The Favored Heiress-Chapter 779: She Just Wants to Be Coquettish

Li Qiao blinked her eyes, but in the end, she gave up the idea of persuading Shang Yu.

Although his behavior these last two days was no different than usual,

the unsettling feeling of fear of loss seemed to flare up again.

Li Qiao tucked the blanket over her legs, a glint in her eye, and grabbed his hand, saying, "It’s cold, warm me up."

To her surprise, declaring herself cold resulted in her being scooped into the man’s embrace.

Then, Liuyun received a meaningful look from his boss and silently turned on the car’s heater.

Li Qiao: "..."

She really just wanted... to act coquettishly.

She’d been careless.

...

In the cafe, Li Qiao strolled in with Luoyu at a leisurely pace.

Xi Luo waved at her from a private seat by the window and, as soon as Li Qiao sat down, she pushed a coffee cup in front of her, which surprisingly contained fragrant milk.

Li Qiao’s eyelid twitched, and she tapped the cup, "Just you alone?"

Xi Luo looked at her watch, "Five more minutes."

"Has Gu Chenn left?" Li Qiao asked, sipping her milk. As soon as the words left her mouth, Xi Luo looked towards the office building across the street with a smile in her eyes, "There he comes."

Following her gaze, Li Qiao saw Gu Chenn in a sharp suit and Ye Jing in a trench coat entering the main entrance of the building.

Xi Luo crossed her arms and said gleefully, "Ye Jing is going to discuss a partnership with BTI today, the biggest telecom giant in British Imperial. I’m planning to teach her a lesson."

Li Qiao tugged at her lip with minimal interest, "Troublesome, why not just snatch it away?"

"Where’s the fun in that?" Xi Luo smiled mysteriously, arguing her point, "Do you know why Flame Alliance has so many in-depth collaborations with Charlman? Ultimately, it’s thanks to that idiot. Business naturally needs to be snatched, but lessons also need to be taught."

While speaking, Xi Luo gestured with her chin towards the window, "She is the Xiao family’s pawn, can you bear it?"

Ah, provocation.

Li Qiao glanced at her and looked across the street, drawling, "Is BTI a family business of Charlman’s?"

"Not really," Xi Luo shook her index finger, chuckling as she enlightened, "BTI is but one of Charlman’s backing capital forces. Cutting off this financial path is like removing Charlman’s arm."

Li Qiao nodded, standing up with a calm expression, "Let’s go, then."

Xi Luo didn’t catch on immediately, "Where to?"

"To remove an arm."

...

In the lobby of BTI headquarters, Ye Jing and Gu Chenn sat in the visitor’s waiting area, waiting to be received.

She would flip through the documents in her hand from time to time, also wearing a complacently serene air of leisure.

Gu Chenn, although dressed impeccably, seemed too casual with his posture, slouching nonchalantly in a corner of the sofa.

Ye Jing closed the documents and looked up at Gu Chenn, probing, "Do you plan to develop your career in Britain afterward?"

"Not planning to."

Ye Jing frowned, displeased with his dismissive attitude, "Then why did you come with me?"

Gu Chenn adjusted his suit in the sofa and twisted about, looking at Ye Jing’s dissatisfied expression, he shrugged, "To learn something." ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

He just wanted to see if the blabbermouth Xi Luo could actually lure Li Qiao over.

If Li Qiao could come, then, without any surprises, today would be Ye Jing’s first day of being kicked out of the organization.

How much to look forward to.

As she was thinking, three people leisurely walked towards the entrance of the grand hall in the distance.

In addition to Xi Luo, who was fully decked out in a suit and smelling fragrant, there was the casually dressed yet exquisitely beautiful Li Qiao, and... Luoyu, who couldn’t speak human language.

Gu Chenn involuntarily sat up straight, running his hands over the top of his head, afraid that his hairstyle had become messed up.

Ye Jing sat gracefully. Noticing the sudden change in Gu Chenn’s demeanor, she looked back and her pretty face immediately cooled down.

She stood up, her eyebrows knitted and eyes narrowed, "What are you here for?"

"To talk about cooperation, of course," Xi Luo said matter-of-factly, leaving Ye Jing unable to accept it.

She turned her face away and let out a cold laugh. After a moment, she looked back and swept her gaze over Xi Luo, "You? Talk about cooperation? Miranda, are you confused about the situation? Crossing into my business has always been my responsibility. Are you trying to overstep now?"

"You saw that I want to overstep?" Xi Luo’s attitude was nonchalant. She pulled Li Qiao to sit down and then feigned surprise with an ’ah,’ "Right, don’t you know K? If you don’t want me to get involved, you can let her talk to me. As long as she says it, I’ll listen."

Ye Jing was burning with rage, her face becoming increasingly tight.

But she still suppressed her anger, turned around to dig out her phone from her bag, and took a document to the corner of the lobby to make a call.

Xi Luo snorted, relaxedly taking out her lipstick to touch up her makeup.

Li Qiao glanced at her infuriatingly beautiful mouth, and asked casually, "What are you planning to do?"

"I’ll listen to you," Xi Luo held the lipstick in one hand, tilting her head and raising an eyebrow, "Tell me how you want to disarm them, I’ll follow your lead."

She knew it!

Li Qiao retracted her gaze with a faint and indifferent expression, lowering her head to twiddle her fingers, "I suddenly don’t feel like disarming them."

Gu Chenn, sitting beside her, felt as if his intelligence was insulted—he couldn’t understand at all.

Then, Xi Luo unwillingly curled her lip, muttering that this kid wasn’t cute at all.

She swiftly packed away her makeup mirror and lipstick, opened her handbag, and pulled out several documents, "Here, this is the BTI senior management structure. The person in charge of the founder’s overseas expansion business is called Steven, and all his details are right here.

These two are our contracts, to sign financial telecommunications services overseas under the name of our fund company, with a discount policy two percentage points lower than what Ye Jing has."

Li Qiao browsed through the documents, and in less than a minute, she curved her lips with an indifferent expression, "Lower it by another two percentage points."

"Sure?" Xi Luo, now in work mode, looked unusually serious, "Steven is profit-oriented. The discounts we’re offering are already lower than what Ye Jing is offering. Although we can help them expand the domestic financial market, if we lower it further..."

Li Qiao handed the documents back to Xi Luo, her eyes brimming with confidence, "Just lower it, he’ll choose us."

Xi Luo really wanted to ask: Where did this inexplicable confidence come from?

But for the sake of her ’conquest and expansion,’ she chose to keep her mouth shut.

About fifteen minutes passed, and the lobby was bustling with people, but still, no one came to lead them upstairs.

And Ye Jing, who had finished her phone call, remained sitting there as steady as a mountain.

Li Qiao pursed her lips, took out her cell phone, and sent a message. Seconds later, she looked at the screen, her eyebrows lifted in understanding, "Let’s head back for now. Today, they have a ’distinguished guest.’"

Xi Luo looked thoughtfully at her cheek and then stood up, "Alright."

Ye Jing didn’t notice Gu Chenn was also preparing to get up. She straightened her shoulders and sarcastically said, "All that high-sounding talk, but it was actually a lack of appointment, wasn’t it?"

Li Qiao slowed her pace and looked sideways at Ye Jing, her words coming out neutrally, "You and..."

"Xiao Qi."

An untimely nickname came from the front right of the lobby.

Everyone turned toward the sound and saw Xiao Yehui, decked out in British formal attire, being grandly escorted by a group of BTI high officials, walking over step by step...

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