Chapter 299: Ruan Gaoyang

"What are you afraid of? If something happens, there's insurance."

"Just drive it if I tell you to. Just give it some gas and go."

Zheng Qian said nonchalantly.

Xia Xixi felt helpless and could only slowly press the gas pedal.

She felt uneasy.

She had dared to drive Zheng Qian's Rolls-Royce before.

But having switched to such a sporty, aggressive car, she suddenly felt a bit afraid to drive it.

Along the way, Xia Xixi only dared to drive at 50 km/h.

By the time they arrived at Luyuan Villa, the dozen or so Alphards rented by the company had already arrived before them.

It was truly a bit of a waste to have the supercar driven like this by Xia Xixi.

"Actually... it's not that I don't dare to drive it."

Just before getting out of the car, Xia Xixi explained to Zheng Qian.

"It's that I hate the feeling of being talked about, you know?"

Before, when Zheng Qian gave her the AMG, it caused quite a stir in the company.

Although no one said anything to her face, they were discussing it intensely behind her back.

Now that he got a Lamborghini and had her drive it the moment it appeared, it would make people misunderstand that Zheng Qian had bought it for her.

By then, another storm of gossip would arise.

"Hey, why do you care what other people think?"

"I am the chairman, and you are my secretary. Isn't it perfectly normal for me to ask you to drive for me?"

"Alright, alright, go park the car and stop overthinking."

After Zheng Qian finished speaking, he got out of the car.

Before he even entered the door, he saw a familiar figure.

That person was also staring straight at Zheng Qian. The two of them locked eyes for about ten seconds, both with their brows tightly furrowed.

"Ruan Gaoyang?"

"Zheng Qian? It really is you! I almost didn't dare to recognize you!"

Ruan Gaoyang was Zheng Qian's junior high school classmate; it had been ten years since they last met.

Running into each other at the entrance of Luyuan Villa, it would be impolite not to say anything.

Zheng Qian smiled and greeted him.

Both of them had attended Yezhou No. 1 Experimental Middle School, the best middle school in the area.

Their methods of admission were different.

When Zheng Qian was in the orphanage, he was very studious and got in based on his excellent grades.

As for Ruan Gaoyang, he got in through connections.

Ruan Gaoyang was thin, like a skinny monkey, tall and pale; at first glance, one might think he was malnourished.

Don't let his frail appearance fool you; back in school, relying on the fact that his family was in the building materials business, he had bullied Zheng Qian quite a bit.

Ten years had passed, and Zheng Qian couldn't recall those trivial matters from junior high anymore. He only remembered being bullied by Ruan Gaoyang, but had forgotten exactly how.

"Qian'er, we haven't seen each other in so long, let's grab a meal together."

"Today is my girlfriend's birthday, so it's a perfect time to get together."

Ruan Gaoyang offered politely.

The current Zheng Qian might no longer be who he used to be.

Back in junior high, Zheng Qian's grades had been excellent.

Luyuan Villa was the restaurant in Yezhou only second to Wangyue Island.

To be able to frequent such a place, one must be either rich or noble.

He wanted to reconnect with Zheng Qian.

Ruan Gaoyang also remembered that he had once bullied Zheng Qian.

But in the adult world, is there really such a thing as bullying or not?

If you have social status and I have social status, becoming friends again means there will always be times when we can be of use to each other.

"Let me introduce you, your sister-in-law, Shang Yanni."

Ruan Gaoyang had already started referring to himself as the big brother.

Zheng Qian noticed that beside Ruan Gaoyang, there was indeed a woman with a sharp, V-shaped face dressed sexily, looking very much like a minor internet celebrity.

She was wearing a micro-miniskirt, practically as good as wearing nothing, almost exposing herself.

Behind Ruan Gaoyang, there were three or four lackeys following him.

Zheng Qian remembered that back in school, Ruan Gaoyang always had this entourage: a girl and a few lackeys.

Even now, it was the same lineup, just that the people around him had all been replaced.

"Hello." Shang Yanni took the initiative to greet Zheng Qian.

Her eyes were bewitching.

There was a hint of... seduction mixed in with her sexiness.

Zheng Qian: ???

Flirting with him right in front of Ruan Gaoyang?

Ruan Gaoyang's taste hadn't changed; he still liked these kinds of fickle women.

When he got tired of playing, he would just swap them out, living a carefree life.

That meant Ruan Gaoyang's family background was still as good as ever.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible to support him playing around until now.

"No, no, I'm here for an event, a company team-building activity." Zheng Qian politely declined.

Running into them at the entrance of Luyuan Villa, there was no way they were actually going to sit down and eat together!

Everyone had their own plans.

It was just being polite; there was no need to take it seriously.

Company team-building?

Ruan Gaoyang looked up at the banner hung at the entrance of Luyuan Villa.

"Welcome to the Qianhe Group family, for the team-building dinner, please go to the first floor."

Hmm... standard team-building, dinners, annual meetings, they all had banners like this.

"Qianhe Group?"

"Little Qian, you're an employee of Qianhe Group now!"

Ruan Gaoyang's family was in the building materials business. In the past three months, Qianhe Group had made quite a stir in Yezhou, and even a rich second-generation heir like him, who didn't care about business matters, knew the reputation of Qianhe Group.

"Looking at how you're dressed, you must have become a leader now, not bad!"

Ruan Gaoyang joked with a smile.

"Yeah, I suppose I am a small leader." Zheng Qian didn't deny it and went along with what he said.

Calling him a small leader was quite an understatement.

Zheng Qian was currently the chairman of Qianhe Group. After returning from Jiangnan, he held over 80% of the shares, which meant he held absolute power and controlled the board of directors.

In The Group, when he said one, no one dared to say two.

If he told all of this to Ruan Gaoyang, he would probably be so shocked that his jaw would drop.

However, at the end of the day, it was just a chance encounter. Zheng Qian wouldn't have any dealings with such people in the future, so there was no need to reveal his identity.

Since Ruan Gaoyang liked to show off, let him show off.

Zheng Qian's mindset at this moment was exactly the same as when Tang Xingyu didn't tell Xiao Xinhao that he was the young master of Xingyao Group.

Saying it wouldn't do any good and would only cause trouble.

It was better not to say anything.

"Let's go inside and talk, let's go inside."

Ruan Gaoyang really wanted to show off.

That was just the kind of person he was.

He liked to show off, slack off, and get ahead of others.

Zheng Qian had just admitted that he was a small leader, which an ordinary person would take as humility.

But Ruan Gaoyang took it as showing off.

If he didn't show off in front of Zheng Qian, he would really be looked down upon.

"Come to think of it, I actually know your company's president."

"Which president?"

"Uh..."

Ruan Gaoyang's brain spun.

The most common surnames: Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li.

A company as big as Qianhe Group definitely had more than one president; vice presidents were also presidents.

Ruan Gaoyang didn't actually know any president of Qianhe Group; he just wanted to show off in front of Zheng Qian.

He had a vague impression that the president of Qianhe Group seemed to be surnamed...

Right, surnamed Zheng.

"President Zheng, you know him, right?"

President Zheng?

Zheng Qian certainly knew him.

Wasn't Ruan Gaoyang talking about him?

This was their first meeting in nearly ten years.

It sounded like nonsense just to show off.

At most, he just knew the surname.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have said such things.

The president of Qianhe Group was him!