After Rebirth, I Became the Richest Woman - Chapter 11

On the way home, Ye Xinuo saw Yu Qing’s utterly stunned expression and explained, “Ni Anxin was my university classmate. She’s the second daughter of the Ni family, the kind of family that has connections in both the legitimate and underworld circles. Her personality is just a little different from other people’s. After graduating from university, she suddenly had a whim and opened a detective agency. Don’t be fooled by her careless appearance. While playing around with roleplay, she can still help her older sister manage the family business in perfect order. She just doesn’t often show herself.”

Yu Qing said, “I’m just surprised that a girl can eat that many crayfish.”

Ye Xinuo: “…”

Although Ye Xinuo held the dual titles of chairwoman of the board and executive president, in other people’s eyes she was still, after all, a young girl in her twenties. Many senior executives did not take her seriously, which added a lot of resistance to her work.

At eleven o’clock that night, the lights in Ye Xinuo’s office were still on.

Yu Qing had fallen asleep on the sofa under a blanket. Ye Xinuo rubbed her eyes, patted her own face, and forced herself to keep reading through the company’s previous mess of accounts.

Knock, knock. Someone knocked on the office door.

Afraid of waking Yu Qing, Ye Xinuo personally got up to open the door. Unexpectedly, she saw Qin Moyan standing outside. “Director Qin, why are you still at the company so late?”

“I passed by downstairs and saw the lights were still on.” Qin Moyan pointed to the bag in her hand. “Only the convenience store was still open. You don’t mind microwave-heated congee, do you?”

Ye Xinuo had not expected Qin Moyan to specially come up and bring her food, and for a moment, she was somewhat stunned.

Qin Moyan walked straight to the desk and placed the bag down.

Ye Xinuo came back to herself, closed the door, and followed her.

“Miss Ye is really working too desperately. But in my view, needing to work more than ten hours a day is because one is stupid.”

After leaving those words behind, Qin Moyan walked away in a carefree manner, not even waving a sleeve.

Ye Xinuo: “???” Did this person come all the way up in the middle of the night just to mock her? Was she sick?

Yu Qing opened her eyes in a daze and sniffed. “Is that the smell of century egg and lean pork congee?”

Ye Xinuo said helplessly, “Sister Yu Qing, your nose is quite sharp even when you’re asleep.”

“In order to share hardships with you, I only ate one piece of bread tonight, okay?” Yu Qing yawned. “If you still can’t find a suitable secretary, I might suddenly die from overwork one day.”

Ye Xinuo sighed. “Former Secretary Number One had the seed of a secret crush buried in her heart. As soon as Dad passed away, she severed herself from the mortal world and went to accompany green lamps and ancient Buddhas. Secretary Number Two met true love and got married. Such a big company, yet how did Dad end up finding such unreliable secretaries?”

“Isn’t Secretary Number Three, Julie, still here? Although her brain is lacking sometimes, her working ability is still acceptable.” Yu Qing had already taken out all the instant food from the plastic bag and arranged it on the table.

Ye Xinuo picked up a bowl of congee, scooped up a spoonful, and blew on it. “Right, have you been paying attention to Han Qiuzi’s movements recently?”

A trace of unnaturalness flashed across Yu Qing’s face. “Mm. She’s been interacting very closely with Tang Shikai.”

“Do you think they could really form a marriage alliance?” Ye Xinuo looked curious. “I’ve met Han Qiuzi a few times before, and I have a good impression of her. If she really gets snatched up by Tang Shikai, it would be quite a pity.”

Yu Qing licked her lips and lowered her head to hide the emotion in her eyes. She joked, “That’s someone else’s business. Since when did Nuonuo become so gossipy?”

“I just can’t stand seeing the Tang family do well, okay?” Ye Xinuo’s tone was slightly willful.

“Don’t worry. Since Han Qiuzi has already done as I said and released Lida’s shares to the Tang family, that means she will cooperate with us. I trust her character.”

Ye Xinuo did not expose the familiarity with Han Qiuzi revealed in Yu Qing’s words. She only nodded and continued drinking her congee.

At another board meeting held not long after, every director proposed candidates for the new shareholder. The person Tang Jie proposed was Han Qiuzi.

Upon hearing the name “Han Qiuzi,” the other directors all began making calculations in their hearts. The Han family had great influence in the real estate and logistics industries. If the eldest daughter of the Han family could become one of Yesheng’s shareholders, that would be a good choice. Perhaps it could even help them expand their networks.

Tang Jie smiled and said, “Judging by everyone’s expressions, you must be satisfied with the candidate I proposed.”

“Compared with the Han family, I think the Ni family is a better choice.” Qin Moyan clasped her hands together and said lightly, “I am an old acquaintance of the Ni family’s eldest daughter, Ni Anqi. She is very interested.”

When Ye Xinuo heard the three words “Ni Anqi,” her head rang with a boom. Ni Anqi was Ni Anxin’s older sister. She had asked Anxin to investigate Qin Moyan. If Anxin had used the Ni family’s power and Ni Anqi found out, then as Qin Moyan’s old acquaintance, how could Qin Moyan not know?

The other directors hesitated. Being able to connect with the Ni family was also very tempting.

Ye Xinuo put on a very troubled expression, but in her heart, she was thinking of a countermeasure.

Qin Moyan immediately continued, “I’m sure all the directors have also heard the gossip about Young Master Tang and Miss Han. Director Tang’s proposal inevitably seems to carry the suspicion of nepotism. Perhaps one day Miss Han will marry into the Tang family, and then Yesheng…”

She did not continue, but the other directors had already begun weighing things. After adding a new shareholder, everyone’s shares would be diluted. If the Han family and Tang family became in-laws in the future, wouldn’t Yesheng become Tang Jie’s world?

Ye Xinuo cursed Qin Moyan thoroughly in her heart. In the end, she decided to burn her boats and said, “I’m familiar with the Ni family! I had a very good relationship with their second young lady in university. If the Ni family can invest, it really would be good. Why don’t we decide it like this?”

Tang Jie laughed loudly. “Nuonuo, don’t be so anxious. This is a major matter. How can we make such a hasty decision after just one meeting? It would be better for all the directors to go back and think it over again. It won’t be too late to decide at the next meeting.”

Ye Xinuo said with difficulty, “But…”

Tang Jie said in a tone that allowed no refusal, “Nuonuo, you are young and impetuous, after all. Listen to Uncle Tang on this matter. We’ll decide later.”

“All right then.” Ye Xinuo nodded. “Thank you for your hard work today, directors. I hope everyone will go back and consider it carefully. We will discuss this matter again another day.”

Ye Xinuo knew Tang Jie had the ambition to swallow up Yesheng, so he definitely would not allow someone connected to both her and Qin Moyan to enter the board.

After everyone else had left, Qin Moyan blocked Ye Xinuo against her chair. One hand rested on the back of the chair, and her eyes were dark and silent.

Ye Xinuo instinctively leaned back a little. Her throat bobbed, and she thought, Qin Moyan couldn’t have found out I’m investigating her and now wants to silence me, right?

“Why are you opposing me?” Qin Moyan asked.

“Hm?” Ye Xinuo opened her large eyes, looking confused and innocent.

“During the meeting just now, you said you were very familiar with the Ni family’s second young lady in order to force Director Tang to stop my proposal, didn’t you?”

Was this a divine brain or something? But the important point was this, which proved Qin Moyan still did not know she was investigating her. Ye Xinuo still wore that muddled expression. “What are you talking about? Wasn’t I supporting your proposal?”

“Ni Family Express is going to introduce an intelligent system. If you know what that means, then don’t play little tricks just because you think you’re clever.”

Ye Xinuo’s heart jumped. In her previous life, the Ni family had always operated in traditional industries and had never once stepped into the intelligent technology field. Could the butterfly effect have already begun?

After Qin Moyan finished speaking, she straightened up and walked out.

“Wait.” In her urgency, Ye Xinuo grabbed Qin Moyan’s wrist. “Can I ask you a question?”

A trace of stiffness flashed across Qin Moyan’s face, then she said as if nothing had happened, “Mm.”

“What exactly did you and my father talk about that day? Why did he have a heart attack after you left?” Ye Xinuo lightly bit her lip. “Can you tell me?”

In her previous life, Ye Xinuo had also asked this question, and what she received was Qin Moyan’s silence. Because of that, she had thrown all the pain of losing her father onto Qin Moyan.

But after waking up and thinking back, Qin Moyan had actually helped her many times.

Qin Moyan’s tone was icy. “That was between your father and me. It has nothing to do with you.”

With that, she pulled free from Ye Xinuo’s hand and left behind only a cold, stern back.