“Thank you for your question,” Veronica intervened when she saw her brother turn silent. Smiling at Lily, Veronica started explaining the initiative that she started with her other sister to make sure that their employees didn’t get affected with the transition.
“I see.” Lily pursed her lips. “Then it’s all good.” She nodded before Veronica started explaining about some other initiatives that she had started. Clearing her throat, she eyed Qin Yuanfeng who was silently sitting next to Lily. By now, she could guess that Lily and Qin Yuanfeng were related as their similarities were too obvious to miss.
Last night, she did not notice these similarities as she really did not pay attention to Lily and was only staring at Qin Yuanfeng. After all, Veronica did not have any interest in women.
“Are there any more questions?” Seeing Qin Yuanfeng just stare at her, Veronica’s smile became even more brilliant. Turning her gaze towards the other executive, Veronica decided to give her best as she answered the other questions from Mr. Rossi.
After Lily asked her question, it did not take that long before the meeting came to an end. After all, Lily had already stated that they had seen these reports before. There was no need to ask more questions if they already knew the answers. After the meeting, everyone went to have lunch at one of the most prestigious eastern restaurants in Hong Kong.
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Facci Group
It had been a few hours since the Corneels left and until now, Lily was still maintaining her silence. She stared at the files that her brother had given, her eyes narrowing on the Corneel siblings. Veronica and Veron were actually the youngest of the six children of Leon Corneel. The two oldest were from his late wife who died when she was still in her twenties and the other four were from his second wife who was still together with him now.
Sitting opposite to her was Qin Yuanfeng who was equally silent, staring at the painting of Lily that Zhou Jingren made for her. This was the scene that Zhou Jingren and Bei Tian came across when they arrived.
“What is wrong with them?” Bei Tian asked Yang Mi as Zhou Jingren walked towards Lily.
“I don’t know.” Yang Mi shrugged. Since the meeting, Lily had been silent and would only talk occasionally during that lunch. Seeing this, Bei Tian sat opposite to Qin Yuanfeng.
“Hey,” Zhou Jingren leaned and kiss Lily’s forehead. “What’s wrong?” he asked.
“Nothing much,” Lily said as she stood from her seat. “We should go now. It is getting late.” Lily was only waiting for her husband to come and get her so that they could go home together. “Let’s talk when we get home.” She pursed her lips. She grabbed the file that Qin Yuanfeng had given her and left the office with everyone else.
Even with Zhou Jingren around, Lily still stayed silent, her gaze was glued outside of the car as she occasionally sighed. Of course, this silence was enough to make everyone else uneasy. Did Lily encounter a certain problem? Was she in trouble?
Tons of questions started to pile up inside Zhou Jingren’s mind. However, he chose to stay silent and wait for Lily to tell him everything. After arriving at the mansion, Lily immediately changed her clothing and sat on the terrace with Zhou Jingren.
“Someone is playing a game with me.” Lily uttered, her voice low. Her eyes darted over Zhou Jingren’s eyes before she looked at the view of the whole Hong Kong city that sparkled as it lit up against the night sky.
Zhou Jingren instantly frowned at her words. “What do you mean?”
“The Corneels… they are trying to play a game with me. And someone might be behind them, acting as the puppeteer, manipulating everything from the shadows.” Lily clenched her jaws. “I hate it.”
“I had asked Bei Tian to investigate the Corneel Family but nothing came up. They are not squeaky clean but who is? Their background seemed normal to me. They are just a normal rich family from the west. Nothing about them stands out from the normal rich families out there.” From the illegal methods that they used to deal with their enemies, to taxes, the Corneels looked ordinary in Zhou Jingren’s eyes.
Lily chuckled in response. Normal? Does that even exist in her world? “Them being normal bothers me.” Meeting Zhou Jingren’s eyes, Lily responded. “Veronica and Veron, the youngest of his six children were sent to deal with a multi million dollar deal.” She sneered. “Someone in that family wants to use me to deal with the two. Making them lose their father’s favor.”
If there is one thing that Lily hated the most, it is being used. It was being a pawn in someone else’s game. “They thought they could easily manipulate me into saying some unfavorable words against the twins.” Both Veronica and Veron were clearly unaware that the reports were already given to Lily. This prompted them to present the same reports, making them look like clowns in front of Lily.
This realization immediately ruined her day. Someone wanted to use her! How could she let them do that? Irritation grew apparent in her eyes.
What Lily hated about all this is the fact that she could feel that someone was messing with her but she had no idea who it was! She had crossed a lot of people, offended more than a dozen businessmen and destroyed more than five business empires! She had a lot of enemies and it could easily be one of them.
As someone who was called an iron lady by her previous enemies in Europe, it was only normal for someone like Lily to have a long list of people who wanted to get her. This was the reason why being too complacent was not a luxury she could afford.
“Did you schedule a meeting with Leon Corneel then?” Zhou Jingren asked.
“No, I didn’t.” She said before smirking. The people who sent Veron and Veronica wanted them to fail. Will she really allow that to happen? “I will tell their father that the twins did a good job.” She smiled.
In this type of scheme, doing the most illogical thing was the best way to make the enemy panic.
