Wei Yingyue doesn’t know why Li Qiyi rejects this Li Jiu so much, from her words, Wei Yingyue extracts one piece of information, that is Li Jiu joining Haitian Investment Group must be with some other intent. However, what his purpose is, Wei Yingyue doesn’t know nor care. Right now she is only quietly contemplating how to naturally approach Li Jiu and confirm a hundred percent silently that he indeed is Li Tian.
"Li Jiu, you just wait!" Wei Yingyue vehemently shouts in her heart.