QTIMP -Chapter 317  Character Persona – Vain (Part 11)

As long as you spend enough money, no matter how wrong the things you say are, the employees will still try their best to make what you said happen. They are even more afraid of the company going bankrupt than you are.

Besides, both of them had climbed up from the bottom. They really weren’t the kind of people who had unrealistic, detached-from-reality demands.

So the people around them generally had a pretty good impression of them.

Si Qiu and Shen Yue walked out of the stadium, and Si Yangui hurriedly took three steps forward in two strides to greet them.

Before he could say anything, Si Qiu immediately hooked her arm around his.

“Dad, did Uncle Luo call you? Uncle Luo really hasn’t forgotten his professional instincts at all. I only mentioned something casually, and he immediately noticed something was wrong.”

Si Yangui pinched her nose.

“Since he noticed something was wrong, why didn’t you tell Dad first? It would be fine if nothing happened, but if something had gone wrong, Dad would have regretted it for the rest of his life.”

Si Qiu got into her father’s car, and they drove straight toward their villa.

Knowing that Si Yangui was anxious, she didn’t keep him guessing.

“Today I ran into a woman at the school gate. I felt like I’d seen her somewhere before. Later, after thinking about it carefully, I realized she was probably my biological mother, Yang Meina. Then I thought about it more carefully. This wasn’t actually the first time I’d run into her. Maybe it wasn’t even a coincidence. That woman was probably waiting for me at the school gate. You also know what kind of person she is now that she’s following the chairman of Shengtian Group, right? That’s why I wanted to be a little more cautious.”

“It’s true. Su Dashan’s background has never been clean. Originally, I thought that after starting legitimate businesses, he might try to wash away his past reputation. Who would have thought that in these past two years, because of things like demolition projects, he has become even more outrageous. However, this person has powerful backing behind him. For now, there’s no need for us to throw ourselves into a fight we can’t win.”

When Si Yangui said this, he couldn’t help but sigh.

No matter how complicated his thoughts were, Si Yangui always kept a smile on his face as he listened to Si Qiu talk about her training.

“After the next monthly exam, I’ll need to take leave again to participate in the World Junior Championships and accumulate points.”

Si Qiu also shared her little everyday matters with Si Yangui.

“Alright. Tomorrow Dad will contact the people who will accompany you. Everyone else should be easy to arrange, but I’m not sure whether your martial nephew will have time to go with you as the team doctor.”

Si Qiu thought for a moment before saying, “I’m actually going to visit Elder Bai tomorrow anyway. I’ll ask him then. If it works out, he can come. If not, we’ll find someone else.”

“It’s not that we can’t find someone else, but for the people staying by your side, I still want to find people we can truly trust whenever possible.”

Si Yangui was thinking about what gifts he should prepare for the people accompanying his daughter. The gifts needed to be practical, valuable, and precious, but also not too flashy.

“Dad, do you want to come watch Meng Wen and Meng Wu’s speed skating competition with me?”

Si Qiu’s conversations with him were always so unpredictable. She would think of something and immediately say it.

“Aren’t their competition only a few days away? I might not have time by then. Recently, I’m preparing to bid for a government landmark project.”

Si Yangui could always keep up with her sudden changes of topic. However, when Si Qiu heard that he couldn’t go, she was still a little disappointed.

As the company grew larger and larger, Si Yangui became busier and busier. In the past, every winter and summer vacation, he would take Qiu Qiu traveling all over the world.

After every vacation ended, Qiu Qiu would return to school carrying the photos she had taken and the videos she had recorded, proudly showing them off to her classmates.

But during Si Qiu’s more recent trips abroad, it had always been the teams he arranged who accompanied her.

Looking at the way Si Qiu’s face lit up with excitement as she talked, and then remembering the days when the father and daughter had relied on each other while living in that old, run-down earthen house…

The guilt in his heart kept surging out uncontrollably.

He wondered whether he should consider what his old superior had suggested.

His eyes narrowed slightly as his fingers rubbed over the texture of the leather seat. He thought about it carefully—if he agreed to the matchmaking arranged by his old superior, how could he ensure that Si Qiu’s interests would be protected?

It wasn’t enough to say that he was her father and everything would be fine. Even he himself couldn’t guarantee that he would never make a foolish decision in the future. He was also afraid that someone might target him and use the fact that Qiu Qiu was still underage as an excuse to take control of the Qiugui Group.

However, he could agree first. Si Qiu would soon become an adult. Once Qiu Qiu reached adulthood, many things would become easier to handle.

On the second day of the holiday, Si Qiu went to visit Old Master Bai.

The old man mocked her from head to toe, mainly because she refused to take the initiative to learn traditional Chinese medicine.

Si Qiu simply smiled and stayed by his side, sweetly flattering Old Master Bai. Soon, the corners of the old man’s mouth could no longer stay down.

He even took the initiative to promise that if she participated in competitions, one of her senior brothers would have to accompany her as the team doctor.

Meanwhile, Si Yangui also had someone investigate some information about Yang Meina.

“So you’re saying Yang Meina’s actions were probably instructed by Su Dashan? Then it seems it was all for that government project?”

After listening to Si Yangui, the assistant pushed up his glasses.

“There’s a 90% chance that’s the reason. After all, there have already been rumors recently about a crackdown on organized crime. As for the foundation of Su Corporation’s Shengtian Group, we all know what it’s like. If they really investigate, from the bottom to the top, there probably wouldn’t be a single person who could escape with less than a three-year sentence. He wants to quickly expand his own system so he can protect himself. That’s understandable.”

Si Yangui’s brows furrowed tightly. Su Dashan was a person without any bottom line. Besides, there was a saying—one could only guard against thieves for a thousand days, but not be a thief for a thousand days.

The assistant’s brows were also tightly knitted. Then, in a joking tone, he said: “Boss, if it doesn’t work out, why don’t you just marry into the Ding family?”

He had followed his boss for several years. Aside from the high salary his boss provided, the most important reason he stayed was because he admired his boss’s character. Those words were completely offered as advice from the perspective of a longtime friend.

Si Yangui pinched the space between his eyebrows.

“Soon. Give it another two months.”

The assistant was a clever man. The moment his brows lifted, he immediately understood what his boss was planning.

Meeting Si Yangui’s gaze, the two of them exchanged knowing smiles.

He also felt that his boss had made the right decision. After all, having a daughter who shared his bloodline and possessed outstanding abilities inherit the company was much better than allowing it to be swallowed up by another family.

On the third day of the National Day holiday, Si Qiu went to cheer on the Meng family brothers.

She played there for an entire afternoon before hurriedly flying back to continue their training.

Soon afterward, they would have to go abroad to participate in the World Junior Championships.

This time, not only did Si Yangui come to see them off, but the Meng couple also came.

If they truly had no time constraints, they would never have allowed the boys to go compete alone.

The current Wang Cui was still slightly plump, but her overall temperament had completely changed.

As the person in charge of the housekeeping company under Qiugui Group, Wang Cui had already become a true capable businesswoman.

“Auntie, you’re a female entrepreneur now too.”

Si Qiu hooked her arm around hers and asked in a sweet, coquettish voice.

A gentle smile appeared on Wang Cui’s face.

“This is all thanks to our little girl.”

“I haven’t spent time with Auntie for such a long time.”

Looking at Si Qiu’s sweet smile, Wang Cui felt a little regretful.

Actually, in the beginning, she had wanted to arrange for Si Qiu to become her daughter-in-law. But later, she came to understand that Si Qiu was simply not someone her two sons could handle.