Chapter 568: Just Playing With Them

"Not at all—I still have a long way to go compared to Director Lian."

The Lian family has already invested heavily in this project, yet Lian Ningqi disregarded the future of our company’s venture and casually offended one of the very few excellent potential partners we could choose; if you’re talking about capriciousness, she’s unmatched.

Lian Ningqi seemed to know what she was thinking; she smiled: "Miss Rong is quite confident. True, Changmo is a decent option domestically, but we’re not limited to Changmo."

With that, she rose with a smile. "Since Changmo can’t take on our project, I won’t overstay. Miss Rong, we’ll meet again."

Rong Ci had no interest in playing further word games with her. "Don’t see us off."

Yu Moxun returned in the afternoon and asked about the Lian family collaboration; Rong Ci gave him a brief summary of what had happened.

Yu Moxun: "Does Lian Ningqi have hostility toward you? Did she come here on purpose to provoke you?"

"That’s how I feel."

The Yu family and the Lian family had little past interaction, and Yu Moxun knew little about the Lians—but he was well aware of the Yu family’s standing.

Of course, he also understood Rong Ci’s social circle well and knew she had no prior connection with Lian Ningqi.

Hearing that Lian Ningqi had spent most of these years studying in A Country, Yu Moxun paused: "Could she be close to Lin Wu? Did she come here deliberately to irritate you on Lin Wu’s behalf? Or is it because Feng Tingshen?"

Rong Ci: "I think it’s the former."

"Hah, that’s ridiculous," Yu Moxun sneered. "To deliberately offend a potential partner just for some so-called sisterly bond—Lian Ningqi is truly brainless. But if the Lian family entrusted this project to someone so emotionally driven, even if we did cooperate with them, the partnership would likely be turbulent. It’s better we don’t take this project at all."

Rong Ci: "Mm."

The next day, Rong Ci and Yu Moxun met a potential partner for dinner, but upon arriving, they happened to encounter Lin Wu and Lian Ningqi.

Yu Moxun crossed his arms and said to Rong Ci: "Our guess was right—this Lian heiress really does seem close to Lin Wu."

Lian Ningqi and Lin Wu also spotted Rong Ci and Yu Moxun.

Lin Wu’s expression was indifferent, as if she saw nothing; Lian Ningqi smirked, silently waved in a mocking greeting, then walked into the restaurant with Lin Wu ahead of them.

"... " Yu Moxun: "Is she insane?"

Rong Ci: "Let’s go in first."

During dinner and casual conversation, the Changmo partner brought up the Lian family.

After all, due to industrial restructuring, the Lian family had relocated most of its operations abroad and rarely returned to Ducheng; their sudden return to develop here had drawn considerable attention within the circle.

Speaking of the Lian family naturally led to their current key project: "We heard they returned with full preparation—they’d already secured a collaboration team in A Country. Yesterday, that team arrived in Ducheng. Rumor has it it’s the world-famous P.MAI team."

Rong Ci and Yu Moxun were, of course, familiar with the P.MAI team.

This team is world-class, having collaborated with countless global giants and possessing exceptional capabilities.

The Lian family really went all out for this project.

But since the P.MAI team arrived in Ducheng yesterday morning, that means the Lian family had already finalized their partnership with them; with P.MAI on board, they clearly had no need to cooperate with Changmo—Lian Ningqi’s visit yesterday pretending to negotiate cooperation was nothing but a joke played on them.