Mengqi had no choice but to stand up, but her mind was still occupied with unfinished business. She said helplessly, "Stop messing around. I can just pace a couple of steps in the study, right?"
"What kind of exercise is that? Wait a moment." Yao Feili said, opening the music on his phone and turning the volume up to the maximum. He made a gentlemanly gesture.
Mengqi asked in surprise, "What is this for?"
"Miss, may I have this dance?" Yao Feili smiled at her.
She understood and couldn't help but smile. She raised one hand and placed it on his shoulder, "Of course."
They began to dance a formal ballroom dance in the study, and Mengqi's anxious and tense mood eased considerably.
"What project proposal is making you frown so much?" Yao Feili asked when he saw her mood had improved. "Tell me about it, and see if I can help you."
Mengqi said, "My father acquired a large plot of land near the port last year. He originally planned to build a large international freight center, but the group's current situation makes it impossible to start construction. However, the land has been lying idle, and the relevant departments have been urging our group. This is because, according to my father's promise at the time, it was to be completed within three years. So, I have to prepare a project proposal to submit to the relevant departments, and then continue to delay it as long as possible."
"Alas, that's the only way," Yao Feili agreed with her approach.
Mengqi continued, "But no matter how I write this project proposal, it's impossible to convince anyone. The people in the relevant departments are not fools. If they see the problem, they won't trust our group anymore."
Yao Feili led her in a graceful dance, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Have you considered finding a partner to build this project with you? Since the Huangfu Group cannot handle this project alone, it would be better to find a strong group to do it together. This way, although you won't get the whole project, it can alleviate the current crisis and bring in a large amount of income."
"Are you suggesting that you want to be a partner of the Huangfu Group?"
Yao Feili smiled and said, "Have you forgotten that I signed an agreement with your father and will not directly interfere with the affairs of the Huangfu Group? But I think there is someone very suitable. Why don't we talk to him? Perhaps it can even resolve the animosity that has existed between you."
"Who is that person?" Mengqi couldn't immediately figure out who he was referring to.
Yao Feili ventured, "Qin Tianyi. With the strength of the Aoxiang Group, he can easily help you solve your current troubles."
"Him? No, absolutely not." Mengqi heard the music stop, and her whole body froze. "This person has too big an appetite and has been coveting our group all along. A cooperative project won't be enough to satisfy him."
Yao Feili analyzed for her, "When I first arrived in Lan City and before cooperating with the Huangfu Group, I had a few encounters with this person. He's probably not as bad as you think, and he's someone who follows the rules. Have you ever considered that it would be better for your two groups to bury the hatchet? It would only bring benefits and no harm to anyone."
Mengqi let go of him, feeling less tired. She didn't answer immediately, pondering. "What you said makes some sense. Let me think about it again."
As she spoke, she sat down at the desk and looked at the project proposal again.
Yao Feili wanted to persuade her to rest early and said, "It's getting late. Don't stay up all night. Go to rest..."
"You go to sleep first. I'll be there in a moment." Mengqi still wanted to go over the project proposal again, calculate it based on the actual situation, and see how large the funding gap for the group was.
Yao Feili couldn't force her any further. He picked up his phone and left the study.
In fact, he had met Qin Tianyi privately during this time and talked with him, trying to understand why Qin Tianyi had been relentlessly targeting the Huangfu Group. If it were just simple business competition, it shouldn't have escalated to this point.
After Qin Tianyi learned that he wanted to take Mengqi abroad and help her break free from the Huangfu Group, he also shared some of his true thoughts.
From what Yao Feili heard from Qin Tianyi, he didn't want to take over the entire Huangfu Group, but only wanted to gain control of the financial building under the Huangfu Group's name.
Yao Feili also considered that if Qin Tianyi could acquire that financial building, he would no longer relentlessly pressure the Huangfu Group, and Mengqi wouldn't have to work so hard.
Once Mengqi became familiar with the group's management processes and no longer had Qin Tianyi as an enemy, she could manage the Huangfu Group remotely from abroad after going with him. This way, she wouldn't have to oversee every single detail personally.
This was what he believed to be the best solution where all three parties could achieve their desires. That's why he had mentioned the possibility of cooperating with the Aoxiang Group to Mengqi tonight.
However, he could only wait for Mengqi's final decision.
As soon as Yao Feili left the study, Mengqi closed the study door, wanting to seriously consider the matter.
She couldn't hold on for much longer with the current state of the Huangfu Group. If she truly reached a dead end, wouldn't the group be ruined in her hands?
At this time, using the large project the group held to attract other strong groups to invest and cooperate was indeed a way to alleviate the urgent need.
Apart from their own group, the Aoxiang Group was indeed the most powerful.
However, she had some impression of Qin Tianyi's wife, who seemed approachable and easy to talk to, but she hadn't interacted with Qin Tianyi himself.
Mengqi had first heard from her parents that Qin Tianyi was ambitious and would become the greatest threat to their group. Even if she were to negotiate cooperation with him, she would have to be cautious.
Moreover, if she really needed to find someone to cooperate with, he wasn't the only option; she could try approaching a few more companies.
After figuring out the group's matters, Mengqi started to worry about Mengyao again.
Mengyao had quit her job at the research institute and gone to an unsafe place to work as a doctor, most likely to find Song Jiaping.
Although Mengyao hadn't mentioned Song Jiaping at all on the phone, she could sense that Mengyao was probably with Song Jiaping.
Hong Jiaxi had also come to see her a few times after being discharged from rehabilitation, just wanting to know where Mengyao had gone.
She had only said that Mengyao had gone abroad to clear her head and that she couldn't contact her. Seeing that Hong Jiaxi was still not giving up.
Mengqi had severely reprimanded him, and he dared not come to her to inquire about Mengyao's whereabouts again.
She was afraid that even if she hadn't told Hong Jiaxi where Mengyao was, Hong Jiaxi would find her himself.
Mengyao had not yet officially divorced Jiaxi, and Mengyao would probably be in the wrong position then.
...
Just as Mengqi was worrying about Mengyao's situation, Jiaxi had already sent people to find out where Mengyao and Song Jiaping were.
This woman hadn't divorced him yet and was already eagerly living with Song Jiaping.
Jiaxi, filled with rage, arrived in this war-torn and dilapidated country.
He found the house where Mengyao and Song Jiaping were staying. Just as he was about to knock, he was surrounded by several mercenaries in camouflage uniforms.
Jiaxi hadn't expected that there were hidden personnel around the house. He communicated with them through gestures and said, "I'm looking for a woman named Mengyao. Does she live here?"
One of the mercenaries communicated with him in English, telling him that he could understand English.
Jiaxi repeated his purpose in English. The other party told him, "Yes, Miss Huangfu lives here, but she's working at the hospital now and isn't home."