Xia Yuan pressed closely against Meng Xiyue, their necks intertwined. Her slender fingers traced the contours of Meng Xiyue’s face, moving slowly and deliberately downwards, gliding over her long neck and delicate collarbone, finally resting on her rapidly beating heart.
“Meng Xiyue, hmm?”
From the moment Meng Xiyue felt Xia Yuan’s proximity, her body tensed up involuntarily. She lowered her gaze, following the movement of Xia Yuan’s fingers, feeling the clear touch. Her breathing became lighter until it reached her heart, which was beating too fast to be hidden beneath her calm exterior.
In an instant, her breathing became erratic.
Her eyelashes trembled as Meng Xiyue turned her head, avoiding the warm, moist breath that Xia Yuan exhaled onto her neck. The blush on her exposed neck spread upwards to her earlobes. She grasped the hand that was causing chaos on her chest.
“Yuan’er, let’s wait until we… get married.”
Her voice was tinged with restrained huskiness and deep desire, and her clear, ink-black eyes were filled with pure seriousness.
Xia Yuan’s restless fingers paused, and she realized what Meng Xiyue had said. She clung to Meng Xiyue, her hands resting on her shoulders, her eyes unable to hide her joy. Her eyes seemed to sparkle, but she said, “Marriage, it’s still too early.”
“We can’t register in our country, so let’s go abroad. I really love the churches in M Country. Oh, and we haven’t prepared the invitations yet. I need to think about who to invite.”
Xia Yuan’s attention shifted quickly, her mind now fully occupied with thoughts of marriage.
She thought, she hadn’t even started considering marriage, but Meng Xiyue had already thought so far ahead.
How much must Meng Xiyue like her? If they could have children, Meng Xiyue might have secretly even thought of names for them.
Meng Xiyue listened to Xia Yuan’s chatter, about who she didn’t want to invite because they didn’t get along, and who she thought would make a good bridesmaid, and so on.
After the tingling sensation, a warm current flowed through her heart. She looked at Xia Yuan seriously, her gaze slow and affectionate, for a long moment.
She reached out and covered Xia Yuan’s eyes, which were filled with starlight, and kissed her.
It was long and gentle.
When they parted, both were slightly out of breath, their lips glistening. Meng Xiyue’s eyes were filled with tenderness as she looked at Xia Yuan without blinking, her voice soft and warm.
“I like you.”
This was the first time she had expressed her feelings so directly. After speaking, she lowered her gaze, her eyelashes casting a shadow, filled with shyness.
Xia Yuan paused for a moment, the air thick with a sweet, syrupy scent.
Xia Yuan’s throat felt dry, and she swallowed hard.
She felt that Meng Xiyue was seducing her.
Forcing herself to look away, she coughed and said, “I knew you liked me a long time ago.”
“After we get married, Meng Xiyue, don’t seduce me.”
Meng Xiyue blinked, pursed her lips slightly, looking a bit aggrieved.
She didn’t…
Xia Yuan felt seduced again.
While Xia Yuan was planning their honeymoon trip, Meng Xiyue went to the bathroom.
When Meng Xiyue came out after her shower, she saw Xia Yuan lying on the bed, still searching for honeymoon destinations. After drying her hair, Meng Xiyue’s gaze fell on the makeup cabinet.
It was filled with makeup products, clearly not hers, arranged in a chaotic mix of heights and colors.
Silently, Meng Xiyue began to organize them. When she opened the wardrobe, a piece of clothing that didn’t belong to her fell out, and she caught it.
Seeing the messy wardrobe, Meng Xiyue started tidying up.
When Xia Yuan finally looked up from her phone, she saw Meng Xiyue folding clothes.
The clothes that Xia Yuan could never organize were now neatly folded in Meng Xiyue’s hands, and in the blink of an eye, they were perfectly arranged.
She walked over, watching curiously. The wardrobe had already transformed, with clothes of the same color hung together, arranged from light to dark.
The extra clothes were also neatly folded, even more organized than her housekeeper could manage.
Xia Yuan was puzzled, “We can just hire a cleaner to tidy up tomorrow.”
Without stopping her movements, Meng Xiyue explained, “I don’t like others entering my private space.” Especially places like the bedroom.
Others?
Xia Yuan thought happily, realizing that she had always been considered part of Meng Xiyue’s inner circle.
“Then teach me how to fold them, so we won’t need anyone else to do it.”
Meng Xiyue looked up at her, then nodded slightly and began to teach her.
Xia Yuan tried several times before finally satisfying the meticulous Meng Xiyue. Xia Yuan could smell the cool, refreshing scent on Meng Xiyue.
“Today was too rushed, that’s why I didn’t have time to tidy up. It won’t be this messy in the future.”
Meng Xiyue chuckled softly and believed her: “Alright.”
Xia Yuan raised an eyebrow proudly, “Meng Xiyue, I want to turn the guest room next door into a walk-in closet. It would be best to connect it with the bedroom.”
Meng Xiyue: “Alright.”
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The shareholders’ meeting of Tianyu Group began.
On that day, Meng Xiyue, accompanied by Secretary Gao, brought the share transfer documents to Tianyu Group. As soon as they got out of the car, they ran into Hua Yue, who had also just arrived.
Upon seeing Meng Xiyue, Hua Yue approached with a smile: “Congratulations in advance, President Meng, on achieving your goal.”
Meng Xiyue’s expression remained unchanged as she replied, “When the building is about to collapse, one must go with the flow.”
Hua Yue smiled without saying a word. She didn’t believe that Meng Xiyue had not played a part in Tianyu’s turmoil.
As they were talking, three more people arrived, their faces barely concealing their schadenfreude.
Hua Yue introduced them in a low voice, with a hint of amusement: “Do you know who those three are? The tall one on the left is Li Yuan. He used to be in the building materials business in City S. At a party, he got drunk and said that Li Ting was incompetent and only relied on his family. As a result, Li Ting bankrupted him.”
“Bankrupting him wasn’t enough; Li Ting also made it impossible for him to stay in City S. I didn’t expect him to come back. Tsk tsk, this will be interesting.”
“The one in the middle is Zhang Tai, a playboy. He once flirted with Li Ting’s favored lover, and Li Ting suppressed his family’s business. If Zhang Tai’s father hadn’t forced him to apologize to the Li family, his family would have been finished.”
“The one on the right is Wang Tao. His situation is even worse. His girlfriend supposedly looked like Li Ting’s deceased first love, and then she cheated on him.”
“Looks like there’s going to be a good show.”
Meng Xiyue glanced at Hua Yue, who was full of gossip, but said nothing.
Hua Yue coughed, “Li Ting’s actions are always wild, and he has some old grudges with the Hua family.”
The secretary led them into the office. Meng Xiyue and Hua Yue sat next to each other, and a few more people trickled in.
Hua Yue looked around and noticed that there were hardly any old shareholders of Tianyu left.
Shareholder Liu sat there with a calm expression.
Hua Yue asked, “Couldn’t get him on board?” She knew that Vice President Liu held 15% of the shares.
Investing in Tianyu was too risky. Most of the shareholders who came here didn’t hold many shares; they were just here to vent their frustrations and had only bought a few shares to kick someone when they were down.
Some were here to pick up bargains.
Meng Xiyue glanced at Vice President Liu and didn’t beat around the bush, “The other side offered 10%.”
Hua Yue understood. This Vice President Liu still had some old feelings.
After sitting for a while, the Li father and son finally arrived late.
Li Zhuo smiled and said, “Everyone, sorry for the delay, something came up on the way.”
Everyone gave him face and didn’t say anything.
But Li Zhuo’s heart was not at ease. Before coming, he had asked the secretary for the list, and there was only one old shareholder left.
As for the others, it was unclear how many shares they held.
This shareholders’ meeting was not going to be easy.
Li Ting, however, didn’t seem to care. He was full of confidence. In the past few days, he had found a partner, a foreign company, and they had agreed to discuss details the day after tomorrow.
If the cooperation succeeded, Tianyu could definitely be revived.
However, as soon as he walked in, he saw Meng Xiyue sitting there, her expression as annoyingly indifferent and aloof as ever.
He suppressed the anger in his heart, thinking to himself, it’s just a small share of Tianyu, what can they do to him?
Li Zhuo sat in the main seat, began to review, and finally promised to revitalize Tianyu.
After he finished speaking, it was naturally Li Ting’s turn. As the decision-maker who caused this major upheaval in Tianyu, Li Ting had an undeniable responsibility.
However, Li Ting didn’t think he was wrong. It was just bad luck. He repeated what he had discussed with his father.
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Tai sneered, “A few simple apologies and that’s it? President Li, your apology is too expensive.” Back then, Zhang Tai had just said a few teasing words, and Li Ting had suppressed his family to the brink of bankruptcy. Zhang Tai had always held a grudge.
However, Li Ting had no impression of Zhang Tai. He looked at him displeased, “What do you want?”
Zhang Tai glanced around at everyone, “Tianyu lost billions this time, and it is inseparable from this executive president. I have reason to doubt whether he is still competent for this position and can lead Tianyu out of this predicament.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yuan and Wang Tao followed suit, their words even sharper than Zhang Tai’s.
The three of them held 8% of the shares, with Li Yuan holding 3%, Zhang Tai 3%, and Wang Tao 2%.
Li Ting sneered and looked at the other shareholders, “Removing me as the executive president, don’t forget how much profit I brought to Tianyu back then.”
Hua Yue chuckled, “President Li, you’re wrong. It’s not you, but the Tianyu brand. No one would give you face otherwise.”
“I also agree to remove this executive president.”
Hua Yue held 11% of the shares.
Li Zhuo quickly stepped in to mediate, “Everyone, let’s first unite to get through Tianyu’s difficulties.”
But Li Yuan didn’t give Li Zhuo any face. Back then, Li Ting had forced him out of City S, and he wanted to settle this score.
“Let’s vote.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Ting sneered, “Then let me show you, so you can give up.” After all, in Li Ting’s mind, no one was more suitable to be Tianyu’s executive than him.
The people below, except for a few troublemakers, were naturally expected to vote for him.
