“Why did CEO Qin leave again?” Lin Xiaojin bit her soft lips as she watched Qin Ge walk away, feeling an empty ache in her chest.
Without Qin Ge by her side, she once again felt completely out of place in her surroundings.
She kept her head lowered, eyes fixed on the plate in front of her. If a maid served her food, she would eat it; if they didn’t, she just sat there in a daze.
In short, she tried her best to minimize her presence, not wanting anyone to notice her.
While Lin Xiaojin sat as still as a turtle, the rest of the guests were much more lively.
Countless Yunhai City elites swarmed the table of the Magic city family heirs.
They began pitching themselves, introducing their backgrounds with enthusiasm. “Young Master Wang, I’m Chen Bo, CEO of the Boli Group. Our company specializes in glass products. You’ve probably heard of that Guinness World Record challenger who tried to break the most glass panels in a minute? He only managed to break one of ours! Our glass is that strong!”
Wang Changfeng chuckled, “If a foreigner managed to break even one of your panels, maybe Boli isn’t as strong as you say!”
One by one, more than a dozen chairmen of Yunhai’s top-tier industries stepped forward, taking turns to advertise their companies.
But no matter how highly they spoke of themselves, none of the Magic city heirs showed the slightest interest in investing.
When Jiang Yingxue finally managed to get to the front of the line, she watched as even these influential industry veterans failed to make any impact. She couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.
These Magic city families had standards far beyond theirs.
Their legacies spanned hundreds, even thousands of years. Their foundations were deep and far-reaching. Their sights were already set on top-tier global industries.
How could they possibly be interested in small local companies from a remote corner like Yunhai City?
Most likely, the only reason these Magic city heirs had come at all was to give face to the Mu Family, the city’s wealthiest.
They probably never intended to invest here in the first place.
While the room filled with regret and frustration at the unattainable heirs, the few young masters from Magic city led by Wang Changfeng suddenly stood up and made their way… toward Lin Xiaojin.
“Miss Lin?” Wang Changfeng greeted her with a flattering smile.
Lin Xiaojin kept her head down as if she hadn’t heard anything.
Huang Kaiyuan grinned and added, “Miss Lin, we met earlier, remember?”
Only then did Lin Xiaojin raise her head, pointing to herself in disbelief. “Are you talking to me?”
Her eyes were filled with shock, as if she’d just been tasked with eliminating the Monkey King himself.
Earlier, before she knew their identities, she had already felt uneasy around them.
Now that she knew these young men were from the powerful Magic city families, she had zero interest in continuing any conversation.
They weren’t even from the same world!
Huang Kaiyuan smiled warmly, “Of course we’re talking to you, Miss Lin.”
“What does your family do?”
“We just arrived in Yunhai City and feel like this place has a lot of untapped potential. A bright future for sure!”
Wang Changfeng nodded in agreement. “We’re strangers here and only know you, Miss Lin. What industry is your family in? We’d love to invest in your company. We won’t interfere with management and won’t even take any dividends for the first ten years.” Follow the newest chapters on novelping.com.
They all knew Qin Ge’s background was unimaginably deep. Even the family heads behind them dreamed of building ties with him—but the age gap made that difficult. That’s why these heirs were sent instead.
But Qin Ge’s company? Way out of their league.
Even pooling all the funds of their families together wouldn’t match half of what Qin Ge’s aunt had!
Still, just because they couldn’t invest in Qin Ge didn’t mean they couldn’t invest in Lin Xiaojin’s family.
A roundabout strategy.
If they could get closer to Qin Ge through Lin Xiaojin, maybe—just maybe—they could eventually latch onto his coattails.
If they succeeded, their status within their own families would skyrocket overnight!
Bombarded by their questions, Lin Xiaojin had no choice but to respond, “My dad was a carpenter.”
Wang Changfeng’s eyes lit up. “Ah! Wood business! That’s promising. We at the Wang family are prepared to invest 8 billion yuan into your family’s company. What do you think, Miss Lin?”
He stared at her with eager anticipation.
Lin Xiaojin shook her head. “My dad… has already passed away.”
Huang Kaiyuan sneered inwardly. That flattery backfired hard.
Learning from Wang Changfeng’s mistake, he sighed mournfully and asked gently, “Then… what does your mother do?”
Lin Xiaojin looked up. “She used to install tiles.”
Huang Kaiyuan shouted, “Interior renovation? That’s great! In the entire Dragon Nation, there are nearly 3 billion buildings! Even if your mom tiled just one-tenth of them, that’s a trillion-level market! My Huang family is prepared to invest 10 billion yuan. Will that be enough, Miss Lin?”
Lin Xiaojin shook her head again. “My mom… she’s bedridden now. She can’t install tiles anymore.”
She was on the verge of a breakdown.
Wood business?
Renovation company?
Her dad used to build cabinets for others.
Her mom followed along to install tiles.
Three billion buildings? Leave a billion for her mom to tile?
Her mom can barely stand! If she heard this nonsense, she’d probably pass out from shock!
Hissss—
From a distance, the wealthy elites of Yunhai City watched the scene unfold, collectively drawing cold breaths until the Mu Family villa’s air conditioning seemed sucked dry.
What were they witnessing?
These Magic city heirs wanted to invest 8 billion yuan in a carpenter.
And 10 billion yuan in a tile worker?
And just earlier, these same heirs barely lifted their heads when the Mu Family Patriarch spoke. Now, in front of Lin Xiaojin, they were humble and deferential.
Wasn’t this… groveling?
Heirs from Magic city… groveling to a carpenter’s daughter?!
Had they lost their minds!? You are reading on g.com, the official source.
“Is it because of Qin Ge?”
“Because Lin Xiaojin is Qin Ge’s female companion, these Magic city heirs think they can get close to him through her?”
Jiang Yingxue watched it all unfold before her.
Her heart grew heavier by the second.
She clenched her fists tightly.
For reasons she couldn’t even explain, jealousy toward Lin Xiaojin began to boil within her.
At that moment, those Magic city heirs should have been fawning over her—not Lin Xiaojin!
She, Jiang Yingxue, was Qin Ge’s girlfriend—not Lin Xiaojin!
Why did everyone think getting close to Lin Xiaojin meant winning Qin Ge’s favor?
Did that mean… in everyone’s eyes, Lin Xiaojin mattered more to Qin Ge than she did?
At this point, Jiang Yingxue no longer cared about investment deals.
She was no longer curious why the heirs were eager to approach Qin Ge.
She just felt… wronged.
And angry.
The things Qin Ge had done for her in the past—any one of them was enough to crush Lin Xiaojin completely.
How could Qin Ge possibly like Lin Xiaojin more than her?!
…
[Child of Destiny Jiang Yingxue’s jealousy has erupted. Rewarding the host with +1 Destiny Villain Point.]
As Qin Ge exited the banquet hall, a system prompt suddenly rang in his mind.
He smirked. “She’s already getting jealous?”
This was just the beginning.
The real show was still to come.
But tonight’s main character wasn’t Jiang Yingxue.
He was just harvesting a bit of bonus jealousy from her along the way.
The real protagonist… was still lying in a hospital bed!
Qin Ge saw the Mu Family Patriarch and several others exiting Mu Xinyi’s room one after another.
Silently, like a ghost, without anyone noticing…
Qin Ge slipped into the room of the Mu Family’s eldest daughter—whose engagement had just ended in disaster.