Chapter 198: Running Far Away

Tianma Group.

Jian Yining saw Sheng Hanyu in the office and said impatiently, "If you want to talk to me about company business, we can start now; if you want to find out from me where Yingzi is, I'm leaving immediately."

He blocked off all further conversation as soon as he spoke.

Sheng Hanyu asked, "Where is the company moving to?"

He never allowed himself to be threatened by others, but when it concerned Shi Youxuan, he had no choice but to compromise.

The two companies had a close cooperative relationship, so it was not unreasonable for him to ask such a question, but Jian Yining still had no intention of telling him: "That's none of your business. The reason I'm seeing you this time is to tell you that our two companies' cooperation is terminated starting today. Calculate the breach of contract penalty and tell me the amount; I will pay you."

This amount was enormous, but Jian Yining did not care!

As long as he could shake off Sheng Hanyu's entanglement and spend his days with Yingzi from now on, he wouldn't care even if it meant losing his entire fortune, let alone a breach of contract penalty.

"No."

Sheng Hanyu refused flatly, but his tone remained strictly professional: "I do not agree to terminate the cooperation, and you have no reason to demand this during the contract period."

"I will pay you the money."

"I'm not interested."

The negotiation could not continue; as long as Sheng Hanyu did not agree, Jian Yining could only stare helplessly.

So he adopted a roundabout approach, changed his attitude, and spoke kindly to Sheng Hanyu, suggesting it was better not to cooperate, that business was about harmony and wealth, and since their relationship was already like this, staying tied together was good for no one... "Everyone feels awkward, why bother?"

Jian Yining spoke "earnestly" for a long time, but Sheng Hanyu didn't say a word.

He just stared at him expressionlessly, which made the fire in Jian Yining's heart rise: "Why do you keep looking at me? Say something about whether you agree or not."

"I do not agree."

Jian Yining was nearly angered to death; it was as if everything he had just said had been in vain.

"You have to agree whether you want to or not; we are moving away anyway, so you figure it out."

Sheng Hanyu was impervious to reason, so Jian Yining simply started acting like a rascal.

Did he think Sheng Hanyu would have no way to deal with this? However, that was not the case.

"Heh..."

Sheng Hanyu chuckled, still in a professional tone: "If you move away, I can only follow. Expanding into overseas markets isn't a bad idea..."

"What?"

Jian Yining's eyes widened in shock; he hadn't expected him to propose following them.

In his anxiety, he forgot whether this was an office or if they were discussing business, and his old form of address slipped out: "Hanyu Ge, you run an industrial business, why follow us? Stop joining in the fun and just focus on developing in Jiangzhou. Once Tianma is gone, all of Jiangzhou will be your Dingsheng's world."

"It's not impossible to run an industrial business in the United States. A tree dies if moved, but a person thrives; I think your idea is great, and I also want Dingsheng to make a fortune along with Tianma. It will be good for our two companies to look out for each other abroad..."

Sheng Hanyu slowly laid out his plan, and feeling Jian Yining's reaction wasn't intense enough, he added: "My people have already gone over to check the site. You're taking the flight tonight, right? I bought a ticket on the same one as you."

Don't look at how Jian Yining didn't say anything; he had waited at Tianma Company for an hour, and he knew everything he needed to know.

There was no need to ask where Shi Youxuan was; as long as he kept his eyes on Jian Yining, the person who wanted to run couldn't get away.

Jian Yining was out of options and said with a bitter face: "I can't decide this alone; I have to discuss it with Yingzi."

Sheng Hanyu spread his hands in a "please feel free" gesture, then crossed his legs, calm and composed.

He walked out of the office to call Shi Youxuan, but no one answered.

"What's going on? Yingzi, answer the phone, it's really worrying..." Jian Yining dialed over and over, but the phone was never answered.

With no other choice, he summarized the situation and typed it into a message to send via QQ.

Soon, Shi Youxuan replied: Fine, do as you please.

Was this an agreement?

Jian Yining felt it was strange. Yingzi hadn't really wanted to leave Jiangzhou in the first place, and agreeing to leave with him was just to avoid Sheng Hanyu.

Now that Sheng Hanyu was following them too, he had asked for her opinion, and she had actually agreed so "easily"?

What was going on?

No.

Jian Yining felt it was necessary to speak with Yingzi in person and explain the severity of the situation.

Tianma was losing a lot of money on this relocation just to avoid Sheng Hanyu; if she agreed to let him follow, they might as well have stayed in Jiangzhou.

Without even saying goodbye, he went straight back to find Yingzi.

When he arrived at the Apartment, he realized he hadn't brought his keys. He rang the doorbell, but no one opened the door after a long time.

Fearing that something might have happened to Yingzi alone in the room, Jian Yining anxiously found the property management, intending to explain the situation and have them use a special method to open the door.

Who would have thought that before he could even speak, the lady at the property front desk handed him the key with a smile: "Here, Miss Shi said you would come to pick it up soon, and she was right."

"She went out?"

"Yes."

The property lady said: "She was carrying a suitcase and left in quite a hurry."

"Where did she go?"

Jian Yining was pacing back and forth in a panic; where could she have gone all of a sudden?

The lady shook her head: "She didn't tell us where... Oh, I remember now, Miss Shi said she left a note for you on the table, saying you would understand once you read it."

"Thank you."

Jian Yining grabbed the key and dashed back.

He opened the door, and sure enough, there was a piece of paper on the living room table.

He picked it up and saw elegant, delicate handwriting leaping off the page.

A Ning:

I'm leaving. If you still consider me a friend, please don't look for me!

Thank you for taking care of me these past few days, and even more so for your care and help over the past five years... If it weren't for you, I might still be pretending to be a fool at the Shi Family, struggling to survive under the eyes of Jiang Yadan and Shi Yuke.

It can be said that if she hadn't met you, there would be no Shi Youxuan today.

It was you who helped me broaden my horizons, gave me a great career, and helped me earn so much, so much money...

The rest were all words of gratitude; Jian Yining did not want to read these.

He knew Yingzi's temper and personality; the more polite she was, the more distant it meant she was!

He only wanted to know now, in the time it took to just go to the company, what had happened to Yingzi?

How could she suddenly leave without saying goodbye, and even write him a farewell letter that read like a summary?

Before finishing it, he first called Sheng Hanyu: "What did you say to Yingzi? Why did she leave without saying goodbye?"

"What did you say?" The voice on the other end suddenly rose several degrees, and Sheng Hanyu asked: "Where are you? I'm coming over right now."

Yingzi was already lost, so there was no need to hide anything from him anymore; thus, Jian Yining gave him the address, and not long after, Sheng Hanyu arrived.

"You're really something, you actually hid Xuanxuan here?"

From the moment he heard the address, Sheng Hanyu was furious; he had racked his brains thinking of all the possibilities, but he had never thought she might be hiding here!

"Yingzi is lost; she doesn't want you, and she doesn't want me either; she left on her own..." Jian Yining squatted on the ground with a sobbing tone.

"What's going on? Didn't you agree to go abroad together? Why would she leave on her own?" Sheng Hanyu did not completely believe his words; he felt this was another one of Shi Youxuan's schemes, with the goal of preventing him from finding her.

"You still have the nerve to ask me? A thief crying 'stop thief'."

Jian Yining punched Sheng Hanyu in the face: "It's all you; it must be you who had me transferred away, and sent people to provoke her and drive her away..."