Once Xu Ye was back at the hotel, he got a call from Li Tongwen.

Li Tongwen said he'd come to an understanding with Wei Guoyou, the owner of Tastien: the two sides would work together to build the franchise brand, with Wei Guoyou supplying the technique and the manpower while the company supplied the capital and the growth strategy. Xu Ye knew that Li Tongwen was making this call because he still felt shaky about it. This was the first investment project he'd ever run, and if Xu Ye said do as you see fit the way he had before, Li Tongwen would have nothing solid under him.

So Xu Ye said, "Fine. I say we do it the way you've laid out. All you have to do is your own part well. Don't worry about the rest. Man proposes, Heaven disposes — go at it boldly and leave the rest to luck."

"All right." Li Tongwen had solid ground under him at once.

Chen Qingqing hadn't been back at the hotel long before Chen Hansong called her over. A father who saw his daughter only a few times a year, and tomorrow she was going back to Shanghai — the old man couldn't bear to let her go.

Jiang Meilin couldn't be bothered to sit and listen to him ramble. She had the hotel staff bring up the laundry, put her own clothes back in the bedroom wardrobe, and, seeing father and daughter still talking, carried the remaining few items over to Xu Ye's room.

The door hadn't been shut when Chen Qingqing came out earlier, so Jiang Meilin pushed it open and walked in. Seeing that Xu Ye was still on the phone with Li Tongwen, she said nothing.

"Mm, go with your own thinking on it."

"Signing after May Day, is that right? Fine. Lü Cheng and I will both be there."

"Let's leave it there for now. I'll take another look at your business plan."

"Call me any time if there's a problem."

Once the call ended, Xu Ye opened the Word document Li Tongwen…