Marriage First, True Love Later - Chapter 46

Su Yicheng opened the door to get out of the car and greeted Huang Dexing with a smile.

“Creative Director Huang.”

“Ah, so it really is Special Assistant Su. I thought I was seeing things.” Huang Dexing also laughed. When he passed by, the license plate seemed a little familiar to him, and he couldn’t help taking a closer look at it. He thought that the person in the car looked familiar, but he didn’t expect the person to actually be Su Yicheng. What made him even more surprised was that, despite the fact that he and Su Yicheng had only met once before at a real estate summit, Su Yicheng remembered his name. That was truly unexpected.

“Special Assistant Su is here for business?” Huang Dexing asked with a smile.

“Oh no, just passing by,” Su Yicheng said with a relaxed expression on his face.

“Special Assistant Su, I’ve recently heard that the Municipal Party Committee is planning to build a new tech city. Um… has the business partner for the collaboration been confirmed yet?” Huang Dexing asked inquisitively. The construction of the new tech city was a huge project; if they could secure it, then they wouldn’t have the need to do any other projects for years.

Su Yicheng raised his eyebrows, knowing what he wanted to ask. He had been in such situations countless times and knew various ways of dealing with it. “We have not received any information regarding this, so I’m not quite sure I know what Director Huang is referring to. May I inquire where Director Huang got word of this?”

“Uh, no, it’s just hearsay.” Huang Dexing smiled awkwardly.

Su Yicheng had no intention of furthering the conversation. He looked up at his watch and said, “There is still a meeting at the city committee this morning that I need to get to, so I’ll be heading over there.”

“Oh, you go, you go. Perhaps I’ll have the chance to invite Special Assistant Su out for a meal together someday?” Huang Dexing asked tentatively.

Su Yicheng raised his eyebrows and simply smiled as he got into the car without saying yes or no and left with an air of mystery.

Huang Dexing watched him start the car engine to leave and began contemplating the meaning behind his ambivalent smile.

“Director.” Xiao Xiao had crept up behind him at some time without him noticing. She was in a tight suit that showed off her exquisite curves. Her voluminous mane of wavy hair framed her perfectly made-up face, and she appeared irresistible and glamorous.

“Director, who was that person just now?” Xiao Xiao asked. The man seemed to be the same man who had picked up Anran that day, but she didn’t understand why an old guy like Huang Dexing would be kissing up to him.

Huang Dexing glanced at her with an impassive expression, and, instead of answering her question, he merely said coldly, “The investigation results of the accident came out.”

“Oh, really? Was there a problem with Anran’s drawing design, or was it because Hou Zhengwen didn’t follow proper construction protocol?” Xiao Xiao was gloating a little. She despised both of them, so no matter whose fault it was, she felt malignant pleasure at their downfall.

“None of them, actually. The result might disappoint you,” Huang Dexing sneered.

“Uh, what do you mean by that?” Xiao Xiao didn’t quite understand.

“Your uncle was responsible for the supply of the cement this time, right? The reason the stones on the balcony collapsed was not due to flaws in design or construction errors. It is entirely because the supplied cement was not up to standard. So I think you’d better inform your uncle so he is well prepared. The company will definitely take legal action regarding this, but, fortunately, the progress of this project has been moving slowly, otherwise more lives could have been claimed.” After that, Huang Dexing didn’t bother looking at her face to see how pale her face had turned. He turned around and walked toward the company’s building.

At that moment, Xiao Xiao couldn’t care about anything else, and she hurriedly took out her phone from her bag to call her uncle. She had originally arranged for him to cut some corners to make some money, but she never imagined that he would make such a big mess and cause so much trouble for her. She was truly enraged.

Back in the office, Anran stared at the drawing design submitted by Ling Lin, and she started to get a little headache. This was the third time this month. She really couldn’t help but wonder if this Ling Lin had really graduated from a prestigious school and won several national awards. Why was her design so amateurish, so much so that she even got the simplest proportions wrong?

She shook her head helplessly, threw the drawings onto the table, then stood up and headed toward Huang Dexing’s office.

She knocked on his door.

“Come in,” a voice called out from inside.

Anran pushed open the door and started speaking. “Director, I don’t think I have the ability to mentor Ling Lin, so I would like to request that you find her another designer to intern for.” Only after she had finished speaking did she notice that there was another man standing beside Huang Dexing in the office, and the two of them seemed to be discussing something. When Anran got a clear look at the man sitting on the sofa, her face turned ghastly pale and her hands clenched together tightly. She didn’t expect that man to be Mo Fei.

“Anran, you came just at the right time! This is Mr. Mo from Chenkai. We were just talking about you; how surprising it is that you and Mr. Mo were classmates!” Huang Dexing beamed at Anran as he said this.

Anran stared at Mo Fei and was unable to understand why he was here. She had thought that, after their last encounter, they would never see each other again.

Mo Fei stood up and walked toward her with a smile. Then, he stretched out his hands, and, in the manner of two people who hadn’t seen each other for a long time, he said with a smile, “Anran, it’s been a long time.”

Anran gazed at him without taking his hand. She didn’t understand what he planned on doing and frankly didn’t want to know either, because no matter what he planned on doing, none of it had to do with her.

Her eyes went directly to the Huang Dexing behind him, and she said, “Since Director Huang has a guest here, I won’t bother you any further.” Then, she turned around and prepared to leave.

“Anran, hold on. Mr. Mo and I were just discussing a collaboration project, so why don’t you stay and listen as well?” Huang Dexing requested.

Anran fished for an excuse. “No, thank you. I still have to go to the construction site. Wei Gong called and said that there were some aspects of the design sketch that weren’t clear, so I have to head over there to personally look over it.” After she finished saying this, she left the Director’s office without looking back.

Mo Fei watched her figure disappear at the door and tightly clenched his hands by his sides.

Anran, this time I will not give up!

Huang Dexing seemed to have got the impression of what was going on and asked tentatively while smiling, “Is Mr. Mo intimate with designer Gu?”

Mo Fei turned his head to smile at Huang Dexing but didn’t answer.

Seeing that Mo Fei had no intention of divulging, Huang Dexing refrained from further intrusive probing. He had been in this industry for a long time to get to where he was now. He had seen all sorts of people, so if Mo Fei didn’t want to spit it out, there was no point in forcing him to. Huang Dexing decided to change the topic, and he asked, “Is President Mo’s information source stating the city’s intention to invest in the construction of a tech city reliable? As far as I know, the documents haven’t even come down yet. So at this point, we’re not even sure if it’s true or not.”

Mo Fei laughed, then replied nonchalantly, “Director Huang seems to have forgotten that my father-in-law is the Chief of the Urban Construction Bureau.”

Huang Dexing stared at him blankly, then started laughing and said, “In terms of the collaboration, I will report to the Board of Directors.. If everything goes well accordingly, then we will be happy to join hands for a collaboration.”