After Transmigrating Into A Cannon Fodder Scum A… Eh? ABO - Chapter 39

After Qi Mian confirmed her visit to Fu Nanxuan at the hotel counter, someone immediately led her to the elevator upstairs until she reached the room door.

“Ms. Fu said that it is enough to send you here. This is the room card, you can enter and exit freely.” The room attendant handed her the door card and left.

Although she had already informed Fu Nanxuan at the front desk, Qi Mian politely rang the doorbell to inform the other party that she had arrived before swiping the card to enter the room.

Inside the room, Fu Nanxuan was standing at the desk in the living room, holding the mouse and clicking on the data on the screen, wearing a Bluetooth headset and making a phone call.

“We have discussed the risks and costs of this plan yesterday. It is too high and does not conform to our usual way of working.” When she found Qi Mian walking in, she pointed to a table and motioned her to sit down.

The table was filled with all kinds of desserts. Fu Nanxuan didn’t like sweets, so it was obvious who this table was prepared for. It was mainly for the former Qi Mian, which made Qi Mian feel a little subtle. She was actually jealous of herself… but she quickly let go when she saw the pudding.

There was also a thick stack of documents on the table, with the contract formally written on the cover.

She casually pulled out a chair and sat down, considering that Fu Nanxuan might still be talking for a while, she unceremoniously picked up the pudding and ate it, casually flipping through the contract.

“You know that it’s a waste of your time to bring it up when you can’t convince me.” Fu Nanxuan said unhappily to the other end of the phone.

She turned her gaze to Qi Mian, noticing the smile in her eyes as she ate the pudding.

She thought sadly again, how could even her preferences be the same?

Qi Mian’s sense of presence was too strong for Fu Nanxuan. The originally cold room seemed to be filled with the sandalwood scent from her body in an instant, mixed with the aroma of the dessert, making her emotions relaxed.

Since the person had arrived, she didn’t want to waste any more time teaching her subordinates how to do things.

“Let’s do this for now, I’ll give you another day. The plan you come up with tomorrow must reduce the cost by at least 20% compared to this plan.

If you don’t know how to do it, start by cutting people first. Let’s do this, I have other things to do.” After Fu Nanxuan finished speaking, she hung up the phone, walked to the dining table, pulled out a chair and sat down.

“I’m sorry to keep you waiting.” She was gentle, completely different from the coldness she had when discussing business matters just now.

Qi Mian pursed her lips and smiled at her, not because of the contract, purely because she wanted to do so.

Although she had roughly flipped through that novel, the paper described how strong Fu Nanxuan’s abilities were, but it was not as profound as seeing her working.

When she met Fu Nanxuan, she was just an ordinary high school student.

Relying on school scholarships to study, she couldn’t get enough to eat, couldn’t afford nutritional supplements, and almost differentiated due to bad influences.

But now she is wearing a high-quality, well-tailored black dress, paired with an expensive designer coat, and lives in a luxurious hotel presidential suite.

Fu Nanxuan is no longer the Fu Nanxuan of the past. She is walking steadily on the road that belongs to her.

“It’s okay. The pudding is delicious, thank you, Ms. Fu.” Qi Mian shook the empty bottle in her hand.

Perhaps Qi Mian’s expression was too gentle, and Fu Nanxuan inexplicably felt a sense of being tolerant.

She leaned relaxedly on the table. “Just call me Fu Nanxuan.” In the past, Qi Mian always called her by her full name.

“Last night… did I trouble you?” Fu Nanxuan asked, lowering her eyes.

When she woke up in the morning, she found that her phone was out of power, and went to check the usage time, only to find that she and Qi Mian had been on the phone for almost two hours.

She guessed that it should be because she regarded the other party as Qi Mian during her susceptible period, so she made this call… but she didn’t expect Qi Mian to be willing to accompany her.

Last night, she fell asleep holding the scarf that Qi Mian gave her, and rarely slept soundly.

“It’s okay. You’re going to ask me to sign a substitute contract, aren’t we just in a mutually beneficial relationship? Talking on the phone can also be considered within my work scope.”

Before Qi Mian came, she had expected that the other party might check the call records. Last night, they talked until the phone disconnected, which should have been due to the phone running out of power.

She didn’t know how to explain it at first, until she saw the contract just now, and suddenly remembered the recording she had heard a long time ago, and she inexplicably said it.

When she heard about the beneficial relationship, Fu Nanxuan’s face turned pale for a moment

“…Don’t worry.” She wanted to test Qi Mian, but when she found that the other party’s reaction was strong, she regretted why she deliberately stimulated Fu Nanxuan. She immediately changed the subject: “You didn’t say anything you shouldn’t have said on the phone. You just said you wanted to hear my voice.”

“…Thank you.” Fu Nanxuan’s face was pale and she was about to say something when the phone rang again. She suddenly became a little impatient, but when she saw the name of the caller, a hesitant expression appeared again. After thinking for a while, she planned to hang up, but Qi Mian spoke first.

“It’s okay, you go ahead, I’ll continue reading the contract.” Qi Mian stopped her from hanging up the phone. There was originally no class to go to the internship today, but the teacher temporarily notified the class change in the morning, so she had nothing to do all day.

Even her indifferent expression of letting her go ahead was very similar to the attitude when the former Qi Mian let her find Jiang Du. Fu Nanxuan always wanted to suspect that Qi Mian was not dead, but the evidence in her mind kept telling her that Qi Mian was already dead, and the person in front of her was just another Qi Mian who was almost replicated from Qi Mian.

She suppressed the complicated emotions in her heart, answered the phone, and walked back to the desk. After hearing the other party say a few words, she immediately went into work mode.

Fu Nanxuan was communicating with foreign countries, fluently and smoothly discussing the investment case that had already been listed.

Qi Mian was not interested in listening to those things, she only felt that when Fu Nanxuan’s voice appeared beside her, it would make her feel very comfortable. The Alpha’s rose fragrance approached her, happily finding her favorite scent, and slowly intertwined.

She relaxed and looked at the contract, gradually showing a puzzled expression as her eyes moved down.

“Party A: Fu Nanxuan, Party B: Qi Mian. Both parties must abide by the terms of the contract…” Before this opening section, everything was normal. “Party B must provide 1. Emotional value (excluding intimate relationships and any uncomfortable behaviors), 2. Time: Three days a week, one hour each time, 3. Term: Undetermined, according to Party A’s needs.” Up to this point, it was still similar to what Fu Nanxuan said yesterday.

What was abnormal was the following detailed list of Party A’s obligations and responsibilities, which covered at least five pages, from how to invest in the new town development project, how the funds were expected to be divided into installments, what role M&F company would play in the investment, in detail unlike an improper contract. Finally, it was specifically noted that this was a preliminary planning version, and a detailed plan would be submitted to Party B for confirmation within one month.

Qi Mian reached out and rubbed her temples, trying to clear her head. But perhaps she should rub Fu Nanxuan’s temples to make her sober, see clearly that she is Qi Mian, and not sign this substitute contract? Otherwise, after signing this contract, she would have to work for her father?

Glancing sideways, Fu Nanxuan was sitting on the office chair, her expression a little listless. Still discussing work matters.

They had already talked about the successfully listed case to another investment case, Fu Nanxuan listened attentively to the explanation on the other end of the phone, believing that M&F should not miss the other party’s second round of financing.

Fu Nanxuan recalled the situation of dining with the founder of Theranos last time, and after finding the file on the computer and opening it for a general look, she still maintained her original view that the company founder was very young, female, and Beta. These were all very attractive qualities, and the company’s vision was also written very beautifully. In order to provide affordable health checkups for everyone, the target customers were expanded to all levels at once. But in her view, it is still very vague.

The medical industry and the internet industry are still different. The policies and regulations established by the government for the medical industry are very strict, after all, it involves life, not a video that makes people happy. But from the data provided by the other party, the current results are far behind their established goals, and it can even be said that they have not yet started.

Even if they can tell stories, she cannot buy a story. Every penny she spends must be examined with the most stringent conditions to see if it is worthwhile. This is also the core of M&F’s founding.

She has always been judged by others with the most critical eyes to see if it is worth spending money to invest. In this world, apart from Qi Mian, no one else will be unconditionally good to her, spending money on her casually without asking for any return. And her parents came too late.

Fu Nanxuan briefly explained to the other party that she believed this plan was not suitable for M&F, and that Theranos had already received a lot of funding. She believed that M&F could conservatively wait and see, and when the next stage actually produced a product, she would re-judge.

The other party seemed to be shaken, and finally took a step back and accepted. M&F has more projects in hand that can quickly generate profits, and there is indeed no need to invest in a company that has no results for the sake of a temporary trend.

The two chatted for a few more words and finally hung up. This call lasted nearly half an hour, from the initial impatience to the later Fu Nanxuan seriously discussing with the other party, almost forgetting that there was another person in the room.

“Sorry… it was a company partner who called just now. A medical startup approached him, hoping to get investment.” Fu Nanxuan always unconsciously softened her tone in front of Qi Mian. Apart from last night’s attempt to entice the other party to sign a contract with her, most of the time she had a very easy-going tone.

“It’s okay, work is important.” Qi Mian said this very sincerely, but noticed that Fu Nanxuan’s expression was a little stiff.

Every polite word from Qi Mian, in Fu Nanxuan’s ears, sounded like the tone she used to let her find Jiang Du. She always regretted why she really obediently went at that time. Hearing the current Qi Mian say this was like a punishment, although painful but also felt a sense of pleasure. Just seeing that Qi Mian was a little embarrassed, she turned her gaze to the contract and asked her. “Have you finished reading the contract? Are there any questions, or are there any additional conditions that you need me to add?”

“There are some doubts.” Qi Mian nodded.

Fu Nanxuan frowned slightly, worried if she had not written some things clearly enough. The clauses she roughly listed after waking up in the morning were inevitably flawed.

Qi Mian opened the contract to the second page and pointed to the beginning of “Party A’s Obligations and Responsibilities.” “You wrote it in such detail, you actually want to invest in my dad, right?”

Fu Nanxuan showed a confused look. “I just want to protect your rights as much as possible, and do what I promised and can provide.”

“Forcing you to sign this contract must make you feel uncomfortable. No one likes to work under threats and inducements. I am very selfish, so I can only try my best to make you feel more comfortable, and provide emotional value in a psychologically healthy state.”

Her words were too sincere, Qi Mian was silent for a while, and suddenly asked her: “Can I ask what your first love… was like? Is she worth you treating her like this?” She spent so much effort just to find a substitute smile.

Qi Mian asked herself, is she worth it?

Although people around her more or less know that the person she liked has passed away, Fu Nanxuan has never talked about Qi Mian with others. Facing the Qi Mian who looked exactly like Qi Mian, she easily opened her mouth, like a late confession and confession.

She pursed her lips and slowly conjured up a smile that was almost crying. “When I was at my most difficult, she suddenly appeared by my side. At first, she acted very strangely, and I didn’t believe her, because I didn’t think there was anyone in this world who would help me without asking for anything in return. But she always had a tough mouth and a soft heart, secretly helping me, purely because she was very kind.”

“She gave me a coat, a lollipop, a set of nutrients supplements… and helped me top up my meal card balance, which I couldn’t use up until graduation. I originally had a situation of disordered pheromones that would lead to abnormal differentiation, and it was… she who helped me.”

“Later… it wasn’t a misunderstanding, it was indeed words from my mouth. It was used and passed on to her. So she might no longer be willing to be good to me.” Fu Nanxuan took a deep breath. “I didn’t have time to apologize or explain to her. She and her parents died in a major car accident abroad.”

“You ask if it’s worth it, and I don’t have an answer. Because I can’t use valuable material things to measure her importance to me.”

The author has something to say: “Wow, how did it get so long? I just checked the chapter count and realized it’s already 39! I originally thought 40 chapters would definitely be enough.

Setting a small goal: I must finish writing five more chapters! : (

No need to rush anymore. I haven’t had a continuous month of updates without any breaks, and I’ve already written 100,000 words…”