Breakup and still want to be beautiful on your own? A crazy tycoon seduces and climbs to the top.

An Ying stared at her phone screen.

It was a message from Su Jixun.

How have you been lately?

An Ying didn't think much of it and simply typed two words: "Not bad."

Just as I clicked send, Su Jixun called.

An Ying answered the call with a puzzled look.

Su Jixun's voice was light and cheerful, as if he was in a good mood.

"An Ying, are you busy?"

An Ying politely replied, "No, you seem so happy. Does President Su have some good news?"

Su Jixun replied with a smile, "You're really smart. I recently switched jobs and went to Qin's."

An Ying had just finished saying "Congratulations" when she heard the name Qin Shi...

The image of Qin Jinchuan being aggressive towards her at the charity gala flashed before her eyes.

The words of blessing were on the tip of my tongue, but I swallowed them back down.

It seems that the Qin family's aggressive expansion and recruitment efforts are indeed true.

An Ying smiled and said, "I wish President Su all the best for the future."

Su Jixun sensed the irony and said in a gentler tone:

“An Ying, you can come work for me too. You work under Lai Yuqiang, but with her mediocre skills, she can't possibly help you or promote you.”

An Ying neither agreed nor disagreed, but simply listened quietly.

An Ying's silence on the other end of the phone seemed to give Su Jixun an opportunity.

He continued to persuade him, "I've heard about the charity gala. Things aren't as you imagine. President Qin is actually a very nice person."

"The Qin family and the Fu family have a long-standing feud. That day, President Qin acted impulsively and vented his resentment towards Young Master Fu on you. It wasn't because he had any prejudice against you as a person."

"Afterwards, when President Qin learned that I knew you, he asked me about you and praised your past achievements."

"Although you have a connection with the Fu family, Young Master Fu is a very shrewd person, and he would never genuinely help you."

Su Jixun pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses and said earnestly:

“An Ying, the world is in chaos these days. It’s not easy for you as a girl. Having more options means having more choices.”

"We've known each other for so many years, I would never harm you. I'm just afraid you'll be fooled by a cunning old fox like Young Master Fu who can't be trusted."

"How about we arrange a time to have dinner another day? I'll act as a go-between and let President Qin have a proper chat with you in person?"

An Ying leaned back in her chair, pondering Su Jixun's words.

Something was off between the lines.

What started as casual conversation about daily life gradually turned into a barrage of criticism and attacks against Fu Chengli.

In the end, he ended up having dinner with Qin Jinchuan?

The intention is all too obvious.

After a long silence, An Ying slowly asked:

"Su Jixun, was Qin Jinchuan right next to you watching you make this phone call?"

Su Jixun's heart tightened.

He stared at the hands-free phone on the table, unsure how to respond.

She glanced up at Qin Jinchuan, who was sitting in the CEO's chair across the table.

Su Jixun looked embarrassed, secretly thinking to himself: She's quite clever, like she's been installed with surveillance cameras.

Qin Jinchuan crossed his legs, his long legs lazily propped up on the table, and he was half-reclined in the leather chair.

The leather shoes on his feet, from a certain luxury brand, were polished to a gleaming shine.

Qin Jinchuan, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, chuckled softly twice.

An Ying said calmly, "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Qin, but I have no intention of resigning. Even if I did resign, I wouldn't consider Qin's Group. Also..."

She paused for a moment: "I've always been an upright and honest person, there's no need to talk to me in such a roundabout way."

The phone hangs up.

Su Jixun smiled helplessly.

Qin Jinchuan took the cigarette out of his mouth and asked with interest, "Was she this interesting back in her school days?"

Su Jixun replied, "Back then, she was the most beautiful girl at Beicheng University. Everyone loved her and flowers would bloom for her."

Qin Jinchuan: "And then she got together with that guy from the Lu family?"

Su Jixun nodded: "They dated for seven years. Lu Qiyao broke up with her a while ago and insisted on marrying her half-sister. In the end, everyone was quite unhappy."

Qin Jinchuan said quietly, "What a waste! They're ignoring the swan meat right in front of them and insisting on eating a toad."

Qin Jinchuan exhaled a long puff of smoke, thought for a moment, and then said, "In a few days, there will be an industry summit in Yuncheng. The Fu family will definitely be attending, so you should go too."

Su Jixun agreed: "President Qin, are you going or not?"

Qin Jinchuan pondered for a moment: "Me?..."

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Cloud City.

The industry summit is tomorrow, but Anying arrived a day early.

As soon as An Ying stepped off the plane and out of the airport, her phone beeped with a call.

The screen displays the three characters "Xiao Shuya".

An Ying answered the phone with a smile on her face: "Xiao Ya, I've arrived."

The woman's gentle voice came from the other end of the phone: "Okay, okay, I see you too. Wait a moment, I'll drive the car over."

Less than a minute after she hung up the phone, a pink leopard-print Porsche pulled up in front of her.

The pink leopard print was so eye-catching that passersby couldn't help but stare.

An Ying suppressed a laugh, opened the car door, and plopped inside.

The two smiled at each other, without even needing to exchange polite greetings.

An Ying got straight to the point:

"Shuya, are you serious? Pink leopard print? It doesn't suit your gentle and dignified temperament at all! Tell me honestly, did someone hold a knife to your throat and force you to drive this car?"

Jiang Shuya shook her head and sighed: "Indeed, that person is my husband."

"I made a bet with my husband. He bet I wouldn't pass the CPA exam, and I bet he'd lose everything in the stock market. Guess what happened?"

An Ying fastened her seatbelt: "In the end, you passed the CPA exam, and your husband made a fortune in the stock market. You both lost."

Jiang Shuya smoothed her shoulder-length short hair: "Yeah, I've forced him to stay home and take care of the baby every day, and he's forced me to go to the shop to change the car's color. I have to go out every day with this garish pink car on my head. It looks awful."

An Ying shook her head with a smile: "You two really know how to have fun."

Jiang Shuya was An Ying's first friend after she came to Beicheng.

When An Ying left the Fu family, she moved into the school's dormitory.

The little girl, new to the city, found it difficult to adapt to the climate and learning environment of the northern part of the city.

The parents of other students would come to pick up their children every week, and the happy families would go home happily for the weekend.

But An Ying did not.

She lost her mother, and her half-dead father was practically useless.

She became the most eccentric person in the school.

Because she is always alone.

That year, An Ying was just a fourteen-year-old girl. She thought she would be alone forever.

As a result, she met Jiang Shuya not long after she started living in the dormitory.

At that time, Jiang Shuya's parents were going through a divorce, and the house was in chaos every day, which almost drove her to develop depression and caused her grades to drop.

She simply moved out of her home and went directly to the school.

Life's encounters are truly wondrous.

Sometimes you think you're on a dead end, but fate will give you a way out.

Two little girls meet when their lives are at their most difficult, and become each other's pillars of support.

An Ying and Jiang Shuya were classmates in both junior high and high school.

When it came time to take the college entrance exam, Jiang Shuya was admitted to Yuncheng University, while An Ying stayed in Beicheng.

Jiang Shuya met her husband when she was a freshman in college. The two have been in love since their student days and had a baby last year.

Jiang Shuya, who once felt fearful and distrustful of love due to her parents' divorce, has now built a happy family.

Jiang Shuya knew about An Ying and Lu Qiyao's relationship.

Both of them started their first love in college.

The endings of the love stories, however, are completely different.

Jiang Shuya verbally cursed Lu Qiyao as a scoundrel, but in her heart, she felt endless heartache for her best friend's plight.

Jiang Shuya's eyes were red, and she grabbed An Ying's hand: "Xiao Ying, do you still have any expectations for love?"