I like you.

To Ling City’s capital market, Fenghan’s banquet was of great significance.

The emergence of Shengjing Technology was already surprising enough, but the appearance of its leader was even more shocking.

Even in this era where fame is getting earlier and earlier, this CEO seems too young, yet extremely powerful. The way he moves his hands and feet, he has an aura beyond his years.

Even in this era where fame was earned at a younger and younger age, this president appeared way too young, yet extremely formidable. With every move and gesture, he exuded an aura beyond his age.

However, the real climax of the dinner came when Fenghan announced their annual investment plan. 

Even though those present had long known that Fenghan would make a big move in Ling City, when they heard the actual number, there was still an uproar.

Fenghan Capital and Shengjing Technology ultimately reached an agreement not only on venture capital, but also on strategic cooperation. Meanwhile, Fenghan injected five billion into Shengjing.

This amount was five times the market’s original estimate.

Based on the trend, it signified Fenghan’s valuation on Shengjing was at least ten times its investment.

This means that the young president who has just appeared is worth more than most people present. Even compared with the old aristocratic families in Lingcheng, they are not inferior.

This meant that the young president, who had just shown his face, had surpassed most of the people present in terms of net worth. Even comparable to that of the old influential families in Ling City.

At the end of the announcement, it wasn’t a surprise for Bai Juanqiu to be surrounded by guests, as almost everyone wanted to take the opportunity to make friends with this young upstart.

Compared to the hustle and bustle around him, in the corner of the hall appeared someone deserted.

Bai Guanghai huddled next to the dining area, staring blankly at the entire release process and not snapping out of this long, deep trance.

Whether it was the transformation of his nephew’s identity, or the words Bai Juanqiu said to him just moments before, both made Bai Guanghai feel chill from the bottom of his heart.

But he neither dared to come forward and ask more, nor was he willing to leave just like that.

When he was dispirited in his thoughts, there was suddenly a sound of surprise from the side. “Mr. Bai, you’re still here?”

Bai Guanghai suddenly came to his senses and turned his head to see Ren Xingliu looking at him with a disdainful expression.

Ren Xingliu watched Fenghan’s press conference with great interest, feeling happy for Bai Juanqiu from the bottom of his heart, but when he turned around, he found that Bai Guanghai was still there.

Ren Xingliu watched Fenghan’s press conference with great interest and felt happy for Bai Juanqiu from the bottom of his heart. However, when he turned around, he found that Bai Guanghai was still there.

Did the old man just not get it? 

Everyone had already made it very clear, but this old man was still sticking around, really dampening moods.

When Bai Guanghai took notice of him, he remembered the foolish things he had done.

At this point, there was no need to maintain the peace front anymore. Bai Guanghai showed a fierce expression, hooting, “What does it have to do with you?”

“Nothing.” Ren Xingliu didn’t get angry at those words. He just glanced at the old man. “I just want to tell you something…”

He deliberately lowered his voice, making himself sound somewhat mysterious.

Bai Guanghai felt that nothing good could come out of the other person’s mouth, but he was still slightly taken aback, subconsciously asked, “What?”

Ren Xingliu cupped his hands around his mouth, like a makeshift trumpet, “I know all of your family’s dirty secrets, and I’m ready to stand up for Bai Juanqiu. Just you wait!”

Bai Guanghai: “?!!!” 

Was this person a hooligan? How could he say something so threatening?

Bai Guanghai didn’t expect that at this age, he would still face the primary-school-level threat in such a gathering!

Unfortunately, it really worked!

“You…!” Bai Guanghai’s lips trembled. In the end, he said nothing. Flinging his sleeves in hatred, he left fuming.

Ren Xingliu clicked his tongue. “I can’t believe he left just like that.”

This mentality quality was far inferior to those ministers in the Sheng Dynasty. Winning didn’t feel as satisfying. 

He wrinkled his nose, ready to eat some more. As soon as he turned around, he bumped into a pair of eyes that were as deep as the ocean.

Bai Juanqiu came over without him knowing. The other person lowered his head slightly and looked at him with amusement. “Did you anger him away again?”

The usage of the word, again, was very subjective!

“Nonsense.” Ren Xingliu said with an unchanged expression, “I only revealed a hint of truth.” 

Bai Juanqiu was very understanding and instantly restrained the urge to smile. He admitted his mistake solemnly, “Sorry, the first impression made me prejudiced.”

An attitude that could only be described as insincere.

Ren Xingliu just snorted twice, indicating that he didn’t want to argue about this, then he asked, “Why did you come over? They let you go?”

As tonight’s star, it wouldn’t have been easy for him to shed his body. 

“Not really.” Bai Juanqiu began slowly, “That’s why I told Mr. Deng something urgent came up and asked him to stall for me.”

“…” Ren Xingliu glanced to the side and sure enough, he saw Mr. Deng was surrounded by a group of people.

Then back at Bai Juanqiu, who didn’t look like he had anything urgent to do.

Ren Xingliu shook his head and deliberately dragged on this statement, “Our Xiao Bai sure knows how to lie!”

His words carried a hint of sarcasm, clearly not all of his anger was gone as he took the opportunity to condemn the other.

But because of the four words that slipped out from those lips, ‘our Xiao Bai’, was following a certain someone’s ears.

Bai Juanqiu felt complicated and murmured, “Not this time.”

Ren Xingliu didn’t quite understand, “What do you mean?”

“It’s true that I didn’t tell the truth before, but this time I’m not lying…” Bai Juanqiu squeaked and looked at him steadily, with extremely serious eyes, “It’s really something important.”

“It’s true that I didn’t tell the truth before, but this time, I didn’t lie…” Bai Juanqiu let out a soft sigh and looked at him calmly, with incredibly serious eyes. “There is something really important.”

Ren Xingliu met his eyes and after a while, he finally found his voice, “Is that so…”

Bai Juanqiu nodded. As he was about to say something, a presence suddenly appeared beside him and patted him on the shoulder, saying, “Bro, I have finally found you!”

Bai Juanqiu paused for a moment, frowned and asked, “You need something?”

“You said it’s important, let me take a look…” Wei Duzhou said as he glanced to the side, his expression suddenly a little complicated.

“Didn’t you say there’s something urgent you need to take care of? Well, I came here to check on you…” Wei Duzhou said as he glanced to the side, suddenly showing a somewhat complicated expression.

As Shengjing’s second boss, Wei Duzhou had replied to many toasts. By the time he turned around, he found his boss was nowhere to be seen. 

Wei Duzhou thought it was negligence related to work, so he quickly excused himself and searched for his boss. However, from what he could tell, Bai Juanqiu looked very idle.

He even got the time for a date!

Bai Juanqiu used a very detached tone, “It’s just a small personal matter. Nothing for you to worry about.”

This was not what he was worried about! 

Wei Duzhou asked helplessly, “Then when will you finish this personal matter? Mr. Deng and others are still waiting on you…”

These words finally got to Bai Juanqiu.

Bai Juanqiu glanced in Mr. Deng’s direction and pondered for a moment, saying, “It’s really impolite of me to keep them waiting.”

When Wei Duzhou saw that Bai Juanqiu had come to his senses, he breathed a sigh of relief, “As long as you’re aware…” 

Bai Juanqiu continued, “Alright, then Xingliu and I will be off then. I’ll leave you to deal with Mr. Deng.”

Wei Duzhou: “…??”

He panicked the next second, “No way, bro, how could you do this to me?!”

Ren Xingliu was also looking over. “Isn’t that inappropriate?” 

He was stuffing his face with dessert, so he was slurring his words.

Bai Juanqiu timely passed a glass of lemon water with a straw to the youth.

Ren Xingliu was still in a trance, so he didn’t think much about it. He stretched his head forward, directly touched his hand, bit the straw and drank.

Ren Xingliu was still somewhat in a trance and without giving much thought, he stretched his neck forward and bit into the straw and drank straight from Bai Juanqiu’s hand. 

Bai Juanqiu showed no objection to this. He only smiled and said, “Slow down, you don’t want to choke.”

Wei Duzhou: “.”

He got it now.

However, whatever the case, they were still in a big courtyard with a huge crowd. Couldn’t they be more discreet?

Did either of them know just how much attention they have on them?!

Wei Duzhou was grieving and lamenting, but neither of the two were aware of this.

Bai Juanqiu patiently waited for Ren Xingliu to finish before looking at Wei Duzhou again, saying, “Then it’s settled.”

Wei Duzhou: “??” 

When did he say it was settled?!!

But Bai Juanqiu didn’t give him a chance to refute. After speaking, he took Ren Xingliu’s hand and walked away.

But Bai Juanqiu didn’t give him a chance to refute. After that, he took Ren Xingliu’s hand and swaggered off without a second thought about the people he would leave behind.

Wei Duzhou: “……??” 

–

Only after leaving the banquet hall, Bai Juanqiu stopped and turned to look at the person next to him, asking, “Let’s take a walk outside?”

Ren Xingliu pursed his lips and said, “Alright.”

The two of them were still holding hands, and Bai Juanqiu didn’t loosen his hold. He continued to tug the other hand towards the main gate.

Ren Xingliu was still feeling a bit uneasy and said, “Is it really fine for you to leave like that?”

This didn’t concern Bai Juanqiu the slightest. “It will be fine. I have completed everything I needed to do, and the rest are just socializing. There is no difference if it’s just Duzhou there.”

This was a solid fact. As the president of Shengjing, the only matter that needed him was the decision-making side, which was why he was so busy before.

As for everything else, it was just trivial matters of adding flowers to the brocade. 

Ren Xingliu naturally understood but still deliberately teased, “In Mr. Xiao Bai’s first appearance, he set pigeons free on everyone. You sure have a big enough frame.”

In their conversation, the two had already passed through the lobby and reached the door.

Outside the hotel was a circular square with a musical fountain in the middle. There were even steps along the edge of the fountain.

As Ren Xingliu was walking up the stairs, Bai Juanqiu suddenly stopped. ux8oGr

Since their hands were connected, if the other wasn’t moving, Ren Xingliu had no choice but to stop as well and turned back to look at him, asking, “What’s wrong?”

As one looked down from the higher steps, and the other looked up from lower steps, Bai Juanqiu lifted his head slightly, tilting his head up. “It’s not because of my large frame.”

Hearing the serious tone, Ren Xingliu quickly explained, thinking that he had made the other person unhappy, “I was only joking…”

Bai Juanqiu interrupted him, “It’s because there’s something more important.”

Nothing could rival the seriousness in his burning gaze.

Ren Xingliu was startled.

This wasn’t the first time Bai Juanqiu had mentioned the ‘important matter’. Not just at the banquet, but even earlier.

On that rainy night, Bai Juanqiu came to the campus and brought him an umbrella, saying how he had figured something out. 

On Ren Xingliu’s first day at work, Bai Juanqiu came to bring him a cake. He also mentioned it once in the company’s sky garden.

On Ren Xingliu’s first day of work, Bai Juanqiu came to deliver him a cake and mentioned it at the company’s garden in the sky.

Ren Xingliu had always known that Bai Juanqiu had something he was hiding from him, but he wasn’t in a hurry to get to the bottom.

Because he had a feeling that the answer would reveal itself at the banquet.

And just now, Bai Juanqiu’s biggest secret was already out in the open.

Therefore, it was natural for Ren Xingliu to feel that he had already known that ‘important matter’.

But at this moment, he wondered if he was wrong in his assumption.

Bai Juanqiu was very tall. In the past, when talking to him, he always lowered his head slightly. But now, he stood at the bottom of the stairs, his face slightly raised, and his pupils reflected the figure of Ren Xingliu. 

Bai Juanqiu was very tall. In the past, when they talked, the other person would always lower his head slightly. But right now, the young man was standing at the lower steps. His face was slightly raised, and his eyes reflected Ren Xingliu’s figure.

This was a stance close to devout.

For a long time, the mist that had enveloped Ren Xingliu’s heart gradually dispersed, and the lingering thoughts gradually became clearer.

Ren Xingliu met his eyes and asked, “Xiao Bai, are you…” 

“Yes.” Bai Juanqiu nodded; lights flickered in his eyes.

“I like you.”