After Escaping My Paranoid Wife's Control - Chapter 16

Seeing Ji Mingsui keeping her head down, eating her rice noodles without saying a word, Shen Lanxi once again took the initiative to find a topic of conversation. “Mingsui-jie, after you leave the company, what do you plan to do?”

“Are you going to look for a new job right away, or take a vacation and rest for a few days first?”

Ji Mingsui replied casually, “My dismissal was quite sudden, so I haven’t had time to make any plans yet.”

Shen Lanxi smiled and said, “Mingsui-jie, if you want to go on a trip, I can take a week off from work to go with you.”

“Take time off?” Ji Mingsui was surprised. “You just joined the company a week ago, and your probationary period isn’t even over yet. Taking such a long leave wouldn’t be very good, would it?”

Shen Lanxi shook her head. “It’s fine.”

She told Ji Mingsui, “My family is quite well-off. The only reason I came out to work is because my mom can’t stand seeing me idle.”

“She always says that idleness breeds trouble.”

“And since I have no interest in the family business, she kicked me out to get a job.”

After saying this, Shen Lanxi moved her designer bag from the stool to the table. Then, she pulled out a set of car keys from the designer bag and, seemingly carelessly, tossed the keys right next to it.

Watching Shen Lanxi’s deliberate display of wealth, Ji Mingsui raised her eyebrows slightly.

This morning, when Shen Lanxi considerately poured ice water for Song Yu, Ji Mingsui thought Shen Lanxi had feelings for Song Yu, so she stepped in to block it.

At noon, when Shen Lanxi proactively asked her to have lunch together, Ji Mingsui thought Shen Lanxi had developed feelings for her instead, so she decided to go with the flow and use Shen Lanxi to stimulate Song Yu.

She and Song Yu had been together for eleven years in her past life, so she understood Song Yu’s personality all too well.

The moment Song Yu got jealous, he would easily lose his composure.

Once Song Yu lost his composure, she could apply pressure on him, prompting him to confess his feelings to her sooner.

Ji Mingsui originally wanted to utilize Shen Lanxi, making her a catalyst for the relationship between herself and Song Yu.

However, looking at Shen Lanxi’s behavior now, it seemed her interest in either of them was not as simple as a pure crush.

Because from Shen Lanxi’s eyes, Ji Mingsui did not see any affection at all. Instead, she discerned a calculated scheme born of careful evaluation.

Furthermore, Shen Lanxi’s behavior did not look like mere bragging about her wealth. Rather, it seemed like she was telling her… My family is extremely rich. Being with me is definitely a guaranteed profitable project, so hurry up and pursue me…

Ji Mingsui blinked slowly.

It appeared that she wasn’t the only one wanting to utilize Shen Lanxi; she herself possessed something that Shen Lanxi wanted to obtain.

What could it be?

While Ji Mingsui was pondering, her phone suddenly rang.

It was a call from a previously interested client.

Ji Mingsui answered, “Hello, this is Ji Mingsui from Yu Sui. May I help you?”

“Yu what?” The client was confused.

“On the business card you gave me, it says your company is called Yu Ning.”

The client read the company name on the card aloud, “Yu Ning Cosmetics Agency Company.”

Ji Mingsui smiled.

“I’m sorry.”

“A slip of the tongue.”

In her previous life, after she and Song Yu got together, they changed the company’s name to “Yu Sui.”

She had been calling it “Yu Sui,” “Yu Sui” for eleven years, and it had long become a habit. Having suddenly been reborn, she failed to correct herself for a moment.

“Oh.”

“It’s fine,” the client continued. “I just wanted to tell you that regarding the national agency matter we discussed last time, I have to go back and discuss it with my family.”

“We are a family-style factory, so I can’t make the decision on my own.”

Ji Mingsui replied, “That’s perfectly fine.”

The client said, “Then let’s say in half a month.”

“I will give you an answer in half a month.”

Ji Mingsui nodded.

“Alright.”

She told the client, “If you have any questions, feel free to call me anytime. I am online twenty-four hours a day.”

After the call ended, Shen Lanxi asked in confusion, “Mingsui-jie, you are leaving the company in ten days. Why are you still following up on an order that will be decided in half a month?”

Moreover, she was following up so seriously, even telling the client that she was online twenty-four hours a day and to contact her anytime.

Ji Mingsui smiled faintly.

Because according to her plan, even if she wanted to leave the company in ten days, Song Yu would not let her go.

If she insisted on leaving, Song Yu would definitely cling to her leg and beg her not to leave.

Of course, she loved Song Yu, so she absolutely could not bear to let Song Yu behave so humbly before her.

Therefore, when the time came, Song Yu wouldn’t even need to hold her leg and beg. As long as he held her hand and spoke some sweet, soft words, she would quit while she was ahead and agree to stay.

Ji Mingsui told Shen Lanxi, “Although the factory owned by this client’s family is small, the quality of the products they produce is excellent. With a little bit of packaging, it can be turned into a viral hit, and the profit margin is exceptionally large.”

This morning in the office building’s elevator, when she heard that Song Yu’s broken down car had stalled again and that Ying Man had driven to pick him up, she had been angry that Song Yu dared to ride in another woman’s car to work. At the same time, her heart ached that Song Yu didn’t even have a decent car to drive in this lifetime.

It really ached for him to death.

Fortunately, after being reborn, because she possessed the memories of her past life, she was extremely well-versed in the emerging industries, financial markets, stock trends, and policies and regulations of the next ten years.

It was equivalent to possessing an entrepreneurial cheat code.

So in this lifetime, it wouldn’t take ten years. She only needed three years…

No.

Three years was too long.

She loved Song Yu so much that she couldn’t bear to let him suffer through hard times for even a single extra day.

So, one year!

She guaranteed that she would work hard to make money this year.

One year later, she would absolutely let Song Yu live the same luxurious, affluent, and wealthy life of a noble family just like in their previous life.

However, to Shen Lanxi, Ji Mingsui naturally couldn’t tell the truth.

So she lied, “I am maintaining this client on behalf of Song Yu and Ying Man for now. After I resign, I will hand the client over to them.”

Shen Lanxi praised, “Mingsui-jie, you are truly professional.”

She was about to leave the company, yet because of past camaraderie, she was still helping the boss who had fired her maintain a client.

She was simply too professional.

Both professional and loyal to past sentiments.

Shen Lanxi tapped open the “Notes” app on her phone and found a record titled “Candidates.”

When she first entered the company, she had listed Song Yu, Ji Mingsui, and Ying Man as candidates.

The current candidate situation was…

Song Yu Ji Mingsui Ying Man ×

Through today’s observation, Shen Lanxi decisively added an “×” behind Song Yu’s name.

At a critical period of the company’s development, Song Yu would actually make the brain-dead decision to fire the top sales champion. It seemed Song Yu was not smart or reliable at all, unlike what she had previously thought.

After passing on Song Yu, Shen Lanxi added a “√” behind Ji Mingsui’s name.

Ji Mingsui was not only professional and loyal, but her working ability was also exceptionally strong.

She was absolutely the best choice to marry into her family as a “matrilocal husband/partner” and help her manage the family business.

Therefore, the current candidate situation was…

Song Yu × Ji Mingsui √ Ying Man ×

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