Fated Love With the Billionaire
Chapter 426 Qingshan Project

Chapter 426: Chapter 426 Qingshan Project

Chen Ningxi quickly used the back of her hand to wipe away the tear stains, speaking with a heavy nasal tone:

"The light is too glaring."

Cheng Qiaobei raised his hand to shield her eyes, blocking the light.

Chen Ningxi said, "I am so sincere, but I am always disappointed and regretful."

Cheng Qiaobei worried that this situation might occur, so he rushed back.

He said, "It will be fine; everything will get better."

Chen Ningxi tried to suppress her sobs, pressing her lips tightly to not make a sound, but the emotions swirling in her chest were uncontrollable.

Since her diagnosis, Chen Ningxi hadn’t vented her emotions like this, but now she cried like a child.

He quietly accompanied her until she cried to her heart’s content, then handed her tissues to help wipe the tear stains dry.

Chen Ningxi sniffled and said, "Just now, while holding the child, I thought, when will my little darling come to us?"

Cheng Qiaobei leaned slightly forward, brushed away her tears streaming down, and said, "Our little darling is too shy, let’s wait for her."

Chen Ningxi’s eyes turned red again, and she nodded.

When Liang Lei came out, Lin Hanrui handed her flowers and, with tears streaming down her face, hugged her and cried, "Leizi, sob sob..."

The labor had exhausted Liang Lei’s strength; she took a breath and then said in a weak voice:

"Alright, alright, stop crying, quickly push me back."

Cheng Qiaobei helped her up, while Lin Hanrui cried more sorrowfully than Liang Lei, who had just given birth, "Leizi, are you in pain, sob sob..."

Due to special circumstances, Liang Lei had an episiotomy, and his crying annoyed her.

She raised her hand to signal Cheng Qiaobei, "Cheng, take him away, his crying is giving me a headache."

"Um..." Lin Hanrui closed his mouth, looking pitiful, and said, "I won’t cry anymore, don’t make me leave, I’ll stay with you."

Liang Lei turned her head to the other side, "Sigh..."

What a mess, when we first met, it wasn’t like this; now, the strong man cries so ugly, who would understand!

Chen Ningxi came over and asked, "Liang Lei, shall we take you back to your room to rest for a while?"

Liang Lei was truly tired and fell asleep right after saying okay.

The two returned from the hospital, and once at home, Chen Ningxi remembered the clothes left in the washing machine hadn’t been taken out to dry.

She took out the clothes, and Cheng Qiaobei took over, "I’ll do it."

Looking at his back, Chen Ningxi thought about how she had lost control and cried at the hospital today, and quietly said, "Sorry, I lost control at the hospital today; it won’t happen again."

Cheng Qiaobei turned around, pulling her to stand in front, "You...what can I say to you."

Chen Ningxi said, "Say whatever you need to say, I accept criticism."

"Haha..." Cheng Qiaobei laughed, pinching her cheek, "In our home, you are the leader; how dare I criticize the leader?"

Chen Ningxi bit her lip, her hands by her side nervously clenched, "I really realize I was wrong, I shouldn’t have lost control in front of outsiders."

Cheng Qiaobei lifted her chin, her eyes red, adorably looking, lips gently bitten; it was too enticing for him.

"I don’t want to hear your self-reflection now, I want to do something else with you."

Chen Ningxi met his gaze, his look becoming hotter, containing an unspeakable desire; she instantly understood, retreating two steps repeatedly.

"I’m talking serious business with you." Chen Ningxi frowned, Cheng Qiaobei hooked her by the back of her neck, his long fingers gently massaging, she couldn’t stand being stared at by Cheng Qiaobei’s naked eyes, even if she was dressed, it felt like he was undressing her piece by piece with his gaze.

The tingling sensation from the back of her neck shot straight to her tailbone, and the atmosphere became uncontrollably ambiguous.

"Cheng Qiaobei." Chen Ningxi pushed him, "I’m telling you, um..."

He cupped her face, sealing her words with a kiss.

He pressed her against the wall, turned off the light, and her clothes were haphazardly stripped off, scattered across the floor.

...

Morning.

The two sat at the table having breakfast, and Cheng Qiaobei’s phone rang.

"Who is it so early?" He got up to go to the bedroom, saw Deng Yan’s number, answered by holding it to his ear, "What’s up?"

Deng Yan said, "Cheng, the Qingshan project has an issue."

The Qingshan project was recently a key development project for Jade Jiali.

Cheng Qiaobei raised an eyebrow, "What happened?"

Deng Yan said, "Construction halted."

"Halted?" Cheng Qiaobei thought he heard wrong, "That shouldn’t be, is your information reliable?"

Deng Yan said, "Reliable, an acquaintance of mine in the Qingshan project subcontracted part of it, he called me to consult about Jade Jiali."

With a witness, it was pretty much confirmed.

Cheng Qiaobei asked, "Has the cash flow been cut off?"

Deng Yan said, "It seems so."

If it was a funding problem, it was even more unbelievable.

Cheng Qiaobei said, "Before I left the group, the account had plenty of funds, what did they do for the cash flow to break."

Deng Yan said, "The purchase of land for the Qingshan project alone took a lot; according to Mr. Cheng’s vision, from the design phase, they sought a team as if it were a top luxury five-star hotel, construction, and building materials, labor all weren’t cheap. Also, Chairman Yin and Chairman Lian, they were already not on the same page as Mr. Cheng for a while, since you left, they’ve been extracting company funds through various ways, applying to renovate all hotels under their management. Even if Mr. Cheng wanted to intervene, there was nothing he could do, as their renovations met procedural requirements and had third-party evaluations. I heard problems also arose with overseas hotels last month, and the group provided significant support."

Listening drained Cheng Qiaobei, he rubbed his temples, "Old Cheng is getting more confused."

Deng Yan asked, "Cheng Siluo had people investigate your matters, I have all the evidence, should I make it public?"

If these pieces of evidence were released, Jade Jiali might face huge trouble.

The silence in the receiver was telling, and Deng Yan didn’t rush him.

Cheng Qiaobei stared at the floor, his gaze looking into the void; now was the best time to strike and bring down Jade Jiali, but should he take action?

"Forget it." Cheng Qiaobei eventually chose not to deliver the final blow.

Deng Yan: "Understood."

Cheng Qiaobei put down the phone and returned to the dining room, where Chen Ningxi noticed his pale face, "What happened? Who called just now?"

Cheng Qiaobei did not hide it from her, "The Qingshan project funds have been cut off, and construction stopped today."

Chen Ningxi said, "How could that be?"

Cheng Qiaobei said, "A lot of reasons, but the group certainly doesn’t have any working capital left."

Though she didn’t understand the hotel business, a broken funding chain was a fatal issue anywhere.

Chen Ningxi asked, "Is there a way to solve it?"

Cheng Qiaobei shook his head, picking up the bowl to drink a sip of porridge.

"I don’t know what Old Cheng will do; it’s up to him now."

When arriving at the company, it was apparent everyone knew the news about Jade Jiali’s troubles.

Having left the group, people’s faces still showed a hint of regret.

Cheng Qiaobei said, "Come on, let’s have a meeting."