Chapter 29: Yao Manman's Gossip

"Yaoyao, weren't you on the diving team when you were in school? How come you don't know how to swim anymore after meeting President Zheng?" Hao Ruxue teased.

"Hahahaha."

The group burst into giggles, even Xia Xixi and Deng Shuxin laughed.

"It's just that when I saw President Zheng, I forgot how to swim, you're so annoying!" Zhong Xiaoyao blushed slightly, acting coy after being exposed.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zheng Qian glanced at everyone's Favorability toward him.

Xia Xixi's Favorability toward him remained at 30 points.

Hao Ruxue and Chang Mengmeng's Favorability were at 45 points, and He Yanyan's Favorability toward him was 35 points.

Zhong Xiaoyao was the highest, directly at 50 points.

The lowest was Deng Shuxin, at only 20 points.

The system's Favorability would not deceive Zheng Qian; he could judge the distance between them based on the Favorability.

But Zhong Xiaoyao and the others were a bit outrageous; they had 45 to 50 points of Favorability after only meeting for the first time.

A large part of the reason was likely the Vice President halo over Zheng Qian's head.

Soon, the group arrived on the island and came to the nineteenth floor of Wangyue.

The table was full of delicacies.

Seeing such dishes, the girls naturally didn't forget to take photos and post them on their Moments.

"Tsk tsk, Manman asked for leave today. What a pity, she's missing out on this treat." Zhong Xiaoyao had already finished taking photos and couldn't help but sigh.

"Yeah, it's such a pity she couldn't eat with such a handsome President Zheng."

Zheng Qian had already reviewed Yao Manman's file. Because she was a university student, she wasn't a full-time company employee, just an intern who only worked half a day.

But Yao Manman had always told him that her studies were busy, that she didn't have time to leave campus, and that she could only go home on weekend nights.

Upon careful reflection, Zheng Qian realized that Yao Manman's lies were endless. How could he have fallen for a green tea bitch like Yao Manman back then?

When dealing with girls like this, they would squeeze every bit of value out of a man. In the end, you'd either be cheated on or played, and the man would end up losing completely.

It was Zheng Qian's fault for realizing it too late.

"President Zheng, do you want to hear some gossip? Hahaha, we know quite a bit of gossip about Manman."

"What gossip?" Zheng Qian asked curiously.

"Yaoyao, don't cut in, let me tell it."

"This Yao Manman is no simple character. She was dating two boyfriends at the same time: one was Chang Rui, the son of one of our company's big clients, and the other was a senior at her school."

"That senior of hers was kept in the dark the whole time. He supported her through three years of university, providing living expenses and tuition. He was treated like an ATM; poor guy."

"Right, Yao Manman is really something. She often used this as an example, proudly sharing her techniques for controlling men with us, trying to brainwash us, but we all just listened to it as a joke."

"Hahahaha, how can there be such a stupid man in the world?"

Zheng Qian laughed along with them.

Xia Xixi noticed something strange on Zheng Qian's face; it seemed like he didn't really like listening to this kind of topic.

"Alright, alright, can't all these dishes shut your mouths?"

"I'm telling you, President Zheng and Yao Manman are acquaintances. Be careful, or Yao Manman might come looking for trouble with you one day."

Zheng Qian waved his hand, "It's fine, it's fine. We aren't that close. When you're with me, there's nothing you can't say. I won't go snitching, and I don't like it when people snitch to me about others. Other than that, it's all fine."

Hearing this, the Favorability of everyone at the table rose by 5 points.

Hearing that Zheng Qian didn't like people snitching to him, Deng Shuxin's Favorability rose very quickly, jumping directly by 20 points.

"President Zheng is truly magnanimous, quite different from the other two presidents."

The few of them showered him with more flattery, but they were a bit confused: how was Zheng Qian an acquaintance of Yao Manman?

Judging by Zheng Qian's tone, their relationship seemed quite unusual.

"By the way, accompany me to pick up a car tomorrow. Always using the company car is quite inconvenient."

Halfway through the meal, Zheng Qian suddenly brought up the car.

"What car are you planning to pick up? I'll see if I can have the 4S dealership prepare all the paperwork."

"Hmm... let's go with a Rolls-Royce."

A Rolls-Royce?!

Everyone's eyes stared straight at Zheng Qian, and even Deng Shuxin was slightly surprised.

This new Vice President is this rich?

He looks like he's only in his twenties; how can he just buy a Rolls-Royce like that?

Everyone felt that they had underestimated Zheng Qian's power.

Zhong Xiaoyao: [Favorability + 15]

Hao Ruxue: [Favorability + 15]

Chang Mengmeng: [Favorability + 15]

He Yanyan: [Favorability + 10]

Deng Shuxin and Xia Xixi were only slightly surprised, but their Favorability did not increase.

"President Zheng, there is no Rolls-Royce dealership in Yebai. The nearest one is hundreds of kilometers away, and it might take a long time to wait."

"I can't wait that long, I need it tomorrow."

"Then you might have to pay a large extra fee..."

"I'll give you a budget of 100 million, can you secure it?"

"I'll contact them right now."

"It's fine, we'll talk after eating."

What's the matter with Yebai? Isn't it just paying a bit more? Is 100 million enough?

Zheng Qian had only seen Rolls-Royces online; he didn't really know what the car was actually like.

But for some reason, he just really wanted to own a Rolls-Royce right now.

Hao Ruxue, Chang Mengmeng, and Zhong Xiaoyao's Favorability toward Zheng Qian all increased by anywhere from 5 to 10 points.

Knock, knock, knock.

A knock came to his ears.

Immediately after, a middle-aged man wearing a floral shirt and big shorts walked in.

Behind him followed a waiter pushing a cart, with two bottles of red wine and a stemmed wine glass on it.

"President Zheng!"

"Why didn't you say anything when you came?"

"If the front desk hadn't told me, I wouldn't have even known you were here!"

"Come, come, let me toast you."

Boss Han said, pouring wine to toast Zheng Qian.

At the same time, he looked around and discovered that, except for Zheng Qian, everyone at the table was a beautiful girl.

Each one was more beautiful than the last.

Good heavens, that woman sitting next to Zheng Qian was practically ripe.

Over there was another snow-white girl, and she was quite tall too.

Zheng Qian really is no ordinary person!

Seeing Boss Han arrive to toast him, Zheng Qian quickly stood up to return the toast.

"Not at all, I just took office as President, so I'm just treating a few subordinates to a meal," Zheng Qian explained.

"So that's how it is, President Zheng. Being young is great!"

The two clinked their glasses with a crisp sound.

That last sentence from Boss Han seemed to have a hidden meaning.

What did he mean by "being young is great"?

Boss Han leaned into Zheng Qian's ear and whispered, "President Zheng, can you handle it all by yourself?"

"Boss Han, you might have misunderstood. It's just a simple meal, not what you're thinking, hahaha." Zheng Qian felt that Boss Han had definitely gotten the wrong idea.

"By the way, why does it feel a bit like surveillance here, Boss Han? I might be afraid to come here in the future." Zheng Qian quickly changed the subject; if the girls behind him heard, it would be bad.

"Ah, that's not the case at all. Feel free to come here with confidence in the future; there's no surveillance or anything like that." Boss Han defended himself.

"Right, the day after tomorrow, an international cocktail party organization has rented the hotel next to mine, saying they are going to hold some sort of cocktail party. If you are interested, President Zheng, you can come and attend."

As Boss Han said this, he suddenly remembered this matter, took an invitation out of his pocket, and handed it to Zheng Qian.

Zheng Qian himself wasn't very interested in cocktail parties; he didn't know if Jin Lu would be interested.

Regardless, since the person had handed it over, Zheng Qian accepted it: "Alright, then thank you, Boss Han."

"I still have some things to attend to downstairs. Enjoy your meal, President Zheng, I'll head off now."