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Chapter 272 - 273: Father-in-law (1)
Chapter 272 - 273: Father-in-law (1)
Chapter 273: Father-in-law (1)
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Actually, Qin Zhiyou is not surprised to see Liu Yiyi, though this time it wasn’t arranged by him. Liu Yiyi is an anchor and reporter for Yan City TV station. The event is very grand and all major TV stations sent reporters to cover it, so running into Liu Yiyi doesn’t mean anything.
Of course, it is probably because he hasn’t been reaching out to Liu Yiyi recently and has been spending everyday with Lu Weixi, which might have displeased Auntie. As a result, she has deliberately brought the spy into the limelight.
In front of others, Liu Yiyi still maintains a professional demeanor. People at Yan City TV station probably know about her relationship with Qin Zhiyou, hence Liu Yiyi was assigned to his group to follow them around every day.
Qin Zhiyou is fine with it, but Qin Zhigu is rather uncomfortable. Especially after learning about the “relationship” between Qin Zhiyou and Liu Yiyi, he became even more uneasy.
On the first night after the big meeting, all the invited guests gathered together in the large banquet hall. Some people who weren’t able to attend the meeting in the morning and afternoon all showed up here.
Such as — Lu Weixi’s father, Chairman of Bai Family’s architecture firm, Bai Changyou.
Impartially speaking, no matter how Bai Changyou may be in his private life, his sharpness at work is indeed commendable. Five years ago, when China’s situation was still very optimistic and the real estate market was still rising, he decisively exited, transferred his domestic business, and vigorously attacked the overseas market.
As for last year, when Australia’s market was hot enough to require aggressive taxes to limit purchases, he promptly withdrew from the Australian market and returned looking for opportunities.
Of course, his enter and exit were not about speculation only. At least, he had recruited a lot of talents in South Australia, such as the main designer in Cai Yiren’s team. Even though he was overshadowed by Lu Weixi, that designer was still a very promising newcomer in South Australia, he was just slightly more Westernized and not so creative.
Moreover, nowadays, Bai Family’s architectures seldom bid for large residential projects, they mainly focus on high-end boutique residences and high-class businesses. After many years in South Australia, they also gained a reputation. You could say that this time Cai Yiren’s team was just testing the waters. Bai Family still has more well-known and influential architects. If they sent one of them instead, Lu Weixi might not win so easily.
With Bai Changyou’s arrival, naturally Cai Yiren arrived as well. However, in this circumstance, seeing Bai Changyou makes both Qin Zhiyou and Qin Zhigu feel awkward. Qin Zhiyou is okay, but Qin Zhigu doesn’t know where to place his hands and feet.
After all, he had dated both Lu Weixi and Cai Yiren, and thus became completely entangled with the Bai Family. Bai Changyou is an elder, he can be cold face to Cai Yiren, but in front of Bai Changyou, he didn’t know what to say.
Worst of all, as if their fear has come true, Bai Changyou and Cai Yiren really walked towards them after seeing the Qin brothers, “Long time no see, Zhiyou, Zhigu.”
Qin Zhiyou is still sitting in his chair, didn’t move at all at these words. He merely raised his eyes to glance at him and didn’t bother to greet him. He squeezed out an “Um” nonchalantly from his throat as a response and then crossed his legs indifferently, one hand in his pocket, the other scrolling through his phone to chat.
If it weren’t for the fact that he is the father of Lu Weixi on anthropological terms, he wouldn’t even want to respond with this “Um”..