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Chapter 476: She Refused His Help

Chapter 476: Chapter 476: She Refused His Help

"You hold grudges too much." Qiao Rui helplessly glanced at him. "I just helped your friend and you’re still unhappy, wanting to get back at me."

"This probably doesn’t count as revenge." Pei Liyan smiled and said, "I’m just treating you the way you’ve treated me. See, you have a problem with it, don’t you?"

Qiao Rui was momentarily speechless.

She stared blankly at Pei Liyan for a moment, then shook her head with a laugh. "Alright, I give in!"

The moment she finished speaking, she leaned in, bit his lip lightly, and immediately backed away.

"Ouch!" Pei Liyan gasped, looking a bit helplessly at the mischievous little woman. "That hurts!"

"Don’t worry, I didn’t bite hard enough to break the skin, just a bit swollen." Qiao Rui laughed. "Let everyone see it and they’ll think you messed around and got punished for it."

"You’re so petty." Pei Liyan chuckled helplessly, walking over to open the door.

Qiao Rui huffed lightly, went back to her desk, and pressed a button on the phone. "Sister Yin, bring Li Chongming and Fang Mo in."

"Okay." Gai Yin immediately called Li Chongming and Fang Mo to come in.

"President Qiao, President Pei, can we start the meeting now?" Gai Yin asked as soon as she entered.

"Let’s start." Qiao Rui collected her emotions, immediately putting on a full spirit to greet business matters.

Once they sat down, everyone went straight to the point.

Gai Yin was the first to speak up, "President Pei, I’m wondering what kind of project you want to collaborate on this time. Do you have any intentions?"

"That depends on what projects your President Qiao will offer." Pei Liyan said, "Is there any particularly challenging project?"

Qiao Rui said, "Are you sure you want the challenging ones?"

"Of course." Pei Liyan nodded.

"Then show President Pei." Qiao Rui looked at Li Chongming, "Bring all those projects over."

"Yes, President Qiao, I have brought them all." Li Chongming’s voice was deep and steady. "These projects are mostly stalled due to lack of funds, I’m sure President Pei has heard of them."

Saying this, Li Chongming handed over the documents.

Fang Mo immediately took over, opened to the first page, and placed it in front of Pei Liyan.

Pei Liyan glanced at it, then picked it up and gently flipped through it. These were the Qiao Family’s uncompleted projects, over a dozen, none of which were completed.

He didn’t know how Elder Qiao managed them in the past, but clearly, Qiao Junxian was indeed quite bad at it.

He furrowed his eyebrows, "Are there really so many challenging projects?"

"Yes." Qiao Rui said, "But if we could get back the three billion from the Lin Family, these projects could be halfway completed."

"What if you can’t get it out for now?" Pei Liyan asked in return.

"Don’t worry, I won’t ask you for money again." Qiao Rui said, "The money you lent me last time, I’ll pay it back on time, with bank interest."

Pei Liyan looked at her, "Give me three of the toughest ones, you figure out the rest yourself."

Qiao Rui knew that these projects actually weren’t profitable.

He was only here under the guise of collaboration, just to help out.

"Alright, then thank you, President Pei." Qiao Rui smiled. "How about the seventh, ninth, and eleventh ones?"

Pei Liyan glanced at Qiao Rui without a change in expression. She hadn’t looked at the documents, but spoke clearly, indicating she’d looked through each project very carefully.

He nodded, "I have no issue."

"Good then." Qiao Rui nodded. "Sister Yin, bring the design plans for President Pei to look at."

"Yes!" Gai Yin immediately went to get the plans for Pei Liyan to see.

He unexpectedly saw a planning map and was slightly stunned. When he finally saw it clearly, he was taken aback.

He glanced at Qiao Rui and said, "Isn’t this one of the designs the Pei Family is currently planning to bid on?"

"Yes." Qiao Rui smiled. "President Pei, consider this a return gift from me to you."

Pei Liyan was taken aback for a moment, then smiled helplessly. "When did you have the time to design this? I had no idea you still had time for such things."

"It doesn’t take much time." Qiao Rui said, "It’s an old design that was never used. I happened to see your Pei Family’s recent bidding plan and thought it fit well, so I brought it for you to see."

"The Qiao Family could totally participate in the bidding and invest in the construction. Plus, personally, I really admire this design." Pei Liyan said.

"I don’t plan to take this project." Qiao Rui said, "You can have the design."

"Why?" Pei Liyan asked, "If you carry out the construction of your design, the profit is definitely worthwhile."

"There are too many uncompleted projects in the Qiao Family that need sorting out, and I won’t have much time, so I don’t want to bind myself too much." Qiao Rui had her own plans; taking over the Qiao Family was only temporary.

Pei Liyan was taken aback, hearing these words made him feel a strong sense of unease.

He felt like something was happening that he wasn’t aware of.

This feeling made Pei Liyan a little panicky.

He gazed deeply at Qiao Rui. "Have you thought about who will take over the Qiao Family if you leave?"

Qiao Rui immediately became worried.

She originally intended to find her brother as a gift once the Qiao Family was sorted out.

But now, after sending many people to search, her brother Qiao Yi was still nowhere to be found, his fate uncertain.

"Let’s talk about it when the time comes, we still have some time." Qiao Rui smiled, glancing at Pei Liyan, who was frowning, seemingly unhappy.

Pei Liyan said, "Since you’ve given me this design, why not participate in the Pei Family’s bidding? I’ll leave this project for you."

Qiao Rui was surprised, "Why are you insisting on having me do it?"

"Because I trust your capabilities." Pei Liyan said earnestly, "I can also take on three more projects from the twelve you’ve got."

Qiao Rui was taken aback, reminding him, "President Pei, don’t act impulsively."

"Don’t worry." Pei Liyan replied with a double meaning, "I don’t do things at a loss."

Qiao Rui was stunned, sensing he wasn’t talking just about profit.

She lightly pressed her lips together and glanced at Li Chongming and Gai Yin, with expectancy reflected in Li Chongming’s eyes.

If a comprehensive collaboration with the Pei Family could really be achieved, then the Qiao Family would undeniably thrive.

Li Chongming naturally hoped for a collaboration but was unsure about President Qiao’s earlier words.

Personally, he didn’t want President Qiao to leave the Qiao Family.

But he said nothing, his face displaying various emotions, looking worried yet expectant at Qiao Rui.

Gai Yin was also worried. If the Young Master wanted to leave and was continuously bound like this, it would be impossible to go.

Qiao Rui looked back at Pei Liyan and said, "The bidding with the Qiao Family won’t happen, nor will you need to collaborate on six projects."

"Why refuse me?" Pei Liyan became more worried.

From his perspective, this collaboration completely benefited the Qiao Family and could solve many problems for Qiao Rui.

But she declined.

It wasn’t just Pei Liyan who was shocked; Fang Mo and Li Chongming were also very surprised.

It was only Gai Yin who wasn’t too surprised.

Qiao Rui said, "President Pei, too much cooperation leads to blurred lines between public and private affairs."