The Pei Yan family came to their senses and became serious.

For him, Chen Xiaomin wanted to use him to trigger internal strife in Hengxin. He also wanted to use this opportunity to get Hengxin through the support Chen Xiaomin gave him.

When Lin Yilan and Chen Xiaomin were chatting in the resort pavilion, he kept thinking about what Chen Xiaomin said to him, as well as his mother's situation back then.

Even though he knew that there was a lot of moisture in Chen Xiaomin's words, what Chen Xiaomin told him about his mother was quite different from what he had investigated.

It’s just that Chen Xiaomin told a lot of details that he didn’t know.

He didn't care how many details were true or false. For him, Chen Xiaomin's words touched him and made him decide to start the plan to alienate his grandfather in advance.

If you don't want to protect even the people you like, you need the strength to compete with others.

The Pei Yan family knew very well that regardless of whether he would be with Lin Yilan in the future, Lin Yilan could not be influenced by the Pei family because of him.

After swearing secretly in his heart, he looked at Lin Yilan who was sitting next to him and staring at him.

"If it were you, what are you going to do?"

Lin Yilan leaned back in the chair, folding her hands on her chest, "If I were you, and Chairman Chen used me, I might also use him. Use him To achieve their own goals and fight for their own interests."

Pei Yanjia nodded, "What a coincidence, I thought so too."

He turned around and put his hand on the back of the chair, "I am actually more powerful than myself. I'm worried about you. We can guess what Mr. Chen thinks about me, but it's safe. But what about you? He always pursues killing two birds with one stone, and even if he can achieve multiple goals through one thing, it would be even better. "

It's impossible for him to put so much effort into involving you in the project just for me and Hengxin. He probably also wants to achieve another purpose through you, and the only way to achieve this purpose is to start with you." Lin

Yilan pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed.

She knew that rich people had many twists and turns in their stomachs, but she didn't expect it to be so complicated.

A church project involves plotting against Hengxin's infighting, trying to please his wife, and plotting against her.

After finishing this church project, she will probably have to take a long break to recover.

This project is the most troublesome she has ever done.

And this was just the beginning. She hadn't officially accepted the job, and there were so many things going on. It was completely predictable how lively it would be next.

"What are you going to do?" Seeing that she didn't speak, the Pei Yan family asked in a low voice, "Do

you need my help?" Lin Yilan shook her head, "I don't need your help for the time being, I will see to it myself. If I need your help, I will tell you."

For her, since Chen Xiaomin wants to use her, she must use her back.

Through Chairman Chen and the church project, we took the opportunity to deal with the Liao family.

Thinking of this, Lin Yilan suddenly remembered that Conway also called the hotel on the day she was almost kidnapped.

I didn't have time to call him back at that time, so I happened to go back and give him a call today.

Gary was sitting in the passenger seat and looked through the rearview mirror of the car, looking at the two people sitting in the back seat. He didn't know what was going on. The two people hadn't said a few words yet, but why did the atmosphere become silent.

The bad atmosphere is not only in the car, but also in the tea room.

"...Chairman, I'm sorry, I didn't do what you asked me to do well."

After speaking, the assistant bowed deeply to Chen Xiaomin.

The bending angle is definitely more than 90°.

Chen Xiaomin stopped cutting the cigar. He played with the scissors in his hand, looked at the chopped cigar, and sighed.

"Tell me, why did you fail at such a simple thing?"

The assistant closed his eyes and still didn't lift his body. "It's because I haven't changed my mind, or it's the way I used to treat other mainlanders and treat Miss Lin. It's also me. You underestimated Miss Lin."

Chen Xiaomin nodded, took the scissors off his fingers and threw them on the table.

The assistant breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the sound of iron falling onto the table.

"Chairman, don't worry, I will definitely find a way to talk to Miss Lin again." The assistant quickly added.

Chen Xiaomin shook his head and threw the uncut cigar into the trash can.

He has always had high demands on everything, whether it is for himself or his subordinates.

So when he asked his assistant to test the relationship between Pei Yanjia and Lin Yilan, he also tried it himself.

While chatting with the Pei Yan family, he kept setting traps for the Pei Yan family.

Although he could not confirm the progress of their relationship, he could tell that the Pei Yan family should like Lin Yilan very much.

For him, his goal was almost achieved.

"There's no need to talk." Then, Chen Xiaomin looked at the assistant and added, "Don't come forward now, otherwise the Pei Yan family and Miss Lin will doubt you."

The assistant nodded, "Then I'll find someone to test it out. "No need .

" Chen Xiaomin threw the cigar to the ground. "No need to test them. They have a good relationship."

The assistant's heart skipped a beat when he looked at the cigar rolled to his feet, but what he said next was. At that statement, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Xiaomin took out a cigar from the drawer again, and while holding the scissors, he joked: "You didn't see the way Pei Yanjia looked at Lin Yilan just now. I know best what kind of eyes a man looks at when he likes a woman."

" But... I never saw that the Pei family could be in love. It seems that the Pei Yan family inherited this from his mother." He threw the matchbox at the assistant's feet.

Then, he held the cigar in his hand and placed it in front of the assistant.

The assistant immediately picked up the matchbox, struck a match, and bent down to light the cigarette in Chen Xiaomin's hand.

Then, he quickly bent his waist back to 90°.

Chen Xiaomin patted his assistant on the shoulder with satisfaction, "Get up, what does it look like to be bent over all the time."

The assistant looked at Chen Xiaomin with a smile and gratitude, "Thank you, Chairman."

Chen Xiaomin held a cigar in his mouth, picked up the teapot, and continued I drank the unfinished tea.

"When I was chatting with the Pei Yan family just now, you would have been disappointed."

He took off the cigar from his mouth, took a sip from the tea cup, and tsked, "Didn't you see me and that boy from the Pei Yan family? After talking about his mother, he said that if he didn't want the person he liked to go to the wrong place, he must have the ability to fight against the Pei family. "

Tsk, tsk, tsk, old man Pei probably didn't expect that ." The grandson he has raised will be a love child. Let him know that he is not angry to death."

The more Chen Xiaomin said, the bigger his lips became.

For him, the happiest thing is when his young opponent is unlucky.

And Old Man Pei is his biggest opponent.

Whether young or old.

They had been competing for a lifetime, how could they give up so easily?

After being proud for a minute, he quickly calmed down his emotions.

"By the way, go and talk to the eldest lady. I will build a church for her and ask her to move out of that broken church."

After saying that, there was still a trace of disgust on his face.

The assistant seemed to have seen nothing and nodded calmly, "Okay, Chairman."

Chen Xiaomin drank the tea in the cup and stood up to leave.

Before leaving, he also picked up the drawers and ashtrays on the table and threw them into the trash can.

A "boom" sound made the assistant swallow.

"It just so happens that the old woman is looking for trouble every day. I'll find something for her so that she won't bother me anymore."

Chen Xiaomin held a cigar in his mouth and took out the sunglasses hanging on the collar of his clothes.

The ashtray in the trash can was broken into several pieces.

-

Lin Yilan and Pei Yan's family returned home and still said goodbye in the elevator as before.

Lin Yilan walked in, took off the bag she was carrying, and squeezed her shoulders.

She floated to the sofa like a ghost, and then collapsed on the longest sofa.

What happened today was completely beyond her expectation.

Chairman Chen of Xingmin was her grandmother’s former fiancé. She took over the church project and could not go back to school.

Now that it was better, she quickly thought of a way to call the teacher.

The only thing she hopes now is that the teacher will not be angry.

He sighed quietly, closed his eyes and rested for a while.

After a moment, she climbed up from the sofa, got up and pulled out the list of people who had called her from the crack.

I called Ms. Qiu’s lover who found her.

"Hello, who's there?"

Lin Yilan breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Conway's voice.

Sure enough it was him!

"I'm Lin Yilan, what did you call me about last time? I've been a little busy recently."

Conway waved to the people around him, and after they went out, he immediately joked.

"You sound very tired. I thought your boyfriend would help you solve those things after you went to his house."

"It seems that your rich boyfriend is not very reliable."

His gloating could hardly be concealed. No more covering up.

Because of the Liu family and work, he hated the rich people in Hong Kong City.

Lin Yilan leaned on the back of the sofa, "If you are calling to mock me, I suggest you not to mess with me. I will go to Ms. Qiu to complain."

"OK, OK, OK, OK, don't be angry, young man Be more generous." Kangwei suddenly thought that his daughter was still in her hands, and his attitude towards Lin Yilan immediately improved a lot.

"I called you that day because Xiuzhen asked me to ask you if you wanted to help. Now it seems that you don't need our help."

Lin Yilan yawned and closed her eyes, "That's not necessarily the case. Maybe I will really need your help later on in this project."

"But I will contact you when I need help. Don't worry, I'm not a thin-skinned person."

She stared in confusion, feeling like she was about to fall asleep.

"Are you okay? If not, I'm going to rest. I'm too tired from chatting with the old man today."

Conway was stunned for a moment, old man?

What old man offended this great designer? Otherwise, why would she shout...so unpleasantly?

"You and I have something serious to talk about. I have a cooperation with you. If this cooperation is completed well, we will be a win-win situation."

"..."

"Hello? Hello! Hey, hey, hey -" There was no sound on the phone. , Conway, who originally wanted to give it away, immediately shouted a few times.

"This cooperation is related to the Liao family, aren't you interested?"

Lin Yilan sat up and opened her eyes.

"What's going on?"

Conway yelled, "What's the hatred between you and the Liao family? Why do you get so excited when I mention their family?"

Lin Yilan blinked hard, "This is my secret. Tell me quickly. What are we cooperating with?"

Conway thought for a moment, "Wait a minute."

He put down the phone, stood up and walked to the door, opened it and looked outside.

After making sure that no one was outside the door, he closed the door and locked it before returning to his seat.

When he picked up the phone again, his voice lowered a little, "There are many people involved in this cooperation, and I also accidentally obtained the information from one of my informants.

The Liao family started their business in Hong Kong through smuggling. This matter is something our police Many people in the department know about it, but I didn't expect that their family is still doing this business, and even brought some unclean things to the mainland."

"If we can get this evidence, then I can guarantee you the Liao family. , they collapsed immediately. And if these evidences are sent back to the mainland, I am afraid that the Liao family will never dare to go to the mainland in their lifetime."

Lin Yilan stood up excitedly, but was pulled by the phone line and sat back on the sofa.

Just when she was about to say something, Conway's voice came to her ears again.

"But you can't act rashly on this smuggling matter. According to my investigation during this period, the Liao family is just a middle link in this line. We still don't know the real person in charge."

"I contacted you because, this The smuggling matter involves the Pei family and the Chen family, but I am not sure who is involved, so I remind you to pay attention to your safety during this period. It would be best if you can help me collect some information."

Lin Yilan was excited, but it was involved. She also hesitated about the Pei family and Chen family.

The hesitation is not because of the Pei Yan family, but... to put it bluntly, if she offends these two families, she may not be able to leave an intact body in Hong Kong City.

Conway saw her silence and understood very well. This kind of thing is originally their job as police officers and should not involve ordinary people.

"You don't need to worry about the Pei family and the Chen family, but you have to take the Liao family's affairs seriously. As long as we can catch the Liao family and deal with the people above them, we can also find a way."

Lin Yilan propped her feet up on the sofa on the floor, resting your elbows on your knees.

"Why didn't you ask me to find the Pei family instead of the Liao family?"

Logically speaking, her relationship with these two families, in the eyes of outsiders, shouldn't be that the Pei family is closer to her.

Conway was quiet for a while, hissed, and said carefully: "I want to tell you something, don't be angry."

The veins in Lin Yilan's brow jumped, and she pressed her eyebrows, "Say."

"If you If you're angry, don't involve my youngest daughter. If you're angry, come at me." Conway sighed, he originally wanted to keep it a secret.

Somehow, Lin Yilan suddenly remembered that when she first came to Hong Kong City, Ms. Qiu took her to a club for a beauty massage.

It was also that time when she discovered that someone had installed monitoring equipment under the massage table, which made her still wary.

"...Don't tell me that you were the one who monitored me in the beauty room last year, right?"

Conway was stunned for a moment, and he almost forgot about it.

He shook his head in shame, "That's not it."

"Is there anything else?!!!" Lin Yilan's voice immediately rose, and he took a deep breath, "Hurry up and say it."

Conway sighed and said resignedly : "I was worried that it would not be safe to entrust my daughter to you, so I asked someone to monitor you. I know that you have placed someone in the Liao family."

She understood the rest of the words without him having to say it.

"So you and your people know who is who?" Lin Yilan lowered her voice, sounding a little angry.

Conway shook his head and said with a somewhat apologetic tone: "No, that's all I know. The people responsible for tracking and taking photos said there's nothing strange about you. If I hadn't accidentally discovered that several photos of you taken at different times appeared. I won't take it seriously if I meet the same person.

And when I went to a banquet some time ago, I saw that person following the Liao family."

Lin Yilan cursed in her heart and silently blamed her. He still involved Wang Ersheng.

"Okay, I understand, I will pay attention to it in the future. But if you want me to find him to help me find evidence of smuggling by the Liao family, I clearly refuse."

"He is my friend, I can't let him take risks "

Conway wanted to slap his chest to prove, "Don't worry, I know we won't let the informant do anything too dangerous. I just think that with such a person, you know the Liao family better."

"So you promised me. Are you done?" he asked tentatively.

Lin Yilan looked at the glass coffee table, "Of course, I hope we can win-win in this cooperation."

Conway breathed a sigh of relief and became happy, "Don't worry, we will definitely win-win."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Yilan looked at My reflection on the coffee table made a decision.

Half a month later.

The competition among Hengxin and Xingmin cooperation project leaders has become increasingly fierce.

This time it even appeared in the Hong Kong newspaper.

Because of the trouble in the newspapers, all the candidates running for the project director were called into the office by Chen Xiaomin and Mr. Pei and scolded in their faces.

Among them, the Pei Yan family is also included.

In order to win this project as soon as possible, Lin Yilan had been looking for Chen Xiaomin and his assistant for a week. She took a car to the door of Xingmin Group every morning and squatted with them.

If it weren't for squatting with them, Lin Yilan would not have known that Chen Xiaomin was eighty years old and still went to the company on time every day.

It's just that sometimes he stays at the company for a day, and sometimes he stays for an hour or two and then goes to the resort to rest.

Looking at Chen Xiaomin who was sitting behind his desk and reading documents, Lin Yilan couldn't help but ask again the questions he had asked every day before.

"Chairman Chen, can I go to the project site for an on-site inspection now? When will the project design contract be signed?"

Chen Xiaomin looked at Lin Yilan, put down the folder in his hand, and said to the assistant standing next to him: "Here Xiaolin, bring a bottle of juice."

Then he raised his hand and motioned to the sofa behind her, "You sit down first and drink some juice."

Lin Yilan was speechless. She was like this every time she came over, as if she was begging him to do a project.

Forget it, just treat Party A well as she did when she took on the project in the past.

After all, she can't treat her differently from other parties just because this party A plotted against her, took the initiative to ask her for design, and now puts on airs.

After she turned around and sat on the sofa, she quickly took out a magazine she bought at the newsstand in the morning from her bag and flipped through it.

Recently, magazines have been reporting on the news that the younger generations of the Pei family and the Chen family are competing for the person in charge of the cooperative project.

Then from the photos taken in the magazine, she finally saw clearly what Pei Ba looked like.

Although the photo is dark, the general outline of the person can still be seen clearly.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Chen Xiaomin raised his head and glanced at her, only to see that she was reading the newspaper with gusto. He suddenly didn't know what to say.

He was very courageous, and he met so many people who came to him for business. They had never been sitting in his office waiting for him and still in the mood to read magazines at that moment.

Looking at the magazine's colorful cover, he guessed it was a gossip magazine.

"Ahem——"

Lin Yilan didn't realize it. She was immersed in the gossip magazine.

At this time, she happened to be reading the news that Liao Baoshu was dating someone.

In so many years, this was the first time she heard such news about Liao Baoshu.

And according to the status of the Liao family in the eyes of reporters and paparazzi, they would never use such a large area to write news about the Liao family.

So this boy should not be a simple person.

It's a pity that she doesn't know him.

"Cough cough cough -"

Lin Yilan leaned back immediately when she heard someone coughing next to her.

"Um...Chairman Chen, have you finished your work?"

Chen Xiaomin did not answer her, but waved to the assistant who happened to come in. "Can you help me see what news she is watching?"

Lin Yilan turned over in her mind. He rolled his eyes, but on the surface he still thrust the magazine into the assistant's hands politely.

The assistant glanced at it and handed the magazine to Chen Xiaomin, "Ms. Lin is reading the news about the Liu family's youngest son dating." Chen Xiaomin took the magazine, put it in front of his eyes and took a look, " Hey

, isn't this Liu Houwei's grandson?"

Home? Liu Houwei!

Lin Yilan was overwhelmed with emotion and tried hard to control her curious eyes.

Chen Xiaomin threw the magazine back into her hand, "Tell me, you are a well-known architect after all, why do you like to read these immoral magazines?"

She silently stuffed the magazine back into her bag. People have very mixed tastes and like to read all kinds of books and newspapers.

But because Hong Kong City uses traditional Chinese characters, she was really tired when reading some text that required thinking and heavy content in traditional Chinese characters.

In addition, in order to collect information about wealthy people such as the Liao family and the Pei family as soon as possible, gossip tabloids are a good opportunity.

Of course, you can't say this to Chen Xiaomin.

She frowned, "Chairman Chen, everyone has their own hobbies during their breaks. Reading gossip newspapers to relieve stress is one of my hobbies."

"And I don't have much work during this time, so it's already very boring. .

So Chairman, when will you sign the contract with me?" She changed the topic a little abruptly.

If it was to catch the Liao family fish, she wouldn't be so anxious.

Seeing Chen Xiaomin sit on the sofa opposite her, she also sat down.

Although his smile seemed kind, his eyes could not hide the calculation and shrewdness.

Chen Xiaomin put his hands on the armrests of the sofa, like an old lion king who refused to admit defeat, "Xiao Lin, you didn't want to take on the project before, why are you so anxious now?"

Lin Yilan clasped her hands together and put them on her knees with a smile, " Chairman, I have been waiting for news from you since I asked for leave from my teacher some time ago. It can be said that I have been doing nothing and being bored these days in Hong Kong City. Although you may think that young people’s time is not valuable, I am still here. I hope I can get back to work as soon as possible."

Chen Xiaomin burst out laughing, "I can tell you are very anxious, Xiaolin, but I have to tell you that you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry.

" Come to you, and when they come to you, you choose someone to cooperate with, and I will give you the contract immediately."

"Just think of these few days as a gift from me, an old man, so that you can. Understand the principles of life."

Lin Yilan laughed angrily, and the curse words in her heart almost jumped out of her throat.

Do you really think of yourself as her father? !

Wasting people's time is seeking money and killing people, do you understand? ! !

But...

she endures! !

As long as she wins this project and spreads the news about her becoming a designer, the Liao family will come to her immediately, and she will have the opportunity to contact them.

"So when the time comes, I will sign the contract with the person I want to cooperate with, not you?" She calmed down and asked patiently.

"Yes, and if you want to change partners halfway, you can. So you have to choose carefully. This time the cooperation project between Hengxin and Xingmin will be in your hands."

Chen Xiaomin nodded, his tone relaxed and leisurely Yes, it's almost like talking about other people's affairs.

After Lin Yilan saw his attitude of watching the show, she sincerely felt that the man in front of her was mentally ill.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t have handled an eight- or almost nine-figure project so casually.

I don’t know what Mr. Pei is thinking? Will he allow this project? !

"Amin, at such an old age, why do you still bully a little girl? Isn't it appropriate for you to use such methods to put pressure on a little girl?"

"Madam, there are guests in the chairman's office."

"Madam, yes When can

I go home?" "Get out of the way."

"You mean I can't even enter Chen Xiaomin's office now?"

Lin Yilan stood up and looked back at an elegant lady wearing a cheongsam. But Chen Xiaomin's assistant stood in front of her.

Is this Chen Xiaomin’s wife?

She looked at the lady quizzically.