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Chapter 9: Song Yu Felt Rather Anxious to Spend Time Alone with Qi Chengzhi
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Song Yuâs eyes glanced over the magazine at the side. She hesitated for a moment before flipping through it.
It was mentioned in the magazine that Qi Chengzhi had volunteered to be transferred from Qilin Technology to Qilin Property 1
as the director. While it seemed like he was promoted from being a general manager to a director, the reality was that Qilin Property was a subsidiary company of Qilin Technology. It was actually a demotion.
The public suspected that Qi Chengzhi got into conflict with the family. A daring reporter questioned him on the possibility, to which Qi Chengzhi replied, âI like to be addressed as the director.â
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The next day, Song Yu arrived at Qilin as agreed. In fact, she arrived earlier than the appointment time.
âSpecial Assistant Cheng, I have an appointment with Young Master Cheng,â said Song Yu as she stood in front of Cheng Dongge.
âYoung Master Cheng is still in a meeting, Miss Song. Please wait for a moment,â said Cheng Dongge.
Song Yu smiled and replied, âDonât worry, Iâm early after all.â
Cheng Dongge smiled and ordered someone to serve coffee and snacks.
Song Yu only had the coffee and not the snacks. What she did not expect was that the meeting would last until twelve noon.
When Qi Chengzhi came out of the conference room, he halted as he saw Song Yu. âSorry, I didnât expect the meeting to last this long. Letâs have lunch together and we can discuss there.â
Song Yu no longer thought that Qi Changzhi was intentionally putting on airs by making her wait as she saw his beaten expression. The two then headed to a restaurant nearby and got a private room.
Song Yu felt rather anxious to spend time alone with Qi Chengzhi but it was not because she was afraid of being taken advantage of.
âYoung Master Cheng, this is the first cut of my design proposal. Let me know where youâd like me to amend as appropriate.â Song Yu passed her design proposal over to Qi Changzhi.
Qi Chengzhi only took one glance before he closed it. âYou shouldnât have cut the ties completely back then, Chengji was worried about you when you lost contact.â
âI needed to have a clean break from my past. Given that my family was bankrupt, I no longer belonged to that world. Clinging on to it only made me feel uncomfortable. I also didnât have any intention to keep in touch with anyone from that world.â Song Yu did not like to look back. She tried to get back on topic. âYoung Master Cheng, my design proposal...â
Qi Chengzhi interrupted her. âWhy do you work in this industry then? Youâve met with many of the top management in the industry. Someone will recognize you one day.â
âFortunately, none of them did. Only those in the top hierarchy would know I was engaged with Chengji. Even then, it was only a handful of them. Even though I was exposed to the top management from various companies throughout the years, none of them has recognized me. They wouldnât even associate my name to that âSong Yuâ. None of my colleagues are aware as well.â
The âGreat Eight Familyâ was not something everyone would know about.
âHow long have you been working in this company?â
Song Yu gave up on trying to bring the topic back to her design proposal. She answered to Qi Chengzhiâs curiosity, âThree years.â
âYoung Master Cheng, Iâm just trying to make a living on solid grounds now. I donât want to talk about the past, neither do I want to get involved with the people from before.â Song Yu spoke quickly, in case she was interrupted again, âQilinâs development of this seven-star leisure hotel is an opportunity every architect in the country is eyeing on.â