Chapter 72 - Facing Another Setback

Once Li Qin Yao returned to B City, she was immediately buried under a pile of works. Because it was the first time that she had left her cafe for too long under Qing Kong's management, Li Qin Yao had to supervise to make sure that everything went alright.

Then, she had to prepare to meet a few potential investors, as well as meeting her new employees and work on the tender to win that piece of land. Just a few days ago, a few representatives from QL Group sent by Li Mu Bai had come to look at the land so that they can begin with the acquisition process.

In short, Li Qin Yao has been running back and forth between her cafe and QL branch company for a month. Fortunately, her grandfather had sent Liang Sheng to help her with everything.

Li Qin Yao was sitting in her cafe, with a stack of documents at her side when Liang Sheng walked in.

When he saw that Li Qin Yao was talking to Qing Kong, Liang Sheng went to the counter and ordered himself a cup of coffee before he sat down at an empty seat while he waited for Li Qin Yao to finish with her matters with the cafe.

While he waited, Liang Sheng took out the documents he brought with him and began to work.

It was a few minutes later that Qing Kong walked over to him and told him that her boss was ready to meet him.

Liang Sheng gathered his belongings and moved to the table where Li Qin Yao was sitting. He glanced at the empty coffee cups on the table and saw the tired look on her boss's face. One look at her face told him that Li Qin Yao had sacrificed her sleep last night for the project again.

"You're here," Li Qin Yao greeted him. "Sorry. You have to make a trip here. Do you need coffee?"

Liang Sheng pointed at his cup. "I already have a cup of coffee."

"Right," Li Qin Yao massaged the back of her neck as she looked at the emptied coffee cups. "I need more coffee."

"Miss Li, it's probably not a good idea to drink too much coffee," Liang Sheng reminded.

Li Qin Yao smiled at his words. She raised a hand and asked one of the waiters to take away the coffee cups, and asked for a cup of honey lemon water. When the waiter has left, Li Qin Yao turned to Liang Sheng. "Okay. What's your report?"

"The representative from headquarters has returned to Capital City," Liang Sheng immediately spoke. "Next week, the President will send another group of people to help us."

Li Qin Yao nodded. "The people I asked you to contact, did you meet them?"

"I've met Mister Ning just now and he had agreed to be involved with the project. The others have not given us their answer."

A light frown appeared on Li Qin Yao's face. She tapped the pen in her hands a few times against her notebook and made a plan to meet the others personally to convince them to work for her.

Liang Sheng hesitated for a while before he spoke again. "Miss Li, regarding the investors, it seemed that Mister Su from Axcess has decided to withdraw from the project."

Immediately, Li Qin Yao stopped tapping her pen when she heard the news. Her face turned a shade darker, and the frown on her face became more apparent. "Did he give any reason?"

"He said that his company was preparing to invest in another project. His people were not capable enough and he did not realize that they did not have any surplus budget to be involved with our project," Liang Sheng reported.

Li Qin Yao snorted as she heard the reason. There was no way that she would believe that the people from Axcess would be that careless.

This could only lead to one reason. Her Second Auntie, Zhao Wei has begun to make her move to stop her from succeeding. After all, Mister Su and her auntie were pretty close. They were old friends. It's just that, Li Qin Yao had thought that Mister Su would honor his promise on account of her grandfather.

She did expect that her second aunt will make things difficult for her, but she was not expecting that it would be this soon.

"It's fine." Facing another setback, Li Qin Yao was forced to stay positive. "We haven't sign anything in black and white with Axcess. There was nothing we could do about it. It looks like we will have to find more investors. I'll try to ask others."

The two of them sat and discussed for almost two hours. Just as Liang Sheng stood up to leave, the small bell at the door chimed, signaling that a customer had walked in.

The waiters in Lilium Cafe immediately greeted the new customer.

At this time, Li Qin Yao lifted her head and was surprised to see a familiar face. Her expression brightened up and she stood up. "Grandfather, how come you're here?"

That new customer was no other than Zhang Yu Han's grandfather, Zhang Jing.

However, upon hearing Li Qin Yao's question, Zhang Jing pulled a face. "What do you mean? Wasn't you the one who invited me to come and visit your cafe when I'm free? Now that I have some free time, I could not come and look for you?"

Li Qin Yao let out a nervous laugh. "Grandfather, that is not what I meant. Of course, I will always welcome you here. It was just that, I was surprised to see you here. I did not expect that an important person like you will visit my small cafe."

"I don't mind a small cafe, as long as the food here is good, then I would be happy," Zhang Jing laughed happily. He then turned to Liang Sheng who stood next to them. Instantly, a deep frown appeared on his face. Looking at him, one could tell that Zhang Yu Han inherited his piercing deep eyes from his grandfather.

Liang Sheng, who was facing Zhang Jing's intense gaze, began to sweat.

"And who is this?" Zhang Jing asked Li Qin Yao. "Your boyfriend?"

"Grandfather, don't joke around. I'm still single," Li Qin Yao said, laughing. "This is my assistant, Liang Sheng."

Liang Sheng bowed politely to the elderly man. Then, he turned to Li Qin Yao and excused himself.

Once Liang Sheng walked out the door, Li Qin Yao turned to Zhang Jing. "Grandfather, you came alone? Assistant Huo did not come with you?"

Zhang Jing snorted. "I came here to look for a chance to eat with him. Eating with someone who could not appreciate good food like him is not fun. It's better that I come to eat alone."

Li Qin Yao smiled. She held Zhang Jing on his arms to support him and was about to lead him to an empty table when Zhang Jing decided to sit at Li Qin Yao's table.

"It's fine. I'll just sit here. It's not like an old man like me take much space."