We moved to Golden Courtyard

This is as if it's been assumed that the subway company will definitely invest in Seed.

However, everyone understands that young people are impetuous.

But after Xu Qi uttered a word, Old Xia could clearly feel that the two business tycoons sitting on his left and right were breathing unsteadily.

"Top cover".

……

The term "top cover" refers to the roof above the subway base.

Unlike the rooftops of factories, the subway base covers a huge area and is flat, making it highly valuable for development and utilization.

You could build a park on it.

"Everyone is surely familiar with the Alahatto Theme Plaza in Jinqiao. This is the commercial value that can be generated when an animation IP has a very high influence."

There's no need to spell it out; everyone here is intelligent. Xu Qi only needs to give a slight hint, and they'll understand the enormous commercial value it contains.

"Of course, as I said before, this is just a hypothetical scenario. We can certainly use this investment as a foundation for deepening our mutual trust and cooperation."

Under the conference table, Bronya quietly gave Xu Qi a thumbs-up.

She has always believed that the best decision she ever made was recruiting Xu Qi to E.T.

Now, it's just that Xu Qi is proving himself time and time again with his performances.

Of course, he also took the opportunity to settle his own marriage, which can be considered... evidence of his wisdom.

After hearing this, Old Xia breathed a long sigh of relief.

He couldn't help but shake his head and say, "You are a promising young man... It seems that your experience as a technician at the subway company has also been of great help to you."

Xu Qi also found it amusing.

"If it weren't for President Bronya personally selecting me, I'd probably still be a technician. Of course, being a technician isn't so bad..."

"It's just that this new position offers much more flexibility and room for growth."

What followed seemed quite easy.

Xu Qi's words successfully piqued the interest of these people.

Even though this is still like a castle in the air, without any concrete plan, just a very tempting-sounding pie, but...

Isn't this the kind of thing that state-owned enterprises like?

Xin'an couldn't help but sigh – no wonder he came from a state-owned enterprise, he's got it all figured out.

After the meeting ended, Xin'an didn't plan to stay any longer. She went to the restroom and decided to go home by herself instead of taking the company bus.

In her view, the investment was a done deal; the only difference was the negotiation of the details.

Similar to the corridor screens and themed trains in Xujiahui.

When I come back next time, they might assign me a task.

As Xin'an thought about these things, he couldn't help but fall into a daze.

If before it felt like living in the past, and Xu Qi still seemed like that technician, then now... there is a strong feeling of breaking through the mirror of the past and returning to reality.

She shook her head, washed her hands, and was about to leave when she heard a voice behind her.

"Leaving without saying goodbye?"

……

Xin'an turned around and saw that it was Xu Qi alone. He couldn't help but tease her, "You came to see me alone. Aren't you afraid your girlfriends will be jealous?"

"A person with an upright character has nothing to fear."

Well, the premise is that one must be upright.

However, Xin'an wasn't in the mood for jokes. This visit to ET had left a much deeper impression on her than Xu Qi's last visit...

“Your status is different now than before. Just now, someone asked me if I knew you before, and I said we were just ordinary colleagues.”

Xu Qi scratched his head.

"I'm sorry, I thought you knew I didn't care about these things."

Of course I know... but I care.

Xin'an took a deep breath.

"I knew from the moment you came in that this young man, who is almost three years younger than me, would definitely climb further than me in the future. And that has indeed proven to be true."

Char Aznable favored you when he was alive. If nothing had happened afterward, you would have been his most prized disciple and taken over his position.

Who knows, you might climb even higher in the future, while I... if I'm lucky, I might only become a minor technical supervisor after you've risen to a position I can't even see.

"Ha...of course, even now I can speak with such arrogance, saying that I was promoted to department manager because of you, even though I was just a lowly technical supervisor."

Xin'an seemed somewhat agitated.

"So... please don't talk to me like we're close anymore, okay? We're from two different worlds."

You were born to be a success, while I'm just an ordinary person who, because of luck, met you and had some different experiences, but whose life will only end here.

Xu Qi seemed to have never expected that his reunion would cause Xin An such a strong reaction.

She is a proud and always strong-willed girl.

"Sorry, I just genuinely felt... that we had a good relationship, that's all."

Xin'an remained silent for a moment.

"And when I left, you were the only one who came to see me off, uh!..."

Both of them were stunned for a moment. Then, Xu Qi saw that the woman in front of him seemed to have suddenly blushed.

Clearly, they were thinking the same thing.

"Forget about that!"

Xu Qi awkwardly turned his head away and raised his hands in surrender.

Just as Xin'an turned away in embarrassment and anger, Xu Qi reminded him.

"Remember to come back next time to discuss the themed train renovation project. I'll definitely choose Line 9, so..."

"understood!"

With heavy steps, Xin'an left.

Xu Qi also breathed a sigh of relief.

At that moment, Alicia's voice came faintly from behind.

"You still say you two aren't having an affair...?"

Chapter 994, Question 986: Fourteen people, will that be Xu Qi's limit?

In Xu Qi's office, the executive chair that originally belonged to him was now occupied by Alicia.

He could only sit obediently on the guest sofa.

As for Rita, Sakura, and Bronya, they all stood in front of Xu Qi, looking at him as if he were a criminal being interrogated.

As for Delta...

Perhaps finding the whole thing pointless, he leisurely sat on the desk opposite Xu Qi, watching her suffer with amusement.

"Tell me, what exactly is your relationship with that Xin'an?"

"Um...it's nothing, it's just...a regular colleague."

"A regular colleague?"

Bronya turned to look at Delta.

“You and Delta were just ordinary colleagues before.”

Delta: ?

How did this get dragged into me?

Alicia slammed her hand on the table!

"Exactly! And judging from your last conversation, you must have had something happen between you and her!"

"Is...is there?" Xu Qi's eyes darted around, and he began to change the subject.

Bronya rushed forward and grabbed Xu Qi by the collar.

"You bastard, you actually have someone else outside behind our backs!"

"No, absolutely not! I'm completely innocent, I really have nothing to do with Xin'an!"

"So what exactly happened between you two?"

"Well... when I resigned, I went back to the company to get my things." Xu Qi scratched his head, looked away guiltily, and continued in a very low voice.

"Then she kissed me."

……

Now, all four pairs of eyes in the office seemed exceptionally dangerous.

"You kissed...where did you kiss him?"

"Hmm...mouth."

Sakura asked calmly.

"anything else?"

Xu Qi looked at Ying in shock. "Besides kissing on the lips, where else can we kiss? Don't be so dirty-minded!"

"You, Xu Qi, you've been keeping a mistress hidden away for so long without telling us, now you've been exposed!"

"No! Really not! At the time, it was probably just... I couldn't help myself. We quickly forgot about it, and there hasn't been any special contact since."

Rita smiled upon hearing this.

"Yes, it was uncontrollable, we forgot everything, maybe even more than just kissing. We're all adults, who knows what might happen if something else does."

Xu Qi almost knelt down before Rita.

All he could do was say, with tears welling up in his eyes, "I'm innocent..."

"Innocent?"

Xu Qi nodded vigorously.

As everyone knows, these two probably didn't really mean anything by it; they just wanted to tease Xu Qi.

Bronya waved her hand, indicating that it was time to call it a day, then sat down next to him, half-pressing Xu Qi's cheek and tapping his cheek as she spoke.

"If we find out again that you're seeing someone else and don't report it, you'd better stay in bed when you get home tonight."

Why should you lie in bed?

Then, as if realizing something, Xu Qi's face turned pale.

One, two... fourteen... there are already fourteen people. Even with the second awakening of his mental strength and the increasing physical fitness, he still can't withstand fourteen people...

It will definitely be shipped the next day!

Delta retorted sarcastically, "And they're about to head towards sixteen people."

Ellie shrugged.

"What can I say?"

Xu Qi closed his eyes and began to play dumb.

"Hey, stop playing dead, tell me? Seele and Sirin, what are you planning to do? It's been a month since we got back from the cruise ship, and we even had to celebrate Seele's birthday in between."

"You didn't even see that resentful look in Seele's eyes at her birthday party."

"This……"

Bronya narrowed her eyes slightly.

"I'm giving you a deadline. Aren't you going on your honeymoon with Ellie on the 9th? Before that, find a night to launch a surprise attack and take those two girls down!"

Is this even possible?!