Episode 2 'Threads Penetrate' - Li Chengyao's Request
Chapter 400
Why should the relationship between people be so complicated?
If you like it, be together. If you don't like it, don't force it. Why spend most of your life wondering about whether we are together or not.
Fortunately, it took her half a month to finally figure this out.
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Early in the morning, Qiao Si sat in a study room that was heavily decorated but full of bookish atmosphere.
This was the study room where her father used to handle family business. She rarely stepped into it before, but now, she was sitting on this chair behind the desk.
I still remember my father sitting on this chair while working, and I still feel a little sad thinking about it.
She opened the dusty drawer and took out her father's old office diary.
The date in the diary stays on the day my father passed away. My father's handwriting is so vigorous and powerful, as if that person will always live resolutely in people's hearts.
Fortunately, her father had the habit of keeping a diary. Otherwise, she would have no idea how to run such a big Qiao family...
"Miss……"
At some point, my mother walked in with a cup of coffee.
Qiao Si put down the diary in her hand, "Yeah."
"Drink some coffee to refresh yourself...Master used to like the coffee I brewed."
Qiao Si nodded lightly, picked up the hot coffee and took a sip.
Mom asked, "Miss, are you planning to officially handle the family business?"
Qiao Si put down her coffee and let out a long sigh, "It's a pity that I don't know anything about the family's business... I don't even know how extensive the Qiao family's business is, how many wineries it owns, which ones are profitable and which ones are not.
I don’t know anything about the losses.”
"Miss, take your time... When I took over the Qiao family, I didn't do it in three or two days."
"I know."
"When you are tired, take a rest..."
"Um."
After drinking coffee, Qiao Si was about to continue fighting when her cell phone suddenly rang.
Her phone hasn't rang for a long time because few people have called her.
It was only recently that she realized how lonely she was living...
As the eldest daughter of the Qiao family, she used to be unwilling to make friends with others for fear of damaging her status, so she has always been arrogant and arrogant, so she has never had a friend around her.
In the past, she didn't think it was a big deal to have no friends, but until all her relatives left her, she realized that she didn't have anyone to drink coffee with when she was upset.
The unfamiliar phone numbers continued to jump until Qiao Si came back to her senses and pressed the answer button, "Hello..."
"It's me."
Li Chengyao's voice was a nice one that people could remember immediately after hearing it, so she was startled for a moment and said, "Mr. Li?"
"I called you very abruptly. Didn't I scare you?"
"No." It was just a bit surprising.
"Are you free?"
"Um?"
"I want to ask you out for dinner."
After thinking for a few seconds, Joss nodded, "Okay, where?"
The place where Li Chengyao made an appointment with Qiao Si was actually the hotel where Qiao Si worked before.
The waiter guided her and let her take the exclusive elevator of the hotel vvip directly to the highest floor of the hotel, the sixty-sixth floor.
When she was working before, she had heard that the 66th floor was the exclusive floor for hotel CEOs. She also heard from colleagues that the president of this hotel was very young and handsome. She was a little curious, but she had never been associated with Li Chengyao.
Now that I think about it, I am really not very careful. Every time he appears, there seem to be several people behind him, one of whom is the general manager of the hotel. And every time he sits in the lobby and listens to her playing the piano,
No one seemed to disturb the tranquility of the hall.
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"Miss Qiao, please."
The waiter respectfully opened the door for her.
Qiao Si nodded and caught a glimpse of Li Chengyao when she raised her eyes.
He sat at one side of the long square table, his hand on the glass of red wine, and seemed to have been waiting for her for some time.
The dim yellow light of the crystal lamp creates a dense surrounding environment...
His face was covered by the thin halo of the crystal lamp, and his profile looked much softer than usual.
She walked over and called politely, "Mr. Li."
Li Chengyao smiled at her and said, "You're welcome, sit down."
The waiter pulled out a chair for her and she sat down opposite him.
The long square table separated a lot of distance from each other, which also made Qiao Si less nervous.
The waiter began to pour red wine for Qiao Si...
Although she didn't know much about red wine, she had seen her father and Qiao Che drink too much in the past, and she knew that the aroma of this wine was exactly that from Chateau Saili, the best winery owned by the Qiao family.
The wine was stronger than what she usually smelled at home, and Joss couldn't help but say, "It's the 1963 Celie."
"good."
Qiao Si looked at Li Chengyao in surprise, "I only have one bottle of Saili from 1963 in my home. How can you have it?"
According to her father, in 1963 of the last century, due to the poor grape harvest that year, not much wine was produced that year... probably only a few bottles have been handed down to this day.
Li Chengyao looked at Qiao Si with a faint smile on his lips, "If you are serious, will it be difficult to find a bottle of wine?"
Joss smiled in embarrassment.
Li Chengyao held up the cup.
Seeing this, Qiao Si quickly picked up the wine glass and made a toast to him.
Li Chengyao took a sip of red wine and then put down the glass.
"Miss Qiao, thank you for your compliment today."
"Mr. Li...oh, no...Mr. Li, you are too polite. In fact, I am the lucky one."
Li Chengyao looked at her with a smile, his eyes sparkling, "Why did your words change so quickly?"
Qiao Si said awkwardly, "I didn't know your identity, Mr. Li, before."
"Then don't call me so strangely. You can call me Chengyao from now on."
"I'm not the kind of person who gets to know you instantly...so, I'll call you Mr. Li for the time being!"
"Okay... let's eat!"
Qiao Si suddenly stood up and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Mr. Li... Actually, I didn't come here today to accept your invitation to have this meal, but I have something I want to talk to you about."
Li Chengyao raised his eyes and glanced at Qiao Si, his eyes were still gentle, "Eat first, we will talk about business later."
Unable to refuse, Qiao Si slowly sat down again.
Li Chengyao asked the waiter to hand the steak he cut himself to her.
Qiao Si was a little embarrassed and said, "Thank you."
Li Chengyao seems to have an innate gentlemanly temperament, exuding a charming temperament in every move he makes.
Qiao Si felt confused. In fact, she had no intention of eating this meal at all. She just wanted to talk to Li Chengyao about business quickly.
The air was so quiet that only the sounds of tableware being touched during meals could be heard, until Li Chengyao slowly spoke, "With Ms. Qiao's background and status, why would you want to work in a hotel?"
Qiao Si slowly put down the tableware and said, "I have never worked before, so I want to give it a try..."
Li Chengyao looked at Qiao Si deeply, "I admire your courage... You know, there are not many rich girls like you who are willing to let go of your airs."
"Mr. Li, you don't know me very well. In fact, I'm not pretty."
As she spoke, she smiled, hiding the sadness in her heart.
Li Chengyao just smiled, letting her know that he couldn't see the sadness in her heart. "Okay, Miss Qiao, let's talk about business!"
Qiao Si nodded, "Mr. Li, I think my brother already talked to you at the banquet last time, right?"
"Um."
"My brother is a doctor. He is not interested in doing business, so you can talk to me about future cooperation."
Li Chengyao narrowed his eyes slightly, "Your brother plans to let you bear the responsibility of such a huge family business alone?"
Qiao Si said, "Actually, I am very interested in doing business. When I was a child, my father originally planned to train me to be the heir of the family, but because our family is all run by men, I have never been involved in family affairs.
After my father passed away, the family fell apart due to property disputes, and my brother had no interest in taking care of the family business. I could only take on this responsibility and take care of the family business for my brother."
"I didn't expect that you, who look weak and weak, are actually very courageous."
"I hope I can have a pleasant cooperation with Mr. Li."
"But friendship is friendship and business is business. How can I trust your ability, Miss Qiao?"
Qiao Si hurriedly said, "Mr. Li, you can rest assured. Although my abilities are not good yet, I still have elders who used to work with my father. They will teach me how to run this business and will never let Mr. Li take the responsibility."
Risky.”
"Oh." Li Chengyao smiled casually, "Ms. Qiao, doing business is not something you can do with just one word. I need a better reason, such as..."
Qiao Si felt a chill in her heart.
She understands the nature of a businessman better than anyone else. If you want to gain something, you must pay.
Li Chengyao had an innate ability to observe words and expressions. When he saw her face, he smiled slightly and said, "Why are you scared?"
Qiao Si raised her eyes, her words no longer full of emotion, "I'm afraid I can't give you what you want, Mr. Li."
After saying this, Qiao Si picked up her handbag and left coldly.