Cui Boyu had barely finished speaking when Li Jingwei, who was sitting beside them, slamd his fist on the table and stood up.
Cui Boyu turned his head to look at the standing Li Jingwei, wondering what kind of trick this guy was up to now.
Li Jingwei curled the corner of his mouth towards Cui Boyu, "Cui Pretty-face, although I don’t get along with you, you considered for this profitable venture. I’ll give you face this ti. I have no problems with the collaboration among the five families. Just say the word whenever you need ."
"Also, I brought a girl with . It’s not good to keep her waiting too late in the night, so I’ll leave it at this."
Having said that, Li Jingwei stood up with a casual air and left.
Cui Boyu’s eyelids twitched as he watched Li Jingwei leave, wondering if he had just agreed.
Zheng Ren turned his head to watch Li Jingwei rise from his seat and disappear into the suite, "This ruffian from the Li Family really is outrageously impolite. Cui Boyu, we can manage even without Longyou’s Li Family."
Zheng Ren was close with Cui Boyu. As for Li Jingwei, they both harbored disdain in their hearts. He behaved nothing like soone from a prominent family; instead, he seed more like a vulgar nouveau riche, and they scorned associating with him.
"Heh, we still need to include the Li Family, after all, we face many legitimate opponents this ti," Cui Boyu said with a light smile.
Lu Qi, sitting across from them, also glanced at Cui Boyu and Zheng Ren, secretly guessing the motives. Clearly, he hadn’t expected Cui Boyu to target Century Group—it was not as simple as it appeared.
Moreover, from Cui Boyu inviting Li Jingwei, it seed there was more to the matter.
"Lu Qi, what do you think?"
"This is not sothing that can be decided in a word. Give so ti to think it over," Lu Qi responded, not imdiately agreeing, and Cui Boyu didn’t press him.
"Fine, but we don’t have much ti left. I can only give you three days to think it over. If you don’t have an answer by then, we’ll consider that I never ntioned this."
"Okay."
Lu Qi agreed, then also stood and left the suite, leaving only Zheng Ren and Cui Boyu. Cui Boyu sat down, picked up the crystal wine glass in front of him, and looked at Zheng Ren, "Everyone’s gone, let’s have a drink."
Zheng Ren picked up his wine glass and they clinked glasses.
"How do you see tonight’s events, Old Cui?" Zheng Ren asked.
Cui Boyu took a sip of wine and picked up his chopsticks to eat a few bites of food, "Everything is within control."
"Oh?"
"The way Li Jingwei agreed so readily, you’re not at all surprised?" Zheng Ren looked at Cui Boyu, knowing that Cui Boyu and Li Jingwei had a personal feud. Though they wouldn’t fight upon eting, it was definitely a situation of either you or .
Cui Boyu gave a light smile.
"Whatever shit Li Jingwei is up to, I don’t even need to look to know. It doesn’t really matter whether he agrees or not. Setting up tonight’s eting was just to inform him about this matter and to stir up his thoughts."
"Li Jingwei, regardless of his brute appearance and thuggish behavior, is just a facade. The man is shrewd. As long as there’s money to be made, he has no bottom line. As for cooperation, agreeing doesn’t cost him anything adverse."
"It’s not just empty talk. Even if it’s written in black and white, he wouldn’t hesitate to tear it up. He has no sha."
Zheng Ren nodded. That was indeed true. Among the authentic families, Li Jingwei was a complete renegade. If it weren’t for his status, he’d be nothing but a thug.
"Just watch. Now that he knows about this, Li Jingwei will definitely go inquire about it. Given his personality, he will certainly go to Li Feng."
"Oh!"
Zheng Ren looked up at Cui Boyu, "This guy wouldn’t sell us out, would he?"
"Of course, we’ll sell, but it doesn’t matter. Our aim is to overpower others and having Li Jingwei step up would be perfect," Cui Boyu said with a cold smile, confident in his plan as he dared to call for Li Jingwei.
"What about Lu Qi?"
Cui Boyu said, "Lu Qi is just a scholar with a bit of enthusiasm. For us, he’s just icing on the cake—his presence or absence doesn’t matter much. However, he’s backed by the Lu Family, so having him onboard does lend us so support."
"Besides, with the involvent of all these families and clans, even if he doesn’t want to interfere, he doesn’t have much of a choice."
A gentleman is deceived by honesty.
Lu Qi was never a problem.
Golden Hotel in Sea City.
"Brother, why are you so quiet? You scared ."
In a presidential suite, a tall woman wrapped in a towel with her hair still damp from the bath walked into the living room. Seeing Lu Qi sitting silently on the sofa, she was startled and patted her chest.
"What’s wrong?"
Lu Siyu grabbed a hairdryer, turned her head towards her brother who seed to be lost in thought, and sat down on the couch nearby to ask.
Lu Qi looked up at Lu Siyu, "Siyu, I need your advice on sothing."
"Oh?"
"Let’s hear it."
Lu Siyu looked at Lu Qi. Her brother had always been a top student, both in conduct and learning, but he had been overly protected by the family. As his younger sister, she often worried about him.
Lu Qi imdiately recounted everything that had happened that evening to Lu Siyu, even describing the expressions of the people involved.
"Siyu, what exactly is Cui Boyu’s ga? I always feel his intentions aren’t pure, especially since it’s well-known that there’s bad blood between Cui Boyu and Li Jingwei. It’s even been publicly said that where Cui Boyu is, Li Jingwei cannot be."
"And yet, just after Cui Boyu proposed the collaboration, Li Jingwei didn’t object but agreed briskly, which was completely unexpected."
"Cui Boyu didn’t show any surprise either. Could it be that these two have reached so agreent in private?"
Lu Siyu listened to her brother’s analysis.
"Brother, I think you might be overthinking it?"
"Really?"
Lu Qi looked up at his sister. Although younger, Lu Siyu was not only a striking beauty with both looks and figure, but her intelligence was also sharp. She had the wisdom of a strategist wrapped in a beautiful exterior.
"Li Jingwei is shaless. As long as there’s sufficient profit, he wouldn’t care about personal grievances or even if soone slapped him. Of course, he holds grudges and will settle scores after making a profit."
"His quick agreent is because the collaboration holds no disadvantage for him. He could get a share of the profits, but knowing him, he won’t be honest. He’ll definitely approach Li Feng from Century Group—if the offer is better, Li Jingwei would not hesitate to betray Cui Boyu."
Lu Siyu had a firm grasp on Li Jingwei’s character.
"Then Cui Boyu is shooting himself in the foot!" Lu Qi frowned.
"Of course not. Tonight’s dinner, I suspect, is specifically set up by Cui Boyu for Li Jingwei. As for you, brother, you’re just there to accompany."
"Really?"
Lu Qi looked at his sister, "Why would Cui Boyu do that?"
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