Chapter 171: An Off-the-Board Move: Just Being Rich

Chapter 171: Chapter 171: An Off-the-Board Move: Just Being Rich

Li Muwan ignored him. Jiang Fan rubbed his nose awkwardly and pulled open the office door, ready to leave.

Just then, the sound of high heels clicked behind him.

"Let’s go."

Her ice queen persona was back in full force.

Neither of them said a word the entire way home. When they reached the front door, Li Muwan pulled it open and walked right in.

Jiang Fan rolled his eyes at that.

He pushed the door open and went inside to find the living room light still on. Sun Yanzi was sitting on the sofa, yawning repeatedly as she watched a boring soap opera.

When she saw Jiang Fan return, a hint of delight appeared in her eyes, and she quickly trotted over to greet him.

"You’re finally back! You must be exhausted after such a long day."

As she spoke, she reached out to take off Jiang Fan’s jacket, placed the small case he was holding to the side, and then grabbed his slippers from the shoe rack.

Sometimes, it’s these small gestures and details that touch the heart the most.

"You can let me do this myself next time. I’m not a kid anymore."

Jiang Fan scratched his head, a warm feeling spreading through his chest.

"I’m staying here as your guest right now, so of course I have to treat you well. What if you kick me out?"

"Besides, you took such good care of me back at the hospital. This is nothing compared to that."

Sun Yanzi said this while tidying up Jiang Fan’s jacket and hanging it on a rack, turning her head to give him a gentle smile.

"Have you eaten? Was the food today to your liking?"

"I have. I ate at the office."

After saying that, Jiang Fan froze.

’Where have I smelled that familiar flavor before?’

’Wasn’t that the taste of Sun Yanzi’s cooking?’

"As long as you enjoyed it. Actually, it was Mu Wan who told me to make it for you today. I was so busy I completely forgot about cooking."

"She specifically took over all my work so I could rush back to cook for you and bring it over."

"You know, Mu Wan is actually very good to you."

"Li Muwan asked you to make that meal?"

Jiang Fan asked, his voice a little hoarse.

"Yeah. She said you’d be too busy to eat all day, but your health is your most important asset, so you can’t skip meals."

’So that’s what happened.’ He’d been wondering why Li Muwan had rushed over to the First Mall.

’It turns out she was going there to bring me food...’

’And I treated her with that kind of attitude...’

For a moment, a mix of complicated emotions churned within Jiang Fan.

"What’s wrong? What are you thinking about? Go wash your hands. I’ll get you some fruit."

Sun Yanzi looked at him, puzzled.

"It’s nothing, nothing. I’ll go wash my hands. I’ll skip the fruit."

With that, he headed to the bathroom.

"You can’t skip the fruit. You need to get more vitamins."

Sun Yanzi took apples, watermelon, and grapes from the fridge.

She had already washed and sliced them all.

When Jiang Fan came out after washing his hands, he froze for a second at the sight.

Then, he couldn’t help but break into a grin.

’This feeling... it’s really nice.’

"You’re out! Come and eat, come and eat."

Sun Yanzi beckoned to him.

"Why are they all washed and sliced already?"

Jiang Fan sat down across from her.

"Because I sliced them a long time ago. I’ve just been waiting for you to come back."

That smile, a mix of intellect and sweetness, went straight for his heart!!

What man could possibly resist that?

"Hurry and eat. Rest after you’re done. You have another busy day tomorrow."

Sun Yanzi speared a slice of apple with a toothpick and held it out to Jiang Fan.

Jiang Fan opened his mouth and bit into it.

"CRUNCH! Tastes like chicken! Dozens of times more protein than beef!"

Jiang Fan teased her as he chewed.

"Oh, stop it. You’re being silly. How could an apple taste like chicken?"

"Why not? Have you never tried it?"

"You should try it. It really does taste like chicken."

Looking dead serious, Jiang Fan popped a slice of apple into her mouth.

Sun Yanzi was skeptical. After eating it, she shot Jiang Fan a flirtatious glare. "I knew you were tricking me~"

"Hurry up and eat. You’re so gullible, you actually believed me."

Jiang Fan popped a grape into his mouth and laughed.

Before long, all the fruit on the table had disappeared into their stomachs.

He let out a satisfied burp.

"Let’s watch some TV before bed. I’m stuffed."

...

Some are happy, some are sad. Li Fengming was in a terrible mood. The entire upper management of the group was now silent as cicadas in winter, all sitting obediently in the conference room.

"What are you all spacing out for? Hurry up and think of something!"

"An international supermodel that costs over 700,000 a day, and she still can’t beat Xuerong? This is the brilliant idea you came up with??"

"Those other companies are useless too, relying on Fengming Group for everything! Maybe I should just go be their wet nurse!"

"What I wanted was to join forces and crush Xuerong! To make it so they can’t even grab a sliver of market share in the Celestial Dragon District!!"

"And what’s the situation now? We’ve thrown so much money at this, you’ve wasted so much manpower, resources, and energy in the early stages, and all you can give me now is a stalemate?"

"Are you pigs? No, calling you pigs would be a compliment!"

Li Fengming’s roars echoed throughout the company, his spittle spraying the faces of the people below him.

"President Li, perhaps we could use some underhanded tactics?"

A middle-aged man sitting in the corner asked cautiously.

"Underhanded tactics?"

Li Fengming immediately whipped his head around to look at him.

"We could just make it so that Jiang Fan guy can’t leave his house! Hire a few thugs off the street~"

The middle-aged man trailed off there, but his expression was one that everyone understood.

"Get out! Get the hell away from me!!"

Li Fengming pointed a finger at the door.

’With Jiang Fan’s fighting ability, a few street thugs would be useless against him. Wouldn’t that mean I took that beating for nothing?’

The scolded middle-aged man shrank back awkwardly.

"President Li, that method is out of the question, but the idea of ’underhanded tactics’ has given me an idea."

"Our current advantages are our massive capital chain and our larger share of retail locations."

"So why can’t we fight a price war with them? We can crush them fair and square with our pricing."

The vice president sitting below Li Fengming, whose face had been sprayed with spittle, stood up, a sharp glint in his eyes.

"A price war? For someone in your position to say something like that... are we ever going to raise our prices again? What’s the difference between taking over the Celestial Dragon District’s market share and not taking it at all if we do that?"

Li Fengming eyed him askance. Though he might be arrogant and hedonistic in other matters, when it came to business acumen, he saw things more clearly than anyone.

"No, President Li. We’re not going to fight a price war on our products!"