Chapter 2046 - 2038: Harshly Scorned

"Hey, President Lin, what’s going on? You show up without any notice, such a grand visit, I’m honestly a bit overwhelmed here."

Lin Siqing saw that he actually came back together with Xiaoqiang. Looked like these two were getting along pretty well now.

Lin Siqing gave a short, cold laugh. "I just want to talk to President Chen alone."

Chen Jun said, "What’s wrong, did you see the announcement we posted today, so you came over? What does President Lin mean by this? Does Ye Ning know you’re here?"

"She... she doesn’t know. I came on my own. I just want to get it straight—what exactly is it that you people want from us."

Chen Jun let out a little laugh, looking all magnanimous as he walked over.

"President Lin, come on. You’re the good old chairman of Linyu Group, and yet you let Ye Ning talk you into doing this kind of thing. What did she say to you? That Mu Yeli’s backing her from behind, so it’s guaranteed to be big, and you fell for it? But look, where is Mu Yeli now? Has he ever even shown up? Men, you know how they are. For a while he and Ye Ning might look all lovey-dovey, but you and I are both men—tell me, how long can a man stay interested in one woman, right? You’d be better off working with us. If we cooperate... isn’t that better than following a Ye Ning who’s just trying to play the fox borrowing the tiger’s power? Look at you, ending up like this—whose fault is that? Where is she now? You’re here on your own, while she’s made her money and is living in comfort at home. Anyway, she can still be a celebrity and keep raking it in, so she won’t bother with your company, right? Women, they’re all that vain, that selfish. I’m telling you."

Lin Siqing seemed to get it now—so that’s how he managed to talk Xiaoqiang into switching sides.

With a tongue like that, Xiaoqiang, who just entered the workforce and hasn’t seen much of the world, got poached by Ye Ning over here to help out—how was he supposed to withstand this kind of sweet talk?

Lin Siqing snorted.

It was a pity Chen Jun thought Ye Ning was nothing but an actress, nothing else, while Lin Siqing knew perfectly well that any one of Ye Ning’s identities, if she chose to bring it out, would scare the hell out of him.

Especially since she didn’t need to rely on anyone at all.

Xiaoqiang watched from behind, and all he could think was, even the President Lin he used to look up to has come to this.

Turns out he used to be the one being fooled too, stuck in his little well thinking the people around him were already impressive, never realizing that only when you climb to a certain height do you see people who are higher still.

There’s always someone better, always a higher sky. The truly powerful ones—there are plenty.

Xiaoqiang passed by in front of Lin Siqing, looked at him, and said, "President Lin, people go upward. I hope you understand that."

Lin Siqing smiled even more. "People with a low horizon can’t see the heights, because they only ever look down."

Xiaoqiang snorted and looked at him. "President Lin, take a good look. Who’s the one here coming in with his tail between his legs, begging?"

"No, you’re wrong. This isn’t begging." Lin Siqing said. "I just came to confirm what kind of dog you’ve decided to follow."

"You..."

Chen Jun said from behind, "Enough, Xiaoqiang. What’s the point of talking to a defeated subordinate general? President Lin’s already suffering. We should cut him some slack."

Xiaoqiang snorted and said, "See? Someone as broad-minded as President Chen is the kind of person who actually does big things. Just look at his mentality."

At that moment, Lin Siqing already heard Ye Ning in his earpiece saying, "All right, stop wasting time. I’ve got it. Let’s go."

Lin Siqing smiled, glanced at Xiaoqiang, then turned around and left, too lazy to say another word.

Once a person changes, it can happen so fast you don’t even recognize them anymore.

He would never have imagined before that someone could change this much.

(All done. I’m on a business trip today, flying all day, my head is killing me...)