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Zhao Xiaohui picked up her bone china coffee cup, took a small sip of her Americano, looked up at the man opposite her, and smiled slightly: "I'll treat you to coffee."

Meng Jie smiled and beckoned the waiter over, his gaze casually sweeping across the menu: "Bring me your signature drink, extra sweet. I can't stand any hardship, much less any grievances."

Zhao Xiaohui paused slightly, holding her coffee cup, and looked at the man opposite her: "Are you implying something?"

"What's there to say?"

Meng Jie looked completely at ease, his smile genuine: "I was just really happy to see that you were alright, Sister Xiaohui."

"Oh."

Zhao Xiaohui chuckled softly, gently placing her coffee cup on the table. Her eyes darted around, a hint of teasing in them: "Do you say these sweet things to every girl?"

"How is this possible?"

Meng Jie looked aggrieved: "I only said that to a pretty girl like you, Sister Xiao Hui."

"Ha ha--"

Zhao Xiaohui could no longer hold back and chuckled softly, covering her lips. The aloofness in her eyes faded a bit, and her usual gloom dissipated somewhat.

"Sister Xiaohui, you smiled."

Meng Jie took the hot latte from the waiter, raised his hand and gently tapped his cup against hers, making a crisp sound: "I hope that Sister Xiao Hui can be this happy every day, always smiling, and forever young."

"Eternal youth?"

Zhao Xiaohui picked up her coffee and took another sip: "Then won't I become an old hag?"

Meng Jie laughed and said, "Look at those big stars, they're over seventy years old, and they're still so beautiful!"

"They are getting cosmetic procedures."

Zhao Xiaohui shook her head, a hint of helplessness flashing in her eyes: "Once we start, we'll have to spend at least several hundred thousand yuan every year. I don't have that much money."

"The company is gradually improving, and the year-end dividends for shareholders will gradually increase."

Meng Jie laughed and reassured him, "What's the point of making money? Isn't it just to do what you want to do?"

"Make yourself beautiful, make yourself handsome, travel the world, do whatever you want!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xiaohui's lips unconsciously curled into a cold smile, her tone flat yet tinged with bitterness: "You probably don't know, but YuChuang Technology hasn't distributed a single penny to its shareholders for two whole years."

"what?"

Meng Jie instantly feigned surprise, pretending to be puzzled: "I've seen that the company's operating performance has been quite good these past few years, so why aren't there any dividends?"

"The company needs to expand and develop, and it needs to purchase new equipment. All the money in the account is invested, so where is there any extra money for dividends?" Zhao Xiaohui took another sip of coffee, her tone as indifferent as if she were talking about someone else's business.

Meng Jie asked curiously, "Then, Sister Xiao Hui, since you don't have a job and don't receive company bonuses, how do you make a living?"

Zhao Xiaohui rolled her eyes: "Who told you I wasn't at work?"

"Well--"

Meng Jie was taken aback for a moment, then couldn't help but ask, "So where do you work?"

I won't tell you where I work.

Zhao Xiaohui shook her head, avoiding the question: "What brings you here?"

"I had a fight with Qin Man today."

Meng Jie smiled wryly and said, "I just happened to hear that you were sick, so I came to see you."

After saying that, he belatedly realized, "Sister Xiaohui, this wouldn't happen to be your coffee shop, would it?"

"It's my coffee shop."

Zhao Xiaohui readily admitted, "If I were relying on Qin Man to give me dividends, I would have starved to death long ago."

She paused, a hint of curiosity flashing in her eyes: "Why did you and Qin Man have a fight?"

Meng Jie looked helpless: "It's all because of Zhang Xingyu!"

"Last night, I called her to talk to her, and she yelled at me on the phone."

"I was in a bad mood, so I played games in the office for a while."

"When Qin Man walked in and saw me playing games, she deliberately made a lot of noise with her high heels."

"I was also in a bad mood at the time, and I directly made a few veiled insults."

"You have no idea how Qin Man glared at me back then; she looked like she wanted to devour me whole!"

"hehe--"

Zhao Xiaohui chuckled twice: "You can play games if you want, as long as it doesn't interfere with your work."

"That's what I think too."

Meng Jie spread his hands with a troubled expression: "The workshop's production capacity is not up to par right now. There are only a few people. Even if I go to customers every day, I can't produce any products."

"You'll understand once you spend more time with Qin Man."

Zhao Xiaohui laughed and said, "She's an impatient person; she can see results in a few days if she thinks about something."

Meng Jie feigned confusion: "Sister Xiaohui, given your outstanding abilities, why didn't you help manage the company back then? Why did you step away instead?"

Zhao Xiaohui tightened her grip on the coffee cup slightly, shook her head gently, lowered her eyes, took a sip of coffee, and did not reply.

Meng Jie feigned sudden realization: "Is it because of Qin Man?"

Zhao Xiaohui glanced at it and said irritably, "You think you know so much?"

Meng Jie chuckled softly, his tone turning serious as he slowly revealed his inner worries: "Actually, seeing your situation, Sister Xiao Hui, I'm quite panicked too. I'm afraid Qin Man might use me and then turn on me."

"After all, she is the company's major shareholder, holding more than 50% of the shares and having absolute say in the company, so her word is law."

"You used to hold 30% of the shares, but she still managed to control and manipulate you like this. I only had 20%, so I had no chance to resist."

Without waiting for the woman to speak, Meng Jie asked with a curious look, "I heard from others that there were three people who founded YuChuang Technology together?"

With a heavy heart, Zhao Xiaohui nodded: "The other one is Qin Man's husband!"

"oh."

Meng Jie pressed on curiously, "Then why did he leave?"

Zhao Xiaohui revealed the truth in one sentence: "He was having an affair with a woman, and Qin Man caught him red-handed, forcing him to leave with nothing."

"She can be so cruel even to her husband whom she lives with day and night." Meng Jie shook his head, feigning shock. "Qin Man's ruthlessness is even more astounding than I imagined."

When faced with a matter of principle, Zhao Xiaohui stood by Qin Man without hesitation: "If a man cheats on his wife, making him leave with nothing is too lenient."

That makes sense.

Meng Jie smiled and nodded: "But after all, they were husband and wife for a night, so let's leave some for her ex-husband, shall we?"

"It wouldn't be good if she was in a bad mood that day, or if we offended her one day and she left us with nothing."

Zhao Xiaohui wasn't stupid; she asked directly, "What exactly do you want from me?"

"Sister Xiaohui, I really just came to see you."

Meng Jie looked at the woman with a sincere expression: "I just had a disagreement with Qin Man, and I feel really frustrated. I wanted to talk to someone I trust, and you're the only one I can talk to."

……

While sipping coffee, Meng Jie chatted slowly with Zhao Xiaohui.

Through chatting, he also learned about the other person's recent situation.

He's a local; his parents used to work in a vacuum tube factory, and he grew up here.

He and Qin Man were college classmates. They jointly invested in the establishment of YuChuang Technology, holding 30% of the shares and serving as the vice president in charge of the R&D department.

Currently single, no boyfriend.

Meng Jie was genuinely surprised.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Xiaohui, who appears gentle, beautiful, and charming, is actually an engineering student deeply involved in technological research and development!

Meng Jie laughed and said, "Sister Xiao Hui, then we're in the same industry now."

Zhao Xiaohui rolled her eyes with a charming smile: "You're in sales, I'm in R&D, how are we competitors?"

"Ha ha--"

Meng Jie explained with a smile, "Before I went into sales, I was in design and development. Li Liang was my college classmate."

"Back then, I saw that coding didn't make money, so I went into sales."

Zhao Xiaohui asked curiously, "Which university did you go to?"

Meng Jie was a little embarrassed: "Industrial University, a second-tier university."

Zhao Xiaohui laughed and said, "With your eloquence, it doesn't matter which university you graduated from."

Meng Jie shook his head: "If I were from a 985 university, I would have many outstanding senior students, and my social circle would be completely different."

"Too."

Zhao Xiaohui smiled and nodded: "You are quick-witted, eloquent, and have a sweet tongue. If there were any impressive senior students, you would have already started chatting with them."

Meng Jie laughed and denied it: "How could I be as amazing as you say, Sister Xiaohui?"

"Oh--"

"You're not good enough?"

Zhao Xiaohui smiled and said, "I told you not to come, but you insisted. You even made the dead sound alive, just to come see me."

"Since Sister Xiaohui thinks I'm so amazing, and we get along so well..."

Meng Jie's eyes lit up, and he casually picked up the coffee cup in front of him, looking at the woman before him with a sincere and enthusiastic tone: "How about... I just recognize Sister Xiao Hui as my god-sister!"

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