"Gurgle."
After drinking another cup of tea, Lin Zhiping rubbed his stomach, feeling like he didn't even need lunch anymore.
He was indeed full just from drinking water.
"Huff! This is killing !"
Lin Zhiping stood up in the empty reception room, pacing agitatedly, feeling terrible.
Even when he had visited Jinyu Group a few days earlier and had been ignored all day, he hadn't felt this bad.
Back then, he considered Jinyu Group a colossus, one the Lin Family couldn't afford to offend, so even if they disregarded him, what could he do about it?
But now, his attitude had changed compared to the previous days; he was here as the only one in Jinling to have ford a partnership with Jinyu Group.
He even planned to have a post-eting date with Lin Qiaoxia, potentially securing her in one go!
Yet, today's treatnt was far worse than his previous visit.
Back then, at least he had managed to see Lin Qiaoxia in the morning.
But now, since entering Jinyu Group, he hadn't even seen Lin Qiaoxia or her secretary.
What's worse, he had drunk so much tea that he needed the restroom—and a few security guards closely followed him, their faces full of suspicion as if they worried he would cause trouble or steal sothing!
Damn it, is this how you treat your business partners?
After receiving such treatnt, Lin Zhiping was naturally fuming.
Initially, he had convinced himself that Lin Qiaoxia was just busy and that she would co to see him as soon as she was free.
But it was already noon, and damn it, if Ms. Lin was busy outside, couldn't soone inform ? Could I go back and return on another day to talk?
What does it an to keep hanging like this?
The more Lin Zhiping thought about it, the angrier he got, and eventually, he walked out of the eting room.
Imdiately, a few burly security guards quickly ca up and followed right beside him.
Their expressions almost blatantly showed they suspected him of wrongdoing.
Lin Zhiping inhaled deeply and said darkly, "I want to see your President Lin."
One of the guards replied gruffly, "I'm sorry, but President Lin is busy and doesn't have ti to see you. If you can't wait, you might as well leave."
Lin Zhiping's eyes darted around as he asked, "Do you provide lunch here?"
"No!"
Lin Zhiping said, "Then I'll go out and buy so takeout. Do you guys want anything?"
"No need, we've just eaten," the guard replied calmly.
Lin Zhiping was almost ready to explode.
Damn it, they had ti to eat outside while keeping watch over , without even asking if I might want sothing? Just making drink tea the whole ti!
Lin Zhiping's forehead throbbed a few tis, then after taking a deep breath, he also felt sothing was off with Jinyu Group's treatnt of the Lin family, so he didn't dare make a scene.
Otherwise, if he were Lin Qiaoxia's boyfriend, and the guards dared treat him this way, he would have fired them all on the spot!
"Then I'll go buy it myself."
Lin Zhiping didn't say much and walked toward the exit.
Several security guards closely followed him for a while and then realized sothing was wrong.
Because the path he was taking led to the interior of the company, right up to Lin Qiaoxia's office as the general manager.
One of the guards' expressions changed slightly, not knowing whether Lin Zhiping had taken the wrong path or had co deliberately. He imdiately stopped, reached out to stop Lin Zhiping, and said, "This isn't the way out…"
Lin Zhiping, having noticed the change in the guard's expression, took a long stride and started running toward the office, quickly reaching the door of Lin Qiaoxia's office.
He knew that if he obediently waited in the reception room for Lin Qiaoxia to receive him, he might wait a week with no hope. He could only resort to this offensive thod to see if Lin Qiaoxia was indeed busy inside.
Or perhaps soone was deceiving him, and no one had inford Lin Qiaoxia of his arrival.
After being treated this way, Lin Zhiping still hoped, thinking the latter possibility was plausible.
If it was so, he definitely wanted Lin Qiaoxia to fire them all!
"Bang!"
Lin Zhiping stood at the door, panting, not daring to stop for fear of the guards dragging him away. Under the assistant's shocked expression at the doorway, he kicked open the general manager's office door.
The door was kicked open by Lin Zhiping.
Revealing the scene inside.
Lin Qiaoxia was having lunch and wasn't dealing with anything.
Upon hearing the noise, she looked up toward the door with a slightly surprised expression.
"Huff huff…" Lin Zhiping, gasping for breath, asked as the security guards approached to grab him, "President Lin, if you are here having lunch and not busy, why didn't you co to et ? If it's about having a al, I can go out to invite you…"
"President Lin, sorry, it was our negligence. We apologize for disturbing you…"
At that mont, several security guards also caught up and grabbed Lin Zhiping. While he struggled vigorously, they apologized to Lin Qiaoxia and tried to drag Lin Zhiping away. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novelꜰire
"It's fine, you guys can go down."
Seeing that Lin Zhiping had co over, Lin Qiaoxia decided not to belittle him any further; it was aningless. So she said this.
"Yes." The guards acknowledged and glared at Lin Zhiping nacingly, then left.
They knew that Lin Qiaoxia was protected by a skilled female bodyguard, so Lin Zhiping posed no threat to her.
Seeing Lin Qiaoxia let them leave, Lin Zhiping, initially desperate, suddenly felt a surge of intense excitent, and promptly said, "President Lin, I…"
Lin Qiaoxia gestured with her hand and said, "I have things to handle after lunch. Keep it brief. Why are you here today instead of Ms. Lin, who is responsible for our dealings?"
"Uh…" Lin Zhiping had not expected Lin Qiaoxia to open with such a question and imdiately felt uneasy, wondering if all his assumptions were wrong.
Not daring to hesitate too long, Lin Zhiping steeled himself and said, "My cousin, she's sick and was afraid of infecting you, so she didn't co over. She sent to discuss the forthcoming collaboration plans with you. Please have a look…"
Saying this, Lin Zhiping tried to hand over the docunts he was holding to Lin Qiaoxia.
Lin Qiaoxia frowned directly, waved her hand without taking the docunts from Lin Zhiping, and said impatiently, "Since Ms. Lin is ill, we'll wait until she's recovered. After all, it's her our Jinyu Group agreed to collaborate with, not with your Lin Group…"
"What?!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Zhiping was shocked, and the folder in his hands fell to the ground.
Lin Qiaoxia glanced at him and said flatly, "Don't you understand? Do you think your Lin Family is qualified to collaborate with our Jinyu Group? I agreed to the collaboration only because I had a good first impression of Qingxue. Did you think you could represent her in negotiations with ?"
Lin Qiaoxia's tone left no room for courtesy, shattering Lin Zhiping's heart.
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