ACBNHTS Chapter 33

Chapter 33: Sitting Tight in the Fishing Spot

“I’ve successfully negotiated the collaboration with General Manager Jin. He mentioned wanting to meet you. As long as you’re well-prepared on your end, securing the project shouldn’t be a problem.”

“…Impressive.”

“Aren’t you happy?”

“…Happy.”

Pei Du flipped through a couple of pages before setting the document aside.

“Send me his contact information. I’ll arrange a time to meet him.”

Sheng Yiguang sent General Manager Jin’s contact information to Pei Du, watching as he scheduled a meeting with him.

After waiting a little longer, he asked, “Do you not like the gift very much?”

Pei Du: “?”

“You didn’t give me a ‘like’.”

Pei Du chuckled. “I’m handling business… I’m sorry, it wasn’t quite what I imagined, so it slipped my mind.”

He took out his phone and opened the mini-program.

Sheng Yiguang held his hand, pressing him, “Then what kind of gift did you imagine?”

Pei Du: “Are you sure you want to hear?”

Sheng Yiguang nodded.

Pei Du leaned down and whispered into Sheng Yiguang’s ear.

Before long, Sheng Yiguang’s entire face was flushed red, his lips tightly pursed as he fought against his shyness.

After a long while, he murmured, “I… can’t do that.”

Pei Du couldn’t help but smile. “I like that too. As long as it’s from you, I’d like a blade of grass.”

Sheng Yiguang: “Even a blade of grass? Aren’t you a little too easy to win over?”

Pei Du laughed in exasperation. “It depends on the person, understand? I like you; only you have that privilege.”

Pei Du’s tone was languid, but the end of his words felt like a hook, snagging Sheng Yiguang’s heart and making him unable to stop his lips from curving upward.

“However…” Pei Du drawled, “The current situation puts me in a bit of a difficult position.”

Sheng Yiguang: ?

Pei Du: “This project is worth a lot of money. How many ‘likes’ would be appropriate? How about this? I’ll ‘like’ as many times as possible in a minute. And I’ll give you another gift.”

Sheng Yiguang nodded.

Pei Du asked Sheng Yiguang to time him.

In one minute, he ‘liked’ almost three hundred times.

Sheng Yiguang stared at the screen with a dizzying sense of being overwhelmed by sudden wealth.

If he facilitated a second, third, fourth project… that would allow Pei Du to ‘like’ all the remaining ones.

No.

That wouldn’t do.

He asked Pei Du to ‘like’ as compensation.

He couldn’t be so opportunistic.

Sheng Yiguang dismissed the idea.

“You’re so fast?”

Pei Du shoved his phone into his pocket, saying lazily, “That’s right, you’re a lucky man.”

Sheng Yiguang was stunned for a moment, only realizing the meaning of his words after following Pei Du out the door.

He blushed a shocking red in public.

Pei Du glanced at him, unable to stop himself from smiling.

Everything was understood without words.

Sheng Yiguang pinched him in embarrassment and annoyance. “Don’t laugh.”

Pei Du gave an “Mm” and suppressed his smile, taking his hand.

“Okay, I won’t laugh.”

As agreed, Pei Du met with General Manager Jin. An hour later, as they exited the tea room, the two had already finalized the collaboration and arranged to meet again at Pei’s meeting room next time.

Sheng Yiguang arrived right on time.

As soon as he appeared at the entrance of the tea room, Pei Du saw him, his eyes uncontrollably revealing a warm tenderness.

General Manager Jin noticed and said, “I was wondering why Little Pei has been so easygoing lately. There used to be a saying in the business world that you had to negotiate with Little Pei while he was still willing to talk. If Little Pei stopped cursing, it was about to get bloody.”

Pei Du said lightly, “That’s in the past.”

Seeing that he didn’t want to mention it, General Manager Jin didn’t press the matter, instead turning to say, “I quite like your employee. He’s clever, calm, and good at transforming his own needs into the needs of others to achieve his goals. How about you let him work for me?”

Pei Du chuckled. “Is General Manager Jin’s company going under? Changing careers to become a headhunter?”

“Of course not. I truly admire him and wouldn’t treat him badly.”

“Following you would mean going to Haicheng…” Pei Du paused, then smiled confidently, “You can go talk to him and see if he pays you any attention.”

“…”

Even a fool could see that the relationship between the two was likely not ordinary.

When Sheng Yiguang approached, after exchanging greetings, General Manager Jin asked Sheng Yiguang.

“I wanted to ask you last time. How did you know I would be at the golf course?”

Sheng Yiguang answered, “Young Master Jin told me.”

General Manager Jin was puzzled. “You know my son?”

Pei Du also looked over.

Sheng Yiguang shook his head. “I don’t know him. He said it while giving a reward in someone else’s live broadcast room.”

General Manager Jin’s face darkened, and he left grumbling.

After General Manager Jin left, Sheng Yiguang confirmed with Pei Du.

“Did you finalize the collaboration?”

“Yes, let’s go, I’ll take you to get your gift.”

Pei Du drove Sheng Yiguang directly to the 4S dealership.

The manager, seeing Pei Du’s arrival, went up obsequiously. “General Manager Pei, the car you wanted is ready. Please follow me.”

Pei Du took Sheng Yiguang’s hand and led him to see the car.

“You’re giving me a car?”

“Mm, don’t you like it?”

“But I don’t need it. The company is very close to the apartment complex. Driving isn’t as convenient as taking the subway.”

“I know, I just want you to have a second option. If you don’t drive it, it can just sit there gathering dust.” Pei Du said, opening the car door. “Get in and try it out.”

Sheng Yiguang bent over and sat down inside.

Pei Du didn’t choose a sports car or a luxury car, but an economical family car. The exterior was unremarkable, but the interior was top-of-the-line.

Just touching the steering wheel, Sheng Yiguang could feel the unusual texture.

The passenger door opened, and Pei Du sat down.

“Drive, I’ll go for a spin with you.”

“I haven’t driven in a long time.”

Pei Du leaned over and helped him buckle his seatbelt.

“What are you afraid of? I’m here.”

Sheng Yiguang started the car and took it for a test drive. When he stopped, he was still a little reluctant to get out. After graduation, all his money had been saved for Tongtong’s surgery, and he couldn’t bear to buy a car.

“Do you like it?”

“Mm.”

Pei Du handed the card to the manager through the car window. After it was swiped, he took the card back.

“Drive it home, it’s yours now.” Pei Du paused. “Work harder, and the person in the passenger seat will soon be yours too.”

“Mm, I’m working hard.”

Sheng Yiguang’s serious response made Pei Du’s heart feel as if it had been struck by Cupid’s arrow. He was so endeared he wanted to pounce on him and kiss him to death!

He ground his teeth.

He wanted to smash that damn mini-program! Smash it!

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[Mr. Not-As-Handsome-As-My-Brother: Confirmed, that’s right, it’s Sheng Yiguang. He finalized the collaboration with my dad. My dad even likes him a lot, pointing his finger at my nose and scolding me for being useless, and telling me to go work in the crew!]

[Mr. Not-As-Handsome-As-My-Brother: Never!]

[Mr. Not-As-Handsome-As-My-Brother: My card has been suspended, I have no money, it’s not that I don’t want to give rewards]

[YueYue: Hehe, who was laughing at me for having my card suspended a few days ago~~]

[Mr. Not-As-Handsome-As-My-Brother: You still have the nerve to say that. My dad said this collaboration has your dad’s strong support! Which side are you on? Are you an enemy spy here to gather intelligence?]

[YueYue: Are you fucking stupid! Is that thing on your neck a brain? I’m a spy? I suspect you are!]

Lin Jianyue and Young Master Jin began arguing in the live broadcast room.

Wen Heng didn’t bother to pay attention.

His mind was filled with the news he had just seen, in disbelief.

How could this be?

He had a system, a golden finger, and he had taken everything from Sheng Yiguang four years ago!

Except for Pei Du, he possessed everything Sheng Yiguang originally had!

He didn’t even leave Sheng Yiguang with the opportunity to meet those young masters and ladies from wealthy families.

But why did Sheng Yiguang still secure the Jin family’s collaboration?

And there was even the support of the Lin family behind it?

Wen Heng went through every detail, large and small, and even the punctuation marks from his reunion with Sheng Yiguang to the present, trying to see from which sentence he began to fall into passivity.

He couldn’t find it.

He couldn’t find it at all.

Everything gave him a sense of losing control, as if he was about to return to square one.

What kind of magic did Sheng Yiguang have?

Wen Heng clenched his fist in a place the camera couldn’t see. The PK that was currently open on the screen had a result.

He lost again.

[SuperMan’sLittleBelly: Little Wen, don’t be upset, we’ll definitely win the next round.]

Win?

Win with what?

Win with a stinky wage earner and two stupid rich second generations whose cards had been suspended?

Who had money?

Wen Heng suppressed the irritability in his heart, forcing a smile. “Mm-hmm, I believe in everyone! Let’s all work hard together and help Wenwen win the next round!”

In the end, he still couldn’t win.

Turning off the camera, Wen Heng smashed the glass beside him in anger.

“Didn’t I tell you to put out the barrage? How is it not working at all?”

System: [Maybe Sheng Yiguang has grown, and he can’t be fooled with a few words.]

Wen Heng said resentfully, “Then put it out like crazy! Put it out to the death! Like before, tell him about the future, use the truth we can give him to make him believe that he will be that venomous, universally disliked white moonlight!”

System: [Okay.]

System: [You also need to calm down and don’t lose your composure.]

“You’re right. Now Pei Du and Sheng Yiguang are both wary of me. I still need to borrow a knife to kill someone, so I don’t have to put in any effort or damage my image. Anyway, I have a lot of cards in my hand, I can completely sit tight in the fishing spot.”