Chapter 158: What if what I want is you?

Seeing that it was getting late and everyone had chatted enough, they all said goodbye and left.

Xiao Ming, like everyone else, stood up and prepared to leave.

His car had just left Zhao Dequan's villa not far when a gorgeous figure suddenly blocked his car.

Xiao Ming rolled down the car window, only to see Yi Qi give him a light smile, open the car door, and sit beside him, her body softly leaning against him.

Seeing that Xiao Ming had no intention of pushing her away, the driver, sensing the situation, got out of the car.

Xiao Ming reached out and pinched her; Yi Qi was slightly startled, and her body shuddered.

Yi Qi's face was flushed, and she was too shy to meet Xiao Ming's eyes.

She crawled directly from the back seat to the driver's seat, drove the car to a remote place, and ten minutes later she drove it into a small grove on the outskirts of the city.

After that, she got out of the car.

She opened the rear car door and began to undress.

"Miss Yi Qi, what are you doing?" Xiao Ming asked, his gaze deep, his tone light.

What are you doing? That's naturally... to do that with him!

Yi Qi really wanted to blurt it out, but she was too embarrassed to say it, so she quietly continued her action; Xiao Ming reached out, pulled her to sit beside him, and said, "Huh?"

Her action was suddenly interrupted, and Yi Qi's face turned even redder instantly: "I, I have something to tell you."

"Huh?" Xiao Ming responded with interest.

"Regarding this auction, Mr. Xiao, would you like to hear about it?" Yi Qi's eyes overflowed with affection as she stared at Xiao Ming and asked.

Xiao Ming remembered that the last time this woman appeared, she had brought him a very valuable piece of information.

"Oh? Do tell." Xiao Ming curled his lips.

"Well, that depends on your performance, Mr. Xiao. You couldn't possibly be unaware of my feelings for you, could you?"

How could Xiao Ming not understand? Last time, this woman had already shown her fluttering heart; this time, she was even bolder.

Indeed, he was just an ordinary mortal in the secular world; facing such a beauty, how could he not be moved?

Hearing Yi Qi's words, Xiao Ming smiled faintly, reached out, and pulled her into his embrace.

Yi Qi's little face grew even redder, and she dared not look at Xiao Ming's eyes.

"Little girl, aren't you very bold?"

Xiao Ming let out a soft sound…

An hour later, Xiao Ming let out a long breath, ending the two persons' battle.

Afterward, Xiao Ming said nothing, asked nothing, tidied his clothes, and then simply leaned back against the rear seat, his deep eyes fixed on Yi Qi.

Yi Qi also stopped beating around the bush and told Xiao Ming everything she knew.

Xiao Ming's guess was correct; she had come to deliver news, and also to deliver a person.

"Mr. Xiao, do you know Amu Experimental Workshop?" Yi Qi asked.

"Well, I know. It's the world's largest technological research workshop; nominally a workshop, but its scale is in no way inferior to a publicly listed Group." Xiao Ming replied.

"Exactly, that workshop. I happen to have a sister; she and her husband are members of that workshop. A couple of days ago she told me some news, and I think this news will be very valuable to you."

"Oh?" Xiao Ming responded with interest.

In this workshop, there are twenty or thirty highly capable technical staff, but due to the leadership's mismanagement, they have lost morale, their hearts have grown cold, and many of their contracts have expired, yet they have no intention of renewing.

"No matter what the leadership says, these staff members' resolve to leave remains very firm; right now, the situation has reached a stalemate."

Xiao Ming's ability to rise to his current position in the business world is not solely due to luck; hearing Yi Qi's words to this extent, he already understood her meaning.

Xiao Ming did not ask for the specific reasons that had led the situation to this point.

As top-tier technical staff, either their attitude is lacking, or their compensation is insufficient.

No matter how much one loves their profession, in this world no one works purely for love; dreams and money always go hand in hand.

Just as he thought that, Yi Qi's words confirmed his idea.

Yi Qi continued: "The main cause of these technical staff's disaffection is that the CEO, for his own benefit, reduced their benefits."

Talking about money always hurts feelings; that's an unchanging truth.

No matter how capable those technical staff are, they also need to survive in this world; their own interests were admired, and the imbalance between effort and reward means they naturally will not continue to stay.

"That's indeed good news." Saying this, Xiao Ming already understood Yi Qi's meaning: "Miss Yi Qi seems to understand me well; she knows what I want."

"There's nothing I can do; I always find myself paying extra attention to you. I know you just acquired an aviation technology company; if a large influx of talent were to come in, your company, Mr. Xiao, would surely develop very well." Yi Qi said with a smile.

As she spoke those words about her involuntary attention to Xiao Ming, her eyes were full of affection.

"Miss Yi Qi's kindness, I will remember it; from now on, if you need anything from me, just say so." Xiao Ming's words carried a few parts sincerity and also a hint of something else.

That workshop is internationally famous; later the old CEO retired and handed over authority to his son, who never imagined that the son, poor at management, would out of personal greed do such a foolish thing as lowering the technical staff's income.

No matter how large a company, if it loses people's hearts, its collapse may be just a matter of minutes.

Many large companies, because they lost people's hearts, ultimately ended up going bankrupt.

Such things are commonplace in the business world.

The technology company Xiao Ming acquired is currently at the startup stage; if he could attract a large influx of talent, he could quickly turn that company into a big one.

Upon hearing Xiao Ming's words, Yi Qi's eyes shone brightly.

"Can I understand it as, whatever I want, you will satisfy me?" Yi Qi turned playfully, embraced Xiao Ming, and asked: "Then if what I want is you, do you say I can have you?"

"Want me? Then Miss Yi Qi, you'll have to work hard!" Xiao Ming smiled faintly; at that moment, his phone rang.

It was a video call from his daughter.

Xiao Ming turned his phone toward Yi Qi; seeing the note on his phone, "thoughtful little cotton-padded jacket", Yi Qi pouted resentfully and said: "How..."

"Would you not go home today and come to my place instead, okay?" Yi Qi said in a coquettish tone.

Xiao Ming gave a light smile: "If you have time, go another day; I'll first send you home."

Although Xiao Ming did not explicitly refuse, his meaning was already clear.