WSIDIILMBOCIR Chapter 14

Chapter 14: Mingfan’s Tricks

When Qin Yuanging returned, he gave Li Chongge a bag and a small basket of fruit that didn’t look very appealing.

“This is from my mom. She said the auntie at our house grew the fruit herself. It doesn’t look great, but it tastes okay. It’s all-natural.”

Li Chongge wasn’t polite; he took the things himself and put them on the seat.

“Thank my aunt for me. I should go in and say hello, but it’s a bit late today, so I won’t bother you. I’ll bring a return gift next time.”

“What’s in the bag?”

Li Chongge didn’t think Qin Yuanging, with his tiny bit of conscience, would remember to buy him a gift, but the bag was beautiful, with a delicate bow on the handle, looking quite formal.

It actually looked like a gift.

“Your shirt. Didn’t I borrow your clothes last time? The auntie at home washed it. I forgot several times, but I remembered it, so I brought it to you.”

Sure enough, it wasn’t a gift.

Li Chongge didn’t show any extra emotion. Disappointment or regret were well hidden.

“Okay, see you tomorrow.”

Qin Yuanging didn’t leave immediately. Only when Li Chongge’s Cullinan completely disappeared from his sight did he turn back in disappointment.

Actually, he didn’t really want to return it.

It wasn’t a dark and dirty desire to occupy something, but now it was difficult to see Li Chongge, and he occasionally needed to find a reason to call him openly.

Even if Qin Yuanging was rational and firm as iron, he occasionally couldn’t control the desire to see Chongge.

But Qin Yuanging allowed many uncontrollable things to happen to him, except for allowing this relationship that shouldn’t have grown in the first place to continue to “flourish.”

So tonight, he wouldn’t give himself another chance to regret it.

But not all of the fruit in the basket he gave Li Chongge was chosen by Yu Keci; he also had a hand in it.

When you like someone, you always want to do something for them.

Qin Yuanging felt he was very twisted, but he was helpless.

“Xiaoyuan, isn’t Xiao Chong coming in to sit down?”

Yu Keci and Qin Haoting were sitting in the living room drinking tea. Seeing him come back alone, she casually asked.

She had seen the friendship between these two children for more than ten years. Two years ago, Qin Yuanging ran to Canada without a word, and with those rumors from back then, Yu Keci had heard something. Although Yu Keci didn’t believe that Qin Yuanging would fall out with Li Chongge for a girl, even she, as a mother, couldn’t reasonably explain Qin Yuanging’s decision that day, let alone Li Chongge?

She was worried that Li Chongge would have some resentment, and she was really happy to hear that he sent Qin Yuanging back tonight.

Only Li Chongge was willing to tolerate Qin Yuanging’s willfulness.

Even if Yu Keci was sometimes blinded by maternal love, she sometimes had to admit that Qin Yuanging was indeed not someone to be worry-free about.

When he was a child, picky eating and being naughty were small things. When he grew older, he became bold and reckless, often “overtly agreeing but covertly disobeying” her lectures. Fortunately, there was Li Chongge as a role model, so he didn’t go astray.

“He came empty-handed today. How could he be embarrassed to come in and say hello? He said he would bring a return gift next time and come to visit you and Dad specifically.”

“This child is really polite. He doesn’t need to bring any return gifts. Next time, just drag him in. Mom will personally make soup for you to drink.”

With a “clang,” the small teacup in Qin Haoting’s hand fell on the tea table.

He looked innocently at Yu Keci’s obviously dissatisfied gaze and shifted his gaze with a smile.

Yu Keci’s cooking skills would make people wonder if she was trying to entertain guests or murder enemies.

Qin Yuanging followed up with a few words and sat on the sofa not far away. He casually changed the channel, but happened to tune into the Jing City financial channel.

Li Chongge’s handsome face, suddenly magnified on the TV screen, startled him, and the remote control in his hand fell to the floor, making a dull sound.

Qin Haoting looked over in response.

“Li Chongge is not simple. He has done a lot of projects with the government in the past few years. Now, with that resort area with Mingfan, if the government hadn’t intervened, Kewei wouldn’t have been able to get that land so easily.”

“Yes, he has always been very powerful.”

It could be said that Li Chongge was omnipotent in Qin Yuanging’s heart. From childhood to adulthood, whether in academics or career, Qin Yuanging could always seek help from him.

There were just some people who, no matter what they did, could do it best.

Qin Yuanging’s gaze didn’t move away from the TV. He didn’t know if the camera had captured Li Chongge again.

If so, he didn’t want to miss it.

Qin Yuanging finally arrived at the site of the resort area at about nine o’clock. Li Chongge had already arrived, with many people around him, not all of whom Qin Yuanging recognized.

But he recognized Du from Mingfan.

Secretary Liu saw Qin Yuanging from afar and came to pick him up, stepping on high heels, one deep and one shallow.

“Mr. Qin, have you had breakfast? There are cakes and coffee in the car. Would you like some?”

“No, thank you. Let’s go over.”

Qin Yuanging didn’t expect that he was the late one, and quickly walked towards the most crowded place.

“Have you had breakfast?”

Li Chongge’s first sentence was the same as Secretary Liu’s, and it was in public, which made Qin Yuanging very embarrassed.

It made him look like a child who couldn’t take care of himself.

Today was about business, and there wasn’t much time for them to exchange pleasantries. Soon, they got down to business.

But through a few words, Qin Yuanging deduced that the design companies present today were not only Chuanghui. There was also a design company called Lantu, which was backed by Mingfan.

Actually, it was understandable. Who wouldn’t want to make money from such a big project?

“Don’t worry, Mingfan doesn’t have the final say.”

Seeing that Qin Yuanging was a little distracted, Li Chongge slowed down and walked in a row with him, reassuring him in a low voice that only the two of them could hear.

But in reality, that wasn’t what Qin Yuanging was worried about.

In the first week of taking over Huichuang, Qin Yuanging had made a preliminary understanding of all the design companies in Jing City.

Huichuang wasn’t top-notch, but it was also an established design company with strength.

The design company that came with them today had been established for less than a year, and didn’t even have any decent works, but three months ago, they suddenly spent a lot of money to hire four or five well-known designers.

It was obvious that they were aiming for this resort area project.

Qin Yuanging even suspected that this design company wasn’t backed by Mingfan, but was simply created by Mingfan!

It didn’t matter whether Qin Yuanging took on this project or not, but Mingfan’s actions were really unethical.

Li Chongge felt his arm being pulled, very lightly. He lowered his eyes to look.

It was Qin Yuanging.

“I think there’s a problem.”

A few unobtrusive smiles appeared in Li Chongge’s eyes, and his voice was very soft: “I know.”

He knew exactly what tricks Mingfan was playing.