After Rebirth, I Became the Richest Woman - Chapter 3

As if she had expected it, Qin Moyan showed no ripple in her eyes when she saw the person at the door again.

“Uncle Tang said I can cooperate with you.” Ye Xinuo lifted her chin. “In the interest of fairness, you have to tell me first what you plan to do.”

Ye Xinuo kept bringing up Tang Jie in front of Qin Moyan in order to make Qin Moyan feel that Tang Jie was a powerful obstacle, luring them into fighting first so that she could reap the benefits as the fisherman. At the same time, she wanted to create the illusion that she was merely a puppet on strings.

Only by making herself seem like a puppet would Qin Moyan help her keep the position of chairwoman of the board at a critical moment. After all, compared with the other shrewd and calculating directors, an inexperienced young girl like her would be much easier to deal with.

Ye Xinuo had never disdained moral principles enough to do anything unscrupulous, immoral, or harmful just for the sake of business. But that did not mean she did not know how to calculate people’s hearts.

Qin Moyan did not show much expression. She said calmly, “The word ‘fairness’ as Miss Ye understands it seems different from the fairness I remember. I proposed cooperation only out of consideration for my past relationship with Old Mr. Ye. There is no reason for me to reveal my plan to Miss Ye. Moreover, even with Miss Ye causing trouble from the side, I still have the confidence to reach a cooperation with Mr. Ding.”

Ye Xinuo instantly deflated like a punctured balloon and scratched her hair. “Then what exactly should I do? Can’t you help Yesheng? If Yesheng makes money, you make money too!”

“I only do things that maximize profit.” Qin Moyan’s tone and cadence sounded as if they had been set in advance. No matter what she said, there was not much fluctuation.

“Then I’ll continue acting as your girlfriend first and think of a way to become friends with him.” After saying that, Ye Xinuo felt a little annoyed. “I shouldn’t have pretended to be your girlfriend on the plane. Why didn’t I think of it at the time? Now there’s no way to use beauty to seduce him!”

A probing look flashed through Qin Moyan’s eyes, but a moment later, her expression returned to normal.

Ye Xinuo asked, “Then what should we do now?”

Qin Moyan said, “Ding Qi came to attend the Jincheng Artificial Intelligence Forum. He’ll be giving a speech at the Science and Technology Center this afternoon. I have two invitations. If Miss Ye is interested, you can go with me.”

“You knew I would come?” Ye Xinuo looked at Qin Moyan suspiciously. “Otherwise, why would you have two?”

Qin Moyan said lightly, “Originally, my assistant was going with me.”

“Then I’ll reluctantly go with you.” Immediately after, Ye Xinuo gave a soft snort. “Let me tell you, although I have no experience managing a company, I’m not some easy-to-fool little girl either. You’d better behave yourself!”

“Then Miss Ye had better understand the company’s affairs one by one, and not let me find any openings.” Qin Moyan stepped closer, her breath extremely near Ye Xinuo. “A pampered eldest miss like you, raised under layers of protection, has never been someone I take seriously.”

Ye Xinuo put on an exasperated expression, while thinking inwardly, Qin Moyan is just as annoying as ever.

Without giving Ye Xinuo a chance to flare up, Qin Moyan continued, “Meet me at the entrance of the Science and Technology Center at one-thirty. Don’t be late.”

“Hmph! I’ve always been extremely punctual!” Ye Xinuo turned and walked toward the door. “Director Qin, on the other hand, had better be careful. If you make too many enemies, someone might throw a sack over your head and beat you up when you go out!”

After returning to her room, Ye Xinuo used her phone to browse recent financial reports and market trends, then called her securities manager.

“Manager Sun, please keep an eye on recent silver futures for me. Compared with the current arbitrage trades, I believe hedging transactions will bring higher returns.”

“All right, Miss Ye. Do you have any other instructions?”

Ye Xinuo thought for a moment. “Also, help me buy shares of Hengsheng.”

“Understood.”

Manager Sun, whom she had just spoken to, had always been able to manage her assets according to her intentions without needing her to say much. He was a rare talent.

After hanging up, Ye Xinuo sat on the single sofa in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. She pressed her clasped hands against her chin and fell into deep thought.

After five years, the general direction of the futures market had already blurred in her memory. However, she believed that with her current experience, this decision should generally be correct. As for Hengsheng, that was thanks to the advantage of having lived five extra years. She knew this company would be privatized in the future, so buying this stock could quickly help her accumulate capital.

Ye Xinuo’s deep eyes looked out the window. She would never again allow herself to be manipulated by others like in her previous life. Whether this was truly reality or just some bizarre dream she was having, since she had come, she might as well settle in. Even if she could only obtain salvation in a dream, that would still be good.

At one-thirty, the two met as agreed at the entrance of the Science and Technology Center.

Ye Xinuo wore a white V-neck, wide-sleeved blouse with a half-sheer skirt-pants ensemble. The highly designed folds of the fabric swayed gently in the breeze.

Qin Moyan looked the person in front of her up and down and said, “Miss Ye has a good figure. This outfit is more suitable for attending a fashion show.”

Ye Xinuo shot back, “Who said that just because we’re attending such a boring forum, we have to dress as dull as Director Qin?”

This was a blatant lie. In her previous life, Ye Xinuo had thought Qin Moyan was very good at dressing. Although she only ever wore unchanging black, white, and gray, there was a kind of minimalist beauty to it, and it even gave off a sense of restrained abstinence. If Ye Xinuo were a man, she definitely would not be able to look away. Putting aside the grudges of her previous life, Qin Moyan was actually quite good-looking, especially those eyes. It was just a pity that she clearly had a pair of peach blossom eyes, yet always wore such a cold, unsmiling expression.

Ye Xinuo could not help shaking her head, thinking, What nonsense am I thinking? Whether she looks good or not has nothing to do with me.

Qin Moyan did not continue along Ye Xinuo’s line of conversation and said softly, “Let’s go in.”

For people outside the industry, this kind of forum was both boring and lengthy. Soon, Ye Xinuo became drowsy. Her head swayed a few times, then fell onto Qin Moyan’s shoulder.

Qin Moyan felt the weight on her shoulder and frowned slightly. Pushing her away would inevitably seem rude, but while everyone else was listening to the speech with full attention, Ye Xinuo falling asleep like this was truly unsightly.

Moreover, letting someone cross her personal safety distance made Qin Moyan somewhat uncomfortable.

While she was secretly conflicted, she heard the person beside her mutter intermittently, “Dad, don’t go. I’m alone… I really… really can’t hold on. They’re all bullying me… Will you come back?”

Ye Xinuo dreamed of what she had experienced in her previous life just after her father died. Friends used her, directors excluded her, subordinates refused to obey her… Everything surged over her like a tide, forcing her until she could hardly breathe.

“No!”

The sleeping person cried out in alarm and woke up drenched in sweat.

Ye Xinuo clutched her heart and breathed heavily, completely unaware of the strange gazes gathering on her from the people around them.

At that moment, a hand reached toward her, holding a tissue between its fingers.

Ye Xinuo’s heart felt as if it had been struck by something. She looked at Qin Moyan’s long, fair fingers, as slender as scallion whites, and could not come back to herself for a long time.

“Did Miss Ye sleep herself stupid?” Qin Moyan asked aloud.

In a daze, Ye Xinuo took the tissue from Qin Moyan’s hand, thanked her instinctively, wiped away the sweat on her forehead, and gently rubbed the space between her brows. It must be because the string in her heart had been pulled too tight that she had been acting so abnormal lately. It seemed she needed to relieve some pressure. Otherwise, before she could do anything to Tang Jie, she would ruin her own body first.

Qin Moyan looked at Ye Xinuo and said, “No one can be relied on for a lifetime. Mr. Ye is gone. Miss Ye should learn to stand up on her own.”

Stand up on her own?

Ye Xinuo looked at Qin Moyan and revealed a helpless smile. Do you know that in my previous life, it was precisely because I stood up that I caused you to suffer quite a bit?

In Qin Moyan’s eyes, however, that smile became the fragility of a young girl who had lost her father’s protection. For a moment, she felt a bit of sympathy and pity. After all, Ye Xinuo had just experienced the pain of losing her father and was now carrying the heavy burden of Yesheng on her shoulders. Anyone would find it hard to accept.

After the forum ended, Ding Qi was stopped inside the venue by several technology channel reporters for an interview. As soon as he came out, he happened to run into Ye Xinuo and Qin Moyan arguing.

“Tell me, did you fall for that Ding Qi who gave the speech on stage? On the plane, you were chatting so happily with him, and now you came all this way just to watch his speech!”

Even someone as consistently calm as Qin Moyan was startled by Ye Xinuo’s sudden change of expression. Her ability to start acting the moment she wanted to was truly admirable. If Ye Xinuo did not inherit the company, she could probably become an actress.

“Don’t think you’re fine just because you’re not saying anything! Today, you must explain yourself clearly!”

Ye Xinuo seemed to have grown fond of playing an unreasonable woman. The more she acted, the more spirited she became.

“It was just a coincidence. Don’t overthink it.”

Compared with Ye Xinuo’s abundant emotion, Qin Moyan seemed even more like a pool of dead water.

“I started dating you when I was eighteen. I gave you the best years of my youth. And now you change your heart just like that? You’re a modern-day Chen Shimei!”

A slight crack finally appeared on Qin Moyan’s calm face. She was starting to regret cooperating with Ye Xinuo in pretending to be a couple.

Ye Xinuo seized the chance to vent her dissatisfaction with Qin Moyan, firing off words like a string of firecrackers. “You’re sharp-tongued, boring, and expressionless. I must have been blind in both eyes and heart to have fallen for you. You think just because you’ve eaten a few more years’ worth of rice, you can lecture me? Always acting high and mighty all day long. Other than me, who could put up with your rotten temper!”

If not for her confidence in her own memory, Qin Moyan almost would have thought she really had dated Ye Xinuo.

Seeing this scene, Ding Qi unconsciously swallowed and thought, Maybe I should take this chance to slip away. This little girl doesn’t look easy to provoke!

After taking the opportunity to slip in some personal grievances and vent thoroughly, Ye Xinuo felt refreshed all over. She looked at Ding Qi not far away and began a new round of mischief.

Her tone was full of hidden barbs. “Mr. Ding saw us but didn’t come over to say hello. Isn’t that a little rude?”

“I was just about to come over and greet you two beautiful ladies.” Ding Qi adjusted his collar with one hand as he walked over, smiling as warmly as a spring breeze. “What a coincidence. We meet again.”

“Not a coincidence.” Ye Xinuo pointed at Qin Moyan. “She specifically came to see you.”

Ding Qi’s expression became a little awkward, and he did not know how to continue.

“Mr. Ding, please don’t take it to heart. My girlfriend just likes to joke.”

Qin Moyan took Ye Xinuo’s hand and introduced them. “I am Qin Moyan from Hesen Fund, and this is Ye Xinuo, chairwoman and CEO of Yesheng Group. We were invited to attend the Jincheng Artificial Intelligence Forum.”

Ye Xinuo lowered her head and looked at their joined hands, secretly thinking, Pretending to be Qin Moyan’s girlfriend on the plane was a prank I did on a whim. But with this move of Qin Moyan’s, what is she trying to gain by taking advantage of the situation?