Chapter 251: It's Zheng Qian again.

"President Jiang!"

Secretary Du Bingbing, President Jiang's secretary, ran in stumbling, clutching a file.

"What is it?"

"There's news regarding Zheng Qian's background check."

President Jiang frowned slightly.

Just in time.

She had previously ordered an investigation into Zheng Qian, assuming he was a self-made young entrepreneur, a 'phoenix man' in the eyes of others.

But ever since the last bidding meeting, President Jiang had looked at Zheng Qian in a new light.

The ability and boldness he displayed were seriously inconsistent with the background information previously uncovered.

President Jiang ordered a re-investigation of Zheng Qian, demanding they dig deep and uncover everything.

After reading the investigation file, President Jiang was furious.

"Is there any difference between this file and the last one?"

President Jiang threw it onto the desk, causing Secretary Du Bingbing to shudder.

"President Jiang, I personally supervised this investigation. We practically dug up Zheng Qian's ancestral grave to run a DNA test."

Secretary Du Bingbing wanted to cry.

She was out of options.

Secretary Du Bingbing had sent out several teams to conduct interviews, but the results were basically the same as before.

President Jiang rarely lost her temper with Secretary Du Bingbing.

Raised in an orphanage, a graduate of Yebei University—everything indicated that Zheng Qian's background was surprisingly... ordinary!

Given his background, the highest he could ever reach in his life would be Vice President of Zhengxin Shipyard—that would be his peak.

Yet, not only did Zheng Qian leap to become Chairman of Qianhe Group, but he also frequently made massive investments. It seemed as if he had a powerful consortium backing him; otherwise, how could one explain the repeated, sudden appearances of massive sums of money?

Unless...

Zheng Qian's background far exceeded her imagination.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to have conducted several investigations, nearly digging up his ancestral grave, and still only have this little bit of information.

If that was the case, then she couldn't blame Secretary Du Bingbing.

It could only be said that Zheng Qian had hidden himself far too well.

Wait!

Zheng Qian came from an orphanage?!

President Jiang had always overlooked this point.

A background with no parents.

Could it be that Zheng Qian's biological parents were from one of the most powerful families in Kyushu?

President Jiang had often seen such tropes in films and television—things like 'The three-year period is up, young master, please return'...

"Oh, right, President Jiang, I have one more thing to report to you."

"Speak."

President Jiang's train of thought was interrupted by Secretary Du Bingbing.

She had just been thinking about many things, but her expression remained calm, cold as ice, and she was sparing with her words.

"News just came in from the auction house that Yuese Company is putting that merchant ship back up for auction."

"A large merchant ship? Which one?" President Jiang looked skeptical.

Yuese Company primarily dealt in cruise ships, but they still had two merchant ships running international routes.

However, before the auction began, these two merchant ships had already been reserved by a mysterious buyer.

Now that they were being put back up for auction, it was clear something had gone wrong. It was very likely the buyer had backed out.

Compared to the cruise ships, these two merchant ships were Yuese Company's lifeline, the biggest piece of the pie!

Even if she didn't get the cruise ship, winning one of the merchant ships would be a good choice!

"What is Yuese Company asking for it?" President Jiang asked.

"They didn't say. I heard they are still going to use a blind auction to sell it."

President Jiang nodded wisely.

Secretary Du Bingbing explained that only one of the two merchant ships was being released—the white knight.

President Jiang had been coveting these two massive commercial cargo ships for a long time.

The cost to build them brand new was as high as 2.5 billion!

International routes hadn't been easy to run these past two years, so the price might have fallen slightly, but a million-ton class container ship like that would cost at least 1.5 billion.

Compared to market prices, that was practically a steal!

Even so, President Jiang didn't have that much cash on hand.

To buy the white knight, the few hundred million she had on hand wasn't enough.

What should she do?

Even if she mortgaged Yamei Group to the bank now, it would require a series of cumbersome procedures.

There simply wasn't enough time.

How about... talking to Zheng Qian about a partnership?

President Jiang was extremely reluctant to think of Zheng Qian, but who else could raise so much capital in such a short time?

She had tried her best yesterday and only managed to scrape together a few hundred million. If she were asked to come up with a billion or more, it would be impossible.

President Jiang never thought she would have a day where she would be stumped by money.

Although very reluctant, for the sake of business interests, President Jiang decided to temporarily set aside her pride and try to talk to Zheng Qian.

She acted immediately.

President Jiang always acted with decisive speed.

Wasn't Zheng Qian right downstairs?

The concert was about to end, so President Jiang thought, why not just block Zheng Qian at the main entrance?

Zheng Qian's temper and arrogance had really grown; he was elusive, like a dragon that shows its head but hides its tail.

She had tried to find him several times, only to be rejected.

Zheng Qian was doing this to spite her on purpose!

After the concert ended.

Song Yaxian took the initiative to link arms with Zheng Qian, which greatly surprised him.

A cruise ship hadn't been enough to win Song Yaxian over.

Was he able to win her over just by spending money to have a superstar sing a few songs with her?

Zheng Qian glanced at Song Yaxian's Favorability toward him at that moment.

It had already reached 80 points!

Clearly, Song Yaxian had been moved by his various actions.

She was actually the woman Zheng Qian had met whose Favorability was the hardest to increase. He had spent so much money and it had stayed at 55 points; it seemed he hadn't been spending it in the right places before.

The change in Song Yaxian's attitude toward Zheng Qian made him feel very surprised.

He had originally thought that as long as Song Yaxian's Favorability didn't increase, she would be his long-term piggy bank.

He hadn't expected this.

A willow planted unintentionally had grown into shade.

Before, he had spent billions on her and it had only increased a little. Now, having spent a billion, her Favorability had already reached 80 points, making Zheng Qian feel a tiny bit of crisis.

Was this woman really about to be won over just like that...

There is an old saying: once a woman sets her heart on someone, her Favorability rises very quickly.

Song Yaxian actively linked arms with Zheng Qian, and the two found a quiet fire exit to leave the scene.

On the way, she didn't dare to look directly into Zheng Qian's eyes.

Zheng Qian didn't know what to say either.

The atmosphere was a bit ambiguous.

Neither spoke, yet they both held onto each other, unwilling to let go.

Song Yaxian was actually quite conflicted in her heart.

The man beside her was so smooth!

She didn't want to be reeled in either!

But he had requested a superstar to sing with her!

Even when Zheng Qian gifted her a cruise ship earlier, Song Yaxian hadn't been as moved as she was now.

Considering Zheng Qian's sincere attitude and his relentless pursuit.

She would reluctantly agree to Zheng Qian.

The two arrived at the parking lot.

Not far away, a young, vibrant-looking man and woman were talking.

"Shanshan, let me take you home." Zhang Jian very gentlemanly opened the passenger door for Lu Shanshan.

Lu Shanshan lifted her eyelids and saw Zheng Qian walking toward her.

Beside him was a woman holding his arm, acting intimately.

It was Song Yaxian, who had just performed on stage with the superstar!

Damn it!

Why were they parking here too!

Could things in the world be such a coincidence?

Zheng Qian must have already seen Zhang Jian opening the car door for her.

To avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, Lu Shanshan changed her mind and refused Zhang Jian: "Forget it, no need. I'll just take a taxi home."

After speaking, Lu Shanshan slipped away behind the cars, using the vehicles as cover.

Zhang Jian stood there dumbfounded in place.

???

What was going on?

She didn't even want a ride home?

She had to take a taxi?

Zhang Jian didn't understand what Lu Shanshan meant by this.

Turning his head to look, Zhang Jian understood instantly.

It was Zheng Qian again!