Chapter 31

Purpose for Choosing Him

Cheng Lang tapped his fingers lightly on the black marble table. “Cheng Gang has a big appetite. What has Chen Ru been doing recently?” Chen Ru was a blue blood. Even though she had been married for so many years, she was as imperious as ever. However, this pride had been pretty much chipped away by Cheng Gang’s constant cheating.

“Chen Ru is still thinking of ways to win Cheng Gang’s heart back. Her expectations of Cheng Xingyang are getting increasingly high. Cheng Xingyang’s performance has been pretty good these past few years. Chen Ru wants to use this opportunity to repair her relationship with Cheng Gang,” Jian Yaochuan reported.

Good results? How could a ne’er-do-well like Cheng Xingyang carry off the position of Director?

Cheng Lang pondered. He immediately thought of Xing Shu and his heart skipped a beat. “Give me her dossier.”

Jian Yaochuan was confounded. He immediately sorted out Chen Ru’s dossier and handed it to Cheng Lang. To his surprise, Cheng Lang took a glance and threw it into the trash can. “I meant Xing Shu’s dossier.”

Jian Yaochuan was momentarily stunned before sorting out the file hurriedly and handing it over to Cheng Lang. If it were anyone else, they would have started screaming long ago. Cheng Lang had been celibate all these years; he had never mentioned any woman, nor had any romantic relationships. Thus, when Jian Yaochuan went to Xing Shu’s apartment for the first time—he looked calm on the surface—he was extremely shocked in reality. He had thoroughly prepared himself mentally before he went to Xing Shu’s apartment so that he would not stare at Xing Shu when she opened the door. Now Cheng Lang wanted Xing Shu’s dossier—the first time Cheng Lang was interested in a woman other than business partners.

“This is Miss Xing Shu’s dossier. She’s very competent,” Jian Yaochuan added, but Cheng Lang’s face was emotionless.

Had he guessed wrongly? Did the President not care about Miss Xing Shu?

Cheng Lang looked at the dossier impassively. However, when he saw the words “Top Scorer of the National College Entrance Examination”, he raised his eyebrows slightly. He knew that the competition for the National College Entrance Examination was very intense. He had thought that Xing Shu’s results would be very good, but he did not expect her to be the Top Scorer. Her college results had been consistently excellent during her time in Beijing University. She joined Cheng Corporation Group immediately after graduation. However, when Cheng Lang saw her monthly salary of 50,000 yuan, he was slightly stunned. Notwithstanding Xing Shu’s academic excellence, the numerous deals she had closed after joining Cheng Corporation Group only earned her a salary of 50,000 yuan? The commission from those deals alone was enough to buy a house in the capital, wasn’t it?

Jian Yaochuan had also noted this. “I don’t know if this is Cheng Xingyang’s idea or Chen Ru’s. Miss Xing Shu’s salary has always been this amount.” Which outstanding graduate from other capital colleges did not draw a starting salary of a million yuan after joining a large corporation? Furthermore, most of the deals in the M&A Department were closed by Xing Shu, so Xing Shu’s salary… was really abnormal.

Giving Xing Shu a salary of 50,000 yuan should be Chen Ru’s idea, but Xing Shu acquiesced to it?

Cheng Lang’s eyes gleamed with interest when he thought of the well-behaved and sharp Xing Shu. “Does Chen Ru have something on Xing Shu?”

“That was my suspicion too. After a deep dive, I found that it had something to do with the Radiant Welfare Home where Miss Xing Shu grew up, before the age of 10. The term of the land—given by the government—that Radiant Welfare Home was sited on had expired. Logically speaking, it should have been auctioned again, but Chen Ru pulled some strings and delayed the date by five years.” The information Jian Yaochuan had dug up was very detailed. There was also information pertaining to Radiant Welfare Home. The term on that land had expired three years ago and several developers wanted to build hotels and amusement parks on it. The government had also wanted to put it up for a public auction but it was eventually left hanging.

Cheng Lang flipped through the dossier and thought of Xing Shu’s acceptance of the position of Director. A faint smile brushed his lips. “Won’t Xing Shu offend Chen Ru by accepting the position of Director? How would Xing Shu dare to return to Cheng Corporation Group when Chen Ru has this hold over her?”

Jian Yaochuan looked a little awkward. “Perhaps this is why Miss Xing Shu chose you, President.”

Cheng Lang instantly understood—Xing Shu had been scheming from the moment she hooked up with him.

“Miss Xing Shu is very smart. For Chen Ru to agree to postpone it by five years, she must have signed an agreement. Therefore, even if the two of them fall out, Chen Ru won’t be able to do anything to the Radiant Welfare Home’s land before the five-year deadline. As for what will happen after that, Miss Xing Shu hasn’t made any requests to you yet. Perhaps after the relationship is over, she will do it then.” Jian Yaochuan’s voice was very solemn. He was not too guarded in his words as he believed that Cheng Lang would not really indulge in affaire de coeur.