Cheng Yaozu didnât expect both Cheng Su and Ning Ge to be here. Instinctively, he wanted to hide the flowers behind his back, but they were such a big bunch, bright and obvious, hiding them was impossible, which made it look even more suspicious. So he just boldly embraced them and walked over.
"Hey, long time no see! How come youâre all here? What a coincidence!" Cheng Yaozu raised his hand, laughing heartily, though it was unclear what he was trying to cover up.
Cheng Su glanced at the flowers in his hand with a half-smile and said, "Yes, quite the coincidence. I didnât know you were so familiar with our factory, coming here without a word!" As she spoke, she glanced at Ying Xiaoya: "Fourth Young Master Cheng, your thoughts have really traveled far and wide!"
"Uh, wasnât I planning to surprise you?" Cheng Yaozu explained.
"A surprise for us, or for someone else?" Cheng Su drew out her words, looking at Ying Xiaoya again.
Ying Xiaoya blushed, her heart inexplicably fluttering. This interruption saved her from crying, and she turned her head away to dab at her eyes with a tissue.
Cheng Yaozu, slightly embarrassed by the teasing, coughed and said, "All the same." He then offered the flowers to Ying Xiaoya: "For you, picked them on the way. Didnât you say you liked these?"
Ying Xiaoya was stunned, as she instinctively took them.
Ning Ge put a finger to his mouth and whistled loudly, winking at the two.
Ying Xiaoyaâs face turned bright red, and she said, "I never said that!" Yet she held onto the flowers, unwilling to let go.
Cheng Su saw through it and thought to herself that Cheng Yaozu had indeed come at the perfect time, a heaven-sent opportunity.
"If you donât want them, just throw them away, theyâre worthless anyway!" Cheng Yaozu said carelessly.
Ying Xiaoya replied, "Yanmei likes them too, Iâll give them to her, sheâll put them in the office." With that, without waiting for anyone to reply, she quickly ran into the office with the flowers.
This girl was shy!
Cheng Su covered her mouth, laughing, and asked, "You didnât just come straight here after getting off the train, did you? You must be really sincere, traveling so far to pursue a girl!"
Cheng Yaozu came over to sit down, and Ning Ge followed suit, sitting down as well.
"Of course not, I came to deliver the remittance to you guys!" Cheng Yaozu pulled a slip from his casual suit pocket and handed it over: "There were too many things before, so I delayed until now. Here, this is our Cheng familyâs investment in your company."
Cheng Su raised an eyebrow as she took it, and seeing the number, her eyes widened. She handed it to Ning Ge.
Ning Ge glanced over it and said, "Quite generous, huh!"
"If weâre going to do it, letâs do it big. Weâll have a market in the north and in the south, specifically for southern business." Cheng Yaozu said.
Cheng Su replied, "Isnât that a bit ambitious? This is just a small food company."
"If itâs already got momentum, small can become big. What, is your ambition not here?" Cheng Yaozu asked.
"Sort of." Cheng Su shrugged.
Her ambitions indeed werenât here, but in the hotel industry. She wanted to open a star-rated hotel in the future, but for now, she didnât have enough capital, so she had to slowly build it up.
"Weâll talk about that later. Since youâre willing to invest, we certainly wonât refuse money thatâs handed to us." Cheng Su put away the remittance slip and said, "As familiar as we are, clear accounts make good friends. We need to redistribute the shares. Since youâre here, letâs have a good discussion about the plan."
As Cheng Yaozu said, even small companies can become big, depending on how itâs done. With capital injection, they certainly couldnât miss this opportunity to make money. As for bigger ambitions, first, they had to lay the foundation with the most basic elementâcapital!