Into the Night, Jiao Jiao Gets Kissed by a Business Tycoon-Chapter 60 - He is Just a Pawn
Chapter 60: Chapter 60: He is Just a Pawn
Chapter 60 -60: He is Just a Pawn
That year, Cheng Yi had just started taking over Yifeng Group and didn’t know how to manage such a huge enterprise, he could only continuously learn to understand the company’s operations.
Although he was naturally clever, and had always been seen as a genius boy since childhood, in this complex business world, many things still had to be figured out by himself, so Cheng Yi dared not slack off, busying himself with work every day.
Of course, socializing was indispensable…
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On the morning of November 10th at ten o’clock, Cheng Yi was invited to attend a business banquet.
Because of Cheng Yi’s strong family background, his appearance immediately attracted a lot of attention.
Many people at the venue knew Cheng Yi, and many of them were elders who had watched him grow up, so they greeted him when they saw him.
Regardless of whether these people were sincere or hypocritical, Cheng Yi always had a proper smile on his face.
But once he stepped into an area with no people, he quickly put away the smile on his face, and instead, his face was indifferent and his eyes were incredibly sharp.
Cheng Yi walked to a relatively less crowded area and sat down, but still, quite a few people came over to greet him.
When no one came to disturb him, he lit a cigarette, took a light puff, and then exhaled.
Whenever this happened, he began to miss Xinan, wondering what she was doing now, whether she was worrying about her graduation thesis again or fretting over her graduation defense?
Thinking about it, Cheng Yi’s lips began to curl up into a gentle smile, completely different from the insincere smile he had before, and then he picked up the wine glass in his hand and gently swirled it.
Just as he was about to bring it to his lips, a harsh voice suddenly came from the seat next to him.
“Yo, isn’t this President Xi and Mrs. Xi? The Fengyi Group is about to go bankrupt, and you still have the mood to attend such a banquet?”
“Zhang Yazhi, don’t go too far!” Xi Kanglei’s voice was filled with anger.
Zhang Yazhi, not to be outdone, said with a mocking smile on her face, “How have I gone too far? I’m just telling the truth! Now, who doesn’t know that your Fengyi Group is about to go bankrupt due to poor management? I’ve heard that even banks are reluctant to lend you money.”
“That is our own business, and it’s not your place to remind us as an outsider.”
Zhang Yazhi snorted coldly: “I really don’t understand why President Xu still invited you over despite your Xi family being in such a dire state!”
Zhang Yazhi, mentioned by President Xu, was the organizer of today’s banquet.
After saying that, she walked away, clicking her high heels.
Cheng Yi frowned as he listened to all this. He intended to go over and greet Xi Kanglei and Zhou Rong, but then he heard Zhou Rong and Xi Kanglei’s voices come over.
“See, I told you not to come, and now even a Zhang Yazhi dares to yell at us!”
Xi Kanglei said, “There’s no way around it, the Xi family is not what it used to be now, and anyone in Jing City with a bit of status can suppress us.”
Zhou Rong: “I’ve been with you for so many years, this is the first time I’ve suffered such an humiliation!”
Xi Kanglei sighed, “Now we can only pin our hopes on Nannan.”
Hearing this, Cheng Yi furrowed his brows even tighter, what did this have to do with Xinan?
Then he heard Xi Kanglei say, “I hope she won’t let us down and successfully marry Ah Yi, then our Xi family might have a chance to survive.”
Zhou Rong said, “I think Ah Yi is quite attentive to our Nannan. Last time when Nannan was sick, he didn’t even sign a contract abroad and flew back that night.”
“That’s good, it was not in vain that I made all the effort to send Nannan to cultivate a relationship with him at the same school.”
“Yes, I heard from Nannan… she’s planning to confess to Ah Yi next week, and by then our Xi family might finally turn things around.”
“…”
Cheng Yi sat on the sofa completely frozen, his eyes hollow without focus, as if his soul had been devoured by the passing of time, his body too stiff to move, as if only the shell was left.
He felt like it was all a joke.
So it was all a scheme by the Xi family, and he was just a pawn.
That girl who entered his life when he was fourteen, had approached him with a motive…
Cheng Yi laughed mockingly and sadly, his eyes full of desolation and loneliness.
Cheng Yi still remembered how he felt when he learned that Xinan had transferred to his school.
He had never thought that he would be able to go to school with the girl he loved one day…
But now, someone was telling him it was all fake, there wasn’t such a coincidence at all, it was all deliberately arranged by the Xi family.
Just to climb up using him as a stepping-stone…
After knowing the truth, Cheng Yi moved around like a zombie, and even he didn’t know how he had walked out of the banquet hall.
After returning, Cheng Yi locked himself in his bedroom all day, neither eating nor drinking, just silent.
It was not until around nine in the evening that he dazedly remembered there was another gathering.
When one is in a bad mood, there is a strong desire to find an outlet, and alcohol is an excellent choice.
In the private room of the bar, Cheng Yi continuously poured drinks into his mouth, as if only by doing so could he numb the pain in his heart.
The drinks were quite strong. But no matter how much he drank, he could not forget the words Xi Kanglei and Zhou Rong had said during the day.
Later, he felt a tumultuous discomfort in his stomach and went to the bathroom, but he couldn’t vomit anything out, so he could only forcefully pat his chest.
The discomfort was like being choked, making it hard for him to breathe.
Looking at himself in the mirror, his handsome face looked extremely haggard due to the alcohol…
One could imagine how repulsive his disheveled appearance was at that moment.
Cheng Yi struggled to muster a smile, but his eyes were filled with unmistakable sadness.
His hands braced against the washbasin suddenly clenched, his eyes flashed sharply, and then he strode out of the bathroom.
He needed to find Xinan and ask her clearly, no matter what purpose she had for getting close to him, as long as there was a little sincerity towards him in her heart, he was willing to overlook the past.
For Xinan, he was willing to willingly become the stepping stone the Xi family needed to climb up.
But when he arrived at Xi’s Villa, what he saw was Xinan and Han Jibai hugging and kissing each other.
She was even wearing Han Jibai’s suit jacket!
At that moment, Cheng Yi felt as if his heart was being brutally hammered.
It hurt! It hurt so much!
