Our Glamorous Time

Chapter 14: A Warm Winter Night

Had you ever won a jackpot before?

That was what the inexplicable excitement that Lin Qian was experiencing right now felt like.

Kang Mingcong still ended up attending the dinner appointment. He did not invite Li Zhicheng and the rest for dinner. But, their conversation had been very long—over two hours—so that was good enough.

The car moved steadily as night descended; the passengers' faces were lit by the glittering lights from the street. The smile on Gu Yanzhi's face was as mellow as wine. He leaned against his seat in a good mood, and after taking a sip of mineral water, he finally revealed to Lin Qian and Xue Mingtao the truth behind this "mission impossible."

"They played two rounds of GO. Despite being the CEO of a company on the Fortune 500 list, Kang Mingcong was no match for Li Zhicheng! Not satisfied with his loss, Mr. Kang invited Li Zhicheng to meet again this weekend."

"Wow!" both Lin Qian and Xue Mingtao exclaimed in amazement. They glanced at Li Zhicheng, who was sitting in the back. He was sitting straight, his legs crossed, gazing at the night view outside the window. He looked composed, as usual, showing no sign of joy or contentment. The only difference was his slightly rosy cheeks, perhaps due to their long stay in a warm room just now.

Xue Mingtao, a veteran in the business like Gu Yanzhi, immediately took the chance to express his deepest admiration for Li Zhicheng. Lin Qian was in no rush to butter Li Zhicheng up though; as his assistant, she would have plenty of chances to do so in the future. Therefore, she just smiled and nodded in agreement.

But... thinking back to the information provided by her brother, she did not recall any mention of her boss being good at GO. Of course, her brother's information was not necessarily complete.

So, was today's incident purely because of luck?

As she was thinking, she unconsciously peeked at Li Zhicheng through the rear-view mirror. Boss, you can continue to remain silent as long as you're always useful and practical. Ha!

At the same time, Li Zhicheng, who was staring outside of the window, suddenly shifted his gaze; his eyes met hers.

Lin Qian gave him a big smile.

His appearance was impeccable, his eyes were bright.

Just when Lin Qian was about to look away, his lips lifted a little; he gave her a soft smile.

Lin Qian's heart skipped a beat. She blushed.

Gosh... This handsome boss, who is slow to speak, after accomplishing something big, chose only to beam at me. This is quite flattering.

Lin Qian smiled back at him, then she looked away.

Gu Yanzhi spoke again: "I reckon we will receive Ming Sheng Group's invitation to bid next week. However... SMQ seems to have a very deep connection with Ming Sheng Group," he said flatly.

Lin Qian and Xue Mingtao stared ahead in silence.

Indeed, right after they had set up the meeting time, Chen Zheng had swooped in with an earlier appointment. Someone from Ming Sheng Group must have tipped him off; he said a person was capable of arranging SMQ's appointment before Aida's. The connection must run deeper than they had expected.

The four of them had dinner in a hurry, then rushed back to Aida.

While getting out of the car, Gu Yanzhi shook Li Zhicheng's hand, saying, "Leader, now you will focus on playing GO with the higher-ups. Leave the rest to us."

Li Zhicheng smiled. "Mmm."

After that, Gu Yanzhi went to the marketing department with Xue Mingtao. Lin Qian followed Li Zhicheng to the top floor. She understood what Gu Yanzhi had meant just now: the two presidents had bonded well. During this period of time, they needed to employ all possible means to build connections with the other departments of Ming Sheng Group in order to compete against SMQ.