CH 75.1

In the coffee shop, Liu Huan sat across from Shen Zhen. The atmosphere between the two was a bit awkward. To be precise, Shen Zhen was probably the only one who felt embarrassed. His fingers were on the coffee cup. Although his face was expressionless, the look in his eyes was a little dazed.

Shen Zhen opened his mouth: “Mr. Liu…..”

Before he finished speaking, Liu Huan suddenly said, “I’m speaking the truth.”

Shen Zhen: “…..”

Liu Huan added: “One of my strengths is that I never tell lies.”

Shen Zhen nodded stiffly: “It seems that I can’t accept Mr. Liu’s kindness. I’ll take my leave first.”

Liu Huan said with a smile: “Don’t be so nervous, business is business, private is private, I’ve always distinguished business and feelings. Mr. Shen, please sit back down again.”

Shen Zhen looked at Liu Huan’s face, and finally sat back down.

Liu Huan: “I don’t care about Mr. Shen and Qin Yue’s feud, or any love-hate relationship, nor have I thought about minding it. What I want are the shares in Qin Yue’s hands. If Mr. Shen agrees, we can confirm the cooperative relationship, right?”

Shen Zhen raised the coffee cup to his mouth and took a sip. He still didn’t like coffee very much and didn’t like the taste.

“Does Mr. Liu know how much investment a chain shopping mall needs?” Shen Zhen asked.

Liu Huan nodded: “Of course.”

Shen Zhen stood up and reached out to Liu Huan: “Happy cooperation, Mr. Liu.”

Liu Huan shook Shen Zhen’s hand and smiled at Shen Zhen: “I will be asking Mr. Shen for more advice in the future.”

Shen Zhen withdrew his hand. Although Liu Huan didn’t make any unnecessary movements, he didn’t let go the whole time either. So Shen Zhen could only pull back by himself.

“Where does Mr. Shen live? I’ll take you back?” Liu Huan stood in front of the table. His figure was very similar to Qin Yue’s, but he looked a little thinner, unlike Qin Yue’s muscular physique.

Shen Zhen: “No need to bother Mr. Liu, I will go back by myself.”

Liu Huan followed behind Shen Zhen: “Don’t be so polite, I have time anyway.”

Shen Zhen: “I have a lot of things to do and I’m in a hurry.”

Liu Huan: “Then even more I should drop you off.”

Shen Zhen couldn’t bear it anymore: “I have my own vehicle.”

Liu Huan said seriously: “You can call a substitute driver, may I call for you?”

Shen Zhen stood still, looking at Liu Huan seriously with dark eyes: “Mr. Liu, you are that idle?”

Liu Huan: “Indeed I am quite idle. If not, I wouldn’t offer to send you home, right?”

Shen Zhen didn’t want to be entangled by him: “You said just now that business and private are clearly distinguished.”

Liu Huan: “It’s quite clear, you see, we’re done talking business, now it’s private time, isn’t it?”

“I think I should be able to decide whether I can pursue you in my private time?”

Shen Zhen had never met such a straightforward person in his life, and said helplessly: “Mr. Liu, if you like hunting for prey, I think there will not be a lack of people who meet your standards. Also, I have a lover now. Your pursuit is harassment to me.”

“You’ve even used honorifics.” Liu Huan rubbed his chin and said with a smile, “I’m not in a hurry, we can take it slowly.”

After the two parties parted ways, Liu Huan called his secretary: “Didn’t you say he was single?”

Secretary: “Yes, I checked. Except for his secretary who is a woman, all of the people around him are men, and there are no women who are usually close to him.”

Liu Huan: “What about the men?”

The secretary laughed: “You think everyone is queer like you, how can there be so many queers?”

Liu Huan: “I’m warning you, if you call me queer again, I’ll deduct your salary.”

Secretary: “Okay, Comrade Liu, there are not so many homosexuals in this world.”

Liu Huan: “There is a problem with your thinking. Are you homophobic? A lot of homophobes are actually deep in the closet. Don’t fall in love with me.”

Secretary: “To be able to fall in love with you is really a virtue accumulated in eight lifetimes.”

Liu Huan: “Go and find out carefully what is the relationship between Shen Zhen and Qin Yue before.”

Only then did the secretary come to his senses: “Are you suspecting? No way!”

Liu Huan: “The previous relationship between Shen Zhen and Qin Yue may not be as simple as playmates.”

Secretary: “…..Dang, you became interested in Qin Yue’s current lover before, and now you are interested in his ex-boyfriend. I’m afraid you have an enmity with Qin Yue, right? What kind of deep hatred is this?”

Liu Huan: “Talk normally, how can there be a first come first serve in regards to emotional matters?”

Secretary: “…..That’s really scummy of you.”

Liu Huan: “A little virgin like you knows nothing.”

Secretary: “Hehe, I’m afraid if I take it out it might even be bigger than yours.”

Liu Huan: “I don’t have time to talk smack with you, go check it out.”

The secretary hung up the phone.

Sitting in the car, Liu Huan looked at the group photo of Qin Yue and Shen Zhen stored in his mobile phone. This was probably a photo of them attending an event together a few years ago. Qin Yue in the photo looked like a lively boy, smiling wide and showing white teeth. Shen Zhen was beside him, but smiled very shyly, although Shen Zhen’s eyes were facing the camera.

But Liu Huan could tell that Shen Zhen’s body was leaning towards Qin Yue, and it seemed as if he would pounce on Qin Yue in the next second.

No wonder Shen Zhen was so ruthless. Sure enough, something must have happened before.

Liu Huan turned around and called Su Shiqing again.

“Have you decided to move out?” Liu Huan had always pretended to be gentle and mature with Su Shiqing.

Su Shiqing’s voice was very sweet: “I’ve thought about it for a long time, and I decided to move out. I think Ah Yue and I need time to calm down and find our feelings for each other again.”

Liu Huan: “When are you going to move? I’ll bring you the key.”

Su Shiqing said softly, “Is the day after tomorrow okay?”

Liu Huan smiled: “Okay, in the morning?”

Su Shiqing: “En, at ten o’clock in the morning, Ah Yue happens to be in the company at that time.”

Liu Huan: “Okay, I’ll ask the secretary to bring it to you when the time comes.”

Su Shiqing suddenly spoke hesitatingly, “You…..won’t you come over yourself?”

Liu Huan: “Want to see me?”

Su Shiqing didn’t speak, and continued after a few seconds: “If it’s convenient for you…..”

Liu Huan’s voice became more gentle: “Since you have already spoken, I will definitely come over in person.”

Su Shiqing seemed relieved: “That’s good.”

After hanging up the phone, Liu Huan put away his smile.

Although Su Shiqing was very interesting, it seemed that he was too easy to catch. He had practically lost interest in Su Shiqing by now.

He had always been like this, whenever he had his eyes on someone, he always spent his time in pursuit, making people feel that even if they wanted the moon, Liu Huan would desperately pluck it out of the sky and give it to them.

But once Liu Huan was about to succeed, he no longer felt interested.

According to him, the fun was basically lost.

Now that he was interested in Shen Zhen, and Su Shiqing took more initiative, Su Shiqing would naturally take a seat back.

Liu Huan leaned back on the chair, and said to himself: “It seems that this Qin Yue is quite lucky, but his brain just isn’t so good.”

Qin Yue, who had a bad brain, was not in a good mood recently. He was sitting in the conference room, and the people below dare not show even breath too loudly. The company’s operation was in a mess, and several projects that were originally to be worked on had problems one after another cropping up.  Qin Yue hadn’t been to the company for more than a month. When he finally did come to the company, he ended up facing a lot of problems. Naturally, he would start to pursue the responsibility.

“You have seen the recent turnover.” Qin Yue crossed his arms over his chest, “Is there anything you want to say?”

No one spoke, and almost everyone lowered their heads. The company started to become chaotic after Qin Yue poached people, and after he poached them, he then fired them. Some of them downstairs in protest and some went to the Labor Bureau to sue them. The management was overwhelmed with a lot of things, and now Qin Yue, the instigator, held them accountable, so everyone’s expressions were not very good.

These managers were all people with work experience and achievements under their belts. They were recruited by Qin Yue at the beginning because Qin Yue offered high wages, promised good conditions, and Qin Yue himself had a good attitude, otherwise they would not have jumped ship.

So they still had confidence on their side.

Qin Yue asked again, and someone suddenly said, “CEO Qin, do you know when the company’s turnover began to decline?”

Qin Yue looked at the person who was talking, with an uncertain expression: “Go on.”

That person: “Since you decided to poach people from Huitong.”

“Huitong does not compete with us in the same industry.”

“Nor did they compete with us for any resources. In other words, the well water does not interfere with river water. They did not block our way, nor did they have any conflicts with us.”

“Real estate is not our main business, why do we have to start a fight with Huitong?”

“CEO Qin, your personal feelings have affected the company, do you admit it?”

Qin Yue’s face was so dark ink could be squeezed out, but he still nodded and said, “I admit it.”

The man: “So can you give us an explanation and tell us why we must go against Huitong?”

Qin Yue: “Why should I give you an explanation?”

Everyone: “…..”

Qin Yue was probably so angry he couldn’t help feeling amused: “Don’t I pay you a salary? What loss do you have?”

The man: “CEO Qin, it cannot be put that way. If it wasn’t for the betterment of the company, why would I say these things? Wouldn’t it be good to just continue to do what I’m doing and get the same salary as before? What’s the situation in the company now? The people’s hearts are unstable, everyone is feeling very uneasy, many employees under my management say they want to change jobs, want to leave, so should this situation be ignored?”

Qin Yue was very annoyed: “Then tell them to leave! If I offer such a high salary, would I not be able to hire more people?”

Everyone knew that Qin Yue was telling the truth, but the more truth it held, the more chilling it was.

Of course, there would be no shortage of prospective employees aiming for the high salaries, but the corporate culture of a company was always supported by old employees. If the employees had no loyalty to the company, how could they grow bigger and stronger?

The man finally didn’t know what to say, so he could only say dejectedly, “You pay the salary, what to do, you decide.”

Qin Yue was also feeling uncomfortable. He twirled the pen in his hand and said to the person with the head down: “Focus on the inside of the company first, let them go if they want to leave, and keep those who want to stay. The company’s rules and regulations should also be re-enacted, and then act according to the rules and regulations. If you have any questions, contact my assistant and ask him to report to me. Is there any problem?”

Everyone: “No problem.”

Qin Yue: “Then let’s end the meeting.”

Everyone came out in a file, with very ugly expressions on their faces.

The person who spoke against Qin Yue rolled his eyes and whispered, “I want to see how long this company can last and when it will collapse. The boss’s mind is muddled, and no matter how capable the people below are, it’s useless, after all, the decision-making power is in his hands.”

The person next to him said: “Don’t say anymore, just keep your eyes open during this time, see if there are any suitable companies, then contact them first.”

That person: “I want to go to Huitong.”

The person next to him was surprised: “No way? Isn’t that slapping CEO Qin in the face?”

The man sneered and said, “I think Huitong is pretty good. We poached their employees, but you don’t see Huitong in a mess.”

The person next to him just said, “Just make sure to think it over some more yourself.”