In the office, An Chengye sat calmly on the sofa. Usually he would comb his hair upwards, looking capable and energetic, but today his smooth bangs were scattered on his forehead , making him look less capable and more refreshing than usual.
I have to admit that An Chengye's appearance is quite impressive. Not only does he have fair skin, but his facial features are as delicate and three-dimensional as ancient Greek statues. Coupled with the halo brought to him by wealth, it is no wonder that so many female fans who usually don't care about technology news would chase after him every day and shout "Hubby, I love you" or something like that.
Mai Xiaoshu stared at him intently. At this moment, a cold wind blew in from the window. She shivered involuntarily. Then she suddenly remembered the purpose of her visit today and hurriedly stopped herself from having strange thoughts.
"An Chengye! Black Bear is still in the hospital, and you are so anxious to continue the project. You will be punished by God for making money against your conscience!" Mai Xiaoshu walked up to him quickly and said straight to the point.
"What did you call me?" An Chengye glared at her. "Why didn't I see you being so rude when I asked me to do an interview?"
"What's wrong with calling you by your full name? Names are meant to be called by others, and the dirty things you've done have already ruined my respect for you. Calling you by your name is my last kindness to you!" Mai Xiaoshu stood in front of him, glaring at him, trying to make himself look more imposing with a sour face.
Unexpectedly, An Chengye did not get furious as she thought. Instead, he said with a smile, "Do you know that when you lose your temper, you deliberately make faces and it's funny?"
Mai Xiaoshu was stunned and turned her head to look at the glass next to her. Her face reflected in the mirror looked like she was suffering from "indigestion".
"You... don't go too far! Even Hello Kitty has a temper!" Furiously , Mai Xiaoshu raised his chubby hands and pointed at An Chengye, "Also, what's with your attitude? I'm talking to you about serious matters!"
"Okay, tell me," An Chengye sat up straight and said seriously, "Since you saved me, I've mercifully given you a week. Have you raised the compensation?"
This guy really has no creativity in trying to embarrass her by breaking the contract!
Haha, fortunately the problem was already anticipated by her.
Mai Xiaoshu put his hands on his hips and smiled proudly: "Who said I want to resign? The contract doesn't say that being absent from work for a week is a breach of contract. At most, you can deduct some money from my salary as I've neglected my duties. If that doesn't work, you can fire me. It doesn't say that fired employees have to pay compensation!"
He never expected that Mai Xiaoshu would dare to play this trick on him. After hearing these self-righteous and shameless words, the expression on An Chengye's face suddenly froze.
He lowered his eyes and sneered. What storms and waves has he not seen? In the past, he fought against many people on his own to successfully convince those savvy and experienced investors for financing.
It's not that there is no way to turn the situation around, but now that Mai Xiaoshu is willing to come back, it saves him the trouble. Anyway, he has a way to make her complete the project.
"Okay, you're arguing with me about the terms of the contract." An Chengye looked up and smiled calmly, "But since you don't plan to resign, I'll forgive you and give you another chance." After weighing the pros and cons, An Chengye continued her words and added, but he looked troubled as he spoke, "As for the project..."
Thinking that the project still had room for maneuver, Mai Xiaoshu immediately showed an expectant look, "How is the project?"
"As for the project, if we don't continue, where will we get the money to pay you?"
"What? You still want to continue!"
After going around in circles for a long time, there was still no room for negotiation. Mai Xiaoshu realized on the spot that An Chengye was simply an old fox in human skin. It was impossible for him to be compassionate and let the small animals go!
In the long years to come, he would have to serve such a morally corrupt person. Thinking of this, Mai Xiaoshu couldn't help feeling sad.
She thought that she was alone and weak, and it would be difficult to accomplish anything. If she called her animal friends to beat An Chengye up, it would only make him feel some physical pain, which would be useless. Moreover, the black bear's hospitalization fee was high, and An Chengye had to continue to pay for its treatment.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, "Money makes the world go round" is the truth!
"Hey, what are you planning?" Mai Xiaoshu had been in a daze in front of him for five minutes without him noticing. An Chengye snapped his fingers to wake her up. "You've been daydreaming all day long. You can't find a good job except for my job. Go out and do something when you've made up your mind."
"Then..." Mai Xiaoshu, who had just woken up from his daydream, suddenly grabbed An Chengye's hand with a pleading look on his face, "Then you can improve their lives."
"It costs money to improve their lives!" Looking at the expression on her face, An Chengye suddenly wanted to tease her for some reason.
"If you think it's troublesome and expensive to send more people to take care of them, I don't mind being a free laborer. As long as you are willing to take good care of them, I can even return all my salary to you. Just use the one million I gave you to let them eat and live better. If you are willing, I can help you complete the project for free and promise to do my best!"
Seeing that forceful tactics didn't work, Mai Xiaoshu changed his strategy. While playing the victim, he also spent money and put in the effort. Any rational person would not refuse such conditions, especially a petty and profiteer like An Chengye.
"no!"
An Chengye refused flatly.
"What?" Mai Xiaoshu widened his eyes in disbelief.
She has already given in so much, but he still refuses to agree!
She was about to lose her temper when she heard An Chengye say seriously, "The contract has been signed, I can't break it. Besides, I don't need that little money."
Mai Xiaoshu didn't understand what An Chengye meant. She frowned, scratched her head, looked at him with a bitter face and asked in confusion: "So what do you want?"
No matter what she did, she could not outsmart the old fox in front of her. At this moment, her voice was weak, and to outsiders, it seemed like she was showing weakness and acting like a spoiled child.
"In fact, Chengye rearranged the lives of the animals and decided that all experiments will be conducted with the animals' consent." Jiang Xingye stood at the door of the conference room at some point, as if he couldn't bear An Chengye teasing her. He looked at her with a smile and brought her great news.
"Really?" Mai Xiaoshu was overjoyed and subconsciously reached out to grab the hem of An Chengye's clothes. "Is everything he said true?"
"Well, are you satisfied now?"
After waiting for a few seconds, I finally heard a pleasant voice from An Chengye's mouth.
"That's great! That's great!" Mai Xiaoshu's eyes instantly turned red with joy, and he shook An Chengye hard.
"Okay, stop getting excited and stop touching me randomly, okay?" An Chengye was a little dizzy from being shaken. His face was still as cold as usual, but a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth that he didn't even notice.
"Yeah..." Mai Xiaoshu nodded excitedly and couldn't help raising his chubby little hands to wipe away his tears. He looked so embarrassed.
"It's so ugly, wipe your face quickly." An Chengye took out a tissue from the paper box on the conference table.
At this time, the warm sunlight outside the window shone on his face. An Chengye, who looked hideous just now, suddenly became handsome in her eyes. She raised her head and looked at him for a long time, then whispered "thank you". The two of them just looked at each other, neither realizing that a long time had passed.
Jiang Xingye saw all of this. He watched their interaction silently and seemed to have found the root cause of An Chengye's change of behavior...