Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 720 Finally, the honey trap part has arrived!
Even if he were with Lin Qingyin, his motivation would still be for Lin Qingyin's talent.

Sure enough, the person who understands him best is still this girl who grew up with him.

The kitchen fell silent, save for the dripping sound of the faucet.

After a long while, Cheng Yi slowly spoke, "Yu Xi, I never considered your feelings. I genuinely want what's best for you."

"I understand." Jiang Yuxi looked up, forced a smile, and said, "Okay, let's go out. The kitchen is too smoky."

She pushed Cheng Yi out of the kitchen, closed the door, and isolated herself in that small space.

Leaning against the door, she looked up, took a deep breath, and forcefully suppressed her surging emotions.

Some things, once the windowpane is broken, can never be reopened.

But at least she spoke out, and no longer has to keep it bottled up inside.

After sitting at the Jiang family's house for a while, Cheng Yi got up to say goodbye.

Jiang Aiguo had drunk a bit too much and had already gone back to his room to rest.

Yu Min then asked Jiang Yuxi to see Cheng Yi off.

It always snows on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Dongcang County. If it doesn't snow, it's as if there's no New Year at all.

This year's snowfall was exceptionally heavy.

The two walked side by side in the alley, the snow crunching under their feet, the sound carrying far through the quiet street.

Neither of them spoke first, and the atmosphere became somewhat awkward.

When they reached the alley entrance, Cheng Yi stopped and said to Jiang Yuxi, "I'll stop here. It's cold outside, go back quickly."

"Mm." Jiang Yuxi nodded, her hands in her coat pockets, her head down.

Just then, a cold wind blew by, stirring up the snowflakes on the trees and hitting Jiang Yuxi's face.

Jiang Yuxi subconsciously shrank her neck.

Cheng Yi looked at her nose, which was slightly red from the cold, and habitually reached out to brush away the snowflakes stuck to the ends of her hair.

Cheng Yi's sudden intimate gesture immediately froze Jiang Yuxi.

Jiang Yuxi suddenly raised her head, her eyes filled with astonishment.

Cheng Yi withdrew his hand, coughed to cover his mouth, and said, "There's a bit of snow."

"Thank you," Jiang Yuxi replied.

There was another moment of silence.

This atmosphere made Cheng Yi very uncomfortable. The correct way to handle it would be for him to flick the snow, for Jiang Yuxi to jump aside and yell at him, "You pervert, what are you trying to do?" and for Cheng Yi to reply, "I don't want to."

But now, the two people who grew up together and are most familiar to them seem like strangers.

Cheng Yi composed himself and said, "Yu Xi, no matter what the future holds, you will always be one of the most important people in my heart. I wouldn't be where I am today without your help, and I will need you for many things in the future."

"You're really something. Why are you suddenly saying something like this so seriously? Don't you feel embarrassed?" Jiang Yuxi suddenly said.

"You fucking..." Hearing Jiang Yuxi so cruelly trample on the words he had forced to say while suppressing his shame, Cheng Yi couldn't help but curse.

"However, I'll just accept it so-so. Anyway, I've already got goosebumps all over. Okay, I'm going home now. Goodbye." Jiang Yuxi smiled, this time her smile was much more natural.

Jiang Yuxi waved to Cheng Yi and left with her hands in her pockets.

She raised her head, looked up at the sky, and exhaled a long breath of white air.

Although she has no romantic relationships, she still has her career.

Let's set a small goal first: let's earn 100 million.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Cheng Yi rushed back to the group. If the group's affairs were left unattended for just three days, the documents would pile up like mountains.

Starting a business and becoming a boss is actually quite similar to being an emperor. Many people envy the emperor's life, but they don't know that the emperor's life is worse than that of cattle and horses. The intensity of work is far greater than that of modern cattle and horses, and they get less than 6 hours of sleep. Moreover, they work all year round without rest, and their personal freedom is severely restricted.

They needed to get up at 4 a.m. and handle government affairs for more than 12 hours, which led to many emperors dying young.

Cheng Yi is in no better shape. He is currently in charge of four companies: Momo Group, Smartisan Technology, Xiaonei.com Technology, and Momo OS System Company.

This is truly non-stop work.

Moreover, Cheng Yi needs to keep a close eye on things concerning Lin Sipeng.

At this moment, in a villa in the suburbs of San Francisco.

Lin Sipeng's ant-watching career continues, making him feel like he's about to become an ant himself.

More than a month of isolation from the world, a diet of bland food, and the lack of internet, women, and entertainment brought this womanizer, who was used to the bright lights and bustling nightlife, to the brink of collapse.

He even began to think that the two FBI agents who came to drink coffee with him every day were somewhat handsome.

"Damn it, if this keeps up, I'll start getting horny from looking at ants." Lin Sipeng slumped on the sofa, staring at the ceiling, letting out his nth sigh.

The glamorous figures of the car models in his mind became increasingly blurry, replaced by the shapes of chicken breast and broccoli.

Two days later, after the routine interrogation ended, the detective did not leave immediately. Instead, he said to Lin Sipeng, "Mr. Lin, considering that you are staying here for a long time, in order to maintain environmental hygiene, we will arrange for a cleaning staff to come and clean daily. We hope you can cooperate and not disturb her work."

Lin Sipeng didn't even lift his eyelids, waved his hand weakly, and said, "Whatever, just don't sweep me up like trash."

Upon seeing that Lin Sipeng had actually responded, the detective immediately asked, "If you tell us who ordered you to do this, we will let you go immediately."

Lin Sipeng fell silent again.

The detective snorted and turned to leave the room.

Lin Sipeng didn't take the detective's words seriously at all until the next morning when the doorbell rang.

The detective in charge of guarding the room opened the door, and a graceful figure walked in.

Upon hearing the crisp sound of high heels clicking on the floor, Lin Sipeng jumped up from the sofa as if he had been electrocuted.

It's the sound of a woman's high heels!
Judging from the crisp clicking sound of the high heels, they must be at least 10 centimeters high, and pointed stilettos at that.

Lin Sipeng took a closer look and saw a typical hot Western woman walking towards him. This blonde, blue-eyed woman had a figure so hot that it could make any normal man's blood boil.

She was wearing a standard cleaning uniform, but it was clearly modified; the fabric clung to her body, perfectly outlining her curvaceous figure. Her skirt was just the right length, revealing her long, slender legs clad in sheer black stockings, and she wore pointed stilettos. Her face was adorned with exquisite makeup, and her blue eyes held a hint of a smile.

"Good morning, sir. I'm Avril, and I'm in charge of cleaning here." Her voice had a captivating magnetism that made Lin Sipeng's bones melt.

Waters, watching this from behind the monitor, couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

Avril Lavigne was his carefully selected expert. Although she was just a minor Hollywood starlet, she had top-notch acting skills and knew how to seduce men.

Her mission was to break down Lin Sipeng's psychological defenses, undermine his will, and extract intelligence from him.

At this moment, Lin Sipeng's eyes were indeed wide open, and all his previous listlessness vanished.

He subconsciously straightened his wrinkled T-shirt, smoothed his slightly greasy hair, and struck what he thought was a very handsome pose.

"Hello, my name is Lin Sipeng." His English was a little stammering because of nervousness.

Avril gave him a professional, sweet smile and said, "Mr. Lin, I know you. You're a very capable engineer, aren't you?"

"Yes, yes, that's me." Lin Sipeng nodded quickly.

"I admire engineers the most. Don't worry, I will finish the work as soon as possible and make sure I don't disturb your rest," she said with a polite smile.

"No, no, I won't bother you." Lin Sipeng was like a young man who had been suppressing his feelings for a long time, his hands feeling a little awkward.

For the next two hours, Lin Sipeng sat on the sofa, his eyes fixed on Avril's busy figure.

Watching her bend over to wipe the coffee table, I was struck by the beauty of her low-cut neckline.

As she tiptoed to clean the high cabinet, the hem of her skirt billowed up, revealing glimpses of her skin.

Watching her squat down to clean the corner, the curves of her rounded buttocks encased in black stockings...

Every seemingly unintentional wardrobe malfunction by Avril Lavigne, every seductive gesture, was like a small fire, repeatedly tormenting Lin Sipeng's restless heart, which had been pent up for more than a month.

Lin Sipeng felt his mouth was dry and his body was hot, and all sorts of indescribable scenarios were already playing out in his mind.

Avril completely ignored his burning gaze and focused intently on her work, performing her tasks with great professionalism.

Only when she occasionally passed by him would a strand of her hair accidentally brush against his arm, or she would make eye contact with him for a fleeting moment before quickly looking away, leaving behind a profile that left much to the imagination.

This made Lin Sipeng, who only knew how to flirt with young car models, turn into a cynical person.

After cleaning, Avril, carrying her cleaning tools, bowed politely to Lin Sipeng and said, "Mr. Lin, the cleaning is finished. See you tomorrow."

"Huh? Oh, okay, goodbye..." Lin Sipeng seemed to wake from a dream, watching her graceful figure as she left, feeling an emptiness in his heart.

That day, Lin Sipeng lost all interest in even looking at ants.

His mind was filled with thoughts of that cleaning lady named Avril.

Although he guessed that this was a new trick by the FBI, he thought again that even if he guessed their intentions, he couldn't resist them.

That fucking hit him right where it hurts.

Which man could resist such temptation?
Besides, he withstood both the FBI's threats and their offers of bribes.

He finally made it to the honey trap stage, why can't he enjoy it a little?

The next day, Avril arrived as promised, cleaned the villa, and then gracefully left.

In the past few days, Avril Lavigne has become Lin Sipeng's only hope in his gray-area house arrest.

Lin Sipeng began to dress himself up deliberately. Although he had limited resources, he would change his few clothes over and over again in an attempt to maintain his tough tech guy image in front of Avril.

A few days later, the two started interacting more and more.

At first it was just a simple greeting, but later Lin Sipeng started trying to strike up a conversation.

Avril, where are you from?

“I’m from a small town in California,” Avril replied with a smile as she wiped the glass.

“California is a great place, full of outstanding people and beautiful scenery.” Lin Sipeng said with a smile while trying to get closer to him. “There are many intellectuals in China who often say, ‘I have no regrets about being born in China in this life, and I’ll be born in California in the next.’ When I go abroad, I will also go to California to see what it’s really like.”

“I also want to visit China. I’ve heard that China has many beautiful places,” Avril said.

"Once I get out of here, I'll take you to see all the famous mountains and rivers of China," Lin Sipeng said with great ambition.

"Really? That's great!" Avril said sweetly. "You have to keep your word."

"Absolutely. Go ask around in China and you'll see that I keep my word." Lin Sipeng chatted with Avril about this and that, and he thought that this girl was not only beautiful, but also had a lovely voice.

Hehehe, this must be a good younger sister who is good at undressing people.

Then, he began to show off his limited knowledge and boast about his great achievements in China, such as being an indispensable technical core of the Momo system and being Cheng Yi's most trusted right-hand man.

Avril always knew exactly when to show her admiration, adding, "Really? Mr. Lin, you're amazing! I don't understand any of these complicated technologies at all."

Her blue eyes, sparkling with adoration, greatly satisfied Lin Sipeng's vanity.

Sometimes, Lin Sipeng would also help her out, such as moving a slightly heavy chair for her, or offering his support while she was cleaning high places, taking the opportunity to feel the smoothness of the stockings.

Avril never refused him, always responding with a grateful smile. Occasionally, she would lean gently against him because she was unsteady on her feet. The faint scent of her perfume was enough to make Lin Sipeng's heart race all day.

Watching all this from behind the monitor, Waters knew the time was right.

Lin Sipeng's guard had long been shattered by the allure of beauty. This guy, who had been silent all along, spoke almost as much as a TV host that day.

He's probably thinking about how to get this alluring woman into bed right now...

Waters sneered and instructed Avril that she could begin closing the net.

The next afternoon, after Avril finished cleaning, she did not leave immediately as usual.

She walked up to Lin Sipeng, whose eyes were fixed on her, and said with her eyes looking a little red, "Mr. Lin, I... I may not be able to come anymore."

"Why?" Lin Sipeng suddenly stood up, his voice filled with anxiety.

“The company received a complaint that I’m getting too close to clients,” Avril said hesitantly, her voice trembling with a pitiful expression. “They think it’s inappropriate. But, Mr. Lin, I just felt you were lonely here all alone, and I just wanted to talk to you…”

Seeing her on the verge of tears, Lin Sipeng's protective instincts surged instantly. He grabbed Avril's hand and said excitedly, "Don't be afraid, I'm here! Let's see who dares to fire you! The FBI wants me to cooperate, right? As long as you're alright, I can consider it!"

(End of this chapter)