Chapter 242 - 193: Tenacious and Unyielding (2)

"Zhang Li, you can go. Xiaodan, stay."

Fleeing Li Yang’s office, Zhang Li nearly collided with Yang Hui, who was just heading out with Zhu Jing. He was walking so fast with his head down that he almost bumped right into him.

"Well, well. Making a run for it?"

He shot Yang Hui a hateful glare but ignored his taunt. ’I can’t afford to provoke this guy right now, but I can at least avoid him.’

「Yanghe Trading Company」

Xia Jie was at her workstation, looking over last week’s data, a sense of pride welling up inside her. In her two years in the retail industry, this was the first time she had felt such a sense of accomplishment. It was a blessing just to see your hard work pay off, but here, the rewards were multiplied—it was happiness squared.

’This is all thanks to Manager Yang. Everything here is wonderful... I just don’t see him as often as I did at Futong Commerce.’

Just as she was thinking this, as if by some telepathic connection, she looked up and saw Yang Hui walk in. Their eyes met, and he smiled at her. Xia Jie suddenly felt her heart begin to pound.

Yang Hui waved a greeting to her but headed to Yang Na’s office first. Yang Na’s style was becoming more and more professional chic—a blouse paired with a hip-hugging skirt. Her figure, buxom in front and curvy in the back, was enough to make his mind wander.

"Look who it is. The big shot finally decided to come back and see us."

Yang Na teased as she sat down on the sofa with him. Yang Hui didn’t explain that he was mainly here to see Shen Meng. That would be too demoralizing for the troops.

He briefly went over the upcoming store openings with her. Next month, the NLB and Zen stores at the Qingzhou Xinyue Square Second Store were scheduled to begin their fit-out, with the goal of opening before the end of the month.

As for the out-of-town locations, there were the two Xinyue Squares in Sanyang. The project team was still coordinating the placement for the NLB store in the first San Yang Xinyue Square, so it was unclear if it could open next month. However, according to President Zhang, if they could secure the location this week, it shouldn’t be a problem. They could push the NLB brand headquarters to speed up the blueprint design process.

As they talked, Yang Na held a small notepad and leaned forward to jot down some notes. The second button of her blouse was undone. As she bent over, Yang Hui was suddenly met with a flash of pale flesh and two magnificent globes that made him instantly aroused. A certain part of his body immediately stood at attention.

’This vixen is definitely doing it on purpose,’ he thought, one hundred percent certain. She’d teased him deliberately plenty of times back at Ruijing. He lifted his cup, took a sip of tea, and looked up to find Yang Na’s big eyes watching him with a playful, teasing gaze.

He chuckled awkwardly. Just as he was trying to think of an excuse, she stood up and came to his side. "You can’t go out like that," she said. "How embarrassing would that be?"

But Yang Hui wasn’t the type to back down just because of a beautiful woman. He gave a wry smile. "Have mercy. You can’t be doing this to me. I’m a man of... unyielding principle."

This wasn’t the first time Yang Na had dealt with this.

"Go find your Shen Meng," she said. "Let her help you take care of it... in another way."

She tucked a strand of her dark hair back, looking exceptionally alluring. Yang Hui let out a triumphant laugh.

He definitely couldn’t see Shen Meng looking like this. ’If I tried to claim Yang Na and I were just discussing work, who in their right mind would believe it?’

Shen Meng was in her office with two of her livestreamers, discussing issues from yesterday’s broadcast and how to address them. Yanghe Commerce was a fairly open company where no topic was off-limits for discussion, but once a policy was established, it had to be strictly followed.

She didn’t know Yang Hui had already arrived, but she knew he was coming back around noon. They had even made plans to have lunch together. Of course, Yang Hui’s exact words had been: "Shen Meng, I’m mooching lunch off you today."

A moment after the two livestreamers left, there was a knock on the door. She guessed it was Yang Hui. Sure enough, a second later, he pushed the door open and locked it behind him.

Shen Meng’s face instantly flushed red. ’Locking the door in broad daylight... He’s definitely up to no good.’

He walked up to her, gently lifted her chin, and gave her a passionate kiss that lasted a full three minutes. Only then did he let her go, withdrawing his hand from under her skirt.

"This office is still too small," he said. "There’s no room to get creative. We’ll have to get you a bigger one after a while."

Shen Meng knew exactly what he meant by "get creative." ’He’s always thinking about such shameless things.’ She retrieved the briefcase she had bought for him at LV yesterday from a cabinet behind her.

"Here, take a look. Do you like it?"

This was a completely unexpected surprise. Yang Hui accepted the "Black Samurai" briefcase. The surprise wasn’t just the gift itself, but the fact that with this one purchase, Shen Meng had completed more than half of his system mission.

’Talk about a happy accident...’ His mind suddenly jumped to Liu Shasha. ’I wonder if she would be upset if she knew. That little stunner... it’s been a while since I’ve doted on her.’

"Of course I love it," he said. "How could I possibly dislike a gift from my girlfriend?"

"Hmph. You’re just a sweet-talker." Shen Meng sat down across from him and began to make tea, while Yang Hui nonchalantly pulled up his system notifications.

[System-linked individual Shen Meng has spent 25,000 yuan on behalf of the Host. Activating random multiplier spending rebate.]

This was the single largest purchase Shen Meng had made since he’d known her, so Yang Hui was quite hopeful about the multiplier. A virtual wheel spun and finally came to a stop, the pointer landing on 95x.

[Spending Rebate Random Multiplier: 95x

Spending Rebate Amount: 2,375,000 yuan

Mission Completion Progress: 28,050/50,000]

’Sweet! A haul of 2.375 million, and the mission progress is more than halfway there. I was down to my last 500,000 or so, but now, thanks to Shen Meng’s shopping spree, my pockets are full again.’

’Looks like raising Shen Meng’s salary was the right call. Knowing her, if it weren’t for her recent pay raise, 25,000 yuan would be way beyond what she’d normally spend. Without increasing her income, finishing this system mission would have been a real struggle.’