Liu Yifeng instructed Qian Fei to start with the simpler parts of the prospectus, assigning her to write about the issuer’s situation and historical development. Qian Fei had excellent writing skills, with precise and concise wording. She had a thorough understanding of every detail in the draft and a comprehensive grasp of the enterprise. She quickly completed the task brilliantly. After reviewing her work, Liu Yifeng expressed great satisfaction and casually asked, “How are you with finance?”
Qian Fei humbly replied, “I studied it in school, but I haven’t taken the CPA exam. However, I have no problem analyzing financial statements!”
Liu Yifeng nodded at her, “Join us in discussing the financial details in the upcoming meeting!”
Qian Fei felt a surge of excitement as if she had won the lottery.
She could finally start to delve into the core of the project!
She quietly thought to herself that she owed her current success largely to Li Yifei’s guidance. With this in mind, she considered letting Li Yifei freeload for a while longer.
Since Hu Zining had been on another business trip recently, Qian Fei didn’t have much to do on weekends. This weekend, she had planned to stay at home and read during the day, then cook some elaborate dishes in the evening to properly thank Li Yifei for finally allowing her to get to the heart of the project. However, she unexpectedly received a call from Xiao Yuan at noon.
Xiao Yuan informed her, “Fei Fei, Manager Kong fell down the stairs yesterday and broke his leg. Sister Jin got the news, and our back-office service department visited him this morning. Your project department probably doesn’t know yet! Sister Jin is out of town, and she asked me to tell you. She suggested you buy a flower basket and visit Manager Kong!”
Qian Fei thanked Xiao Yuan and hung up.
She understood Sister Jin’s intention in asking her to visit Manager Kong—she owed her place in the project team to Manager Kong’s word.
At the same time, she felt incredibly grateful to Sister Jin for always thinking of her.
She felt that her luck had truly turned around in the past six months. Not only was her work gradually getting on track, but she also always had people around her offering advice and help, like Sister Jin, and…
Thinking of that arrogant young master, the second comparison in Qian Fei’s mind came to an abrupt halt.
She got dressed and prepared to go out. Passing through the living room, she saw Li Yifei rolling around on the sofa like a worm, watching TV.
Seeing her come out, he casually greeted her, “Oh, you’re going out?”
Qian Fei responded with a simple “Mm.”
Li Yifei sat up, “When will you be back? Didn’t you say you were going to cook some special dishes to thank me today? This young master has turned down several invitations for your meal!”
Qian Fei, reaching the door and putting on her shoes, said, “Our boss broke his leg, so I’m going to visit him. I’ll be back before dinner, don’t worry!”
Li Yifei looked at her and asked, “You’re going empty-handed?”
Qian Fei said, “I’ll stop by a flower shop to buy a basket.”
Li Yifei said, “Wait a moment!” He stood up, shuffling in his slippers into the bedroom, then shuffled back out, handing Qian Fei a bottle of mineral water.
The bottle was covered in foreign text that Qian Fei couldn’t understand, but she could tell it was French.
“Take this, you might need it on the way,” Li Yifei said.
Qian Fei looked at the water bottle, confused. “Are you showing off your wealth? Trying to tell me what kind of water you usually drink?”
Li Yifei smirked, “Don’t think I prepared this for you! This young master is concerned about the delicate flowers!” Seeing Qian Fei’s puzzled face, he shook his head and sighed, “How have I become so kind-hearted that I can even tolerate someone as ignorant as you? Just take this bottle of water. I guarantee you’ll need it on the way!”
With that, he curled back up on the sofa like an overgrown caterpillar begging to be stepped on and continued watching TV.
Qian Fei thought that a bottle of water wasn’t heavy, so she put it in her bag.
After buying the flower basket at the flower shop, she hailed a taxi to the hospital.
Being a Sunday, there were many people out and about. Qian Fei found herself stuck in traffic as soon as she got in the car, barely moving for almost an hour. She looked down at the flowers in her arms; the dewdrops that had made the petals look fresh earlier had long since dried up. After being blown by the car’s air conditioning, the delicate flowers were now on the path to wilting.
She couldn’t help but feel anxious. It would look terrible to bring such wilted flowers to visit a patient.
Suddenly, her phone chimed. She picked it up to see a WeChat message from Li Yifei: Stuck in traffic, right? Flowers wilting? Feeling anxious?
Qian Fei felt that at this moment, Li Yifei’s punchability index was skyrocketing.
She replied: Wishing you were dead?
The phone chimed again, Li Yifei: Why are you in such a hurry? Can’t you let me finish talking? Didn’t you bring that bottle of water? Take it out and use it!
Qian Fei suddenly remembered the bottle of water in her bag.
She immediately dug into her bag for the water, unscrewed the cap, poured some into her palm, and then sprinkled it bit by bit onto the flowers.
The driver, seeing this scene from the front seat, sincerely exclaimed, “Hey! I must say, you’ve got quite a few tricks up your sleeve!”
Qian Fei smiled at him.
After visiting Manager Kong at the hospital, Qian Fei was in a good mood and bought two more dishes than originally planned.
While she was washing and cutting vegetables, Li Yifei sidled up to her and asked, “So, how did it go? Was your visit to your boss smooth today?”
Qian Fei nodded, “Not bad!”
Li Yifei stood nearby, shamelessly preening, “Don’t you want to praise this young master for his brilliant foresight or something?”
Qian Fei rolled her eyes at him but couldn’t help asking curiously, “How did you know there would be a traffic jam? And how did you think of having me bring a bottle of water? You don’t even wash dishes normally, how do you know these things?”
Li Yifei laughed heartily and said smugly, “These are essential bits of knowledge for a rich second-generation kid in Beijing! I’ve been in Beijing since I was little, how could I not know where and when traffic jams are most likely? As for bringing the water bottle, I learned that from the secretary of some old geezer.”
Qian Fei stopped cutting and straightened up to look at Li Yifei. “Tsk tsk! You can’t go a day without playing the rich second-generation card, can you?” As she spoke, she tossed the bag of carrots to Li Yifei. “Stop the nonsense and go wash these. I need them for the fish stew later!”
Li Yifei fumbled to catch the carrots, frowning unhappily, “Qian Fei, that’s enough! Forcing me to buy groceries and wash dishes is already too much. Don’t even think about pressuring me to wash vegetables for you!”
Qian Fei waved her shiny cleaver at him, “Are you going to wash them or not?”
Li Yifei cursed under his breath and walked to the sink. “Let me tell you, this is the last time! Don’t even think about making me wash vegetables for you again! If you dare to order me around to do chores in the future, don’t say I didn’t warn you!”
Qian Fei chopped through the vegetables and slammed the cleaver on the cutting board, producing a series of clanging sounds. “Li Yifei, do you think with how fast I’m cutting these vegetables, this cleaver might accidentally slip from my hand and fly towards you?”
There were no more complaints from Li Yifei’s direction, only the joyful sound of running water washing the carrots.
After a busy period, the hotel project entered the guidance phase. Liu Yifeng seemed to have taken on another project through a classmate’s connection.
Liu Yifeng was extremely satisfied with Qian Fei’s subsequent work on the hotel project, praising her as someone who could get the job done properly. When he received the new project, he even specifically asked Qian Fei if she wanted to work on it with him.
How could Qian Fei say no? She was thrilled.
Thus, she followed Liu Yifeng into another project team, working on the IPO for a company in the CBD.
Coincidentally, they were once again working as joint sponsors with Li Yifei’s company on this project.
When Liu Yifeng handed the company materials to Qian Fei, he said, “We’ll start on-site due diligence the day after tomorrow. You already know the people from the partner company. Aren’t you quite familiar with Li Yifei and Zhao De? I think we already have a good rapport between our two parties on this project. If we work well together, we should be able to complete the on-site work quickly!”
Qian Fei took the materials and looked them over.
After reviewing them, her heart skipped a beat.
This time, it was truly a case of coincidence piled upon coincidence—to the point of absurdity! This company happened to be where Gui Lili worked.
Qian Fei suddenly felt that the coming days would be quite eventful and colorful.
When she got home that evening, Qian Fei asked Li Yifei if he knew they would be working on a project together again.
Li Yifei indicated that he knew, “Just thinking about having to face you day and night again makes me feel like life is nothing special.”
Qian Fei asked, “What do you mean?”
Li Yifei said, “It means it’s very uninteresting, stupid!”
Qian Fei said, “Why don’t you move out and find a smarter landlord?”
Li Yifei said, “What are we eating tonight? Can we not have fish? I want something light tonight. How about green peppers with pork?”
Qian Fei was successfully led off-topic without realizing it, “Bah! You dare call something with ‘stir-fried meat’ in its name light!”
Amid their bickering, Qian Fei went to prepare dinner in the kitchen. As she scrubbed the wok, she grumbled, “Let me tell you, Li Yifei, you better find a place and move out soon!” Then she used a bowl to scoop rice from the rice bag. Scooping once, she felt that Li Yifei’s appetite had grown recently and this might not be enough for him, so she scooped again. As she scooped, she continued to say, “This grand aunt has had enough of waiting on you!”
Meanwhile, Li Yifei was reluctantly washing green peppers, grumbling as he did so, “I’m telling you, Qian Fei, this is the last time I’m doing chores!” As he spoke, he finished washing the green peppers and then picked up a bag of cucumbers and started washing them too. “If you dare to make me wash vegetables or dishes again, see how I’ll deal with you!”
The two of them continued their busy work, gritting their teeth at each other. By the end, Qian Fei had forgotten to ask Li Yifei the slightly foolish question she had been wanting to ask: “Do you know, young man, that the company we’re going to is the one your ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend owns?”
Of course, this question wasn’t the key; what she wanted to ask was: “Li Yifei, are you doing okay?”