Chapter 272

"Really no need. If I can't even handle this little matter, what qualifications do I have to be your man."

Xu Rixin grabbed Yan Qingxue's hand firmly, seemed to want to get up, but suddenly swayed and fell back into the boss chair.

"Rixin! Are you okay?" Yan Qingxue exclaimed and hurriedly held his shoulders.

"I'm fine."

Xu Rixin shook his head: "Just a little dizzy."

Yan Qingxue: "It must be because you've only been working overtime during this period and haven't rested well. I'll take you home."

"Xiao Xue, do you think I'm very useless?"

Xu Rixin gave a weak, bitter smile.

"Usually, I owe it to you for helping me with company matters, and now I can't even handle a simple project..."

"Rixin, don't say that. I help you willingly, and everyone has their own expertise; you really don't need to belittle yourself."

Yan Qingxue looked at Xu Rixin's weak appearance, bit her lip, and suddenly said to him very firmly: "Don't work overtime anymore; I'll take you home. Regarding the North City land matter, if you believe in me, leave it to me to handle. I will definitely find a way to inquire about the Yan Group's price quote."

"Xiao Xue."

Xu Rixin shook his head and gave a bitter smile.

"This matter can be big or small; I don't want you to be hurt because of me."

"It's okay, I won't be hurt."

Yan Qingxue looked at Xu Rixin firmly: "I will definitely have a way to help you."

"Xiao Xue, thank you for your hard work."

Xu Rixin smiled with relief, lowered his head to hide the calculation in his eyes, and when he looked up again, he was back to his weak appearance from overwork.

"It's so good to have you help me. When the Xu Group breaks into the top 50 enterprises in Jiangcheng, and when I have enough confidence and capital to protect you, let's go public, okay?"

Xu Rixin put his arms around Yan Qingxue's shoulders and held her firmly in his arms.

"Hmm."

Yan Qingxue's eyes turned red, and she nodded very hard:

"When no one can hurt us anymore, we'll go public."

At this moment, she was still looking forward to her wedding with Xu Rixin, looking forward to exchanging rings in the church with the blessings of relatives and friends, and promising to be together for a lifetime.

However, she couldn't see that the expression on Xu Rixin's face at this time was full of complacency and irony.

That stupid woman Yan Qingxue was indeed as he had expected; as long as he said a few sweet words and showed weakness appropriately, she was willing to do anything for him.

"By the way, how is Xiao Tian doing lately? You know, he doesn't contact the family now, and Mom, Dad, and I are all very worried about him."

Ever since Xu Rixin inadvertently heard Yan Qingxue mention that Xu Tian had recognized her parents as his godparents, he had been quietly inquiring about relevant trends from her.

However, because Yan Qingxue had a very poor impression of Xu Tian and couldn't be bothered to inquire about his trends, she had never obtained any useful news.

"Him? He's still as useless as before."

A trace of disdain flashed in Yan Qingxue's eyes.

"I originally wanted to teach him a lesson for you, but later I felt that reasoning with such an ingrate was a waste of time. Instead, my mom and dad are being led around by him and often invite him home for meals."

"I just don't understand; our family has fallen to such a degree, what benefits can he get by sucking up to my mom and dad?"

"Xiao Xue, perhaps Xiao Tian just wants to have a complete family."

Xu Rixin pretended to be regretful: "Don't blame him either; if you want to blame someone, blame the misunderstanding between our Xu family and him for being too deep. Actually, during this period, Mom, Dad, and I have all tried hard to repair the relationship with Xiao Tian, but it's a pity his personality is too stubborn and he's unwilling to reconcile with us at all."

Yan Qingxue hurriedly said: "Rixin, this is not your fault; it's that kid who is ungrateful. Your Xu family adopted him and treated him so well, but he doesn't know how to be grateful and instead turns his elbows outward and works against you everywhere. If we had known this earlier, Uncle and Aunt shouldn't have kindly adopted him."

"Xiao Tian is still young after all. Previously, Mom, Dad, and I were thinking for his sake, so we had strict requirements for him, but it resulted in him misunderstanding that we didn't care about him, leading to bigger and bigger conflicts."

"Actually, I, as the big brother, also regret it very much. If I had discovered his dissatisfaction with the family earlier, perhaps I could have talked to him properly and untied the knot. Now I just hope that when he matures a little more, he can understand the painstaking efforts of Mom, Dad, and me."

"Rixin, you and Uncle and Aunt are all too kind."

Yan Qingxue suddenly thought of something and continued: "But I heard my mom say that that kid Xu Tian has a girlfriend."

"A girlfriend?"

Xu Rixin was slightly stunned, unsure if this girlfriend was Tang Bingyan.

But given Tang Bingyan's personality, she shouldn't accompany him to meet his godparents.

So he pretended not to care and asked casually: "Then do you know what his girlfriend does?"

"I'm not clear about this."

Yan Qingxue shook her head.

"But I heard it seems to be an ordinary white-collar worker."

"Oh, it's good if he can settle down and date a girlfriend."

Xu Rixin heard Yan Qingxue's description and knew that this girlfriend Xu Tian brought back definitely wasn't Tang Bingyan.

Could it be that Xu Tian had fallen out with Tang Bingyan again?

Actually, Xu Tian should have divorced Tang Bingyan half a year ago, but he didn't expect that kid to have some nerve misfire suddenly and start acting like a model husband in front of him again.

It seems that the connection between the two of them was completely broken this time; otherwise, given Tang Bingyan's personality, how could she let Xu Tian hang out with other women? It's just that he didn't know who proposed the breakup first.

And ever since Xu Tian left the Xu family, he had no chance to approach Tang Bingyan. In fact, in Xu Rixin's heart, Tang Bingyan was the perfect wife candidate; it's just a pity he never had the chance to develop further with her.

But regardless, learning that Xu Tian and Tang Bingyan broke up made Xu Rixin very happy.

Originally, Xu Tian had the confidence to work against him by relying on Tang Bingyan as his backer. Now that he broke up with Tang Bingyan and couldn't get her financial support, he would become a stray dog before long.

The next day.

A certain tea house in Jiangcheng City.

Xu Tian, wearing sunglasses and a mask, walked into a private room on the second floor. A man wearing glasses was sitting in the room. After seeing Xu Tian, he stood up slightly, nodded, and greeted Xu Tian.

"Mr. Xu!"

"Editor-in-Chief Chang, has there been any progress on the matter I entrusted to you before?"

After Xu Tian came in, he sat down opposite the man and asked straight to the point.

The man he met today was Chang Hua from the Tongtian Times.

Ever since the last incident where Shang Yiran was framed, Chang Hua had been promoted from an ordinary reporter to the editor-in-chief of the Times, and Xu Tian had maintained a healthy cooperative relationship with the Tongtian Times after joining Qingguo Music.

However, this time he entrusted Chang Hua to investigate Xu Rixin's recent situation in a private capacity, so the two chose a tea house outside the newspaper office and company to meet.

"I did find some things."

Although Chang Hua didn't know what grudge Xu Tian had with Xu Rixin, after receiving his commission, he still used his connections to investigate some news.

"Just as you guessed, the relationship between Chen Shiya and Xu Rixin is indeed very close, but these two people are very careful when they are together. My people followed them for a long time without finding substantial evidence, until the day before yesterday, when I discovered that they would go to a private cinema for a date every once in a while."