I shook my head. âNo, I donât need it.â
Mai Qi leaned back in her chair, her feet resting on the table. âWhy not? You need to know your enemies to win the battles!â
I rolled my eyes at her. âWhenever two women appear around the same man, they would fight to the death. But I donât get it. Isnât this supposed to be the manâs initiative? His choice is still the final result. So what if the two women fought to their deaths?â
The two of them fell silent.
Jing Ni said to Mai Qi, âI realized that I actually have no way to refute her.â
Mai Qi nodded. âHmm. Do you think we should open a column to share with the world some melodramatic love stories?â
I glared at her. âMelodramatic your head!â
Jing Ni asked, âDid you hear her say that she hasnât seen me at the Jing familyâs Party?â
I thought for a moment and nodded. âIt seems that she has attended the Jing familyâs party and knows your other cousins.â
Jing Ni nodded. âWhy did this happen the moment we wanted to do business with the Lin Family? Iâve checked, the Jing family and the Lin family didnât have any business dealings in the past.â
I recalled what the Jing family had said during the meeting. âFind out what they are plotting. Howâs the cooperation going?â
Jing Niâs fingers danced on the keyboard.
Mai Qi said, âDo you suspect someone in the Jing Family is trying to steal the cooperation opportunity with the Lin Family from Jing Tian?â
I shook my head. That wasnât what I heard.
As expected, Jing Ni found some information. âMy uncle and my second uncle stole a business deal from the Lin family. This made the two families quite unhappy.â
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âI remember that the Jing family doesnât have any medical business. Why would your uncle steal business from the Lin Family?â I gestured for Jing Ni to continue her investigation.
Mai Qi frowned. âDoes someone want to destroy the relationship between the Jing family and the Lin Family?â
I smiled and tapped her forehead. âSomeone, someone. Why are you starting a conspiracy? Canât it be a coincidence?â
Mai Qi reached out to push my finger away. âSigh, how can there be so many coincidences? Donât forget. We are in the open, and there are so many monsters in the dark! We canât kill them all. No one could tell when they would strike next.â
I nodded. That was indeed the truth.
Jing Ni stopped and frowned. âThe competition was due to a piece of land. The Lin Family wanted to build a Chinese medicine garden. However, my uncle has chosen that piece of land to build a high-grade club.â
I frowned. âWhere is this land? This doesnât make sense. A Chinese medicine garden would be built in the mountains. Why would a place like that be suitable to build a club?â
Jing Ni snapped her fingers. âYouâre right. The land is on a mountain. The Lin family wants to grow medicinal herbs there. My uncle has asked a feng shui master and decided itâs good to build a club there. The club will be very secluded. No one will be able to supervise what goes on there. Plus, the scenery there is indeed very beautiful.â
I sneered. âHe really knows how to pander to the government officials!â
Mai Qi immediately chuckled, âSo itâs for bribery? Thatâs great. I should tell my brother about it. He has been so bored. This is something that could take up some of his time.â
âWhatâs the result now?â I asked Jing Ni.
Jing Ni replied, âMy uncle has won the bid of the land, so he has greatly offended the Lin Family.â
I nodded. This made sense.