The following days, Gu Susu felt that life after marriage had returned to normal.
Qin Tianyi no longer bothered her, nor did he touch her. He said her arm injury had almost healed, and at night, he sent her to sleep on the sofa while he slept in his own bed.
The two of them could now show affection in front of the old lady with tacit understanding. In the mornings, they would go to Mishang Company together.
However, once they were in the company's president's office and the door was closed, they ignored each other and busied themselves with their own work.
Besides handling the management affairs of Mishang Company, Qin Tianyi seemed to have many other things to do.
Gu Susu observed carefully. He started working from the moment he arrived at his office and continued until everyone else had left the company. He had endless tasks.
She sat at a small table nearby, spreading out her drawing paper to design fashion for the Paris Fashion Week, racking her brain on how her collection could stun the audience.
Gu Susu felt this was quite good. During the day, they were both busy with their own affairs at the company. At night, they only needed to pretend in front of the old lady. Once the door was closed, they ignored each other.
She would wrap herself up tightly and lie on the sofa to sleep at the appointed time. Qin Tianyi seemed to have lost interest in her, which was the life she had always wanted after marrying into the Qin family.
One day, Qin Tianyi and she arrived at Mishang Company together in the morning. They didn't stay in the office for long before Xiao Anjing came to find him. They seemed to have something urgent, so they left the company.
Gu Susu spent the whole day in the office drawing design drafts, still not entirely satisfied. As it was nearing the end of the workday, the intercom in the office rang.
She picked up the phone. The receptionist said, "President Gu, a woman wants to see you, but she doesn't have an appointment. Do you want to see her?"
"What's her name?"
The receptionist on the first floor asked and replied, "Her name is Guo Mei. She said she knows you."
Gu Susu was stunned. It was Zhang Gaoyuan's wife again. What did she want this time?
She wanted to refuse outright, but then she thought about it and said, "I can see her, but please tell her to leave everything she's carrying at the reception and come to my office to see me."
"Okay, understood."
Gu Susu hung up the phone, thinking that she had learned from the previous two times. She would meet her this time, just to hear what she had to say, but she would not allow any further accidents.
Not long after, there was a knock on the door.
"Please come in." Gu Susu saw a secretary leading Guo Mei in.
She asked the secretary to pour a cup of tea and then asked, "You know that someone was filming nearby last time, right?"
Guo Mei quickly said, "President Gu, I didn't know. I truly didn't know who was around at the time. I'm sorry. You let me go last time, and you didn't prosecute my husband for attempted murder."
Gu Susu was surprised. She didn't know that Qin Tianyi hadn't prosecuted Zhang Gaoyuan for a serious crime, and she thought she couldn't help them at all.
"Since that's the case, and you've gotten what you wanted, why are you looking for me?"
"President Gu, please rest assured, I'm not here to cause trouble, nor has anyone instructed me to come," Guo Mei said sincerely.
Gu Susu hummed, waiting to hear what she had to say.
Guo Mei got straight to the point and said, "Last time, you said you could take a look at that batch of goods piled up in my husband's factory, right? If it meets the quality standards, your company will still accept the goods as promised?"
Gu Susu nodded. She had thought of this herself, but she hadn't discussed it with Qin Tianyi yet. However, she felt it was feasible.
It now seemed that Zhang Gaoyuan and Guo Mei were both pawns used by Huang Xiuli and her daughter. They refused to accept this batch of goods before Qin Tianyi took over the company, likely to attack Qin Tianyi, who had just taken over, with this matter. It had nothing to do with the quality of the goods themselves.
If she and Qin Tianyi fulfilled their promise as usual and accepted this batch of goods, it would solve the difficulties of Zhang Gaoyuan and his wife, resolve their resentment, and why not.
Guo Mei's face lit up with a smile and she said, "That's great, thank you, President Gu. If you have time, I can take you to the company warehouse now to see the goods."
Gu Susu closed her drawing drafts, thinking that she had nothing else to do today. It might as well be to go to the factory warehouse with Guo Mei, get a sample, and show it to Qin Tianyi tonight to see if he would agree.
"Okay, I have time now."
Guo Mei smiled and stood up, saying, "Then let's go now."
Gu Susu picked up her bag, informed Qin Tianyi's secretary, and left the company ten minutes before the end of the workday.
...
Qin Tianyi and Xiao Anjing finished discussing business with an important client. As they walked out of the client's group, Xiao Anjing was so happy he wanted to jump for joy.
He was still excited about the successful negotiation. It was a major project for Aoxiang Group that had been pending for a long time. The other party had been hesitant to sign, hoping to raise the price. Unexpectedly, during the negotiation today, he showed the other party Qin Tianyi's newly made proposal. Not only did he not raise the price, but he also managed to get the other party to concede two points, and they finally signed the agreement.
"Young Master, how did you come up with such a brilliant proposal? It's amazing."
Qin Tianyi said calmly, "They weren't in a hurry and wanted to string us along to raise the price because if we couldn't sign, they could find overseas companies to cooperate with. Now that I've cut off their possibility of overseas cooperation, they have no other choice. If they don't sign with us, relying on their company's own strength, they probably wouldn't even be able to secure that project. Wouldn't all the initial investment be wasted? At this point, they have no hope of making us raise the price; they have to give us profits."
"Makes sense." Xiao Anjing was a simple-minded person. He found what he said confusing and said reluctantly, "Anyway, I just said what you taught me and suppressed them with my presence. Haha, I did okay, right?"
Qin Tianyi glanced at him dismissively and said, "You have the talent to be an actor. Why don't you stop following me and go to those film and television companies to recommend yourself?"
"Young Master, you're making fun of me. How old am I? I'm still going to be an actor. Even if I go, I can only play uncles. I won't brag about myself anymore, okay?" Xiao Anjing looked like he was humbling himself and begging for mercy.
"You're so talkative!" Qin Tianyi said as they walked to the car and asked, "Did you buy the notebook I asked you to buy?"
Xiao Anjing unlocked the car with the remote key and said, "The new limited edition is too hard to find, and you're still picky about the color. Ugh, I found a few acquaintances and finally bought it. I also had words engraved on it as you requested. It's in the car, you can see it yourself."
Qin Tianyi couldn't wait to open the car door and get in. He saw a brand new pink notebook placed on the back seat.
He picked it up and opened it to examine it carefully. Turning it over to the back, he saw the words "Bìyì Shuāngfēi" (flying side by side) engraved on the base, along with a line of dates. A slight smile curved his lips in satisfaction.