Liu Meijun and Nie Canghao, mother and son, ate lunch together in silence, while An Ran stood beside them to wait on them.
It was past one o'clock in the afternoon. She didn't feel hungry, but she didn't have any strength. At this time, she just wanted to lie down and take a nap. But as a maid, she was not qualified to lie down and rest while her master was eating.
When serving soup to Liu Meijun, An Ran accidentally spilled the soup and was scolded again.
"It's useless, it can't even serve a bowl of soup, what can you do if you are left here!"
An Ran lowered his head and silently stepped aside, holding back the tears in his eyes.
Nie Canghao glanced at her indifferently. He knew that she had hardly slept last night. She had not eaten anything since this morning and was already severely exhausted. It was not surprising that she had knocked over the soup bowl. But he had no intention of being soft-hearted, let alone
Spare her.
He is never lenient in punishing betrayals, and An Ran is no exception!
Just looking at her face as pale as paper and her shaky and fragile figure, he was inexplicably upset and angry. "Get out of here, don't affect your appetite here!"
An Ran turned around and left as if he had received an amnesty.
"Butler Wen," Liu Meijun was not willing to let An Ran go, and immediately ordered: "Pack up all the things of this little goblin and send them to the maid's room. She is not allowed to sleep in the young master's room again!"
Wen Hong responded. He had just taken two steps and saved something. He turned around and continued to ask Liu Meijun for instructions, but his eyes turned to Nie Canghao again. "Are the maids arranged for her to share a dormitory or a single dormitory?"
"Of course it's a full-room dormitory!" Liu Meijun ordered angrily, "Does this bitch deserve to live in a single-room dormitory?"
Wen Hong glanced at Nie Canghao, waiting for his opinion.
Nie Canghao continued to enjoy his lunch elegantly, as if he didn't hear anything.
Seeing that he had no objection, Wen Hong made arrangements according to Liu Meijun's instructions.
Ziyuan Villa, Nie Cheng's home.
Jiang Qin still broke the casserole and asked for the truth, determined not to save any dignity for Nie Cheng. "Why can Nie Canghao leak the secret? He held a press conference without consulting any of you. Didn't the confidentiality agreement bind him? He didn't have to.
Compensation for huge liquidated damages?”
Nie Cheng kept rubbing his painful temples and revealed the secret angrily: "At that time, I signed a five-year confidentiality agreement. Unless he completes the minimum limit of group expansion stipulated in the agreement in advance... He reached the minimum limit stipulated in the agreement last year.
The minimum amount target is not considered a breach of contract."
"So that's it!" Jiang Qin was immediately discouraged.
No matter how unconvinced she was, she had to admit that Nie Canghao, a bastard with unknown origins, was indeed a genius in business.
He achieved the goals set in the five-year plan in only two and a half years. The confidentiality agreement can only restrain others, but it cannot restrain him at all!
"Husband, what should we do?" Jiang Qin asked eagerly.
Nie Cheng straightened his clothes and calmed down. Just as he was about to speak, his phone vibrated.
He picked up the phone suspiciously and saw that it was Lu Renjie calling.
"Oh, Lu Renjie... isn't that the young master of the Lu family in Hong Kong City?" Jiang Qin was also a little surprised, because the Nie family and the Lu family had been at odds for a long time.
The Nie family and the Lu family were not only rivals in business, but they became incompatible with each other because of Bai Shiwei's betrayal three and a half years ago.
Nie Cheng kept his composure, made a silent gesture, picked up his phone and went to his study.
"Mom, why did Lu Renjie call dad?" Nie Weiwei asked in a low voice.
Nie Weiwei joined the group company earlier, so she naturally knew more about the internal situation of the company. She also knew that the Lu family and the Nie family had always had a hostile relationship. In this case, Lu Renjie called Nie Cheng
It seems a little subtle.
"Shh!" Jiang Qin made a gesture of silence. "Don't go out and talk nonsense. I'll go into the study and listen to what they are talking about."
In the study, Nie Cheng called back Lu Renjie's number. This time his tone was much gentler: "What do you want from me, Mr. Lu?"
"Haha, I don't want to be the boss, but I do have a very cost-effective cooperation project that I want to discuss with Mr. Nie." Lu Renjie obviously had the inside information about Nie Cheng's "unlucky situation", and he knew that the other party could only accept him at this time.
An olive branch.
Nie Cheng no longer had the same irreconcilable spirit as last time and asked, "Young Master Lu, what do you have to say? It's okay to say it."
"I came here specifically for Mr. Nie. Isn't it right to ask for a meeting?" Lu Renjie took the opportunity to ask for a meeting.
Nie Cheng was very embarrassed. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and hesitated to answer immediately.
Now that he has gained a bad reputation, if he is found to be involved with the young master of the Lu family again, it will only make his reputation worse. I am afraid that he will not even be able to enter the Nie Group's gate in the future.
But he really wasn't willing to let him admit defeat.
Reluctant to let go of his children, Nie Cheng decided to risk his life. "Young Master Lu has come all the way, so I should be your host. You can choose the time and place, I'll entertain you!"
Nie Cheng hung up the phone and was about to walk out of the study when he suddenly saw Jiang Qin standing there like a ghost. He was startled: "Why are you here..."
"I heard it!" Jiang Qin looked at him directly and said, "You cooperate with Lu Renjie..."
"Shh!" Nie Cheng wanted to cover her mouth. He quickly looked around and lowered his voice: "Can you say such things casually?"
Jiang Qin sneered and warned him: "You have something in my hands! If you dare to abandon your wife and daughter in the future, I will drag you to hell with you!"
Nie Cheng's expression changed, and he managed to maintain a calm tone: "Look at what you said, how could I do such a heartless thing."
"You have been able to hide an illegitimate child quietly for so many years. I am like a dead person who knows nothing! Let me tell you Nie Cheng, if you dare to abandon us three, you will be dead!"
Royal Capital International Hotel, luxury presidential suite.
Lu Renjie hung up the phone with a proud smile on his face.
Bai Shiwei came over and asked, "It seems that your cooperation with Nie Cheng is going very smoothly."
Lu Renjie's eyes flashed with annoyance, but he still maintained his gentle and trademark smile: "Nie Cheng used to pretend to be aloof in front of me, but now he has just stumbled in front of Nie Canghao, and he is much more honest."
"Nie Canghao is indeed not simple." Bai Shiwei was a little distracted. She had seen photos of Nie Canghao, and she was indeed very similar to Nie Qingyu. Except for the difference in his eyes, every other part was exactly the same.
These are a pair of identical twin brothers. Apart from their fingerprints, their blood types and DNA are exactly the same.
"It's really not easy! Both Nie brothers are the best among people, except for Nie Cheng." Lu Renjie leaned comfortably on the back of the leather sofa and smoked a cigarette.
He had a cigarette in his hand and was not in a hurry to get a lighter.
Bai Shiwei had no choice but to take the initiative to pick up a lighter and light a cigarette for him.
Lu Renjie took a puff of cigarette and continued: "Precisely because Nie Cheng is useless, we have to find a way to help him rise to power. Or...his illegitimate son can do it!"
When he learned that Nie Cheng had an illegitimate child, Lu Renjie immediately sent someone to investigate the details of the illegitimate child. He was relieved to learn that Nie Haiyan was a playboy who only knew about eating, drinking and having fun.
Regardless of whether it is Nie Cheng or Nie Haiyan, it is a very good thing for the father and son to be the CEO of Nie Group. He voted for it with both hands.
Bai Shiwei's beautiful eyes moved and reminded: "You seem to have forgotten that the woman the Nie brothers enjoyed together is also a good bait."
"Oh, you mean that woman named An Ran!" Lu Renjie blew out a smoke ring and nodded. "We have sent people to investigate..."
As soon as he finished speaking, his phone vibrated, and a new message popped up in his personal mailbox.
Lu Renjie laughed again: "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here!"
When he clicked on the email, Bai Shiwei leaned forward deliberately. She was very interested in the details of An Ran's investigation.
However, Lu Renjie pressed his cell phone intentionally or unintentionally, and since his phone had a privacy screen, she couldn't see clearly at all.
After watching for a while, Lu Renjie sighed: "This world is really small!"
Bai Shiwei asked pretending to be curious: "Have you met anyone you know?"
"Not only is she an acquaintance, but she is also my ex!" Lu Renjie turned the screen of his phone to show Bai Shiwei, "Do you recognize who she is?"
Bai Shiwei's heart skipped a beat and she blurted out: "Is she An Ran?"
"This is my ex-fiancée Sheng Manru!" Lu Renjie raised a hand and pinched Bai Shiwei's face, then said with a click of his tongue: "I abandoned her because of you. She is also a pathetic little girl!"
Bai Shiwei forced a smile and said, "What is the relationship between Sheng Manru and An Ran?"
"I heard that they are good friends now. If I want to find An Ran, Sheng Manru is the best person to start with." Lu Renjie did not shy away from his interest in Sheng Manru in front of his wife. "It seems that I have to go and meet him in person.