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  "Hey, Qin Lulu, you seem to have something on your mind today, tell me about it!" After lunch, Xiao Yu pulled Qin Lulu aside in the playground.

  From the morning on, Xiao Yu found that Qin Lulu was a bit off, originally lively and active, she looked very depressed, and didn't say a few words all morning.

  Qin Lulu stopped under a big tree and looked at Xiao Yu again, shaking her head with a worried look.

  "Hey, speak up! Am I or am I not your friend?!!" Xiaoyu urged, grabbing her arm.

  Qin Lulu's eyes suddenly turned red, and she said to Xiao Yu, "Xiao Yu, am I really useless? Dad is busy with the new company every day, but I couldn't help at all."

  Xiao Yu immediately knew that something must have happened at Qin's company, otherwise, with Qin Lulu's personality, she would never be so down.

  "Lu Lu, something's happened at Dad's company?" asked Xiao Yu tentatively.

  Qin Lulu nodded, "It was Mom who told me. After Dad's new company opened, business has been slow. Luckily, he got the news that a company near Caohejing Development Zone is moving to the suburbs and their office building is vacant for rent. Coincidentally, one of his clients is a foreign-funded company looking to rent an office in that area, so he's been busy building relationships with the leaders of that company over the past two or three months."

  "Sometimes I'm so busy that I only get to go home and eat once or twice a week. The other party had agreed to everything, even relocating the office building and renting it to my dad's company. However, recently they changed their minds again, saying they want to hold a bidding meeting and open bid, which means the deal my dad had already negotiated is now uncertain."

  Xiao Yu's heart skipped a beat as he asked, "Could it be that someone is playing tricks behind our backs?"

  "Uh-huh, according to someone who has a good relationship with my dad and that company, it was Fu Mao's people who settled the deputy general manager of that company, which is why things got complicated."

  "Fumo?" Xiaoyu immediately remembered that Fumo now belonged to Wang Tao's father's company, and it turned out that they were the ones who had been secretly manipulating things from behind.

  Behind Fu Mao is the wealthy and arrogant Jin Sheng Group, which makes things difficult. This kind of public bidding should be about who offers the highest price. Qin's father doesn't know how much Fu Mao will offer, if he bids high, his profit will be less, but if he bids low, he might not get the deal, this is a bit of a dilemma.

  "Xiao Yu, my dad has put a lot of effort into this matter. If the contract can't be signed, I'm afraid he won't be able to take it!" At this time, Qin Lulu suddenly started sobbing quietly.

  She has been spoiled by her family since she was a child, and has never worried about anything. However, last night, she saw her father still locked in his study smoking until dawn, and thinking of the white hair that had quietly grown on his temples that morning, she suddenly felt a pang of heartache.

  Her father works hard every day for the family, while she can't help at all. Sometimes she really wants to become a boy, at least she can accompany her father to drink and talk about his feelings.

  Seeing Qin Lulu's uncomfortable appearance, Xiao Yu also felt uncomfortable. Qin Lulu's father was very good to him, and when he encountered difficulties, he should help him out. He couldn't help with other things, but if it came to guessing people's thoughts, his mind-reading skills should come in handy.

  Xiaoyu smiled slightly and said, "Lulu, when will the bidding meeting be held? If possible, I'd like to go with Dad, maybe I can help."

  "Really?" Qin Lulu suddenly raised her head, and the delicate face still had tears on it. In her heart, she had already considered Xiaoyu as one of her own people. Originally, she thought Xiaoyu was just a dull and stupid person, but when she found out that he actually opened his own small eatery, she secretly admired him immensely. Who among her classmates had such skills?

  When bidding, if he is beside dad to give some advice, it's better than dad alone, right?

  Xiao Yu nodded at her and gave a positive response.

  Qin Lulu quickly took out her phone and called Qin Dad, the father-daughter duo chatted for a while, Qin Lulu hung up the phone with a smile, and said to Xiao Yu, "Xiao Yu, my dad is very happy to accompany him together, the bidding meeting will be held at 6 o'clock in the evening, my dad said that he will come to pick us up after school."

  Looking at Qin Lulu's lovely face changing from cloudy to sunny, Xiao Yu's mood also improved and asked, "Not going tonight?"

  Qin Lulu pouted and said, "I originally wanted to go, but today Teacher Gao just informed me that tonight there will be a tutorial class for top students, and Dad said not to waste such a good opportunity, so I didn't let me go. It's strange, I scored so well, isn't it supposed to be a top student? I asked Teacher Gao, and surprisingly, my name is not on the list of the tutorial class."

  Xiao Yu smiled and didn't answer.

  Qin Lulu knew that this guy must have made some kind of deal with the teacher behind her back, and found a way to escape the tutoring class. She couldn't help but stretch out her hand to pinch him, but suddenly remembered that he still had to accompany his old man to do something tonight, so she restrained her temporary impulse for the time being.

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  In the afternoon after school, according to the school's regulations, all third-year high school students had to stay behind for evening self-study, but Xiao Yu shouldered his backpack and slipped out of school.

  As soon as I walked out of the school gate, I looked around and saw Qin Lulu's father's black Passat parked not far away.

  Three steps and two steps forward, but saw a lovely figure getting off the car, waving at herself.

  "Ah, it's her..." Xiaoyu was stunned, this person was precisely Zhu Xiaohong. Recalling the events of last night, those restricted scenes flashed through his mind, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

  "Xiao Hong jie... it's okay." Walking up to Zhu Xiao Hong, Xiao Yu stuttered out a greeting, unsure of what else to say.

  Zhu Xiaohong still wore a black professional woman's outfit today, with the appearance of a white-collar beauty, without any of the enchanting charm she had when dressed as a beer lady last night. However, when looking at Xiao Yu, her eyes flashed with an inexplicable meaning.

  "Xiao Yu, you're here, get in the car. I and Manager Qin have been waiting for a long time." Zhu Xiaohong said with a smile, her tone as calm and gentle as ever, seemingly without any emotional fluctuations, but Xiao Yu knew that she was desperately suppressing the excitement inside.

  "Xiao Yu! Come! Sit here!" Manager Qin sat in the driver's seat, warmly waving at Xiao Yu.

  Xiao Yu smiled awkwardly at Zhu Xiaohong, opened the front car door and sat in the passenger seat.

  "Uncle Qin, good!" Little Yu also greeted Manager Qin.

  "Haha, Little Yu, it's been several months since we last met, how come you've changed so much? I almost didn't recognize you." A hint of surprise flashed in Manager Qin's eyes.

  As for Little Yu, he genuinely likes him. When Qin Lulu mentioned Little Yu's grades, he was also very surprised. He is well aware that children like this are not ordinary people and can be said to have a bright future.

  He knew his daughter's thoughts like the back of his hand, so when Qin Lulu called and said that Xiao Yu wanted to go to the bidding meeting with him, he agreed without hesitation. It was good for the child to gain experience and be tempered, who knows, maybe in the future she would become a great talent.

  After chatting with Manager Qin for a while, Manager Qin started the car and headed in the direction of Caohejing.

  "Xiao Yu, are you hungry? Have a piece of chocolate first!" Zhu Xiaohong, who was sitting in the back seat, handed over a piece of chocolate.

  "Sorry, Xiaoyu," said Manager Qin apologetically. "Let's just snack for now. The bidding meeting is too tight on time. We'll eat after the meeting."

  Xiao Yu didn't care; this piece of chocolate was enough to lower his hunger level.

  Before long, the car drove into Caohejing Development Zone. This place is where Xiao Yu passes by every day when he takes the bus. Due to its convenient transportation and location at the junction of urban and suburban areas, it has become a popular choice for large companies. Many high-tech enterprises and foreign-invested enterprises have settled here, including even branch offices of Fortune 500 multinational corporations.

  On the way, Manager Qin briefly introduced the situation of the company they were going to visit today. It turned out that this company was doing electronic component import and export business. Last year, they successfully negotiated a large project, introducing a production line from abroad, and built a new factory area in Jiading. Since they had their own factory area, it was not a problem for the management department and production department to work in two separate locations, but it was inconvenient for management, so they were preparing to move there.

  Their current office building is a self-owned asset purchased ten years ago, and since it's no longer in use now, they might as well put it out for rent, which can also create some benefits for the company.

  Qin manager pulled through a friend's relationship, is the financial manager of this company, after a public relations effort, this financial manager was basically settled by him, but he has been unable to meet with the general manager.

  According to the financial manager, the general manager is usually very busy and often goes on business trips every two or three days, so Manager Qin made an appointment several times, but the other party had no time.

  In theory, this matter would have been settled with just a preliminary review by the finance and logistics department, writing a report to submit upwards, and the general manager's nod of approval. But unexpectedly, Fu Mao appeared out of nowhere like a dark horse, trying to snatch the business away, which led to a bidding meeting being called.

  Xiao Yu knew that Fu Mao's move was aimed at Manager Qin. How could it be so coincidental that the two families collided here? They were clearly trying to take advantage of the situation and make it impossible for Manager Qin to turn things around.

  As they spoke, Manager Qin had already stopped the car in front of a four-story white building. Xiaoyu got out of the car and looked around at the surroundings, which were indeed not bad.

  The small building is surrounded by iron railings, with some trees and lawns inside. On one side of the building, there is a small parking lot and a basketball court.

  The key is that the geographical location of this building is very superior, close to Caohejing Development Zone. If there are small-scale foreign enterprises or offices that settle here, it's really a good choice.

  "Xiao Yu, don't mind what happened yesterday. Let's just get along as usual." Xiao Yu felt a gentle breeze behind him and heard a soft voice whispering in his ear, knowing it was Zhu Xiaohong.

  Seeing Manager Qin drive the car to the parking lot, Xiao Yu also turned back to Zhu Xiaohong and said, "Sister Xiaohong, let's forget about going to the bar. I'll think of a way to pay for Xiaoxian's tuition fees. You know, I'm running a restaurant, so it should be possible to scrape together that amount of money."

  Zhu Xiaohong's face showed a grateful expression, seeing that Manager Qin had already gotten out of the car and was walking towards here, but he just nodded silently without saying anything.

  Just as the three were about to enter the small building, a speeding car suddenly drove in from outside and stopped right in front of them.

  A thin middle-aged man with hardly any flesh on his body got out of the Mercedes, saw Manager Qin and greeted him with a forced smile, "Oh, I thought it was someone else, turns out it's Manager Qin!"

  Qin Lu saw him and was so angry that he couldn't speak, this guy was the vice president who was forcibly inserted into the board of directors after Jin Sheng acquired Fu Mao, it was him who had been finding fault with himself every day, forcing himself to leave, now he has taken over his original position and became the general manager of Fu Mao.

  "It's actually Director Zhao, what a coincidence! I'm also getting weirded out, how come wherever I go, you're always there? Are you intentionally following me to steal my business?" Qin Lu said indifferently.

  "Haha, where would I? Manager Qin, this time it was just a coincidence, how could I do that kind of thing?" Zhao's face suddenly turned cold.

  Ignoring the two people who were arguing here, Xiao Yu's gaze fell on someone who came with Zhao Zong, this person was very young, tall and handsome, but his eyes were sinister and frightening, two wolf-like eyes staring tightly at himself, this person was Wang Tao.

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